The Academy Award ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 5 p.m., and I'll be looking for answers to big questions: What will director Steven Soderbergh, one of this year's producers, bring to the show?...
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‘Hugs and Quiches’ and secrets
Majestic Readers’ Theatre production examines family tensions
The Oscar prediction contest returns
Back in the day, I ran a little Academy Award prediction contest in the newspaper in which I predicted the results of every Oscar category and challenged brave readers to see if they could top me....
Seeding the Best Picture contenders
Here’s the order in which you should see 2021’s nominees for best picture at the Oscars.
The Grammys: Grace notes, sour notes
Notes from the 2021 ceremony: Steps toward relevancy, but a long road ahead. It was the same mixed bag Sunday at the Grammy Awards: When the show finally ended (thanks, Paramount+, for streaming it...
How Shakespeare speaks today to a divided America
James Shapiro’s book shows how the Bard’s plays offer insight into today’s hot-button issues.
Amanda Gorman and the power of poetry — and hope
Inaugural poem likely was the highlight of Joe Biden’s inaugural ceremony
One last blast of holiday music
Here’s a curated selection of holiday music that caught my ear in 2020, from Meghan Trainor to George Jones and Tammy Wynette.