It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’

“Emilia Pérez” is not what most would conjure when thinking of a movie musical. And therein lies its superpower. Its writer-director, Jacques Audiard, chose to tell the story of a brutal Mexican drug cartel lord (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes profound changes in midlife — including gender-reassignment surgery — as a romantic, comic, … Read more

Cynthia Erivo defies more than gravity

Cynthia Erivo defies more than gravity It’s an autumn day in New York, which prompts Cynthia Erivo to start singing the opening lines of the jazz standard of that name because, as I learn through our hour together, it does not take much prodding to get Erivo to break out in song. She serenades me … Read more

East Hollywood Charter School Opens

His voice booming and his eyes bright despite months of nonstop work, Principal Andy Johnson stepped up Monday to a microphone set up on the playground at Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School and shouted a question: “Can you guys say ownership?” “Ownership!” the 900 students seated in neat rows before him roared back. Johnson … Read more

Teen violence surges day after Post report on broken juvenile justice system: ‘They’re not going to jail’

The Big Apple’s ongoing spike in teen violence showed no signs of slowing down Monday, with at least two more youngsters attacked in the five boroughs overnight. A 16-year-old boy was slashed at a Bronx subway station shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, hours after a 15-year-old was slugged and stabbed in Brooklyn, police sources said … Read more

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