Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” hits theaters this weekend, another take on the Frankenstein story that’s more about other Frankenstein movies than the original text itself. “Brid…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMLOS ANGELES — Bruce Campbell, “The Evil Dead” actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM“You are a work in progress,” Sherlock Holmes is told late in “Young Sherlock,” Prime Video’s new origin series about the world’s greatest detective. And it’s true: He’s youn…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMTuesday, March 3, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Bob Power, a musician and engineer who worked closely with some of the top hip-hop and R&B acts of the 1990s and 2000s — including De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, D'A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:02PMLOS ANGELES — Oliver "Power" Grant's cause of death has been revealed. The Wu-Tang Clan executive producer died "following a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer" accor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMLOS ANGELES — In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord o…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AMMonday, March 2, 2026
Paramount Chairman David Ellison laid out his vision for taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, including combining the two streaming services — HBO Max and Paramount+, which together boast m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:31PMSaturday, February 28, 2026
Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island’s government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer. For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMFriday, February 20, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — On the night of Feb. 4, at about 9:30, Christine Nangle received a text. It was from her boss, Matt Selman, executive producer of "The Simpsons." He had an idea. A mutual fr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThursday, February 19, 2026
'HOW TO MAKE A KILLING' Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images. What it’s about: A disgraced heir to a large family fortune decides to eliminate the competition in line for t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMFor a long time, the image of “Elvis in Vegas” has been a joke: the white jumpsuits, the sunglasses, the sideburns. It’s meant more “Halloween costume” than “rock god” recently…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMWednesday, February 18, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — Jilly from Philly is on the Tiny Desk. On Friday, Jill Scott released "To Whom This May Concern," the North Philly singer and songwriter’s first album in 11 years. The 19-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMWhen the contents of the bathtub first come into focus at the start of the premiere episode of “56 Days,” you’re not exactly sure what you’re seeing. It’s viscous, with a rainbow s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMTuesday, February 17, 2026
Bed rest can go pound sand: Ray J gave his all on stage on Friday night, it seems, with fan videos showing his eyes appearing to bleed as he worked the crowd. The singer also doffed the top …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:45PMFriday, February 13, 2026
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMThursday, February 12, 2026
Going into the new cops-and-crooks thriller “Crime 101,” you may be expecting a drama about a mentor offering a protege an introductory college-level course of sorts from one side of the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMWednesday, February 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES — The sports and entertainment executive Casey Wasserman is facing calls to step down from his namesake music agency after his sexually charged emails surfaced in the Epstein f…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:23PMSaturday, February 7, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Twisted Sister has canceled all of its 50th anniversary performances following the departure of lead singer Dee Snider because of "a series of health challenges." In a statem…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMFriday, February 6, 2026
Following major expansions to Spotify’s podcast branch, the audio streamer is turning its attention to its audiobooks. The Sweden-based audio platform said it is focused on bolstering onli…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMHere are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMThursday, February 5, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Finneas O'Connell took to social media to defend Billie Eilish and her Grammys acceptance speech from a specific demographic that was angered by her remarks. "Seeing a lot of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:17PMPerhaps every filmmaker feels like they have to make their version of “Dracula” at some point — and it certainly helps that Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel has been in the public domain for…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM'PILLION' No MPA rating What it’s about: A young man finds himself in the thrall of a mysterious biker as they enter into a dominant/submissive relationship. The kid attractor factor: This…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMFor "Full House" star Dave Coulier, his cancer journey has "been a roller-coaster ride, for sure." Now that ride has seemingly come to an end. Coulier announced Wednesday, to commemorate Wor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMAfter nearly 50 years, “The Muppet Show” returns, “back [says Kermit, your amphibian compere] on the very stage where it all started and then ended and then is maybe starting again dep…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMWednesday, February 4, 2026
Alexander Skarsgård is the moment. Not only does he co-star in the Charli XCX vehicle “The Moment,” a music industry mockumentary that just premiered at Sundance and is in theaters now,…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMLOS ANGELES — Sherri Shepherd's daytime talk series "Sherri" is coming to an end, four years after the program was tapped to replace "The Wendy Williams Show." Syndication company Debmar-M…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMMonday, February 2, 2026
History was made in more than one way at Sunday night’s 68th Grammy Awards. Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year — the first Spanish-language LP to take the R…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:39PMIn case one has forgotten, the whole point of walking a red carpet is to show off what you’re wearing ... and sometimes what you’re not. Which brings us to Chappell Roan at Sunday’s Gr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:23PMSaturday, January 31, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt “Nur-D” Allen has retained the law firm that represent…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMFriday, January 30, 2026
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners Friday, with Beth de Araújo's searing drama "Josephine" and Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman's environmental-themed documen…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:20PM 
