MOSCOW – Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director said Wednesday. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said the ballet “Nureyev” had been dropped “in connection with the newly signed law, which … Read more
When people walk through the gates, they see an explosino of color handcrafted by volunteers who spend the whole year preparing. SAN ANTONIO — It’s a special year for Fiesta favorite, Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, this year. 2023 is the 75th anniversary celebration of the iconic event that is expected to attract … Read more
In Ari Aster’s new film “ Beau is Afraid,” Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother’s home. It’s theatrical and depraved and perhaps best left largely unexplained, at least until audiences get a chance to enter the debate. … Read more
MONTPELIER, Vt. – As spring starts to blossom in New England, some Vermont communities come to life with the sites and sounds of written verse. “These are the honey makers The maple sap tappers The pollen gatherers The elixirs healing the future from the spirits of the past,” a woman recited from a poem written … Read more
SEOUL – J-Hope, a member of K-pop sensation BTS, entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18-month compulsory military service, becoming the group’s second member to join the country’s army. There was heated public debate in 2022 over whether to offer special exemptions of mandatory military service for BTS members, until the … Read more
Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub as a result of sedatives he’d taken and gas used in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report said Tuesday. Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his home … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service, ending an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows in the … Read more