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‘The Book of Mormon’ Cancels Performances Through May 17 After Fire
The Book Of Mormon has canceled performances through May 17 after a fire broke out at the theater the morning of May 4. However, the...
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‘We laced Nicole into her corset and her rib broke again’: Moulin Rouge at 25 – an oral history by cast and crew
Moulin Rouge! was a whirlwind of a film, an extravagant assault on the senses that reinvigorated the musical. The doomed love affair between Satine...
Film & Art
Dave Chappelle Says the Media Gets His Trans Jokes ‘Wrong’: ‘People Would Think It’s Me vs. the Gay Community. I Never Looked at It...
Dave Chappelle said during a recent episode of the “IMO” podcast that the media gets his comedy “wrong” when covering his transgender jokes. The...
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Backflips, boulders and dancing dogs: the images that shaped art photography – in pictures
As photography became mainstream in the mid-20th century, a group of Princeton teachers helped solidify art photography as a movement. The work and lives...
Film & Art
David Zaslav Says HBO Max Is “Probably” Warner Bros. Discovery’s “Most Important Asset”
David Zaslav really loves HBO Max. (You can go ahead and just forget about that whole “Max” era.)On Wednesday, Zaslav called HBO Max “probably”...
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Magic review – spellbinding standoff between Houdini and Conan Doyle
The admirable actor David Haig has a sprightly sideline as a writer of historical bio-dramas. My Boy Jack (1997), about Rudyard Kipling’s mourning for...
Film & Art
Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the Ages
When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in...
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The best show on TV again (for one glorious scene): The Bear’s surprise new prequel
A couple of years ago, a surprise episode of The Bear would have been one of the highlights of the year. The stressful, tightly...