Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement

Articles by Eric Althoff

Alex Rocco, Moe Greene in ‘The Godfather,’ dead at 79

Alex Rocco, who portrayed the doomed Las Vegas casino owner Moe Greene in the original "Godfather" film in 1972, died Saturday, reported Time. He was 79. Mr. Rocco's daughter, Jennifer, noted his passing on the actor's official Facebook page without relating a cause of death.

July 19, 2015
Richard Gere plays a homeless man in "Time Out Of Mind," scheduled for a September release. (AP, File)

Richard Gere, ‘homeless’ man, uses ‘Time Out of Mind’ film to raise awareness

Even Richard Gere had a tough time panhandling. For his role as George, a homeless man suffering from mental illness in the upcoming film "Time Out of Mind," the actor went "undercover" in New York, standing on street corners and beseeching people for change. "I made a buck and a half. I was very bad at this," Mr. Gere said.

July 16, 2015

MUSIC REVIEW: Zella Day, Hilary Duff, Royal Psalms, Alectro

It's hard to believe summertime is more or less at its halfway point, but that doesn't mean your outdoorsy fun has to stop any time soon. And just as important as what you do with the warm months is the soundtrack you choose to back it up.

July 14, 2015

R5 bassist Riker Lynch on family nature of his band

The R5 sound is a rock/pop hybrid, heavy on radio-friendly cuts and optimism, particularly on the upbeat "All Night" from the band's latest album, "Sometime Last Night," which debuts Friday.

July 9, 2015
Amy Winehouse appears in a scene from the film, "Amy." Business manager Nick Shymansky helped director Asif Kapadia reconstructing the timeline of the singer's life, often piecing together the chanteuse's pre-fame life in the early 2000s. (Associated Press)

Amy Winehouse film unravels life, untimely death of troubled British singer

"Why so soon?" often has been asked after the death of a young performer: Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and others. Business manager Nick Shymansky pointedly applies the question to a new documentary about Winehouse that opens this weekend in the District. Simply titled "Amy," it chronicles the short, sad but amazingly creative life of the British singer-songwriter.

July 9, 2015
FILE - This Nov. 15, 2013, file photo, shows Miles Scott, 5, dressed as Batkid, second from left, raising his arm next to Batman at a rally outside of City Hall with Mayor Ed Lee, left, and his mother Natalie Scott, right, in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco is being rescued from paying the cost of staging the “Batkid” fantasy that captured the nation’s imagination. Philanthropists John and Marcia Goldman are picking up the city’s $105,000 tab for allowing Scott, a Northern California boy with leukemia, to fight villains and rescue a damsel in distress as a caped crusader. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

‘Batkid Begins’ looks behind the scenes

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has made dreams come true for children for 35 years, but a 5-year-old's wish to be Batman -- not just to dress up like him, but to actually become the Caped Crusader -- seemed a tall order.

July 8, 2015
The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl performs from a throne of his own making, after breaking his leg during a show in Sweden. A specially designed gurney allowed Mr. Grohl's chair to extend onto a catwalk to get him closer to the crowd, sometimes with bandmates joining him. "There was no way I was canceling this concert," Mr. Grohl told the enthusiastic crowd. (Associated Press photographs)

Foo Fighters rock D.C. in star-filled, stadium-packed celebration of 20th anniversary

Not even Mother Nature could stop the Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary Blowout at RFK Stadium on Saturday. The band threw itself -- and a crowd of 40,000 spectators -- a rockin' fiesta to coincide with the ruby anniversary of the release of its self-titled first album in 1995. Backed by a bevy of supporting acts such as Gary Clarke Jr., Buddy Guy, Heart, LL Cool J and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, the Foos celebrated both their music and America's birthday in high-rock fashion.

July 5, 2015
Patrick Lussier, who co-wrote the "Terminator: Genisys" script with Laeta Kalogridis said, "we knew we wanted Arnold, first and foremost. We knew we wanted time travel. We knew we wanted Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese and John Connor all as central parts of the story."

New spin with favorite pieces

Thirty-one years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as the futuristic Terminator cyborg, uttered three words that would follow the muscle-bound actor throughout his career: "I'll be back."

June 29, 2015
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson (right), bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee (left) and drummer Neil Peart. (Invision via Associated Press)

Rush 40th anniversary tour makes New Jersey stop

Rush bassist/vocalist/keyboardist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart are touring the U.S. and Canada to commemorate their ruby anniversary, with a sold-out stop Saturday at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center. The trio performed a three-hour show with a halftime break.

June 28, 2015
Robert Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (from left), in front of the Eugene O’Neill theater in New York, have been preparing their the Tony-award winning musical “The Book of Mormon” for a multi-city national tour starting in Denver on Tuesday. “We added a couple of Africans to populate Africa a little bit. But that’s it. The show’s the show,” says Mr. Parker. (Associated Press)

‘Book of Mormon’ more shock than awe

The shock and gasps have come to the Kennedy Center. After wowing Broadway and making it the hottest ticket you couldn't get, "Book of Mormon" is at the Kennedy Center Opera House through Aug. 16, and the touring production has brought along the humor, the songs, the dance and, yes, the offensiveness intact.

June 28, 2015