Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish-born composer whose music won international acclaim for its combination of sonic complexity and ethereal lyricism, died June 2 at her home in Paris. She was 70. The cause was glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, her family announced. “Her appearances in a wheelchair or walking with a cane have prompted … Read more
The following Q&A ends with well-labeled spoilers from the American Born Chinese season finale. In Disney+’s American Born Chinese (now streaming all eight episodes), Daniel Wu traveled from postapocalyptic Badlands to a mythological Heaven lorded over by his Monkey King aka Sun Wukong. For his role as a powerful pop struggling to rein in a … Read more
Saturday Sessions: The Heavy performs “Hurricane Coming” – CBS News Watch CBS News British band “The Heavy” is known for their unique blend of blues, gospel and soul music. Their work has been featured in countless TV shows, movies and video games, and now they’re out with their sixth studio album. Here is The Heavy … Read more
Saturday Sessions: The Heavy performs “I Feel the Love” – CBS News Watch CBS News British band “The Heavy” is known for their unique blend of blues, gospel and soul music. Their work has been featured in countless TV shows, movies and video games, and now they’re out with their sixth studio album. Here is … Read more
THE PERFORMER | Jeremy Strong THE SHOW | Succession THE EPISODE | “With Open Eyes” (May 28, 2023) THE PERFORMANCE | This week’s series finale was supposed to be a coronation for Kendall Roy. Instead, it was the latest in a string of humiliating defeats, and the ultimate one, with Kendall failing in his quest … Read more
Saturday Sessions: The Heavy performs “Feels Like Rain” – CBS News Watch CBS News British band “The Heavy” is known for their unique blend of blues, gospel and soul music. Their work has been featured in countless TV shows, movies and video games, and now they’re out with their sixth studio album. Here is The … Read more
Comment on this storyComment When Jon Mirsalis isn’t at his day job developing anti-infective drugs for clinical trials, you can find him engrossed in an altogether different state of experimentation. In addition to working in bioscience (he has PhDs in genetics and toxicology), Mirsalis, 70, is an accomplished pianist, a film historian and a silent … Read more
Comment on this storyComment In 1987, there were more than 200 lesbian bars in the United States. By 2021, when Krista Burton set off on the journey chronicled in her new book, “Moby Dyke,” there were just 20 stops on her itinerary. Burton, who created a popular blog about lesbian stereotypes, visited every bar at … Read more
The Supernatural prequel The Winchesters has truly reached the end of the road. Sources confirm for TVLine that the freshman series — for which fans launched a “#SaveTheWinchesters” campaign just hours after its cancellation on May 11 — has failed to find a new home. And all shopping efforts have thus ended. Soon after The … Read more
Traditionally, 10th anniversaries call for gifts of tin or aluminum. That’s fitting for the Game of Thrones‘ episode that turns 10 today, given how many characters were run through with sharp pieces of metal during the hour. June 2 marks a decade since Season 3, Episode 9 — known among fans as “The Red Wedding” … Read more