Mama, they took my Kodachrome away After 75 years as a gold-standard tool of photography, Kodachrome rides into the sunset today, when the only remaining Kodak-certified processing facility on the planet, Dwayne's Photo Service, 415 S. 32nd Street, Parsons, Kansas 67357, ends its processing of the legendary...

‘We are the antigenocide paparazzi’ As Sudan prepares for nationhood, the world holds its breath fearing the potential for genocide. But George Clooney’s making a pre-emptive strike. His idea, the Satellite Sentinel Project — a joint venture of the United Nations, Harvard and Hollywood — will...

NYC: Billy Taylor is dead at 89 The jazz pianist and educator Billy Taylor died on Wednesday in Manhattan, of heart failure. As much an advocate and an ambassador as a musician, Taylor was the eloquent embodiment of the class act. The New York Times weighs in with words, but watch the video. See and hear what we've lost.&nbs...

Teena Marie, godmother of hip-hopFor music writer Paul Devlin, writing in The Root, "Teena's career was inextricably intertwined with hip-hop. She was a hip lady who embraced the music that embraced her." More in Music.Photo: From the Congo Square al...

Merry Christmas Two classics, just in time for the holidays. Again.  ...

Merry Christmas. Prep the wedding music The merger of NBC Universal and Comcast is all but a lock, according to stories in various news sources. Comcast got a big thumbs-up from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who conditionally supported this civil union pending Comcast's acceptance of some limitations...

Jeff Bridges rides again More and more, it seems, it’s Jeff Bridges’ world and we just live in it. With a best-actor Oscar under his belt for his stunning role in Crazy Heart, his whiskey-and-honey voice gracing ads for Duracell and Hyundai, and last weekend’s hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, the...

'Spider-Man' soldiers on. And on The show must go on. Broadway’s basic law remains in force for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the troubled $65 million Julie Taymor-Bono-Edge production now in previews. Four people have been injured in the staging of the musical, including a stuntman hospitalized Monday after a 20-foot fall (see the video). The show’s also been plagued by numerous delays, sour...

Flynn lives, in 3D You’ve been waiting patiently ... 28 years, to be exact. Now, finally, Disney revisits the world of Tron, the 1982 film that was a hit with sci-fi fans and proto-geeks. Tron Legacy — starring Jeff Bridges (in his original role), Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde — opens today in Imax 3D....

Larry King hangs 'em up The Cal Ripken of TV interview shows ended his 25-year run at CNN on Thursday night, after thousands of interviews, tens of thousands of questions and, in 1994, a kiss from Marlon Brando. Michael E. Ross offers an appreciation at Short Sharp Shock. Photo: ...

Blake Edwards, master of joy and pain The director of seven Pink Panther movies, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses, 10, Victor/Victoria and S.O.B., died on Wednesday in Santa Monica at the age of 88, leaving a body of work that blended slapstick, farce and reality by turns painful, hilarious...

Harlem: McCartney  at the Apollo!? White man in R&B Palace: Paul McCartney and friends played the Apollo Theater on Monday, with the once and always Beatle bringing his rollicking, recognized musical catalog (from Beatles to Wings and beyond) uptown, and giving his propers to the revered soul...

St. Petersburg: Putin’s Fats Domino theory In what’s either a boon to U.S.-Russian relations or a blow to that relationship, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continued his independent study of English on Friday, going public with his version of Fats Domino’s classic “Blueberry Hill” at a benefit for a children’s cancer charity. Witnesses to this musical misdemeanor: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell,...

Reports: Aretha has pancreatic cancer Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, has reportedly been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, one of the disease’s most aggressive forms, according to news reports.                 ...

It was 30 years ago today He was taken from us at 40 by a twisted, fame-hungry fan in the city he adored, and the years since have never been what they were before. Now, imagine John Lennon still with us. David Kamp did in a provocative, ultimately joyful "interview" in Vanity Fair. It first came...

D.C.: Who praises who at the Kennedy Honors Merle Haggard, Oprah Winfrey, Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman and Paul McCartney were the guests at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, but for Paul Farhi of The Washington Post, “Half the fun of the Kennedy Center Honors, and almost all of the surprise, comes...

Another kind of alien nation Monsters examines an extraterrestrial invasion through ordinary eyes, with precious little CGI. But parallels between one alien experience and another, in the context of nativist American politics, are inescapable. Donald Clarke of The Irish Times interviews director Gareth...

Billboard gets social on yaThe 116-year-old bible of the music industry launches a ranking of top music artists on the top social network sites. Rihanna tops the chart’s first leaderboard. Justin Bieber and Eminem place and show                  ...

Trailer Hitch: Lives in public Getting in touch with yourself: It’s basic to two high-profile films this weekend, both of which cast bankable but underseen stars in unconventional stories of lives in public and the private demons that haunt them. Black Swan, the new psychological thriller by the refreshingly...

Los Angeles: Eminem paces Grammy field Eminem’s return to prominence was amply rewarded Wednesday night, as a beleaguered record industry gave him 10 Grammy nominations for his Recovery album, including nods in all three top categories, at a televised Grammy nomination concert from the Nokia Theatre....

Paris: Picasso treasures discovered The art world is salivating after the announcement of the discovery of 271 paintings, drawings, sketches and lithographs by Pablo Picasso. Police raided the Mouans-Sartoux home of Pierre Le Guennec, an electrician for the late artist who said the works were gifts...

Leslie Nielsen: Shirley a legend After a long period as a dramatic actor (see him in the 50’s-era sci-fi classic, Forbidden Planet, or as the captain in The Poseidon Adventure), Leslie Nielsen found himself with that rare opportunity of achieving a second act in life. It all came together with a role...

Meet the Douglases Thanksgiving was a time to, well, give thanks for what’s important. For Michael Douglas, it was a family affair. Douglas, mending after the chemo regimen he underwent to control the throat cancer diagnosed earlier this year, was seen vacationing at EPCOT Center on Wednesday with...

Cable interference For Internet and digital technologist Tom Evslin, the future of television viewing is available right now, through the increasing number of cancellations of cable TV subscriptions across the country. Evslin, blogging at the Fractals of Change Web...

Keith Richards, growing up in public The profane, sentimental, visionary rock n' roll buccaneer archetype the world knows by first name alone has finally put his Life between covers almost 50 years after the humble birth of the Rolling Stones. Willfully meandering, emotionally honest, Keith...

L.A.: Building the canvas of the street In Los Angeles’ Pico-Union neighborhood, Ricardo Guerrero, an enterprising street artist and musician, hopes to continue transforming “taggers” into skilled graffiti artists. In its four-year existence, the Graff Lab has provided an outlet for artistic hopefuls...