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Sterling K. Brown: Black Actors Have Waited ‘A Long Time To Be Fully Recognized’
Brown has made Emmy history this year — nominated as best lead actor in a drama series for This Is Us and best supporting actor in a comedy series for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Continue Reading Sterling K. Brown: Black Actors Have Waited ‘A Long Time To Be Fully Recognized’
FILM REVIEW: Wild And Daring, ‘Tesla’ Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor
Ethan Hawke plays the famed Serbian American inventor in a new film that reminds us what a modern creature Tesla was — a figure from the past who never stopped pointing the way to the future. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Wild And Daring, ‘Tesla’ Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor
‘I Promise’ This Is A Message Book Your Kids Will Love
Kids’ books columnist Juanita Giles says message books are often nutritious and boring — but LeBron James’s new I Promise combines beautiful art with real emotional impact that her kids loved. Continue Reading ‘I Promise’ This Is A Message Book Your Kids Will Love
Good Thinking: How Rodin Ensured The Financial Future Of His Paris Museum
The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that’s exactly as the artist intended. When he died in 1917, Rodin left the museum plaster casts for just this purpose. Continue Reading Good Thinking: How Rodin Ensured The Financial Future Of His Paris Museum
In ‘Finna,’ Poet Nate Marshall Is ‘All About What Happens Next’
Playwright, musician, and author Nate Marshall has a new book of poetry out, called Finna. He says the title comes from the common Southern phrase “fixing to,” which is all about what happens next. Continue Reading In ‘Finna,’ Poet Nate Marshall Is ‘All About What Happens Next’
BOOK REVIEW: ‘You Had Me At Hola’ Had Us Right From The Beginning
Alexis Daria’s soapy, sizzling new novel follows two telenovela actors who fall for each other while playing bitter exes — and have to figure out how to balance private love and public stardom. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ‘You Had Me At Hola’ Had Us Right From The Beginning
New ‘Twilight’ Book Will Boost Olympic Peninsula Vampire Tourism, If COVID Doesn’t Put A Stake In It
The Twilight phenomenon gets an injection of fresh blood this Tuesday with the release of a new installment in the bestselling vampire saga from author Stephenie Meyer. The series of novels and subsequent hit movies spurred legions of fans to visit the fictional story’s real-life setting on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. But a predicted “renaissance” in vampire tourism could be bled by the resurgent virus pandemic. Continue Reading New ‘Twilight’ Book Will Boost Olympic Peninsula Vampire Tourism, If COVID Doesn’t Put A Stake In It
Black And White Emmy Nominations Prompt #LatinosAreOnTVToo
While the 2020 Emmy nominations announced this week were notable for the number of Black shows and creators, they were woefully lacking representation of Latinx talent. Continue Reading Black And White Emmy Nominations Prompt #LatinosAreOnTVToo
BOOK REVIEW: A Mean Ghost Story And A Souped-Up Crime Novel Will Wise You Up Fast
The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, centers on an Indian family haunted by a jealous ghost. And S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a noir thriller — with muscle cars. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: A Mean Ghost Story And A Souped-Up Crime Novel Will Wise You Up Fast
Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ Is The Talk Of India — And Not In A Good Way
The TV series, which debuted on the streaming service this month, has sparked debates about colorism, classism and caste-ism. Continue Reading Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ Is The Talk Of India — And Not In A Good Way
FILM REVIEW: A Luminous Performance By Rosamund Pike Elevates A Radioactive Biography
Rosamund Pike stars in Radioactive, a biography of the pioneering scientist, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to claim it in two different scientific disciplines (physics and chemistry). The director, Marjane Satrapi, the Oscar-nominated Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker (Persepolis), tells the story in an ambitious but uneven fashion. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: A Luminous Performance By Rosamund Pike Elevates A Radioactive Biography
One-Third Of U.S. Museums May Not Survive The Year, Survey Finds
In a survey of more than 750 museum directors, 33% of them said there was either a “significant risk” of closing permanently by next fall or that they didn’t know if their institutions would survive. Continue Reading One-Third Of U.S. Museums May Not Survive The Year, Survey Finds
