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New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh, 19, debuts new name
Shiloh Jolie had debuted her new name during a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, Calif., earlier this week. The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended the launch of designer Isabel Marant's capsule collection with Net-A-Porter Thursday, where she unveiled her new moniker after famously dropping the 'Pitt' last name in 2024. Shiloh, who served as the choreographer of one of the dance numbers during the glitzy invite-only event, was listed as 'Shi Joli' on the credits. Advertisement 5 Shiloh Jolie had debuted her new name during a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, Calif., earlier this week. Snorlax / MEGA Her new name shortens her legal name and serves as a clear nod to her famous mom. The 19-year-old staged a recital that featured dancers Tako Suzuki and Keoni Rose and was accompanied by singer Luella's performance of 'Naïve.' Advertisement The intimate dinner was held at Schindler's Oliver House in Silver Lake, near LA, and was attended by celebrities including Alison Brie, January Jones and Rachel Bilson. The Post has reached out to Pitt's reps for comment. The teen made headlines last year after legally requesting to drop her father's last name on her 18th birthday in May 2024. 5 The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie unveiled her new moniker after famously dropping the 'Pitt' last name last year. WireImage Advertisement The request was granted by a judge in August 2024, prompting Shiloh to be legally known as Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. It's believed that she did not seek any help from the 'Maleficent' actress throughout the process. 'Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie doesn't know and can't speak for it,' a source told Entertainment Tonight at the time. In July, Shiloh's attorney Peter Levine told Page Six in part that she made 'an independent and significant decision following painful events' in dropping 'Pitt' from her last name. Advertisement 5 Shiloh was listed as 'Shi Joli' on the credits as the choreographer at last week's event. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Shiloh isn't the only child in her family that has decided to sever ties with the 'Fight Club' actor through a legal name change. In the lead-up to Pitt and Jolie finalizing their divorce in December 2024 following a messy 8-year battle, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, 20, also decided to switch-up her moniker. At Spelman College's Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority induction ceremony in 2023, she proudly announced her name — 'Zahara Marley Jolie' — as captured in a video that later spread across social media. Eagle-eyed fans also noticed Shiloh's sister Vivienne dropped her dad's surname in 'The Outsiders' Playbill in May 2024. 5 Brad Pitt with Pax, Shiloh and Maddox at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Unbroken' in 2014. WireImage The dancer — who helped mom Jolie produce the Broadway play — was reportedly listed as 'Vivienne Jolie' in the magazine for theatergoers. What's more, a source claimed to Us Weekly in 2021 that Pitt and Jolie's eldest child, Maddox, 'doesn't use Pitt as his last name on documents that aren't legal and instead uses Jolie.' Advertisement The 'Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood' actor, 61, and Jolie, 49, welcomed Shiloh in May 2006, and her twin siblings Knox and Vivienne in July 2008. Pitt officially adopted Jolie's adopted children Maddox, 23, and Zahara in 2005, and Pax, 21, in 2006. 5 Pitt and Jolie finalized their divorce in December 2024 following a messy 8-year battle. Getty Images for AFI The 'World War Z' actor was said to have been 'aware and upset' that Shiloh had legally dropped his last name. Advertisement 'He's never felt more joy than when she was born,' a source told People in 2024. 'He always wanted a daughter.' 'The reminders that he's lost his children is, of course, not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It's very sad.' Last month, Pitt broke his silence on finalizing his divorce from Jolie. Advertisement 'No, I don't think it was that major of a thing,' the 'F1' star told GQ. 'Just something coming to fruition. Legally.' Pitt also acknowledged that his 'personal life is always in the news.' 'It's been in the news for 30 years, bro. Or some version of my personal life, let's put it that way,' he said. Advertisement 'It's been an annoyance I've had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do,' Pitt continued of his celebrity status. 'So, it's always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that, I don't know. I don't know. 'Mostly I feel pretty … My life is fairly contained,' he shared. 'It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am, that, you know, it's like this fly buzzing around a little bit.'
Associated Press
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Award-Winning Author Sets Two-Part Multi-State Book Tour
'50 States' Author Richard R. Becker will visit 10 states in 14 days. LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES, May 2, 2025 / / -- Award-winning author Richard R. Becker will sign copies of his books, ' Third Wheel ' and '50 States,' during a two-part national book tour and road trip encompassing 10 states in 14 days. The first part of the tour will begin at the end of May and include Illinois, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah. The second part is in the planning stages and will include Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, or Iowa between August 25 and 31. 'Third Wheel' is a gritty, heart-wrenching coming-of-age thriller of betrayal, redemption, and the search for hope in the morally gray desert suburbs of 1980s Las Vegas. The novel has received seven literary awards, including best literary thriller of the year in 2024. It is sometimes described as landing somewhere between 'The Outsiders' and 'The Catcher in the Rye.' '50 States' is a collection of short stories that capture the human condition and how perception shapes reality. Together, they provide a character-driven sampling of the American experience over the last 60 years — the kind and the cruel, the heroic and the criminal. The collection has received four literary awards, including best short story collection. Author Richard R. Becker - 2025 Book Tour Schedule, Part 1 May 24 - The Atlas Collective in Moline, Illinois May 25 - Lion's Tooth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 27 - Paperbacks and Pieces in Winona, Minnesota May 28 - Barnes & Noble in Sioux Falls, South Dakota May 29 - Books-A-Million in Rapid City, South Dakota May 30 - Bookin' It in Casper, Wyoming May 31 - Barnes & Noble Sandy in Salt Lake City, Utah Becker's book tours generally coincide with cross-country trips to pick up and drop his daughter off at college. She studies art and psychology at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., and plays softball for the school. 'This year's book tour is similar to last year, except broken into two parts, one in May and another in August,' said Becker. 'It's a great opportunity for me to meet indie bookstore owners, bookstore managers, and readers in places I may never have had a chance to visit.' In March, Becker visited Barnes & Noble in Reno, Nev. as a warmup for the tour. He sold more than 30 books at the event. Along with Barnes & Noble - Reno, Thistle & Nightshade, an independent bookstore, also carries signed copies of his books in Reno. 'I'm thrilled that the first part of the tour is set, allowing me to make inquiries for the second part of the tour in August,' said Becker. 'While the first signing will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona, the second route was planned to include Kansas stops like Dodge City or Lawrence, as many readers have told me they want to meet more authors.' During book tours, Becker chronicles his trips in real-time across several social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. During the tour, Becker said he will reveal some details about his upcoming second novel, a literary thriller, which is anticipated to be released later this year. When Becker is not writing fiction, he works as president of Copywrite, Ink., a 35-year-old strategic communication and writing services firm. He has many other interests, including travel, acting, and spending time with family. He is married and has two adult children. To follow Richard R. Becker and keep up with his events, announcements, and behind-the-scenes tour moments, visit for social network listings. Find bookstores that carry signed copies of his books at Copywrite, Ink. - Books. Richard R Becker Copywrite, Ink. +1 702-370-8111 email us here Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘John Proctor Is The Villain' Broadway Review: Sadie Sink Works Magic In Riveting New Play
The Salem Witch trials have, many times over, proven themselves near unbreakable as allegory, starting at least with Arthur Miller's 1953 The Crucible, in which the goings on in Massachusetts Bay around 1692 made for a master class take-down of McCarthyism. The next decade would see the trials as a stand-in for Civil Rights in no less than several episodes of the sitcom Bewitched, and as backdrop to gothic romance on Dark Shadows, of all things. In our very own century, a president of the United States has mangled the meaning of witch hunt beyond anything but self-pitying victimhood. And now, with Broadway newcomer Kimberly Belflower's magnificent play John Proctor Is The Villain as directed by The Outsiders' Danya Taymor, the witch trials are turned inside out to serve as commentary on Miller's masterpiece itself. Set in 2018 in the high school of a 'one-stoplight town' in northeast Georgia, John Proctor Is The Villain has found what might be the best, smartest artistic use for the many lives of Salem: The #MeToo Movement of seven years ago, when cultural reappraisals were all but demanded of even the mustiest classroom lessons. It turns out, John Proctor really is the villain of The Crucible. He's been hiding in plain sight all along. More from Deadline Leslie Odom, Jr. Returning To Broadway's 'Hamilton' This Fall Keanu Reeves-Alex Winter 'Waiting For Godot' Sets Broadway Venue, Opening Night Broadway's 2024-2025 Season: 'Smash' & All Of Deadline's Reviews A play of uncommon nuance, shifting allegiances, and the wisest, most compassionate depiction of teens since the wonderful Kimberly Akimbo, John Proctor Is The Villain – first workshopped in 2018 – feels absolutely of the moment, as relevant today as Netflix's brilliant Adolescence (though Proctor has no shortage of laughs). Here's the set-up: A high school honors lit class – six girls, two boys – are studying The Crucible, guided by the coolest teacher this side of 'an inspirational' movie, as one of the devoted kids puts it. The girls are brainy Beth (Fina Strazza); home-troubled Ivy (Maggie Kuntz); Nell (Morgan Scott), newly arrived from Atlanta and the only Black student in the class; Raelynn (Amalia Yoo) a sensitive kid grieving a betrayal by her boyfriend Lee (Hagan Oliveras) and her lifelong best friend Shelby (Sadie Sink). Lee is one of the two boys in the class, alongside the goofy – at first – Mason (Nihar Duvvuri). Missing from the class as the play begins is the much-talked about Shelby, who left town, under mysterious circumstances, after her affair with Raelynn's boyfriend was exposed. Shortly into the play, Shelby returns to school, keeping a terrible secret – until she doesn't. Maybe it has something to do with Ivy's headline-making (offstage) father, who is facing some #MeToo allegations in a very public way. Or maybe Shelby's secret is about the borderline violent Lee, or maybe it's about someone, or something, else entirely. As teacher Mr. Smith (Gabriel Ebert) guides the class through what begins as a fairly conventional interpretation of The Crucible, Shelby, and then others, start to question the handed-down wisdom. Why is the 'bewitched' girl Abigail always considered the villain? Why is she, a teenager, repeatedly called a 'whore' by the adult, married man who slept with her? Why does John Proctor, that man, get the chance to redeem himself as a martyr while leaving a pregnant wife behind and all sorts of human devastation in his wake? By now you've likely figured out that the plot of The Crucible closely mirrors the goings-on in the classroom, with Shelby – a shattering Sadie Sink – a real-life Abigail, castigated (or, worse, not believed) by adults for her disruptive truth-telling. The classroom has its own John Proctor, and believe me when I say his comeuppance – provided merely through the survival and unity of several underage girls – is among the most deeply satisfying scenes on Broadway this season. In description, all of this real-life-reflected-by-art reads as schematic; in execution, it does not. Director Danya Taymor brings the same empathy and understanding of adolescence she brought so expertly to The Outsiders. Even within the limits of the single classroom set – remarkably detailed and thoroughly convincing (scenography is by the AMP collective featuring Teresa L. Williams) – Taymor moves her cast as if she were directing an edge-of-your-seat thriller, and that's a huge compliment. At crucial, scene-change points (the masterful lighting design is by the invaluable Natasha Katz), the room goes dark save for a dim spotlight on one character, as if we're peeking into her soul as she stands among friends and foes alike). As she was with The Outsiders, Taymor is blessed by a youthful cast that's second to none on Broadway at the moment. Fina Strazza, as the ever eager Beth, a good Christian girl who more or less wills her talking points feminism into an actual, if fledgling, life, dominates the story's earliest scenes, so much so that we follow her movements until the very last, stunning moment of the play. Maggie Kuntz is heartbreaking as the girl whose friendships are tested by her loyalty to her creepy father, and Morgan Scott, as the outwardly confident Atlanta girl, registers every undercurrent and slight. Amalia Yoo, as the heart-wounded Raelynn, is in some ways the soul of the play, liberated from a cheating boyfriend but still aching for the lifelong best friend who slept with the jerk. The adults are equally well played. Gabriel Ebert, as Mr. Smith, is the teacher of every kid's dreams, hip to the point of being a bit nerdy and vulnerable, intelligent and caring and always siding with the kids against the suits. When well-meaning guidance counselor Miss Gallagher (Molly Griggs) warns the girls that the establishment of a 'Feminist Club' is going to be a tough sell to the school board, given the political climate, it's Mr. Smith who steps in and gets it done. The kids love him, his church loves him, his pregnant wife loves him, even the guidance counselor harbors a secret crush, until she doesn't. Sink, who made her Broadway debut at age 10 in Annie but is by far better known for her portrayal of Max Mayfield in the Netflix series Stranger Things, is a revelation. Her Shelby is weighted with a past that is only gradually revealed, her determination to bring truth and life to her classmates as ground-shaking as anything the abused Abigail ever let loose on Salem. When the girls of John Proctor Is The Villain break into dance and scream and laugh, they might just as well be those bewitched Salem girls all those centuries ago. John Proctor Is The Villain reclaims their souls, as the girls in Mr. Smith's class speak the truth once and for all and at long last. Title: John Proctor Is The VillainVenue: Broadway's Booth TheatreWritten By: Kimberly BelflowerDirected By: Danya TaymorCast: Sadie Sink, Nihar Duvvuri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, Fina Strazza, Amalia YooRunning Time: 1 hr 45 min (no intermission) Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Celine Song's 'Materialists' So Far Everything We Know About Netflix's 'Ransom Canyon' So Far 'The Last of Us' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
1970s fish and chips chain makes Ohio comeback
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Arthur Treacher's, the fish and chips chain that once operated more than 800 eateries before dwindling to a few, has reopened a decades-old Ohio location. The fast food restaurant known for hush puppies and fried fish is now welcoming customers to a reopened third location in Cleveland Heights at 13216 Cedar Road, which was home to an Arthur Treacher's from the 1970s to the 1990s. The brand had announced the eatery's relaunch last August, and held a grand opening celebration on April 1. 'Harry Potter,' 'The Outsiders' among Broadway in Columbus 2025-26 lineup 'That store was always such a nostalgic location for the brand and the business, and it just came up in conversation with ownership and the opportunity was available for us,' Christian Burden, Arthur Treacher's marketing director, told NBC4's Cleveland-area sister station last fall. Arthur Treacher's launched in 1969 out of Columbus and offered fish and chips, fried chicken, clam chowder, hush puppies and more. The chain was named after the British actor of the same name, who starred in a series of movies in the 1930s and in 1964's 'Mary Poppins.' The fish and chips chain reached its peak in the late 1970s with more than 820 locations across the nation but bounced between several owners. Lumara Foods of America purchased the chain in March 1982, then filed for bankruptcy four months later. Decades-old University District dining staple abruptly closes Chapter 11 proceedings and additional ownership changes throughout the following decades dwindled the brand to two locations, which remain open today also in northeast Ohio at 12585 Rockside Road in Garfield Heights and at 1833 State Road in Cuyahoga Falls. 'The Cleveland area, whether it's the west side or east side, they have specific restaurants they love, they have their specialties they love,' Burden said. 'It's loved, and that's why they were so successful back in the day.' All three Arthur Treacher's locations are open 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Stay gold, Ponyboy;' Beloved play hits Liberty stage
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKBN) – Liberty High School's theater club is preparing to bring a beloved classic to the stage. 'The Outsiders' opens at the high school's auditorium Friday night. It's based on the classic novel written by S.E. Hinton. Students have been rehearsing for the spring production since January and are ready to welcome an audience to the show. 'I would tell people to come out and watch us because it's cool, something cool to watch, and not everybody gets to do 'The Outsiders,'' said Tyler Gulosh, a sophomore at Liberty High School. There are performances Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
