Entertainment

"EMPIRE" // THE SHOW AND THE MUSIC Music-based television shows are becoming more and more popular, thanks to the rise of fiction shows like “Glee” and reality shows like “The Voice” and “American...

A RARE PARTNERSHIP // NETFLIX & NINTENDO Video game fans of all ages will know the names Link and Zelda. The massively popular video game franchise “Legend of Zelda” has been going strong for...

EURYDICE // UA THEATRE BRINGS THE UNDERWORLD TO LIFE // REHEARSALS Braving the underworld to save a lost damsel may be the stuff of myths, but did you ever wonder what the damsel was doing that whole time?...

POWERFUL WEEKEND // THIRD ANNUAL BLACK WARRIOR FILM FESTIVAL The third annual Black Warrior Film Festival will take place Feb. 13, 2015, on The University of Alabama campus and in downtown Tuscaloosa,...

TAKEN 3 // NO-HOLDS BARRED ACTION // I WATCHED IT TWICE **** out of 4 A good action thriller rarely gives its hero a chance to catch his breath. The bottom seems to fall out from under Liam Neeson in the...

BLACK SAILS // A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR US After the huge buzz for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, the legend of pirates took over the airwaves, and suddenly the swashbuckling sea farers were on...

SANTANA COMING TO BIRMINGHAM Carlos Santana, one of the most renowned and celebrated guitarists in rock n’ roll history, is coming to Birmingham. The man who helped bring Latin music into the rock scene...

THE RETURN OF PAGE TO STAGE // KATE CAMPBELL AND DR. WAYNE FLYNT Theatre Tuscaloosa presents Page to Stage: Kate Campbell & Dr. Wayne Flynt Jan. 16 and 17 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on Shelton State’s...

UNBROKEN // TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM // JOLIE SHOWS DIRECTORIAL GENIUS Ranking as one of the best movies about World War II, initially, I approached “Unbroken”with considerable skepticism because actress...

AGENT CARTER // BACKLASH AGAINST SEXISM Television shows tend to follow the same stereotypical format: the big, muscular male superhero fights evil and the tight- skirted damsel in distress falls in love...