Andrew LaVallee

Feb 1, 2025 | flipboard.com | Andrew LaVallee

1 hour agoShe's *almost* unrecognizable. Brie Larson is getting into character with her most shocking hair transformation yet. Just months after chopping off her signature long blonde hair and debuting a brunette pixie cut, the actress went even shorter, shaving her entire head. On Friday, Larson showed off …

Feb 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Andrew LaVallee

My earliest memories of "Saturday Night Live" were hearing my parents incorporate catchphrases from Dana Carvey's Church Lady - "Could it be ... Satan?" or "Well isn't that special?" - into casual conversation. Once I was allowed to stay up late enough to watch, I started doing the same thing - and looking for friends who didn't think it was weird to respond to someone winning a video game with "We're not worthy!"Now we want to hear from you. Is there a catchphrase you've found yourself saying?

Aug 10, 2024 | msn.com | Andrew LaVallee

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Aug 9, 2024 | nytimes.com | Andrew LaVallee

Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, we published The Grief Project, a series of interviews with artists who discussed the ways that loss affected their work and creativity. We also asked readers about the art and culture - whether it was a book, a movie, a song or anything else - that helped them remember or cope with losing a loved one. Hundreds responded. Here is what some of them said.

May 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Andrew LaVallee

When Conor Oberst hears the Replacements, he thinks about one of their biggest fans: his brother, who died in 2016. Oberst, a singer-songwriter who has performed with the band Bright Eyes, is one of the 10 artists we interviewed on the topic of grief and how it affects them. Several of the artists brought up the solace they have found in their work, whether that's writing, performing, painting or some other form of creativity.