We are back for our third annual ranking of the new original Netflix Christmas films, and the news is good: After last season’s dull vintage, Netflix has gotten back on track and improved its batting average. Hulu scored with the lesbian romantic comedy “Happiest Season” last year, and now Netflix is striking back with a […]
Ms Hutchins, 42, was flown to hospital by helicopter after the shooting – but later died of her injuries. …Read the full story
But what did it all mean? And what might we stand to learn about the state of the market and art world at large? Below, six trends that could be gleaned by shuttling around Miami this week. Pace Gallery said it sold an NFT by the artist duo DRIFT for $550,000, and Galerie Nagel Draxler, […]
We live in a world of constant reruns, access to all programmes at all times, YouTube videos to scratch any minor itch and Instagram fan accounts devoted to the characters, the clothes, the men and all points in between. Perhaps you do not remember or were simply not a fan of the original series, created […]
On a frigid February night in 2017, Arca and a cabal of fashion and nightlife icons strolled into the Lower East Side basement dive bar Home Sweet Home. Only a handful of people in the crowd knew who she was — at the time, she was mostly an experimental electronic producer with a reputation for […]
Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California, won her 11th contest this week. “I didn’t want to make too much about being trans, at least in the context of the show. “The fact is, I don’t actually think about being trans all that often, and so when appearing on national television, I wanted to represent […]
The new “West Side Story” doesn’t entirely answer the most obvious question, which is why essentially remake a 60-year-old classic. Adapted by playwright Tony Kushner, the film — described as a “reimagining” of the original — possesses a grittier edge, directly connecting gentrification of New York’s slums in the 1950s to the two gangs battling […]
One of the most popular shows of the past 50 years — previously inspiring two big-budget movies and a 1999 TV adaptation — “Annie” is a staple of touring companies and regional theaters, and has received multiple Broadway revivals. If anything, after another hard year of Covid restrictions and political upheaval, it was a treat […]
Five years after Jamal Hinton secured himself a seat at Wanda Dench’s thanksgiving dinner thanks to a wrong number, their story is being turned into a Netflix feature film, the streaming giant has announced. This 2015 article from Gizmodo has plenty of other examples, including Bad Ass, a film loosely based on the viral video […]
The Top New Artists categories ranks the best-performing new acts of the year based on activity on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts, as well as Billboard Boxscore , for the 2021 tracking period. Rodrigo’s debut album Sour spent five weeks atop the weekly Billboard 200 in June-July and launched a pair of […]
The Wimpy-verse is expanding again thanks to the dutiful animated feature “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” The characters created by Jeff Kinney in his best-selling books here enter middle school, a potential minefield of embarrassments and threats to friendship. These uncool degenerates are prone to reckless driving and, oddly, listening to Judas Priest’s 1980 hit […]
“PETA’s years of protesting furriers and persuading the public to shun fur continue to pay off. …Read the full story
Smollett, who is Black and gay, has said two men struck him, yelled anti-gay and racist remarks, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him on a frigid night in Chicago in January 2019. In a heated exchange, Walker asked the judge for a sidebar, which he denied at first. Bola Osundairo […]
Shepherd’s pie is a British dish with minced meat mixed with gravy and onions and topped with a layer of mashed potatoes. Because of it, I am a better chef, and it is just a shame the cost of it had to be what it was,” he said. …Read the full story
He started his career writing the lyrics for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy” and went on to write music and lyrics for such shows as “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum,” “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Sunday In The Park With George,” “Into The […]
But the warm-and-fuzzies promised by this Christmas comedy depend on a display of suppressed passion from Peter and Nick that would propel family members to scheme for their romantic union. Peter and Nick are exceedingly polite, and frequently kept at a respectful distance from each other within the frame. This lack of chemistry makes for […]
The ruling also let Meghan off the hook for misleading the court in denying that she engaged with the authors of a flattering book about the couple. The statement, the court said, had no bearing on the legal question of whether The Mail violated her privacy. Lawyers for The Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers, argued that […]
Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain and chair of the judges, said the Array artists “make their work in a difficult, divided sectarian context. The prestigious £25,000 prize was awarded at a ceremony at Coventry Cathedral on Wednesday evening. The group’s nominated work for the prize, The Druithaib’s Ball, is an installation centred on […]
Mania, masochism and a sex toy whittled from a figurine of the Blessed Virgin, they’re all here and more in this tale of a randy nun whose religious visions and lustful cravings are rolled into a single ball of blasphemy. Immediately, the miraculously unharmed youngster latches on to Our Lady’s bared plaster breast: To Benedetta, […]
State of play: The show premiered in 2005, showcasing a group of rude friends who own and operate a bar, Paddy’s Pub. …Read the full story