Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is off to the races with early honors as awards season heats up.
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Someone must leap into the abyss.
The other day, a 60-something widowed female client of mine received a message on Match.com from an accomplished, seemingly nice man. In her f…
This month the momentous novel “The Great Gatsby” went into public domain, so there is no better time to bring up a film that sheds new light …
Animals abound in Ramin Bahrani’s “The White Tiger,” a wild and rollicking adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel. Anima…
Working from home certainly has its benefits, but one of the biggest challenges (along with finding a workspace that’s better than a kitchen t…
Few things are more sacred than your designated seat in the living room. It seems every time my family gathers together we go to our unofficia…
The coronavirus crisis continues to wreak havoc in Hollywood productions.
Step aside, Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga. America has found a new inauguration “style icon” in Natalie Biden.
The coronavirus pandemic that forced the cancellation of most spring, summer and fall music festivals in 2020 is still raging. For most of the…
With symbolism running rampant on Inauguration Day, the soon-to-be president and vice president made subtle nods to the country in their fashi…
NEW YORK — British actor Tom Payne was just about to quit acting when the zombie apocalypse saved him.
Super fans of Olivia Rodrigo have long been manifesting her “world domination” on social media. And last week, they got their wish.
“The War Widow” is poised to be Tara Moss’ breakout novel in the United States, especially given the book’s saucy leading lady, Billie Walker.…
LOS ANGELES — Amanda Gorman recently got some very exciting news via Zoom: She’d been handpicked to read a poem at President-elect Joe Biden’s…
NEW YORK — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s Super…
Worried that the four Virginia restaurants she runs were headed for disaster during the pandemic, Sarah White branched out.
This is a quick and easy take on a traditional Spanish omelet (also called tortilla). It’s a traditional dish from Spain made with eggs and po…
MIAMI — To successfully bring a stage play to the silver screen, the filmmaker must overcome the limitations of confined set. Denzel Washingto…
Among the many archival materials excerpted in Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI” is a 1964 televised interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., con…
Julie Dash launched her career with the widely acclaimed “Daughters of the Dust” in 1991 and has only made one movie since. Charles Burnett’s …
Kyra Sedgwick never flew halfway across the country because her kids didn’t return her calls, but she understands that empty-nest feeling.
If you’re anything like us, you’ve already started gathering ideas on where to travel this year. And while there are plenty of big-ticket dest…
Maybe America needs group therapy? Memoir, ‘Group,’ reveals the messy process of healing our traumas
Maybe America needs group therapy.
By Tribune News Service
Joyce Brodsky was always more of a sunbather than a swimmer.
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said he has no plans to recast the late Chadwick Boseman’s character, T’Challa, but hinted that the …