Review: Angelina Jolie leads tense ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
<p>It would be an understatement to say that Angelina Jolie is put through the wringer in writer-director Taylor Sheridan’s new film “ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV6VNNjBkcE">Those...
New fellowship gives $25,000 grants to Puerto Rican writers
NEW YORK — A new fellowship co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide $25,000 for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers.
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Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85
CHICAGO — Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman...
Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart
<p>NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of...
Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return
<p>NEW YORK — Silenced for 14 months by the pandemic and dealing with labor strife, the Metropolitan Opera will make a brief return Sunday.</p>
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Barry Jenkins on his unflinching epic ‘Underground Railroad’
LOS ANGELES — When Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins was considering adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Underground Railroad into a limited series,...
Poland wants to buy Marie Curie’s vacation house in France
SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE, France — Poland’s prime minister says he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-winning scientist couple...
Review: A rare glimpse at the indoor lives of Saudi women
“All politics are local,” the saying goes. That’s a guiding principle in “The Perfect Candidate,” in which a doctor runs for town council purely...
Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go’s in Rock Hall on first try
<p>NEW YORK — Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and the Go-Go's were elected Wednesday to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame their first time on...
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
<p>BOSTON — A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2′s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for...