“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade apologized Sunday for remarks he made last week that suggested using involuntary lethal injections to get mentally ill homeless people off the streets. Kilmeade’s …
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9 best movies of TIFF 2025: ‘Hedda,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ”Cover-Up,’ more
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Journalist Seymour Hersh in 1975, as seen in the documentary “Cover-Up.” (The New York Times) When real-life political anxieties (or worse) infuse the atmosphere of a film festival, …
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‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ review: Power cameos sap the satire
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe cultural legacy of the 1984 rock-mock-doc “This Is Spinal Tap” is of sufficient amplitude that, to give the band’s guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) his knob-twiddling due, it’s gone …
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‘Am I Roxie’ review: Roxana Ortega in solo show at Geffen Playhouse
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn “Am I Roxie?,” a world premiere one-woman-show at the Geffen Playhouse, Roxana Ortega, a working actress and alum of the Groundlings Theatre’s Sunday Company, revisits the period in her …
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This book proves a crime book is only as good as the characters that make it rip
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLike all great crime writers, Lou Berney knows that a ripping story is only as good as the characters that make it rip. With his new novel “Crooks,” Berney has …
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‘Lord of the Rings’ star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Friday elected “The Lord of the Rings” actor Sean Astin to be its national president as one of Hollywood’s most …
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New York — It was a quiet, while not quite silent, morning for the “Table of Silence Project” Thursday, on the plaza of Lincoln Center and in front of David Geffen Hall, …
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Once again, we return to Hitler's image maker in 'Riefenstahl,' this time with damning evidence
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn movies like ‘Triumph of the Will’ and ‘Olympia,’ Leni Riefenstahl all but invented the fascist aesthetic. A new documentary indicates that she knew what she was doing.
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Belgian festival cancels concert with Israeli conductor
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesControversy erupted over Wednesday’s announcement by Flanders Festival Ghent that it had canceled an upcoming concert by the Munich Philharmonic featuring Lahav Shani, an Israeli conductor who serves as the …
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‘Sound of Freedom’ distributor Angel Studios goes public, touting ‘values-driven’ movies
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Sound of Freedom” distributor Angel Studios made its stock market debut Thursday as the company looks to expand its streaming service and eventually penetrate international markets. The Provo, Utah-based firm …