The “professional organizer” duo is back and making dreams come true.
11.02.2022 - 03:15 / metroweekly.com
Dear Mapel (★★★★☆) also profoundly honors the lost art of letter-writing. That distinctly direct and intimate mode of expressing what’s most deeply felt, and saying what often can’t be spoken, serves as Psalm’s chosen means of addressing the father he barely knew.Via letters to Mapel, the award-winning performer and playwright vividly evokes his own coming-of-age enriched by art and music, while examining the main thing, or person, that went missing.For this world premiere production, director and production designer Natsu Onoda Power engulfs Mosaic’s Sprenger Theatre stage in a sweeping deluge of paper missives.
Dozens more balled-up sheets of paper litter the floor, stray thoughts rejected or reconsidered.The setting suggests a flood of stories, emotions, unaired grievances, and unshared joys, more than could be contained in a thousand letters, or however many it might take for the writer to feel some sense of closure.The calm center of the storm at his writing desk, Psalm admits that closure remains elusive. But, as he quotes his Jamaican granddad, “nothing beats a failure but a try.”So the show — which opens with Psalm’s beautifully written “I Am” poem introducing himself as an “incorrigible, nonconformist Jamerican…fly-ass motherfucker” — constitutes a powerful attempt to reach someone who can no longer respond.
The “professional organizer” duo is back and making dreams come true.
Drew Barrymore's dreams just came true!The self-proclaimed Penn Badgley stan was gushing about the actor during an episode of Thursday when he gave her the surprise of her life and joined the broadcast for a virtual appearance.«Is this where I say something?» Badgley asked Barrymore and her Drew's News panel — which includes fellow Badgely super fan, actress, Casey Wilson — sending the group into a fit of excited screams and laughter.The talk show host literally fell head over heels for the actor, landing on her head and over her desk and as newspaper pages when flying, littering the set.«We love you,» Barrymore gushed of her and Wilson's undying love for the alum. «I can't believe we're talking to you, this is so crazy.» «I can't believe I'm talking to you,» Badgley quipped.The surprise was given to the duo courtesy of Wilson's podcast co-host, Danielle Schneider, who told the ladies she wanted to give them «something big.»«I wanted to give you something big, so I decided I need to give you, , and by, I mean Penn Badgley,» Schneider revealed.«I was worried we were going to summon weird people to our lives because we kept talking about why couldn’t we be loved the way you love,» Barrymore told Badgley of her adoration for his character, Joe Goldberg, a serial killer who more often than not ends up killing his love interests.«Why didn’t you put me in a glass box and starve me and leave me from the world,» Wilson added.
Duchess of Sussex looked mesmerising on Saturday evening as she and Prince Harry received a President's Award at the NAACP Image Awards - and her mother Doria Ragland looked equally striking for the prestigious occasion. MORE: Meghan Markle stuns in power suit to reunite with Princess EugenieMeghan, 40, looked breathtaking in a bespoke silk gown by Black designer Christopher John Rogers. The Duchess' marked her first public appearance of 2022 in the stunning blue ensemble, complete with elegant thigh split, asymmetrical neckline and cascading silk train.
Penn Badgley may play a sociopathic stalker in Netflix’s hit “You”, but that hasn’t prevented many of the show’s fans from seriously crushing on the former “Gossip Girl” star.
Dani Dyer. Friends tell heat the star is freaking out about a Kardashian-style series her dad Danny is planning, which will feature the entire Dyer family – and their plus ones.
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Thousands across the UK have been 'glued' to a nail-biting plane-spotting channel streaming live from London's Heathrow Airport. Big Jet TV fans tuned into the YouTube channel, which has garnered 174,00 subscribers, to watch the moment jets attempted to land on the runway at Heathrow Airport during Storm Eunice which has recorded gusts of 122mph.
Premiering in the Special Gala section of this year’s Berlinale, the latest film from Italian director Dario Argento is surprising in more ways than one. Rather than copy the style of the giallo films from the 1970s and 1980s that made him famous (“The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” “Deep Red,” and “Suspiria,” to cite just a few), his “Dark Glasses” finds ingenious ways to retain the core of the giallo while adapting to our current times.
Romeo Miller is a dad!
Romeo Miller is now part of the girl dad gang!The rapper took to Instagram on Monday to share that he and his girlfriend, Drew Sangster, welcomed their first child together. While Miller didn't share when their daughter was born, he did say that he and Sangster were waiting to make the announcement until they could make sure «our baby girl got here safe and healthy.»«It’s been hard to hold this in, but it was important for us to make sure our baby girl got here safe and healthy before making any announcements to the world during this sacred journey,» he wrote alongside a video of the couple celebrating the happy news with friends and family. «Psalms 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.»«My great granny always said if you live long enough, you’ll realize that everything (and the best things) are on God’s time, never yours.
Drew Barrymore is putting herself out there in the dating world. The host of spoke with ET’s Nischelle Turner about just how many dates she goes on.“I love dating,” the 46-year-old says. “I think it can be very fun and I don’t do it very often.
Drew Barrymore’s Valentine’s Day plans are heating up.
Michael Nordine authorIt’s been a full decade since Dario Argento’s last directorial effort, not that “Dracula 3D” inspired much eagerness to see what he’d do next. Capping off a string of misfires, his ill-fated adaptation of Bram Stoker’s magnum opus suggested it might finally be time for the giallo master to hang it up.
Dario Argento’s Berlin Film Festival Special Gala entry Dark Glasses plays out almost like a parody of his earlier work. Co-written with Franco Ferrini, it’s a lurid giallo about a killer slaughtering women in contemporary Rome. It lacks the suspense and style of Argento’s work in the 70s and 80s, while repeating various themes.
Drew Barrymore is one of the most beloved celebrities in Hollywood for her grounded nature and charm alone, but also for her relatable moments.MORE: Kathy Hilton reveals adorable details about Drew Barrymore and Paris Hilton's childhood togetherThe actress took to social media to share a clip of herself revealing what kind of mother she really is in a newly minted challenge.With the clip of herself pacing in her dressing room wearing a large overcoat, she mused: "What kind of mom and I?"WATCH: Drew Barrymore recalls confiding in Courteney Cox amid pregnancy scareIt then transitioned to several snapshots of Drew in various poses, ranging from happy to mid-sneeze, deeming herself "The Flower Child."In her caption, she wrote: "My children are being raised by… The Flower Child. I challenge all of the moms to take part in this trend!! #themomchallenge"MORE: Drew Barrymore shares exciting announcement from inside the showerMany fans took to the comments to praise Drew for her abilities as a celebrity mother and how much she'd inspired a lot of them, with one saying: "Your kids are in great hands!"A post shared by Drew Barrymore (@drewbarrymore)Drew revealed that she considered herself a Flower Child motherAnother wrote: "I think we should make taking portraits of mothers a thing.
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