By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times
The final frontier? Forget it. This soulless sequel to a reboot is only too happy to go where every generic sci-fi blockbuster has gone before, and not so boldly either. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Matthew Dicker - Special to The Washington Times
John Adams has been one of the best known and most admired composers of the past several decades. His famously minimalist yet emotionally maximalist music has served as an aggressive repudiation of the common stereotype that classical music is a form hopelessly stuck in a past in which wealthy patrons sit silently in lavishly appointed concert halls listening to the works of composers who lived centuries ago. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Samantha Sault - Special to the Washington Times
Horse Racing: 138th Preakness Stakes Exhibit: Portraits by Boris Chaliapin Festival: Dragon Boat Festival Lecture: Khaled Hosseini Fundraiser: Ryan Zimmerman’s Night at the Park Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Bill Press, a former California Democratic Party chairman and current liberal talk show radio host, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ought to be fired over The Associated Press phone record scandal. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Daniel Wattenberg - The Washington Times
Topless German feminists on Thursday crucified and burned Barbie in a protest outside the Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Derrik J. Lang - Associated Press
With a flawless voice that recalled past “American Idol” finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn’t able to do: She won the title of “American Idol.” Published May 17, 2013 Comments
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By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Up to 20 percent of America's youth are mentally ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds in a new report that looked at the health of adolescents. Published May 17, 2013
By The Washington Times
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY. You'll be near your favorite people this year, and they inspire you to be your best. You have a goal in June. You'll reduce the unknown factors in your life and find a path that's highly likely (if not guaranteed) to get you from point A to point B. August sees you celebrating a personal victory. September pays you for your talent. Virgo and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 4, 33, 39 and 4. Published May 17, 2013
By Marion Elizabeth Rodgers - Special to The Washington Times
The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald story is well-known. As writer Budd Schulberg observed, its romantic legend is so uniquely American in all its strengths and weaknesses that it is little wonder that the life and work became mythologized. Published May 17, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
House Republicans cheered their vote on Thursday to repeal President Obama's health care law as the triumph of reason and public opinion over false promises from the White House. Democrats called them insane. Published May 16, 2013
By The Washington Times
Michael Douglas, Bill Murray and Bruce Willis are just a few of stars to move from a life on television to a successful film career. Published May 16, 2013
By Jake Coyle - Associated Press
Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Harry Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. Published May 16, 2013
By Frazier Moore - Associated Press
The versatile J-Lo was announced last fall as a creative partner with the English-language Latino network, but her role was solidified Wednesday as NUVOtv held its upfront for advertisers and prepared for a relaunch of its programming in July. Published May 16, 2013
