Entertainment
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
posted: 06/19/2013 7:27 p.m. Discuss
LOS ANGELES — HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy.
Arkansas Weekend: Up, up and away
posted: 06/19/2013 11:03 a.m. Discuss
Hot-air balloon pilots from across the country are floating into Little Rock for the second annual Great War Memorial Balloon Race starting Friday, Tina Parker writes in Thursday's Arkansas Weekend section.
Duggars East: 1/19th of star family is D.C.-bound
posted: 06/19/2013 9:58 a.m. Comments 8
WASHINGTON — After three decades of fighting the culture wars from within the Washington establishment, the conservative Family Research Council decided that it needed a fresh, new face to reach outside and cultivate the grass roots.
Katy Perry talks Russell Brand, John Mayer with 'Vogue'
posted: 06/18/2013 7:49 a.m. Discuss
NEW YORK — Katy Perry "goes there" with Vogue about two of her high-profile relationships in the magazine's July cover story.
LISTEN UP: Nat ‘King’ Cole tribute wraps it up with a bow
posted: 06/18/2013 2:45 a.m. Discuss
George Benson Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat ‘King’ Cole Concord A- George Benson was established as a formidable jazz guitarist when he found his voice as a singer with a striking, jazzy cover of Leon Russell’s “This Masquerade.” That song transformed Benson into a million-selling hit maker.
THE TV COLUMN: NCIS outscores football as No. 1 viewer favorite
posted: 06/18/2013 2:33 a.m. Discuss
TV Guide has crunched the numbers and given us the Top 24 shows (including ties) of the just-ended 2012-13 season. Did your favorite make the list?
MUSIC: Singer-songwriter’s music cleaves to his simple roots
posted: 06/18/2013 2:28 a.m. Discuss
While growing up in Maine, the main thing Slaid Cleaves always wanted to do was make music, and he found Austin, Texas, to be the place where he feels right at home.
Style: Life of pie ... and bikes
posted: 06/17/2013 10:12 a.m. Discuss
Hannah Moore, a 27-year-old Little Rock resident, has been working to transform one form of dough into another through a new business venture, Linda S. Haymes writes in Tuesday's Style section.
TV Everywhere push in doldrums, ads and rights deals get the blame
posted: 06/17/2013 3:08 a.m. Discuss
TV was supposed to be everywhere by now — watchable anytime, anywhere, on a smart phone or tablet. But four years into the industry’s effort, network executives readily admit: TV isn’t everywhere.
Fishing pits man against wily fish
posted: 06/17/2013 2:25 a.m. Discuss
A quiet day on the water turns into a test of endurance almost every time Hollywood goes fishing.
Mountain MUSIC
posted: 06/16/2013 4:03 a.m. Discuss
Audiences who start out in the performance space at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, five miles west of Eureka Springs, for Opera in the Ozarks’ 63rd season, Friday-July 19, will find themselves transported, through the magic of opera, to Japan, Italy, the rocky coast of Cornwall and the castle of a certain charming prince.
Jersey Boys show hits Little Rock
posted: 06/16/2013 3:57 a.m. Discuss
One of the hottest musicals on Broadway and on the road right now is the story of four Valli boys.
THE TV COLUMN: True Blood flows again at 8 tonight on HBO
posted: 06/16/2013 3:52 a.m. Discuss
Somewhere along the way I got lost trying to keep up with True Blood.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Murry’s Playhouse hits Southern Crossroads
posted: 06/16/2013 3:48 a.m. Discuss
A Depression-era traveling family of singers and musicians who, when they find their latest booking is at a theater with locked doors and an out-of-business sign, put on an impromptu show for the locals in Southern Crossroads, opens Tuesday and runs through July 20 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
