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He’s Got Something Going On: David Proval on Mean Streets, and Acting for Martin Scorsese
David Proval, now 81, is a native New Yorker who has collected a diverse array of screen credits over the past half-century, including the terrifying New Jersey hoodlum Richie Aprile on “The Sopranos,” Toby Ziegler’s rabbi on the NBC series “The West Wing,” and character parts in everything from TV’s “Miami Vice,” “Picket Fences” and “Everybody Loves Raymond”…
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Girl Shy and the Birth of the Romantic Comedy
Every genre has a moment, usually dating back to silent film, where you can start to see it crystallize before your very eyes. Science fiction has “A Trip to the Moon,” the American Western has “The Great Train Robbery,” and even the mob movie has “The Musketeers of Pig Alley.” Until “Girl Shy,” starring silent…
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New 2025 Oscar Rules Specify New Composer Eligibility, Inclusion Requirements, No More Drive-In Eligibility
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the 97th Academy Awards. Many of these changes feel both like revisions to pandemic-era exceptions, as well as reactions to recent qualms about qualifying periods for new releases and, most significantly, the Best Original Score category. Let’s take a look at the biggest changes.…
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Luca Guadagnino Is Love
Love songs can be so trite. Rom-coms can be so formulaic. Because we spend much of our lives thinking about love, it’s no surprise that artists are similarly obsessed with matters of the heart. Yet so many of their efforts are dreadful. Chalk it up to how subjective one’s feelings on romance can be. Some…
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How to Create a Grocery Shopping Budget
With a few simple steps, you can rein in your spending at the supermarket.
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The Best Restaurants in Austin
There’s plenty of barbecue and Mexican — as you’d expect — but also world-class Japanese, Korean and more. Comments welcome, as always.
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The Best Fish Is Also the Most Local. Why Is It So Hard to Find?
Seafood caught in nearby waters has long been left out of the farm-to-table movement. But these people have set out to get it into stores and restaurants.
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A Passover Pleasure: Matzo Pizza
While matzo takes many forms during the holiday, some say it is most delightful when pizza-fied.
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How Channing Frye Is Diversifying Wine One Sip at a Time
As corporate diversity efforts fade out, Channing Frye and his Chosen Family Wines have taken an unpretentious grass roots approach, bringing wine to communities of color.
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Most Americans would leave no tip for ‘bad service,’ survey shows
The tipping responses in the YouGov survey indicate that most Americans think of tipping, even at a full-service restaurant, as discretionary.