Actress Mitzi Gaynor poses in her apartment in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 26, 2021. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Thursday. She was 93. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP LOS ANGELES — Mitzi…
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Ani (Mikey Madison) is an exotic dancer who gets more than she bargained for when she marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn) in Anora. Courtesy of NEON hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of NEON When Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his new movie, Anora, he dedicated the award…
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Just in the time that it takes you to read this sentence, Americans will generate a hundred and ten tons of refuse, including twenty-nine thousand fast-food sandwich wrappers, a thousand beach umbrellas, eight thousand two hundred plastic takeout containers, a hundred and fifty faux-leather jackets, and twenty-five hundred more sandwich wrappers. That’s a lot! The…
Michel Houellebecq says Annihilation will be his last novel. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Early in Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission, its professor hero talks about what makes a writer worth reading: “[A]n author is above all a human being … and whether he writes very well…
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Pharrell Williams tells the story of his life in Piece By Piece Courtesy of Focus Features hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Focus Features Though it may seem like a strange choice on the surface, it felt natural for the musician Pharrell Williams to tell his life story through Legos. “My earliest memories were the…
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This expertly cast film captures the rehearsals and the logistics that lead up to opening night. Saturday Night is a nonstop joy ride — and a testament to the adage that the show must go on. DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Today a new film called “Saturday Night,” already available in a few…
Once upon a time, there was a princess who needed a new pair of shoes, and not just any ordinary pair would do. You see, the princess also worked as a teacher, and was often on her feet, so the shoes needed to be comfortable. At the same time, the princess felt her youth slipping…
When you get dressed for the day and look at yourself in the mirror, is self-criticism the outfit that always seems to fit best? Los Angeles-based stylist Sophie Strauss, a self-described “stylist for regular people,” wants to change that. She helps her clients find clothes that make them feel confident, comfortable and stylish. One step…
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Maria Bakalova (left) plays Ivana Trump in Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, opposite Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump. Pief Weyman/Briarcliff Entertainment hide caption toggle caption Pief Weyman/Briarcliff Entertainment At first glance, Ali Abbasi might seem like the least likely candidate to make a film about former President Donald Trump’s origin story. The 43-year-old director was born…
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Jeremy Strong, left, plays attorney Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan is a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice. Apprentice Productions Ontario Inc. hide caption toggle caption Apprentice Productions Ontario Inc. With less than a month until the presidential election, Jeremy Strong’s new movie, The Apprentice, is causing a stir. The film centers on a young…
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