In director Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, his main character Babydoll (Emily Browning) occupies an alternative universe–just as did I when City Paper got invited to Los Angeles for the film’s junket last weekend, on a very rainy March 20 at the Beverly Hills Hilton. Some of the journalists were mentally done by the time...
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Carmen is a bitch—but, oh, what a voice. The opera named for the dancing, flirtatious gypsy songstress who seduces a soldier until he loves her back, leaves, and returns, moves from the streets of 1830s Spain in Georges Bizet’s tragedy Carmen to a 1920s Parisian nightclub in American Opera Theater’s version, Le Cabaret de...
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It was a bright, warm Friday afternoon in early May when a bleached-blond Matthew Modine was sighted in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton in Georgetown. “I took the train with him and he had a seersucker suit on,” Bradley Cooper leans over and whispers. He’s sitting, much more casually attired in a white...
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The Autism Society of America and AMC Entertainment have partnered to provide a safe movie-watching environment for families touched by autism and other disabilities. At 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at participating AMC theaters in the area–While Marsh, Columbia Mall, Tysons Corner, Potomac Mills, and Gaithersburg Rio locations–the theaters are dimming the lights and lowering...
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Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
How to Throw a Louisiana Style Crawfish Boil! Sizzlin’ Summer: Ordering 1. Figure out how many people you have attending. I usually do this by selling tickets for $25 each via Paypal. 2. Once you know how many people will be attending, you can figure out how many pounds of crawfish you need to order. The suggested a By Ben Claassen III 5/15/2013
Fishing with Lefty Sizzlin’ Summer: Maryland’s foremost celebrity angler is still at it, hooking the most stubborn prey, and trying to ensure that there will be fish left for his grandkids to catch By Michelle Gienow 5/15/2013
Outdoor Dining Sizzlin’ Summer: It’s more than just eating outside By Henry Hong 5/15/2013