The New York Times – Film:
“My mom said, ‘You can have the album or you can see them in concert,’” the actor said. “I said, ‘Well, the album is forever and the girls will ruin the concert with their screaming.’”
Author: Kathryn Shattuck
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Laura Linney on the Singer Who Reminds Her of Beginnings
The New York Times – Film:
“The sound of his voice reminds me of the beginnings of things,” the actress said. “The first time you fell in love, the first time you went away.”
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Rob Reiner on ‘the Greatest Single Performance’ in U.S. Cinema
The New York Times – Film:
The filmmaker says it’s one of Marlon Brando’s: “To this day I don’t know that there’s as good a performance as that.”
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Second City Expands to New York
The New York Times – Film:
The improv comedy institution is under new ownership after missteps, and now it has a gleaming new home in Williamsburg.
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Jake Johnson Likes to Play the Hollywood Game, Especially When It Changes
The New York Times – Film:
“When you get on this roller coaster, you don’t know how long you’re going to be allowed to play while you’re here,” the “New Girl” actor said about his filmmaking debut, “Self Reliance.”
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Jeffrey Wright on His Oscar Nomination for ‘American Fiction’
The New York Times – Film:
The veteran actor is going to celebrate his first Oscar nomination, for best actor for “American Fiction,” by driving his daughter back to college.
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Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.
The New York Times – Music:
“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young adulthood, this city,” said the singer-songwriter, who will make her Broadway debut in “Hadestown.”
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For Tracee Ellis Ross, Happiness Is a Bowl of Olives and Her Own Clothes
The New York Times – Film:
“My closet is my happy place,” said the actress, who is starring in “Candy Cane Lane” and “American Fiction.” “It is where dreams are made and looks are invented.”