Posted on June 12, 2016 at 8:00 am
Tonight is the Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden. It’s the best awards show of the year, partly because it honors people who are at their best in live performance and partly because we get to see highlights from the best of Broadway. Everyone will be watching for “Hamilton” tonight. It’s one of the biggest …
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Posted on June 11, 2016 at 12:29 pm
My favorite performance of 2015 was Teyonah Parris in “Chi-Raq” and so I am very excited to see her latest starring role in “Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story,” premiering June 12, 2016 on TV One. This is the first film adaptation of TV One’s “Unsung” series about the lives of performers. R&B …
Posted on June 11, 2016 at 8:00 am
30 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off and in our hearts we all went with him. While kids at school were listening to Ben Stein drone on about tariffs and voo-doo economics, three kids with last names for first names were enjoying the Art Institute of Chicago, a baseball game, fine dining, …
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Posted on June 10, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Premiering tomorrow on ABC and then continuing on ESPN, the documentary series “OJ Simpson: Made in America” is for people who watched the “American Crime Story” series about Simpson’s murder trial, for people who remember his career as a football superstar and television personality, for those who remember the 1995 trial for the murder of …
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Posted on June 10, 2016 at 12:51 pm
At Rogerebert.com, critics talk about their favorite films of the year so far. Of course there are the usual festival gems and art-house indies, but also films like “The Nice Guys” and “Captain America: Civil War.” I was very happy to get a chance to talk about one of mine: Everybody Wants Some!! \ When …
