Coreen Simpson carved her own path to success – she never waited for anyone to hand her an opportunity. In her 1978 portrait of Toni Morrison, the author gazes directly into the camera with a…
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Photographer Coreen Simpson’s illustrious career capturing Toni Morrison and Muhammad Ali: ‘I’ve never gotten bored’ | Photography
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Melissa Barrera To Star With John Travolta In ‘Black Tides’
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera (Scream VI) has joined survival thriller Black Tides as co-lead, starring opposite John Travolta in the Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) film.
The film has officially begun principal photography in Gran Canaria, Spain,…
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Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love | Theatre
It’s October 2017 and I’m sitting at the National Theatre, notebook open and pen poised, waiting for the third preview of my play Beginning to begin. The first previews had flown and I felt relaxed, enjoying the preshow music and its house…
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Netflix Sets Kennedy Family Drama Series Starring Michael Fassbender
Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have set the new drama series Kennedy, which will explore the triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Michael Fassbender (The Agency, Black Bag) has been cast as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr.
Kennedy…
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Why we keep hunting ghosts – and what it says about us
In 1874, renowned chemist Sir William Crookes sat in a darkened room, eyes fixed on a curtain over an alcove. The curtain twitched, and out came a glowing ghost of a young woman, dressed in a white shroud. He was entranced.
But the ghost…
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Disney+ and Hulu cancellation rates doubled after Kimmel suspension | Jimmy Kimmel
Disney’s short-lived suspension of Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration may have had a permanent impact on the company’s subscription numbers.
According to data released by Antenna, an analytics firm that tracks…
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The British Museum hosts its first-ever ball, attended by Mick Jagger and Naomi Campbell.
The British Museum held its inaugural ball on October 18th, marking the launch of a new annual event spotlighting London’s status as a global cultural capital. Co-chaired by arts patron and businesswoman Isha Ambani and the museum’s director,…
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What we learned from Virginia Giuffre’s memoir
Noor NanjiCulture reporter
Getty ImagesMuch of Virginia Giuffre’s story has been heard before but in her memoir, published posthumously, the abuse is described in appalling detail.
Two days ahead of the book’s official publication, the BBC got hold…
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“One Battle After Another” Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building PTA’s Three-Hour Action Thriller from the Ground Up
Paul Thomas Anderson’s action thriller One Battle After Another is loosely inspired by a section of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” but this three-hour epic is rooted in the present, a…
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Is the climate crisis too grim to work on the stage? Sparkling wine and villains might help | US theater
Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to…
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