Friday, September 19, 2025
SAN DIEGO — In a career that stretched across seven decades, Mike Wofford provided exactly the right touch on piano in any and every musical setting. His death Friday morning just after mi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:07PMNEW YORK — More than 100 members of the Writers Guild of America East and their supporters jammed the sidewalk in front of Walt Disney Co.'s Lower Manhattan headquarters Friday to protest …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:42PMHere are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, power…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM"CODA," the heartwarming drama about the child of deaf adults, made a resounding noise at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. In addition to winning for best picture, the film's triumph was hig…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMIt never takes long when you're listening to country radio to hear a song by Jordan Davis. Since 2017, this singer and songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana, has put 10 singles on Billboard'…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AMSEATTLE — It was a well-earned off day for Tucker Wetmore. Two nights earlier, the burgeoning country star had opened for Thomas Rhett in Savannah, Georgia, and with 12 more days before th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AMCHICAGO — Oscar speeches come and go. Each year a new batch replaces the old with only a select few penetrating public consciousness enough to make a best-of reel. Fewer still can survive …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMThursday, September 18, 2025
In the spring, I wrote that we were in the most electrifying season we’ve had on Broadway in years, and it was capped by a magnificent Tony Awards telecast hosted by Cynthia Erivo. This fa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 13, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Clifton Powell is unapologetically dropping the name of the agent who he alleges fired him for taking a role in the 2005 musical "The Gospel." "My agent at the time, and I'll…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMSix years ago, a boy in a checkered green and black cloak found the dead bodies of most of his family members, murdered by the demon Muzan Kibutsuji (voiced by Toshihiko Seki). His sister Ne…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMMINNEAPOLIS — Here comes another Prince reissue — 1985’s “Around the World in a Day” — but fans are overwhelmingly disappointed that, unlike other posthumous Purple reissues, the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMFriday, September 12, 2025
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMWednesday, September 10, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Peacock’s "Bel-Air," the streaming network’s hourlong drama based on the ’90s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" starring Will Smith, will return for its fourth and …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMThings are very, very grim in “The Long Walk,” the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), which is essentially “The Hunger Games” …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMTuesday, September 9, 2025
LOS ANGELES — You'd be hard-pressed to find any greater pop-culture rebuke of the anti-immigrant, anti-DEI messages promulgated by the Trump administration than in the big-screen spectacle…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMSaturday, September 6, 2025
SAN DIEGO — San Diego guitar great Peter Sprague’s album-release concert at Tio Leo’s Sunday should be one for the record books. The album’s 23-year-long gestation is almost worthy o…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMFriday, September 5, 2025
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 30, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM[This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of "Wednesday."] LOS ANGELES — In a world where teenagers grapple with accusations of withering attention spans and a lack of motiva…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMThursday, September 4, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia bred David Corenswet’s imperfect, affable and slightly corny Superman was a mega hit, grossing $611 million worldwide. High off that success, "Superman" write…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:43AMLOS ANGELES — Thomas Schumacher, the long-serving executive who was key to Walt Disney Co.’s success on Broadway, is stepping down this month, the company said Wednesday. The producer jo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMWe’ve put off writing about “Twinless” for as long as possible. We’ve dreaded this task not because the film isn’t worth writing about; on the contrary, the sophomore effort from w…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMWednesday, September 3, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Want to get Generation Alpha into movie theaters? Look to video games. Kids still like to go to the movies, according to a high-profile new research report. But the franchise…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMTuesday, September 2, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Paramount has inked a film deal with video game giant Activision to bring the popular franchise "Call of Duty" to the big screen, in the latest example of the media company's…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:46PMMINNEAPOLIS — When Bill Engvall announced his retirement from stand-up comedy in 2022, he meant it. But after 42 years of churning out sitcoms, being part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:07PMSaturday, August 30, 2025
The slate of movies landing in theaters and on streaming services between the Friday after Labor Day through the Friday before Thanksgiving is, surprisingly, devoid of superheroes. Nothing f…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMFriday, August 29, 2025
LOS ANGELES — French Montana is reportedly engaged to Mahra Maktoum — full name with title, Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — and the couple has apparently managed to…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMDALLAS — Annette Bening is the latest decorated actress to join Taylor Sheridan’s expanding TV empire. Over her 40-year career, Bening has won myriad accolades for portraying complex wom…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMThursday, August 28, 2025
LOS ANGELES — A whole lot has happened in the world in the years since Ariana Grande last toured in 2019. But the "Wicked" star is finally returning to the road next year in support of her…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:23PMWatching “Caught Stealing,” you can’t help but wonder what attracted filmmaker Darren Aronofsky to the project. Sure, you figure he’d read and enjoyed the novel of the same name by C…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMWednesday, August 27, 2025
A comedian who was touring with superstar funnyman Katt Williams was fatally shot last week in Mississippi. The shooting took place in a building that's home to a company that bills itself a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMLike drops of water hitting a hot pan, Jay Roach’s “The Roses” makes a dramatic sizzle, then evaporates on contact. Adapted from Warren Adler’s 1981 novel, and a remake of Danny DeVi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM 
