By Kevin Filipski | February 7, 2012 at 7:08 pm | No comments
Porgy and Bess is a work of art so familiar that it’s taken for granted, like Romeo and Juliet or the Mona Lisa. But by experiencing its power and emotion in person--even in Diane Paulus’s severely compromised production--the brilliance of George and Ira Gershwin’s classic...
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By Kevin Filipski | February 1, 2012 at 9:41 pm | No comments
Margaret Edson has written only one play, but what a play! Wit has everything in such abundance--sympathetic characterizations, corrosive insight, lacerating psychology, welcome gallows humor in the face of impending mortality--that only a disastrous staging would undermine...
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By William Dale | January 25, 2012 at 5:28 am | No comments
Katy Perry wore Artisan de Luxe at LAX yesterday. The newly single popstar looked edgy yet comfortable in her Artisan de Luxe Liz Studded Hoodie, $148 available at http://www.shopadl.com/.
Artisan de Luxe offers a premium denim line for men and women complemented with knit...
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By Kevin Filipski | January 20, 2012 at 10:33 pm | No comments
In Sam Mendes’ distressingly uneven production of Richard III, featuring Shakespeare’s most charismatic and evil villain, Kevin Spacey portrays the self-hating murderer with flamboyant verbal and physical tics that telegraph the Duke of Gloucester’s horrible behavior--he...
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By William Dale | December 25, 2011 at 4:13 am | No comments
Get a sneak peak at the current David Walker show - with some real brides, at the infamous Rook & Raven gallery on Rathbone Place in London. The video was shot and edited by Aaron...
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By William Dale | December 24, 2011 at 8:58 pm | No comments
Get used to seeing Rooney Mara after landing the sexy lead in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This short piece was filmed and directed by Brian Quist (brian-quist.com) during her Allure cover shoot in Malibu....
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By William Dale | December 24, 2011 at 8:43 pm | No comments
Holland Reynolds and the San Francisco University High School cross country team rallied together to get their coach Jim Tracy, who had been diagnosed with ALS, his eighth state championship.
ESPN Short Feature: The Finish Line (Short Version)
Produced by Kory Kozak,...
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By William Dale | December 24, 2011 at 8:35 pm | No comments
David Choe & DVS1 for Nuart 2011. Shot on location Stavanger, Norway for Nuart....
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By William Dale | December 24, 2011 at 8:31 pm | No comments
Street artist Anthony Lister paints a Rise of the Planet of the Apes mural in Los...
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By Kevin Filipski | December 21, 2011 at 5:04 pm | No comments
Any month that begins with the crushingly banal off-Broadway musical Once is already in trouble, but December has further given us a trio of Broadway musicals that have little to recommend them: Bonnie and Clyde has already posted its closing notice, On a Clear Day You Can See...
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