Photo: /ELIZABETH MORRIS/NETFLIX The catalog of infamous drug lords is as male-dominated as the entertainment genre devoted to them, but there was one woman who had to be savvier, more ambitious, and more ruthless than all of them to reach the very top of their ranks: Griselda Blanco. Netflix’s Griselda — not a spinoff but still part… Continue reading The Real History Behind ‘Griselda’s Violent Reign
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A Brief History of Movies Based on Musicals Based on Movies
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Eli Ade/Warner Bros./Everett Collection, New Line/Everett Collection, Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection, Warner Bros./Everett Collection It seems a little ridiculous for a movie to be successful enough to warrant adapting as a stage musical and for that stage musical to then be successful enough to warrant adapting into a musical movie. (30 Rock, always… Continue reading A Brief History of Movies Based on Musicals Based on Movies
The Mississippi Gulf Coast beckons travelers in search of art, artifacts and history
The coastline of Mississippi is small but mighty, only 50 miles along U.S. Route 90. But for generations, its communities have attracted visitors from near and far, first gaining popularity following the Civil War as New Orleanians hopped the trains and steamboats heading east to avoid yellow fever epidemics. During this time, the six main… Continue reading The Mississippi Gulf Coast beckons travelers in search of art, artifacts and history
The Making of ‘Alone,’ the History Channel’s Reality TV Show
Illustration: Patrick Leger In late February, a team from Leftfield Pictures, the production company that makes the History Channel’s Alone, convened over Zoom to view an early version of an episode from the show’s tenth season. The series, which premiered in 2015, is a competition reality show. Each season, ten contestants are dumped in the… Continue reading The Making of ‘Alone,’ the History Channel’s Reality TV Show