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‘Legend of Tarzan’ is a tangle of styles

There’s a second jungle onscreen in “The Legend of Tarzan,” in addition to the one populated by Congolese villagers, predatory Belgian colonialists and CGI animals, and festooned with conven...

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Gay Talese will promote new book, backs off earlier comments

NEW YORK – Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal. A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, The Voyeur’s Motel, was “down the toilet” because he felt he had been d...

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

MPAA: ‘Independence Day’ generated $44M for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The alien sequel “Independence Day: Resurgence” may have destroyed cities across the United States. But the film generated more than $44 million for New Mexico, wher...

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Top Spin’: Table tennis is legit sport

Each month, dozens of movies are added to streaming services, a great deal of which slip into the crowd unnoticed. This column aims to highlight a handful of the films that are worth wat...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

HLN’s Nancy Grace leaving her legal show

NEW YORK – Tough-talking former prosecutor Nancy Grace is leaving her prime-time show on the HLN network in October. The CNN sister station said Grace told her staff Thursday that...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Garrison Keillor retires: A look at his 1998 performance in Durango

For Jackson Clark, it all started with a strange phone call. “I was on a business trip and I ended up in Green River, Utah, in a motel overnight, and I called the office and they ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Veryl Goodnight inducted to Cowgirl Hall of Fame

Mancos artist joins luminaries such as Sandra Day O’Connor

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Spielberg adapts Roald Dahl’s ‘The BFG’ with uneven, but finally winning, results

“The BFG,” Roald Dahl’s beloved adventure tale about a brave little girl who befriends the titular Big Friendly Giant, finds Steven Spielberg in his natural element of childlike enchantment,...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

'The Purge: Election Year': Horror franchise turns topical, yet toothless

“The Purge: Election Year” is less tense than a political argument on Facebook, and about as much fun. Each sequel in the franchise is a reinvention: “The Purge: Anarchy” (2014) w...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Scotty Moore, ‘co-founder of rock ’n’ roll’ and Elvis Presley’s guitarist, dies at 84

One summer evening in 1996, Keith Richards and Scotty Moore sat across from each other in a studio in Woodstock, New York. Richards drank a vodka and orange soda, while Moore sipp...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Politically charged BET Awards honor Prince, Muhammad Ali

A politically charged BET Awards delivered an exciting night of tributes for Prince and Muhammad Ali between calls for action over gun violence, civil rights and presidential politics. These...

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Bernie Worrell, masterful P-Funk keyboardist, dead at 72

NEW YORK – Bernie Worrell, the ingenious “Wizard of Woo” whose amazing array of keyboard sounds and textures helped define the Parliament-Funkadelic musical empire and influenced performers ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.