Tag: Time

Britney Spears ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Musical Closing

[ad_1] In an egregious violation of Britney Spears’s 2011 royal decree that her subjects keep on dancing ’til the world ends, Once Upon a One More Time will close on Broadway this September. The all-Brit-no-skips jukebox musical only began previews in May and opened at the Marquis Theatre on June 22. The show stars Great… Continue reading Britney Spears ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Musical Closing

A Modern Fable About Time, Narrative, and Real Estate

[ad_1] Has there ever been a better time to write a novel that’s all about space? Always a literal unit of power (see: private property), it now seems to be our preferred figurative metric, too: the most annoying guest at your dinner party takes up too much of it, the most diplomatic participant at your… Continue reading A Modern Fable About Time, Narrative, and Real Estate

‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 3

[ad_1] Only one team gets to win the NBA championship each year. Yet there are inevitably several teams that expected to win the title and many more who fell short of whatever benchmark they might have reached to call their seasons a success. For those teams, the offseason is about recriminations and change — fired… Continue reading ‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 3

‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 2

[ad_1] We are currently living in the player empowerment era in the NBA, where stars have the leverage to influence personnel decisions, get coaches hired or fired, and even themselves traded to another team while they’re still under contract. The league and the owners it represents push back against reality at every opportunity — witness… Continue reading ‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 2

VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvel for the First Time

[ad_1] A supermajority of Marvel’s 52-member on-set production crew signed authorization cards indicating they wish to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Photo: Marvel Entertainment Call it the Hollywood-labor-organizing version of Avengers Assemble! On the heels of more than a year’s worth of damning disclosures around Marvel Studios’ systematic overworking and… Continue reading VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvel for the First Time

14 Of The Saddest Sitcom Episodes Of All Time

[ad_1] “Mona, Homer’s long-lost mother returns to him, but realises she must go back into hiding (she’s an activist, wanted by the government). The final scene of this episode is heartbreaking. Under the darkness of night, Homer watches his mother leave. He has no idea when, or if, he’ll ever see her again. There’s a… Continue reading 14 Of The Saddest Sitcom Episodes Of All Time

‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 1

[ad_1] Between Succession, The Righteous Gemstones, and now Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, HBO has turned Sunday nights into the place to go for the hyper-specific theme of flawed, greedy, often absent fathers and the legacy they’re looking to bequeath to the fucked-up children who resent them. The difference is how much each of the… Continue reading ‘Winning Time’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 1