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Jon Stewart signing off ‘Daily Show’ fake newscast for real

NEW YORK (AP) – After more than 16 years and nearly 2,600 telecasts, Jon Stewart can feel proud of his scads of Emmys and his pair of Peabody Awards, his cultural gravitas (he hung with the ...

Jon Stewart's friends, enemies and frenemies through the years

Jon Stewart is famous for a lot of things after 16 years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” but one legacy will certainly be — his takedowns. It quickly became clear after Stewart took ov...

Movies playing in Durango July 31-Aug. 6

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Jaws (Wednesday only) Based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel, Steven S...

Review: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation

With “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” we’re getting the best Bond movie since “Casino Royale” in 2006. OK, so Ethan Hunt isn’t James Bond and the Impossible Missions Force is...

Review: Vacation

Few comedy franchises in film history have a more bizarre saga than the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” series. Yup, the original Harold Ramis/John Hughes film from 1983 was a low-r...

In pop culture, knowing when to pull the plug on a show or franchise

In an interesting story in the Hollywood Reporter last week, Pamela McClintock took a look at the calculations that studios make as they consider whether or not to keep ongoing franchises al...

What do we want from Amy Schumer?

Amy Schumer has become the latest entertainer to be burdened with the hopes and dreams of progressive pop culture fans. The reaction to “Trainwreck,” the romantic comedy she wrote and that J...

Review: Southpaw

Even with the searing, ear-splitting hip-hop soundtrack featuring Eminem and Bad Meets Evil and Action Bronson & Joey Bada$$, even with the edgy camerawork and the 21st-century setting, “Sou...

Review: Pixels

We’re nearly an hour into “Pixels” before we get a good look at the arcade video game-inspired attackers that have invaded Earth and are gobbling up humans and famous landmarks alike. ...

Review: Infinitely Polar Bear

We veer close to the edge of Precious, Indie-Hipster Clich– every so often in “Infinitely Polar Bear,” but thanks to a gifted filmmaker and two brilliant lead performances, the voice-over na...

Movies playing in Durango July 24-30

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Tommy Boy (Wednesday only) Tommy, the bungling son of a prominent factory ow...

Review: Testament of Youth

In “Ex Machina,” Alicia Vikander displayed a combination of flintiness and femininity as the cyborg Ava, a humanlike form of artificial intelligence that was learning about the way the world...
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