The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio WEEKENDER / Entertainment

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

2012-02-11T21:21:39-05:00

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Rabbit Run celebrates Dickens’ birthday all season

2012-02-10T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 10, 2011: In celebration of the 200th birthday of the world-renowned author Charles Dickens, Rabbit Run Theater is basing the productions of the 2012 season on the works of this ground-breaking author.

‘Imagining Argentina’ needed concentration more on people

2012-02-10T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 10, 2012: It’s a story about life in violent Argentina in the mid 1970s, where people often just “go missing.”

Hear any ‘Rumors?’

2012-02-10T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 10, 2012: Imagine what would happen if the deputy mayor of New York City invited some influential friends for an anniversary party and they arrived to find him delirious from a gunshot wound and his wife nowhere in sight.

CALENDAR for February 10, 2012

2012-02-10T02:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for February 10, 2012

No need to feel guilty watching ‘The Vow’

2012-02-09T16:50:07-05:00

What a difference five years can make. For Paige (Rachel McAdams), it meant a new life free from her rich, controlling parents, free-spirited new friends, a loving marriage to Leo (Channing Tatum), and a promising career as a sculptor. Then she loses her memory after a car crash, and without those experiences, who is she?

True story shows what father will do for his children

2012-02-03T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 3, 2012: “Extraordinary Measures” has that made-for-TV-movie feel about it, at least initially.

Saving whales becomes delightful family film

2012-02-03T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 3, 2012: The title isn’t an exaggeration. It was something of a “Big Miracle,” the way the plight of a family of gray whales, stranded under the Alaska ice, captivated the country and forced oil men and environmentalists, natives and Cold War foes to team up back in the waning days of the Reagan administration.

CALENDAR for Feb. 3, 2012

2012-02-03T09:00:00-05:00

WEEKENDER for Feb. 3, 2012

"The Help' helps itself to some wins at SAG awards

2012-01-30T01:22:36-05:00

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were the maids of honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, where their Deep South drama "The Help" won them acting prizes and earned the trophy for overall cast performance.