Among the world’s leading academic critics, he brought his analytical rigor to topics as diverse as German opera and sci-fi movies. Source link
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Olympians who tried the movies, especially in the 1980s, often fared poorly. Source link
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New York City Ballet opened its fall season with classics by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, along with a company premiere by Lar Lubovitch. Source link
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After forming a lauded band and writing tunes like “I Remember Clifford,” “Whisper Not” and “Killer Joe,” he had a second career composing and arranging music for television. Source link
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Read More »Alan Sparhawk of Low Lost His Other Half. He’s Learning to Sing Again.
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Walking around downtown Philadelphia, James Ijames reflected on his new play, “Good Bones,” gentrification and the absence that “haunts the cities.” Source link
Read More »Sean Combs’s Arrest Has the Music World Asking: Is Our #MeToo Here?
Activists and survivors are hopeful for change after the industry, which has a pervasive party culture, largely avoided the accountability that swept Hollywood and politics. Source link
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