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Mark DeLong Michael Connelly, famed for his Harry Bosch LAPD procedurals, switches to his other ongoing series, centering on lawyer Mickey Haller. Michael Connelly jumped genres in 2005. Best known, in fact revered, for his police procedurals starring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, Connelly started writing legal thrillers right in John Grisham’s backyard. “The Lincoln Lawyer” was a fabulous one-off, establishing ...

Splash News The superstar’s “Yeezus” features a Jesus actor that makes way for the “Jesus Walks” track on his new CD. Kanye West strode onto the stage of the Barclays Center Tuesday like a gladiator, his face shrouded by a mask laden with jewels and gold. At the first of four New York-area shows, the star moved with menace. He ...

©2013 Joan Marcus From left, Stephanie J. Block, Rory O’Malley, Hannah Nordberg, David Rasche and Will Swenson in “LIttle Miss Sunshine” Charm, like lightning, seldom strikes twice. Even more so when that charm is as quirky as the brand found in “Little Miss Sunshine,” a 2006 indie film about the hapless Hoover family — misfits en route to a preteen ...

The unremarkable Chevrolet Spark, gasoline edition, becomes a desirable, almost cheap urban commuter car when you swap in an electric motor. What’s more, with the Spark EV, the smartphone-based navigation starts to fulfill the promise of significant apps running off your phone and streamed to the car’s LCD display. With the gas-powered Spark, people say, “It’s easy to park and ...

Julia Xanthos/New York Daily News The hits Macklemore rapped Wednesday functioned as much as confessionals as songs. They made their name with low-budget videos, homemade recordings and a song about trolling for bargains in thrift stores. But the latest tour by the hit hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis boasts a full horn section, two string players, three dancers and ...

William Hurt as physicist Richard Feynman in “The Challenger Disaster,” watching footage of shuttle’s destruction “The Challenger Disaster” spins an engrossing tale of how one stubborn scientist and a couple of stealth allies uncovered the truth about the 1986 space shuttle explosion despite high-level efforts to keep it buried. It’s not just a good story, it’s a good story well ...

Jhené Aiko has sung with a long list of hip-hop stars. Jhené Aiko drifts in and out of a dream when she sings. With her feathery tone, sky-high pitch and dazed delivery, she floats above the beat, sexy and aloof. It’s an apt instrument for a swelling wave of chilled-out hip hop. Starting with Kanye West’s game-changing “808s & Heartbreak” ...