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What happens when Ed Sheeran plays a concert in someone’s living room

WASHINGTON – Turns out, seeing Ed Sheeran perform in a random person’s house ... is not all that different from seeing him at an arena. After all, it’s still just him and a guitar...

DATE: Sep 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Wondering how ‘Kevin Can Wait’ will get rid of Erinn Hayes?

It was the strangest twist of the TV season: In June, shortly after the first season finale of CBS’ Kevin James sitcom “Kevin Can Wait,” the show’s creators decided to get rid of the charact...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Rob Kardashian’s meltdown, ‘Bachelor’ controversy: Ugly truths of reality TV

Nearly two decades after the reality TV craze took a firm grasp on our culture, viewers are really good at pretending the stars of these shows are only characters. Sure, we watch ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Why did Hollywood stop making John Grisham movies?

WASHINGTON – John Grisham may be the master of the legal thriller, but he also has solid comic timing – as evidenced during a Q&A on Wednesday at Politics and Prose, where he stopped by on h...

DATE: Jul 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Taylor Swift’s latest move is petty, savvy and guaranteed to annoy Katy Perry

We’re not saying that Taylor Swift just released all her music on streaming services at midnight Friday just because her nemesis, Katy Perry, dropped her new album at midnight on Friday. How...

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

How did Rashad Jennings win ‘Dancing with the Stars’? It’s still an athlete’s show

NFL running back Rashad Jennings won Season 24 of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday night, a well-deserved victory after a season of high scores and fan-favorite dances. “I don’...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Get ready for a ‘Dynasty’ reboot

Add another TV reboot to the long list of shows back from the dead: “Dynasty” will debut on the CW this fall. The new version of “Dynasty,” the prime-time soap that aired on ABC f...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health care plea

Newt Gingrich receives sharp rebuke

DATE: May 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The stakes were high for George Michael’s solo career. Then ‘Faith’ changed everything.

The pressure is always intense when a singer goes solo, but for George Michael, the stakes were sky-high. Michael, who died on Christmas Day at age 53, was only 23 when he announced the spli...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

That time Alan Thicke told me his Leonardo DiCaprio stories from ‘Growing Pains’

I was sitting in a Panera in Nashville this past February when I received a phone call from a blocked number. I eyed it suspiciously. Earlier in the day, I had talked to “Growing Pains” star...

DATE: Dec 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Ben and Lauren’s ‘Bachelor’ spin-off is a nightmare, but not for the reason you think

Let’s state the obvious: Yes, producers had to amp up the drama when they inexplicably gave the sweet-but-very-dull couple Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell their own reality show. Titled “Ben...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

How ‘The Girl on the Train’ tries to go deeper than your average mystery thriller

Director Tate Taylor didn’t exactly roll his eyes when he was first approached to adapt the international best-seller mystery The Girl on the Train into a movie, but he wasn’t jumping at the...

DATE: Oct 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming