Bob Mondello
Stories
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Arts & Life
What to expect at the Oscars: The bomb, the bombshell, and the possible comeback
The Motion Picture Academy hopes that more popular films, an earlier showtime, and increased diversity among nominees will lead to higher viewership.
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Arts & Life
'Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse' may just win the series another Oscar
The first film in an animated Spider-Verse trilogy won an Oscar in 2018. The latest installment, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, will be a strong contender to repeat that accomplishment.
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Arts & Life
Revisiting 'The Holdovers,' which is up for an Oscar along with actor Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.
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Arts & Life
First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson's 'American Fiction' is both moving and hilarious
Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who writes an preposterously stereotypical "Black" book as a joke, only to have it become a bestseller in the comedy American Fiction.
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Arts & Life
'Bob Marley: One Love' is a heartfelt biopic about the celebrated reggae musician
The biopic Bob Marley: One Love stars Kingsley Ben Adir as the Jamaican singer/songwriter who became the world's most celebrated reggae musician.
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Performing Arts
Stephen Sondheim is cool now
With three shows running currently in NY and two more on tour, the late composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim is as present in contemporary theater as he was when he was alive.
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Arts & Life
'The Color Purple' is the biggest Christmas Day opening since 2009
The Color Purple is now the second biggest Christmas Day opening in history — $18 million on day one of its release.
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National
First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson's 'American Fiction' is both moving and hilarious
Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who writes an preposterously stereotypical "Black" book as a joke, only to have it become a bestseller in the comedy American Fiction.
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Arts & Life
'Rustin' tells the story of the man who helped make the March on Washington possible
George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning an executing the historic 1963 March on Washington.
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Arts & Life
Paul Giamatti is a prep-school teacher stuck supervising students in 'The Holdovers'
Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.