




By James Bowman - Special to The Washington Times
Oscar best picture nominee “The Tree of Life” is the latest cinematic meditation on metaphysics from ponderous writer-director Terrence Malick, the enigmatic recluse whose critical standing seems to rise in inverse relation to his profitability, productivity and popular appeal. Despite repeated financial losses on box office duds like “The Tree of Life” and “The New World” in a career punctuated by long stretches of professional hibernation, Mr. Malick, a three-time Oscar nominee, has accumulated a collection of critical superlatives, festival honors and peer awards as bounteous as his filmography is skimpy. Published February 22, 2012 Comments

By Mary Ellen Geist — Special to The Washington Times
Glen Campbell walked onstage at the Grammys earlier this month looking confident, but not exactly like the Glen Campbell I had seen performing before. Something about his stance — the way he held his shoulders — seemed familiar to me. And then the camera panned toward his eyes: That was it. A sparkle was gone. Something was flatter, more far away. Distant. Published February 20, 2012 Comments

By Nancy Benac - Associated Press
The president just couldn’t say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon President Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them. Published February 22, 2012 Comments

By Jamie Stengle - Associated Press
Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she one day would give him and his brother, but it was a passing remark made when they were boys and still into superheroes. Published February 22, 2012 Comments

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Cable network TBS said Wednesday it has extended the late-night series “Conan,” hosted by Conan O’Brien, through April 2014. Published February 22, 2012 Comments

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Brit Awards apologized Wednesday for cutting off Adele’s speech as she accepted the main prize of the ceremony, a move that prompted the British singer to raise her middle finger at the crowd. Published February 22, 2012 Comments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Obama celebrated the groundbreaking of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture on Wednesday, saying it will remind all Americans of the ordeals and triumphs of blacks. Published February 22, 2012 Comments
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By Mark Kellner - The Washington Times
In one of the more memorable scenes in the 1986 comedy "Crocodile Dundee," the Australian outback curiosity played by Paul Hogan is accosted on the streets of lower Manhattan by a thug with a switchblade.
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By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
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