Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman A Broadway season dominated by divas has also brought a spate of shows about the cruelty of show business, centering on the women it simultaneously venerates and tears down. In Sunset Blvd., Norma Desmond’s shadow younger self (a Jamie Lloyd invention) stalks the stage and the screen behind …
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Photo: Fred Norris/CW Network/Everett Collection Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton Morgan might give Gavin DeGraw a phone call soon. People reported on September 20 that a One Tree Hill reboot is still in development, with Burton Morgan telling the outlet that she and and Bush were surprised when the news of the reboot “leaked” …
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Photo: Tina Thorpe/Max It is sophomore year at Essex College, and I am delighted to guide you through season three of Mindy Kaling and Justin Nobel’s The Sex Lives of College Girls! I solemnly swear I will keep my complaints about the unrealistic portrayal of college life to a minimum, despite my long years …
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Photo: Julieta Cervantes How much your heart thrills to The Blood Quilt will probably depend on your tolerance for a well-trod dramatic form: the big-boned, trauma-haunted family-inheritance play. It struck me while watching the tensions mount and the secrets spill among the Jernigan sisters at the heart of Katori Hall’s story—well, half-sisters; the four …
Salman Khan recently shared a photo with his father Salim Khan on Instagram. The picture also features the first bike his father ever owned. The picture shows Salim seated on the vintage Triumph Tiger. In the photo, Salman looks effortlessly stylish in a grey T-shirt, blue jeans and a cap. Salim Khan, on the other …
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Photo: Walt Disney Studios We were so young on November 23, 2016. “Closer” by the Chainsmokers was giving way on the top of the Hot 100 to “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd. Gymnast Laurie Hernandez had just won Dancing With the Stars. Donald Trump had been elected but not yet indicted. And oh, yeah, …
Photo: Universal Pictures Spoilers ahead for Wicked, the Broadway musical, film adaptation, and original novel. If somehow you’ve remained unaware that the movie version of Wicked tells only half a story, you’re forgiven — the trailers have done a decent job of hiding that the film ends with a cliffhanger. The two-hour-and-40-minute film is …
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Photo: Paramount Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Gladiator II. Does it qualify as a spoiler to report that Gladiator II ends with the flash and clang of steel? Of course not. Director Ridley Scott, like any emperor worth his weight in golden breastplates, knows that the crowd wants blood. And at …
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Photo: Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures Light spoilers ahead for Wicked. Whether or not you pick up an Elphaba cold brew on your way to the theater, Wicked’s two-hour-and-forty-one-minute run time poses a challenge for the well-hydrated moviegoer. If you’re a die-hard fan of the Broadway musical the film adapts, you might be tempted to try …
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Photo: Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Warning: Spoilers ahead for Wicked. It was probably always safe to assume that the film adaptation of long-running Broadway musical Wicked would find a way to incorporate the original Elphaba and Glinda, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, alongside the actresses taking over their roles, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana …
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