Arts

Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban in the 2023 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd.

Arts

As 'Sweeney Todd' returns to Broadway, 4 Sweeneys dish about the difficult role

5:14am March 29, 2023

by Jeff Lunden

Josh Groban, Michael Cerveris, Norm Lewis and Len Cariou all agree: It's exhausting playing a murderous sociopath, while dealing with stage blood, a mechanical barber chair and singing complex music.

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Colleen Oakley's grandma inspired the intergenerational friendship in her new novel

6:13pm March 28, 2023

Colleen Oakley's new book is "The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise."

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Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time.

How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

2:00pm March 28, 2023

by Dave Davies

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

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Actor Jonathan Major at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Mar. 12.

Jonathan Majors has been arraigned on charges of harassment and assault

1:53pm March 28, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

An attorney representing the actor says that he is "completely innocent" of charges that he assaulted and strangled a woman in New York City and that the woman has already recanted her allegations.

Books
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Everything she knew about her wife was false — a faux biography finds the 'truth'

1:50pm March 28, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

In Catherine Lacey's new genre-bending novel, Biography of X, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist realizes her spouse — a fierce and narcissistic artist — was not who she believed.

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In 'Above Ground,' Clint Smith meditates on a changing world, personal and public

7:22am March 28, 2023

by Jeevika Verma

Smith's poems reveal that his wonder at the world keeps him holding on to faith in the way the universe works. Ultimately, this collection points to our ability to trust in the face of volatility.

Visa fees may be hiked for performing artists traveling to the U.S.

5:41pm March 27, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Travel to the U.S. for performing artists could get more expensive after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed doubling the cost of visa applications.

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Brett Goldstein plays a gruff, yet lovable retired footballer-turned-assistant coach in Ted Lasso.

Arts

Take it from real-life Roy Kent: Soccer is catharsis for people who won't do therapy

1:24pm March 27, 2023

by Ann Marie Baldonado

Brett Goldstein is a writer for Ted Lasso and plays Roy Kent, a gruff but lovable retired footballer-turned-coach. He says, "sport is there so men can say 'I love you' without saying 'I love you.' "

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Lokita (Joely Mbundu) and Tori (Pablo Schils) are two migrant children making their way in Belgium in the latest from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

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Two migrant kids fight to stay together — and stay alive — in this harrowing film

1:24pm March 27, 2023

by Justin Chang

Tori and Lokita is the latest gripping moral thriller from Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The story is swift and relentless; it runs barely 90 minutes and never slows down.

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Jeremy Renner posts a video of him walking again after his snowplow accident

12:17pm March 27, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Actor Jeremy Renner was helping a family member retrieve their vehicle from the snow when the accident occurred on New Year's Day.