Movies
It was a solid, if unspectacular, weekend at the box office, typical of the transition period before holiday movies arrive.
Oct. 23, 2001
Political pundit Cenk Uygur and his cult talk show, “The Young Turks,” went on a roller-coaster ride from public-access television to SiriusXM satellite radio, YouTube and Current TV — all detailed in the eye-opening, behind-the-scenes documentary “Mad as Hell.”
Feb. 5, 2015
Books
RIDIN’ HIGH, LIVIN’ FREE: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories, By Ralph “Sonny” Barger With Keith Zimmerman and Kent Zimmerman, William Morrow: 260 pp., $24.95
April 21, 2002
Christopher Nolan’s Peloton instructor ripped one of his films as he was working out. Now she’s backpedaling and promising the director an ‘insult-free’ ride.
Jan. 5, 2024
Box Office * The Jack the Ripper thriller takes in an estimated $11.3 million. Robert Redford’s ‘The Last Castle’ opens in fifth place.
Oct. 22, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
This report is based on projections of total U.S. box-office gross from a consensus of industry sources and studio financial models.
A dark night. A desert highway. No stars. Rain pouring down like blood.
Feb. 21, 1986
Autos
“Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” actor Michael Madsen was so outraged by our story on the auction sale of a motorcycle purportedly used in the filming of “Easy Rider” that he telephoned, from a movie set in Romania, to voice his concerns.
Oct. 21, 2014
Obituaries
On a tight budget and with an armful of surfboards, Bruce Brown helped introduce America to surfing with a story of two friends trotting around the world, in chase of the perfect wave.
Dec. 11, 2017
“You are done with the past, but the past is not done with you,” Gordon warns after a turbulent reunion with his old classmate Simon in “The Gift,” a disturbing drama that twists its outsider-from-hell story into something more unique and unexpected than its marketing campaign might imply.
Aug. 6, 2015