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Chanel lures stars with cruise fashion show in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With stars like Margot Robbie and Lil Nas X sitting in the front row, Virginie Viard’s sporty clothing designs inspired by Hollywood glam shined just as bright during a Chanel fashion show in Los Angeles. The fashion brand took hold of the Paramount Picture...
Meryl Streep wins Spain's Princess of Asturias award
MADRID (AP) — Meryl Streep has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards in the arts for her long career of acting excellence, the jury of the Princess of Asturias awards said Wednesday. The jury said that in her nearly five decades on screen, Streep has “developed a brilliant...
Chita Rivera introduces us to her alter ego in new memoir
It’s hard to imagine Anita, Rose Alvarez and Velma Kelly without Chita Rivera, who first breathed life into these beloved Broadway characters. At a time when there was limited Latino representation on stage, this young woman of Puerto Rican, Scottish and Irish descent was taking...
'Dancing With the Stars' judge Len Goodman dies at 78
LONDON (AP) — Len Goodman, a long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing" who helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 78. Agent Jackie Gill said Goodman “passed away...
Q&A: Benjamin Millepied on directing a reimagined 'Carmen’
When Benjamin Millepied was a teenager starting dance training in New York, he and fellow students got into ballet performances for free, but opera was another story: They had to be creative. They'd sneak into the Metropolitan Opera House during intermission, or talk their way backstage, relying on...
Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT 'propaganda'
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director said Wednesday. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said the...
With 'Camelot,' a legendary fight director exits the fray
NEW YORK (AP) — In a hushed and empty Broadway theater, two men appear onstage in street clothes, each wielding fearsome-looking broad swords. One lunges at the other, who quickly strikes back. They exchange a flurry of slices and counter-slices, with the screech of metal on metal. ...
The Pink Ladies get their origin story in Paramount+ series
Four years before Frenchy, Rizzo and Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets, a group of friends at Rydell High leaned into their image of “bad girls," called themselves the Pink Ladies and created a girl gang. Their formation is chronicled in the new 10-episode musical series “ Grease: Rise...
Winners of the London stage 2023 Olivier Awards
LONDON (AP) — The winners of the 2023 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance: New Play: “Prima Facie” New Musical: “Standing at the Sky’s Edge” New Comedy: “My Neighbor Totoro” ...
India enthuses over Oscars for 'Naatu Naatu,' elephant doc
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.” The dance anthem from the blockbuster Telugu-language action epic “RRR” is the first from an Indian film to earn a nomination...
