The soprano superstar will reprise her role as an opera diva in playwright Joe DiPietro’s Living on Love, in which she performed this past summer at the Williamstown Theater Festival.
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The Challenge – And The Joy – Of Playing Martin Luther King
“Mr. Oyelowo worked and traveled throughout the South, studying Dr. King and his times to offer a deeply inhabited interpretation, hoping to accomplish what Daniel Day-Lewis did with the title role in ‘Lincoln’ and Denzel Washington did as the star of ‘Malcolm X.'”
A Photographer Who Made People – Like The Queen, The Beatles, And Samuel Beckett – Her Focus
“She joined the Observer in 1949 and, resisting all offers from other prospective employers, continued to appear in the office every week for more than half a century, working on 35mm film to the end, meekly waiting for assignments, and turning in dazzlingly beautiful images for news stories and features.”
She Was Samuel Beckett’s ‘Perfect Actress’
Billie Whitelaw “described Beckett as demanding and meticulous, but added: ‘Because I knew he was radiating love and he cared and he wanted you to be perfect… it didn’t upset me.'”
The Author Of ‘Unbroken’ Has Revolutionized Nonfiction Writing – Without Leaving Her House
“Perhaps the biggest challenge for Hillenbrand as a reporter are the periods when she cannot read. When the vertigo surges, as it has in recent years, she has trouble focusing her eyes on the page without dizziness.”
Spin Doctor Who Worked In George Bush’s White House And Inspired ‘Scandal’ Is Called In To Manage Sony’s Issues
“Insiders said Sony appeared to be shifting its position while giving as strong an impression as possible that it had adopted the same line all along.”
The Day Justin Beiber Lost 3.5 Million Instagram Followers
“In December 2014, we’re fixing an ongoing issue that incorrectly includes inactive or fake accounts in follower/following lists,” the company explained in a recent post.
Virna Lisi, 78, Italian Actress Who Won, Then Fled, Hollywood Stardom
“In the 1960s, like many other female Italian actors of the time, Virna Lisi was tempted to try her luck in Hollywood. However, after films in which her co-stars included Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra, she returned to Europe, where she had painstakingly built up a reputation, particularly in Italy and France. It was in these countries that Lisi … had the opportunities to show her mettle.”
Liberace To Return To The Stage As A Hologram
“A simulated version of the late pianist will be resurrected by some of the same people who staged Coachella’s holographic Tupac Shakur, with a debut performance scheduled to take place in Las Vegas.”
Why John Waters Is a National Treasure (By Jerry Saltz)
“No one gets the cross-section of showbiz and fandom like him. In giving us these extraordinarily particular individuals and distinct visages – both psychological and visual – Waters gets you to know in your bones that the more we are part of a vast crowd of people who idolize someone or something, the more alone and special we feel in our idolization.” (includes slide show of Waters’s art)