Tuesday, June 10, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Sly Stone's hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The sing…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:39PMWalt Disney Co. has agreed to pay Comcast Corp. an additional $438.7 million to finalize the Mouse House purchase of streaming service Hulu. Disney in December 2023 initially paid Comcast $8…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PMSaturday, June 7, 2025
Well, perhaps Wes Anderson was overdue for a flop. The writer/director known for quirky visuals and charmingly self-conscious whimsy has had a long run of movies that were enchanting (“Fan…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:45AMLOS ANGELES — For more than a quarter century, director Kevin Smith has tried to resurrect "Dogma," his religious satire about two fallen angels looking to get back into heaven. Recently, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMFriday, June 6, 2025
When "Good Night, and Good Luck" arrived on Broadway this spring, it initially provoked a surprising amount of cynicism. There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:43AMHere are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThe meticulously crafted dollhouse world of director Wes Anderson expands even further with "The Phoenician Scheme," an externally wily yet internally melancholy comedy about international e…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMLOS ANGELES — The new film "Materialists" is something of a bargain: essentially two films in one. It's very much a sparkling romantic comedy in which a young woman finds herself torn betw…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMIf you’re still hungering for the touch of the Righteous Brothers, a duo that opened for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones six decades ago, Bill Medley is still on the road at age 84, sin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMWASHINGTON — Backers of a new museum honoring American Latinos are hoping it can withstand a budgetary strike from the White House, despite fears it could become a casualty in Donald Trump…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMThursday, June 5, 2025
LOS ANGELES — It turns out Zoe Saldaña was more than just emotionally drained after tearfully accepting her supporting actress Oscar for “Emilia Pérez” at this year’s Academy Award…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:31AM"Stick," which premiered Wednesday on Apple TV+, is a sweet, lovely, funny show — a sports story, a road movie, a coming-of-age story and briefly a caper film. Here and there it asks you t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:15AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Cynthia Erivo sits in a Century City recording studio on a recent afternoon, mulling over her choice of footwear the other night. The British singer and actor — whose overl…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:37AMLAS VEGAS — George Knapp’s reporting career has been out of this world. And now, so is his film career. A respected and celebrated Las Vegas newsman dating to the 1980s, Knapp is to be p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMLOS ANGELES — Mark Hamill was at a point in his life where he felt ready to trade the Force for a pool float and a quiet crossword in the shade. After five decades as the face of one of po…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMIn the age of binge-watching, HBO's hit series "The White Lotus" is demonstrating the power of weekly appointment viewing. Most viewers streamed the darkly comic anthology series from Mike W…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM“The Life of Chuck” is a trick. It’s a trick you’ll be delighted by, but a trick nevertheless, conjured by author Stephen King, on the page, and filmmaker Mike Flanagan, on screen. O…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMTuesday, June 3, 2025
A day after actor Jonathan Joss was shot and killed in San Antonio, his husband posted a statement Monday on Joss’ Facebook page, saying the shooting was spurred by homophobia. Hours later…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:10PMDALLAS — "King of the Hill," the beloved animated sitcom inspired by co-creator Mike Judge’s time living in Richardson, returns on Aug. 4, more than 15 years since it last aired. Hulu an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:27AMSAN DIEGO — Many great athletes helped lay the foundation for their Major League Baseball careers when they were kids playing in Little League. San Diego native Claire Chase is surely the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFORT WORTH, Texas — As “Landman” continues filming Season 2 around Fort Worth, star Billy Bob Thornton says he wants to be in the series for the long haul. Speaking with Gold Derby rec…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSaturday, May 31, 2025
At the beginning of "Mountainhead," written and directed by Jesse Armstrong of "Succession" fame and premiering Saturday on HBO, three multibillionaire tech bros make their way by private pl…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:15AMWes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" opens with a bang: a grisly explosion, a plane crash and a dramatic close-up of tycoon Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), his battered face so lumpen an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMFriday, May 30, 2025
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMThursday, May 29, 2025
The problem with “Karate Kid: Legends” is right there in the title: “legends,” as in multiple. Many beloved “Karate Kid” characters and icons of millennial sports movies enter th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM'BRING HER BACK' Rated R for strong disturbing bloody violent content, some grisly images, graphic nudity, underage drinking and language. What it’s about: A pair of orphaned step-siblings…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:45AMWednesday, May 28, 2025
CANNES, France — Saturday’s awards ceremony put a capstone on another edition of the Cannes Film Festival, but the bruises we received from some of our favorite films are ones we’ll be…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMIn 2023, the Philippou twins, Danny and Michael, burst onto the global horror scene with their audacious, bone-rattling debut, “Talk to Me.” The film was a breakout for their star, Sophi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMTuesday, May 27, 2025
A legendary rap-metal guitarist took aim at President Donald Trump over the weekend and also defended iconic rocker Bruce Springsteen from recent Trump barbs. At the “Boston Calling” mus…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:50PMThe Disneyland Resort's new "World of Color" show begins with some regal nostalgia. Standing before a lagoon in Disney California Adventure, we hear the voice of Walt Disney, and see a host …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 23, 2025
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM 
