Category: Entertainment

Cabaret: Critics make song and dance over Eddie Redmayne musical

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

The show centres around American writer Clifford Bradshaw and his relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles, played by Buckley. “Buckley nails the nuances and jarring contradictions of Sally, who wears so many impenetrable layers of bluster and bravado that in lesser hands she could be hard to get a handle on,” she wrote. “Surely […]

‘Succession’ saves the best for last with its riveting season 3 finale

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

The Emmy-winning HBO series entered the season with an abundance of hype, which produced the inevitable sniping about whether that reputation remained deserved. In hindsight, an opening sequence that involved the Roys playing a game of Monopoly, and cheating, seemed like a bit of foreshadowing, except that Logan is accustomed to doing so with real […]

Anne Rice wrote ‘dope stories’: How authors and ‘Vampire’ actors are honoring her legacy

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

This all took a turn when my coeditor came across the Anne Rice fan website which contained a phone number where you could call and speak to Anne Rice. Another day, another legend. RIP #AnneRice and thank you for introducing us to a world in which vampires weren’t simply Dracula, but literary springboards for everything […]

Peloton responds to ‘Sex and the City’ plot twist with its own ad

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

Late last week, brand experts advised that Peloton “own the conversation” after the fitness brand appeared to be caught by surprise when a key character on Sex and the City’s HBO Max reboot “And Just Like That…” died following a strenuous workout on a Peloton bike. At the end, a voiceover by Ryan Reynolds, whose agency […]

Vicente Fernández, ‘El Rey’ of Mexican Ranchera Music, Is Dead at 81

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

Vicente Fernández, the powerful tenor whose songs of love, loss and patriotism inspired by life in rural Mexico endeared him to generations of fans as “El Rey,” the king of traditional ranchera music, died on Sunday morning. His death was announced in a post on his official Instagram account, which did not give a cause […]

Big Boi Would Like You to Call His Music “Timeless Classics,” Thank You Very Much

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

The pair also helped elevate Southern sonics and slang, in an era when the region was dismissed by the East and West coasts, and brought many of the creatives of the legendary Dungeon Family collective to the fore: production powerhouse Organized Noize, rapper-singer crew Goodie Mob, and supergroup Purple Ribbon All-Stars, the latter of which […]

Vicente ‘Chente’ Fernández, ‘El Rey’ of ranchera music, has died at 81

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

The announcement from his family did not give a cause of death, but the singer had been hospitalized since August, after a fall at his Guadalajara ranch in the central state of Jalisco required an emergency spinal surgery. While in the hospital, he had also been diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome, an autoimmune condition in which […]

Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Opens to Tepid Box Office Receipts

by Bobby Chaim ( Entertainment)

Musicals often get off to a slow start, even more so when they are released in mid-December. “The Greatest Showman,” for instance, collected $8.8 million over its first three days in domestic theaters in December 2017 and was insta-written off as a box office embarrassment. In a results email on Sunday, Disney, which released “West […]