It 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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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — The destruction of property and nature all across the country is beyond belief. Among the latest tragedies in the fires engulfing Israel is the life work of artist Yoram Raanan in Beit Meir, in the hills outside Jerusalem. Last night the moshav was completely evacuated and little remains. What
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAlma Deutscher is a composer, virtuoso pianist and concert violinist who wrote her first sonata five years ago and whose first full opera, ‘Cinderella’ has its world premiere in Vienna next month. Alma Deutscher, un prodigio de 11 años. Compone desde los 6 y estrena ópera propia en Viena esta Navidad #Flipadhttps://t.co/l6w2XQs2f7 pic.twitter.com/NV9ESZqMbp— Javi y
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAretha Franklin really stole the show at the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game. Franklin totally went off book and performed a rather lengthy performance of the National Anthem that made for some pretty hilarious responses from Twitter. RELATED: Soon-to-be first daughter Ivanka Trump gave us a glimpse inside her family’s Thanksgiving Day Yes, Franklin has
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, USALOS ANGELES — Florence Henderson, whose portrayal of Carol Brady on the iconic television show “The Brady Bunch” created an idealized mother figure for an entire generation, died Thursday. She was 82. Henderson died from heart failure about 7:30 p.m. while surrounded by her four children, said her longtime manager and publicist Kayla Pressman. As
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAlexandra Zapruder was not born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy. On Nov 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder, a devoted supporter of Kennedy and his vision for America, shot a home movie
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA poem handwritten by one of the Holocaust’s most famous victims, diarist Anne Frank, sold for 140,000 euros (roughly $148,000) on Wednesday at a Dutch auction house. The sum, which doesn’t include the auctioneer’s commission, greatly exceeded the expected sale price of 30,000 to 50,000 euros. Thijs Blankevoort, director of the Bubb Kuyper auction house
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