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Let’s start with the war. Not the headline-grabbing war. Neither Iraq nor Vietnam. I speak of war as a metaphor. And in the realm of metaphor, anything can happen: a veteran’s wound may continually – and inexplicably – bleed for years, and the daughter of a slain soldier may have the ability to raise the … Read more
Alan Ladd Jr., who as a producer and studio executive guided many blockbuster films, none greater than ‘Star Wars’, which he championed when its young director, George Lucas, struggled to do so, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84 years old. Kathie Berlin, who worked with him for years at … Read more
Farrah Forke, the actress who rose to fame playing a helicopter pilot on the NBC sitcom “Wings,” died Friday at her home in Texas. She was 54 years old. Her death was confirmed by her mother, Beverly Talmage, who said in a statement that her daughter had had cancer for several years. Forke played handsome … Read more
Salvant has since recorded “Ogresse,” which features a 13-piece chamber orchestra conducted by Darcy James Argue, and she intends to release it as an album. She is also working on an animated feature to accompany the music, using her own drawings. Salvant grew up in Miami surrounded by music, but she wasn’t immediately interested in … Read more
It’s been two years since the Outsider Art Fair last met, with over 60 galleries strong, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. But now it’s back and the atmosphere is, unsurprisingly, festive. The dealers are happy to see each other again. Many participants present new material, little-known or totally unknown works. Ask them. And the … Read more
“Did you see ‘Ariane’ last night? a friend wrote to me on Wednesday. “If you were in Brooklyn, you might have heard it again.” I had I saw him, and knew immediately that by “it” he meant “she”: soprano Lise Davidsen, who as the main character of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” filled the mighty Metropolitan … Read more
In a bustling Upper Manhattan kitchen, Kendall Joseph, a young actor wearing fire-engine red oven mitts, stood by the stove. As a cheerful song played and a director shouted “Action!”, he opened the oven and pulled out a baking dish. Rolling cameras focused on the treat inside: a butterfly-shaped chocolate cake. “Remember? ‘Butterfly in the … Read more
LONDON — After his car is thrown off the road by a mysterious driver in a lorry, a Northern Irishman wakes up in a hospital in outback Australia with no memory of who he is. “I keep telling myself to try to remember,” he tells the policeman who comes to take his statement, “but it’s … Read more
Season 2, Episode 1: “The Star Gazer” Why can’t poor Jean-Luc Picard be left alone in retirement? Really, there must be other people to save the universe at this point. As “Picard” season 2 kicks off, the retired admiral seems so at peace in his vineyard. He picks grapes. Petting his dog. He smiles without … Read more
Anna Netrebko, the superstar Russian soprano, will not appear at the Metropolitan Opera again this or next season after failing to comply with the company’s request to distance herself from Russian President Vladimir V. Putin as he wages war on Ukraine. The end of Ms Netrebko’s engagements, which the Met announced on Thursday, came after … Read more