“Bent” Wednesday 9pm, NBC The premise of this new sitcom reminds me a bit of “Who’s the Boss?” and god knows TV has been the poorer for not having a Tony Micelli/Angela Bower dynamic on our screens for the past three decades. Amanda Peet (“Jack and Jill,” the abomination that was “Studio 60 on the […]
“Bent” Wednesday 9pm, NBC The premise of this new sitcom reminds me a bit of “Who’s the Boss?” and god knows TV has been the poorer for not having a Tony Micelli/Angela Bower dynamic on our screens for the past three decades. Amanda Peet (“Jack and Jill,” the abomination that was “Studio 60 on the […]
Sons of Bill has always been a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, but on the brand new album, Sirens, the group heavily leans on the latter. To make the album, the local crew took a short drive down I-64 and recorded with help from Cracker front man David Lowery at […]
LaVahn Hoh admits he has sawdust in his veins. “That’s what circus folk say,” he confesses with an impish smile that belies his age, “when you’re infatuated with the big top—with the sheer spectacle and intricate logistics of the ringmasters, clown acts, lion-tamers, and dare devils all sharing space in today’s circus.”
Bands of brothers are nothing new. Whether it’s Stanley, Everly or Avett, sibling combos are well established across a range of musical generations and genres. But unlike the lifelong chemistry established by some family bands, Oliver and Chris Wood spent nearly two decades playing apart before finally coming together. The Wood Brothers band together at […]
Sleek chic I stopped NICOLE, the news desk manager for SNL Financial, on the street outside Market Street Market. “This is my typical [work] attire,” she said. “One of the best things about working at SNL is that it has a casual work environment…I’ve seen someone wear their swim trunks in there before.” Nicole’s sophisticated […]
Existence rather than likeness is the focus of “Protagonist,” on view at Chroma Projects Art Laboratory through March 24. The show features the work of a diverse group of artists—Bolanle Adeboye, Matt Kleberg, Akemi Ohira, Sarah Owens, Carrie Miller Payne, Nym Pedersen, Sharon Shapiro, and Richard Weaver—whose images employ metaphor, allegory, and the creative application […]
Anyone who has ever taken an acting class knows that it can be a bit like group therapy.
Time-traveling superhero John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) trades one civil war for another in a swords-and-sandals flick based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp character. (Disney Studios) John Carter is from Virginia but he was in Arizona when he wound up on Mars. That was in 1868, but our tale, as unfurled in a 2012 film based […]
“Fashion Star” Tuesday 9:30pm, NBC “Project Runway” is over the hill and Bravo’s “Fashion Show” limped through two mostly dreadful seasons, but the twists to this show actually make it pretty interesting. You have your supermodel host (Elle Macpherson), your panel of fashionista mentors (designer John Varvatos, unlikely fashion mogul Jessica Simpson, and alleged style […]
Iran’s first Oscar-winning film, A Separation, looks at the domestic strife and break up of a middle-class Iranian family. (Sony Pictures Classics) In a spirit of emancipation from hostility between their respective governments, the Oscar for A Separation becomes a goodwill gesture from citizens of America to citizens of Iran. As such it is well deserved. […]