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  • Colin Farrell portrays Captain John Smith in Terrence Malick's 2005 film, "The New World." (New Line Productions via Associated Press)

    Auteur's new clothes: Why 3-time Oscar nominee Terrence Malick is grossly overrated

    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

  • Country-pop singer Glen Campbell, who is battling Alzheimer's, performs at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

    Glen Campbell: Alzheimer’s can’t silence the music

    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

  • From left, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Warren Haynes were among those who performed Tuesday at the White House. President Obama got a few blues notes in as well. (Associated Press)

    Jagger, King give White House the blues

    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

  • Superman makes his first appearance in Action Comics No. 1, and Batman swoops into the scene in Detective Comics No. 27. Both are part of a long-forgotten collection on the auction block Wednesday. (Heritage Auctions via Associated Press)

    Collection of prized comics may fetch $2M

    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

  • NBC's Brian Williams, host of "Rock Center with Brian Williams," interviews Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton, Dec. 12 in New York. Miss Clinton's contract as a special correspondent with the television network is up for renewal. (Associated Press)

    Tuning in to TV

    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

  • Lindsay Lohan (Associated Press)

    Taking Names: Brit Awards apologize for cutting off Adele

    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

  • President Obama and former first lady Laura Bush (right) shake hands as first lady Michelle Obama looks on during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Obama marks groundbreaking of black history museum

    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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