Posts by Morgan Hills
Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Still, what distinguishes Gionfriddo is not her ear for cruelty but her ability to see beyond it, and to shift the prism of audience sympathy, in tiny increments. This tension is intensified by Trip Cullman’s precise staging, which is smartly paced, down to the indie-sleaze anthems, such as “Zero,” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, that…
Read MoreNicole Kidman Styles Side Bangs at CinemaCon 2026
Nicole Kidman is stepping into her side bangs era. After styling front fringe and a high pony at the “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” premiere on Sunday, the 58-year-old “Babygirl” star pushed her freshly trimmed layers out of the way at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, where she joined “Dune” stars Zendaya and Timothée…
Read MoreDennis Basso’s Palm Beach Affair
PALM BEACH AFFAIR: Dennis Basso has a rule about trunk shows, which he has been staging for decades in the most glamorous settings. “Whenever we do a trunk show, we have a dinner, and the ladies we know host them, and friends and friends of friends are invited,” Basso said. On Monday night, Basso along…
Read MoreWhat Zendaya Leaves Unsaid
Is her professionalism an obstacle to risk? Fatal to artistry? She speaks matter-of-factly about her relative privilege in the industry. She is not “only” an actress; she is a producer, which dates back to her time on “K.C. Undercover.” As a cultural figure, she strikes me as a code-switcher. She is not the crossover case,…
Read MoreMad About the Mandolin
Calace, I discovered, was a Neapolitan workshop that had been making mandolins since 1825, and Raffaele Calace, the grandson of the founder, had been the greatest composer for mandolin in the late nineteenth century. But his music was quite different from the pieces that Paolo introduced me to over the next year, all of which…
Read More“The Drama” Is One Long Troll
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are charismatic as a couple confronting the fallout from an appalling revelation, but the film itself seems engineered solely to stimulate discourse. Source link
Read MoreTruckers’ ‘Indefinite’ Blockades Hit Mexico’s Freight Network
Truck drivers and farmers set up highway blockades throughout more than 20 Mexican states on Monday and Tuesday, disrupting transportation and cargo movement across the country. The National Association of Transport Drivers (ANTAC) and the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) are partaking in the nationwide protest due to a lack…
Read MoreCourt Rules Abercrombie Must Face Deceptive Pricing Complaint
A federal judge in California has ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. cannot send a class action deceptive pricing suit against its Hollister subsidiary to arbitration or have the claim dismissed. The suit, which was filed last fall by plaintiff Rebeka Rodriguez in Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego, claimed…
Read MoreWill Biblical Womanhood Box You In or Set You Free?
Twenty years ago, Hatmaker was much like Waters: a young pastor’s wife raising three little kids while writing her first books on Biblical wisdom for Christian women. She practiced the same schedule sorcery as Waters, writing from 8:15 A.M. to 12:15 P.M., three days a week, plus occasionally during nap time. In “Make Over,” from…
Read MoreWe Are All Constantly Mutating—and That’s a Good Thing
Genetic research has been complicating the idea of the genome as a determinative blueprint. Source link
Read MoreFaherty’s Kerry Docherty on Losing Herself While Building the Brand
Kerry Docherty is selfish — at least that’s how the cofounder of the Faherty brand unabashedly describes herself in her new memoir. Titled “Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming and Telling the Truth,” the book chronicles Docherty’s decision to put herself first after a lifetime of doing things for other people. She grew up the “dutiful, well-behaved middle…
Read MoreA Malaysian Menu Laced with the Flavors of Brooklyn
The best thing on the menu at Kelang, a Malaysian restaurant in Greenpoint that opened in December, is a puffy paratha on a bed of spiced red-lentil dal, topped with creamy Italian stracciatella cheese. Depending on who you are, where you’re from, and how rigid you are in your notions of gastronomic interpolation, this will…
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