“Moana 2” is shaping up be one of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ biggest wave riders ever. The animated musical about the seafaring Polynesian princess delivered a domestic Thanksgiving Day haul …
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Crisps, crumbles and cobblers are better than pie? What’s the difference between a crisp and a crumble? I know what a cobbler is and, like Daniel Day-Lewis, I aspire to …
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Five leading best picture contenders and how they might win
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWe’re heading into the early stretch of awards season where voters are about to embark on a long holiday weekend, give thanks and sift through a topsy-turvy world in which …
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Earl Holliman, ‘Police Woman’ and ‘Rainmaker’ actor, dies at 96
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEarl Holliman, whose prolific acting career included a Golden Globe-winning role in “The Rainmaker” and TV series such as “Police Woman,” has died. He was 96. Holliman died Monday afternoon …
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‘Maria’ review: Jolie’s Callas is a chilly one-note bore
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMaria Callas seized fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, opera’s eternally doomed heroines. If opera still commands audiences a century from now, perhaps it will sing of …
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Judge denies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ request to be released to apartment
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSean “Diddy” Combs won’t be released on bail before Thanksgiving, a federal judge ruled Wednesday while accusing the hip-hop mogul of violating and looking for ways to skirt prison rules …
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A trio of new TV thrillers can provide some escapism this Thanksgiving
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt seems like only the week before last that I was reviewing two thrillers — “Cross” and “Day of the Jackal” — in a single review. (Because it was.) And …
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‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ review: One Iranian family combusts
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesReality seeps into “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in multiple ways, including ones that writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof couldn’t have imagined back when he shot this absorbing drama in secret. …
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For the guest rappers on ‘GNX,’ recording with Kendrick Lamar means ‘You’ve got to be a student.’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA few months ago, the Compton rapper Siete7x was up in the Bay Area shooting a music video. Around 4 a.m., he got a call from mutual friend of Kendrick …
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Hardcover fiction 1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (Knopf: $35) …