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Monday, Apr. 24, 2023
Benjamin Millepied Makes Directorial Debut With A Reimagined "Carmen"
When Benjamin Millepied was a teenager starting dance training in New York, he and fellow students got into ballet performances for free, but opera was another story: They had to be creative. They'd sneak into the Metropolitan Opera House during intermission, or talk their way backstage, relying on...
Friday, Apr. 21, 2023
Despite Violent Clash With Tupac, Director Allen Hughes Takes On "Dear Mama"
Filmmaker Allen Hughes thought participating in any Tupac Shakur project was a farfetched idea especially after surviving a brutal altercation involving him and the rap legend three decades ago. For years, Hughes firmly held a grudge even after a public apology from Shakur — who along with nearly a...
Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023
Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix Delve Into "Beau is Afraid"
In writer-director Ari Aster's new film " Beau is Afraid," Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother's home. It's theatrical and depraved and perhaps best left largely unexplained, at least until audiences get...
Thursday, Apr. 13, 2023
Client Tell: Hostess Brands' President and CEO Andy Callahan
Hostess Brands president and CEO Andy Callahan knows that his company--the maker of Twinkies, HoHos and other snack cakes--is sometimes the butt of jokes. "A lot of people think a Twinkie has a shelf life of a thousand years," Callahan said. "It doesn't. Once it gets to the store, it typically has...
Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023
Lewis Capaldi Discusses "How I'm Feeling Now" About Netflix Documentary
Lewis Capaldi's first album went multiplatinum and led to chart-topping hits, sold-out stadiums, and a Grammy nomination for the singer-songwriter. Besting that with his sophomore album was daunting enough, but then he agreed to allow a Netflix documentary crew to follow him. Capaldi says, with his...
Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023
Brooke Shields Shares Her Story In "Pretty Baby" Documentary
Brooke Shields has been known as beautiful, smart and famous since she was a baby, but a new documentary reveals why it's taken decades for her to feel confident in her talent. With a dazzling array of archival photos and footage, and in-depth interviews with Shields, "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields"...
Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023
Chuck D Raps About His Hip Hop Docuseries "Fight the Power"
Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy's Chuck D has committed himself to explore the artform's origins. Chuck D rounded up several rap greats — including Ice-T, Run DMC and MC Lyte — who offered their firsthand accounts ahead of this...
Monday, Mar. 13, 2023
Nintendo's Bowser Discusses Theme Park Attraction, Upcoming Movie, Video Game Sequel
With a new theme park attraction opened last month, an upcoming major motion picture and the sequel to a massive hit video game about to be released, everything's coming up Nintendo. Doug Bowser, the head of Nintendo USA since 2019, spoke to us at Universal Studios Hollywood's Super Nintendo World...
Friday, Mar. 3, 2023
Screen Play Just Beginning For Taylor Jenkins Reid
"I'm jealous you get to meet her," an employee working behind the scenes at a recent press opportunity for "Daisy Jones & the Six" told some journalists. The "her" in question was not Riley Keough, the star of the Amazon limited series, or any of the show's other female stars. It was Taylor...
Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023
Composer Ludwig Göransson Discusses Rihanna, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," New Series
Ludwig Göransson initially felt tremendous pressure in composing new music for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," with hopes of living up to his Oscar-winning score on the franchise's 2019 epic first film. But instead of dwelling in his successful past, Göransson focused on pushing the sequel's...