“I think I have two souls,” Wertmüller told Criterion in 2017 ahead of a retrospective of her films. “One is playful, ironic, with a sense of humor. Wertmüller began her career in drama believing she was going to be an actress, studying at the Pietro Sharoff Theatre Academy. In the film, a disenfranchised worker falls […]
On Aug. But on Aug. 20, Richards abruptly quit the hosting job, after a report by The Ringer revealed offensive and sexist comments he had made on a podcast several years ago, the latest in a series of scandals that affected his brief tenure. Both Jennings and Bialik have faced criticism for past remarks. …Read […]
Robbie Shakespeare, who has died aged 68 following kidney surgery, was the best known and most highly regarded bass player in Jamaica for a span of more than three decades from the late 1970s onwards. After they branched out to provide the rhythm section for several Grace Jones albums, their influence began to stretch well […]
, “And Just Like That…” revives “Sex and the City” minus one of its fab four, with the remaining trio entering a new phase of life that brings fresh challenges. A few things shouldn’t be spoiled about the initial episodes, but since Kim Cattrall’s departure is well known, that’s a good place to start for […]
And Just Like That … reacquaints us with three members of that famous quartet — Cattrall opted out of this ten-episode HBO Max series, so Samantha is only present via references to the fact that she’s currently living in London — as they navigate life in their mid-50s, which apparently involves a lot of confusion […]
Tinder is expanding the ways you can judge a potential match by their musical tastes by introducing a Music Mode, which lets you actually hear the song someone’s set as their “Anthem” before you choose which direction to swipe. Music Mode will live in the app’s recently added Explore tab, which means you can ignore […]
You can gift a loved one a membership to one of Arizona’s top art museums including Phoenix Art Museum or Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Whether you’re looking for visual art, music, theater or something else, there are plenty of choices. A few perks of basic membership include unlimited general admission, invitations to members-only exhibition previews, […]
The first episode of And Just Like That, the long-awaited SATC spinoff, wasted no time in shaking up the girls’ . Fortunately, he has sent Carrie a final message, and our fashionable heroine darts home directly from the piano recital—in time to see the last flicker of life in her longtime lover’s eyes. “But the […]
One of the most popular elements to “Nashville’s Nutcracker” each year is the inclusion of the ballet’s youth cast, which this year consists of 134 students ranging in age from 8 to 19. She says her favorite thing about dancing with Nashville Ballet is getting to do what she loves most in front of an […]
Holiday music is big business: Just take a look at the Billboard charts every December, when the Top 10s fill up with Christmas albums that are both new and nostalgic. A few tracks also feature manufactured duets with living vocalists: a full-frontal synth-and-strings assault on “Deck the Halls” and “Joy to the World,” combined together […]
What its creators attempted — a swirling fusion of literary sophistication and contemporary social concern, of playfulness and solemnity, of realism and fantasy, of street fighting and ballet — hadn’t quite been attempted before, and hasn’t been matched since. The idea of harnessing the durable tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet” to the newsy issues of […]
Lina Wertmüller, who combined sexual warfare and leftist politics in the provocative, genre-defying films “The Seduction of Mimi,” “Swept Away” and “Seven Beauties,” which established her as one of the most original directors of the 1970s, died overnight at her home in Rome, the Italian Culture Ministry and the news agency LaPresse said on Thursday. […]
“And this night was just like a regular show, it felt like to me, as far as the energy,” he said. …Read the full story
In the decades since it first appeared on Broadway in 1957, the Romeo and Juliet-inspired story of two warring New York street gangs has generated more than its share of criticism, especially over the writing and the casting of its Puerto Rican characters. She also gives a poignant performance in the new role of Valentina, […]
As much as many people like to complain about the holidays, their actual experience remains fairly mild and any mention of nightmares is largely metaphorical. Eva , gives her a beautifully designed German advent calendar for Christmas. But the advent calendar also exploits her bitter regrets and frustrations — it is those colleagues, not her […]
Smollett took the stand Monday and maintained his innocence in the ordeal, denying he planned the attack with the help of Bola and Ola Osundairo. Yet prosecutors say that during the investigation, it became apparent to authorities that the reported hate crime was actually a hoax. The first was withholding cell phone, medical, and DNA […]
