Tag: Entertainment
New ‘Lord of the Rings’ edition to include Tolkien artwork
<p>NEW YORK — An upcoming edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will include paintings, drawings and other illustrations by the...
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
LOS ANGELES — Jessica Walter, who played a scheming matriarch in TV’s “Arrested Development,” has died. She was 80.
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Poet Amanda Gorman revisits inaugural triumph with Oprah
<p>LOS ANGELES — Amanda Gorman revisits her inauguration day poetry reading that wowed observers, among them Oprah Winfrey, in the Apple TV+ series “The...
Loyola’s Williamson bridges past, present in ’63 team film
CHICAGO — From a makeshift recording booth in a closet in his room, surrounded by hanging shirts and Nike boxes stacked high on a...
Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics
<p>MOSCOW — Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the...
Dozens of playwrights, actors join ‘Period Piece’ monologues
Mandy Moore, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Beth Leavel, Jessica Hecht and dozens of other actors are teaming up to talk about something rarely mentioned on...
Former composer, wife invite viewers to ‘Stump the Maestro’
<p>AVENTURA, Fla. — Name a show tune, jazz standard or movie score, and chances are 91-year-old Peter Fuchs can not only hum it, but...
Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier is dead aged 79
<p>PARIS — French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such “A Sunday in the Country,” “Captain Conan” and “The Judge and the Assassin,”...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’; A heavyweight bout with a light touch
<p>LOS ANGELES — The original 1950s Godzilla movies stomped into theaters carrying a metaphor about nuclear destruction. Two years ago, “Godzilla: King of the...
Spielberg donates Genesis Prize money to justice nonprofits
<p>NEW YORK — Steven Spielberg said Thursday that he will donate his $1 million Genesis Prize to 10 nonprofits that are working for racial...