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Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'

Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'

NEW YORK — Playwright Paul Rudnick has never been comfortable with the term “coastal elites,” that sneering nod to educated professionals who live in California cities or along the Eastern seaboard.
Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

NEW YORK — As Hollywood searches for a response to the reckoning brought on by the death of George Floyd and the Academy Awards move to make Oscar nominees more inclusive, a new study captures how the film industry has improved in diversity and how i
Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event

Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event

MILAN — The Italian fashion council’s only Black designer has hailed as a ‘’breakthrough’’ the inclusion of a Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working group aimed at ending racial discrimination
Vaccine trial stopped after neurological symptoms detected

Vaccine trial stopped after neurological symptoms detected

LONDON — A woman who received an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed severe neurological symptoms that prompted a pause in testing, a spokesman for drugmaker AstraZeneca said Thursday.
Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria welcome fifth child together

Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria welcome fifth child together

LOS ANGELES — It's a party of five for Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin. The couple on Wednesday announced the arrival of a baby boy, their fifth child together.
Letters reveal public distaste for booze in JFK White House

Letters reveal public distaste for booze in JFK White House

BOSTON — It was a tempest in a teapot — or, more accurately, a whiskey tumbler. Presidential transitions are always at least a little tricky. Case in point: Researchers at the John F.
Hannah Gadsby, Howie Mandel among headliners for JFL's free online festival

Hannah Gadsby, Howie Mandel among headliners for JFL's free online festival

MONTREAL — Just For Laughs has unveiled a lineup featuring more than 100 artists for its first free online festival.
Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespearean 'Hamnet' wins Women's Prize

Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespearean 'Hamnet' wins Women's Prize

LONDON — Maggie O’Farrell won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “Hamnet,” a novel that explores the lives of William Shakespeare’s often-maligned wife and lost son.
Highs, lows of a Canadian hockey team goaltender exposed in "The Role I Played"

Highs, lows of a Canadian hockey team goaltender exposed in "The Role I Played"

Sami Jo Small often felt conflicted about her role on the Canadian women's hockey team. The goaltender started 51 games for Canada over her decade on the national team.
Review: A breakthrough in 'Broken Hearts Gallery'

Review: A breakthrough in 'Broken Hearts Gallery'

The 25-year-old Australian actress Geraldine Viswanathan, having already stolen movies left and right, more straightforwardly owns “Broken Hearts Gallery,” a glossy but spirited Gen-Y romantic comedy imbued with the wit and spunk of its young star.
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