Richard Lloyd, whose intricate guitar work for the pioneering punk band Television was a fiery counterpart to the sinewy stylings of the band’s co-guitarist and singer Tom Verlaine, died today of the bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma at his home in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was 75. His death was reported by his family to The […]
The musician was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in March 2026.
Richard Lloyd, whose fluent and fiery guitar work was a vital element in the influential 1970s-era New York City band Television, died on Saturday at his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., according to the New York Times. The cause of death was bile duct cancer; he was 75. While commonly associated with the punk rock movement […]
Guitarist, who was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in March 2026, died Saturday from Cholangiocarcinoma, his family announced
With Tom Verlaine, he led the dual-guitar attack in a band that brought fiery yet sophisticated art rock to the New York City punk scene of the 1970s. He was 75.
The flurry of letters that Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off on Thursday may be just a glimpse of the scrutiny facing corporate CEOs and others when Democrats take the majority in January. Blumenthal, set to chair the Senate subcommittee on investigations, made public numerous letters he sent off to various figures, including corporate donors […]
Todrick Hall’s off-Broadway show is about a doomed interracial love affair during US slavery in the 1860s During the intermission of Midnight, an off-Broadway musical about a doomed interracial love affair during US slavery in the 1860s, a woman sitting behind me lauded the show and compared it to Hamilton. On the surface, she was correct. Midnight also has a diverse cast with stunning vocals and a story that reimagines a time within American history. The difference, however, is that Hamilton’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, used source material – a 2004 biography on Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow – to develop his original work, something the Midnight creator and star, Todrick Hall, eschewed entirely. Therein lies the issue. Midnight aims to focus on the intimate lives of enslaved people and deviates so far from the mark that it seemed the bull’s eye was somewhere outside the theatre. Midnight’s premise is that an enslaved man named Rail, played by Hall, who wrote and directed the musical, falls in love with Richard, a member of the wealthy planter class. They grow close after Richard “rents” Rail from Rail’s owner, Charlotte. Rail is in a relationship with Lily Rose, an enslaved woman, and Richard is engaged to Scarlet, a southern belle who needs to secure her family’s financial future through marriage. It’s a formulaic and recognizable story about star-crossed lovers – updated to explore a queer relationship during the time of enslavement. For years, Hall, a singer, choreographer and theatre actor, has repurposed classics like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast through a queer lens. He deftly remixes the originals with modern cultural references, such as Beyoncé’s music or the tensions within current-day gay communities. But in Midnight, Hall reworks the past and creates his own fantasy that neglects the social realities of its characters. Continue reading...
Helene Hahn Lloyd, the former Disney executive vice president and a founding executive of DreamWorks, has died. She was 78. According to her management team, Lloyd “died peacefully in her sleep” on Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Park City, Utah, where she moved after leaving DreamWorks in 2004 and lived with her husband of more than […]
In 2015, two film-makers first met 11-year-old refugee Israa, forced to abandon Aleppo for a new life in Europe, along with her parents and siblings. None of them imagined what would come next In 2015, an 11-year-old Syrian girl called Israa matter-of-factly explained how her family would survive if their dinghy sank crossing the sea from Turkey to Greece. Her father would grab her disabled sister; her mother would look after the baby. “And I,” said Israa, a huge smile lighting her face, “I know how to rescue myself.” Wife-and-husband documentary-makers Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes met Israa while filming a BBC series, Exodus , about refugees trying to reach Europe. Their plan was to follow Israa and her family on their hazardous journey to Germany. But after Israa reached safety, the pair kept filming. Ten years in the making, their documentary, One in a Million, is extraordinary - with echoes of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and the Up! series . We watch Israa grow up in front of our eyes, from a sunny-natured 11-year-old to a woman, married with a baby of her own. Continue reading...
Thriller series “Trinity” has been set for December release at Netflix. A new trailer gives a first look at Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Lift,” “Surface”) and Richard Madden (“Eternals,” “Citadel”) entrenched in political intrigue. Commander Katherine Decker (Mbatha-Raw) develops an unlikely bond with Secretary of Defense Webb Preston (Madden) and is drawn into dangerous machinations surrounding a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Italy-set horror movie Cinghiale, starring Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) and Quelin Sepulveda (Havoc), has begun shooting in the medieval town of Barga in the Province of Lucca in Tuscany. Robertson and Sepulveda play two friends who travel to a remote Italian village to settle a family estate, where their trip spirals […]
EXCLUSIVE: Italy-set horror movie Cinghiale, starring Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) and Quelin Sepulveda (Havoc), has begun shooting in the medieval town of Barga in the Province of Lucca in Tuscany. Robertson and Sepulveda play two friends who travel to a remote Italian village to settle a family estate, where their trip spirals […]
Netflix has slotted Tuesday, December 1 for the premiere of Trinity, its upcoming eight-episode drama series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Richard Madden. The streamer also released several first-look images (see below) and the first trailer, which you can see above. Writter by Jed Mercurio, Trinity revolves around a heroic female naval officer (Mbatha-Raw) becomes involved […]
Bookmakers’ odds have shortened to 8/13 for the British actor, seen sipping martinis with his wife Dua Lipa at the weekend Ten days after final screentests for the most coveted role in British cinema, one actor has emerged as a strong favourite to don the 007 tux for Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming film. The bookmaker William Hill has cut the odds of Callum Turner being named as the next James Bond from 3/1 to 8/13, with previous favourite Jack Lowden now at 2/1. Josh O’Connor, who also auditioned recently, is now at 9/2, with Richard Madden, Robert Pattinson and Joe Alwyn at 16/1. Continue reading...
Playwright Richard Nelson’s acclaimed Rhinebeck Panorama series returns for another timely look at the fictional Apple family living in a divided America Richard Nelson learned a great lesson, cliched as it is, late in his writing career: the thing you toss off without overthinking can end up being some of your life’s greatest work. In the program notes for We’ll See, the latest in what has become a 12-play series, he admits he used to view the plays as “disposable, because of their being tied to a given time and place”. Every November from 2010–2013, Nelson checked in on the fictional Apple family in upstate New York during elections and important national anniversaries, with each play set on the day of its premiere and mostly starring the same cast. (We’ll See, which opens this week at the Public Theater, sees them awaiting the results of the midterm elections.) Continue reading...
Slash, Marcus King, Robert Randolph, and "Mr. Nashville Sound" Lloyd Green gathered in Nashville for a celebration of the Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar
The Richard Lewis Humor & Humanity Gala, dubbed "a night of comedy and neurosis," is set to take place at Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles on Nov. 15. Jeff Garlin will host and Nick Kroll will present.
The Welsh film star sent his then-wife and actress Elizabeth Taylor's unwanted clothes to his sister.
Christopher Lloyd reveals in his memoir how cocaine and alcohol became "entrenched" in his life, leading to a dramatic rehab escape in Arizona.
The former Top Gear star bought a 19th Century Georgian mansion near Abergavenny in November 2025.
