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Jazz Appreciation Month Recalls Sinatra the Activist
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The act of a single person—even through music—can influence history. The Smithsonian We remember Frank Sinatra as perhaps the greatest singer who ever lived. Overlooked
Beginners—Christopher Plummer’s Oscar-Worthy Performance
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Christopher Plummer’s career spans seven decades, perhaps his best known role as Captain von Trapp in 1965‘s The Sound of Music. But this Canadian actor
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Helping James Bond Nab a Killer
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The opening credits of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo mimic the beginning of a James Bond film; female forms slither across the
Toy Story 3— For the Young at Heart
Monday, February 21st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
When Toy Story 3 won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, Director Lee Unkrich accepted the award from Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld. With
Andrea Marcovicci: Breakfast by Candlelight
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling…Charles Baudelaire It’s 6 a.m. in Studio City, California.
In the Career Race, What Happens When the Woman Wins?
Monday, August 30th, 2010
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around
Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson, a.k.a., The Closer, is in the running to become Police Chief in Los Angeles, the first woman to hold the
King’s Lament: Shakespeare in the Park’s The Winter’s Tale
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around
The long stretch of pitched tents and open lawn chairs faithfully forms up to the box office of Central Park’s Delacorte Theatre during the summer
Precious—A Story of Survival
Friday, February 26th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
A movie about a 350-pound African-American girl physically abused by her mother and sexually abused by her father seems like a long shot to win
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