Entertainment

#Americans #prioritizing #live #entertainment #ticketed #events #year #study #shows #- By Laurie Baratti, TravelPulse A new market research study from shows that more Americans are prioritizing live entertainment and ticketed events like sporting competitions, music concerts and theatrical productions. Allianz Partners USA’s 15th Annual Vacation Confidence Index survey found that nearly two-thirds of Americans plan…

#Oscarwinning #short #animated #series #Max #- By Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune Nearly dialogue-free, the Oscar-winning, six-minute 2019 animated short “Hair Love” from Matthew A. Cherry was inspired by videos on social media of Black fathers caring for their children’s hair. With the new series “Young Love,” Cherry has expanded that premise to focus on the close-knit family…

#Heres #decorate #Halloween #scare #professionals #- From their nightmare factory in Greeley, Colorado, husband-and-wife team Ed Edmunds and Marsha Taub-Edmunds have been making elaborate monsters and masks for more than four decades. Their company, Distortions Unlimited, then dispatches the creepy cast of artfully crafted characters — like animatronic circus clowns, life-sized werewolves, and a toothy…

#International #master #hopes #inspire #generation #chess #lovers #- Growing up in Tiburon, California, Ladia Jirasek felt like an outsider who didn’t quite fit in with other kids his age who were more interested in playing sports than chess, which he began learning when he was 9 years old. That is, until he began participating in…