Month: December 2025

The Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along played to sold out crowds on Broadway during its 2023-2024 run. That show was filmed, and now available to watch on the big screen.

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A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state.

Some books give Smith’s birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios.

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President Trump has made major changes at the Kennedy Center this year, ousting the board chair and president, and naming himself host of the organization’s yearly awards show.

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Stoppard, who died Nov. 29, wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Real Thing, and the screenplays for Empire of the Sun and Shakespeare in Love. Originally broadcast in 1991.

Gen Z guys are making the once-humble quarter-zip the newest breakout star on TikTok, turning the classic pullover into a buzzy fashion trend that’s suddenly everywhere.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.

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In Jay Kelly, Clooney plays an emotionally stunted movie star struggling with work and family life. He can relate: “We’re all balancing it. We’re never getting it perfect.”

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In the digital age, it’s easy to curate the look of your home with the help of artificial intelligence and social media. But designer Vern Yip would like you to take a more hands-on, tactile approach.

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