Same as it ever was: Talking Heads celebrate once-in-a-lifetime ‘Stop Making Sense’
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer TORONTO — You may find yourself in a movie theater with “Stop Making Sense” playing and the members of Talking Heads in the audience.…
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Star-making turn for Eve Hewson in feel-good 'Flora and Son'
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer John Carney, the Irish filmmaker of “Once,” “Sing Street” and “Begin Again,” makes the movie version of “three chords and the truth.” His films,…
Stringing together success: Blue Springs South senior is one of nation’s top youth cellists
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Carter Medina doesn’t remember when he had his first music lesson on the cello. But there’s a ready explanation: He was only 3 years old when…
Blue Springs City Theatre’s theater in park has humorous take on Robin Hood
By The Examiner staff What: Blue Springs City Theatre hosts its first theater in the park event this weekend with performances of “Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood,…
First Bob Ross TV painting goes on sale for nearly $10 million
By Mark Vancleave and Scott McFetridge Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — What would Bob Ross think? The artist who brought painting to the people, with works completed for PBS viewers in…
Missing the Emmy Awards? What's happening with the strike-delayed celebration of television
By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment writer LOS ANGELES — In a normal year — if there is any such thing in Hollywood anymore — the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony would…
Fall TV preview: No new ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ or ‘Law & Order’ – here’s what’s coming instead
By Alicia Rancilio Associated Press Sorry “Abbott Elementary” and “Grey’s Anatomy” fans — there won’t be new episodes airing anytime soon. Some viewers may be unaware, but striking screenwriters and…
Diddy made music a priority over business to create 'The Love Album'
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — If Sean “Diddy” Combs had a choice, the self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur would be hunkered down in a recording studio rather…
'9 to 5' comes to the Powerhouse stage
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net What: City Theatre of Independence presents “9 to 5: The Musical,” a show by Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick (2009), based on the 1980 comedy film…
More Greece, less wedding, no charm
By Moira Macdonald The Seattle Times There are, perhaps, worse ways to spend 91 minutes than eating popcorn and watching people smile at each other while on vacation in Greece.…