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Broadway’s “Good Night and Good Luck”

Erica Schwartz March 18, 2025
As soon as the curtains pulled back and the set pieces rolled in, I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the set. The smoky cigarettes that nearly every performer totes around the stage add another layer of sensory detail that brings you physically into the world the show is recreating.
Yvonne Tang | Graphic Artist

“Tickets to Paradise” and its rotting structural corpse | Bad Art

Bini Ollivier-Yamin November 18, 2022
I’d rather be confused by a meandering film that seems to stumble onto its feeling, than understand a story suffocated by its structure.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Cultural appropriation of tequila

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 3, 2021
If Kendall Jenner is receiving all the criticism in the tequila industry, shouldn’t we extend that scrutiny to all the other wrong-doers and shed light on other non-Mexican celebrities in the tequila-making industry?
Miss Leading: Why Rihanna is the unspoken heroine of our generation

Miss Leading: Why Rihanna is the unspoken heroine of our generation

Namu Sampath November 17, 2017

I have looked up to Rihanna ever since I was a kid. It was always confusing to my parents — and really anyone older than me — since even Rihanna herself has said she isn’t really someone to look...

The new Coen Brothers comedy “Hail, Caesar!” opened Friday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” underwhelms

Felipe Belfort Marques February 8, 2016

With their vast and well-established oeuvre spanning several genres, the Coen Brothers are considered two of the most diverse writers, directors and producers of the film industry. After writing a film...

NBCUniversal and Comcast Xfinity will coordinate a guest lecture from Kenan Thompson at one American college or university. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

INTERVIEW: Kenan Thompson on what’s up with comedy

Sonia Rao September 25, 2015

Kenan Thompson, better known for being a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” and an unfortunate patron at Good Burger, is trying his hand at teaching. Later this fall, Thompson is teaming up with...

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" premiered Wednesday night. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: With “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert reinvents himself, genre

Steve Friedman September 11, 2015

“With this show, I begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert,” said the former host of “The Colbert Report” as he welcomed the audience to his new show. “I just hope I don’t find him...

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