Entertainment Columns

Ann Hornaday

Ann Hornaday

‘Ping Pong Summer,’ a sweet, uneven coming-of-age tale

The film takes a fond glance back at kids coming of age in Ocean City, Md., in the 1980s.

Ann Hornaday

Ann Hornaday

‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ an entertaining sci-fi ad­ven­ture

Tom Cruise makes crafty, self-aware use of his own persona in the hugely entertaining film.

Ann Hornaday

Ann Hornaday

‘The Fault In Our Stars,’ a warm, wise doomed romance

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort make an enormously appealing doomed couple in ‘The Fault In Our Stars.’

Chris Richards

Chris Richards

Beyoncé, Jay Z redefine ‘guilty pleasure’ this tour

In the age of corporate sponsorship, shouldn’t we flinch at deals made by a firm with a criminal image?

Chris Richards

Chris Richards

Justin Bieber and his guest rappers -- a hand-drawn news graphic

Bieber’s collaborations with rappers have brought mixed results

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Chris Richards

The month’s best music: Sturgill Simpson, Fatima Al Qadiri, Kolley and more

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in May.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

‘Orange Is the New Black’ returns, wickedly unrestrained

TV REVIEW | In season 2, Piper takes a miserable trip while the rest of the prison endures a power struggle.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever

Post TV critic Hank Stuever discusses the good, bad and so-bad-it's-good of TV.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever

Post TV critic Hank Stuever discusses the good, bad and so-bad-it's-good of TV.

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Philip Kennicott

Is the Hirshhorn’s new leader up to the job?

The announcement last night that the Australian-born Melissa Chiu will be the museum’s new director may help accomplish new energy and drive.

Philip Kennicott

Philip Kennicott

A change in visual language signals a bigger cultural shift

James McNeill Whistler’s art becomes modern at the moment he turns his back on modernity.

Philip Kennicott

Philip Kennicott

Reconstructed Williamsburg, unreconstructed boy

Philip Kennicott’s guilty “pleasure”: Finding his uncritical inner child.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Eschenbach, NSO play Brahms and Tchaikovsky

Director’s intensity at the podium was on display in the next-to-last subscription concert of the season.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Spanish maestro lays down his baton.

The 80-year-old conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos announces that he is suffering from cancer and retiring from the podium.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Putting the ICE in Icelandic

International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) plays music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir at the Atlas.

Lisa De Moraes

Lisa De Moraes

The TV Column: Alec Baldwin’s puzzling Nat Geo Channel gig

The actor and animal rights supporter will narrate documentaries about, among other things, bear-hunting.

Lisa de Moraes

Lisa de Moraes

Emmy and Tony can’t seem to get enough of Neil Patrick Harris

Actor will host the Emmy Awards for the second time this year after hosting the Tonys for the fourth time

Lisa de Moraes

Lisa de Moraes

Animal Planet nets biggest audience with ‘Mermaids’

TV COLUMN | “New Evidence” “documentary” follows last year’s “Mermaids: The Body Found.”

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

Boston Ballet performs ‘Bella Figura’ at Kennedy Center

In his use of the body, Jiri Kylian mostly toyed with extremes and unease.

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

‘By the Inch’ at the American Dance Institute

The directness of Christopher K. Morgan’s work hooks you from the first move.

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

Step Afrika’s ‘Green is the New Black’ lights up the stage

The stepping group uses its percussive power and technology to create electricity.