TUCSON, Ariz. -- Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s along with the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died.
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Uncertainty and anxiety cloud the minds of most people in 2020. With the American political system in chaos, protesting and civil unrest continuing in the streets of major cities, and a global pandemic looming over everything, it’s obvious that people today are always wondering what the next existential threat awaits around the corner.
In this sense, the release of Amy Seimetz’s newest feature, “She Dies Tomorrow,” couldn’t come at a better time, with its story of anxiety and mistrust. Continue
.TUCSON, Ariz. -- Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s along with the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died.
If you've ever enjoyed the charming tinkle of the ice cream truck's music as it drives down your street on a hot summer day, chances are those memories are inexorably tied with the long history of racism in the United States. Oh well! "Turkey In The Straw," the song commonly associated with ice cream trucks, was heard frequently at minstrel shows and recorded with racist lyrics.
American rapper RZA has taken on racism at street level – by creating a new jingle for ice cream trucks to replace the decades-old “Turkey in the Straw” tune.
Tribune Publishing Company, which owns some of the most storied newspapers in American journalism, said Wednesday that it is closing the newsrooms at five of them, including New York's Daily News and The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
NEW YORK -- Bernard Bailyn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and educator of lasting influence whose “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution” transformed how many thought about the country’s formation, has died at 97. Bailyn's wife, Lotte, told The Associated Press that the author died early Friday at their home in Belmont, Massachusetts.
A massive fire has engulfed cooking show star Rachael Ray’s New York home.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPowered by Chinese streaming technology, the New York Asian Film Festival will this year move from the real world to the virtual. With strong focuses on women filmmakers and Korean movies, the 19th NYAFF will run Aug.
The New York Times. “Dissolving the corrupt, dangerous, and extremist NRA organization will end an illegal scheme led by the NRA leadership to enrich themselves and push an agenda that leads to the deaths of nearly 40,000 Americans each year,” Lindsay told Metro Weekly in a statement.
Seth Rogen has scripted and starred in any number of movies that have pulled inspiration from his life, but he says, the HBO Max time-travel farce adapted from a short story by Simon Rich, is perhaps the story he relates to most.The film stars Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a ditchdigger living in a fictional Eastern European country circa 1919.
Looking forward to watching An American Pickle this week? The one where Seth Rogen falls into a vat of pickles in 1920 and wakes up in modern day New York? Chances are you haven’t been looking forward to it for too long, since the trailer only dropped at the start of July. You might have also missed Unhinged, the Russell Crowe road-rage thriller and the first new film to reopen cinemas along with Eva Green’s astronaut drama, Proxima.
Also Read: Elisabeth Moss' Paranormal Thriller 'Run Rabbit Run' Lands at STX EntertainmentThe untitled film from 30WEST, Topic Studios, and BBC Films is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times bestselling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” and tells the explosive true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the US government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial.
Jordin Sparks is back with brand new music!
The Comey Rule has been released – you can watch it below.Brendan Gleeson stars as Donald Trump in the new series which depicts the conflict between the US president and former FBI director James Comey, who is played by Jeff Daniels.The miniseries is adapted from Comey’s New York Times bestselling memoir, A Higher Loyalty, and a year of interviews with key figures in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.“The Comey Rule is not a biopic of one man, but is instead the story of two powerful
NEW YORK -- Russian oligarchs have skirted U.S. sanctions through murky high-end art deals, according to a congressional report released Wednesday that urged lawmakers to rein in an unregulated industry favored by money launderers.
UTA has partnered with New York's Metrograph to present the Metrograph Drive-In, an outdoor theater series at Hamptons venue Nova's Ark. In the absence of the moviegoing experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic, drive-ins have been on the rise across the United States.