Month: May 2020
Anthony Hopkins Joined TikTok to Do the #toosieslide
Actor Anthony Hopkins might be forever etched into the public consciousness for his famous turn as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. But his latest role is much, much lighter: recreational TikTok dancer. Yes, it seems that even the 82-year-old Hopkins isn’t immune to the allure of TikTok. In…
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For Mother’s Day, I Introduced My Mom to the Mother-Daughter Team Behind Jazzercise
Long before I was born, my mom was a dancer. Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, she studied jazz and tap before heading off to college. She soon launched her career in computer programming, and thought her dancing days were behind her—until the ’80s came along. The community center where she lived, near Louisville,…
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How “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” Got 104 Dancers Swinging For an Epic Dance Scene
At first glance, “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” does not seem like a show that would employ a choreographer. The SHOWTIME series—a spinoff of supernatural Victorian London thriller “Penny Dreadful”—follows a Latino family through a pre–World War II Los Angeles rife with racial and political tension. But in episode three, “Wicked Old World,” airing this…
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