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Flat jokes, but pleasing upsets at Golden Globes
TV REVIEW | Fey and Poehler finished their duties without much bite.
12 Days of Gratitude: #1. Starting today, Comic Riffs goes full time (and celebrates with our 75 FAVORITE QUOTES ABOUT COMICS)
As Comic Riffs looks forward to going full time next week, we also look back at our 70 Favorite Comics Quotes from the past seven years.
Book review: ‘The Martini Shot,’ by George Pelecanos
The first story collection from D.C.’s premier crime novelist and writer/producer of “The Wire.”
2015 Golden Globes: Flat jokes, but pleasing upsets
TV REVIEW | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler finished their co-hosting duties without much bite.
Ying Quartet at Wolf Trap Barns
Violist Phillip Ying gave an entertaining short talk about Webern’s “Movements.”
TV listings: Monday, Jan. 12, 2015
Highlights include an unusual challenge on “The Bachelor” and a kidnapping on “State of Affairs.”
National Philharmonic’s program delights the audience
Children in particular visibly reacted to the second movement of Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony.
Momenta String Quartet shines at National Gallery
Brilliant virtuosity, melancholy lines, subtle pulses and delicate colors emerged in this demanding program.
Fans and artists pay tribute to Emmylou Harris
Folks showed up Saturday night at Constitution Hall for a concert, and a DVD taping broke out.
Anita Ekberg, Swedish bombshell of ‘La Dolce Vita,’ dies at 83
Her dip in Trevi Fountain for the 1960 Fellini masterpiece assured her place in film history.
For ‘High School Musical’ star Hudgens, Graduation Day
Vanessa Hudgens, the former “High School Musical” star, makes her Broadway debut in “Gigi.”
‘Togetherness’: Unhappy married couple? In L.A.? Again?
TV REVIEW | HBO’s new series is another look at a relationship that has everything except satisfaction.
Modernist master shows his Mozartean face
German composer Wolfgang Rihm explores his lyrical side in concerto for Eschenbach, Barto and the NSO.
HBO’s ‘Girls,’ ‘Looking’ and the delicate balance of vignette
TV REVIEWS | Hannah Horvath heads to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and finds out criticism is hard to take.
‘Midwife’ writer and rookie producer deliver new ‘Gigi’
The 1958 MGM movie is now a Broadway maybe, retooled by Heidi Thomas of “Call the Midwife.”
Rod Taylor, leading man of action films and thrillers, dies
Mr. Taylor, 84, starred in Hitchcock’s “The Birds” as well as “The Time Machine” and “Dark of the Sun.”
Entertainment Videos
Trailer: 'Better Call Saul'
"Better Call Saul" is the prequel to "Breaking Bad," set a few years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White’s lawyer. AMC's new series premieres Sunday, Feb. 8.
In a close-knit community of a small town in the Arctic Circle, a violent crime impacts everyone and threatens the future of the town itself. "Fortitude" premieres on Thursday, Jan. 29, on Pivot TV.
From the creator Hart Hanson, "Backstrom" is about an offensive but brilliant detective who is brought to run the Portland Police Bureau's Special Crimes Unit. "Backstrom" premieres Thursday, Jan. 22.
"Battle Creek" is about two mismatched law enforcement officers cleaning up the streets of Battle Creek, Mich. The show premieres Sunday, Mar. 1.
"Fresh Off the Boat" is a comedy about an immigrant family pursuing the American Dream. The ABC show premieres Tuesday, Feb. 10.
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