» Taylor Swift live: The Tortured Poets Department is surprise double album as pop star hits out at ex Matty Healy
19/04/24 06:43 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Pop star shares message with fans from Instagram as fans celebrate new album release, with many noticing several lyrical references to The 1975’s Matty Healy

» Giancarlo Esposito says he considered plotting his own murder when he was broke
19/04/24 06:42 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Breaking Bad star thought if he had ‘death by misadventure’ his wife and four kids would get insurance payout

» Late Night Mocks Republicans for Trying to Oust Their Speaker
19/04/24 06:20 from NYT > Arts
“Being the speaker of the House nowadays is like being Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend — you hang on as long as you can,” Jimmy Kimmel said.

» Pearl Jam, Dark Matter review: The band wisely abandon the pursuit of relevance in search of something timeless
19/04/24 05:01 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Musically, this album is some of the band’s catchiest and punchiest material in years

» Flowered Up captured the spirit of rave and baggy – but they were always headed for tragedy
19/04/24 05:00 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
The 18-minute film accompanying their classic single ‘Weekender’ has been called a ‘mini-masterpiece’. Craig McLean salutes a double re-release of the band’s music and traces their story

» Stevie Nicks contributes moving poem for Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
19/04/24 04:44 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Fleetwood Mac star has praised Swift’s songwriting talents in the past

» Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Arrives
19/04/24 04:10 from NYT > Arts
The pop superstar’s latest album was preceded by a satellite radio channel, a word game, a return to TikTok and an actual library. For her fans, more is always welcome.

» Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department review: Irresistible, country-hued tales of relationships past and present
19/04/24 04:00 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
With its playful narratives and hooks like anchors, Swift’s 11th studio album is a terrific reminder of her storytelling powers

» Keith Haring’s Legacy Is at the Mall, Not the Museum
19/04/24 03:14 from NYT > Arts
Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public art is most powerfully preserved on the street.

» Do Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom
19/04/24 02:30 from Film | The Guardian
Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge of breaking up The algebra of love is a multiple-choice conundrum in Shirsha Guha Thakurta’s debut, a witty remake of Azazel Ja...

» Dickey Betts, Fiery Guitarist With Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 80
19/04/24 01:30 from NYT > Arts
He traded licks with Duane Allman and proved to be a worthy sparring partner. He also wrote, and sang, the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.”

» Review: In ‘Suffs,’ the Thrill of the Vote and How She Got It
19/04/24 01:30 from NYT > Arts
Shaina Taub’s new Broadway musical about Alice Paul and the fight for women’s suffrage is smart and noble and a bit like a rally.

» The Jinx: What happened in season one that led to Robert Durst’s conviction?
18/04/24 23:26 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Multimillionaire murderer Robert Durst died in prison in 2022, and the end of his shocking story will be told in the second part of the blockbuster docuseries ‘The Jinx’

» Netflix Added More Than 9 Million Subscribers in First Quarter
18/04/24 22:03 from NYT > Arts
The company’s revenue was 15 percent higher compared with last year, and it solidified its standing as the entertainment company’s dominant streaming service.

» On the Ground at the Venice Biennale
18/04/24 21:58 from NYT > Arts
Scenes from the pre-opening at the pivotal art event.

» Philharmonic Opens Inquiry After Misconduct Allegations Are Revived
18/04/24 21:51 from NYT > Arts
The New York Philharmonic commissioned an outside investigation into its culture after a magazine article explored how it handled an accusation of sexual assault in 2010.

» A Millennial Weaver Carries a Centuries-Old Craft Forward
18/04/24 21:35 from NYT > Arts
Melissa Cody mastered a weaving tradition dating back millenniums, but her eye-dazzling patterns joyously venture beyond it.

» Law & Order’s Mariska Hargitay helps lost child who mistook her for a real police officer
18/04/24 21:15 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Actor was in the middle of filming season 25 of the long-running police procedural when she was approached by a young girl

» 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
18/04/24 21:10 from NYT > Arts
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

» Dinh Q. Le, Artist Who Weighed War and Memory, Dies at 56
18/04/24 20:26 from NYT > Arts
His most famous work — collages of Vietnam War photographs, popular film stills and Western imagery — focused on a history of his homeland that he feared was being lost.

» Jorie Graham’s Poetry of the Earth and Humanity, Set to Music
18/04/24 20:11 from NYT > Arts
The composer Matthew Aucoin, Graham’s former student, and the director Peter Sellars have adapted her poems into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.”

» What to Watch This Weekend: ‘The Jinx’ Is Back
18/04/24 20:01 from NYT > Arts
HBO’s “The Jinx — Part Two” offers six more episodes detailing the stranger-than-fiction saga of Robert Durst.

» St. Vincent Dives Headfirst Into the Darkness
18/04/24 19:38 from NYT > Arts
Seven albums and 17 years into an acclaimed solo career, the musician Annie Clark said she craved “a pummeling” on her new LP: “I want something to feel dangerous.”

» Gay ‘30 Rock’ actor’s anti-bullying talk for students cancelled by Pennsylvania school board due to his ‘lifestyle’
18/04/24 19:20 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
‘He labels himself as an activist who is proud of his lifestyle and I don’t think that should be imposed on our students,’ one school board member said

» The meaning behind the name of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department
18/04/24 19:03 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
‘All’s fair in love and poetry,’ pop star says

» Sophie Kinsella, ‘Shopaholic’ Author,’ Says She Has Brain Cancer
18/04/24 18:57 from NYT > Arts
The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.

» ‘Abigail’ Review: Horror by Numbers
18/04/24 18:48 from NYT > Arts
In this cheerfully unambitious vampire movie, a bloodsucker is shut up in an old mansion with some nitwit criminals. Will there will be gore? You bet.

» Abigail review – Dracula’s daughter gets kidnapped in fun-sucking horror
18/04/24 18:36 from Film | The Guardian
There’s some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously Last year’s handsome gothic horror The Last Voyage of the Demeter and bomba...

» Hannah Waddingham reveals how Jason Sudeikis cast her in Ted Lasso
18/04/24 18:30 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Hannah Waddingham has revealed the story of how Jason Sudeikis cast her in Ted Lasso .

» Hipgnosis Agrees to $1.4 Billion Deal to Sell to Concord
18/04/24 18:15 from NYT > Arts
Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to songs by Justin Bieber and Neil Young, helped kick-start a rush on catalog sales. But its future has been in doubt.

» Dickey Betts, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dies aged 80
18/04/24 18:12 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Guitar legend had been battling cancer for more than a year and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his manager said

» ‘Gun & Powder’ Review: Twin Vigilantes Stake Claim to the American West
18/04/24 18:06 from NYT > Arts
The musical traces the story of Black twin sisters who pass as white, and exact their own form of justice for the crime of slavery, in 19th-century Texas.

» Gavin and Stacey star shuts down reunion rumours with two-word response
18/04/24 17:30 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
A Gavin and Stacey star has shut down rumours that the beloved BBC show's cast will reunite.

» Netflix’s The Witcher gets ending announcement following Henry Cavill exit
18/04/24 17:28 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Liam Hemsworth will takeover for Cavill in the final two seasons

» Peter Andre recreates iconic Ant and Seb X Factor audition
18/04/24 17:18 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Peter Andre recreated Ant and Seb's iconic X Factor audition in a hilarious new TikTok video.

» ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Review: War, Undemanding
18/04/24 17:17 from NYT > Arts
Guy Ritchie’s latest is the platonic ideal of an airplane movie, which is not exactly a good thing.

» BBC News presenter launches legal battle against broadcaster after being off air for a year
18/04/24 17:15 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
The legal proceedings are set to be one of the most high-profile tribunals faced by the BBC since it lost a gender pay dispute with Samira Ahmed

» Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
18/04/24 17:14 from Arts & Entertainment - Voice of America

» Nadia Boulanger, Music’s Greatest Teacher, Wrote an Opera
18/04/24 17:07 from NYT > Arts
Nadia Boulanger’s “La Ville Morte” was repeatedly thwarted by death and World War I, then nearly lost. Finally, it is having its American premiere.

» Late Night Skewers Trump’s Review of Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscar Hosting
18/04/24 16:59 from NYT > Arts
“Ranta Claus got up bright and early to post 165 venomous words about yours truly,” Kimmel said on Donald Trump’s day off from his criminal trial on Wednesday.

» Why Electro’s Exacting Duo Justice Wanted to Break Its Own Rules
18/04/24 16:38 from NYT > Arts
For “Hyperdrama,” Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay’s first album in eight years, the duo added genre experiments and guests to its arsenal of bangers.

» Glastonbury 2024 ticket resale: When is it and other ways to get festival tickets
18/04/24 16:26 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Music fans still have a chance of seeing Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, and Shania Twain perform

» Marian Keyes: ‘I really don’t like the myth that women don’t want sex’
18/04/24 16:06 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
She’s sold 35 million books, tamed literary snobs, and has a major Netflix adaptation in the works. As her 16th novel ‘My Favourite Mistake’ is released, Irish author Marian Keyes tells Jessie Thompson about putting everything from menop...

» Nick Offerman recalls spending ‘whole night in jail’ after he was mistaken for a robber
18/04/24 15:28 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
‘Parks and Recreation’ star joked that he ‘experimented with misdemeanours’ as a teen

» Masked Singer: Star of The Office revealed on ‘Queen Night’
18/04/24 15:00 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
A star of The Office US was revealed on Wednesday night’s (17 April) episode of The Masked Singer .

» Jeanne du Barry review: Johnny Depp’s comeback film is a listless, laughable exercise in self-glorification
18/04/24 15:00 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
The beleaguered actor’s performance in this historical drama – from French filmmaker Maïwenn – is so poor that his casting seems to serve no purpose beyond deliberately stoking controversy

» Dafydd Jones on Photographing New York Society in the ’80s and ’90s
18/04/24 14:46 from NYT > Arts
In the 1980s and ’90s, Dafydd Jones’s party shots captured Manhattan’s rich and powerful.

» Marjane Satrapi on Resistance in Iran: ‘A Real Revolution Is Cultural’
18/04/24 14:44 from NYT > Arts
The author, known for her “Persepolis” series, is releasing a new illustrated book about the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini.

» Martin Scorsese to revive Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio
18/04/24 14:31 from Film | The Guardian
The director is planning to return to his long-delayed project with Jennifer Lawrence co-starring as Ava Gardner – but rights may prove a stumbling-block Martin Scorsese is reportedly reviving his dormant Frank Sinatra biopic, with regul...

» Taylor Swift fans sent into frenzy as new album The Tortured Poets Department ‘leaked’
18/04/24 14:25 from The Independent - Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed
Swifties have branded the leak a ‘slap in the face’ to the artist’s hard work