By CHARLES J. GANS, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago NEW YORK - Anat Cohen s clarinet wailed like a woman scorned, dispensing with any need for a vocalist as she played the soulful 1950s torch song “Cry Me A River” with her Anzic Orchestra during a recent jazz club run that saw her [...]
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Bob Barker (game-show host) is 84 Connie Francis (singer) is 69 Dionne Warwick (singer) is 67 Dickey Betts (singer, Allman Brothers ) is 64 Clive Bunker (drummer, Jethro Tull ) is 61 Wings Hauser (actor, “J. Jay Jones” on Beverly Hills , 90210 ) is 60 Sheree J. Wilson (actress, Walker, Texas [...]
Ben Affleck’s directorial debut is a stylish descent into the lower depths of his native Boston, as mapped out by local-boy novelist Dennis Lehane. The director’s brother and star, Casey Affleck, whispery and inward, grips the movie in his fist without breaking a sweat. The picture is violent and sometimes bloody, the way it [...]