Critic’s Notebook: The 95th Academy Awards Were Mercifully Low on Drama, Movingly High on Emotion
As the credits began to roll at the end of Sunday (March 12) night’s 95th Academy Awards, host Jimmy Kimmel...
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Critic’s Notebook: In Super Bowl Halftime Performance, Rihanna Opts for Cohesiveness Over Chaos
Will the NFL, Rihanna and Apple Music think that I’m being critical when I call the halftime show at Sunday’s...
Critic’s Notebook: The Grammys Are Big — But Not as Big as Beyoncé
Let me make this super duper uber clear: It does not matter that Beyoncé lost the album of the year...
Critic’s Notebook: The Emotional Roller Coaster of the 65th Grammy Awards
Decades of egregious snubs and exasperating exclusions have chipped away at the Grammy Awards’ reputation — so much so that...
Critic’s Notebook: Highlights and Lowlights of the 80th Golden Globe Awards
OK, so let’s talk about Jerrod Carmichael’s Shelly Miscavige joke at Tuesday night’s 80th Golden Globe Awards. If my Twitter...
Reporter’s Notebook: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Fest Comes Into Its Own With Sharp, Star-Studded Second Edition
Among the most frequent questions I was asked by local Saudis working at the Red Sea Film Festival earlier this...
Critic’s Notebook: Lea Michele Finally Gets Her Shot at ‘Funny Girl,’ and Nails It
The ‘Glee’ star steps triumphantly into the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical revival that proved a poor...
Critic’s Notebook: Doomed to Fail, Trevor Noah Thrived on ‘The Daily Show’
Nobody wanted to follow Jon Stewart, but over seven years Noah succeeded in carving out his own distinctive, often terrific...
Critic’s Notebook: Hopelessly Devoted to Olivia Newton-John
If you were raised in a house tuned to AM radio in the 1970s and early ‘80s, chances are that...
Critic’s Notebook: Jan. 6 Summer Hearings Draw to a Damning Close
When the House Jan. 6 committee announced that their next hearing would provide a minute-by-minute account of what Donald Trump...
