By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — At first he was seen as a joke. Then, as he continued his campaign of insults and threats, outrageous proposals, and the promise to make his country great again, his countrymen rallied around him and Hitler became the elected dictator of Germany. At the same time, one of the […]
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOusmane Sow, a luminary figure of African contemporary art, died early Thursday morning in Dakar. He was 81. “He takes with him the dreams and the plans that his body, too tired, did not wish to follow,” Sow’s family told Agence France-Presse. Born in the Senegalese capital of Dakar in 1935, Sow was one of
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsIncoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the U.S. government to exert closer scrutiny of China’s Dalian Wanda Group, an entertainment conglomerate with ties to the Communist government in Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Wanda Group has been on a buying binge in the past few years, snapping up American and European
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Spider-Man is Jewish At the risk of boring devotees of the flagship character and corporate mascot of Marvel comic books and of the hugely successful Spider-Man movie franchise, those who know the origin story much better than I do, the Spider-Man narrative begins with Peter Parker who becomes
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & BroadcastYesterday was a day of loss for the cast and crew of CBS drama “Hawaii Five-O.” Keo Woolford, who played Detective James Chang on the series, passed away at the age of 49. Woolford died on Monday afternoon at Pali Momi Medical Center in Oahu, Hawaii, three days after suffering from a severe stroke, People
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIf you compare Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career to Donald Trump’s, you will realize that they have gone in the opposite directions. While Trump moved from hosting a reality TV series to becoming the President of the United States of America, 68-year-old Schwarzenegger went from becoming the Governor of California to becoming the host of “Celebrity Apprentice.”
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIt would be hard to name a work of popular art more emblematic of the Obama years than “Hamilton.” Long before it became an unstoppable Broadway sensation, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony- and Grammy-winning musical made its first appearance in the public and political eye at a White House celebration of the spoken word in 2009. The
SPIES IN PALESTINE: LOVE, BETRAYAL AND THE HEROIC LIFE OF SARAH AARONSOHN By James Srodes Counterpoint, $24, 203 pages By Joseph C. Goulden In more than half a century of reading intelligence literature, seldom have I encountered an operative with the raw courage of Sarah Aaronsohn. Whatever spy tradecraft the woman knew was self-taught. She
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastActor Fritz Weaver has died at the age of 90. Weaver’s daughter, Lydia Weaver, and son-in-law, Bruce Ostler, told the Associated Press that he died at his New York City home Saturday night. No cause of death was provided. Weaver won a Tony in 1970 for his part in the drama, “Child’s Play.” RELATED: Why
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastActor Gary Sinise didn’t spend his Thanksgiving like most. The “Forrest Gump” actor, who is a huge supporter of the American armed forces, spent his Thanksgiving Day serving meals to the enlisted at Kandahar Air Force Base in Afghanistan. An honor to serve Thanksgiving dinner to our Troops at Kandahar Air Force Base, Sending a
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAActor says his sister revealed his mother’s religion to him when he complained to her about ‘stingy,’ big-nosed Jews By Times of Israel staff TV actor Karim Kassem reveals he’s Jewish in front of a live studio audience on the Egyptian TV talk show “Mona Elshazly” on November 18, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube) Egyptian TV
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLast week, President-elect Donald Trump ripped “Saturday Night Live” on Twitter, calling the sketch comedy show “one-sided” and “biased.” One cast member says he has a point. Michael Che, who hosts the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, told Esquire magazine that despite trying to remain balanced and take on both sides, the show has seemed to
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARon Glass, a prolific television actor best known for roles in the ’70s police sitcom “Barney Miller” and Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” has died. He was 71 years old. His death of respiratory failure was confirmed on Saturday by one of his representatives. Born on July 10, 1945 in Evansville, Ind., where he eventually attended the
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASteven Seagal, the Michigan-born martial artist best known for producing and starring in dozens of action movies since his Hollywood debut in the late 1980s, was given a Russian passport Friday during a meeting in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin personally presented the 64-year-old action star with his new passport during a ceremony
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