Tag: Arts and entertainment
Performance artist Marina Abramovic wins Spanish arts prize
MADRID — A Spanish foundation awarded Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic one of the European nation’s most prestigious awards for the fine arts on...
Review: A rare glimpse at the indoor lives of Saudi women
“All politics are local,” the saying goes. That’s a guiding principle in “The Perfect Candidate,” in which a doctor runs for town council purely...
Report: Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
<p>NEW YORK — Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her longtime-running talk show, according to reports.</p>
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88-year-old artist finishes year of pandemic ‘daily doodles’
WESTMORELAND, N.H. — Much like the round clock faces, gears and planets that often populate his artwork, Robert Seaman has come full circle.
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Review: Angelina Jolie leads tense ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
<p>It would be an understatement to say that Angelina Jolie is put through the wringer in writer-director Taylor Sheridan’s new film “ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV6VNNjBkcE">Those...
Andrew McCarthy taps into 80’s nostalgia with new memoir
NEW YORK — Andrew McCarthy admits he “fled” from his shaggy-haired 1980’s persona and didn’t look back for decades. Much like the slouchy blazers...
Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return
<p>NEW YORK — Silenced for 14 months by the pandemic and dealing with labor strife, the Metropolitan Opera will make a brief return Sunday.</p>
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New fellowship gives $25,000 grants to Puerto Rican writers
NEW YORK — A new fellowship co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide $25,000 for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers.
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Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
<p>BOSTON — A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2′s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for...
Poland wants to buy Marie Curie’s vacation house in France
SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE, France — Poland’s prime minister says he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-winning scientist couple...