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When awards strategists for “A Star Is Born” asked the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to place the film in the group’s drama categories, it was widely seen as a bid to be viewed in a more prestigious light. But maybe they just wanted to win. This year, the real action at the Globes is over […]

Find compassion and camaraderie on a cruise designed for caregivers, family members and those who have early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. The seven-day Holland America voyage is scheduled to depart Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sailing to Key West, Fla.; the Turks and Caicos Islands;… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times

By also taking in observations from the spouses and family members of veterans, all in conjunction with the Songwriting With Soldiers program, this stands as the too-rare example of music that is genuinely important. These songs matter, as they express, with uncommon power, the harrowing experiences of the people who go to war — physically, […]

By the time he’s gotten to the song’s first chorus, Matty Healy of the 1975 has already addressed fake news, Black Lives Matter, online data breaches, America’s prison-industrial complex and his own addiction to heroin. So you can hardly blame the frontman for sounding a note of defeat when he… Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment […]

2018 was the year when critical darlings Monsieur Periné went mainstream. As it befits the most cosmopolitan band to emerge from Colombia since Aterciopelados, they did it in style. “Bailar Contigo” could easily have turned into faceless elevator pop, if it wasn’t for Catalina García’s jazzy singing and her band’s supple accompaniment. Periné could afford […]

In an interview years ago, Shorter defined jazz in three words: “I dare you.” Here, he presents a similar challenge with an 84-page graphic novel and a triple LP box set, a three-disc CD package and, not accidentally, no digital outlets. Drawn from live recordings with an orchestra, his free-flying quartet and, at one point, […]