CHICAGO — Former “Saturday Night Live” star Rachel Dratch has lived in New York City for the better part of two decades. But like a relentless stalker in a horror movie, the city of Chicago tracked her down — and hit her with a $73 parking ticket from 20 years ago. “I did a double […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES—Cinematographer John Bailey, whose credits include such films as “Ordinary People,” “The Big Chill,” and “Groundhog Day,” will be the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, charged with helping to lead the nearly 90-year-old institution through the next phase of its ongoing public transformation. In a meeting on Tuesday
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastThere’s some debate between “Saturday Night Live’s” Kyle Mooney and Dave McCary about which “Saved by the Bell” character they loved most as kids. “Was Screech our Brigsby?” McCary asks. “Nah, man. A.C.,” Mooney laughs back. A “Brigsby,” in these terms, is a reference to their upcoming film “Brigsby Bear,” in which Mooney’s character James
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Award-winning Israeli filmmakers Nir Bergman and David Ofek will serve as visiting lecturers at San Diego State University School this fall. Bergman and Ofek will be team-teaching at San Diego State from August 25 to December 18 through the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artists Program, which is bringing 13 prominent Israeli artists
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — As producer Gary Grossman explains it, the mission of the Skylight Theatre Company is to present only world premieres. No revivals, no imports from London or New York, no old rehashes of plays from the 1930s. Just brand new plays to be introduced to Los Angeles and the world
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAl Gore’s “An Inconvenient Sequel” drew a lukewarm response from moviegoers, ranking 15th at the box office in its first weekend of wide release and earning tepid reviews from audiences. The sequel to Mr. Gore’s influential 2006 climate-change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has earned about $1 million since its limited release July 28, prompting one
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Former US President Barack Obama was recently interviewed for an upcoming documentary on the life of the late Israeli statesman, Shimon Peres, by Moriah Films, the two-time Academy Award™-winning film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Barbra Streisand, a close personal friend of Peres, will also be interviewed for
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANewsweek published this story under the headline “Marilyn: The 24-Year Itch” on November 10, 1986. In light of the 55th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, Newsweek is republishing the story. Marilyn. No one ever asks, Marilyn who? From the breathy, near-sighted Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to the screen-worn Reno divorcee in The Misfits,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAlexandra Silber’s ‘After Anatevka’ follows characters Hodel and Perchik in a journey that often mirrors her own By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For two years Alexandra Silber played Hodel in a London production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” But with the last performance, the last curtain call and the last round of applause,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & BroadcastModern dancers from 12 international troupes as well as Israeli companies will perform on the Suzanne Dellal stage By Jessica Steinberg August brings the start of Tel Aviv Dance, three months of local and international dance performances hosted at the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater in Neve Tzedek. “We’re looking for something different
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK — Eric Bolling, co-host of Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Specialists,” was suspended by the network on Saturday amid allegations that he used his cellphone to send lewd pictures to female colleagues. Bolling, 54, becomes the third Fox News personality to be removed from the air this year because of allegations of inappropriate
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAProducers 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, USAWASHINGTON, August 4, 2017 – “There are certain things men must do to remain men,” said alpha male James T. Kirk of Star Trek fame. In short, the swash-buckling starship captain, in the oft-used phrase of today, “self-identified” as a red-blooded, heterosexual male with a strong sense of duty and of right and wrong. William
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACNN 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