This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and Now about her book There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, a joke-book that uses examples of bad parenting from the animal kingdom to soothe those who might be worried about their own child-raising skills.Then, an interview from our archives: a 1989 chat with Amy Tan on All Things Considered about her novel The Joy Luck Club, the story of four Chinese...
A new movie dramatizes the life and music of British singer Amy Winehouse, the charismatic, multiple-Grammy-winner whose struggles with drugs and alcohol led to her death at the age of 27. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with director Sam Taylor-Johnson about capturing a complex life on film; and with actress Marisa Abela, who describes how she inhabited the role of Winehouse from the inside out.
Dear Amy: My mother recently died, and I’m expecting a relatively substantial inheritance from her (my dad died several years ago). Continue reading at The Republic News.
A new Amy Winehouse biopic reopens a conversation about whether a troubled artist’s life should ever become fodder for a movie.
Graysons Solicitors sponsored the 'carer of the year' award, which was presented at Chesterfield’s Technique Stadium recently as part of the annual Community Awards. Staveley Councillor Allan Ogle was one of Amy Rodda’s nominees. He singled out her "selfless efforts”. Katie Birch, a senior private client advisor at Graysons, said: "I’ve seen first-hand the amazing and selfless work of some of the region’s carers through my work with various charities. There’s no doubt Amy Rodda was a worthy...
For her first meeting about “Back to Black” in 2022, actor Marisa Abela made an instinctive decision to show up as herself, rather than dressed in a way that hinted at Amy Winehouse’s iconic look. She was the only one there not in some kind of costume. “It would feel incredibly inauthentic for me to turn up at that meeting doing some kind of shtick, like if I was chewing gum or I stubbed my cigarette out before I walked in,” Abela, 27, says, speaking at London’s Ham Yard Hotel on a particularly...
Anne Enright, Rory Stewart, Adam Kay and more authors from the Hay Festival lineup tell Ellie Harrison about the books that they’ve loved and felt inspired by
Dear Amy: My father died 20 years ago after a long battle with alcoholism. At the time, he was separated from my mother and estranged from my younger brother. Continue reading at The Republic News.
Dear Amy: In 1964, I met my wife “Laura” and her infant baby “Beth.” (Laura had gotten pregnant with a married man.) Continue reading at The Republic News.
Words fail as 2,000-pound bombs shred lives and limbs. The sheer number of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza is devastating – at least 13,000 children in the first six months of the war. But somehow I am even more dumbfounded by the headlines, piled one after another, about children who have managed to More
The Amy Winehouse biopic "Back to Black" doesn't say much about the late artist that she didn't already sing herself.
The iconic British singer, who shot to fame with songs such as "Back to Black" and "Rehab," died in July 2011.