The other thing that’s been really important to me through all this is diction. Allen Ginsberg used to talk about how important it is for a poet or a singer to have good diction, that you should be able to hear every consonant and every syllable of every word. And ...
Pretty amazing the incredible amount of publicity the shows got, as it was on TV and the newspapers every day at the end of August 2024, and still got daily coverage after tickets went on sale , on how Ticketmaster were hiking ticket prices due to this dreadful 'dynamic premium pricing' ...
It's been 75 years since Hattie McDaniel won for 'Gone With the Wind,' accepting her award at the Ambassador's Cocoanut Grove nightclub.
The word “tell” can be used as a noun. It has origins in poker, where a “tell” is an expression or action that gives away what the player is really thinking. It’s the opposite of “poker face,” the blank, neutral expression of a seasoned player. Republicans have more or less...
Oscars: Could Critical Favorites 'Act Of Killing' & 'Stories We Tell' Miss Out On Documentary Nominations? Over the past weeks and months, we've used this space to take a close look at almost every Oscar category (bar the shorts: we'll focus on those once the nominations are out and ...
Zach Miko, IMG's first plus-sized male model.Credit: Courtesy of IMG Models Plus-sized fashion isn't just for the ladies anymore. On Tuesday one of the industry's most prestigious agencies,IMG Models, announced the creation of its Brawn division -- a category that caters specifically to mo...
…but the “Nicest People” campaign has always been the highlight, arguably peaking with TV ads during the 1964 Oscars. Honda snagged some commercials and in the process became the first foreign company to sponsor the Academy Awards. Because of the popularity of the awards show, the ad was...
I definitely feel like the Pulitzers probably owe a few authors--not that I have ever been struck with the notion that the panel feels compelled by any sense of indebtedness the way, say, the Oscars at times seem to--in particular, Doctorow (who continues to get nominated), Kingsolver, ...
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