Category: Entertainment
Banksy Looks to Buy Prison Where Oscar Wilde Was Imprisoned
Banksy has offered to buy Reading prison, where Oscar Wilde was once imprisoned, by selling a stencil that he used in a piece honoring the Victorian author, according to the Guardian. Already famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol for two years beginning […]
Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. Stepping into a DMV when you’re about to take your first driver’s test, while nerve wracking, is something of a milestone. Rodrigo and her band take on the Tiny Desk mentality as they experiment with arrangements throughout this performance, […]
Has Succession Done the Unthinkable?
Every late-in-the-season tragedy and act of bloodshed, whether real or intangible, has been tied to the element that classically represents femininity, emotion, and intuition. Tonight’s episode, “Chiantishire,” named for the unfortunate moniker upper-class Brits give the region of Tuscany, ended with Kendall Roy . At its peak, no show can rival it, but its characteristic […]
David Thewlis on new show Landscapers and the misogyny of Naked: ‘I find it much tougher to watch today’
Nothing like what you’d expect, in other words – unless you had watched Landscapers, a new four-part TV drama in which Thewlis stars opposite Olivia Colman. Landscapers is true crime, in so far as the protagonists are Susan and Christopher Edwards, the so-called Mansfield Murderers convicted in 2014 of killing Susan’s parents and burying them […]
Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy
Or so it seemed this weekend, when a series of viral TikTok videos involving an $825 Chanel Advent calendar and the disappointed customer who bought it went viral, inspiring a multitude of users to call foul on the brand. 3, Elise Harmon, a Tiktoker in California, posted a video of herself unboxing a Chanel Advent […]
‘Being the Ricardos’ goes beyond the black and white in looking back at ‘I Love Lucy’
Presenting a far richer story than a simple biopic, “Being the Ricardos” turns writer-director Aaron Sorkin loose again on the medium of television and produces one of the year’s most satisfying movies. Those elements really define the film, much more than the casting and absurd sight-unseen second-guessing that it triggered. When they meet Desi instantly […]
A Novel Asks: How Should a Man Write About Women?
In Pacifico’s debut, “The Story of My Purity,” the protagonist is an editor at a hard-right Catholic publishing house; he’s obsessed with Judaism to the point of antisemitism and with his virginal sister-in-law’s breasts to the point of impotence. Pacifico’s third novel, “The Women I Love,” finds the writer in a more contemplative, even melancholy […]
Prince William close to tears as he takes his favourite childhood walk for Apple podcast
Maybe royals like making radio because it means that you can’t see their faces. Prince Charles has made interview appearances discussing music and the arts on Classic FM and Radio 3, and earlier this year gave an interview about gardening and nature to Simon Armitage for his Radio 4 series, The Poet Laureate Has Gone […]
Review: Lamb’s Players’ ‘Christmas Carol’ musical celebrates words and tight harmonies
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is, by far, the most popular holiday story ever adapted for San Diego stages. Lamb’s Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. Like the plays of William Shakespeare, “A Christmas Carol” remains an evergreen subject for adaptation because its […]
Chris Noth defends Sarah Jessica Parker in Kim Cattrall fall out
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The Joffrey Ballet’s Lavish ‘Nutcracker’ Lights Up the Lyric Opera House Stage
The Joffrey Ballet’s altogether unique production of “The Nutcracker,” which for the first time this weekend arrived on the stage of its new home – the beautiful Art Deco-style Lyric Opera House – has never looked more glorious or been danced more ideally. They did so by setting it against the many wonders of Chicago’s […]
Come to the dance: Holmes Center for the Arts to perform ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet
MILLERSBURG — Like many events in 2020, the year of COVID-19, the annual holiday production of “The Nutcracker” was postponed last year. With Maggie Anderson dancing the part of the Sugarplum Fairy and Mimi Shaw as Clara, the cast is sure to dazzle during its three-day run, Friday-Sunday, Dec. All of them have the potential […]
Grammy Awards: Drake withdraws nominations
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Tickets go on sale Friday morning for Alice Cooper’s March 25 concert at Erie’s Warner Theatre
Tickets can be purchased at the Erie Insurance Arena box office, 809 French St.; by calling 814-452-4857; or at www.erieevents.com. His latest album, “Detroit Stories,” was released in February and was inspired by the garage rock music of Detroit in the late 1960s. …Read the full story
The 15 best Christmas movies to watch this season: funny, family, classic & new
For sheer nostalgia alone, the original 1947 version of ‘Miracle of 34th Street’ is the definition of a Christmas classic. If all this holiday cheer has you needing some dark comedy, spike that eggnog and settle in for some ‘Bad Santa.’ It certainly isn’t for everyone, but for some, watching this Billy Bob Thornton flick will be […]
There’s a Few Places for Us to Watch, Read, and Listen to West Side Story
So while you may be anticipating the new West Side Story — there’s no need to play it cool — we’ve chased down every possible way to see and experience West Side Story in all shapes and forms for you right here. It’s also the only way you can see it, unless you’re patient enough […]
Jussie Smollett, who denied orchestrating attack, heads back to the stand to face cross examination
The trial is the culmination of a case that began January 29, 2019, when Smollett told police he had been attacked. Celebrities, politicians and advocacy groups rallied behind the actor, and police poured significant resources into solving the case. Smollett was asked Monday about the noose. The special prosecutor pulled up side-by-side images of him […]
How is the New Scrooge in South Coast Repertory’s ‘A Christmas Carol?’
Editor’s Note: We give our arts critics the latitude to state their opinions of the work they review, and we know they must address many complex and sometimes controversial aspects of an artist’s choices; we also recognize that sensitivity must be exercised in describing them. He fills the considerable shoes of Hal Landon Jr., who left […]