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Remembering Ed Bullins, Leading Playwright of the Black Arts Movement
Friends and colleagues of Ed Bullins, a leading Black playwright of the 1960s, whose work helped shape a protest movement within the theater centered on the African American experience, remember the former Northeastern University professor as gentle, warm, and restlessly prolific. Bullins passed away on Nov. 13 from complications of dementia. He was 86. “I found him to be very warm,” says Richard O’Bryant, the head of Northeastern’s John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. “He came from the ’60s and was a product of the civil rights movement. Of course, they carried that struggle on their sleeve, and he very much enjoyed talking about it.” O’Bryant says Bullins was deeply…
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Entertainment News Roundup: Korean War blockbuster set to become China’s highest-grossing film; Jay-Z leads list of most-nominated artists in Grammys history and more
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Korean War blockbuster set to become China’s highest-grossing film The box office takings of the Chinese patriotic film “The Battle at Lake Changjin” hit 5.69 billion yuan ($891 million) on Wednesday, putting it in position to become China’s highest-ever grossing film, data from online movie ticket booking platform Maoyan showed. The box office takings by Wednesday had hit the same level as the revenue earned by the 2017 Chinese action film Wolf Warrior 2. But “The Battle at Lake Changjin” is still in cinemas and accounted for 7{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6} of all films being shown on Wednesday. Jay-Z leads…
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Nikon Z9 Dual-Stream technology, Through the Lens, 10 ways to improve wildlife photography & more
by Jeremy Gray posted Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 9:30 AM EST After a lengthy hiatus, we’re back with another edition of ‘In Other News.’ This time, we’ve got a quick look at the Dual-Stream Technology in the upcoming Nikon Z9 flagship camera, the first episode of the new season of Adorama’s ‘Through the Lens,’ many tips and tricks videos and much more. Let’s dive in. Nikon Z9 Dual-Stream technology showed off in new Nikon Asia video The Nikon Z9 is Nikon’s upcoming flagship pro-oriented mirrorless camera. The camera includes a lot of new, impressive features, such as a stacked 45.7-megapixel image sensor, incredibly fast shooting speeds, 8K…
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In a gift worth millions, late artist gives thousands of his paintings to charity
Simon Fergusson South Island artist Eion Stevens was remembered as an “inventive painter”, a great talker, and an intensely private man. Thousands of paintings by late Christchurch artist Eion Stevens that were initially feared lost after his death could be worth millions of dollars and have been left to charity. Stevens has left over 2000 of his paintings and prints in his will for the benefit of charity. Family and friends of the artist had feared the location of a storage lockup where he kept the artworks would never be found after he died in unusual circumstances. Tiana Miocevich/Stuff Eion Stevens with one of his works at the Diversion Gallery…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Joseph Baena announced he’s working on a new film in an Instagram post shared Monday. Baena, who has been working on his acting career, shared a photo of himself on the set of the upcoming film “Lava.” “Excited to be filming the movie ‘Lava’ with the @bitflixnfts team!” Baena captioned the photo before adding, “Comment what you think is happening in this scene.” Besides working on this project in Hawaii, Baena, Schwarzenegger’s son with Mildred Baena, also wrapped up filming on “Bully High” this year, according to his IMDb. Joseph Baena announced he is working on a new project in Hawaii. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images) Acting…
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This holiday season, get your friends and relatives who love music one of these outstanding record collections, books or clothes. Get the gift guide from the Associated Press below. Merchandise from Sweet Relief Musicians Fund This image released by Sweet Relief shows a T-shirt, one of many music-themed merch for sale by the nonprofit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to benefit career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems. (Sweet Relief via AP) The nonprofit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems. One way…
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