By Sean P. Means Bill Nighy has his share of experience in mega-budget blockbusters — after all, he played the squid-faced Davy Jones in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, and appeared in the penultimate "Harry Potter" movi…
Salt Lake Tribune
By Sean P. Means They are the arguments that have no ending, because they seem to have had no beginning. Comic-book stores in the Salt Lake City area will be marking Free Comic Book Day on Saturday with giveaways and special events.See all stories on t…
By Sean P. Means The old saying goes that clothes make the man. Apparently to Geraldo Rivera, clothes also make a case for probable cause for any law officer or pistol-packing neighborhood-watch volunteer. A week ago, in the wake of the much-discussed …
By Sean P. Means When the curtain goes up on Sunday's 84th Academy Awards at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, all eyes will be on host Billy Crystal as he takes his ninth spin as Oscar emcee. And, as it does every year, a worldwide audience of movie …
By Sean P. Means “When you're a girl in a movie, you mostly get to say, 'Now behave, boys,'” Caplan said during a Q-and-A session this week after the premiere of the comedy “Bachelorette” at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.See all s…
Dec 282011
By Sean P. Means The Cricket said “Goodbye” to a lot of things in 2011 — including its old incarnation, the Culture Vulture, but it said “Hello” to a lot as well. Hello » “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway, the profane and funny musical by…
By Sean P. Means Not the two years that Utah singer David Archuleta soon will serve on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as he announced Monday night at Salt Lake City's Abravanel Hall. No, let's consider the two ye…
Dec 082011
By Sean P. Means Now that the Sundance Film Festival has announced the 112 feature films and 64 short films in the 2012 lineup, let the reading of the tea leaves begin. We're all working in the dark about which movies will be worth your time — af…
By PAULINE JELINEK and ROBERT BURNS AP WASHINGTON • The US military is working around a Pakistani government border blockade by shipping small amounts of some supplies for the Afghan war through alternate countries, US defense officials said Tuesday….
By Sean P. Means Word came over the weekend that the National Basketball Association and its players, after tense and long-running talks, reached a tentative deal on a collective bargaining agreement that means there will be an NBA season this year. …..
