The logging town of Twin Peaks never really existed. Like most settings of fictional television shows, the characters exist in spaces that are in part filmed on location and in part on a Hollywood lot. The influential 1990 TV drama … Continue reading →

On its own, the theme song to “Twin Peaks” was a bona fide earworm. Composer Angelo Badalamenti’s opening theme to Mark Frost and David Lynch’s otherworldly murder mystery won a Grammy in 1990 for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance.” The soundtrack … Continue reading →

Chris Cornell, frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a pioneer of grunge, died suddenly Wednesday at age 52 after performing a sold-out show at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. The Associated Press reports that he died by suicide. What Cornell meant to grunge, … Continue reading →

In the newest Pirates of the Caribbean film, Captain Jack Sparrow is dogged by deadly ghost pirates, led by the maniacal Captain Salazar. In real-life, he’s apparently being pursued by a different kind of foe: hackers that claim to be holding the big-budget film, in true pirate fashion, for ransom. Continue reading →

“America is a diverse country. But we all subscribe to the values and the spirit and the Constitution of the United States.” Continue reading →

She read the whole durn thing. Continue reading →

“Comedy is like expensive cheese,” comedian W. Kamau Bell once said. “Well, it’s like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don’t like, they think is the worst.” That may be the case, but still we … Continue reading →

“I think when you’re younger it’s really good to emulate your heroes,” she said.“But now I feel like… Alynda.” Continue reading →

Salma Hagag, 51, learned to sing in Sudan as a child, before she moved to Egypt and, eventually, the United States. But nobody in her adopted country had heard her voice — until she performed at a sold-out concert in Oakland, California, in March, featuring music from the seven countries targeted in President Trump’s initial travel ban. Continue reading →

Local artists in a Brooklyn neighborhood are contributing to a public art project aimed at helping kids learn the alphabet. Continue reading →