Television
Andy Samberg says he left ‘Saturday Night Live’ after seven years because it was taking a ‘heavy toll’ on him, and he couldn’t ‘endure it’ anymore.
July 12, 2024
Movies
This week: Movie musicals from ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,’ plus Dances With Films, ‘Heartburn,’ an Anna Faris double-bill and more.
June 21, 2024
Culture Monster Blog
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Oct. 8, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Klaus Mäkelä will succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891.
April 3, 2024
Klaus Makela, appointed music director of the Chicago Symphony at the age of 28, has been likened to Gustavo Dudamel. Why orchestras’ chasing of youth could have downsides.
April 12, 2024
Awards
The parody film about ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic sees him romance Madonna (played by Evan Rachel Wood) and go all action hero to rescue her.
June 19, 2023
Jorma Hynninen, the Finnish baritone who made his belated local debut Tuesday night at Ambassador Auditorium, isn’t like the other famous recitalists who have recently graced our stages.
Feb. 12, 1987
Nazis carrying female captives through Finland. A gold prospector who happens to be a super-killer. “Sisu” could have been so much more fun.
April 26, 2023
The video game adaptation comes in first place at the box office. The Judy Blume adaptation “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” debuted at $6.8 million.
April 30, 2023
Opinion
When the U.N.’s 2019 World Happiness Report came out last month, Finland ranked on top for the second year in a row.
April 7, 2019