Both Bezos and de Vries make clear during their conversations with Shatner that they were “Star Trek” nerds growing up, and as an added bonus, the producers visit a convention along with the actor, where there’s plenty of enthusiasm about Captain Kirk going to space. The public-relations value of Shatner’s involvement might be obvious, but […]
Aaron Sorkin, who wrote and directed the movie, told Kidman that he wasn’t looking for some strict impersonation of Ball. Kidman received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the film. I mean, vocally, she had a much deeper voice than me, so I was able to create this voice that was a much […]
He was known as “El Rey,” “Chente” or “El Charro de Huentitán” by his fans around the world and was widely respected as the king of ranchera music. Strait has long-cited Fernández as one of his musical heroes, up there with Bob Wills. “I’ve loved Mariachi music for years, and although I’m not fluent in […]
For all its whizz-bang caper-gone-wrong energy, and for all its subsequent emotional troughs, this week’s Succession finale might have been the most important in its entire run. It’s an unexpected twist, like if King Lear contained a weird new beat where Lear hands the British crown to Jack Dorsey for a laugh, but it sets […]
This is not the plot of the latest horror film from A24 but the unfortunate tale of Steven Spielberg’s efforts to remake “West Side Story,” the movie musical about love and ethnic rivalry among New York City gangs. A swooping opening shot in the remake shows a rubble-strewn landscape dominated by a billboard announcing “slum […]
“I think porn is a disgrace. “The first few times I, you know, had sex, I was not saying no to things that were not good. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. …Read the full story
Celebrate SA will take place on Alamo Street, La Villita and Hemisfair between Market Street and Cesar Chavez Blvd with live music and a fireworks show at midnight on Dec. Noon Year’s Eve Celebration – This is a child-friendly celebration that takes place at 11 a.m. Small Town Habit – Texas country music group Small […]
Clarkson said that she was “dripping with tone” and Legend called this performance the best one by Mia so far, per Gold Derby. Shelton said that Cunningham raked in millions of votes and sold millions of tickets for concerts that aren’t even booked yet, per Entertainment Weekly. Performing “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan, the second […]
The study, led by Thomas Niederkrotenthaler at the Medical University of Vienna, assessed changes in the volume of daily calls before and after the song was released, the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2018 Grammy Awards. “In my mind, I was like, ‘Man I wasn’t even trying to save nobody’s life. …Read the […]
After four years of dating, this is what it came to for Art Castillo: sitting alone in his blue truck in Waco, Texas, listening to his girlfriend on speaker. “I hanged up and put Vicente Fernández on,” said Mr. Castillo, 30. For generations, Mr. Fernández’s often sorrowful songs have served as a balm for the […]
Page Six broke the news that Kardashian filed to divorce West in February after seven years of marriage. …Read the full story
It’s during the Red Scare, when Lucille Ball, played by Nicole Kidman, is accused of being a communist, and she suspects he’s having an affair. And then comes the moment when they say, OK, the job is yours, and you go, oh, my God, what do I do now? I felt it’s very exposing. BARDEM: […]
Awards favoriteThe Lost Daughter continued its nomination hot streaks, while the profiles of indie favorites Zola and Red Rocket were raised with recognition in top categories. Meanwhile, female filmmakers dominated the best director category, with nominations for Zola’s Janicza Bravo, The Lost Daughter’s Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Novice’s Lauren Hadaway, and Pleasure’s Ninja Thyberg in addition […]
These novels, short story collections, essay books and cultural histories span California’s past and present. “The book unfolds in a tightknit community in Northern California over the course of four seasons, in the late 1970s. As I read it, I grew colder and colder, until I found myself curled up under a blanket on a […]
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The news brings an anticlimactic end to new inquiries into one of the most infamous lynchings in American history. In August of that year, Till, just 14 at the time, was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, from his hometown of Chicago when he was accused of harassing a white woman, 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, in her […]
When a writer writes a short story about a writer, there’s always a temptation to read it as autobiographical. “I hate stories about writers,” Bissell acknowledged during a recent call from his home in Laurel Canyon, where he’s lived for seven years. What he has done, with “Creative Types,” is found a way to address […]
NPR’s Carrie Kahn reports on the outpouring of grief for the singer known as El Rey, the king of Ranchera. KAHN: Surrounded by a sea of white flowers, Fernandez’s coffin was placed center stage, with his trademark wide-brimmed sombrero on top. KAHN: Always performing in tight-fitting mariachi suits, that huge sombrero and a pistol on […]
The boom in “immersive art” continues apace with the launch next year of the first permanent space dedicated to interactive digital art in the UK. “The product of a long-term collaboration with Nasa, this exhibition uses artificial intelligence to reimagine two million publicly available images of space taken by NASA satellites and telescopes, and the […]
