Kristen Stewart Says She’s Haunted by Princess Diana After Playing Her

Kristen Stewart Says She’s Haunted by Princess Diana After Playing Her

Kristen Stewart has had trouble letting Princess Diana go.  Indeed, after portraying the tragic figure in the 2021 film Spencer—which earned her an Academy Award nomination—Kristen admitted the feeling she had during filming of being “haunted” by the late Princess has stuck with her. “I can’t drive around this city,” Kristen said of London in an interview…

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Painter Helene Schjerfbeck’s Life in Layers at the Met

Painter Helene Schjerfbeck’s Life in Layers at the Met

Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait,1912. Oil on canvas, 17 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Yehia Eweis To see an exhibition of an artist’s work without having seen any reproductions or read anything about them is rare. And to encounter the paintings—masterfully installed in a major…

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Oscar Murillo Reflects On Building a Body of Work That Resists Linear Time

Oscar Murillo Reflects On Building a Body of Work That Resists Linear Time

Oscar Murillo. Photo by Tim Bowditch, courtesy the artist. Copyright © Oscar Murillo Those art aficionados who aren’t in Doha this week are likely in Mexico City for ZONAMACO. Every year during Mexico City Art Week, kurimanzutto, the city’s most prestigious gallery, stages an ambitious exhibition at its sprawling space in San Miguel Chapultepec, and…

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Remembering Harry Haun, Who Chronicled Broadway with Wit and Wonder

Remembering Harry Haun, Who Chronicled Broadway with Wit and Wonder

Harry Haun spent more than five decades chronicling the theater world with wit, warmth and encyclopedic precision. Photo by Walter McBride/Getty Images When Broadway’s tireless chronicler Harry Haun joined Observer’s roster in 2012, he was already a legend in arts journalism. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to work with many phenomenal writers covering the…

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Enrique Lores Takes the Helm at PayPal With a Mandate to Move Fast

Enrique Lores Takes the Helm at PayPal With a Mandate to Move Fast

Enrique Lores inherits a tougher payments market and a skeptical Wall Street after replacing Alex Chriss as CEO. David Becker/Getty Images PayPal’s board chairman Enrique Lores surprised Wall Street yesterday (Feb. 3) by appointing himself as the payment giant’s new CEO, replacing Alex Chriss. Lores, who was CEO of HP right up until the announcement,…

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Proof You’ve Been Pronouncing Lionel Richie’s Name Wrong

Proof You’ve Been Pronouncing Lionel Richie’s Name Wrong

Lionel Richie’s name has a detail Keke Palmer wasn’t looking for.    But now, it’ll be difficult for her to overlook it. The Nope alum recently shared how she learned fans have been mispronouncing the “Hello” singer’s first name wrong for years.  “Lionel Richie and [I] were kicking back with our feet up sipping so much…

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