UNIVERSITY PARK — The battle between a toy nutcracker and a giant mouse is stuff of legend in the dream-like world of “The Nutcracker.” And if you thought the holiday classic couldn’t get any more magical, the ballet returns to the Eisenhower Auditorium stage with new costumes, fresh ...
Christmas is around the corner! Technically it’s a little early for most people, but I wanted to make sure my picks for Christmas tunes got out ahead of time so that if anyone wants to check them out, there’s plenty of time to enjoy them for the season. Let’s be honest, this is the season for classic, traditional tunes. Frankly, the challenge is finding new or interesting Christmas music that I haven’t heard before! Let’s start with a few classic choices first. As a reminder of the format, I’m writing one of these columns and filling it with songs from a variety of ...
During his glittering career, George Clooney has played a casino thief, a Batman,a chain-gang convict, an assassin and a high-flying layoff artist. This fall, he’s stretching even more, playing an utterly charming and gorgeous movie star. Kidding! Reality and fiction beautifully weave in ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild Awards are now called the Actor Awards. The show commonly known as the SAG Awards will officially become the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA in its next incarnation on March 1, when Netflix will stream the ceremony as it has since 2023. The move was announced Friday to the board of SAG-AFTRA, the union that presents the awards and represents U.S. film and television actors among others. The SAG Awards began in 1995 to annually recognize performances in movies and primetime TV. They have become an increasingly prominent part of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off this year. The Nov. 27 parade begins rain or shine on Manhattan’s Upper ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Cruise, at 63 still the biggest movie star in a room full of them, finally got to hold his own Oscar on a Hollywood stage on Sunday night. “Making movies is not what I do, it’s who I am,” said Cruise. He was composed as always, but at moments seemed near tears as he spoke, grasping the gold honorary statuette that celebrated his more than 40 years at the apex of the industry at the film academy’s annual Governors Awards. “In that theater we laugh together, we feel together, we hope together,” he said after a two-minute ovation. Production ...
