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Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One'

Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One'

Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest “Mission: Impossible” entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise? On the first day cameras were ro

Joseph Calleja withdraws from `Parsifal' opening Bayreuth Festival on July 25

Tenor Joseph Calleja withdrew Monday from the title role in “Parsifal” that opens the annual Richard Wagner Festival at Bayreuth, Germany, and will be replaced by Andreas Schager.
Madonna says she's 'on the road to recovery' following ICU stay, postpones North American tour dates

Madonna says she's 'on the road to recovery' following ICU stay, postpones North American tour dates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Madonna says she is focused on her health and getting back on stage after a “serious bacterial infection" that led to her hospitalization in an an intensive care unit for several days last month.
Accuser who called Kevin Spacey 'vile sexual predator' admits he joked about incident

Accuser who called Kevin Spacey 'vile sexual predator' admits he joked about incident

LONDON (AP) — An aspiring actor who accused Kevin Spacey of being a “vile sexual predator” who drugged and assaulted him when he sought his mentorship acknowledged Monday that he later joked with friends that he might resort to having sex with the Os
Book Review: John McPhee delivers a lovely ‘reminiscence montage' in ’Tabula Rasa'

Book Review: John McPhee delivers a lovely ‘reminiscence montage' in ’Tabula Rasa'

“Tabula Rasa, Volume 1” by John McPhee (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) What do you do when your writing career lasts seven decades but you haven’t said everything you once thought about saying? If you’re John McPhee, you crack open your notebooks and giv
Book Review: 'In a Flight of Starlings' offers a glimpse into scientific discovery

Book Review: 'In a Flight of Starlings' offers a glimpse into scientific discovery

“In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems” by Giorgio Parisi (Penguin Press) It's a safe assumption that the average person on the street has never heard of spin glass and couldn't explain what it is.
Book Review: A fast-paced, tension-laden plot at heart of Reed Farrel Coleman's 'Sleepless City'

Book Review: A fast-paced, tension-laden plot at heart of Reed Farrel Coleman's 'Sleepless City'

“Sleepless City,” by Reed Farrel Coleman (Blackstone) Nick Ryan, the protagonist in a new series by veteran crime novelist Reed Farrel Coleman, begins his fictional life with a lot of baggage.
James Spader bids farewell to an intriguing criminal mastermind as 'The Blacklist' finale approaches

James Spader bids farewell to an intriguing criminal mastermind as 'The Blacklist' finale approaches

NEW YORK (AP) — Raymond “Red” Reddington is finally hanging up his famous black fedora and — fitting for a manipulative genius — he's doing it on his own terms.
Hill Harper, an actor on 'CSI: NY' and 'The Good Doctor,' is running for the US Senate in Michigan

Hill Harper, an actor on 'CSI: NY' and 'The Good Doctor,' is running for the US Senate in Michigan

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hill Harper, an actor known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor,” announced on Monday that he is running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat and challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination.
Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade

Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's Information Ministry revoked the BBC's media accreditation, days after the British public broadcaster aired a report linking members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family and senior army officials to the production and smugg