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Certified Hilarious

Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 09:06 Last update: about 8 years ago

For award-winning Australian actor, singer, writer, theatre producer and director Glynn Nicholas, inspiration struck for his play Certified Male in the somewhat unlikely form of a book by psychologist...

Film explores Latina union leader who organized farmworkers

Monday, 30 September 2019, 10:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta began organizing poor farmworkers in California, a woman named Maria Moreno sought to sign up impoverished farmworkers for a fledgling union. The Mexican...

Meet Todrick Hall, a Taylor Swift pal who preaches inclusion

Monday, 30 September 2019, 10:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Todrick Hall has been preaching about inclusion, self-acceptance and gay pride for much of his career. So it made sense that he would preach about those messages as he accepted an MTV Video Music...

Autumn Movie Preview: Hollywood goes all-in on original films

Monday, 30 September 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

When 20th Century Fox greenlit James Mangold's "Ford v. Ferrari" — an original movie with a nearly $100 million budget — the director's agent had some advice. "Enjoy this," Mangold...

Violence simmers throughout 'The Hidden Things'

Monday, 30 September 2019, 09:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Hidden Things" (Gallery Books), by Jamie Mason Secrets have a way of getting out, and with viral videos and social media, few things stay hidden for long as Jamie Mason illustrates in her...

A stitch in time: Tapestry immortalizes 'Game of Thrones'

Friday, 27 September 2019, 09:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Famously, Arya Stark always preferred her sword Needle to needlework. Still, even she would be impressed with the giant tapestry now on show in France that recounts the plot of "Game of Thrones" in...

How to get a mullet, and popping career, like Morgan Wallen

Friday, 27 September 2019, 09:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Breakthrough country singer Morgan Wallen is making moves with his hit single about drinking away heartache, "Whiskey Glasses," but he's also turning heads thanks to his trendy mullet. The...

Young 'Lion King' actors had Beyoncé-size shoes to fill

Friday, 27 September 2019, 09:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The pressure was on for young actors Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary when they got word that they'd been cast as the voices of young Nala and young Simba in "The Lion King." Not only was it an...

Steve Cavanagh's 'Thirteen' is outstanding thriller

Friday, 27 September 2019, 09:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Thirteen" (Flatiron Books), by Steve Cavanagh The tag line to Steve Cavanagh's fourth novel about former con man turned defense lawyer Eddie Flynn is, on its own, tantalizing: "The serial killer...

Four reasons why we'll never see another show like 'Friends'

Thursday, 26 September 2019, 12:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

On Sept. 22, 1994, six telegenic 20-somethings frolicked in a fountain in front of credits that announced the arrival of “Friends,” a new NBC sitcom that would forever change...

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