The playwright was wildly successful, but “beyond her successes on the stage and in fiction, Aphra Behn was a Royalist spy in the Netherlands and probably South America. She also served as a political propagandist for the courts of Charles II and his unpopular brother James II.”
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Ty Hardin, Who Carved A Niche Playing ‘Bronco,’ Has Died At 87
Long after Bronco, Hardin got in trouble with the I.R.S., and then, “while living in Prescott, Ariz., he formed an anti-tax, anti-government protest group that evolved into the Arizona Patriots militia movement, which was accused in 1986 of planning to blow up an I.R.S. complex in Utah.”
How The Glass Castle’s Jeannette Walls Dealt With Her Sudden, And Intense, Success
Walls and her husband left Manhattan for a 205-acre horse farm in Virginia, but “while the farm has given Ms. Walls a stability that long eluded her, she knows better than to count on it. Years of roving the country in junk cars, foraging for food in school trash bins, being pelted with rocks by bullies and being eyed with contempt by neighbors have left her wary.”
John Cho Explains What It’s Like To ‘Feel Like An Artist’ In A Movie About Architecture
That is, when the #StarringJohnCho movement bears fruit, and he actually gets to star in a movie. “I’ve struggled with this in the last few years. Is it important for me to express my own culture, or…to be a cultureless character in a fictional America that exists only in movies and on TV? When I’m playing a character that doesn’t have an Asian surname and you don’t see their family, that’s okay, too. “
George Dreyfus, Violinist With The Philadelphia Orchestra For Almost 50 Years, Has Died At 97
He joined the orchestra in 1953. “Mr. Dreyfus was ‘at the center of the players’ labor activism during contentious years of disputes’ in the 1960s, his son said, which resulted in a long strike and, eventually, a 52-week contract. By the time of his retirement, he’d played under Stokowski, Ormandy, Muti, and his ‘personal favorite,’ Wolfgang Sawallisch.”
The Hardworking British Actor Who’s Become More And More Of A Household Name
The star of three movies this year, Hawkins grew up with writer/illustrator parents who have published literally hundreds of children’s books, some of which were inspired by her childhood life. Now the British actor who follows her own desires – and ignores Hollywood when it wants to put her in thrillers with Bruce Willis – is having another “breakout” year.
How Tim Page Became Friends With Glenn Gould
“I flew to Toronto, and stayed for two days at the now-demolished Inn on the Park, on whose premises Gould kept a studio. He proffered a gentle, squeamish handshake when we met, and rarely looked at me thereafter; still, when we weren’t recording, we spent most of our time in hearty and contented laughter. That understanding, you see. Six weeks later, at the age of 50, Gould died from a stroke.”
Watching Will Shortz, New York Times Crossword Editor And NPR Puzzlemaster, At Work
A reporter visits Shortz’s home office in the NYC suburbs and watches him collaborate with the Times digital puzzle editor, a former Shortz intern.
Actor Robert Hardy, Known For ‘All Creatures Great And Small’ And The Harry Potter Films, Dead At 91
In addition to his roles as Siegfried Farnon (the grouchy vet) on Creatures and Cornelius Fudge in the Potter franchise, Hardy played Winston Churchill in at least eight different properties on stage and screen (including one in French).
For Decades, Angelyne Was A Mysterious LA Billboard Phenomenon. Now We Know Who She Is
Angelyne had single-handedly created and then inhabited a modern myth of L.A.: the platinum blond bombshell in the bright pink Corvette forever circumnavigating the city, seeking to enchant by dint of her sheer superficial glamour. It had the aesthetic power and emotional resonance of genuine performance art, Marina Abramovic by way of John Waters, particularly as she kept on rambling around the city over the decades while she aged.