Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after slapping Chris Rock on live TV Sunday night but outright “refused” and defiantly accepted his Best Actor award in person, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences claimed in a statement Wednesday. The Academy’s board of governors started disciplinary …
Read More »New York State Plots Months-Long Festival to Revitalize Arts
New York State is plotting a massive, multi-month festival, NY PopsUp, to reintroduce live entertainment after it was put on hold because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival will boast more than 300 pop-up events across the state over the course of 100 days, starting February 20th and running through …
Read More »'The Witches' Review: A D.O.A. Fantasy Made From Dahl Parts
He’s given us eccentric candy moguls, massive traveling peaches, a dapper fox and his friends, telekinetic moppets, big friendly giants and more — but discerning fans of Roald Dahl’s work tend to have a weakness for his witches. Published in 1982, The Witches was one of Dahl’s darker excursions into …
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