1 week ago Twelfth Night review – Lupita Nyong’o and Peter Dinklage anchor fun, if thin, production

Delacorte Theater, New YorkA slick, starry cast, also including Sandra Oh and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, bring a lively yet overly abbreviated outdoor take on the comedy to lifeNew York’s most famous venue for Shakespeare in the Park has returned, and with it the grand tradition of waking up at 4am and/or sleeping on the ground in order to score free tickets to star-studded theater. The Delacorte, an open-air amphitheater in Central Park, paused its annual outdoor series of high-profile and free summer shows in 2024 to continue with a renovation, and now returns, refurbished – and temporarily restocked with a bunch of familiar faces. For their production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the Public Theater has snagged Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Daphne Rubin-Vega, singer/actor Moses Sumney, and Lupita Nyong’o in the central role of Viola, opposite her real-life brother Junior as Viola’s twin Sebastian.The Nyong’o siblings and director Saheem Ali all grew up in ...

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2 w. ago 'South Park' targets federal takeover of Washington, DC, police in latest episode

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3 w. ago Eight things to do in New York including the free 'park in the sky'

Now 400 years old, NYC’s still got it, says Hannah Roberts, who took a walk along the High Line, visited the NH Collection on Madison Avenue and Meatpacking District.

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3 w. ago New York woman finds diamond for her engagement ring at Arkansas state park

Micherre Fox, 31, found the 2.30-carat gem at Crater of Diamonds state park after a month-long huntA New York woman has found a 2.30-carat colorless diamond in an Arkansas state park and repurposed it as her engagement ring.Micherre Fox, 31, of Manhattan, New York, went on a month-long hunt in July to the state’s Crater of Diamonds state park to search for gems and came up lucky on the last day, according to Arkansas state parks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Major incident declared as firefighters battle large blaze in North York Moors Park

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue said the fire had spread to cover five square kilometres and 20 pumps were at the scene

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3 w. ago Anna Sorokin claims she’s received hundreds of death threats over bunnies abandoned in New York park

In the aftermath of the kerfuffle, Sorokin said she donated $1,000 to a nonprofit dedicated to rabbit rescues

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3 w. ago Anna Sorokin ‘horrified’ after rabbits used for photoshoot dumped in New York park

Fake heiress denies responsibility as social media users accuse her of mistreating the three bunniesAfter years of prison and conniving her way into luxury, Anna Sorokin has New York talking about her again.This time, it is not posing as a German heiress or being jailed for four years, instead the convicted fraudster has been left “disturbed” and “horrified” after three rabbits used in her photoshoot were found dumped in a nearby park. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Anna Delvey denies claims she abandoned rabbits in a New York park after photoshoot

‘I would never condone these actions,’ Delvey wrote on Instagram

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4 w. ago Climate change is killing fireflies – threatening a US summer ritual

Scientists say lightning bugs are having a revival this year – but they’re concerned about the insects’ long-term viabilityMax Vogel, a 29-year-old public defense attorney, was picnicking with friends in early August at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, when he noticed flashes of light appear in the air around him.They were fireflies, bioluminescent insects that the Washington DC native had not seen while living in Oregon, where there are few, if any. For many Americans who live where fireflies do, their flashing lights at dusk are a tangible rite of summer – though one that may now be under threat. Continue reading...

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