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In his home and studio, as in his art, Bill Henson plays with the balance of light and dark. In the Northcote suburb of Melbourne, Australia, an enclave known for [...]

A renovation costing nearly $200 million has shut the famed theater for two years, the first closure in its history. SYDNEY, Australia -- Just after dawn one recent morning, Lou [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDTHIS year's Nobel Prize in Literature should be announced in early October, and over on the tony British betting site Ladbrokes, Haruki Murakami of Japan, riding the waves of [...]

Bob Dylan, a fierce and uncompromising poet whose writing, for 50 years and counting, still crackles with relevance, should win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Following these excerpts from songs [...]

Byline: Bill Wyman It is midmorning and BillWyman's Sticky Fingers burger restaurant in Kensington is empty. Almost. Then a tourist walks in and takes a photograph of a photograph that [...]

THE theater, 70 miles north of Lansing, Mich., was big and boomy and boxy, and a third empty. The fans sat, six to a side, at long tables perpendicular to […]

DVD commentary tracks can be greatly illuminating, as directors, writers and actors explain artistic themes and rationales for creative decisions, and provide behind-the-scenes dish. (Even a bad movie can have […]

FRIDAY 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind' Minds don't get much more dangerous than the one belonging to TV game show maestro Chuck Barris, who created 'The Dating Game' and 'The [...]

The holidays are a time of many traditions, not least among them the release of all manner of greatest-hits sets and compilations. Here are a few of the notable ones [...]

No journalist likes to get a letter threatening legal action, particularly one on creamy watermarked stationery bearing the imprint of a swanky Park Avenue law firm. 'It has come to [...]

ROCK 'Cuba' The Silos. Dualtone. 16 tracks. Grade: A In the late 1980s, when the music industry was heavily corporatized and resistant to new music, a bursting-at-the-scenes movement of independent [...]

The Rolling Stones' recorded legacy is unfortunately similar to that of many other rock stars of the 1960s --- a great burst of creativity that tapers off into a stretch [...]

REVIEW 'Abandon' Grade: B- Starring Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Rated PG-13 for drug and alcohol content, sexuality, some violence and language. At metro theaters. [...]

DVD REVIEW 'The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season' HBO Home Video, four-disc set Grade: A The third season of 'The Sopranos' divided the show's fans: Many were skeptical of some [...]

1930s Jan. 8, 1935: Elvis Presley is born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Miss. 1940s Jan. 8, 1946: Receives a guitar for his 11th birthday. 1950s 1954: Works [...]

In the weeks leading up to the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the skeptical and the uninitiated may wonder what all the fuss is about. Here's a [...]

Let's see, so far this summer, cinematically speaking, we have a red-suited arachnid with a Hamlet complex, a young Jedi with an attitude problem and an animated hound who's scared [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK 'Blue Velvet --- Special Edition' (R) / Grade: A David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet' is still disturbingly impenetrable. It's easy to see that its young hero, Jeffrey [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK: 'MTV Unplugged 2.0.' Lauryn Hill. Sony. 22 tracks. / Grade: A Lauryn Hill is back, with a by turns moving, hilarious, tiresome and brilliant album. With [...]

'This isn't about race,' exclaimed cute-as-a-bug Neleh, on the penultimate episode of 'Survivor: Marquesas.' She was talking about the possibility of an endgame that pitted her and her pal 'Pappy,' [...]

In the 40-year history of girl groups, from the shimmery, shivery harmonies of the early '60s to the skin-flaunting, hip-wagging grrl power of today, three women from Atlanta called TLC [...]

REVIEW 'Big Trouble' Grade: B+ Starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garafalo and Omar Epps. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Rated PG-13 for profanity, crude humor and [...]

It was a stunning end to a four-hour-plus telecast --- Halle Berry and Denzel Washington took home top acting honors at the 74th Academy Awards in Hollywood last night. She [...]

One hundred and one Grammy Awards were handed out last night in Los Angeles and somehow those National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences folks forgot these: The Jeepers, Bryant [...]

'Oooh-oooh, boogie oogie oogie!' 'Girl, you know it's true! Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you!' 'Aaah-aaah --- Afternoon delight!' Oh, excuse me. I was just singing a few of my [...]

In the cantankerous Chicago music scene, the one thing everyone agrees on these days is the big increase in the number of alternative-rock fans out in the clubs. At tony […]