We don’t typically review books in The Scene section, but there’s always a first for everything! “Sunrise on the Reaping” is the fifth installment of the “Hunger Games” series and the second prequel released in recent years. It is a dystopian novel written by the American ...
A few months ago, I made a conscious decision to reconnect with hobbies and interests I had neglected due to my career and children. Finding time to sit through a movie can be challenging, especially with short-form media like TikTok and YouTube shrinking our attention spans. However, as a promise to myself, I made it my 2025 New Year’s resolution to explore the world of film. I’m here to share that journey! Between January and March, I watched 31 films I had never seen before. Additionally, I watched 12 more in December, bringing my total to 43 since I started compiling a list. ...
Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year's box office deficit. No one guessed just how big it would be. In its first few days in theaters, the movie earned a staggering $157 million in ticket sales from ...
Not long ago Yvonne Strahovski, who plays beautiful, ruthless, deeply complicated Serena on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was forced to watch early scenes of her character’s cruelty. Of course, Serena was being cruel to long-suffering heroine June (Elisabeth Moss). It wasn’t a nice experience to relive. “I was dying. I wanted to vomit! It was horrible,” Strahovski said in an interview, of footage played at a panel event. “To go back and look at that was insanely jarring.” To which longtime “Handmaid’s” fans would likely reply: Tell us about it, Serena! We’ve gone ...
OXFORD, England (AP) — Rara Sekar closed her eyes in meditation after performing a song that speaks of rays of light that cut through the fog as one political prisoner faced death more than six decades ago. The song, which recalls a period of political turmoil in Indonesia, has become a symbol for the singer who has focused on encouraging people to be creative in responding to the climate crisis in Indonesia, her homeland. The prisoner’s song is “very healing,” Sekar told The Associated Press after performing Thursday at the Skoll World Forum, an annual event focused on ideas ...
LOCK HAVEN — The Clinton County Arts Council’s Station Gallery, 2 E. Bald Eagle St., Lock Haven, are keeping busy this spring. Friday will mark the closing reception for its Commonwealth University Student exhibit, followed soon after by the opening of its Together on this Earth ...
