Manuel Betancourt

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Manuel Betancourt

We are now far enough removed from the glittercore of early 2000s pop music that its bubble-gum aesthetic has become as potent a post-Y2K period signifier as low-rise jeans and blond highlights. French filmmaker Alexis Langlois’ deliciously campy musical “Queens of Drama” feels like it’s been conjured up inside a Claire’s store where “…Baby One More Time” keeps playing on loop.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Manuel Betancourt

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2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Manuel Betancourt

‘A Weird Kind Of Unintentional But Collective Cruelty.’ Ben Affleck Has A Lot Of Empathy For Britney Spears And What She’s Gone Through In The PressBen Affleck gets it. Being a famous celebrity means, to one degree or another, opening yourself up and allowing a part of your life to be on public …

1 month ago | latimes.com | Manuel Betancourt

In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d attended the Assn. of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver that year and felt like he was the only Black poet in attendance. “I wasn’t,” he assures me, all these decades later. “But it felt that way. I was on an island. I felt like I was the only person there. I couldn’t stand it.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Manuel Betancourt

In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d attended the Assn. of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver that year and felt like he was the only Black poet in attendance. “I wasn’t,” he assures me, all these decades later. “But it felt that way. I was on an island. I felt like I was the only person there. I couldn’t stand it.