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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By The Washington Times
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 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
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
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
