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Chicago Tribune
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Dunn Museum exhibit to showcase ‘Norman Rockwell' of comic books
In the basement of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, exhibitions and collections manager Steve Furnett lifted a large sheet of paper, revealing a painting of a man in a billowing red cape with his arms crossed, preparing some kind of enchantment or spell as he stares with a piercing blue eye at the viewer. Furnett pointed at the highlights on the man's cape, in awe at the skill of the painter who managed to convey its silken texture with just brushstrokes. This is no Rembrandt or Vermeer, however, and the subject is no long-dead royal. It's a painting of Marvel superhero Dr. Strange by renowned comic artist Alex Ross, whose works will be exhibited at the Dunn Museum starting in late June. Ross is well known in the comic book world for his highly detailed, realistic paintings of superheroes. His work was previously on display at the Dunn Museum in 2019. The new exhibit, 'Alex Ross: Heroes & Villains,' will feature 100 portraits of superheroes and villains in a new 3,000-square-foot gallery. Three new portraits will also be unveiled during the opening. For Furnett, a lifelong comic book fan, getting to work with the 'Norman Rockwell of the comic book world' and see the original paintings has been a thrilling experience. He marveled at the level of detail in the artworks, and how Ross portrays different fabrics, materials and textures with his brush. 'He took this flat, 2D flat-outline comic style and used a classic American illustration style,' Furnett said. 'It really brings the characters to life. It's what sets him apart from everybody else.' Although Ross isn't from Lake County, he lives in the Chicago area. In a press release, he said he is 'thrilled' to have his works return to the museum. 'To see so many of my original paintings on display all in one place is very special. It gives me a new perspective on the breadth of my work and I hope visitors enjoy the experience,' Ross said. The exhibition will open on June 29 and remain open until February of next year. A ticketed kickoff event is planned for the evening of June 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. — 'A Night with Alex Ross, which will include a private preview of the exhibition. While such an exhibit might seem unusual for the Dunn Museum, which usually focuses on the natural world, Alyssa Firkus, director of education, said it is an important part of bringing in the community to show what they do. 'This is a gateway. This is an entranceway. This is going to get people through the door that maybe an oak tree might not,' Firkus said. 'They can learn a little bit more about who we are and what we do.' Access to this special exhibition requires an additional admission fee, with tickets available at the door.
Daily Mirror
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
JoJo Siwa drops hint over future with Chris Hughes as she marks career milestone
JoJo Siwa grew close to Chris Hughes whilst both housemates on Celebrity Big Brother last month and their relationship has continued to attract attention since the final Former housemate JoJo Siwa has teased over her relationship with Chris Hughes following their time on Celebrity Big Brother together. She's expressed hope about the future whilst addressing fan reaction to a post this weekend. JoJo, 21, and Chris, 32, met on the ITV show last month. The pair spent three weeks together in the Big Brother house and grew close whilst housemates on the reality TV show before both evicted in the final just over a week ago. Since then, JoJo - who split from her partner Kath Ebbs at a wrap party for the show - has faced questions over her relationship with Chris. She said on This Morning this week that it is "platonic" between them and in the same interview Chris suggested that they have a "soulmate friendship". More recently, JoJo paid tribute to Chris this weekend at an event organised by Stanford University 's Speakers Bureau. Whilst at A Night with Jojo Siwa yesterday, the singer teased that he has become as a "vital part" of her life. Following the event at the university in the US, JoJo posted about the experience on TikTok this morning. She then responded to several reactions from fans who mentioned Chris in the comments section of her post on the platform. Teasing over the future, JoJo appeared to express hope that they get to work together on a spin-off TV show moving forward. JoJo first posted footage of herself dancing along to Natasha Bedingfield 's Unwritten earlier today. Over the video, she wrote in a message to fans on it: "Vibes because I just got home from giving a speech at STANFORD??????" She wrote in the caption: "Wowwwww thank you for having me Stanford! I don't know whose idea it was, but sure did make my night (and life) extra special!!… we had a great chat and talked about just about everything… I'm sure there's gonna be loads of videos posted from there. Let me know if you see them!!:)" One fan reacted in the comments: "You're glowing Joelle, so happy!!! Loved the speech you gave about Chris. We're all rooting for you both." It prompted a response from JoJo, who wrote beside an emoji depicting hearts: "Thank you." Someone else said: "The UK is rooting for you and Mr Hughes JoJo." JoJo responded to them with three heart emojis. JoJo also hinted that a TV spin-off could happen in the future. It came in response to a fan who commented on the post this weekend: "JOJO AND CHRIS SPIN OFF." JoJo replied with an emoji depicting two hands together, which can be used to represent praying. The post comes after JoJo attended the Stanford University event yesterday. The former Dance Moms star spoke about various topics, including her career and having opened up about her gender identity in the Big Brother house, which she has continued to discuss since leaving the show. Footage shared on social media has also shown JoJo paying tribute to Love Island finalist Chris at the occasion. Asked how she sees their relationship progressing, JoJo said whilst at the event: "We have the absolute most fun together. He is an absolute gem that has come into my life." She added: "Genuinely, one thing that I love so much about him, is he has zero ego. He's a really incredible sweet man." JoJo went on to share: "I told him this on the last night, maybe it wasn't the last night but [sometime]. I said 'you're a vital part of my life and I didn't realise I was missing, but I'm happy that I don't have to anymore'." Further speaking about Chris, she told the audence: "He's an awesome guy and I think he'll be around for a very long time [...] He's a keeper. We'll keep him around. We'll see."
Scroll.in
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scroll.in
May fiction: Six new novels and short story collections to cool down with in summer
All information sourced from publishers. Songs Our Bodies Sing, Lindsay Pereira A heartbroken father in London turns to the Beatles to make sense of what he has lost. An antique dealer in Bombay rejects jingoism in favour of racism. Two immigrants in Toronto look for ways of belonging with a local rock band. And, in Paris, a tourist rejects long-held ideas about trust. The East and West have clashed in innumerable ways since each first acknowledged the existence of the other. The stories of Songs Our Bodies Sing are set at these points of intersection. What they reveal are commonalities rather than differences, with protagonists on opposite sides of an imaginary divide, trapped in boxes of their own making. My Name is Jasmine, Shashi Warrier A woman wakes up confused in Malkangiri District Hospital in Odisha. When a nurse wants to know her name, she blacks out in terror at the realisation that she has no idea who she is. The next time she wakes up, the terror returns, but she wills herself to look at her world more rationally. She discovers she's suffered a head injury and lost some of her memories in the aftermath. When the police come, she finds out that she knows more about guns and violence than any common citizen should. Floating voices in her head tell her: trust no one, keep to yourself, you've been through worse and survived. When a psychiatrist is brought in to find out whether she's faking her amnesia, she's inclined to trust him. Her fingerprints lead the police to believe that she is part of a group that's planning a major operation soon. While the investigating agency fears that her former colleagues might try to have her killed before she can testify. Deciding that she needs legal help, the psychiatrist calls in a former Supreme Court advocate. Given the concern and support from the psychiatrist and the lawyer, Jasmine is torn: should she give up her group that supported her when she had nowhere else to go? Or these two people, who believe in her when no one else would? Age of Mondays, Lopa Ghosh Ten-year-old Narois wakes up to find that her mother is preparing to go to a mysterious place – a place neither too far nor too close. It is a motherless Monday. The first of many. As Narois's father struggles to adapt, as her parents' marriage comes apart, as Narois herself tries to make sense of the goings-on – is her mother having an affair; is she planning to abandon the family forever? – she creeps away into the dark, magical-real Jahanpanah forest to escape. Here, she encounters the Jugnus – legendary healers and weather-workers. Silver Samir, their handsome leader, Mian Pagla, who followed the river, Kochi who is bendy when sad, and Velu the gentle murderer mesmerise Narois with their tales; she will do what she can to belong to them. It is a world on the brink, where the mother Narois leans on may be unable to protect her and where betrayal can be love in disguise. One More Story About Climbing a Hill, Devabrata Das In 'A Night with Arpita', a beautiful young girl in a train compartment captures the imagination of the writer – but he is unable to fathom the reason for her melancholy until it is too late. In 'Ananta with His Seema', three apparently disconnected incidents take place on a railway platform. Descriptions of the incidents are interspersed with passages from a letter written by Ananta's friend, which lays bare his helplessness in the face of injustice and the loss of his youthful ideals. In the eponymous story, life imitates art with a disastrous twist. A young couple treks up a hillside to recreate for themselves the experience of two characters in a love story set in idyllic Shillong. But the beauty of the pine shrouded hills is marred by extremist violence and their climb to the top of the hill has an unforeseen, macabre end. Each of the eighteen stories in this collection provides an insight into life in an area of conflict, told with irony and ingenuity. The Dead Know Nothing, Kishore Ram Disgraced after failing the seminary exams, Thankachan has returned to his old life. On Fathima Island in the Ashtamudi archipelago, his days are clouded over by the fear of never making anything of himself, but soon, strange events begin to happen on the island. A dead body surfaces one day, then another. Soon, a murder case considered solved years ago is suddenly once again wide open. Is his evasive brother involved in something sinister? Is the fate of a fisherman's son really sealed at birth? Packed with intrigue, compelling characters draw the reader into their lives and the heart of the dark secrets that have long lain dormant. Once revealed, they threaten to shake the foundations of community life and wreck Thankachan's hopes for the future. Water Days, Sundar Sarukkai At the cusp of the millennium, in a fast-changing neighbourhood in Bangalore, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi form a buzzing background of muted conversations as speculation mounts about what really happened that night when a girl barely out of her teens died. Raghavendra, erstwhile security guard dreaming of setting up his own grocery store, finds himself unexpectedly in the middle of it all, tasked with the responsibility of finding out the truth by his wife Poornima. And every morning, for the thirteen days that it takes for the soul to find liberation and the story its resolution, the women gather at the water taps before sunrise, collecting water and stories …
