The reputation game: how authors try to control their image from beyond the grave | Philip Roth
[ad_1] Writers and critics are raising questions over the role that agents and estates play in managing archives and limiting access to biographical material. Fresh worries have been fuelled by the continuing fiasco over the publication of Philip Roth: The Biography, with accusations that access to the famed US author’s archival material is being unfairly […]
Eternals: first trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Marvel movie released | Chloé Zhao
[ad_1] The first trailer for Eternals, a new Marvel movie directed by Oscar-winning film-maker Chloé Zhao, has been released. Zhao shot the film back-to-back with Nomadland, her elegiac drama about van-dwellers in America, using the same camera and operating rig. Such continuity has led many superhero-sceptic cinephiles to entertain unusually high hopes for an MCU […]
Thelma & Louise at 30: a groundbreaking road movie that still strikes a nerve | Movies
[ad_1] Thelma & Louise has lost none of its bite, even after 30 years. When the film was released in 1991, it unleashed a wave of controversy that seemed to take its cast and crew by surprise. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon appeared on the cover of Time magazine, under the coverline “Why Thelma & […]
Kate Middleton Wears Royal Blue Blazer and Skirt Like Diana During Scotland Visit
[ad_1] Kate Middleton joined Prince William on his tour of Scotland today for a visit to Turning Point Scotland’s center in Coatbridge, and the Duchess of Cambridge appeared to channel his late mother Princess Diana in her royal blue monochrome ensemble. Kate wore a blue Zara blazer with a pleated Hope skirt. She accessorized with […]
Kevin Spacey set for return to movies with paedophilia drama | Movies
[ad_1] Kevin Spacey, the actor who has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct over the past four years, is set to return to film acting with a small role as a detective in an Italian crime drama. Spacey, 61, will play a police officer investigating the case of a man – played by the director, […]
Toddler Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono review – sex lives of the quietly kinky | Short stories
[ad_1] This unignorably strange collection of stories evokes warring responses of admiration and disgust in the reader: Taeko Kono is a writer who puts the toxic into intoxicating. The selection, written between 1961 and 1971, is a brave choice for one of the launch titles in W&N’s new list of modern classics. (Though the publisher […]
Lady Gaga Wears a T-Shirt, No Pants, and Platform Boots at ‘Born This Way’ Day
[ad_1] Lady Gaga is back in the U.S. after wrapping work on House of Gucci in Rome, and she made her first big event appearance in Los Angeles yesterday. The singer was honored in West Hollywood for the 10th anniversary of her album Born This Way, with Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath and Gaga making May […]
Aisles, stalls or near the loos: what are the best seats in the house? | Stage
[ad_1] In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it At a time when we are all watching live performances from home, this might seem like a question from another world. There’s no argument: the best seat in the […]
How Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Feel About Each Other 3 Years Into Dating
[ad_1] Nick Jonas was joined by Priyanka Chopra at the Billboard Music Awards last night in what was one of the couple’s first public date nights now that the coronavirus pandemic is better managed in the U.S. Jonas hosted the show, and Chopra presented at one point, reportedly in part to help Jonas who has […]
Chi Modu, the celebrated hip-hop photographer, dies aged 54 | Hip-hop
[ad_1] Chi Modu, the photographer behind some of hip-hop’s most celebrated photographs, has died aged 54. The news was announced on Saturday via Modu’s official Instagram. “Our hearts are broken … we continue the fight,” read the post. The details surrounding his death have not been divulged. “The family request privacy at this time,” the […]
