From Amy Winehouse to Elvis, musical biopics are ubiquitous – but it’s only the fake ones that are really worth watchingWith each passing year, it becomes harder to deny that Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Jake Kasdan’s 2007 cult comedy about a fictitious rocker’s rise and drug-addled fall, might be the most prescient Hollywood film of the 21st century.Borrowing liberally from the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line the film skewers rock biopic cliches as mercilessly as Airplane! lampooned...
The actress, 27, once again showcased her impeccable style in a gorgeous white strapless gown as she graced the red carpet.
The day that Beyoncé’s most recent album Cowboy Carter was released, Vice President Kamala Harris sent a congratulatory tweet to the singer. “Thank you for reminding us to never feel confined to other people’s perspective of what our lane is,” Harris wrote from the official VP account on X (formerly Twitter). Here we have a snapshot of a world that maybe even a decade ago would’ve felt improper to envision. A Black woman occupying the second highest of the land, publicly communing with the most...
Rosina Lin continues to explore color in her column "Between the Black and White" as she writes about spring's distinct flavor — sweet with a bitter undertone.
There has been a consistent 2-to-1 unemployment gap between Black and white workers for decades. Structural racism is at the heart of it..
This spring, while you’re dusting off high shelves and ceiling fans, take a moment to freshen up the items in your wallet, too.
This spring, while you’re dusting off high shelves and ceiling fans, take a moment to freshen up the items in your wallet, too.
HBO’s The Sympathizer enters the television lineup with two strikes against it. In the first place, the limited series’s 2015 source novel, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, was among the worst Pulitzer Prize winners in recent memory, a geopolitical navel-gazer that “thrilled” flattering book critics’ voguish anti-Westernism. In the second, the show’s conceit has already been […]
Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.
Today I want to talk about the method being deployed to keep black Americans obsessively loyal to the Democratic Party. It’s called “the Method,” an immersive and compelling form of acting that requires a performer to stay in character off camera. It’s considered the highest and most powerful form of acting. Black people are rewarded and celebrated based on our ability to stay in character at all times. Daniel Day-Lewis used it to portray Abraham Lincoln, won an Oscar for it, and earned...
For decades, federal-welfare programs like Medicaid have overpromised and underdelivered.
😐 https://t.co/fjJktrIS7k— Janus Films (@janusfilms) April 10, 2024 Some fans have been left frustrated by its defining feature: it is entirely black and white.“I didn’t last the first episode. The cinematography is so annoying,” said one viewer.“Why on earth is Ripley filmed in black and white? Surely the only reason to not film in colour previously was technology. Totally killed it for me, the dog seems quite OK with it though,” quipped another.“Black and white is a good way to keep the...