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• Features

John Waters to join ranks of Meryl Streep, Robert Redford with French arts honor

One of Baltimore's finest -- director, artist and author John Waters -- has been named an officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres).

By Chris Kaltenbach

Apr 16, 2018

• Entertainment

Elvis, Ja Rule, Great Talk and more of the week's best events in the Baltimore area

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Jan. 7-13, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 7, 2018

• Opinion

Putin: Friend or foe?

The most frightening specter is not a President Trump who is overly friendly and compliant with Mr. Putin; it is a President Trump who believes Mr. Putin has played him for a fool and who overreacts. Hell hath no fury like a President Trump scorned.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Golden Globes ceremony underscores Hollywood's waning influence

The promotion of establishment and globalist values has led to Hollywood's dwindling appeal, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Not so Golden Globes

Cal Thomas: Overrated actors, who are shadows compared to Hollywood's Golden Age, seemingly believe they set the agenda for the nation.

• Opinion

Trump: Overrated and unprecedented

Trump's Twitter ramblings demonstrate once again that he is worse than anyone realized

• Opinion

Trump embarrasses — again

The incoming president can't keep his hands off Twitter and it's mortifying

• Sports

Former Ravens lineman Tony Siragusa has a beef with Meryl Streep

On Sunday night, actress Meryl Streep said some things that drew the ire of one very big and angry man.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jan 10, 2017

• Opinion

The actress and the tweetaholic

Meryl Streep's criticisms of Trump are more than justified but there's a lesson in their high-profile interaction for the press, too

• Obituaries

Tana Hicken, actress and teacher

Tana Hicken, a Baltimore actress and teacher who deftly portrayed a wide variety of characters during a professional career that spanned more than four decades, died Aug. 17 at her Sparks home of myositis, an autoimmune disorder. She was 70.

• Maryland

Good Bad Taste: Explaining the mid-credits sting of 'Thor: The Dark World'

Marvel Studios first threw down the gauntlet after the credits of the first Iron Man, when an uncredited Samuel L. Jackson showed up as Nick Fury to tell Tony Stark about the Avengers initiative.

• Laurel Leader

Laurel alumna Smothers has role in film about interracial brothers

Monica Smothers, a Laurel native who caught the theater bug while a student at Laurel High, has one of three lead roles in a film that is opening this month at the Avalon Theatre in Washigton.

• Baltimore City Paper

Oscar-striving performances can't save a so-so script

• TV

'Glee' recap, 'Previously Unaired Christmas'

A recap of the Dec. 5 episode of 'Glee,' an 'unaired' Christmas show that perhaps should have stayed that way

• Entertainment

The Internet shows some weekend love for actors, dancers, politicians

• Authors

Plight of Chinese orphans inspires author

Author Peacock describes conditions with a dispassionate eye in new novel

• Movies

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Sept. 9, 2012

Showtimes listed are for Sunday, Sept. 9, only.

• Baltimore City Paper

Hope Springs, The Campaign, Premium Rush, 2 Days in New York

• Movies

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Aug. 26, 2012

Showtimes listed are for Sunday, Aug. 26, only.

• Maryland

'Hope Springs' to the screen

• Movies

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Aug. 19, 2012

Showtimes listed are for Sunday, Aug. 19, only.

• Baltimore City

Baltimore tries new jury software to increase attendance

Last year, Baltimore sent a quarter million summonses to potential jurors, culled from drivers license and voting records, knowing only a fraction — about 27 percent — would actually show up. Now, they're putting their hopes into a new software system that's supposed to help bring people in.

• TV

At 78, Joan Rivers connects with a new generation of fans

Joan Rivers, a serial cosmetic surgery seeker and subject of an engrossing, well-received documentary in 2010, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," seems as fresh and dynamic as in her earlier years.

• Opinion

Palin TV-movie 'Game Change' pushes the limits of docudrama

What sets "Game Change" part is how it has radically shortened the distance between real-life events and their Hollywood depiction. As the producers deftly blend actual news footage and dramatic recreations, "Game Change" vaporizes the lines of fact and fiction as you watch.

• Maryland

Oscars had international flavor

• Opinion

Oscars 2012: Streep beams

Oscar winner Meryl Streep couldn't hide how delighted she was at winning her third Oscar

• Opinion

Oscars 2012: Streep wins, and the press room is very happy

Meryl Streep wins the Best Actress Oscar, to thye press room's happy astonishment.

• Arts and Culture

Oscar red carpet heats up as stars arrive

Hollywood's biggest fashion parade, the red carpet outside the Oscars, began heating up on Sunday afternoon ahead of the world's top film awards where silent movie "The Artist" is widely seen as the choice for best movie.

• Entertainment

Crashing the Oscars

• Baltimore City Paper

Our 10th annual fake Oscars

• Religion and Belief

Now playing at Rotunda Cinemas: City Bible Church

Non-denominational City Bible Church meets Sunday mornings at the Rotunda Cinemas. Almost a year old, the church has 20 members.

• Opinion

The decline of the idea of "public good"

• Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep a ho-hum choice for Kennedy Center Honors

• Food & Drink

Talbot County food spotlighted

Restaurant Week event includes evening with Julie Powell and Amanda Hesser

• Amy Adams

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and (ugh) Leap Year

• Meryl Streep

'The Biggest Loser' turns into sob fest

• Mo'Nique

Oscar nominations -- best book adaptations

• Sandra Bullock

'Blind Side' is up for Best Picture Oscar

• Meryl Streep

The movie garden? "It's Complicated"

• Julia Child

Julia Child to hit #1, thanks to Julie & Julia

• Meryl Streep

The greatest film actress ever

• Meryl Streep

Audiobooks: Francine Prose's "Goldengrove"

• Philip Seymour Hoffman

Cleopatra 75th Anniversary Edition

• Tommy Lee Jones

For Harvard alumnus, the work of his life documents the game of his life

• Richard Jenkins

select oscar nominees

• Meryl Streep

Mechanical 'Doubt' sticks to basics

• SAG Awards

PEOPLE & ENTERTAINMENT

• HBO

United against cancer

• Philip Seymour Hoffman

Ursula has no 'Doubt' about role

• Theater

Musical film 'Mamma Mia!' is a winner that takes it all