Category: Entertainment
The Limits with Jay Williams Launches January 4
December 6, 2021; Washington D.C. Each week, he’ll go deep with heavy-hitters from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and pop culture to understand the principles of faith, vision, and grit they live by in order to see past doubt and build their empires. “Jay brings a fresh angle on exploring what it takes to make […]
Insecure: For the First Time, Every Single Costume Was Designed by a Black Woman
It goes hand in hand not only with the overarching theme of the show—a celebration of and devotion to Black womanhood—but also with the theme of the seventh episode itself, which features best friends Issa, Molly, Kelly, and Tiffany bonding over the course of a day that morphs into a cozy night sewn with secrets. […]
‘A joke’: influencers mock Chanel for underwhelming advent calendar
The calendar – its first, produced to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Chanel No 5 fragrance – features 27 numbered boxes with luxury items inside, including lipstick, nail lacquer, hand cream and – of course – perfume. In Harmon’s unboxing videos, she exclaims “this is a joke” when she opens one of the boxes […]
Kieran Culkin is having fun with ‘Succession’ — and he hopes you are too
His first gig was in a commercial, followed by a small part in the 1990 film Home Alone, which his brother, Macaulay, starred in. “I can’t remember if it was Season 1 or 2 , but I remember coming home from work one day and telling my wife, ‘It’s going really well. Culkin’s character, Roman […]
Why everyone loves to hate Kenny G, according to the jazz musician himself
Love it or hate it you’ve almost certainly heard Kenny G’s soprano saxophone — be it in an elevator or in your car. Kenny Gorelick, better known as Kenny G, is a musical hero for legions of fans around the world. “They must think that my music somehow is going to damage the reputation of […]
Genre-Blurring, Politically Charged Opera Wins Top Music Prize
When she learned the news — announced on Monday by the University of Louisville, which administers the award — Neuwirth, 53, was on the phone with someone else and didn’t know how to respond to a mysterious call. The work — a subversive blurring of genre, time and politics reflecting on how little has changed […]
ESPN’s Jay Williams joins NPR to host new podcast starting in January
It will examine how some of the world’s most influential people in sports, entertainment, and pop culture have succeeded in part through personal branding, sharing strategies and different life principles. “This is me essentially creating a cheat sheet for people. “We feel with Jay, with his experiences, he has a huge heart, he’s smart, he knows what […]
Harriet Walter on Mothering Succession’s Roys: “She’s Actually Quite Scared of Her Own Children”
This week on Succession, the Roys decamped to Italy for their mother’s wedding. Walter watches the show like the rest of us, so when she joins in to play Caroline, she’s coming in as an outsider—which is energy she uses to fuel her estranged performance. “Everybody hurts one another so much in this show and […]
Why everyone loves to hate Kenny G, from the musician himself
Love it or hate it you’ve almost certainly heard Kenny G’s soprano saxophone — be it in an elevator or in your car. Kenny Gorelick, better known as Kenny G, is a musical hero for legions of fans around the world. “They must think that my music somehow is going to damage the reputation of […]
Composer’s gender-switching opera wins U of L’s prestigious Grawemeyer music award
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Neuwirth, whose idols growing up included punk rockers such as the Beastie Boys and Patti Smith, knew her work would push against conservative norms on human sexuality — and that some would push back. “As a female, I have encountered several negative behaviors, also in my collaborations with Elfriede Jelinek as my librettist, […]
Olivia Rodrigo announces her first tour behind ‘Sour,’ including a Milwaukee show
And the 33-date North American tour — kicking off April 2 in San Francisco — includes a Milwaukee stop. Rodrigo, a star of Disney Channel’s “Bizaardvark” and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” on Disney+, practically became a household name at the start of 2021 with her runaway debut single “Drivers License.” Just a few […]
Pregnant Jennifer Lawrence dazzles in golden gown at ‘Don’t Look Up’ premiere
“If I was at a dinner party, and somebody was like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re expecting a baby,’ I wouldn’t be like, ‘God, I can’t talk about that. …Read the full story
‘Landscapers’ plants Olivia Colman and David Thewlis on a flawed foundation
The blueprint for “Landscapers,” a four-part British miniseries airing on HBO, turns out to be considerably sturdier than the construction, somewhat wasting the dream pairing of Olivia Colman and David Thewlis. The project is built around the strange case of Chris and Susan Edwards, who were convicted in 2014 of murdering her parents and burying […]
Kennedy Center honors creative excellence in the arts at annual gala
This year’s Kennedy Center honorees Joni Mitchell, Bette Mider, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels and Justino Díaz were celebrated this weekend with a reception at The White House, a medallion ceremony at The Library of Congress and a splashy, black-tie event at the performing arts center’s Opera House. President Joe Biden and the First Lady attended […]
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: He Felt Bamboozled
I have a hypothesis that there are two types of Housewives fans: those who would prefer just to check out the fashionz and watch a 30-second sizzle reel of any major developments. Lisa just dropped “Cameron mortgaged his house and gave Mary $300 grand.” Rewind to one month earlier — Lisa and Cameron are at […]
Stonewall Jackson, Grand Ole Opry Star for Over 60 Years, Dies at 89
NASHVILLE — Stonewall Jackson, the honky-tonk singer who overcame an abusive, hardscrabble childhood and went on to enjoy a long, successful career in country music, including more than 60 years as a member of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry, died on Saturday in Nashville. “A Wound Time Can’t Erase” was the 11th in […]
Antony Sher, Actor Acclaimed for His Versatility, Dies at 72
Antony Sher, an actor known for his masterly interpretations of Shakespeare’s great characters and for his versatility, died on Thursday at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The cause was cancer, said the Royal Shakespeare Company, with which Mr. Sher had been closely associated for more than four decades. In The Times of London, Sheridan Morely […]
Review: ‘Landscapers’ Is Not Your Typical True-Crime Love Story
They, in this case, are Susan and Christopher Edwards of Nottinghamshire, England, who are played, in a coup of casting, by Olivia Colman and David Thewlis. The Edwardses claimed that Susan’s mother had shot her husband and that Susan, who hated her abusive parents, had been provoked into shooting her mother — a crime of […]