‘American Star’ Review: Armed and Vacationing

Dan Wagoner, who danced with Martha Graham, was an early member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company and led his own well-regarded troupe for 25 years, died on Friday at a nursing home in Oakland, Md. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his sister Hannah Sincell. Mr. Wagoner was a child of small-town…

Hi, I’m Michael Mann. I’m the director of ‘Ferrari’. This is a scene in the San Pietro Church in which there’s a workers mass and Enzo and Laura have just come from their daily visit to the mausoleum where their son Dino was buried. He died a year earlier. They’re both in a state of…

Oh, it’s crucial for me. I don’t think I could have made this film with anyone else, without that level of trust that goes back six movies and 20 years. He really, really pushed me and I wanted to be pushed. He expects excellence from you because that’s what he delivers himself every single day….

Rayshawn Bennett, a rapper known as YFN Lucci, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one gang-related charge in Atlanta, his lawyers said, as part of a deal with prosecutors in a case interconnected with the racketeering charges against the Atlanta rap crew YSL. Mr. Bennett was part of a wide-ranging 2021 indictment, brought by District Attorney…

Following is an overview of some of Callas’s career highlights at La Scala. “Aida” (Verdi): April 12, 1950 Callas’s very first performance onstage at La Scala was as a substitute for the much-adored Renata Tebaldi, who was unwell. It was, by all accounts, a tepid debut. A skin condition had given the 26-year-old soprano facial…

When the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, the snubs of the two most prominent women involved in “Barbie” — the director, Greta Gerwig, and the lead actress, Margot Robbie — became the breakout story. The top-grossing film of 2023, passing the $1 billion mark worldwide, is based on the imagined life and times…