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25 January 2017
Mary Tyler Moore
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Lights out. Mary Tyler Moore has died, and I am taking stock of her legacy. Two brilliant television shows, plus several not so brilliant ...
20 January 2017
Meryl Streep’s Hardcore Kitchen, or ‘It’s Complicated’
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Empty nest: Meryl Streep contemplates the dining room, while her kitchen lurks in the background, like the shark in Jaws . Hollywood has l...
30 December 2016
Debbie Reynolds
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Taking stock of the treasure: With costumes from Singin’ in the Rain . Unlike most of us, Debbie Reynolds never seemed to question her lu...
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13 December 2016
Lyric Opera’s ‘Les Troyens’
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Nuit d’ivresse: Susan Graham and Brandon Jovanovich. This and all photos ©Todd Rosenberg courtesy of Lyric Opera of Chicago. When Lyric ...
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26 November 2016
‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ and Four Last Words
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The welcome return of Gilmore Girls in four new episodes entitled A Year in the Life to Netflix has been for this admirer a tremendous su...
02 September 2016
Gene Wilder
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Gene Wilder was one of a handful of people I knew I’d have to talk to in order to tell the story of Madeline Kahn, the Oscar-nominated, Ton...
14 August 2016
The Florence Foster Jenkins Moment
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Queen of Delight? Streep as Foster Jenkins. At movie theaters, we’re in the middle of a Florence Foster Jenkins moment. Stephen Frears’ f...
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