When Juliet rhapsodizes, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” Shakespeare wrote that she stood at a window. Subsequent performances, though, depicted Juliet standing on a balconette and that romantic association led to the feature being forever known as the Juliet balcony. A Juliet balcony is typically a balustrade on […]
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Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler Drama ‘The Fallout’ Wins Top Prize at SXSW
“The Fallout,” a teen drama starring Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler, has won the top prize in the Narrative Feature competition at the SXSW Film Festival. Director Megan Park’s film led the list of award winners announced by SXSW on Friday, which also included Jeremy Workman’s “Lily Topples the World” […]
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Remembering 50 years of ‘Masterpiece,’ and a mom’s love for British drama [Unscripted column] | Food + Living
When I was in high school in the 1970s, I remember wandering into the living room while my mother was watching some TV show filled with gowns, starched maid uniforms, white gloves and British accents. I wish I could say I was instantly captivated by the comings and goings of […]
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Europe far right backs Trump, hopes for violence amid vote drama | United States News
In the wake of Joe Biden’s victory in the United States presidential elections, Europe’s far right did not waste much time taking President Donald Trump’s side. “There is no question at all that these elections are rigged,” Mart Helme, of the far-right EKRE party and interior minister in Estonia’s coalition […]
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Paul Bettany’s coming-out drama is full of Southern hospitality
Dir: Alan Ball. Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Margo Martindale, Lois Smith, Stephen Root. Cert TBC, 95 mins Since winning the Oscar for American Beauty’s script in 2000, Alan Ball has been a force in television, having created, in Six Feet Under and True Blood, […]
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Why Would I Dare’s Courtroom Drama
From Why Would I Dare: The Trial of Crystal Mason, which starts streaming tonight. Photo: The Commissary In 2016, during her federally supervised release from prison — a shadowy period of so-called “preliminary freedom” after a person serves time — a woman named Crystal Mason, in Tarrant County, Texas, filled […]
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Hilary Swank Is a ‘Working Mother to the Nth Degree’ in Netflix’s New Astronaut Drama
Netflix’s new astronaut series Away has vertiginous spacewalks, high-stakes international discord and peril that plays out millions of miles from human civilization. But executive producer Jessica Goldberg says something far less flashy had her doing a zero-gravity dance of joy when she first heard about the project. “It was the […]
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Amid All the Drama on Selling Sunset , Let’s Not Forget Amanza Smith and Her Missing Ex-Husband
Wait, back up a second. Referring to daughter Noah, 10, and son Braker, 8, the interior design specialist said on the show, “I feel like I’m gonna maybe have to get full custody of them,” since she hasn’t seen their father, former NFL player Ralph Brown, in a year. “I filed a missing […]