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  • Swaying to Hispanic beat on the Mall

    By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

    Maru Montero left for the United States from her home in Oaxaca, Mexico, with just one pair of dance shoes. It was a sacrifice. But now she has her own dance company and directs the National Cinco de Mayo Festival, which took place on the Mall on Sunday. Published May 5, 2013 Comments

  • American actress and activist Jane Fonda is surrounded by soldiers and reporters as she sings an anti-war song near Hanoi during the Vietnam War in July 1972. (Photograph by Associated Press)

    Communists, tyrants and rogues — and the stars who play to them

    By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

    From Hanoi Jane to Havana Jay-Z, the celebrity culture’s coziness with communists, tyrants and rogues has been at odds with U.S. foreign policy for a half-century. Published April 9, 2013 Comments

  • Where Are They Now?: Obama Girl

    By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

    Model and actress Amber Lee Ettinger became a national sensation when her 2007 YouTube video “Crush on Obama” tallied nearly 25 million hits, eventually landing the 29-year-old New Yorker on “Saturday Night Live.” Published October 3, 2012 Comments

  • British adventurer Felicity Aston skis across Iceland during a pre-expedition training trip. Ms. Aston plans to ski by herself across Antarctica. If she manages to complete this journey of more than 1,000 miles in late January, she'll become the first person to cross Antarctica alone under her own power. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

    British woman plans 70-day, 1,000-mile trek across Antartica

    By Michael Warren - Associated Press

    Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway’s Roald Amundsen beat Britain’s R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30 teams are trying for it this year. Published November 20, 2011 Comments

  • Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg talks about Timeline at a developers conference Sept. 22 in San Francisco. Users can share their choices of music, movies, games and news sources with their friends as part of what the Facebook website describes as a new way to "tell your life story with a new kind of profile." (Associated Press)

    Music, media pin hopes on Facebook

    By Ryan Nakashima - Associated Press

    Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the “ticker.” Published September 25, 2011 Comments

Recent Articles
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Fast & Furious 6'

    By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

    “Fast & Furious 6” takes everything that “Fast Five” did right, and then does it more: It’s louder, it’s funnier, it’s bigger — more exciting, more over the top, and more delightfully absurd. In every way, it is a movie that is truly faster and, yes, furiouser than any of its predecessors. Published May 23, 2013

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Epic'

    By Adam Mazmanian - Special to the Washington Times

    "Epic," a 3D computer-generated animation from Blue Sky Studios, known for the “Ice Age” series, is fast-paced without being too intense for young moviegoers and manages to be romantic without being treacly or suggestive. Published May 23, 2013

  • Carol Burnett honored with Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

    By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

    Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation’s top humor prize on Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013

  • Germany takes ownership of Justin Bieber's neglected monkey

    By Associated Press

    Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey was seized by German customs on March 28 when the Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich. Authorities issued an order Tuesday transferring ownership of the animal to Germany. Bieber has six weeks to contest the decision. Published May 21, 2013

  • Behold! Xbox One touted as revolutionary 'all-in-one home entertainment system'

    By Derrik J. Lang - Associated Press

    Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year. Published May 21, 2013

  • SANDS: Remembering German chess grandmaster Schmid

    By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

    He was one of the game's greatest tacticians, equally at home on offense and defense in the most complicated situations. He was masterful at disarming a volatile, unpredictable opponent, and he held his own against the greatest players the game has ever known. He also played chess pretty well. Published May 21, 2013

  • Ray Manzarek, founding member of the Doors, dies at 74

    By Chris Talbott - Associated Press

    Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Published May 20, 2013

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Angel's Share' a crowd-pleasing heist comedy

    By The Washington Times

    The latest film from firebrand social realist Ken Loach, the story of a rare whiskey heist pulled off by a gang of Glaswegian castoffs, shows the director mellowing with age, while retaining his essential bite. Published May 18, 2013

  • Composer John Adams making old musical forms new

    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

  • Get Out: The week's pocket picks in DC

    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

  • MUSIC MAN

    By The Washington Times

    Published May 17, 2013

  • Horoscopes

    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

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

    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

  • Burn, Barbie, burn!

    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

  • UPDATE: O.J. Simpson on the stand in bid for retrial

    By Linda Deutsch and Ken Ritter - Associated Press

    No longer the glamorous celebrity in an expensive suit, O.J. Simpson wore a drab prison uniform during Wednesday’s court appearance. But he ignored the impediments of leg shackles and handcuffs, settled back in the witness chair and talked his heart out for five hours trying to convince a judge he had been wrongly convicted. Published May 15, 2013

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