Thursday, June 13, 2024
‘The Welkin’ Off Broadway Review: Sandra Oh Is One of 12 Angry Women
Sandra Oh makes for a very effective Henry Fonda, as he appeared in “Twelve Angry Men.” She also manages to convey Nancy Kelly at her most distraught and maternal in “The Bad Seed.” And swirling around this actor are another 15 equally gifted performers who bring to mind “The Crucible” in its most powerful moments and “Dead Ringers” at its most lurid. Lucy Kirkwood’s sometimes bewildering and always fascinating new play “The Welkin” opened Wednesday at the Atlantic Theater Company after its world premiere at London’s National Theatre in 2020. Among the aforementioned works, “Dead Ringers” probably needs the most…
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Steve Bannon Compares His Prison Sentence to His Navy Service: ‘Just as Proud to Serve My Nation as a Political Prisoner’ | Video
Former Donald Trump political strategist Steve Bannon is set to go to prison next month for defying a Congressional subpoena from the House of Representatives’ Jan. 6 Committee. He told Tucker Carlson that he feels his prison sentence is an opportunity to “save his country.” “In my twenties I served my country on a Navy destroyer, and in my seventies I’ll serve my country in a federal prison. It doesn’t make any difference to me. It won’t change my life in one way,” Bannon said in a Tuesday interview with Carlson. Bannon was convicted in federal court in October 2022…
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Four Tops Singer Sues Hospital for Profiling Him and Ordering Psych Eval
Singer Alexander Morris of The Four Tops is suing a Michigan hospital and two staff members who, according to Morris, didn’t believe him when he said he was a member of the legendary vocal group and ordered a psychological evaluation. Morris said that he was racially profiled and/or profiled due to a perceived mental disability after arriving at the emergency room. He was taken off of oxygen and a white security guard told him to “sit his Black ass down” at one point, according to the lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court and reviewed by TheWrap. In April 2023, Morris…
Monday, June 10, 2024
‘Presumed Innocent’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal’s Apple Adaptation Is a Snarky Take on the Harrison Ford Classic
In “Presumed Innocent,” the city of Chicago is rocked to its core by the gruesome murder of Caroline Polhemus (Renate Reinsve), a rising prosecutor in the district attorney’s office. But none more so than her closest colleague, Rusty Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal). The race to find her killer becomes the political battleground of the season thanks to a vicious DA election, and the search for the truth throws Rusty into the courtroom, not as a lawyer but as the prime suspect. The clues have all begun to point towards him, and since he was once Caroline’s lover, Rusty’s battle to prove…
Sunday, June 9, 2024
‘Downey’s Dream Cars,’ ‘Leveling Lincoln’ Win Daytime Emmy Awards
“Downey’s Dream Cars,” “Leveling Lincoln” and “Judy Justice” were among the winners at the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Creative Arts & Lifestyle Awards, which were presented on Saturday evening in Los Angeles. “Downey’s Dream Cars” won in the Lifestyle Program category, “Leveling Lincoln” won in for Educational/Informational Program and “Judy Justice” won for :egan/Courtroom Program. “Oprah and the ‘Color Purple’ Journey” won the award for Arts and Popular Culture Program, while “Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory” won in the Travel, Adventure and Nature Program category. Other program winners included “Hack My Home” (Instructional/How-To Program) and “Culture Quest: Ukraine”…
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Dick Van Dyke Wins Daytime Emmy at the Age of 98
Dick Van Dyke has won a Daytime Emmy Award at the age of 98, giving him his second Daytime Emmy 47 years after he won the last of his four Primetime Emmys. In a recent interview with TheWrap, the veteran actor and performer known for movies like “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and the groundbreaking TV comedy “The Dick Van Dyke Show” mentioned that he was up for a Daytime Emmy, and said with a laugh, “Wouldn’t it be funny if I won an Emmy for a soap opera?” The award came in a ceremony at the Westin…
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Stephen Colbert Mocks Latest Biden Age Reporting: ‘After All, Being Old Is a Felony’ | Video
In his monologue on Wednesday, Stephen Colbert took a jaundiced look at the resurgence of negative coverage about President Joe Biden’s age. Joking that “Being old is a felony,” Colbert then was reminded that there’s a presidential candidate who is an actual felon, who also happens to be old. You can watch the clip below. Post by @colbertlateshow View on Threads For those who missed it the WSJ story, titled “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping,” resurrects the age-related coverage that dominated news earlier this year — before Biden’s performance during the State of the Union speech silenced…
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
‘Tuesday’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Kills It in Grim Modern Fable
Humanity’s greatest myths often emerge from our complete inability to understand something. We saw giant bolts of lightning fall from the clouds and we didn’t leap to the conclusion that it had something to do with electrostatic discharges. Instead we assumed somebody must have thrown them on purpose. And when we noticed that sometimes when you fall off a cliff or eat suspicious berries, your whole body will stop doing stuff — for like, ever — we developed the perfectly rational theory that somebody in a creepy cloak sneaks in when nobody is looking and takes your soul away. There…
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Kanye West Sued for Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination and Breach of Contract by Former Assistant
A woman who worked as Kanye West’s assistant in 2021 and 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the rapper, accusing him of sexually harassing her, firing her without cause and failing to pay her what she was owed. Lauren Pisciotta says she was primarily supporting herself via an OnlyFans profile in 2021 when she and West met. He hired her to help work on his fashion line, the suit says, but she also ended up collaborating on 3 songs included on West’s album “Donda.” In 2022, West asked her to stop using her OnlyFans account and offered her a $1 million-per-year…
Monday, June 3, 2024
Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee Exits After 3 Years, New Leaders Named in Newsroom Restructure
The Washington Post’s executive editor Sally Buzbee is stepping down after three years leading the outlet during a bleak time for journalism, the Post announced Sunday evening. The newsroom is being restructured, with Matt Murray taking over until the 2024 presidential election and Robert Winnett taking the baton afterward. The move comes just over a week after the paper announced it lost $77 million in the past year and planned to expand the use of artificial intelligence throughout its operations. The site’s traffic has also been cut in half since its 2020 high, driven by interest around COVID-19 and the…
