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Daniel Craig Says James Bond Is A Misogynist And Nobody’s Role Model
“Let’s not forget that he’s actually a misogynist. A lot of women are drawn to him chiefly because he embodies a certain kind of danger and never sticks around for too long.”
Maureen O’Hara, Irish-Born Queen Of Technicolor, Dies At 95
“When that film process first came into use, nothing seemed to show off its splendor better than her rich red hair, bright green eyes and flawless peaches-and-cream complexion. One critic praised her in an otherwise negative review of the 1950 film ‘Comanche Territory’ with the sentiment ‘Framed in Technicolor, Miss O’Hara somehow seems more significant than a setting sun.'”
How Tony-Winning ‘Fun Home’ Changed As It Moved Up And Up In The Theatre World
When a musical upgrades, everything – from furniture to lighting and even to tossing away some musical numbers and adding more – has to change.
Novelist Anthony Marra Interviews The Comedian Behind @GuyInYourMFA
“Marra: Can you describe that moment you realized your own extraordinary talent?
“Guy: I can actually remember quite clearly. I was in fourth grade, and we were asked to write about our summer vacations. I wrote mine entirely in the second person and without punctuation.”
Pioneering Film Director Julie Dash On A New Movement
“I’m still optimistic. I’m very, very happy that TCM boldly stepped forward by curating this Trailblazing Women program, when other stations and networks have shied away from it. It’s pretty bold. I appreciate that.”
The German Choreographer Who Created One Lasting, And Antiwar, Masterpiece
Kurt Jooss “made scores of ballets, founded schools and companies, and was instrumental in developing a whole German style, Ausdruckstanz, which is still with us, above all in the work of the late Pina Bausch.”
Yelp Reviews Of The Broad Museum Are Comedy Gold
“It is housed next to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in a funky white structure that people either love or hate (me, I’m sipping on the haterade). There’s artwork by Murakami, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein — basically, all of the T-shirt graphics at UNIQLO.”
Broadway Diversified Itself This Fall, But Will That Attract New Audiences?
“Diversity on stage will give people of different backgrounds a reason to explore forms of entertainment new to them. Audiences want to relate to characters that look and sound like them.”
‘The Shining’ Hotel Will Become A Horror Film Museum And Center
“The hotel, which currently offers ‘Ghost Adventure’ packages (including ‘a glow-in-the-dark Stanley Hotel squishy ghost and a REDRUM mug per person’) as well as hosting an annual horror film festival, hopes to become a ‘year-round horror destination,’ according to Variety. Hollywood stars Simon Pegg and Elijah Wood are said to be founding board members of the planned film centre.”