Culture to cheer you up during the second lockdown: part two

Following yesterday’s roundup of music, games, books, TV, dance and visual art, our critics continue their picks of culture to lift the spirits during tough timesCulture to cheer you up: part oneBringing Up Baby (1938) Here is the classic screwball com…

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John Sessions obituary

Comedian and actor known for Whose Line Is It Anyway, Stella Street and Spitting ImageThe comedian, mimic and actor John Sessions, who has died of a heart attack aged 67, had trouble being John Sessions. “The hardest part you’ll ever play, honey, is yo…

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Rage, white supremacy and roses: the art that sums up the Trump era

CocoRosie’s call to arms, a mauling from Michelle Wolf, Arthur Jafa’s white supremacy montage and Melania Trump’s gardening … Guardian writers pick the moments that encapsulate Trump’s reign Since he’s a former real-estate tycoon, it seems fitting that…

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Tiffany Haddish joins Nicolas Cage meta-comedy ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’

It’s been announced that Tiffany Haddish is joining Nicolas Cage in a bizarre and meta action comedy titled The Unbearable… MORE
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Check out the trailer for “The Opening Act” starring Jimmy O. Yang and Cedric the Entertainer

Anyone with knowledge to the inside baseball world of stand-up knows all about the struggle as you work your way… MORE
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HBO debuts the trailer for pandemic satire “Coastal Elites”

Yes, with television networks on the constant hunt for new programming (as well as an inevitable gap), we will be… MORE
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This week’s best culture, from Beckett to Scottish Ballet

The Observer’s critics recommend the best new arts in galleries, on air and onlineBeckett double billTrevor Nunn’s sell-out productions of Krapp’s Last Tape, starring James Hayes, and The Old Tune, with Niall Buggy and David Threlfall, opened in Januar…

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Fringe of Colour Films: ‘the diversity checklist is discarded first in a crisis’

Created to provide paid work and connect people of colour with audiences during Covid, a new online arts festival aims to be around for the long-term‘You can’t just keep pulling up chairs,” says a character in Joshua Harmon’s play Admissions. “There is…

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‘Gloriously daft’: Steve Martin at 75 by Sarah Silverman, Lucy Porter, David Baddiel and more

He’s a master of slapstick, a surrealist clown, the don of comic film roles from Roxanne to The Jerk. As he turns 75, comics including Reginald D Hunter and Rose Matafeo pay tribute to the hilarious majesty of Steve Martin Continue reading…

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Kevin Smith releases trailer for comedy-horror film “Kilroy Was Here”

Over the weekend, Kevin Smith hosted his infamous Hall H panel virtually, an obvious first in the history of his… MORE
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