The photograph showcases a classic Buick Riviera parked against a picturesque backdrop. The car, exuding vintage charm with its sleek body, gleaming paint, and distinctive rims, is from the mid-1960s, probably 1965. In the background, there’s a stately building with white pillars and large windows, framed by well-manicured lawns and towering trees. The scene evokes […]
At the ripe age of 80, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, better known in some circles as “Jiggy” (though heaven forbid you call him that to his face), indulged in some decidedly un-knightly behavior. Fresh off a performance at the Berlioz festival in France’s sultry southeast, Gardiner decided that soloist William Thomas‘s stage entrance wasn’t quite […]
Well tie me to a cactus and call me Prickly Pete, it seems this Nick McDonell fella has ruffled some feathers with his new book that’s part memoir and part critique of the hoity-toity upper crust. Now I ain’t one to judge a book by its cover or a bloke by his bank account, but […]
End times . . . White moisture from a hurricane in California and gray smoke from the NW wildfires. Plus, the Los Angeles area just had an earthquake.
In the quiet stillness of Marion County, a whisper began to resonate, a shifting narrative, a disturbance in what was known and familiar. On a Wednesday, when the weight of life and narratives hangs slightly lighter, Joel Ensey, the county attorney, revealed a moment of reflection: that perhaps the raid on the local newspaper, The […]
In the freshly uncorked trailer for Focus Features’ “The Holdovers,” we see the wine-rich reunion of director Alexander Payne and his muse of ‘Sideways’ fame, Paul Giamatti. But don’t raise your glass just yet. Whereas “Sideways” swirled with notes of bitter introspection and merlot-infused comedy, this upcoming affair seems, at first glance, to be a […]