WorldPingAs a director, Alysa Nahmias thinks like a reality-show producer — she frames the movie as a contest, inviting us to chortle in admiration at what eager-beaver achievers all four girls are. "Cookie Queens" never deviates from that one note.
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WorldPingTraverse theatre, Edinburgh Milly Sweeney’s award-winning two-hander about an art student and a kitchen porter draws power from its clever structure and light touch It is rare to come out of a show raving about the structure, but the unusual plotting…
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WorldPingBill Maher made a joke about Ariana Grande’s weight during Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” and drew mixed reactions from his live audience. “I hope the aliens are here, I do.
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WorldPingComposer Andrew Lloyd Webber is “gutted” that the Broadway production of his Cats: The Jellicle Ball is closing tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre, five months earlier than originally planned.
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WorldPingEmerging Italian director Giovanni Tortorici, whose feature debut “Diciannove” made a splash last year after launcing from the Venice Horizons section, is in competition at the Locarno Film Festival with his followup, “Ketticè,” a coming-of-age drama…
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WorldPingOlivia Wilde has revealed that she was “passionate” about getting a theatrical release for The Invite following the audience response to the comedy at Sundance.
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WorldPingTraverse theatre, Edinburgh A modern, secular woman is transformed into a Hellenic heroine as she sees visions of the future in Zinnie Harris’s minimalist drama If you found Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey too bombastic, you might prefer your Greek d…
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