Ned Beatty, indelible in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ dies at 83
NEW YORK — Ned Beatty, the indelible character actor whose first film role as a genial vacationer brutally raped by a backwoodsman in 1972's...
‘In the Heights’ makes muted debut, edged by ‘A Quiet Place’
NEW YORK — Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of “In the Heights” dampened Hollywood's...
Q&A: Leslie Grace lives full-circle moment ‘In the Heights’
NEW YORK — Like her Nina character in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she's struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and...
Vin Diesel says ‘Fast and Furious’ saga planning an ending
LOS ANGELES — Vin Diesel made a mark as the street racer patriarch in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, but the storyline starring his...
Danny Elfman writes a solo album with ‘venom’ pouring out
NEW YORK — When Danny Elfman started creating music during quarantine, what came out was a surprise even to him.
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Review: Mark Wahlberg discovers he’s special in ‘Infinite’
The new Mark Wahlberg movie “ Infinite ” poses an intoxicating scenario for all down-on-their-luck know-it-alls: What if you’re actually a reincarnated immortal who...
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough
NEW YORK — Color. Dance. Music. Joy. An all Latino cast!
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French non-fiction author Carrere wins top Spanish award
MADRID — French author Emmanuel Carrere, popular for his non-fiction books in a high literary vein, has been granted this year’s Spanish Princess of...
‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’
NEW YORK — As a student as Wesleyan, Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing what would become “In the Heights,” the musical that would launch him...
Review: ‘In the Heights’ is the infusion of joy we needed
“I am Usnavi and you prob'ly never heard my name,” declares bodega owner Usnavi at the start of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contagiously...