Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment
Lady Gaga calls off Indonesia concert
A show by pop diva Lady Gaga in Indonesia has been cancelled after religious conservatives threatened “chaos” if she entered the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation. “Lady Gaga’s management has considered the
‘Disco queen’ Donna Summer dies
Donna Summer, the American five-time Grammy Award winner disco queen who became an iconic figure after gaining prominence in the 1970s, has died at the age of 63. Her family released a
Drama on and off the Runways of Milan
Milan The clothes on the runways here have been breathtaking as designers experimented with new prints and fabrics. But when so many labels play musical chairs with their talent, it’s hard not
Staying in Character
By HEIDI WALESON New York The bass-baritone Eric Owens is known for tour-de-force operatic performances. In the otherwise forgettable Elliot Goldenthal/Julie Taymor opera “Grendel,” he embodied the haunted monster of the “Beowulf”
The Working Man’s Voice
By JIM FUSILLI On his new album, “Wrecking Ball” (Columbia), out next week, Bruce Springsteen serves up the familiar with renewed vigor and vitality. The muscled-up music bridges Mr. Springsteen past and
Silent film makes loud splash at Oscars
The Artist, a black-and-white romance set in 1920s-era Hollywood, has won five Academy Awards and become the first silent film to bag best picture, the awards’ highest honour, since the original Oscar
Movies Tuned to Our Brains
Three seconds is just too long. If this sentence were a Web page and it took that long to finish loading, you’d give up and go get a pizza. In 2000, sure,
Life in the Background
By JOANNE KAUFMAN New York Evelyne Aronin has appeared in 298 movies. Surely you know her work. There Ms. Aronin was, the picture of carefully tended blond elegance, sitting across a conference-room
New York City Opera Makes a Case for Its Own Demise
New York The beleaguered New York City Opera, cut to a fraction of its former size and self-exiled from its former home at Lincoln Center, got an 11th-hour reprieve when its unions
Filmmakers Find No Separation Between Art, Politics
By FARNAZ FASSIHI When the Iranian film “A Separation” won a Golden Globe award and garnered two Oscar nominations, Iran’s film community hoped the government—which put the film up for awards—would embrace
Who Will Win Best Score?
By JIM FUSILLI With 10 and 11 nominations, respectively, “The Artist” and “Hugo” received the most Oscar nods of any film for 2011. In addition to vying for Best Picture, the two
The Short List
ABC censors didn’t blink at the three uses of “bitch” in the first episode of a new series, but the word was deemed too dangerous for its title. Based on the campy
The Oscar-Weekend Art Show
By LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER Swiss-born installation artist Urs Fischer is the art world’s demolition man. For New York’s Whitney Biennial in 2006, Mr. Fischer tore through gallery walls to create large
Their Greens Period: The Masters on Golf
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI Rembrandt, Whistler and golf? A new exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum uncovers the link between fine art and the links.
‘Artist’ Wins Best Picture at Spirit Awards
Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif.—”The Artist” won best picture and three other prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, a possible prelude to a big night at the Academy Awards
All in Good Order
Of the millions of people who visit the Louvre each year, few ever realize that they have entered through the rear. According to the plans of Louis XIV and his ministers, Cardinal
The Alchemist Who Turns Paint Into Stone
The Decorative painter Pierre Finkelstein embraces discipline, boundaries and efficiency. But artistic freedom? Not so much. “Working with a blank canvas is very difficult,” he said. “I need to have some restraints.”
Red Carpets Are Rolling Out All Over, From Bar Mitzvahs to Oscars
By CHARLES PASSY LOS ANGELES—With the Oscars set for Sunday, it’s the peak of awards season, the time of year when Hollywood lives to roll out the red carpet.
‘Valor’ Secures Win at Box Office
By ERICA ORDEN An action film featuring active-duty Navy SEALs captured the weekend box office crown, earning $24.7 million in North America, according to early estimates.
