How Angelina Jolie conquered her fear and learned to sing for ‘Maria’ A few weeks before the world would get to see her play Maria Callas, the venerated soprano, Angelina Jolie was savoring her own night at the opera. On a visit to New York in November, Jolie and Pablo Larraín, who directed her in … Read more
Questions of survival vs. greed take hold in the return of ‘Squid Game’ It’s clear enough why Netflix would want to return to the nightmarish world of the South Korean “Squid Game,” with its life-or-death decisions, betrayals and humiliations among contestants desperate for the fortune offered the winner. After all, the series is the streamer’s … Read more
In producing RaMell Ross’ debut documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” I came to appreciate the extraordinary patience he’d acquired in making images, which allows the camera to act as an extension of consciousness. RaMell’s intuition that the best way of presenting the lives of Black people in a film would be to let … Read more
Why Marianne Jean-Baptiste relished working with Mike Leigh again on ‘Hard Truths’ Actors on a Mike Leigh film set don’t talk about motivation, and that’s fine by “Hard Truths” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who relishes the rehearsal process on his movies. In the latest film from the Oscar-nominated British filmmaker, she delivers an astounding performances as … Read more
How the 2017 march in Charlottesville inspired me to write ‘The Order’ In 2018, I went to Oklahoma City to visit the memorial to the victims killed in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. There, in 1995, a 26-year-old Gulf War veteran lighted a fuse inside a rental truck packed with 5,000 … Read more
Welcome to Plathville? More like Welcome to Forever for Lydia Plath! Just about one month after going public with her boyfriend, Zac Wyse, the TLC personality made it evident on December 16 that the relationship is series. Because the couple is engaged! Lydia Plath on an episode of her family’s TV show. (TLC) “The moment … Read more
“There’s a real kind of self-confidence that I feel now with my choices,” says Elle Fanning, photographed in Los Angeles in December. “I feel kind of uninhibited.” (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) 1 When Elle Fanning was around 14 or 15 years old, she had a cork board in her bedroom adorned with pictures … Read more
Meghan and Harry have unveiled their Christmas card! Even though the Sussex pair are very pointedly not invited to royal gatherings, they have their own plans for the holiday season. That includes sending out cards for the holiday season. Cards full of happy family photos. Certain aspects of the card will infuriate hardcore royalists, fans … Read more
‘Heretic’s’ wolf in a sheep’s colorful button-front cardigan In the psychological thriller “Heretic” from A24, the typically debonair Hugh Grant turns diabolical, but like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, he’s disguised by a singular cardigan, one painstakingly selected by costume designer Betsy Heimann. The colorful button-front cardigan not only coordinates with the moody set but … Read more
Tarot is everywhere. But her fresh decks are ‘a little less caftan, a little more rock ‘n’ roll’ It’s the first Sunday morning of spring in the Wilshire-Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica and local artist Kim Krans, 43, is making the 10-minute pilgrimage from her apartment to her new favorite place on Earth: the Gloveworx … Read more
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