Meanwhile, the tragic romance between Benny and his fiancée Cassie treads similar ground to James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk, which is fitting because, in that same 2013 interview, Brooks quoted The Price of One. James Baldwin’s ticket, acknowledging the ancestors who had paid “the ticket price” for …
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Horace Mungin, a Hollywood native and resident of Givhans who has written numerous books on life in America, particularly aspects of the African-American experience, died on Saturday. He was 80 years old. His friend Herb Frazier, who co-edited a new volume of breed essays with Mungin for Evening Post Books, …
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It was no secret that Mr. Buckley had been ill, on and off, for a long time. If friends managed to be surprised by his death, despite ample evidence of its inevitability, it was in large part thanks to the calm manner in which Mr Buckley dealt with him. Making …
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Fort Collins, Colorado, was the first place I heard the term “outdoor culture”. It was, indeed, a beautiful location at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, with hiking, biking, and freshwater trails within easy reach of downtown. The “outdoor culture” did not describe the physical landscape itself, but rather the …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is perhaps best known for his hit musicals “Hamilton” and “In The Heights”, but he says his latest film, “Vivo”, is her children’s “favorite thing I’ve ever worked on”. “I’m so glad that your kids can now all hear the thing that has been going on repeat in …
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The case of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the young American Jewish couple executed in June 1953 at the height of the Cold War for allegedly passing on atomic secrets to the Russians, has weighed heavily on American political and cultural consciousness for 70 years. They were the first civilians to …
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A writing assignment for a specialty course at the University of Iowa turned into a novel that caught the attention of film producers and allowed 19 students to sign a film option with two Hollywood studios . UI professor Harry Stecopoulos says he’s thrilled with the development and, although he …
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The public dissemination of musical tastes does not always bring out the best of human nature. It’s hard to overestimate the possibility of being snobbish, competitive, critical, boastful (humble or otherwise) and a long list of other little vices. This is partly why politicians, for example, are so worried about …
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo angrily dismissed a reporter’s question on Thursday about whether his $ 5 million book deal, which he arranged as COVID-19 raged in the city last year, was offensive for families who lost loved ones during the pandemic, calling the investigation “stupid”. Cuomo was under fire …
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The one for whom we had the greatest hopes.Your writing, dense with allusion, led us To anticipate that you would be our Joyce,Nabokov, Borges. Looking back I would venture We were perhaps too easily impressedBy your learning, ours being a country Where the word mandarin only meansOrange. Or a necklace …
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Read More »Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish talk about new movie here today
Register for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up to date with the latest coronavirus news across New York City By Alicia Powell Bowl Crystal, from Long Beach, returns to the chairmanship of the director after 20 years to Here today, in which he also plays a well-known comedy writer who …
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