Death in Venice screwed up my life the tragic story of Viscontis beautiful boy |

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1503 words  |  Aldo Pusey

MoviesInterview‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’Ryan GilbeyBjörn Andrésen was the striking child star of the classic film, the perfect embodiment of youthful beauty. Fifty years on, he is still haunted by the exploitation that continued long after filming Björn Andrésen was just 15 when he walked straight into the lion’s den, being cast as Tadzio, the sailor-suited object of desire in Luchino Visconti’s film Death in Venice. [Read More]

Everything is a fight: the island still reeling months after Ida battered Louisiana

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1377 words  |  Martina Birk

LouisianaGrand Isle took the first punch from the category 4 hurricane that became one of America’s most powerful storms and the worst in the island’s history David Sears spent six weeks sleeping outside on the splintered remains of his home on Grand Isle, Louisiana. The house was destroyed by Hurricane Ida at the end of August but Sears had nowhere else to go. So he returned to this barrier island, out in the gulf of Mexico, and lived on his front porch for over a month. [Read More]

How Paul Walker Helped Vin Diesel Get Cast in The Fast and the Furious

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  607 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Vin Diesel was officially cast in the Fast and Furious franchise after Paul Walker was already recruited. Fortunately for Diesel, both Walker and their Fast director saw something in him in Diesel’s first major film role. Paul Walker first saw Vin Diesel in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Diesel wasn’t yet a big star when Fast and Furious was first thought of. Steven Spielberg cast Diesel in the actor’s first major feature Saving Private Ryan. [Read More]

Michelangelo's snowman and other great lost works of art | Philip Hensher

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  838 words  |  Larita Shotwell

OpinionArt This article is more than 9 years oldMichelangelo's snowman and other great lost works of artThis article is more than 9 years oldPhilip HensherThe Gaugin and Bonnard paintings that surfaced this week can no longer be feverishly imaginedMichelangelo once made a snowman. It's recorded by the art historian Giorgio Vasari that "one winter, when a great deal of snow fell in Florence, [Piero de' Medici] had him make in his courtyard a statue of snow, which was very beautiful" [Read More]

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions may be possible

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  796 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda. The Vatican on Monday published a letter Francis wrote to the cardinals on July 11 after receiving a list of five questions, or "dubia," from them a day earlier. In it, Francis suggests that such blessings could be studied if they didn't confuse the blessing with sacramental marriage. [Read More]

Yellowstone Recap: No Tomorrow

 Posted on August 27, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1387 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Yellowstone Going Back to Cali Season 3 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Yellowstone Going Back to Cali Season 3 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Through the first three episodes of Yellowstone’s third season, the show has mostly been humming along in a pleasantly low key. [Read More]

Kody Brown - Exclusive Interviews, Pictures & More

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  30 words  |  Larita Shotwell

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NBA YoungBoy Says He's Rolling "O-Block Pack" On New Song "Bring The Hook"

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  253 words  |  Aldo Pusey

YoungBoy Never Broke Again is in his zone right now, coming through with yet another single release ahead of his new mixtape, Colors. The Baton Rouge-raised rapper has kicked off this year in memorable fashion, releasing a handful of new records and announcing the upcoming release of his new project. With Colors expected to arrive on January 14, the 22-year-old rapper re-upped by dropping his track, "Bring The Hook," which includes a few inflammatory lyrics aimed at Chicago's O-Block. [Read More]

Ofelia Guilmain

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  303 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Actress Actress Ofelia Guilmain, an adored actress of the stage, small and big screens in Mexico, died Jan. 14 of cardiovascular failure related to pneumonia. She was 83. The prolific actress compiled 41 television credits and 33 film credits throughout her six-decade long career. She will perhaps best be remembered for her work in live theater, where she defined many of the most important female roles ever to appear beneath a curtain, perhaps most notably the lead in Federico Garcia Lorca’s “La Casa de Bernarda Alba. [Read More]