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Unlike the corpulent old Henry VIII many of us remember from our history textbooks, young Henry VIII lived a life that was positively high-def-TV-ready, one that could have spiced up 16th century newsstands, had tabloid editors been around instead of Erasmus. And now Henry is making up for centuries of being relegated to the Old Kings' club by becoming Hollywood's hunk du jour. The Tudors, the most expensive Showtime series ever, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as a svelte and sporty King, starts April 1. A film adaptation of Philippa Gregory's 2002 best-selling historical novel...
...Elizabeth. The very busy Johansson is scheduled to start filming a biopic of Mary Queen of Scots this summer. Even Sting is getting in on the Tudor buzz, popping up on chat shows with a lute to promote Songs from the Labyrinth, a CD of tunes by 16th century composer John Dowland. And fat Henry hasn't been left out. A just-closed exhibit of work by the King's portraitist, Hans Holbein, was a hit for London's Tate Britain museum...
...help of native guides such as Rahimi, Great Game founders Jonathan Bean and Andre Mann, who fell in love with the region as backpackers in the late 1990s, have developed a daylong itinerary that encompasses the city's 5th century foundations, its role as a Silk Road caravansary, its 16th century revival under the great Mughal Emperor Babur and its recent troubles. Encircled by the snowcapped Hindu Kush, Kabul is a small city, with its history compressed. As a result, Buddhist stupas are hidden in Muslim graveyards, and elaborate Afghan façades can be glimpsed between Soviet-style apartment...
...It’s also exciting to see something to go from the page to the stage, but also a little terrifying too.” “The Secret Lives of Umbrellas” will open in the Adams House Pool Theater today, March 16th...
...screenplay has yet to be written, but the drama and excitement Bardazzi describes is evident at the exhibition she has curated, "Cézanne in Florence," at the city's Palazzo Strozzi Foundation until July 29. The 16th century palace has been painstakingly restored and this, the first show since its reopening, attempts a similarly careful reconstruction of the cultural life that Fabbri and Loeser found when they bought their substantial villas in the city. Florence was one of the key stops on the European Grand Tour undertaken by many wealthy and cultured Americans of the time, and the young...