Alexis Soloski

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Alexis Soloski

Natalie Venetia Belcon insists she's not as regal as the Cuban musician she plays, but she's worked hard to make you think otherwise. Credit... As she exits the stage door of "Buena Vista Social Club," the Broadway actress Natalie Venetia Belcon can see it in their eyes. The waiting fans thrust Playbills and pens into the hands of her co-stars, but when Belcon comes down the line, she senses their shyness, their wariness. "They're afraid," she said. "It's so weird.

1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Alexis Soloski

“People underestimate melon,” actor Meghann Fahy says. “I don’t think they give it a chance.”Fahy is speaking on a drizzly morning in April, two weeks before her 35th birthday, in an Edible Arrangements outlet on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In the first episode of Sirens, a Netflix limited series, Fahy’s character receives an arrangement, the Delicious Party, which weighs as much as a toddler. “I dragged that arrangement around for weeks,” Fahy says.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alexis Soloski

Despite their parents' best efforts, they both chose careers in comedy. Now they have their own show, a "Friends"-inspired sitcom for a new generation. Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, who are now engaged, became close at Yale, where they found out quickly that comedy nerds occupy a very a narrow subclass. Credit... Brian Karlsson for The New York Times Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold graduated from college in 2018. At commencement, they gave a speech in which they talked about moving on from Yale.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Alexis Soloski

1 hour agoThis year’s commencement speakers–ranging from the Eagles’ A.J. Brown to Kermit the Frog–have largely focused on the personal skills needed to thrive in today’s challenging times. Some touted the advantages of youth, but a lot of their advice works for Gen Z’s elders, too. It’s a tough time in …

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Alexis Soloski

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. People underestimate melon, says actor Meghann Fahy. “I don’t think they give it a chance.” It’s a drizzly morning in April, two weeks before her 35th birthday, and Fahy is speaking in an Edible Arrangements outlet in Manhattan. In the first episode of Sirens, a Netflix limited series, Fahy’s character receives an arrangement, the Delicious Party, which weighs as much as a toddler.