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“Hugo,”director Martin Scorsese’s nostalgic reflection on the early days of movies, led the pack of this year’s Academy Awards nominations with 11, but the real front runner, with 10 nominations, is another movie in love with an...
THEATER REVIEW: “Race” at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½ David Mamet figured out that the one problem with all those careful plays about racism is that many of them are, well, boring. See the original post: Arguments in ‘Race’...
As every opera lover knows, ours is not exactly a golden age of Verdi singing. With full-fledged Italian dramatic voices in short supply, even the major opera companies must scramble to assemble even satisfactory casts for such enduringly popular if vocally...
PARK CITY, Utah, Jan 22 (TheWrap.com) – One more chance. Go here to read the rest: Oscars: ‘The Artist’ rivals down to their last shot Read More →
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince spent a majority of time onstage separated by several feet Friday at a near-capacity Riviera. Yet the two members of the Kills reacted to one another’s movements as if joined at the hip, their bond yielding interpretive...
From a repressed industry, Iranian stays sympathetic to all his characters At the start of “A Separation,”the finest film you’ll see this month, a woman and her husband sit side by side but distinctly not together. We’re in a Tehran...
Up-and-comers have to work to stay above proliferating static It’s difficult to stand out as a rapper, especially in today’s crowded online media environment, where attention is scarce. But two artists sharing a bill this weekend in Chicago...
Forget the nostalgia. Who’s Hollywood? ‘American Idol’ kicked off its new season with a look at the past, great auditions, a Ryan Seacrest lookalike and an awkward moment courtesy of judge Steven Tyler. Read the original post: ‘American...
Armed with a cellphone and her blog, WTFWiFi creator exposes Chicago’s funny, strange and sometimes disturbing monikers Armed with a cellphone and her blog, WTFWiFi creator exposes Chicago’s funny, strange and sometimes disturbing monikers....
