Tag: humor

Cynthia Erivo says being different had “something to do with” her role as Elphaba in ‘Wicked: Part 1.’

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Many arts organizations in the U.S. receive grants from various federal agencies, but the amount the government spends on the arts can change. So what will arts funding look like in Trump’s next term?

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office and created The Good Place. His new show for Netflix features Ted Danson as a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community.

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Ted Danson stars as a retired professor who goes undercover at a retirement community in a charming new Netflix series that’s both entertaining and surprisingly philosophical.

In his human form, Algor resembled a mix of George Clooney, Tom Cruise, and a Boeing 747. In his magical form, Algor resembled a demon rhinoceros with wings.

The new film Gladiator II is a sequel to Gladiator, Oscar-winning swords-and-sandals blockbuster that starred Russell Crowe. It tells a similar tale — a soldier, sold into slavery, becomes a gladiator in the Roman arena. This time out, it’s Paul Mescal whose prowess in the coliseum earns him fame that threatens Rome’s tyrannical rulers. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film also stars Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington.

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A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

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Everett’s novel James is a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. The prestigious literary prize also awards the best in non-fiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature.

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In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.

Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is “salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists.” New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees.

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