They’re all somewhere between “really good” and “era defining.” Figure 8 holds special significance, however, as it was the final album Smith released before his death in 2003.

In April 2000, he released an album called Figure 8 that seemed like his attempt to recreate the spirit of that classic record via his own boundless talent. Charged through with ambition and ...

25 years ago today (4/18/00), Elliott Smith released his fifth studio album Figure 8. As Smith’s last studio release before he died in 2003, the album expands into full-band arrangements, pianos, ...

This week 25 years ago (April 18, 2000), Elliott Smith unveiled his fifth studio album – and the last released during his lifetime – Figure 8. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting a classic Hot ...

The final album Elliott Smith completed in his lifetime, ‘Figure 8’ saw the formerly lo-fi songwriter go pop, to dazzling effect. Not that that stopped him from pursuing it. Smith began his ...

the late Heath Ledger starring as the Joker, is shown in a scene from the 2008 film “The Dark Knight.” Like the Joker, whose perpetual sense of victimhood drove his need for chaos and ...

He and his partners would buy nearly every possible number in a coming drawing. There were 25.8 million potential number combinations. The tickets were $1 apiece. The jackpot was heading to $95 ...

Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

CEBU, Philippines — Canyoneering activities in the southern Cebu towns of Badian and Alegria have been temporarily suspended until further notice due to heavy rains experienced over the past few ...