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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:00:00 GMT

Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports

On with the show — Kennedy Center to honor five artists across six days

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:55:27 GMT

WASHINGTON — This spring, the Kennedy Center Honors will salute five performing artists — singer Joan Baez, country musician Garth Brooks, dancer-choreographer Debbie Allen, violinist Midori and actor Dick Van Dyke — and break with tradition by staging six days of intimate performances instead of a one-night blockbuster event.

ENTERTAINMENT: Live events go virtual, change way we see arts

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:54:32 GMT

Liz Locke wasn't sure what to expect when she logged on to Twitter in April, cocktail in hand, for a virtual watch party of classic films.

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: The Sultana disaster story has outgrown museum

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:52:54 GMT

MARION — An Arkansas steamboat disaster that claimed more victims than the Titanic's fabled sinking merits a museum large enough for a full telling of the tragedy.

TELEVISION: Here are 13 more period dramas worth bingeing

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:51:56 GMT

"Bridgerton," Netflix's saucy new Shondaland period drama, is a fun and popular escape — one that you might binge your way through in a few days or even hours.

Horoscopes by Holiday

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:51:31 GMT

The sun breaking into the innovative sign of Aquarius imparts this message: The instinct to gather facts is born of a desire for power in a certain realm.

SHARON RANDALL: Old hymn helps heal in light of recent violence

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:50:46 GMT

What do you do when the unthinkable happens? Where do you go to find peace? And how do you explain it to a child?

Super Quiz: Flags

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:43:54 GMT

1. It has a red maple leaf in the center.

Music producer, convicted killer Spector, 81, dies

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:00:00 GMT

Phil Spector, one of the most influential and successful record producers in rock 'n' roll, who generated a string of hits in the early 1960s defined by the lavish instrumental treatment known as the wall of sound, but whose life was upended when he was sentenced to prison for the murder of a woman at his home, died Saturday. He was 81.

E for everyone: These family-friendly video games entertain kids and comfort adults

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:03:52 GMT

I found instead that I was craving more bite-size games. At least I thought I was. That desire doesn't explain why I'm on my second tour of "Astro's Playroom," a game included with the PlayStation 5 and which many believed would be little more than a tech showcase for the new console.

OPINION: Bring out your favorite clichés, breeches first

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:02:54 GMT

I feel fine saying that broadcast news is loaded with clichés. Here’s your chance to tell me which ones bother you and what you’d like to hear instead.

‘Kingmaker’ game rooted in D&D play

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:58:04 GMT

"Pathfinder: Kingmaker" gives you so many roles to play you don't even have to be the hero.

Horoscopes by Holiday

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:53:52 GMT

The lunar influence refreshes to the zodiac's firstborn, Aries, signaling fresh hope.

Super Quiz: 20th Century Actresses by Decade

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:47:37 GMT

1. 1990s: She played the title character in "Pretty Woman."

Jerry Jalal Barakat

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:22:57 GMT

Jerry Barakat opened his first Little Rock restaurant nearly 40 years ago. It's still open, though it has moved several times, and Barakat has passed its management on to his daughters, Susi and Sandy.

OPINION | LET'S TALK: Exercising a milestone in virus time

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:18:42 GMT

My last fitness update — wow, way back on March 29 of last year! — I was awash in the joys of early-morning-gym-visits-turned-early-morning-Zoom-fitness classes.

OPINION | ON BOOKS: Writer/singer tells his story in 'the Voice'

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:17:36 GMT

John Colapinto was a singer.

Horoscopes by Holiday

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:08:38 GMT

People will find out how they are valued by one another during this toss-up with Jupiter and Uranus. Regardless of whether your interpersonal rating system is frank, subtle or hidden, today it will be heard loud and clear.

Notable Arkansans

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:05:58 GMT

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