Downtown Studios YouTube phenom Antoine Dodson states he likes the “fast life” and plans to use his fame to, among other things, make his mark in the fashion world. Antoine Dodson states he is not bothered that millions of people have watched — and laughed at — his appearance in a Huntsville, Ala., local news broadcast, which has become a YouTube sensation.
Enlarge Amy Walters/NPR Unlike most L.A. motorists, Kyack and his collaborators actively seek out the most congested sections of the highway. The tailgate sign tells other drivers how to tune in to the show’s dialogue. Amy Walters/NPR Unlike most L.A.
Enlarge Andrew Alexander Canadian singer Lindsay Sutherland Boal started out in opera before turning to cabaret. Andrew Alexander Canadian singer Lindsay Sutherland Boal started out in opera before turning to cabaret. The word “cabaret” evokes many images — singers dressed to the nines, elegant nightclubs, intimate rooms, exorbitant cover charges and two-drink minimums.
Enlarge K.C. Bailey/Summit Entertainment Step Up 3D will be distributed in several 3-D formats across the country — as well as in conventional 2-D. K.C. Bailey/Summit Entertainment Step Up 3D will be distributed in several 3-D formats across the country — as well as in conventional 2-D.
Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. JACKI LYDEN, host: Before her death this past May at age 67, the actress Lynn Redgrave made a commitment: She’d return to southern Wisconsin, to Ten Chimneys, the home of two of America’s greatest theatre stars – Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne. There she spent a week instructor a Shakespeare master class to regional actors chosen by companies from ...
By Jane Ridley DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, July 25th 2010, 4:00 AM It was a large gamble when Manhattan’s Renee Fleming, 51, arguably the world’s most famous female opera singer, announced she was recording a rock collection called “Dark Hope.” The three-time Emmy-winning soprano and Metropolitan Opera House darling sexed up her image – check out those bangs on the album cover! – and dialed down her voice to a tenor for the departure from classical music.
StarWarsinconcert.com Yoda looks tough over the orchestra. A long time ago — just over 33 years to be exact — the Star Wars saga burst into the nation’s theaters. The so-called space opera opened on just 32 screens. But it has since evolved into a complete universe, with six movies and a current animated series.
Vikiann Gunter for NPR Sarah Reeves, 19, dances the schottische with Ryder Cude, 15. If you are not from Texas and you imagine what it’s like, this is the Texas you think of: horses, cattle, rolling grassland that finally meets an endless blue sky at the far horizon. In Goree, Texas — population about 300 — there are people who step into a stirrup with the same ease that you press your keyless remote and climb into the car.
Enlarge Brian Krontz Roman Baca not only choreographed the ballet Homecoming, he also danced in it. In the second movement, Baca (second from right) plays an Iraqi father during a scene where the Marines have an altercation with an Iraqi family. Brian Krontz Roman Baca not only choreographed the ballet Homecoming, he also danced in it.
Enlarge Robbie Jack David Annen (left) and Paul Bhattacharjee play G.H. Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan, two mathematicians who inspired Simon McBurney’s A Disappearing Number. Robbie Jack David Annen (left) and Paul Bhattacharjee play G.H.
Enlarge Warner Bros. In a biography of Marilyn Miller, author Warren G. Harris calls her “Ziegfeld’s most dazzling star.” The Broadway actress would only star in three films before her untimely death in 1936. Warner Bros. In a biography of Marilyn Miller, author Warren G.
Enlarge Gjon Mili/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Actor Danny Kaye (left) clowns around with composer Frank Loesser while rehearsing a song for the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. Gjon Mili/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Actor Danny Kaye (left) clowns around with composer Frank Loesser while rehearsing a song for the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.
Enlarge CATF The play Inana, named after the goddess of sex and war, is a love story about an Iraqi curator who leaves his country for London. The play will be performed at the 2010 Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University in West Virginia. CATF The play Inana, named after the goddess of sex and war, is a love story about an Iraqi curator who leaves his country for London.
Enlarge John Burgess The members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company turned almost 200 films into what they call “a complete compilation of classic cinematic cliches.” John Burgess The members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company turned almost 200 films into what they call “a complete compilation of classic cinematic cliches.” Most people will never have time to see the greatest 200 American films of all time, so the Reduced Shakespeare Company is making it a tiny easier.
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010, 4:00 AM To some, Al Pacino will forever be the Godfather. To actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, he is more like Dad. Ferguson, who plays Launcelot in the Shakespeare in the Park production of “The Merchant of Venice,” states that Pacino, the show’s star, is like a “father figure” who has given him a wealth of advice on his newfound celebrity as half of the hilarious gay parental unit in the ABC sitcom “Modern Family.” “He seems ...
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Joe Dziemianowicz Friday, June 18th 2010, 4:00 AM Whether you fall into the “pro” or “no” column when it comes to George W.