Month: November 2023

Thanksgiving proved plentiful for Broadway last week, with box office – and ticket prices – up by nearly 30% over the previous week. With tourists packing New York City, theatergoers splurging on higher priced holiday seats and the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade trumpeting Broadway’s bounty, the 26 shows on the boards grossed a combined
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Taylor Swift reportedly turned down an invite to perform at King Charles III’s coronation concert. (Terry Wyatt/Getty) Taylor Swift reportedly turned down an invitation to perform at King Charles’ coronation concert, according to a new book from Omid Scobie. The royal commentator, bestselling author, and ally to the Sussexes has released his second book about
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While the script comedically name-drops other shows and movies—like the The Godfather, Pride and Prejudice and Zack Snyder’s Justice League—there are multiple Easter eggs to The Wizard of Oz hidden in the set. A movie theater marquee shows that the 1939 film is playing in the doll world, but the inspiration didn’t stop there. “[The Wizard of Oz] does something that
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Image Credit: Drew Altizer Photography/Shutterstock Ariana Madix didn’t give up on love following her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval’s infamous cheating scandal with their former co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. Shortly after she and Tom split, Ariana began dating her current boyfriend, Daniel Wai. Keep reading to learn more about their romance!  When Did Ariana Madix and Daniel
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Finally, the actors’ strike came to an end earlier this month, which allowed for Hollywood’s biggest stars to promote their fall movies. Julianne Moore has taken full advantage of this, as she is currently in the midst of a press cycle for her upcoming Netflix film, May December. While promoting the drama is very much
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News Jean Knight, “Mr. Big Stuff” Singer, Dies at 80 The New Orleans soul singer was behind one of Stax Records’ biggest hits By Evan Minsker November 27, 2023 Facebook X Jean Knight (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook X Jean Knight, the New Orleans soul singer who topped the R&B chart in 1971 with her
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Yesterday, it was announced that 2023’s Booker Prize winner was Irish writer Paul Lynch. His book that won, Prophet Song, is a Dublin-set dystopian novel in which a mother struggles with her country’s totalitarianism. On writing the book, Lynch said, “This was not an easy book to write. The rational part of me believed I
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After decades of being a largely underserved area of scientific study, fungi are finally having their moment. The phenomenon feels not unlike the overnight appearance of a mushroom; all it took were the right conditions for the right fruiting body. The conditions: a reading public amid COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, aching for connection. The
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