arts-entertainment
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Review: Mangy Malaise
It doesn’t bode well for any film, let alone “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” a fantasy adventure that cost at least $200 million to produce, when its opening salvo—the scene that’s supposed to grab you, pull you in and prepare you for further delights—finds two grim-faced gents at a restaurant table staring at a …
‘Healing’ Review: More Help for Mental Health, Please
It may be surprising to learn that serious mental illness—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disease and severe depression—afflicts about one in 20 Americans. Some of us have encountered these conditions in the experience of family members. Others see it routinely on display on city streets. By now, as Thomas Insel notes in “Healing: Our Path From …
Robert Colescott’s ‘George Washington Carver’ Poised to Break Artist’s Price Record
Robert Colescott’s George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook Courtesy of Sotheby’s Text size Robert Colescott’s George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook will be offered at Sotheby’s contemporary art sales in New York this May. With an estimate of between US$9 million and US$12 …
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interview With Oprah Fetches at Least $7 Million From CBS
Talk isn’t cheap when it comes to Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle. CBS VIAC 3.28% is paying a license fee of between $7 million and $9 million for the rights to air Ms. Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, according to people familiar with the pact. …
Rich Warren | Luckily, we’re more connected than ever | Science-technology
Count your blessings: thousands of them. While we would prefer mobility during the central Illinois spring, remaining at home is far less onerous than it would have been just 30 years ago. If this pandemic had struck in 1990, we’d be choosing among fewer than a hundred cable channels, communicating via mostly landline phones and …
Rich Warren | Magnepan speakers looking at going small | Science-technology
Wendell Diller reminds me of why I began writing about audio 44 years ago. Diller, the marketing manager for Magnepan speakers, exudes the now rare passion, enthusiasm and expertise, once common in the speaker business. Diller, although eligible for social security, continues touring the country preaching the gospel of Magnepan. Magnepan, manufactured in Minnesota, makes …
