‘American Star’ Review: Armed and Vacationing

Kat Von D, a celebrity tattoo artist, won a legal battle in federal court on Friday when a jury ruled unanimously that her reproduction of a photo of the celebrated jazz musician Miles Davis in a tattoo did not violate copyright law. The trial, which began this week in Los Angeles, was the latest battle…

Hi I’m Bradley Cooper. I co-wrote and directed ‘Maestro.’ It was very important to me, at the onset of this scene, that she be in a position of power. So, her on the windowsill, the light haloing her behind, waiting for whoever was gonna come in to be scolded. And then he’s sort of like…

Colman Domingo joined a rarefied club on Tuesday: With an Oscar nomination for his performance as the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in “Rustin,” he became only the second openly gay man to be nominated for playing a gay character. Ian McKellen was the first, in 1999, for “Gods and Monsters” and his portrayal of…

During rehearsals for New York City Ballet’s winter season, there was something very unusual about one of the choreographers creating a new dance. It wasn’t just that the person in charge was a woman, though that would have been uncommon until a few years ago. Nor was it that the choreographer, Tiler Peck, was one…

Toward the end of World War II, Ms. Irvine met a naval officer at Delmonico’s restaurant when he was on leave; they married in 1947. In addition to her daughter, Ms. Sullivan, Ms. Irvine is survived by a son, who requested anonymity for himself and his father, whose name he shares, and two grandchildren. Ms….

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…