The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe’s full-length gloves in the storeroom of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.
Suddenly, it seems, more US entertainers are coming out publicly as gay, lesbian or bisexual — a welcome sign of a more accepting America, activists say, amid a fierce debate over marriage equality.
Andy Rooney, the most beloved curmudgeon in US broadcasting, had the last word for the last time on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, foregoing his signature crankiness for a spot of sentimentality.
CANNES— Jordan Bayne came to Cannes looking for distribution for her dramatic short “The Sea is All I Know”, if not to catch a movie or two. Soon she realized that, for an independent film-maker, the real value of turning up at the world’s biggest film festival lies in the networking possibilities — and it’s [...]
CANNES—The 64th edition of the Cannes film festival gets underway on Wednesday with up-and-coming directors and Hollywood A-listers rubbing shoulders at the world’s biggest cinema gathering. Woody Allen’s latest romantic comedy “Midnight in Paris” opens the 11-day event on the French Riviera at a black-tie evening screening that already has tongues wagging. Billed by organizers [...]
