Oscar-nominated British actor Tom Wilkinson, internationally known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Batman Begins” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died. He was 75. The BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning film, television and stage star died Saturday at home in London of undisclosed causes, his publicist told The Times. His wife, fellow…
Bram Inscore, a songwriter and producer who had led Beck’s backing band and worked with BTS and Troye Sivan, has died. He was 41. In a statement released Friday, Inscore’s family said that he “ended his life after a hard fought battle with depression” in San Francisco on Dec. 19. “Selfless as a human and…
Tom Smothers, also called Tommy, who died Tuesday at 86, was a childhood hero of mine. He was the older and less mature sibling in the comedy act the Smothers Brothers, who began the 1960s as clean-cut, wholesome, humorous folk singers and ended the decade fired by CBS from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” their…
A woman has sued Jermaine Jackson, older brother of Michael Jackson and a member of the Jackson 5, alleging that the singer sexually assaulted her. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, Rita Barrett claims that she knew Jackson through her husband’s friendship with Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. She alleges…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the woman whose twisted upbringing and mother‘s death inspired Hulu’s award-winning series “The Act” and HBO’s “Mommy Dead and Dearest,” has been released from prison. The Times confirmed that Blanchard was released from Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center early Thursday and granted parole, seven years after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She…
The unrestricted world of Yellowstone National Park was not enough for actor Pierce Brosnan. The actor known for playing James Bond received a citation for “foot travel in a thermal area” at the Wyoming park, according to the court citation reviewed by The Times. According to the National Park Service’s Yellowstone safety website, visitors to…
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Ken Jennings was just as surprised as everyone else when his “Jeopardy!” co-host Mayim Bialik announced last week that she was leaving the game show. “It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I’m gonna miss her,” Jennings told the Hollywood Reporter. “I can’t speak to her decision-making process or…
New York — The first concert I saw after the pandemic lockdowns was a recital staged by the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles in May 2021. Two dozen masked teens performed a Bach concerto to a handful of music and design writers as a socially distanced acoustic test of YOLA’s new home: an old bank building in…
Suspicion has poisoned the middle school where Ms. Nowak (Leonie Benesch) has been teaching for a few months. Her admirable dedication to engaging with students and striving for fairness prove insufficient when a seemingly minor scandal upends her class. Bristling with tension, “The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany’s current Oscar contender for international feature, places the educator…
