Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel, the extremely popular folk-rock duo of the 1960s, was one of the first groups to emphasize poetry in its lyrics, demonstrating that lyrical complexity and pop ...
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It could be said that Irishman Fionn Regan’s music is delicate. It could also be said, and one wouldn’t be wrong in thinking so, that it’s strong, with mighty musicianship and lum...
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CANBERRA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Australia's election has become
a war of bytes, with Labor challenger Kevin Rudd swooping on
the Internet's high ground to build an army of young supporters
and a Faceb...
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They are not wealthy. Their home states are politically symbolic. Their occupations or their circumstances suggest salt of the earth.Four contributors to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, chose...
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Selected home-video releases:"Away From Her"A remarkably assured directing debut from actress Sarah Polley, this beautifully understated drama presents Julie Christie in an Academy Award-worthy per...
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a strong proponent of gun control during his years as New York mayor, told a Southern audience Friday that he supports the constitutional right to b...
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"Hannah Montana," a Disney Channel program I watch on occasion with my daughter, features a 14-year-old girl with a secret identity: she's actually a rock star. This is an absurd fantasy.In ...
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A Changed Man, by Francine Prose. HarperCollins, 421 pages, $24.95.
"What did the blind man say the first time he touched a matzoh?"
(Beat.)
"Who wrote this shit?"
Ba-da-bing! It's never a bad ...
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Todd Robinson’s Lonely Hearts, from his own screenplay, is the third movie based on the murderous rampage of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez in the late 1940’s. That this latest versi...
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