Shirley MacLaine

From halls of 'Downton Abbey,' to 'House of Cards,' a great midseason

2013-01-06 11:52:00

Midseason used to be a time for networks to put on series that weren’t good enough to make the fall lineup. The thinking was: The money has been spent to make these episodes, so let’s try to get something out of them by plugging them for shows...

'Downton Abbey' recap, Season 3 premiere

2013-01-06 19:54:00

After a unique, very-informal-for-Downton dinner party, Carson poses an interesting question in this episode: "Where's the style, Mrs. Hughes, where's the show?" "Perhaps people are tired of style and show," she responds. Perhaps. Well, most...

Our special relationship with 'Downton Abbey'

2013-01-09 10:38:11

America has a remarkably close relationship with its previous owner. It seems we no sooner threw off the yoke of George III than we started collecting mugs decorated with the images of royal wedding partners. England and the United States have been...

Ancient attractions

2012-11-15 15:16:00

An authentic Indiana Jones is alive and well, right here in town. Baltimore, meet Douglas Comer. Operating rather inconspicuously from his Charles Village-based firm Cultural Site Research and Management, Comer has overseen some of the region's most...

Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad

2011-08-29 21:50:00

I am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day. But ... I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...

E-readers debut at Anne Arundel libraries

2011-10-27 14:34:28

Electronic readers will make their debut this week at Anne Arundel County public libraries, when 200 e-readers become available for patrons to take home. E-reader technology allows a user to have hundreds of hours of reading materials on a portable,...

Made in Maryland

2006-11-01 00:00:00

Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...

Holiday movie schedule

2005-10-30 00:00:00

Release dates are subject to change. Nov. 23 The Ice Harvest - Harold Ramis stretches a bit with this comic thriller, in which John Cusack's sleazebag lawyer lusts after Connie Nielsen's strip-club owner. Billy Bob Thornton, so good at playing...

'Brokeback Mountain' leads Golden Globe noms

2005-12-13 08:19:00

Crazy for Carbonara

2001-02-21 00:00:00

Maybe all Italian food qualifies as comfort food -- the good stuff that warms the spirit as it nourishes the body -- so you'll probably think I'm as nutty as pinoli to stand up and declare Spaghetti alla Carbonara the ultimate Italian comfort food. What,...

Summer movies release schedule

2005-04-19 00:00:00

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at 85; Oscar-winning screenwriter

2013-04-03 13:25:00

For years, people who read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's novels assumed she was born in India. She wrote about swamis, social climbers, duplicitous landlords and other characters from the Indian bourgeoisie who inevitably found themselves colliding with...

Actress Shirley MacLaine celebrates her 76th birthday today.

2013-03-12 18:35:00

As Dency Nelson keeps his eye on the TV monitor, Sophia Loren, from left, Shirley MacLaine and Halle Berry wait in the wings backstage in 2009.

2013-02-19 11:14:37

Rumor has it that the show is trying to get Shirley MacLaine back for at least part of Season 4. We felt like she was a bit under-utilized in the two episodes she appeared in for Season 3. We'd like to see her get involved in something while she's in England.

2013-02-17 19:33:00