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Ronald O. Perelman, billionaire business titan and a self-described ‘frustrated musician,’ … [has] succeeded Sanford I. Weill, who has served as chairman for nearly a quarter-century. … Mr. Perelman, 72, said that he was not much of a classical music enthusiast and would push for the hall … Read entire story.
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For a jukebox musical set in 1965 New York City — that tackles feminism, civil rights activism and the Vietnam War — “A Sign of the Times” sure includes a lot of songs by the British singer Petula Clark. When the lead characters turn up at a party hosted by Randy Forthwall, an artsy type […]
The 2000 psychological horror film American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron and based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, stars Christian Bale as the titular psychopath: a New York investment banker by the name of Patrick Bateman, who moonlights as a serial killer. With a $7 million budget, the sendup of 1980s yuppie […]
Schmidt is not a typical candidate of the right. In an interview with the Rome daily La Repubblica last month, Schmidt described himself as a moderate, a distinction that would appeal to centrist voters, insisting that he “was and remained antifascist” and “anti-Nazi.” Brothers of Italy, the party Schmidt would run for, was born from […]