Alabama artist’s TV series pitch featuring people with HIV as heroes wins 2nd in national competition

Carlton V. Bell II won second place in GLAAD + STARZ TV Pilot Pitch Competition with a series that will destigmatize HIV.
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It's my love letter to the 1980s... Marko Mäkilaakso on The Creeps

Finnish director Marko Mäkilaakso is well-known to horror and genre fans. From helming features like War of the Dead, Deadly Descent and It Came from the Desert, his diverse career has led to ...

The Year’s Best Actors on How They Conjure Emotions on Cue

Teanna Taylor, Liam Neeson, Rose Byrne and more of our best actors on how they summon the emotions that move us.

Composer Daniel Blumberg Says the Wild Music of ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Had to Be ‘As Extreme as Possible’

Daniel Blumberg says his motto writing music for The Testament of Ann Lee was "it has to be as extreme as possible." ...

‘Sinners’ Ryan Coogler & Producers On How Their “Unapologetically Original” Story Earned Seven Golden Globe Noms

It’s no surprise that Sinners made a big splash this morning at the Golden Globes nominations announcement. With seven ...

Characters are breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanize audiences

Direct-address, an old playwriting technique, has been retooled by a new crop of playwrights (Bess Wohl, Jordan Tannahill, ...
Porterville Recorder

Christmas movies filmed or set in NC: How to watch them all this holiday season

As you jingle your way through this season’s holiday programming, carve out a little time for a homegrown movie or two. We’ve ...

Review: ‘Elf’ at the Auditorium Theatre has a fine Buddy in a middling musical

With music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Chad Beguelin, the Christmas cheer is dialed up to 11 in the familiar story of a human raised in the North Pole who travels to New York.

First a book, then a hit movie: "The Notebook" coming to life as musical at the Denver Center

First adapted from a novel into a film, now "The Notebook" is the latest musical to come to life on stage at the Denver ...
The New Yorker

The Composer Making a Hip-Hop Musical About Anne Frank

Andrew Fox, the creator of “Slam Frank,” was disillusioned with American theatre. Then a viral debate about white privilege ...

Bringing the Shakers to life with music: Daniel Blumberg on scoring ‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ writing ‘favorite’ song ‘Clothed by the Sun’

Mona Fastvold directed The Testament of Ann Lee from a screenplay written with Brady Corbet, her partner and collaborator on ...
Greek Reporter

How the Byzantine World Revolutionized Greek Writing With Minuscule Script

Byzantine Emperor Theophilos and his court, as depicted in the Skylitzes Chronicle. Credit: Skylitzes Chronicle, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Greek minuscule is a style of Greek handwriting that ...