Theater review: 'The Good Negro' at Stella Adler Theatre
Idealism is a dirty business in Tracy Scott Wilson’s “The Good Negro,” now at the Stella Adler Theatre. It’s Birmingham, 1962, and the civil rights movement led by MLK-like Reverend Lawrence (Phrederic...
View ArticleConan O'Brien loses out on an Emmy. Coco's fans seemingly don't care. Where'd...
Team Coco lost another battle on Sunday as Emmy voters decided not to back the lovable loser with an Emmy nod, instead doing something they've grown accustomed to: handing the winged statue over to...
View ArticleTheater review: 'Eat the Runt' at Theatre of NOTE
If “Saturday Night Live” made an industrial video on hiring practices, it might look a lot like “Eat the Runt,” Avery Crozier’s breezy satire on how to land a job and a joke, now at Theatre of NOTE....
View ArticleEmmy Awards ratings squeak past last year's
By attracting just a few thousand more viewers than CBS did last year, NBC can claim bragging rights for the highest rated of the four airings by the broadcast networks on this rotation of the Emmy...
View ArticlePiers Morgan nearing 'happy resolution' with CNN for Larry King's slot
Just how close is Piers Morgan to taking over Larry King's coveted prime-time interview slot on CNN?Pretty darn close, or so he told us on the red carpet at the Emmys Sunday night."We're near the end...
View ArticleLamar Odom helps USA defeat Brazil in world championships
If you are a Lakers fan and you happened to catch USA defeat Brazil, 70-68, Monday in Istanbul in the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) World Championship, you had to see Lamar Odom do what he...
View ArticlePREACH IT! Snooki's life is so romantic I feel dead inside
My heart broke as I scanned around the online tabloids Monday and learned this: Jeff Miranda, boyfriend of "Jersey Shore" star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, has proposed. He did so via the magazine Steppin’...
View ArticleDisneyland's 45-foot-tall dragon removed from Fantasmic after weekend incident
From the start, this dragon seemed to be missing a spark or two. When Disneyland’s updated version of Fantasmic debuted in June of last year, it had to do so minus Maleficent, the mighty fire-breather...
View ArticleCuba: Fidel Castro says he was near death
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given a rare interview to a foreign journalist and disclosed new details about just how sick he was when he relinquished power in 2006. "I was at death's door," Castro...
View ArticleDisney taps radio executive to lead ABC Family
Walt Disney Co. made its own format change Monday, naming Michael Riley, the general manager of Radio Disney, as the new president of the ABC Family channel. Riley, who joined Disney two years ago from...
View Article10-point Republican lead on generic congressional ballot now largest in 68...
President Obama told New Orleans on Sunday that five years after Hurricane Katrina he was sticking with them in their endless recovery. But it was Republicans who got the rainbow today, a historic new...
View ArticleThe Emmys: now with more cultural diversity!
In at least one respect, this year’s Emmys were much more colorful than last year's.CBS’ broadcast of the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards came under fire due to what critics called a noticeable lack of...
View ArticleFrida Kahlo and Diego Rivera to be reunited on Mexican bill
The Bank of Mexico said Monday it would place in circulation a new 500-peso bill featuring the well-known faces of two of the country's best-known artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. In the bank's...
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