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‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ delivers escapism: L.A. arts and culture this week
2 months ago

‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ delivers escapism: L.A. arts and culture this week

LA Times  

Don Stephenson as Doc Brown, left, and Caden Brauch as Marty McFly in the North American tour of “Back to the Future: The Musical.” The inaugural North American tour of “Back to the Future: The Musical” opened at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre the night after the election, and the timing couldn’t have been better. Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 …

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Perspective: How do you make a play about Joan Rivers without Joan Rivers?
2 months ago

Perspective: How do you make a play about Joan Rivers without Joan Rivers?

LA Times  

“Can we talk?” Joan Rivers’ stand-up tagline had a way of turning audiences into confidants. Goldstein’s background is in musical theater — he won the Kleban Prize for most promising musical theater librettist — and “Joan” is written in the broad, episodic style that musicals enjoy. Goldstein has plenty of consequential actions to choose from, but he slides into a …

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A new play finally captures who Joan Rivers was
2 months, 1 week ago

A new play finally captures who Joan Rivers was

LA Times  

Larry Amoros first met Joan Rivers in 2008 to write material for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony. “We want to make it as authentically Joan as possible so that the people who see this will feel like they recognize her and that they’re in the room with her,” said Daniel Goldstein, who was approached about writing the …

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Oprah Winfrey recalls being told to ‘lose 15 pounds’ by Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show
6 months, 1 week ago

Oprah Winfrey recalls being told to ‘lose 15 pounds’ by Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show

The Independent  

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“Meandering and confusing”: Trump showed cognitive decline in interviews, author says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

“Meandering and confusing”: Trump showed cognitive decline in interviews, author says

Salon  

Donald Trump demonstrated “severe memory issues” and gave several alarming false recollections in interviews for a book chronicling “The Apprentice,” author Ramin Setoodeh said. Setoodeh interviewed the former president six times in “meandering and confusing” conversations for his book “Apprentice in Wonderland,” and says that Trump didn’t remember speaking with him afterward. So I asked, ‘Do you remember when we …

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Donald Trump said Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016. She died in 2014
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump said Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016. She died in 2014

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump claimed that Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016, …

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Kim Kardashian calls North 'the new Joan Rivers' after she slams Pete Davidson's 'gas station' Met Gala outfit and brands Jared Leto 'cringe'
1 year, 1 month ago

Kim Kardashian calls North 'the new Joan Rivers' after she slams Pete Davidson's 'gas station' Met Gala outfit and brands Jared Leto 'cringe'

Daily Mail  

Kim Kardashian thinks her 10-year-old daughter North is 'the new Joan Rivers' after she provided some commentary on Met Gala looks on The Kardashians. North is the new Joan: Kim Kardashian thinks her 10-year-old daughter North is 'the new Joan Rivers' after she provided some commentary on Met Gala looks on The Kardashians Kim at the Met: Kim brought North, …

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Leonard Bernstein's family DEFEND Bradley Cooper's role in biopic
1 year, 4 months ago

Leonard Bernstein's family DEFEND Bradley Cooper's role in biopic

Daily Mail  

Leonard Bernstein's family have defended Bradley Cooper's wearing a prosthetic nose in a new biopic of the composer after critics claimed it was anti-Semitic. Bernstein, world famous composer, conductor and pianist, can be seen here in 1986 at Springate, his Fairfield, Connecticut, home surrounded by his family who supported Cooper's portrayal of him Bernstein's children drew some comparison's between their …

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Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic
1 year, 10 months ago

Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic

BBC  

Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic Alamy From Babs to Bjork, here are the bold looks that were once derided at the Oscars but are now celebrated and deemed cool. As Dijanna Mulhearn, author of new book Red Carpet Oscars, tells BBC Culture: "A successful red-carpet moment can catapult an actor into superstar status, propel a fashion …

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Joan Rivers series The Comeback Girl starring Kathryn Hahn is NOT going ahead
3 years, 2 months ago

Joan Rivers series The Comeback Girl starring Kathryn Hahn is NOT going ahead

Daily Mail  

An upcoming series about the life of legendary comedian Joan Rivers is no longer moving forward. The Comeback Girl, which would have starred WandaVision actress Kathryn Hahn, was scuttled because the producers had not secured Rivers' life rights, Variety reported on Tuesday. Canceled: The Comeback Girl, a biopic series about the late Joan Rivers starring Kathryn Hahn, is no longer …

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Sarah Silverman slams Hollywood over 'Jewface' casting after Kathryn Hahn is cast as Joan Rivers
3 years, 3 months ago

Sarah Silverman slams Hollywood over 'Jewface' casting after Kathryn Hahn is cast as Joan Rivers

Daily Mail  

Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman is slamming Hollywood for 'Jewface' casting after Catholic Kathryn Hahn was cast to play the late Joan Rivers in a biographic about the proud Jewish actress and stand up. Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman is slamming Hollywood over a practice she calls 'Jewface' which she argues is 'defined as when a non-Jew portrays a Jew …

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on last night's TV: Joan Rivers, Barbra Streisand and a match made in heaven
4 years, 2 months ago

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on last night's TV: Joan Rivers, Barbra Streisand and a match made in heaven

Daily Mail  

Urban Myths Rating: The Savoy Rating: When 12,000 photos of the California coastline were put online in 2003, Barbra Streisand sued. Katherine Ryan was a hoot as Joan Rivers in Urban Myths, flinging one-liners like darts The lawsuit was doomed, of course, but what chutzpah, as they say in New York. Urban Myths imagined the moment when, as an aspiring …

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