When Stephanie Cottingham and her sisters Laura and Brianna and their sister-in-law Jill began playing music, they did it for fun. Fast forward a few years and the foursome are set to play one of the biggest music showcases in the world - the annual South by Southwest music festival, a music showcase that has staged some of the biggest names in music - from REM to Vampire Weekend.
When 12-year-old Greg Heffley – the fictional, cartoon-drawing middle school protagonist of the four hugely popular “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books – springs to life on movie screens this week, he’ll be sharing some true family secrets with viewers.
"Mom, can we listen to The Beach Boys?” Timmy asked. It’s not an unusual request these days. Ever since Timmy and Brian’s dance class participated in “beach month” at their dance studio, they’ve been obsessed with The Beach Boys.
The death of Corey Haim last week adds yet another name to the lengthy list of child actors and actresses who failed to make the transition as adult stars.
Jerry Ellis doesn’t frequently teach.
As a professional artist, Ellis dedicates most of his time to studio work, but for artCentral’s 25th birthday year he made an exception, teaching a three-day watercolor class at the Hyde House last weekend.
The set designers and crew at the Stone’s Throw Theatre have gone all out for their presentation of the play Proof, by David Auburn.
“Brooklyn’s Finest” these guys ain’t. At least, you’ve gotta hope not. Contrary to the title of this latest release from “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua, these cops are lousy.
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Year-Round Gardening” really isn’t just for complete idiots or even pretenders. Delilah Smittle and Sheri Ann Richerson have nondummy gardening credentials. They’ve crafted a book that speaks our language. I’m suggesting it for anybody who needs solid gardening advice, although I wish they’d change the title.
Five questions with Femke Hiemstra about "Rock Candy," her lovely and surreal book of collected art.
During morose economic times, escaping to another realm can be quite enticing.
George Clooney and Matt Damon are cool guys, but in recent films they leave the glamorous, dangerous worlds of “Ocean’s 11” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” far behind. In “Up in the Air” and “The Informant!,” both actors play guys who, in the end, turn out to be schmucks.
Robert Pattinson is a rebellious rich kid who falls for the beautiful daughter (Emilie de Ravin) of a surly New York City cop (Chris Cooper) during the summer leading up to 9/11.
Kirk is not accustomed to hot girls noticing him. So imagine his surprise when this average Joe suddenly finds himself on the arm of a beautiful, sexy woman like Molly.
Matt Damon plays an Army officer in charge of a teams assigned to seek and find WMDs in the early days of the Iraq war.
I swear I’m not getting old, but lately I feel like those two old Muppets in the theater who complain about everything.
Actresses Krysten Ritter and Alice Eve play best friends in the film “She’s Out of My League,” and in real life they definitely evoke that BFF vibe.
Chris Cooper is happy to be known as a character actor. He lives in Kingston, Mass., well out of the Hollywood loop, and is regularly called upon to play pretty much every kind of personality imaginable.
Plans are underway for the next exhibition for this year, that being various mediums of sculpture from three local artist/ sculptors M. Justin Hale of Joplin and Robin Putnam and Bill Snow of Carthage.
Oscar parties have been around for years, but for those without invitations — or those of us who’d rather not don tuxes and create themed potluck dishes (steak “Avatar”-tar, anyone?) — missed out on the fun. But this year, people around the world watched the Academy Awards within arms’ reach of a laptop or phone, participating in an ongoing conversation about the telecast on the micro-blogging service Twitter.
Matt Damon plays an Army officer in charge of a teams assigned to seek and find WMDs in the early days of the Iraq War in "Green Zone."
