Gary Dretzka

The Independent Spirit Awards may not carry the same cachet as the Oscars, but they're a lot more fun--and you don't have to wear a gown or tuxedo to get...

Joe Diffie Life's So Funny (Epic) (star) (star) Diffie is one of Nashville's more popular troubadours, thanks to his common-man persona, many playful songs and heartfelt ballads. It would appear...

The Nields Gotta Get Over Greta (Razor & Tie) (star) (star) (star) With the help of this infectious album, the Nields should be able to make the leap from the...

The NATO/ShoWest convention ended with an awards ceremony in which emcee Larry King mangled executives' names and stars John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear and Jonathan Taylor Thomas were honored...

Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Arnold Schwarzenegger were on hand Tuesday when 20th Century-Fox rolled out its movie lineup. Fireworks and an orchestra playing patriotic music saluted Fox's big ($70...

LOS ANGELES--Playboy parties saluting a celebrity or model featured in the magazine are rarely open to the public. Tuesday night, anyone with access to the World Wide Web or America...

Clint Eastwood received the American Film Institute's 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala showcasing a career that has ranged, as many do here, from the ridiculous to the sublime....

Wynonna Revelations (Curb/MCA) (star) (star) (star) Patty Loveless The Trouble With the Truth (Epic) (star) (star) (star) In these two fine albums, country divas Wynonna (sans Judd) and Patty Loveless...

If nothing else, the Oscar nominations announced Tuesday prove there's still some suspense left in the Academy Award guessing game. For the first time in two years, movie fans can...

Call it folk, folk-based or modern acoustic, the music from these gifted singer-songwriters from New England lends solid weight to a movement that seems to be thriving along the nation's...