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Thursday, October 23, 2025

‘9-1-1: Nashville’ actress Isabelle Tate dead at 23 by Tribune News Service

Isabelle Adora Tate, an aspiring actress and songwriter who finally got her big break on the series premiere of “9-1-1: Nashville” earlier this month, has died at age 23. The McCray Agen…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:08PM
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Review: Gustavo’s farewell has begun with a fiesta, rapper and a ‘Resurrection’ by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Let's start with the "Gracias Gustavo" merch: T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, fridge magnets, posters, etc. There was the daylong "Gracias Gustavo" block party at Beckmen YOLA …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Windsor International Film Festival goes for knockout blow by Tribune News Service

DETROIT — This year's Windsor International Film Festival is packing a punch, and not just the right hook Sydney Sweeney is throwing in her new boxing drama "Christy." The 11-day film fest…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AM
Friday, October 17, 2025

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:20AM
Thursday, October 16, 2025

‘Black Phone 2’ review: Sequel different from, not better than first flick by Tribune News Service

As evidenced by 2012’s “Sinister” and 2021’s “The Black Phone,” director Scott Derrickson has a gift for blending realism with the supernatural — and for conjuring a sense of d…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

‘Time ran out’: D’Angelo and Angie Stone’s son Michael Archer Jr. mourns his parents by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Michael Archer Jr., the son of R&B stars D'Angelo and Angie Stone, has been dealing with grief for months — long before the death of his father on Tuesday. The 28-year-…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:40PM

Drew Struzan, artist who created iconic movie posters for Spielberg, Lucas and Del Toro, dies at 78 by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Drew Struzan, the artist who created some of the most recognizable posters for movies including "Star Wars," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Blade Runner" and "Back to the Future…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning singer whose ‘Brown Sugar’ launched the neo-soul movement, dies at 51 by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — D'Angelo, the soul and R&B singer who kicked off music's neo-soul movement with virtuosic, sensual and spiritually searching albums like "Brown Sugar" and "Voodoo," has d…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:27PM

Review: ‘DMV’ drives a pleasant sitcom into LA’s most dreaded office by Tribune News Service

Work! It's the thing most of us have to do, some of us like to do and many of us would rather not do, and it's no surprise that it's the subject of so much TV. Workplace comedy has been resp…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Can the DMV make you laugh instead of cry? With Harriet Dyer, it’s possible by Tribune News Service

"Now serving G455 at Window No. 5" ... "Now serving G456 at Window No. 12." Neither of us has an appointment at the DMV in Hollywood. But Harriet Dyer strolls through the sliding doors like …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

Hollywood-AI battle heats up, as OpenAI and studios clash over copyrights and consent by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — A year after tech firm OpenAI roiled Hollywood with the release of its Sora AI video tool, Chief Executive Sam Altman was back — with a potentially groundbreaking update. U…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM
Saturday, October 11, 2025

William H. Macy goes against type as sportscaster Jack Buck in ‘Soul on Fire’ by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — William H. Macy has played his fair share of weasels: manipulative drunkard Frank Gallagher in “Shameless,” gullible thief Bobby in “American Buffalo” and, of course,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Friday, October 10, 2025

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 4, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Family guide to new movie releases by Tribune News Service

TRON: ARES Rated PG-13 for violence/action. What it’s about: The third TRON movie sees the grid invading the real world as two tech companies strive for AI dominance. The kid attractor fac…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

After writing for Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, Columbus’ Ink forges own path by Tribune News Service

ATLANTA — Ink is keen on building a “sound you can trust.” That was her thesis while busking throughout the streets of Atlanta in the early 2010s, with her cowboy hat and boots in tow.…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

What perfection means to Lorde by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — A hot late-summer breeze blows across a Burbank parking lot as Lorde sits beneath a tattered canopy outside the rehearsal studio where she's preparing for her latest world to…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

‘John Candy: I Like Me’ review: Loving portrait predictable but potent by Tribune News Service

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apolo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

Dua Lipa, pop’s disco sophisticate, rides her ‘Radical Optimism’ into the Forum by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES -- In a pop era where personal messiness is the oxygen of fame, Dua Lipa is the rare unfazed professional. Just as Taylor Swift and Charli XCX's (extremely asymmetrical) feud spi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Monday, October 6, 2025

Kimberly Hébert Gregory, actor in ‘Vice Principals,’ dies at 52 by Tribune News Service

Kimberly Hébert Gregory, who was best known as the brash principal in HBO's "Vice Principals," has died. She was 52. A cause of death was not immediately reported. Gregory's former husband,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:08AM
Saturday, October 4, 2025

He made his name as part of a sibling tag team. Now Benny Safdie enters the ring alone by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Benny Safdie's eyes begin to well up at the memory of it. At September's world premiere of his new film "The Smashing Machine" at the Venice Film Festival, during an intense,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Smashing Pumpkins dust off live Detroit tracks for ‘Mellon Collie’ rerelease by Tribune News Service

DETROIT — The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," and they're dusting off some live tracks from …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:20AM

Who was Ed Gein, the serial killer in Netflix’s ‘Monster’ Season 3? by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Ed Gein may not be America's most infamous serial killer — he's eclipsed by the likes of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer in the public imagination — but his macabre crimes w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM

Hayley Williams says Morgan Wallen is the ‘racist country singer’ she refers to in her song by Tribune News Service

Hayley Williams is happy to confirm that Morgan Wallen is the "racist country singer" she is referring to in her song "Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party." During a recent interview on the Ne…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AM
Friday, October 3, 2025

Patti LaBelle will headline a free ‘Victory at Sea’ concert at Independence Hall by Tribune News Service

PHILADELPHIA — Patti LaBelle will headline a free “Victory at Sea” concert Oct. 12 at Independence Mall to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Philly soul…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

‘Anemone’ review: Daniel Day-Lewis returns to screen in inert drama by Tribune News Service

After hanging up his spurs following 2017's "Phantom Thread," Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen with "Anemone," a dark, painfully slow and almost inscrutable psychological drama. He…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

‘The Lost Bus’ review: Out of control wildfire meets mediocre script by Tribune News Service

An out-of-control wildfire and a bus full of schoolchildren are the only things standing between a father and his ill son in "The Lost Bus," which dramatizes the real-life 2018 Northern Cali…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

Eric Dane changes his approach to ALS, adding advocacy to his agenda as symptoms progress by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — As he manages his own amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, actor Eric Dane is also advocating for the continuation of the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act, whi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AM

‘Breaking Bad’ actor will not be charged in parking dispute, prosecutors say by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Actor and former "Breaking Bad" antagonist Raymond Cruz will not be charged after his car wash confrontation, authorities say. Cruz was held in police custody for five hours …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Movie review: Horror thriller ‘Bone Lake’ stranded in the shallows by Tribune News Service

Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s horror film “Bone Lake” announces itself with a startlingly cheeky opener and closes with a shockingly bloody gore-fest, the song “Sex and Violence” by U.K.…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

‘Steve’ review: Cillian Murphy impresses in uneven kinetic drama by Tribune News Service

We meet Cillian Murphy’s titular character in “Steve” as he’s about to be interviewed on camera. He asks the crew to stop filming him for a moment as he tries to collect himself, but…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Spotify’s co-founder Daniel Ek to step down as CEO after nearly two decades by Tribune News Service

Spotify's longtime Chief Executive Daniel Ek said Tuesday that he is stepping down from his position next year and will become executive chairman. Ek co-founded the Swedish audio company in …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:03PM

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