Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by California Today ByAdam Nagourney and Matt Stevens June 19, 2018 Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up .) They have not quite finished counting the votes in the primary that took place in California on June 5. But a verdict is in on the state’s unusual election system from one prominent voter: It doesn’t work. (If we used emojis at The Times, a big “thumb’s down” would be inserted here.) That verdict comes from Mayor Eric M. Garcetti of Los Angeles, who assessed California’s jungle primary during a freewheeling conversation on national, state and city politics with New York Times reporters during a visit to the newspaper’s offices in Los Angeles last week. “If the intention was to get more moderate candidates, it’s … [Read more...] about California Today: Garcetti Is Not a Fan of the Jungle Primary
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Review: Dirty Dancing to Henry James in ‘The Beast in the Jungle’
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Theater Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by The Beast in the Jungle Off Broadway, Musical 1 hr. and 45 min. Closing Date: June 16, 2018 Vineyard Theater, 108 E. 15th St. 212-353-0303 More Information ByBen Brantley May 23, 2018 Tony Yazbeck is a rarity in show business. He’s a complete, romantic dancing actor, or acting dancer. Like such hallowed predecessors as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, he’s as expressive with his twirls and jetés as he is with his face and voice, bringing balletic wonder to ordinary rituals of love and courtship. Unfortunately, there are few shows around these days to provide a worthy showcase for the distinctive talents of Mr. Yazbeck, who received a Tony nomination as a pirouetting sailor (played by Kelly on screen) in the delightful 2014 Broadway revival of “On the Town.” Fans awaiting … [Read more...] about Review: Dirty Dancing to Henry James in ‘The Beast in the Jungle’
At Home in the Jungle, Everything Is ‘Alive and Has a Spirit’
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Lens Supported by The photographer Misha Vallejo has been documenting a people who live in the Ecuadorean Amazon, the Sarayaku Kichwa, for three years. ByDavid Gonzalez April 20, 2018 The Sarayaku Kichwa who live in the Ecuadorean Amazon believe in the “Living Jungle,” where rivers, land, animals and even the wind are interconnected. “Everything in the jungle is alive and has a spirit,” said Misha Vallejo, who has been documenting this indigenous community for three years. “If you destroy something, you will see the consequences somewhere else.” Like at news conferences, at international forums and on social media. These venues have been used by this indigenous group to fight oil exploration in one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. They scored a victory in 2012 when the Inter-American Court … [Read more...] about At Home in the Jungle, Everything Is ‘Alive and Has a Spirit’
Community calendar for the week of March 23, 2018
1 of 7 View 7 Items MagicSpace Entertainment The Wasatch Camera Club will host photographers Brenda Tharp and Elizabeth Carmel at the Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus in Sandy as part of the “PhotoOp 18” presentation on March 24. Click here for a list of Easter events. MUSIC/DANCE "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," March 23-24, 7 p.m., Ballet Centre, 4907 S. Poplar St., Murray, $8 (801-455-0733 or theballetcentreinmurray.com) Audra McDonald with the Utah Symphony, March 23-24, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, $20-$103 (801-355-2787 or artsaltlake.org) “Be Thou My Vision” with Jordan Bluth, March 23, 7:30 p.m., Cox Performing Arts Center, Dixie State University, St. George, $15 (heritagechoir.org) BYU Men’s Chorus, March 23, 7:30 p.m., Harris Fine Arts Center, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU, Provo, $7-$11 (801-422-2981 or arts.byu.edu) BYU … [Read more...] about Community calendar for the week of March 23, 2018
CBS News Logo Box office report: “The Jungle Book” has legs
Disney is already having a very good year at the box office. The studio's latest offering -- a live action/CGI retelling of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" -- nabbed to top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, besting the debut of "The Huntsman: Winter's War" "The Jungle Book" brought in $60.8 million, bringing its total two-week take to $191.5 million, while the follow-up to 2014's "Snow White and the Huntsman" only earned $20.1 million. "Barbershop: The Next Cut," also in its second week, landed at third with $10.8 million, bringing it to $36 million since opening. "Batman v. Superman" opens to $170 million despite bad reviews Disney's previous release, "Zootopia," also spelled success for the studio, coming in fourth during its eighth week of release and bringing its international gross to an impressive $900.7 million. With "Captain America: Civil War" opening in two weeks -- and already breaking advance ticket sales records for Marvel films, according to … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Box office report: “The Jungle Book” has legs
CBS News Logo Gigi Hadid debuts Melania Trump impression at the AMAs, internet reacts
Things quickly got political at the 2016 American Music Awards on Sunday when co-hosts Jay Pharoah and Gigi Hadid broke out their best impressions of President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. In an attempt to impress her co-host, Pharoah, best-known for his impersonations from when he was on “Saturday Night Live,” Hadid first revealed the act she had been “practicing all week” during the opening monologue. The 21-year-old model pursed her lips, and said, “This is my Melania Trump impression. I gotta get the face right.” Hadid poked fun at the soon-to-be first lady’s address at the Republican National Convention, where she was accused of lifting words from First Lady Michelle Obama’s Democratic convention speech in 2008. “I love my husband, President Barack Obama,” joked Hadid, speaking in a fake accent. “And our children, Sasha and Malia.” The audience chuckled as Pharoah exclaimed, “That’s … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Gigi Hadid debuts Melania Trump impression at the AMAs, internet reacts
‘Beauty and the Beast’ roars with monstrous $170M debut
NEW YORK — Disney's live-action "Beauty" was a beast at the box office, opening with an estimated $170 million in North American ticket sales and setting a new high mark for family movies. "Beauty and the Beast" blew past the previous record-holder for G- or PG-rated releases, according to studio estimates Sunday. Last year, Disney's "Finding Dory" debuted with a then-PG-best $135 million. "Beauty and the Beast" felled many other records, too. It's the year's top opening so far and a new best for March releases, and it ranks seventh all-time, not accounting for inflation. The film, made for about $160 million, is the latest effort by Disney to re-create one of its animated classics with live action and digital effects. The makeover of the 1991 Oscar-winning film follows previous live-action remakes such as "Alice in Wonderland," ''Cinderella," ''Maleficent" and last year's "The Jungle Book." Many more are on the way, too, including those for "Dumbo," ''Mulan," ''Aladdin" and "The … [Read more...] about ‘Beauty and the Beast’ roars with monstrous $170M debut
List of Oscar nominees: Casey Affleck earns nod for ‘Manchester by the Sea’
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page January 24, 2017 And the Oscar nominees are . . . List of nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, according to the Associated Press. Best picture: ‘‘Arrival,’’ “Fences,’’ “Hacksaw Ridge,’’ “Hell or High Water,’’ “Hidden Figures,’’ “La La Land,’’ “Lion,’’ “Manchester by the Sea,’’ “Moonlight.’’ Advertisement Actor: Casey Affleck, ‘‘Manchester by the Sea”; Denzel Washington, ‘‘Fences”; Ryan Gosling, ‘‘La La Land’’; Viggo Mortensen, ‘‘Captain Fantastic”; Andrew Garfield, ‘‘Hacksaw Ridge.’’ Get The Weekender in your inbox: The … [Read more...] about List of Oscar nominees: Casey Affleck earns nod for ‘Manchester by the Sea’
Regional book review: “Imagining a Great Republic”
“Imagining a Great Republic” by Thomas E. Cronin Fiction gives heart and soul to the bones of history. Novelists, not historians, are the writers charged with evoking the human element. In “Imagining a Great Republic,” Thomas E. Cronin — a Colorado College professor and expert on American politics — tells of the great novels, from Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to “Beloved,” that raised American readers’ consciousness or called us to action. Political novelists are a moral compass. “The American political novel may be primarily written to entertain us,” Cronin writes. Still, “good writers want to be renouncers of lies, restorers of truths, and undaunted advocates of what communities, and the nation, ideally might become.” Most political novelists are optimistic. Their storytelling is a “means of pointing the way to a more desired future,” the author says. They are realists, … [Read more...] about Regional book review: “Imagining a Great Republic”
Book review: There’s a fungus among us in ‘Genius Plague’
THE GENIUS PLAGUE Author: David Walton Data: Prometheus Books, 384 pages, $18 paperback By Lee Scott For the Times-Union The threat to life as we know it may be growing in your front yard. It also may be the next step in human evolution. It influences behavior by eliminating selfish behavior while increasing intelligence and seems to cure Alzheimer’s. Sounds grand, but it comes with a price: Loss of free will. In “The Genius Plague” spores from an ancient, previously unknown species of fungus have found their way from deepest, darkest Amazon rainforest to suburban America. NSA code breaker Neil Johns become deeply involved when his brother Paul, an American mycologist, after being lost in the Amazon, comes home suffering from a severe fungal infection. “In the jungle, Paul finds an unfamiliar species of bioluminescent fungus:… (He) stopped to examine the glowing spots, but he learned nothing new. The fungus all appeared to be the same species, one … [Read more...] about Book review: There’s a fungus among us in ‘Genius Plague’