You can sum up this year’s Grammy Awards in one word – or one name, rather: Adele.

The 23-year-old ruled the charts last year with her “21” album, which spawned the No. 1 singles “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You,” and she’s likely to rule at the Grammys on Sunday.

NORFOLK Fiery singer/guitarist Bernard Allison, who plays the Attucks Theatre on Saturday, couldn't help but get into music, particularly the blues. It's in his DNA and upbringing.

With the blue waters of the South Pacific behind him and a cloudless sky above, Dwayne Johnson was beaming about his homecoming to Honolulu. Not every guy, not even The Rock, can count on the opportunity to star in a big-budget 3-D adventure on Oahu, where he once lived, and add millions to the local economy.

Is it possible for an action movie to have too much action? For the more gung-ho of ticket buyers, maybe not, but for the rest of us, the thriller “Safe House” tests our nerves as well as our patience.

Although it would clearly like to be Bourne again, the film lacks the smarts of the best of the manhunt/spy series starring Matt Damon.

Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana. The folks at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are finally recognizing the bands that built the stars. If you are looking for Cube Candy, please go here.

Kim O’Brien Root
Correspondent
Part Fight Club, part soap opera and a touch of acrobatics, Spike TV’s Impact Wrestling is coming to town – and at the center of the chaos will be a polite, soft-spoken man named Robert F. Roode Jr.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is supposed to be the highlight of any athletic career.
But Kurt Angle barely remembers it.

Like many great comedians before him, Kevin Hart took what may have been perceived as a disadvantage and made it a punch line.
The Philadelphia native stands 5-foot-4 and often jokes about his height. In his routines, the fast-talking Hart flips the Napoleon complex on its head, when he’s not riffing about sex and the inanities of urban romance.

Even after more than 50 years as a member of The Temptations, Otis Williams, one of the founders of the group, is still enjoying what he describes as “a very interesting ride.”

If you are feeling the need for speed, perhaps a trip to Hampton’s Virginia Air & Space Center should be on your radar this weekend.