On the opera stage, he has led Attila’s Golden Horde into battle and seized the Russian throne from its hapless tsar. Now Paata Burchuladze prepares for a role he hopes will let him change his home country of Georgia for the better and quite a few of his countrymen are backing him. “I played so
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK — Nearly 35 million TV viewers watched GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. Nielsen reported that an average of 32.2 million viewers watched across the ad-supported networks that carried the speech between 10 and 11:45 p.m. ET. An additional 2.75 million viewers were tuned in
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Mayor Faulconer Is ‘Capt. Kirk of Starship San Diego’ as Comic-Con Opens Mayor Kevin Faulconer applauds as Councilman Todd Gloria (in blue) addresses Comic-Con welcome. Photo by Chris Stone By Ken and Chris Stone Times of San Diego Wearing a “Star Trek” shirt circa 1966, Kevin Faulconer introduced himself at a Comic-Con press conference Thursday morning
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK — In the end, Fox News is Rupert Murdoch’s baby, and now that it’s in trouble, he will take care of it. In a corporate move that no one saw coming, Murdoch, the executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, was named acting chairman of Fox News after the resignation of Roger Ailes, amid
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPack your bags, movie lovers! San Diego Comic-Con 2016 kicks off on Thursday, July 21, and you won’t want to miss a minute of the fun. Comic-Con is not just for comic fanatics. Your favorite stars from recent releases, as well as upcoming films, will also be in attendance. Check out a list of some
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — I ask you, who can’t use an Austen romance in mid-July at the Old Globe theater in our bucolic Balboa Park? And to further entice even the most stalwart realist, an Austen script set to music is “exactly, precisely formed to engage my heart.” With the sudden death of their
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLate-night host Stephen Colbert “took the gloves off” and went into a nearly three-minute long skit this week on Hillary Clinton’s integrity. “F*** it, I gotta take the gloves off,” the comedian told his audience Monday night. “The Late Show” host then began a series of pop-culture analogies to demonstrate the former secretary of state’s
George Takei did not want “Star Trek Beyond’s” Sulu to be gay? Oh my. While news broke that “Star Trek Beyond” will feature an openly gay Hikaru Sulu in a nod to original Sulu actor George Takei, it turns out Takei was never actually on board with this development. To be clear, the long-time LGBT
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — One man and a piano. For most, this would be a scene in a hotel lounge with patrons coming and going. But not for virtuoso Hershey Felder who completes this year’s Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival playing at the Lyceum Theatre. Hershey Felder is well known
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Do you remember what Stuxnet is? In 2010 a computer worm caused 2,000 centrifuges to malfunction at the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in Iran. Officials in Israel and the United States denied responsibility for the sabotage, but hoped it would set back Iran’s nuclear program. When it spread to computers
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“The Innocents” soars above its seeming contradictions. A gripping psychological drama based on events more than half a century old, it has inescapable contemporary echoes. Laced with intensely emotional situations, it refuses to force the issue by pushing too hard. And it proves, yet again, that though moral and spiritual questions may not sound spellbinding
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Another Fringe Festival has come and gone, 11 days of ‘eyeball busting’ shows at fourteen venues around San Diego. If you’re not familiar, “fringe” refers to theater that’s a little too “out there” for a regular theater season. Many are small shows that travel light. Some are autobiographical.
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD — The play has such a despicable name that you would think it would attract every neo-Nazi, Aryan Nation, Skinheaded anti-Semite in southern California. The play is called Bad Jews. But, surprisingly, playwright Joshua Harmon’s four-person diatribe is actually a perceptive reflection of the way in which many modern Jews relate
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Cynthia Citron, Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & BroadcastScarlett Johansson, star of multiple Marvel superhero movies, Luc Besson’s brilliant sci-fi thriller Lucy and Girl with a Pearl Earring, has been a leading lady for a while now. She’s filled that action heroine role left vacant by Angelina Jolie, who seems more content behind the camera these days. She sometimes makes fun, quirky movies
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