The Arts

‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ producer admits Muslim character ‘Isis’ a response to Trump

Producers for The CW’s popular series “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” had President Trump on their minds when they decided to introduce a Muslim character. The Television Critics Association press tour held this week in Beverly Hills, California, briefly touched on U.S. politics when “Legends of Tomorrow” executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Phil Klemmer discussed the […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Kellyanne Conway and Chris Cuomo got into an intense debate over Russia investigation during live TV broadcast

CNN host Chris Cuomo and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway got into an intense argument over the investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia during a live television broadcast Thursday night. During the interview, Cuomo brought special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump family’s ties to Russia, including a meeting that took

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Chris Cornell’s daughter sings a moving rendition of “Hallelujah” in honor of her late father and Chester Bennington

Chris Cornell’s 12-year-old daughter, Toni Cornell performed a gorgeous tribute to her father on the Aug. 4 segment of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Cornell sang a moving rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” alongside the band OneRepublic. The performance was a celebration of the lives of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, who both unexpectedly died earlier

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials

The author’s joke, alas, is on the reader

A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman (published in Hebrew by Hasifriya Hahadasha) By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France —   I am proud to announce that I have completed my first vacation task, namely, to read the Hebrew version of David Grossman’s book, the English translation of which was awarded the prestigious Man Booker

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

‘Wonder Woman’ gives Time Warner earnings a boost

LOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Venezuela’s Government Arrested Wuilly Arteaga For Playing National Anthem

Symbol for Venezuela’s struggle for democracy, violinist Wuilly Arteaga, was arrested during a national strike called by the opposition party. Venezuelan’s are against President Nicolás Maduro’s plans to change the constitution. According to the head of the NGO Penal Forum, Alfredo Romero, the violinist currently remains in custody at the command headquarters of the National

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

French actress Jeanne Moreau has died at 89

Jeanne Moreau, the quintessential French actress whose mother was an English cabaret club dancer, has died at 89. Moreau, a petite chain-smoker who worked with most of the world’s top directors of the first few decades after World War II, Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard and Wim Wenders among them. In one profile story, Britain’s Guardian

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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

A beloved actor known as “the greatest American playwright of his generation” has passed away at the age of 73

Rest in peace, Sam Shepard. On Monday, news of the acclaimed playwright, actor and director’s death made headlines as the Broadway world went into mourning. Shepard penned 44 plays in his career and authored several books, essays and short stories in his lifetime. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work, a play

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Three couples zoned out at The Secret Rose Theatre

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — The attractive middle-aged couple is having a fight.  It’s not one of those screaming, throwing-things-at-each-other kind of fights.  Rather, it’s the irritable kind of bickering where every time he opens his mouth she argues with whatever he has to say. This time the argument is about selling the house they have lived

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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Abraham and the Angels’ by Rembrandt at the Frick

By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Visitors to the Frick Collection in New York City will likely be familiar with the magnificent Self Portrait (1658) of Rembrandt that hangs in the main gallery. The artist presents himself as an imposing father-figure, like some patriarch of old. His dress is formal, and utterly distinctive – a

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir