Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since the author’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by interrogating one of her…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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‘A nucleus of a community’: the five-hour stage play about Dungeons & Dragons | US theater
It sounds like a big ask, the idea of presenting an audience with a five-hour play. (Or even a four-and-a-half-hour play with several intermissions.) Yet Initiative, a new off-Broadway coming-of-age epic of sorts, flies right by, as emotionally…
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Dress Codes: Big sleeves were the original power shoulders — and they’re back
EDITOR’S NOTE: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes investigates how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet.
When you think of clothing…
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Zach Bryan, Michael Bublé and Deftones announce summer 2026 shows – The Irish Times
Zach Bryan, Michael Bublé and Deftones have each announced shows for summer 2026 in Ireland.
American country singer Zach Bryan will perform four dates in the country; in Cork on June 20th and 21st, and in Belfast on June 23rd and 24th.
Tickets…
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Dracula review – Luc Besson’s romantic reimagining of Gothic classic is ridiculous but watchable | Film
Perhaps there is no great enthusiasm out there for a new version of Dracula from Luc Besson, the French maestro of glossiness and bloat. And yet it has to be said: his lavishly upholstered vampire romance has ambition and panache – and in all…
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‘Booba & Loola’ Greenlit With Disney+ Attached
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube kids series Booba is getting ready for more slapstick fun.
Producer 3D Sparrow and distributor Kedoo Entertainment have greenlit Booba and Loola, which effectively acts as an official Season 6 of the non-dialog show….
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AI Brings British Castles’ Royal Stories to Life in New Series
EXCLUSIVE: Sky History has sent out a Castles SOS. The UK channel has acquired a new AI-powered doc telling the royalty, ruins and restoration stories behind British castles. Will Hanrahan’s indie FirstLookTV is making the series…
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The Firework-Maker’s Daughter review – Philip Pullman’s fairytale is explosive fun | Christmas shows
Some children’s books – simple stories from familiar worlds – transfer to the stage without much creative heavy lifting. Philip Pullman’s fairytale of volcano scaling, talking elephants and “The Greatest Firework Show in the Galaxy”…
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songs of joy and gratitude : All Songs Considered : NPR
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When you think of holiday music, Thanksgiving probably isn’t the first thing that comes to…
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