January 3, 2025
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January 3, 2025
9 Plays to Warm Up Winter in New York
In New York, Broadway hits its winter lull in January, as Off Broadway and beyond burst into activity. If most of the tourists have gone home after the holidays, many of the visiting theater
January 3, 2025
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Revie…
There are all sorts of ways to greet the new year but few seem more sane-making and soul-satisfying than spending time with Wallace and Gromit. It’s been nearly two decades since these stop-motion British
January 3, 2025
Charles Shyer, Filmmaker Who Focused on Women, Die…
Charles Shyer, who co-wrote and directed a long string of hit comedies, including “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride” — many of which featured strong female leads and were made in
January 3, 2025
Angelina Jolie says she hates ‘liars’ amid divorce…
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of
January 3, 2025
Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine…
Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and writer who adapted the antics of a cheerful, impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas & Friends,” that became a sprawling franchise and a longtime favorite of
January 3, 2025
David Lodge, British Novelist Who Satirized Academ…
In the trilogy’s second book, “Small World” (1984), Morris Zapp, a slick theoretician delivering a lecture at a conference, uses the striptease style supposedly popular in the all-nude go-go bars of Berkeley, Calif., as
January 3, 2025
Listen to the Dawn of Rock ’n’ Roll, Captured at S…
▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 3. Johnny London: “Drivin’ Slow” Two years after the studio opened, Phillips launched his own label, Sun Records, out of the same building. Though Sun would
January 3, 2025
Chelsea Handler defends mocking ex Jo Koy over dis…
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January 3, 2025