Melena Ryzik

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Articles

What's So Funny About These Albums?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Melena Ryzik

The stand-up and actor Mae Martin has carved an unusually sincere path as a comic, plumbing their life, sexuality and addictions with a lot of charm, and little sarcasm. Their album "I'm a TV" is also a departure - no punchlines, no bits, just dreamy indie rock that explores longings, identity and friendships on the verge of something else. With Martin on guitar, piano, bass and harmonica, the album was produced by Jason Couse and Wes Marskell of the Canadian art-rock duo the Darcys.
What’s So Funny About These Albums?

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Melena Ryzik

1 hour agoIn 2024, the Malayalam film industry faced scrutiny over reports of alleged drug abuse. Malayalam actor Vincy Aloshious had previously announced her refusal to work with actors who use drugs, triggering online debates. She has now clarified her position, citing a disturbing incident where a drugged …
Angelina Jolie wants to pick up where Warhol and Basquiat left off

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Melena Ryzik

The actress is building a community of artists, thinkers and doers of all kinds, in a storied building in downtown Manhattan. It was a Saturday night, and behind the graffiti-scrawled facade of Atelier Jolie, her downtown creative space and gallery, Angelina Jolie was in conversation with artist Shirin Neshat. The topics were heady: the plight of refugees, the rights of women, how to wrench meaning from exile; the value of art in all that.
Angelina Jolie quiere retomar desde donde dejaron Warhol y Basquiat

3 weeks ago | clarin.com | Melena Ryzik

NUEVA YORK - Era sábado a la noche y, tras la fachada llena de grafitis de Atelier Jolie, su espacio creativo y galería del centro de la ciudad, Angelina Jolie conversaba con la artista Shirin Neshat. Los temas eran apasionantes: la difícil situación de los refugiados, los derechos de la mujer, cómo arrancarle sentido al exilio y el valor del arte en todo ello. Jolie, etérea con un vestido color crema y una capita bordada, se mostró amable.
Atelier Jolie: Angelina enciende una usina de ideas en el mismo lugar que habitaron Warhol y Basquiat

3 weeks ago | lanacion.com.ar | Melena Ryzik

La actriz está construyendo una comunidad de artistas, pensadores y emprendedores de todo tipo en un histórico edificio en el centro de ManhattanNUEVA YORK.- Era sábado a la noche y detrás de la fachada llena de grafitis de Atelier Jolie, su espacio creativo y galería en el centro de la ciudad, Angelina Jolie estaba conversando con la artista Shirin Neshat.
Punk Pioneers Are Coming to Lincoln Center

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Melena Ryzik

For more than 65 years, Lincoln Center has hosted virtuoso concert musicians, opera singers and ballet stars. But a noise queen with ripped tights and a screeching guitar? Enter Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali, musicians with big bootprints in the punk scene, and curators of the latest iteration of Lincoln Center's venerable American Songbook series.
Angelina Jolie Wants to Pick Up Where Warhol and Basquiat Left Off

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Melena Ryzik

It was a Saturday night, and behind the graffiti-scrawled facade of Atelier Jolie, her downtown creative space and gallery, Angelina Jolie was in conversation with the artist Shirin Neshat. The topics were heady: the plight of refugees, the rights of women, how to wrench meaning from exile; the value of art in all that. Jolie, ethereal in a cream dress with an embroidered capelet, was gracious.
Conan O’Brien Is Terrified of the Oscars. (He’s Hosting Anyway.)

1 month ago | myheraldreview.com | Melena Ryzik |Sinna Nasseri

Conan O’Brien is not a cynic — at least not when it comes to the Oscars, which he is hosting for the first time Sunday. The Emmy-winning comedian, podcaster, traveler and movie buff is genuinely excited — “I get to do this!” he enthused — but also thoroughly worried. “It’s the thing I wake up and think about at night: What’s the best way to tackle this? How? In a way that makes me creatively happy?” he said. kAm$:?46 96 2446AE65 E96 ;@3 =2E6 =2DE J62C[ ~’qC:6?[ e`[ 92D 925 2?
Demi Moore se libera con desnudez en 'La Sustancia'

1 month ago | reforma.com | Melena Ryzik

05 MIN 00 SEGMelena Ryzik/The New York TimesCd. de México (02 marzo 2025) .-05:00 hrsLa actriz explica cómo su desnudo en el filme la ayudó a liberarse. Crédito: APDemi Moore protagonizó la película 'Ghost'. Crédito: CortesíaLa actriz se independizó a los 16 años. Crédito: CortesíaLa cinta 'La Sustancia' podría hacer historia en los Óscar.
The Substance: Demi Moore’s first Oscar could come from wrestling her own insecurities in gory body-horror

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Melena Ryzik

Demi Moore is the star of one of the goriest, most audacious films ever nominated for an Oscar, the feminist body-horror satire The Substance. Onscreen, Moore, 62, dissolves and mutates in often grisly ways — nude, and in extreme close-up. And she could not be more self-actualised about it. The role required “wrestling with the flashes of my own insecurity and ego,” Moore explains.