Paul McCartney

New Orleans hums with Super Bowl and Mardi Gras

2013-01-31 18:13:00

— In a city where even funerals turn into parties, New Orleans rarely lacks for an excuse to strike up the band, boil up some crayfish and swirl together a daiquiri. But with the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras landing this month, New Orleans never has...

Google Maps, Golden Globes, the 12-12-12 Concert are rocking the trends today

2012-12-13 06:10:00

Christmas may actually be 11 days away but nerds are getting their gifts early today. Last night, Google released their popular (and relatively danger-free) Google Maps app on the Apple App Store. The wonky and much ridiculed Apple version is still...

Paul McCartney and the pope are making 12/12/12 a day to remember

2012-12-12 08:44:00

Happy 12/12/12! Enjoy the quirky numerical day while it lasts because it won't happen again for another hundred years. (Or never if the Mayan Apocalypse actually happens) Possibly fueled by this unique bit of numerology, the Internet is buzzing with...

Paul McCartney on (the topic of) drugs

2012-11-28 13:34:00

The Library of Congress is full of wonderful treasures, and today it released a new chestful: a collection of interviews on topics such as sex, drugs and rock and roll. Included is Paul McCartney relating how pot and other drugs boosted the Beatles'...

'The Voice' recap, Competition is getting fiercer

2012-09-25 05:41:00

Spots are getting scant on the teams of NBC's "The Voice" so the coaches are getting pickier and pickier (and sassier and sassier) and competition's getting fierce. But for the contestants, it's still all about singing and dreams. Michelle Brooks-...

Olympics opening ceremony makes for fine prime-time TV event

2012-07-27 21:06:00

What plays well in a stadium doesn't always work so well on TV. But if the in-person thumbs-up reviews out of London�Friday were accurate,�the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics were a winner on both fronts. By and large, the version shown for...

London Olympics begin with a flourish in Opening Ceremony

2012-07-27 18:42:00

With Shakespearean flourishes and pogoing punk rockers, and featuring the actor who plays James Bond on service to his actual majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the United Kingdom opened the Olympic Games on Friday night in a hip and humorous fashion. The much-...

Datebook

2012-06-01 00:00:00

Sunday, June 3 Classical concert Sundays At Three Chamber Music Series presents the Monarch Brass Quintet performing "Romantic Brass" at 3 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 6800 Oakland Mills Road in Columbia. The program features the music of...

'Fela!' celebrates influential Nigerian musician, activist

2012-05-12 00:00:00

He pioneered one the most influential, far-reaching musical genres of the past 50 years. He became a galvanizing force, too, in the cause of human rights. When he died, more than a million people turned out to witness his funeral cortege. Among those...

Q&A: Rising country star Hunter Hayes

2012-02-15 07:14:00

When Hunter Hayes, the 20-year-old sensation just nominated as the Academy of Country Music's Best New Artist, has a day to himself, the first thing he does is find a music store. "I'm obsessed with gear," Hayes said recently on the phone. Look at the...

Grammys 2012: Stay home if you're not Adele

2012-02-08 00:00:00

Welcome to the Adele show. Just as she dominated radio this past year, Adele will likely walk away with a handful of shiny gramophones on Sunday night (8 p.m., WJZ/CBS). But this is show business - there are no guarantees (except that host LL Cool J...

Mel Filler, coach and mentor

2011-12-11 17:50:00

Mel Filler, known to generations of high-school football players simply as "Coach," and to former players as "Uncle Mel," died Dec. 5 after a three-year battle with leukemia. A longtime Forest Hill resident, he was 86. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

Paul McCartney fan Craig Dubishar, 54, of Herndon, VA shows off his original 1964 Beatles button while waiting outside Amway Center hoping for a chance to see McCartney before his opening night show in Orlando, Fla. Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Rock and roll band "The Quarrymen," later known as "The Beatles," perform onstage at their first concert at the Casbah Coffee House (in Pete Best's basement). John's future wife, Cynthia, is in the center, on August 29, 1959 in Liverpool, England.

2013-05-13 11:44:00

Rock-n-Roll legends "The Beatles."

2013-05-13 11:44:00