Bill O’Reilly’s “The Spin Stops Here” tour stopped in Baltimore on Friday, and the former Fox News host played to thousands of empty seats at Royal Farms Arena. Perhaps the best indication of the size of the crowd in relation to the hall is that 45 minutes before the show an usher came to me and...
Fergie says even though she and husband Josh Duhamel are splitting up, they're still "great friends" who love one another and their young son. The singer talked about her marriage at a screening Wednesday for her new visual album, "Double Dutchess," at iPic Theaters Fulton Market in New York. She...
Welcome back to “The Good Place”! It’s actually The Bad Place! Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen Season 1, go do it now, for the sake of your comedic well-being, or just read my nifty summary that slides seamlessly into the Season 2 premiere. Eleanor Shellstrop (Kirsten Bell, perfect, as is her natural...
Long before audio books, people could hear the gist of literary works from music alone. Assorted examples are threaded through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s programming for the 2017-2018 season, starting this weekend with two richly evocative “tone poems” — Tchaikovsky’s “Hamlet” and Richard...
When Rebecca Jessop landed her first community theater role in her 20s, she knew immediately that she was hooked on the performing arts. Jessop is now taking on a new challenge in the world of theater as executive director of the Havre de Grace Arts Collective. The job involves overseeing the new...
Close to 20 Baltimore-area museums will waive admission Saturday as part of “Museum Day Live.” Hosted by Smithsonian magazine, the day of free admission is celebrated at museums across the country. Baltimore-area museums participating in the initiative include: the B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore...
The acclaimed local novelist Alice McDermott doesn’t remember the circumstances under which Sister Mary Rose came into her life when she was a little girl or how many times they met. But more than a half-century later, the author still vividly recalls the old nun’s face. “My mother was raised by...
If you're of a certain age and childless, it's entirely possible you haven't the foggiest idea what a “Ninjago” — of the latest Lego movie — might be. Apparently it is both a show and a toy, but that's as far as I got into the Wikipedia listing. With the wild success of both “The Lego Movie” and...
“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” offers everything — several bored Oscar winners, two scenes featuring death by meat grinder, Elton John mugging in close-up — except a good time. It’s a tiny bit more bizarre and depraved than the 2014 “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” and I watched it (which I don’t...
"It's always nice to be lied to." Those words are tossed off with a chuckle early on in "Marjorie Prime," but by the end they have acquired an almost prophetic significance. Beautiful untruths and half-truths abound in Michael Almereyda's quietly shimmering new movie, which takes place in a somewhat...
We're all familiar with the danger of the late-night Instagram scroll. Got anxiety? It's a surefire way to make it worse. Brad (Ben Stiller) has anxiety. He has insomnia and a general sense of discomfit, ennui and malaise. There's no reason for Brad to feel this way — he has a nice, comfortable...