“When I was young, my life was surrounded by women who came in and out of the house, whether my actual aunties, or friends of my mother’s,” says Himid, who moved from Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) to London with her mother, a textile designer, when Himid was just a few months old. “They’re the … Read more
In the 1980s, Bing traveled to Korea, Japan, and China. Her four-month visit to Asia was an attempt to further understand her own identity after growing up in mostly white spaces. “I was totally naive about my own cultural heritage,” Bing wrote in an artist’s statement in 1990. “I was living in and reacting to … Read more
David Oyelowo lives for drama. He “loves the challenge” of taking on complex stories and characters. And right now, he says, the theater is one of the best places to do that. “Drama has almost become a swear word within the film industry,” the 48-year-old actor, director, and producer tells Vogue. With films today, he … Read more
“I’m just so grateful to have something new to play with at this point in my career,” Chenoweth says while applying bubblegum pink blush. “I mean, it’s not like it’s just me standing onstage with a chair and a carpet—this is a brand-freaking-new, big ol’ honkin’ American musical!” Ahead of the show’s Broadway bow in … Read more
Here, Mills, 67, talks to Vogue about returning to Broadway for the first time in 40 years, her show-day wellness routine, and why it may not be long before we see her on the New York stage again. The conversation has been edited and condensed. Vogue: I understand that you’re usually based in Charlotte. How … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 12, 2024 7:25 pm Updated August 12, 2024 7:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size CBC says 27 million TV viewers tuned in to the Paris Games over 17 days of coverage on CBC and its broadcast partners, including Sportsnet, TSN and … Read more
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One recent sweltering summer afternoon, photographer Ethan James Green and I escaped the heat by visiting the Ukrainian Museum in New York to see “Peter Hujar: Rialto.” In the dog days of a New York City summer, when the temperature feels like it’s rising at the kind of frenzied pace you only wish your bank … Read more
In Someone Spectacular, a new play by Domenica Feraud, something unnerving happens when six people convene for their weekly grief-counseling session: Beth, their therapist, just doesn’t show up. As 10 idle, nervy minutes turn into 20 and 30, the group—made up of Nelle (Alison Cimmet), who’s lost a sister; Jude (Delia Cunningham), who’s lost a … Read more
As a former dancer myself, Neeleman’s success on social media is unsurprising to me, merely following the script we all learned in the ballet studio. Her life is like one big ballet performance: She is a small, pretty, white, and likable star, descriptors that could just as easily apply to a famous trad wife as … Read more
Hungover with Leopolda Eating McDonald’s, 2022SIMON VERES © 2024 Faye Wei Wei, courtesy of Kandlhofer gallery. In her teens, Wei Wei’s teachers encouraged her to start using oil paint rather than the easier to work with acrylic. “We’d use Liquin, which is quite toxic, goopy stuff. My teacher called it marmalade,” she said of the … Read more
