A hum turns into a grunt turns into a cackle. A deep, melodious tone becomes a howl. The line between laughing and crying, between song and utterances of distress, is a shaky...
Read moreMy favorite Y.A. thrillers are the ones that provide unexpected answers to big, terrifying questions about our world, our future and our fears. These stories are the perfect space to inspire social...
Read moreA certain playful rivalry has always been the heart of the partnership between Steve Martin and Martin Short. So, taken to its logical extension, the two should be at their funniest when...
Read moreLee Lorenz, a cartoonist and cartoon editor who over 40 years at The New Yorker introduced unconventional illustrators like Roz Chast and Jack Ziegler while publishing droll covers and some 1,800 cartoons...
Read moreJim Irsay is not your typical team owner, especially in the buttoned-up National Football League.Last month, Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, replaced his head coach with a former player whose...
Read more“Ain’t No Mo’,” a raucously funny and provocative new Broadway play imagining that the United States tries to end racism by offering to send Black Americans to Africa, will close on Dec....
Read moreIn fact, “The Santa Clause” was a far darker comedy when Allen signed on. He kind of remembers that Calvin might have shot Santa.“To this day, it’s one of the best scripts,...
Read moreThose spotlight moments can appear nearly messianic, but although “Rivulets” contains many solos — along with duets, trios, quartets and myriad other configurations — it is especially concerned with everyone dancing together....
Read moreThe story is simple and its telling generally restrained even as Sandra’s life begins to take a turn for the progressively more complicated. There are arguments and spilled tears, but Hansen-Love’s touch...
Read moreThose who can never get too many stories about the making of “Gone With the Wind” are in luck because there are many here, including a howl of hurt from the director...
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