Arts

The tale of how Admiral General Aladeen became President Prime Minister Admiral General Aladeen is not one for the ages. As told by The Dictator,

 “Dogs in the City” Wednesday 8pm, CBS In the movie Scrooged, a television exec demands that Bill Murray’s character start developing programming for cats and dogs, because studies showed that one day household pets would become steady TV viewers. The future is apparently now. “Dogs in the City” is a new documentary series intended for […]

Luther Dickinson (Photo by Brad Hodge) Luther Dickinson is best known as an electric guitar hero, whether he’s shredding hill country blues licks with his own North Mississippi Allstars or delivering gritty solos as lead axe man for the Black Crowes. Earlier this month, the Delta native decided to reveal his acoustic side in a […]

  An A-list of golden year actors including (from left) Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, and Bill Nighy round out the cast of the counter-blockbuster, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (Fox Searchlight) Upon arrival at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, its first guests cannot conceal their disappointment. “You Photoshopped it!” one says, aghast at how shabby […]

“So You Think You Can Dance” Thursday 8pm, Fox Here’s the good news: America’s most artistically exciting dance competition is back. The bad news: due to the show’s ratings descent, it has been cut down to just one episode per week. So once we get to the live voting rounds, there will be no elimination show; […]

If you attended University of Virginia drama department’s production of Romeo and Juliet you saw something truly beautiful—and I don’t mean a tender rendition of Shakespeare’s most famous tragic love story.

Johnny Depp stars in Tim Burton’s over-the-top adaptation of the ’60s supernatural soap opera, “Dark Shadows.” (Photo by Warner Brothers) Even in our dimmest memories of the original “Dark Shadows” TV show, the reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins stands out. He wasn’t a major player at first, but he had a way of chomping at the […]

 “Mrs. Eastwood and Company” Sunday 10pm, E! I think we can all agree that Clint Eastwood is and always will be a Hollywood A-lister. Actor, writer, director—the guy is a living legend. That’s why it is so mind-boggling that, starting this week, he will be appearing on a show on E!, riding on the sleazy coattails […]

“Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you.” 
― Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera

Along with Brooklyn-based opener Miniature Tigers, the indie-veterans-turned-viral-superstars of Fun. made Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater their last tour stop before a summer hiatus at a sold-out show Saturday night.