Few things connect with an audience as much as seeing the lives of musical icons depicted on the big screen. Musical biopics draw from the love and memories we have of the artist from the past to act as the foundation to tell a bigger, more enthralling…
Lehigh Valley Then is a new periodic series that recalls historical headlines from lehighvalleylive.com affiliate The Express-Times and its predecessors from 10, 25, 50, 100 and 150 years ago. These stories were pulled from microfilm at the Easton Area…
In what Tribeca Festival heads are calling the first move of its kind by a major festival, the event will premiere official selection podcasts this summer.
The inaugural programme will include world premieres and discussions with creators and takes…
The weather this weekend has been well documented now, it’s not going to be a total washout, but you may need to pick your moments if you’re headed outside. Today (Saturday) and Sunday will see sunshine and a decent scattering of showers, then into Mo…
An initial deadline for grading countries under a new traffic light system for international travel has been missed.
A report last week by the Commons’ Transport Select Committee said the lists of destinations should be published by Saturday 1 May “at …
House prices rose at their biggest monthly rate since 2004 in April after Rishi Sunak extended a holiday on stamp duty, according to new figures from lender Nationwide.
Prices climbed by 2.1% compared to March, while they were up by 7.1% compared to th…
House prices rose at their fastest annual pace in more than six years in February, the month before the chancellor extended the stamp duty holiday for buyers in England and Northern Ireland.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported growth of 8…
Many UK holidaymakers planning to head overseas are unsure over the protection given by the new Global Health Insurance Card – as scammers capitalise on uncertainty over foreign travel.
As restrictions on travel begin to ease, passengers travelling are…
Andra Day:
I saw “Lady Sings the Blues” like 50 gajillion times, because it’s one of my favorite movies.
It wasn’t against the two of them. It was actually a blending. It was Billie Holiday at the center. And then it was, what was amazing about Diana’s…
“I actually said no,” she tells me about her initial reaction to being cast as the iconic jazz singer in The United States of America vs Billie Holiday. As she recalls, director Lee Daniels (Precious) was quite certain about her as well. “Lee was like…