Few love words as passionately as Broadway’s master composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, but there’s one word that makes him cringe: “Hummable,” a quality some (erroneously) find lacking in his challenging, rewarding scores. “Drives me up the wall,” he growls. Which is why it’s such an ironic delight when Sondheim performs as part of a new staging […]
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The Biz: Inside the New HBO Documentary Six By Sondheim
How fortunate for Stephen Sondheim fans that the Broadway musical maestro came of age in the television era. The new HBO documentary Six By Sondheim, premiering Monday at 9/8c, digs deep into TV talk and news program archives to provide a fast moving yet intimate portrait of America’s greatest living composer and lyricist. The film […]
David Simon: America Is a "Horror Show"
The Wire creator David Simon slammed America’s poverty gap and called the country a “horror show” in an impromptu speech delivered at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Australia, this weekend. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The Wire David Simon Powered by WPeMatico
Keck's Exclusives: How I Met Your Mother's Burning Questions
On Jan. 27, CBS’s How I Met Your Mother airs its 200th episode, titled “How Your Mother Met Me,” which promises to fill in several details involving the titular parent. “Various claims we’ve made about the mother over the years — like her making breakfast and singing show tunes — will be paid off,” promises […]
Top 100 Languages by Population
Top 100 Languages by Population Rank Language Name Primary Country Population 1 CHINESE, MANDARIN China 885,000,000 2 SPANISH Spain 332,000,000 3 ENGLISH United Kingdom 322,000,000 4 BENGALI Bangladesh 189,000,000 5 HINDI India 182,000,000 6 PORTUGUESE Portugal 170,000,000 7 RUSSIAN Russia 170,000,000 8 JAPANESE Japan 125,000,000 9 GERMAN, STANDARD Germany 98,000,000 10 CHINESE, WU China 77,175,000 […]
Box Office: Frozen Tops Catching Fire; Out of the Furnace Flops
Disney’s latest effort, Frozen, overtook Catching Fire this weekend for the first time in the three weeks they’ve both been in theaters. The animated feature earned $31.6 million in comparison with the Hunger Games sequel’s $27 million, Box Office Mojo reports. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Christian Bale Jason Statham Dallas Buyers Club Thor: The Dark World […]