Somebody had better tell agents Mulder and Scully about Sarah McLachlan before she strikes again. The bodies of enraptured fans are piling up in tour cities across the nation and there doesn't look to be much sign of a change. Simply put: The woman is hypnotizing America.
McLachlan solves the 'Mystery'
What do you get when combine amazing lyrics, wicked guitar skills and prestige? The answer: Eric Clapton.
This living legend took the stage Wednesday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Finding the seats in the slow-moving middle-aged crowd took until 9 p.m., when the opening act finished. Clapton delivers 'Wonderful' performance
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After nearly a decade of chatting in the coffee shop, munching on cereal, breaking up with all potential mates and yada yada yada, Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer are ending their run as masters of their TV domain.
Final 'Seinfeld' kept very hush-hush
Who were the nation's most successful bank robbers? That would be the Newton brothers who earned the title while never killing a single person. Known for meticulously planning each heist, the Newtons were able to take down more than 80 banks in the early '20s.
Pretty 'Newton Boys' shoot blanks
Adulterous affairs rank high as one of the most common motifs in movies nowadays, which in turn makes it all the more difficult for directors to creatively derive a scenario that intrigues the audience.
Such is the case in Alan Rudolph's latest film, "Afterglow." The plot, which deals with the distraught existences of four individuals and how their lives inevitably intertwine through scandalous rendezvous, is subtle, intriguing and seductive.Christie sparkles in 'Afterglow'
Dank and cold are two words that are commonly associated with Russia. Following this pattern, without experiencing the energy of the main characters, these also might have been terms that would be associated with "Life in Refusal."
'Refusal' wins with emotion
HOLLYWOOD - Even before its launch last Sunday, Home Box Office's splashy docudrama "From the Earth to the Moon" was generating Earth-bound controversy regarding its classification for the nighttime Emmy Awards.
Specifically, top executives at NBC, CBS, ABC and the USA cable network have written the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the body that governs the Emmys, vehemently objecting to the 12-hour production being entered as a candidate for outstanding miniseries.Network execs want to send 'Earth' to the moon
The world only needs one Thomas Pynchon, a writer who brilliantly manages to balance modern-day cynicism, decay, commercialism in some of this half century's best writing. But Ray Murphy, in his new book, "The Siege of Gresham," seems to think we need two.
Two Gen-X books slack off
The second time seeing a band live in concert is the turning point in the relationship. It's during that second show that you finally realize whether or not the performers are worthy of praise beyond the usual, "They rock!"
Wednesday night, at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall, was my second String Cheese Incident show, and even though I know the band better, have a few tapes and can sing some chorus lines, I must admit - they rock! Not unlike the first Incident I witnessed, the group of chewbacca-looking rockers played long and hard, leaving the audience completely fulfilled but at the same time panting for more Cheese.St. Andrew's gets strung out on Cheese Incident
A dance tradition that dates back 2,000 years has found its way to a University stage. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., a group of students from California, led by internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Ramya Harishankar, will perform Bharata Natyam, a classical Indian dance, at the Mendelssohn Theatre in the Michigan League.Traditional Indian dance hits campus
Dreamworks' 'Prince of Egypt' balances religious themes, children's animation
HOLLYWOOD - Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen have got guts.
When they formed DreamWorks SKG in 1994, it was the first new movie studio created in Hollywood in more than 50 years. Now, they're trying for another audacious first: a cartoon for adults.
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