This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the last installment, “A Mother’s Plea to Trump.” …
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‘Dances With Wolves’ Oscar-nominated Graham Greene dies at 73
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGraham Greene, the Oscar-nominated actor who helped open doors for Indigenous actors in Hollywood, died on Monday in Toronto after battling a long illness, Deadline and others report. The Canadian …
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Rome Ramirez wasn’t built in a day. He was once a guitar-strumming, teenage Sublime fan in a Mexican American household in Fremont, Calif. At 18, he moved to Los Angeles …
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Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHey, hey, they’re the Runarounds, the latest Pinocchio band to straddle the line between fiction and fact. Meet Charlie (William Lipton), guitar! He’s a romantic! Neil (Axel Ellis), also guitar! …
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Sheriff who inspired film ‘Walking Tall’ killed wife, prosecutor says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA late Tennessee sheriff who inspired “Walking Tall,” a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime, killed his wife in 1967 and led people to …
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Director Chloé Zhao on turning heartbreak into ‘Hamnet,’ her Telluride triumph
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTELLURIDE, Colo. — It’s customary at Telluride for a director premiering a movie to step onstage, say a few words and slip away before the lights go down. On Friday night, before …
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Gordon Ramsay reveals skin cancer diagnosis, undergoes surgery
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGordon Ramsay has a message for you this holiday weekend: wear sunscreen. The Michelin-starred celebrity chef posted Saturday on Instagram that he was diagnosed with skin cancer and had the …
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Jeremy Allen White on becoming Bruce Springsteen in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTELLURIDE, Colo. — Jeremy Allen White asked all the questions any normal human being would ask when offered the chance to play Bruce Springsteen in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.” In …
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Review: Africa meets Bach by way of Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe heart and soul of suites by Bach and Handel are often found in the slow, central sarabande, said to be a dance of Spanish origin. In Bach’s cello suites, …
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Sabrina Carpenter is still dealing with it on ‘Man’s Best Friend’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPop superstardom, it turns out, did absolutely nothing to improve Sabrina Carpenter’s love life. That’s the thrust of the singer’s shrewd and tangy “Man’s Best Friend,” which dropped Thursday night, …