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Donald Clarke on Sean Penn and the gay roles debate: We are still negotiating a huge shift in...
The Irish Times· 5 days agoIt is only fair to point out that Sean Penn did not exactly say that straight actors are no longer...
White whales and green grass: Why Wimbledon is the Grand Slam title every player craves
New York Times· 5 days agoIga Swiatek started flirting with a very strange idea last fall. After she’d won her fourth Grand...
Andrew Scott Is Always Captivating. Here’s How He Does It.
New York Times· 3 days agoThe star of “Ripley” and “All of Us Strangers” has become one of our most reliably excellent actors....
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
The Guardian· 4 days agoWhat is the Shakespeare canon if not the ideal treasure trove of IP? Truancy laws mandate that students develop at the very least a passing familiarity with Romeo and Juliet, the highest-brow ...
How viral ‘crowd work’ clips are remaking standup for the social media age
The Guardian· 3 days agoThe front row of a comedy club is a scary place to be. Such unscripted back-and-forths – or “crowd work” in comedy parlance – have always been a part of standup, often seen as a benchmark to ...