The “greatest racehorse of all time” mantle fits easily around the neck of Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner. So why not a movie version of this champion’s life? Secretariat begins in the late ’60s, with some good behind-the-scenes material on how thoroughbreds come to be (there’s flavorful atmosphere inside the horsey world, including an account [...]
An experimental novel inspired by Proust and The Sopranos and featuring a chapter written entirely as a PowerPoint presentation has won the Pulitzer prize for fiction. Jennifer Egan’s widely acclaimed novel A Visit From the Goon Squad beat books by Jonathan Dee and Chang-rae Lee to win the $10,000 (£6,000) award, the most prestigious in [...]
Less than a year after the posthumous MJ documentary “This Is It” became the most successful concert-themed film in U.S. history, Justin Bieber is poised to snatch the mantle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” has earned $72.2 million in domestic box office so far, passing Jackson’s $72.1 million haul. And [...]
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