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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Issa Rae to headline and produce 'Good People, Bad Things'
Picture Credit: Facebook Hollywood actor Issa Rae , best known for "Insecure", is set to star in a comedy thriller, titled "Good People, Bad Things". According to the entertainment news outlet Deadline, the film is written and directed by Ninian Doff. It follows an overwhelmed woman (Rae) who gets lost in a seemingly infinite parking garage and soon discovers she is not alone. 'Good People, Bad Things' is produced by Rae alongside Montrel McKay for Hoorae. Laura Tunstall and Stephanie Wilcox are producing through Present Company Inc. The project is from MRC studio. The film also marks the third collaboration of Rae with the studio, after 'American Fiction' and 'The Lovebirds'. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Boston Globe
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
‘Kimberly Akimbo' has emotional sweep without losing humor
There's nary a false note, so to speak, in the performance by accomplished Broadway veteran Advertisement As the musical begins, it's 1999 in Bergen County, N.J., and Kimberly is turning 16. Birthdays are fraught occasions for her, to put it mildly. Kimberly suffers from progeria, a rare disorder that greatly speeds up the aging process. She has the thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl, but the features and body of an elderly woman. Kimberly sets out to make friends at her new high school — her erratic family having suddenly moved to a new town for a reason she does not yet know — but she's approaching the limits of her life expectancy. None of that sounds or is funny, obviously. But Lindsay-Abaire has a way of scrambling the usual comedic and dramatic equations, and he has surrounded the unsinkable Kimberly with an array of eccentric or off-the-rails characters who are so idiosyncratic and freshly imagined that we experience 'Kimberly Akimbo' (and his other work) with a sense of discovery. Advertisement Over the past couple of decades, Lindsay-Abaire has created a body of work that has proven his adeptness at entwining the powerful and the comic. 'Good People,' which starred Frances McDormand and a pre-'Hamilton' Renée Elise Goldsberry on Broadway in 2011, is one of the best plays ever written about class — that hard-to-cross dividing line we like to pretend doesn't exist in America. His Pulitzer-winning 'Rabbit Hole' (on Broadway in 2006, starring Cynthia Nixon and a pre-'Mad Men' John Slattery) immerses us in the depths of a mother's unappeasable grief as she is virtually swallowed by darkness. His ' His collaborator on 'Shrek' was Tesori, who also has a pretty wide range, having composed scores for such divergent musicals as 'Fun Home,' 'Violet,' 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and 'Caroline, Or Change.' 'Kimberly Akimbo' won five Tony Awards in 2023, including the biggest prize of all: best musical. Lindsay-Abaire won a Tony for best book of a musical, and he and Tesori won for best original score. With lyrics by Lindsay-Abaire and music by Tesori, the show's songs are properly scaled; any hints of grandiosity would sink this enterprise. The production at the Colonial sags and thins out a bit in Act Two — that perennial Achilles heel of musical theater — but not enough to diminish the show's overall impact. Advertisement Carmello's Kimberly wears an expression of perpetual anxiety and worry that is not entirely due to her medical situation. Her home is a madhouse, and she often has to act as the grown-up to keep the Levaco family from coming apart at the seams. Her father, Buddy (Jim Hogan), is a heavy-drinking and unreliable underachiever. Her mother, Pattie (Laura Woyasz, superb), is very pregnant, with both of her arms and hands in a cast due to carpal tunnel syndrome. Buddie and Pattie are not cruel, but they are clueless and insensitive. Then there's Pattie's sister, Debra (Emily Koch), a felonious scam artist, who shows up unexpectedly and is eager to enlist Kimberly and other local teens in her latest illegal scheme. Skye Alyssa Friedman, Pierce Wheeler, Darron Hayes, and Grace Capeless. Joan Marcus Meanwhile, at a local skating rink and later in the high school, Kimberly is starting to develop a crush on the sweetly nerdy Seth (Miguel Gil), and getting to know fellow students Martin (the charismatic Darron Hayes), Aaron (Pierce Wheeler), Teresa (Skye Alyssa Friedman), and Delia (Grace Capeless). All of them are endearing misfits. In many depictions of high school life, they would be targets of bullies, and they would be defined by their efforts to survive that social snake pit, but in 'Kimberly Akimbo' they get to define themselves. There's an unutterable poignancy to a scene when the teenagers, gathered in a circle, talk about their dreams for the future while Kimberly remains silent. She won't be part of that future, but by the time we reach the jubilant finale, it's a safe bet she'll live on in the memories of those who knew her. Advertisement KIMBERLY AKIMBO Book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Music by Jeanine Tesori. Directed by Jessica Stone. Presented by Broadway In Boston. At Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston. Through May 18. Tickets start at $40. Don Aucoin can be reached at
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Beloved SF ‘Pancake Guy' dies unexpectedly
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco man who became fondly known as the SF 'Pancake Guy' has died unexpectedly. According to a GoFundMe posted by his family, Curtis Kimball has passed away. Curtis and his brother Brian Kimball, the fundraiser states, 'took San Francisco by storm in 2009 through the guerilla street food movement they started.' Curtis became most prominent in 2022 when he would host free pancake parties outside his Bernal Heights home. Kennedy Center appearance for Bay Area performing arts group abruptly canceled When KRON4 spoke to Curtis three years ago, he told us that reconnecting with neighbors following the pandemic was important. According to the GoFundMe, he started giving out free pancakes after his wife 'told him he was getting weird and needed to make some friends.' 'What started as a lighthearted way to make friends turned into a movement that earned him a new title of the 'Pancake Guy,' landed him on the Drew Barrymore Show, and a well-deserved feature in Upworthy's recent book, Good People,' the fundraiser said. He also did a cross country tour, doing pop-ups to serve free pancakes. During a 2022 appearance on KRON4, Curtis left us with the advice to, 'Be the chocolate chip pancake you want to see in the world.' According to the GoFundMe page, his death was unexpected. Curtis leaves behind his wife, their two daughters, and a baby boy that's expected this summer. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
