‘It Might Get Loud’ takes measure of 3 guitar heroes
You don’t have to be a musician to appreciate It Might Get Loud, an unconventional documentary featuring seminal guitarists demonstrating …
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Woodstock: More of a curiosity than a benchmark in 2009?
Woodstock marks a milestone anniversary this weekend. It all resurrects questions of whether the festival’s organic, peace-and-love-through-music …
Critic’s Corner Weekend
Wondering why Neil Diamond would do a network special in the ratings dog-days of summer, which is when CBS is airing Neil Diamond: …
Jackson investigators’ pharmacy search targeted anesthetic
Police and federal agents sought records showing Michael Jackson’s doctor or his employees bought the potent anesthetic propofol …
McAdams, Bana enjoy the trip beyond ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’
The next time you need a travel companion, call Rachel McAdams. To hear Eric Bana tell it, the actress makes for one attentive …
Then and now: Catching up with Woodstock stars
Most everyone knows what happened to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and even Santana, but what about the rest of the musicians who …
Critic’s Corner Thursday
ESPN’s Monday Night Football (8 ET/5 PT) kicks off its season tonight with a Thursday special and a new anchor team: Jon Gruden, …
Literary Twitter: For writers, it’s a 140-character development
To Twitter. Or not to Twitter. That is the question the publishing world is asking these days.
R. Dwayne Betts: A mind unconfined by jail
R. Dwayne Betts is having coffee at Busboys and Poets, a coffeehouse/bookstore/neighborhood hangout here in the trendy U Street …
Idols Live concert tour appears to be recession-proof
A slumping economy and slipping TV ratings don’t seem to be hurting American Idol at the summer box office.