The actor-vocalists each play one or more characters from the film, largely coiffed and costumed to resemble — OK, some more closely than others — their onscreen counterparts. Although it’s a notably attractive and accomplished cast — Rex Smith, Rumer Willis, Steve Kazee (Tony winner for “Once”) and B. Slade are among the bigger names […]
Blog: Californians move here from Illinois and leave for Arizona: Migration data shows trends
High taxes. Stifling regulations. Exorbitant housing costs. Freeway gridlock. Fires and floods. Hand-wringing over an exodus of disillusioned Californians may be a Golden State pastime, the subject of political punditry and strung-out social media threads. But the latest data are far from dire. The U.S. Census Bureau, in its newly released surveys for 2017, shows […]
Blog: In 2018, Sneakers Gave Me Autonomy When the World We Live in Didn’t
Tradition and “appropriate” footwear be damned — I wear what I want. I hope it never snows. Which I guess is a dramatic way of conveying how much I love wearing sneakers — a shocking admission, considering I’d avoided them mercilessly until early this year when it was impossible to find shoes that weren’t equal […]
Blog: Linda Perry on her Grammy nomination: ‘Yay, me … but it’s bigger than just Linda Perry’
“I feel like I earned this nomination, and on top of that, yes, I can represent for a long dry spell of women not being acknowledged as producers and engineers,” she said. “I’m hoping what may be even cooler is that there are kids who are 13 or 14 and looking at this hip person […]
Blog: Pope demands abusive priests turn themselves in
Sodano, who was John Paul’s deputy, made no mention of the scandal that has convulsed the church this year. In his introductory remarks Friday to the pope, he instead thanked Francis for his pastoral visits in Rome, Italy and around the world, for having canonized Pope Paul VI and for having issued a new teaching […]
Blog: Linda Perry on her Grammy nomination: ‘Yay, me … but it’s bigger than just Linda Perry’
“I feel like I earned this nomination, and on top of that, yes, I can represent for a long dry spell of women not being acknowledged as producers and engineers,” she said. “I’m hoping what may be even cooler is that there are kids who are 13 or 14 and looking at this hip person […]