First Lady Secures Long-Term Funding for Turnaround Arts Program
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) One of Michelle Obama’s key arts programs, Turnaround Arts, will continue after she leaves the WhiteHouse. The program started five years ago to bring high-quality music, theater, dance, and visual arts instruction to underperforming schools. The program will be housed at the Kennedy Center. The program now functions in 49 schools […]
Lady Gaga cast as Cilla Black in new film about her feud with Dionne Warwick
LADY Gaga has been cast as Cilla Black in a new film based on the life of soul singer Dionne Warwick and her long-term feud with the British star. Daily Express :: Films Feed
A blue plaque for a blue lady: Risqué film star Mary Millington honoured
AS Blue Plaques go this must be one of the more unconventional. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Film reviews: The Lady In The Van, Steve Jobs, The Fear Of 13 and A Christmas Star
ALREADY missing your weekly dose of Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey? Then help is at hand with the release of The Lady In The Van in which Smith recreates her admired stage performance as the cantankerous homeless woman who came to rely on the kindness of playwright Alan Bennett. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Film reviews: The Lady In The Van, Steve Jobs, Fathers And Daughters
NATIONAL Treasures alert! Daily Express :: Films Feed
Opera: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk English National Opera
CHOOSING a 20th century Russian composer to kick off its 2015-16 season may seem strange for an opera house that is trying to balance its books and attract a wider audience. Daily Express :: Music Feed