单词 | Davis |
例句 | “This is Simon Morris. I believe you’re acquainted with Davis Pickett.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z At the party, Davis had briefly lost this Iron Man action figure he always had with him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Davis told him, “Given the circumstances”—and he looked straight at me—“suspension will suffice.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It could have been straight out of Fred’s Miles Davis album, where the musicians made sounds that had never been made by instruments before. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Davis lay down inside of it, his head resting on its grassy lip. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a hole-in-the-wall place in Davis Square whose menu had twenty different egg dishes and another twenty pancake varieties. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The following week, a hearing began in Judge Davis’s court-room to consider once again Carter’s right to play football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Davis and Daisy were chatting back and forth about the dehumanization of Clone troopers, and Mychal jumped in to explain that Daisy was actually kind of a famous writer of Star Wars fan fiction. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Her husband, Nelson Davis, was more than twenty years younger than she. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked Sammy Davis Jr. in his sharp black suits, tap-dancing and singing all cool with his hair slick and shiny. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When Bailey and I read poems together, he sounded like a fierce Basil Rathbone and I like a maddened Bette Davis. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then this must be President Davis’s chair,” he says with a grin, sinking into its burgundy padding. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “It has a hole in it. We’re actually friends with Davis Pickett. Doesn’t he live here?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “The next stop is Davis Square,” the automated voice said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “How do you know a lawn mower is what Mr. Davis wants most?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was during this time that the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, was added as a holiday in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nobody assenting to this proposition, Mr. Davis turned and held up a finger. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “My bet is that all the women wore little white gloves,” says Davis Masten, who today is one of the principals in the consulting firm Cheskin founded. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At one session in Chicago the committee asked Davis to estimate the final cost of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Genie didn’t know who Miles Davis was, but the people at the table sure did. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When I once failed to pass an exam in my studies, a few colleagues asked me why, and I responded, to much laughter, “Don Davis!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When my parents left for work, instead of Grandma coming over, I went to Trevor’s house to hang out until it was time for us to head to Davis Square for our “movie.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z This was the case later that first week, when I was assigned to the State Shop along with DiPaola, Davis, and Colton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, reluctantly, he agreed to withdraw the part about Davis knowing nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I asked Dr. Davis if Just Us could have a roundtable discussion at Williamson like they do at Garden High. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He saw men like Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis as icons, proof of the success waiting for us here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Wow, this whole place is wood. Look at that staircase. I’ve never really noticed it before. It looks like something from an old movie—you know, like Bette Davis should be standing at the top.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Three newly arrived inmates were placed in a holding cell near us, awaiting their issue of clothing, and one started watching Davis. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It may not occur to you how very important a matter this Seal is,” he wrote in a December 8, 1890, letter to George R. Davis, the fair’s director-general, its chief political officer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The reward is for ‘information leading to the whereabouts of Russell Davis Pickett.’ Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Except Jenna is short like me, and Mrs. Davis was really tall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I stared ahead at all of the people walking around Davis and licked my ice cream before it could melt all over me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “None with whom the Picketts have a good relationship. Davis has been declared an emancipated minor by the state and is his brother’s legal guardian.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z On the TV screen a woman named Angela Davis is telling us there's a revolution going on and that it's time for Black people to defend themselves. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I realized in the silence that followed that I hadn’t spoken since answering Davis’s compliment about my shirt. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I am sure there are many applications that can be drawn from that little story,” said Gaines of Sam Davis’s eager willingness to die. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he believes Malik is going to be able to identify some factor in tuatara blood that makes them age slowly, and then he’s going to ‘cure death,’” Davis said, using air quotes. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Davis, our science teacher, is showing a video. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z After I’d eaten a few bites of my sandwich, I took out my phone and texted Davis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And then in the instant before he sat, Malcolm saw the face of Miss Davis, the music teacher, because it caught the light, and it did that because her cheeks were wet with tears. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The next night, Singleton and Agent Olsen gathered around a wooden table in the modest Davis County office of the Highway Patrol in Farmington with Briana Bishop and her father, Steve Bishop. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Davis darted up a flight of floating marble stairs, leaving me alone with Noah—or so I thought—until a woman I hadn’t seen called out, “That’s a real Picasso.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his government have not been captured. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His opponent, a kid named Davis Lowry, watched his every step. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The fair’s director-general, George Davis, at first refused to believe it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Booth’s meeting with Davis’s men not only provided funding for his conspiracy, it forged a direct bond between himself and the Confederacy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen or twenty minutes later, sergeants were interviewing DiPaola and Davis—they had been working on those same galleries—as well as other officers who had been involved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure where he would go today, so he chose a new route, this time going back to Dart, then east on Earhart, heading to Jefferson Davis Parkway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Can you take us to Davis Square? I have cash,” I said, hoping he wouldn’t ignore me because I was a kid. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, Dad drove into Davis Square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Aside from hanging out together at Sad Camp, Davis and I would also sometimes see each other during the school year, because he lived just down the river from me, but on the opposite bank. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Angela Davis smiles, gap-toothed and beautiful, raises her fist in the air says, Power to the people, looks out from the television directly into my eyes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z So Maria and I walk through the streets, our fists raised in the air Angela Davis style. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Davis and one other man rode the hose to the ground. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ms. Davis pointed her directly into Principal Maldonado’s office and advised George to follow. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Davis knew she wasn’t going to live much longer, she stocked up on presents and wrote long letters about her life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Davis had been a Confederate scout during the Civil War when he came face to face during battle with a scout from the Union army. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z George, Jeff, and Ms. Davis went into the boys’ bathroom together. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z It seemed to be Davis’s room, immaculately clean, lines still in the carpet from a vacuum cleaner. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I had to google who Bette Davis was. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “You see, Mr. Davis? It is perfect. These gifts would show him you support his choices, and he’ll see how much you care. How you want to do right by him.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But because he no longer has a way to communicate with Davis, Booth must decide for himself what is wrong and what is right. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His postcard of Miles Davis wearing the bug-eyed glasses was pinned to the bulletin board above his desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Davis, her ex-boyfriend who is still her friend. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Davis turned to me and said, “They don’t have Dr Pepper?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I waited for him to put on a smile and sweet-talk Mr. Davis in a whole different direction. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was talking to a man raking up the first fallen leaves of autumn, but staring at Davis and me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This certainly suggests that Nelson Davis, Harriet’s husband, was unable to make much of a financial contribution to the little house on South Street. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad is partial to jazz, and every chance he gets, he winks at me, takes out Mom’s Mozart disc, then pops in a CD of Miles Davis or Woody Herman. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Davis cracked Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian ciphers during World War II. Later, she served in the NSA, working on Russian intercepts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I want you to be careful about that Davis Pickett, okay? Wealth is careless—so around it, you must be careful.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Just upstream from where Davis Creek flows into Lake Powell, a natural ramp zigzags down from the canyon's west rim. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In response to Davis's beckoning finger, a man detached himself from a nearby wall against which he was leaning and came up to them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Teachers might be spies. What about Miss Davis?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "Make one trip of it. Allow me to introduce myself. Name's Davis. Natal, South Africa's my natal spot, ha, ha!" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I read my history textbook for a while, but my consciousness felt like a camera with a dirty lens, so I decided to text Davis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “At one point, when Bobby was talking to Davis, who was in Iceland,” Saidy said, “Bobby made a reference to one of the Icelandic Chess Federation officials as being ‘stupid.’ Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Once in the middle of one of our interviews, when we had been talking about something else, Malcolm X suddenly asked me, “Do you know Ossie Davis?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Long enough to know you’re not friends with Davis,” he answered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After exchanging pleasantries with his former student, Davis revealed the motive for his visit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Davis stoops, her flats shiny, her hands on her knees. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z On the way home, they passed the post office at Jefferson Davis and Lafitte, the staging ground for helicopter rescues. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Jefferson Davis...was married...twice. His first wife...Sarah...was the daughter of...President...Zachary Taylor. But Sarah...died...of malaria...three months after...they...were...married. He remarried...” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Daisy walked up behind me and held out her hand, then shook Davis’s forcefully. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I popped the Miles Davis CD into my Discman and leaned against the door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of threats on his life, Davis changed his address frequently and refused to be photographed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to be back in Davis Square in forty minutes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I told her about Davis calling it a rounding error, but I still worried that it might be dirty money or that I might be exploiting Davis or...but she shushed me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis, Daisy, and Mychal eventually went back to talking about Star Wars and the size of the universe and traveling faster than light. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In any case, shortly after Ruess carved his mark into the sandstone, he departed Davis Gulch and mysteriously disappeared, apparently by design. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So I texted Davis while waiting for the second bell to ring and commence biology. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For two summers, after fifth and sixth grades, Davis and I had gone to Sad Camp together, which is what we’d called Camp Spero, this place down in Brown County for kids with dead parents. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis walked over to the bar area, opened the cabinet above the sink, pulled out a box of Honey Nut Cheerios, and started shaking out its contents. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Lincoln’s eyes roam over the elegant wood desk, which Davis had so thoughtfully tidied before running off two days earlier. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Davis opened his mouth as if to speak, seemed to think better of it, and then, a moment later, continued. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z While Davis chanted a traditional prayer-poem with his own variations, Joe mounted the box that had been placed for the purpose and opened the brazen door of the lamp. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Burnham had a box, as did Davis and Higinbotham and of course the Palmers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At a place called Camp Davis, a holiday complex, forty-six people, mostly women and children, took refuge from the rising flood waters in the camp’s main building. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You will now stand on the platform till recess,” said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Under questioning, Davis confessed to the crime, but was not prosecuted; he was already facing several other burglary charges. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Dunno,” she said, “but it makes me think Davis really would turn his dad in if he knew where he was.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis pulled open the front door, a massive pane of glass at least ten feet high, and we walked into an enormous marble-floored room. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But the other girl was Jessica Davis, and she didn’t want to be there any more than I did. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But anyway, on Friday night, you and me and Davis and a man-size baby are having a picnic.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Carter, Judge Davis ruled, would stay in the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before you knew it, Sammy Davis Jr. had joined her on the stage and the two joked around with each other. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Fireman John Davis was standing on the balcony with Captain Fitzpatrick and the other men. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then I can block the door and settle into a big soft chair and listen to Miles Davis while my feet thaw out. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That look on your face. Like Bette Davis with indigestion.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Davis lets me in and tells me Jenna’s still up in her room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Bess and which have been covered uncomplainingly by most of the great African- American recording artists of the twentieth century, including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis and Aretha Franklin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Take something up to Noah so he doesn’t starve,” Rosa added, “and do your dishes. It’s not too hard to wipe dishes clean and put them in a dishwasher, Davis.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Davis, the school secretary, brought one out. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I took them and handed one to Davis and one to Daisy. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The stern horizon-fenced plains of the Panhandle are foreign to the little wooded hills and sweet streams in the Davis Mountains. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, what do you think?” the Reverend Mr. Davis asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I buckled my seat belt and relaxed into the seat, happy we’d at least get back to Davis in time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The gate opened, and we followed Davis to a parking lot beside the glass mansion. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z At the corner of Jefferson Davis and Canal, she pointed to the First United Methodist Church. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Good idea. I bet they’d let us hang out in Davis for a few hours.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Confederate President Jefferson Davis was on the run, the subject of his own massive manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t tell if this is a regular silence or an awkward silence,” Davis said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis’s eventual successor was his former assistant, an electrician named John Hulbert. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The drive to Davis Square took only five minutes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In the kitchen Mr. Davis is flipping his special blueberry pancakes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We drove halfway around the pool to another patio, where Davis Pickett was reclining on a lounger. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “A is for Amy who fell down the stairs,” says my best friend, Jenna Davis, as we climb farther down into the steep, parched ravine. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “It does feel like the internet already contains plenty of information,” Davis allowed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “You want the bike? Make me an offer,” Mr. Davis said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Davis estimated that Holmes made $200,000 through his drugstore and other business ventures, most of which were fraudulent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Davis sat down on one of the teak loungers, and I sat across from him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Malcolm watched the faces of the staff members as Mr. Hawkins made the announcement: Mr. Savery put his head in his hands, Miss Davis bit her lip, Mr. Croker, the woodwork teacher, looked angry. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Seems like something you would only do if, say, you wanted to run into Davis Pickett.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But Davis told a reporter, “I think it is pretty well understood by this time that no one but the Director-General and his agents have anything to do with exhibits.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “And maybe you don’t have to like it, but you keep your mind open to it. You trust that Mr. Davis knows what he’s doing.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Another investigator then caught Davis taking a bribe from the head of a local gambling syndicate in exchange for letting him operate his illicit businesses. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Davis said you were after the reward. Did you find anything?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It’d been almost a half hour since we were dropped off in Davis. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A lawyer and a former private detective with the Burns agency, Davis had a groomed sleekness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A few people cheered, assuming Davis had escaped his fate momentarily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Davis said it was worth it to him, that he’d rather give us the reward than have us snooping around.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As we walked up to the Pickett house, I could see two place settings at one corner of Davis’s huge dining room table. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "He told me he's scared to walk around without a knife, so I suggested he go down to the gym and look up either of you two guys. His name is Herbert Davis." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, if Davis’s dad died, he and his brother get nothing? Don’t you at least have to pay for your kids to go to college or something?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The other interesting thing about Davis’s online presence was that everything ceased the day his father went missing. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe it worked, and we were actually alone in Davis Square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “And the white man knows that,” Mr. Davis said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew that day would get a million times worse if we didn’t get back to Davis Square in time, and our parents figured out that we weren’t where we said we’d be. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The country surrounding Davis Gulch is a desiccated expanse of bald rock and brick-red sand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Following the swearing-in of Andrew Johnson as the seventeenth president, Stanton had issued a reward for Jefferson Davis and other Confederate officials, naming them as assassination conspirators. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you’re sad and angry, and I get it, but we should probably run for the T. My mom is going to pick us up from Davis in fifteen minutes.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As Amy returned from her last trip, Mr. Davis gave a portentous “Hem!” and said, in his most impressive manner... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The Exposition Company’s shrinking war chest had driven its relationship with the National Commission to a new low, with Director-General Davis arguing that any new federal money should be controlled by his commission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Davis had met us down there, with his little brother, Noah. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It takes longer than it should to get home because we have to walk all the way around the Davises’ fields. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In 2003, a study by University of California, Davis, researchers studied two crops of corn, strawberries, and blackberries. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was a windy night, and I tucked my head into my chest as we walked, but when I glanced over at Davis, he was looking up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Beverly Hills police thought it looked like the work of a drug addict, and accused a well-known local crook named Elmer Davis. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Until now, Booth has taken orders from Jefferson Davis. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then Ms. Davis stepped inside the classroom, and Ms. Udell came out into the hallway. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When I got home, I watched TV with Mom, but I couldn’t stop thinking about Davis looking down at my finger, holding my hand in his. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes, Davis looked like a boy—pale skin, acne on his chin. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Y’all best know Davis, or else I’m taking you downtown and having you booked for trespassing.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “That’s actually the most fascinating thing about Star Wars,” said Davis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In June 1923, Davis pleaded guilty to bribery and received a two-year sentence, but a few months later he was pardoned by the governor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Any one care for a little nip before we embark?" asked Mr. Davis hospitably. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They searched the house and found evidence: photographs of Confederate generals, one of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, some ammunition, and a photo of John Wilkes Booth, hidden behind a picture frame. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the last to arrive, and the remaining space was next to Mychal, across from Davis, who was wearing a plaid button-down, nicely ironed, sleeves rolled up just so, exposing his forearms. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We could hear Diana Ross telling Sammy Davis Jr. something about five Jacksons and the lead singer, whose name was Michael. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The energy of Styx Malone passed through me, straight into Mr. Davis. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite increasing committee interference and intensified conflict between Burnham and Director-General Davis, and with the threat of labor strikes ever present, the main buildings rose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I shot Davis an apologetic look, but he didn’t see, because he was looking at my mom. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For a moment, and only for a moment, I entertained the notion that Davis might’ve helped his father disappear. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She navigated for a little until she found an old Bette Davis movie that had just started. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On March 14 Burnham joined Davis for dinner with Japan’s delegate to the fair, at the Chicago Club. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Or, if we got everything done fast, we could get back to Davis early and actually get some ice cream at J.P. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Me: Mom said I can go to Davis for a few hours without a chaperone! From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Davis was pounding fenders at his upstate body shop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafe proprietor introduced me to the Reverend A. L. Davis and one of his colleagues, Mr. Gayle, a civic leader and bookstore-owner, and a number of others. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Davis was so sweet and pretty, with red hair and freckles just like Jenna. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I was watching Davis as he spoke, and I saw something in his face flicker without quite going out. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Mr. Davis? Good afternoon. You got a minute to talk to us about those sweet wheels you got on display up front?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Davis was part of a wave of women who broke codes in the late 1930s and 1940s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He marches knowing that a letter has been prepared by Jefferson Davis, a letter which offers peace. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir, it was a general named Curtis. He was the big one, I think, and under him was Sigel and lots of other officers—one of’em by the name of Jefferson Davis.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard Harding Davis called the exposition “the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To put the game into perspective and draw the proper parallels, Gaines told the players the story of Sam Davis. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Statistical probability told them that Davis was from upstate; maybe some-thing in his bearing betrayed it, as well. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So you had the kids just standing there looking at the cops and then you had Mrs. Davis moaning and going on about where Junior was. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Davis, are you all right?” my mom asked. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Without consulting Burnham, Davis gave an estimate ten percent below the amount Burnham had calculated for President Baker, which Baker had then included in his own statement to investigators. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Though the large house was still, I heard the TV from Mrs. Davis’s room somewhere on the other side. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can go, Miss March,” said Mr. Davis, looking, as he felt, uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Davis brushed some cereal dust off the hundred-dollar bills, stacked them next to the sink, and then grabbed them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s nice to see you, Ms. Holmes,” Davis said, offering a handshake. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Trevor took his phone out and started playing his Mario game as the train stopped back at Davis Square, then at Porter Station, where some people got off and on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The Norse visits were instead launched from the Greenland colony, separated from North America only by the 200-mile width of Davis Strait. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They ate pulled pork and cornbread in Davis Square, a paper napkin tucked like a cravat into the collar of Dev’s shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He took out the card marked ‘Mrs. Dan Davis and Family’ and glanced through the notations until he reached Lancy’s name. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Lancy Davis followed him with questions; he answered yes to everything. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The writer of the essay that troubled him was Lancy Davis. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Soon Lincoln finds himself on the corner of Twelfth and Clay Streets, staring at the former home of Jefferson Davis. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Davis said that he had dreamed of doing something like this for more than a decade. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Let me talk to Davis about it,” I said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “So I picked you,” Davis said to Katherine that day outside her classroom; two men, then working as principals in other parts of West Virginia, would join her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t see Davis as his father’s accomplice. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Born twenty years after Elizebeth, Davis had studied math in West Virginia during the Great Depression, then struggled to find a job that used her talents. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At one point, Lee pauses to write a letter to Confed- \\ erate president Jefferson Davis, saying that his army is in retreat and can no longer defend Richmond. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I carried my bags next door and met Mrs. Davis, a middle-aged woman of great kindness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Davis and several conspirators proceeded to rob—and murder—a prominent attorney; this time, Davis received a life sentence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jeff sat in a folding chair next to Ms. Davis, facing the window, kicking the desk until Ms. Davis told him to quit it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Dasch started the conversation by telling Traynor that his name was George Davis, and he was the leader of eight men who had just arrived from Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Daisy got out without saying good-bye, and I was about to do the same, but when I gave him his phone back, Davis took my right hand and turned it over, palm up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Director-General Davis was to lead a quadrille, Burnham a “Berlin,” Mayor Harrison a polka. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Mr. Davis has not been to see me or any of my people,” he said, “and any figures he has given he has jumped at. He knows nothing about the matter.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and the 332nd Fighter Group took the war to the Axis powers from thirty thousand feet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Davis Lowry was looking to his coach like he’d been, lied to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and Davis Pickett only got his money because he knew someone, specifically his father. This is not illegal or unethical. It’s awesome.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There were his favorite classic-rock albums, but near the end was the Miles Davis album that Fred bought in Harvard Square, with the storm brewing on the cover. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I actually pressed Dad to buy that one,” Davis said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When Davis was subsequently captured by Union forces, he was told he could go free if he revealed the name of the person who had given him the information. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet within days Davis was spotted consorting with some of the county’s notorious criminals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Davis reached across the table and put his hand on top of mine. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z What was the name of Jefferson Davis’s wife? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He put his shirt in the sink and ran water on it, but Ms. Davis told him to hurry up. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “He was the smoothest man I ever saw,” said C. E. Davis, whom Holmes had hired to manage the drugstore’s jewelry counter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I jumped a little when Davis placed his hand on the small of my back. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1940, at the end of a busy school day, Katherine was surprised to find Dr. Davis, the president of her alma mater, waiting outside her classroom. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Davis Square, with all its restaurants and college students walking around, seemed like a safe place for us to spend a few hours. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “It’s been over twenty-four hours; time to text Davis.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Mom and Davis continued their staring contest, but Mom finally said, “Back by eleven,” and I grabbed Davis by the forearm and pulled him out the front door, shooting Mom a look as I went. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Soon the struggle for control distilled to a personal conflict between Burnham and Davis, its primary battlefield a disagreement over who should control the artistic design of exhibits and interiors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I saw there was only one chance, and I made up my mind to take it,” Davis said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Maybe Davis would hate me, if he ever found out, but why should I care what some kid from Sad Camp thought of me? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “My mom works the night shift on Thursdays, so she can probably drive us. We have to make sure we get back to Davis when she comes to pick us up,” Trevor said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z From careful watching, they’d read his name tag; from Davis’s wedding band, they knew he was married. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Truth is, Jessica Davis is so much prettier than I am. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He was smaller than Mychal, but he took up more room—Davis’s gangly limbs occupied space like an army holds territory. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z One of my most frequent opponents was Don Davis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z George Davis is a stool pigeon, an informer and a traitor to the German government. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It later emerged that Davis had been in jail the night of the break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Not me. I wasn’t Mike’s dentist. A buddy of mine was. I traded him for a Miles Davis,” Teeth Man said. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z With ninety minutes left before the game, Davis granted the order. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon, Ms. Carter,” Dr. Davis, the headmaster, says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Davis said he needed to stop by the house, and I was going to wait for him outside, but Daisy shoved me forward so hard I found myself walking alongside him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “We can just watch one at my house,” Davis said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Afterward Davis and Burnham remained at the club arguing quietly until five o’clock the next morning. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The conflict between Burnham and Davis again flared to life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Um, Davis had a girlfriend, but they broke up last November-ish. He has a blog, but hasn’t updated anything since his dad disappeared. I don’t know. In the blog, he seems...sweet, I guess.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Davis hands us a bag of supplies. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Though disappointed, neither he nor the other influential men in her life—Dr. Claytor and Dr. Davis—would ever have asked her to deny love or sacrifice a family for the promise of a career. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Davis helped me with my algebra homework and then I played Battlefront for another couple hours. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Years before, Mom and I had sometimes paddled down the White River, past Davis’s house to the park behind the art museum. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Nobody was there that night except Noah and Davis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Udell and Ms. Davis whispered at the door for a few moments. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Davis looked huge and misplaced in our house. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why are there no black people except Sammy Davis, Jr., and Pearl Bailey on TV?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Their report recommended that Davis’s salary be cut in half, a clear sign that the balance of power had shifted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To Mr. Davis he said, “I got a good joke for you.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z On it are written the keys to top-secret coded Confederate messages that link him with Jefferson Davis’s office in Richmond and with the million-dollar gold fund in Montreal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We agreed to text each other after we asked our parents about going to Davis Square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Davis got up and said, “Aza, this is Malik Moore, our zoologist.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis was the closest thing to a proper celebrity I’d ever encountered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time Davis texted me at 6:52, I had mostly forgotten about it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But Davis ruled that Carter had acted responsibly in deter-mining Edwards’s grade and that education commissioner Kirby had no standing to determine that Edwards was ineligible. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But I suppose I will have to confer the award on Lancy Davis.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “What if we ask our parents to go to the movie theater in Davis,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As an egomaniac, he likes to picture himself in two characters, one of George John Dasch and the other of George John Davis. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She was worried about his not eating his meals, till she found out he was having old lady Davis to cook for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Davis was quite fluent on the subject. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He collected himself and said, “Miss Trotter threw a pot at the TV just after the governor stood where Jefferson Davis had once stood, and shouted, ‘Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.’” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederacy. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In October 1864, Booth traveled to the Canadian city of Montreal, where he met with agents of Jefferson Davis. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Until then, the idea of being a code breaker had never occurred to Davis, but afterward she signed up for a course in the subject. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If things in Harvard Square took too long, we could take a cab back to Davis Square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In 1923, after the Smith bombing, the Osage tribe began to urge the federal government to send investigators who, unlike the sheriff or Davis, had no ties to the county or to state officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Finished basement,” the red headline on Tina Davis’s sign out front said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I found a reddit account that commented on Butler basketball and so probably belonged to Davis, but that, too, had been silent since Pickett Sr.’s disappearance. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “This case has taught me two things,” said Judge Davis in rendering his decision. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Davis has had some success in field trials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, talks continued between Bobby’s lawyers, Paul Marshall and Andrew Davis, and the Icelandic Chess Federation concerning the matter of the gate receipts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z No notice was taken of Amy’s flight, except by her mates, but the sharp-eyed demoiselles discovered that Mr. Davis was quite benignant in the afternoon, also unusually nervous. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He would stop for about a minute, and then resume kicking, softly at first, until Ms. Davis yelled at him again. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But I wondered whether Davis had really quit the internet entirely, or whether he’d just decamped to some farther shore. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis and the Confederate government must abandon the city or risk capture. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Her Afro was Angela Davis big, but curly like she’d spent a lot of time rolling it up the night before and picking it out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z On the top of the filing case there was a loose card—the note on Lancy Davis. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Davis patented the helmet and leg electrodes, and always brought with him to executions a black satchel of secret equipment, which he would let nobody see. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was President Davis’s office,” a housekeeper says respectfully. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “But even then Chief Davis just drove you home,” Myron went on. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Mayhem reigned until Director-General Davis signaled the orchestra to begin playing the introductory “Columbian March.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It took another fifteen minutes for the cab to get us to Davis Square, which meant we were ten minutes late to meet Trevor’s mom. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Old Mrs. Davis come running out of the Laundromat with her fat self. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be drivin’ home up north to visit the missus this afternoon, right, Davis? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t give me what I want most,” Mr. Davis said, staring at the Grasshopper. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Davis was looking past me at the stand of trees along the river’s edge. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He pulled out a close-up of Miles Davis, wearing some crazy glasses. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But the day we dropped her off at UC Davis, she once again threw me into an emotional tailspin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He told Davis he needed to do a better job of watching out for me, and then Davis was, like, I’m not his father. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In the black night, we tried to sleep but were kept awake by Davis mother, who wailed like a she-wolf who had lost her cub. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never seen Daddy cry like he did when Dr. Davis handed Seven that diploma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Davis’s expression faded from friendly to skeptical. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Davis stood up and took off across the golf course. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Davis’s testimony carried with it the unstated accusation that Burnham and Baker had inflated the amount of money needed to complete the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The tragic events happened more than two years ago, and Ron Davis has been mentally replaying them ever since. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Davis, who was returning from a comedy performance, was told to move from the unreserved space after a young mother asked to use it for a pram. Comedian 'humiliated' as guard disputes use of train's disabled space 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z And yet Ms. Davis’s rough conviction as a singer, and all the extras that the band add to the form, make songs like “Black to Gold” and “Pentagram and Crucifix” worthwhile and surprising. Music: New Music From David Berkman, Dirty Three, Christian Mistress 2012-02-19T14:14:22Z That Davis has made single motherhood such a prominent part of her story is significant because Davis doesn’t fit the conservative stereotype of a single mother. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Then there was the matter of Professor Davis at the Colored Waif’s Home. Music Review: Satchmo?s Story, Music Substituting for Words 2010-08-31T22:25:00Z How to Get Away With Murder actress Viola Davis became the first black woman to win the Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series during Sunday’s ceremony. 'General Hospital' Star Apologizes for Tweets About Viola Davis Speech 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Growers of peaches for processing operate on such slim margins that the labor costs of multiple harvests from the same tree are economically unfeasible, said Thomas Gradziel, of the University of California at Davis. Climate change is already hurting fruit breeders, and consumers could soon feel the pain 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z He and colleague Donald Davis developed a nutrient quality index — a way to rate foods based on how much of 27 nutrients they contain. Why salad is so overrated 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z But while the advocacy work is a big passion for Davis, she still considers acting her primary job and what she’d like to be remembered for. Governors Awards honoree Geena Davis on advocacy and equity 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The group typically interrogates compositions by all three members: Ms. Laubrock, a saxophonist, Ms. Davis, a pianist, and Mr. Sorey, a drummer. Jazz Listings for July 3-9 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A consummate actors’ actor, well overdue for Oscar recognition, Davis would likely have marched to victory in either category. 'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z With Detroit Opera’s revival of “X,” we may be on the cusp of a broader reappraisal of Davis’s body of work. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Strauss is probably not the first composer who springs to mind when Davis's name is mentioned. LSO/Davis ? review 2011-03-23T17:41:58Z People often asked Ms. Davis for child-rearing advice, she said, because of Alice’s perceived wisdom when counseling the young, fictional Bradys. Ann B. Davis, 88, Dies; Comic Actress Played Maid on ‘Brady Bunch’ 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Davis is ultimately a fan, and the forest fades for the trees. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Like the term “natural,” these labels aren’t regulated by the FDA and are relatively meaningless, Davis said. Essential oils are potent, risky and promising. Here’s what you need to know. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Davis represents the sort of high-mindedness that critics take for a sort of civic-improvement program in Hollywood; Crawford was the kind of actress who, many thought, needed improving. What “Feud” Misses About Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and the Art of Movies 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z “In today’s digital world, we want the latest hit albums, videos, movies and more immediately available on our devices,” Gary Davis, McAfee’s vice president of global consumer marketing, said in a statement. Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars named 'most dangerous' in online searches 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z In response, Mr. Cohen, a 26-year-old political science graduate student at the University of California, Davis, tweeted his idea for an alternative to paying for Twitter verification. On Twitter, Who Needs a Check Mark When You Can Have a Rat? 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis said, “You feel like not talking so much anymore.” Hey, ‘Budtender’: Los Angeles’s Power Brokers of Pot Crank Up the Kook 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z “I was really nervous, like a little kid wanting his acceptance,” Mr. Davis said. Straight Talk: A New Breed of Fashion Bloggers 2012-01-12T00:29:19Z Davis, too, was happy to be out of his home town: East Baltimore. Few minorities visit Sequoia National Forest or the Sawtooth Wilderness. This man wants to change that. 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z “It’s been a frustration for me for 30, 40 years,” Lydia Davis, who wrote the foreword for the new book, said of her efforts to broaden Ms. Berlin’s readership. Lucia Berlin’s Roving, Rowdy Life Is Reflected in a Book of Her Stories 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Saturday, beer garden opens at noon, Albert Davis Park and along Northeast 125th Street; Vintage Car Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Festivals and hydroplanes | Community Corner 2013-08-01T19:46:46Z Mr. Davis sometimes felt frustrated by being grouped with other artists by race. Noah Davis, California Figurative Artist and Founder of the Underground Museum, Dies at 32 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Occasionally, Ms. Davis will choose a more feminine aesthetic. Viola Davis: ‘A Symbol of Hope in Dark Times’ 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Her work hours at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she is still an associate lawyer, kept her from dating frequently. After a Tragic Beginning, a ‘Happily Ever After’ 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Davis asks Crawford what it was like to be “the most beautiful girl in the world” and Crawford responds by asking what it was like to be the “most talented girl in the world.” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 7 Recap: Feminism 101 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z As Izzy, the disheveled title character in the amusing frustration comedy “Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town,” Mackenzie Davis takes almost all day to travel through Los Angeles. Mackenzie Davis on playing a comedic antiheroine in “Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town” 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Colbert said that Davis isn’t alone and brought up Iowa Congressman and cantaloupe calves fan Steve King who recently compared same-sex marriage to marrying a lawn mower. Stephen Colbert wants to do party planning for Rep. Steve King’s bizarre “lawnmower marriages” 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Talented and charismatic, with a knack for rallying people, Davis was inclusive in his art and his life. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Unlike Davis, it wasn’t St. Francis who guided him to the Church of Two Worlds. In the heart of D.C.’s tony Georgetown, a church that communes with the dead 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z When approaching Davis’s “Middle Passage” — after the poem of the same name by Robert Hayden — he handles the more improvisatory sections with a pugilistic force indebted to Davis’s own 1980s reading on the Gramavision label. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Given the complications of traveling between Texas and Louisiana in 2020, in the weeks that followed Ms. Young and Dr. Davis primarily bonded through nighttime phone calls. Weddings: Four Decades Later, a Face From the Dorm 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Thrust into the middle of all of this is a needless subplot about Davis’s 16-year-old daughter, B.D., who suddenly announces that she is getting married, throwing Davis into a tailspin. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 7 Recap: Feminism 101 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Dr. Narayanan will present these findings at symposiums sponsored by the Geena Davis Institute and hosted by Google, in New York and Los Angeles this fall. How Long Is an Actress Onscreen? A New Tool Finds the Answer Faster. 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Even here there is an upside when Davis wakes on his neighbour's sofa, having been taken in, and realises that he has been the fool who should look for the good in his fellow man. Treme: season one, episode five 2011-03-20T11:45:00Z Davis was born in South Carolina and grew up in Rhode Island. Viola Davis: ‘We have to live our truths through our work and define ourselves in our own terms’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Festival producer Quint Davis says this year's lineup is one of the broadest in the fest's 43 years with all genres of music. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off 2011-04-29T17:48:18Z Timberland’s role is a small one, but his Berkey is a significant foil to Davis, who is the most talented musician in the story, but has no ability to connect with audiences. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z “I really think if we change what kids see from the beginning, it will change how they grow up,” Davis says. Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for women in film. They didn’t’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z “This was a great experiment in exploring how to work out getting back your power,” says Davis. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Ostensibly Inside Llewyn Davis is a film about a musician named Llewyn Davis, a "folk singer with a cat" who cuts a dash and cuts a disc in early 60s US. Inside Llewyn Davis: watch the trailer for the new Coen brothers' film 2013-01-24T17:29:41Z Happenstance helped propel his career: As a teenager he was performing on a local television show in Philadelphia when Miles Davis was the featured guest. Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In September of 1994, Clarence kidnapped Michael along with his school's principal, James Davis, at gunpoint. "Girl in the Picture": The 6 most horrifying revelations in Netflix's true crime doc 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The brilliant drummer in that quartet, Jack DeJohnette, then helped Miles Davis push into rock and funk. Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Since 1976, Davis lived with an Episcopal community, first in Denver, then in western Pennsylvania, before settling in the Texas hill country near San Antonio. Ann B. Davis dies: Friends, fans mourn Alice from 'Brady Bunch' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Fast forward to Clay Davis, that’s kind of the way this guy was. “Wire” actor on his famous catchphrase: “I still say it” 2013-09-05T14:40:00Z Bob Davis, of Wessex Archaeology, said: "This is a significant find and therefore very exciting, particularly as there are no documentary records that such a site ever existed here." Medieval ruins discovered in Somerset puzzles architects 2013-07-08T06:00:22Z Mr. Davis, the record producer, said that he also sings Elton in the shower. Scene City: On This Night, Everyone?s a Singer 2010-10-20T21:05:00Z Deitch invited Davis to do a solo exhibition before the pandemic. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Earlier in her life, Davis joined the Black Panther movement in New York City. Tupac Shakur's Mother, Afeni Shakur Davis, Dies at 69 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z "To my ears, the songs were like compact, three-minute dramas," Davis says. Gareth Gates's trip to Loserville 2012-06-17T17:29:01Z “This is a wonderful, happy, emotional experience,” Clive Davis said. On Again, Off Again, and With a Nudge, Now On Forever 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Davis, who plays a friend of Milioti's character, was nominated for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical. 'Once' star Elizabeth A. Davis celebrates Tony nod 2012-05-10T11:18:10Z I’d be, like, “I’m so sorry, Miss Davis, it’s not possible, because it’s July, and it’s a hundred and five degrees, and we’re all dying, and I can’t turn on the boilers.” Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Davis’s eight novels bear little relationship to anything that might be lassoed into the category of “contemporary fiction,” and “Aurelia, Aurélia” — her first work of nonfiction — is also an outlier. This Memoir About the Contradictions of Grief Plays by Its Own Rules 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z A two-liner from Davis, or a seemingly throwaway paragraph, will haunt. My hero: Lydia Davis by Ali Smith 2013-05-24T15:00:03Z Miles Davis was signed to Columbia Records on the strength of his inspired playing at the 1955 festival. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, Is Dead at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Two weeks after Mr. Davis signed her, he went on “The Merv Griffin Show” and introduced his protégée to the world. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z But as with most things involving Angela Davis, it would not be so uncomplicated. Angela Davis is beloved, detested, misunderstood. What can a lifelong radical teach the resistance generation? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z For the sessions, the pianist enlisted Pope, the bassist Art Davis and the drummer Kalil Madi, and the ensemble holed up in a New York hotel, working to grasp the bandleader’s new compositions. The Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lone Album Arrives, 56 Years Later 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Her parents, who are retired, were partners in the international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. Katharine Ettinger, William Navarre 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z "We want you to understand him a little more," Davis said. How do you solve a problem like updating 'Sound of Music'? Director is on the case 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Amid Prince’s vocals, keyboard chords, distorted lead guitar and a chatty bass guitar, Davis wedged in his recognizable chromatic sprints and tangent harmonies. Prince’s Vault Reveals a Brilliant Trove With ‘Sign O’ the Times’ 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z It may be legal, but Davis wonders about the ecological harm of such harvesting. Moss is no weed. It’s a brilliant addition to the garden. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The court papers show that Charles met two key planners, Sir Simon Milton, the deputy mayor of London, and Robert Davis of Westminster city council, the next day. Prince Charles accused of pressurising Qatari royal family over residential development 2010-05-17T22:34:00Z Thirteen states still lack provisions legalizing standing orders, a fact Corey Davis finds “mind-boggling.” North Carolina reverses thousands of drug overdoses amid opioid crisis 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Rachel Starr Davis, 34, of Portsmouth, said in an Instagram post that as she was boarding a flight from Charlotte, N.C. to Manchester, N.H., a flight attendant told her the toddler needed a mask. New Hampshire mom says she was kicked off flight after her 2-year-old refused mask: report 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The demos for that record helped her secure admission to the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Maggie Rogers Went Viral. Then She Had to Become Herself Again. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Head to Amtrak’s Sacramento Valley Station, a 1926 Renaissance Revival train station that just received a major face-lift, and hop the Capitol Corridor train 15 minutes west to the college town of Davis. 36 Hours in Sacramento 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “Inside Llewyn Davis” had come out and Oscar was kind of starting to ride that wave. How Dick Cheney and Marvin Gaye Inspired 'A Most Violent Year' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Some former perm box models revealed that they never used the products they posed for, but Davis and her sister used the product they modeled for regularly. What happened to perm box girls? They’re wearing their natural hair. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z “I don’t know what it takes to get to Obama,” Mr. Davis said. Critic?s Notebook: Prez N the Hood: A Hip-Hop Parody Stirs Up Issues 2010-10-25T22:56:00Z The narrator, Emma Davis, the sole cabinmate of the three vanished girls, returns to Nightingale, supposedly to teach art but also to find closure. A Thriller Set at a Summer Camp Where Bad Things Happened 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The second, “Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say,” to texts by Ms. Davis, looks at truth and loss in personal relationships; the third, “Rhetoric,” deals with the question of persuasion. Review: ‘Ipsa Dixit’ Makes an Unlikely Opera Out of Aristotle 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “Without these comics, we wouldn’t be alive,” Mr. Davis said in a telephone interview. Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z He also designed hair for about 60 films, styling the likes of Bette Davis, Jessica Lange and Vivien Leigh. Broadway’s Hair Master Puts Away the Wigs 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Also, anger and honest confusion at Davis for being upset. Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Wendy Davis rose to national prominence with her heroic filibuster of the measure, but Perry eventually signed it into law. The new documentary “Trapped” takes viewers to the bloodiest battlefield in the American “war on women” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z At 6 feet 10 inches tall, Davis is a handful for any defense. Perspective | Lakers and Heat take different paths to NBA Finals 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s nothing even remotely convincing about the cast members who double as stars of yesteryear like Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Errol Flynn and Bob Hope. Review: ‘Cagney,’ a Tribute to the Tough Guy Who Tapped 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Shelton, meanwhile, said Davis had proved why he still deserved to be in the running and commended him for turning in a simple, stripped-down performance. 'The Voice' recap: Top 8 are top great as old coaches return 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Tom Davis, that comedy partner, sighed as he watched. Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement Friday that Davis was “the epitome of Detroit’s can-do spirit.” Don Davis, musician, producer and composer, dies 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Often, he gives them a copy of Davis' "Kind of Blue," telling them to "Take this every day, like it's orange juice." Quincy Jones book schools next generation 2010-11-19T23:51:00Z “He comes in, he’s tuning my drums and he goes, ‘Hey, man, have you ever thought about playing Miles Davis?’ In portraying jazzman Miles Davis, Don Cheadle took his cues from his subject 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z She mentioned Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” and “Sketches of Spain” as inspirations, music that generated warmth for her during the pandemic. Allow Natalia Lafourcade to Reintroduce Herself 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Music mogul Clive Davis might be forgiven for sounding a bit emotional about “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics,” the new album produced by Davis that arrives Tuesday. Aretha Franklin and Clive Davis reunite for 'Diva Classics' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The only black person in sight was Davis on the piano. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Like many of Davis’s concert recordings, full versions of the Fillmore shows have traded hands among collectors for several years. ArtsBeat: Unreleased Miles Davis Performances to Be Released 2014-01-24T22:32:45Z Chaka Khan later went on CNN and said Mr. Davis’s decision to proceed with his party was an act of “complete insanity.” Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z In the same interview, Davis spoke of the “responsibility of feeling like I am the great black female hope for women of colour”, describing it as “a real professional challenge”. Viola Davis 'regrets' her role in The Help 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z By the late 1970s, her label, Island Records, dropped her, and Davis was unable to secure another backer. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z On top of that, Davis is facing going back to work and finding childcare for her infant during a pandemic, which adds another huge set of worries. Perspective | The pandemic’s mental health impact is dangerous for new moms. Especially black moms. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z People think athletes have all this power, but they don’t,” said Davis. Wade Davis on NFL’s gay witch hunt: “These athletes are very vulnerable” 2013-03-04T16:04:00Z Logan Sachon and Matthew Davis initially met in 2008, when she became an intern at an alternative weekly publication in Oregon; he was the news editor. A Man and Woman of Letters (Many of Them) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Cohen said Davis was among many artists who allowed their assistants a lot of leeway in the studio. How an assistant to famed D.C. artist Gene Davis earned her stripes 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Davis, who is a leading scholar of early modern European history, is a professor at the University of Toronto and professor emerita at Princeton University, where she taught for many years. American historian receives Norway's Holberg Prize 2010-06-09T17:45:00Z As Davis smiled and flexed a bicep, Palcy delivered a rousing speech: “Black is bankable! Female is bankable! Black and female is bankable!” Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren and Cher at the Raucous Governors Awards 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Davis ended his party with a performance by Jennifer Hudson and soul singer Gladys Knight, in a tribute to Knight's career. Newcomers and veterans celebrated in pre-Grammy festivities 2013-02-10T11:55:36Z The new opera by Ms. León and the librettist Thulani Davis, tentatively titled “The Little Rock Nine,” is very much in that tradition. At a Moment of Racial Tumult, the Little Rock Nine Inspire an Opera 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Jack Burton Davis Jr. was born in Atlanta on Dec. 2, 1924. Jack Davis, Mad magazine illustrator, dies at 91 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Davis marches through a parade of extremely sober references that include the American novelist Don DeLillo and the Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, but he’s too optimistic to sound like a scold. ‘Dedicated’ Makes the Case for Choosing Something and Sticking With It 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z His Snapchat series for Comedy Central, “Swag-A-Saurus With James Davis,” on which he translated the latest in urban slang, was based on his monthly stand-up act, Urban Dictionary. Bridging the Racial Divide, One Joke at a Time 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Davis and Crawford didn’t sit around waiting for the phone to ring. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “It was the strangest self-tape that I’d ever sent to someone that I had just met,” Matthew Patrick Davis, who plays the Mother, said in a video interview. Modern Body Horror Is Turning Breastfeeding Into an Act of Terror 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis indicated in her Instagram post that it was difficult letting someone else steer the museum, especially after her husband’s paintings went back on view at Underground this year. Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Closed 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z The role brings Davis back to television following stints on Showtime's "United States of Tara," NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," among others. Oscar-nominee Viola Davis on return to TV: 'I wanted to be the show' 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z I mean, of course she's Viola bloody Davis, but what I mean by that it was a discovery because unfortunately she's never had a role like this before. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The Davis Museum at Wellesley College also staged a protest of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Museums Chart a Response to Political Upheaval 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Many of Dawkins’s plays — like “Charm,” a comic drama set in an etiquette class for transgender students, which Davis directed Off Broadway in 2017 — are written for adults. ‘Spamtown, USA’ Looks at a Bitter Strike Through Children’s Eyes 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z May's comments were more restrained than those of her Brexit minister, David Davis, who said on Tuesday that the silencing of Big Ben for such a long period was "mad". Four years without Big Ben's bongs? It can't be right, says UK PM May 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Morgan Davis, 27, was already nervous for her time on stage. Med Students Get an Extra Match on ‘Match Day’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “Room Crashers” operates in a similar vein, allowing the designer Todd Davis to stalk shoppers at furniture stores and look for anyone willing to let him refashion a room. Critic?s Notebook: Every Home?s a Castle, Cinderella 2011-06-05T19:45:15Z Davis’s first few designs combined the pool and pond. Like it was ‘made in heaven’: a secret garden in the suburbs offers an Asian-style landscape In the 2009 book “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World,” the anthropologist Wade Davis writes that Heyerdahl “inverted history itself” with his claims about the Polynesian migration. Movie Review: ‘Kon-Tiki,’ Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg 2013-04-25T23:28:56Z So in 2010, Mr. Rudin mounted a revival on Broadway starring Mr. Washington and Viola Davis, who was also cast in the film. The Long, Long Road to Building ‘Fences’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The historian Brenda Davis said that on the night of the grand opening, as 20,000 spectators gathered in the pouring rain, the illuminated Capitol must have been as captivating as a fireworks display. 36 Hours in Jackson, Miss. 2013-05-30T17:27:31Z Davis accomplished one of the most moving, effective fusions of paint handling, narrative and symbolism in recent American art. 20 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z McDonald, who is host of "Live From Lincoln Center," has a line of concert dates until Christmas, has shot a pilot for CBS with Hope Davis and Sam Neill, and has three theater projects percolating. Audra McDonald returns with new, personal CD 2013-05-20T12:22:11Z As you can see, they really blew the lid off Wendy Davis and her WEB OF LIES. Wendy Davis is not Chris Christie 2014-01-21T20:26:00Z It’s about the inevitable yet ridiculous rush to equate the news that Davis misrepresented certain aspects of her personal history with the recent revelations of Christie’s George Washington Bridge fiasco. Wendy Davis is not Chris Christie 2014-01-21T20:26:00Z "I've not heard any final conclusion on anything that he was involved in," Davis said. Calif. lawmaker ponders Neverland as state park 2010-07-14T02:00:00Z Davis concluded that kids consuming entertainment at an early age are "unconsciously trained" that "in a world that is half-female, in the 21st century, that women are less valuable than men and boys." Panel including Shonda Rhimes address film/TV's 'unconscious bias' 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z One, Miss Davis would call me in July and August, saying, “I want the heat.” Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z He named them: “Clive Davis and her family.” Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Sadly for Davis, that’s as far as they went, with Best Actress going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, though Spencer clinched the Best Supporting Actress prize. The Artist Silences the Competition at the BAFTAs 2012-02-13T00:15:40Z After shooting Davis, the suspect attempted to flee in the police officer’s car, only to crash into another motorist. Milwaukee police officer shot in the line duty gifted tickets to the big game 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Early in the ceremony, the London singer and pianist Benjamin Clementine performed the song ‘Fare Thee Well’ from Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coens’ folk drama which took the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2013. Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan surprise winner of Palme d'Or 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z But paintings by Louis’s fellow D.C. colorists, including Paul Reed, Sam Gilliam and Gene Davis, reveal the importance of what White omits. In the galleries: An artist’s past, present and future 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Coutured and made up to seem a younger, taller, lither Davis, Neal reads her early lines with a castrating wit, accompanied by the flinging of an eyebrow for emphasis. Patricia Neal (1926-2010): A Life of Tragedy and Triumph 2010-08-11T08:40:00Z Viola Davis, “Fences”—Davis is a shoo-in, and for mostly good reasons. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z While another study, from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media, found that television fared slightly better, women still only made up 39 precent of the characters on primetime programs. Witches Are The New Vampires — and That’s A Good Thing 2013-11-11T17:08:08Z "Inside Llewyn Davis" is ultimately a story of talents who don't get the big break, and the razor thin line separating failure and fame. Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes 2013-05-19T13:31:11Z The film, backed by Participant Media, includes comments, racist in their overtone, by Mr. Dunn in recorded prison phone conversations and a deeply humanizing look at Mr. Davis and his middle-class family. Sundance 2015: Documentaries Suddenly Made Timely 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Strong female characters are no longer scarce, but earlier this month Oscar winner Geena Davis said that women on screen are overwhelmingly “sidelined, hypersexualised or simply not there”. Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood's diversity drought 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z While in command, Lee served under Davis, who apparently got over his whole secession-phobia in a big way. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Older TV viewers remember Davis for another non-glamorous role, on “The Bob Cummings Show,” also known as “Love That Bob.” 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas Second place receives yet one more masterpiece of shell shlock: this jaunty souvenir imported for us from Myrtle Beach, S.C., by Loser and Devoted Prize Donor Cheryl Davis. Style Invitational: Vowel movement—a new wordplay game 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Davis is the author of 15 books, including Passage of Darkness and The Serpent and the Rainbow, which detail his Haitian investigations into zombies. Into the Silence author Wade Davis wins Samuel Johnson award 2012-11-12T21:50:01Z Throughout the eighties, Vaginal Davis developed multiple personas and performed incongruous identities. The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Putting out the comic biographies allowed Mr. Davis to tap skills from his earlier career in marketing, publicity and advertising. Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z Is there no end to the Davis women’s shamelessness? 4 reasons America’s afraid of women with friends 2014-01-29T20:12:00Z “All of a sudden everybody seemed to want anger, coolness, hipness, and a real clean, mean sophistication,” Davis recalled in “Miles,” his 1990 autobiography. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The foreword by Lydia Davis and the introduction by its editor, Stephen Emerson, maddeningly overlap. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The photograph of Davis on the cover of his celebrated 1958 Milestones album – Sta-Prest trousers, button-down Ivy League shirt – became a sort of mod pin-up. Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight – review 2013-04-07T07:00:01Z The conductor was Andrew Davis, a fine Tippett interpreter, acutely conscious of the music's ebb and flow, and of its mixture of brassy energy with restrained, gracious lyricism. BBCSO/Davis – review 2013-04-15T17:13:40Z The film was made in 2016, not long after Smith had lost her grandmother and Joseph his brother, the painter Noah Davis. Review | A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The play will be directed by Will Davis, who previously teamed with Ms. Backhaus for her best-known work, “Men on Boats.” Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ Heading to Broadway 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Davis declined to comment through her dealer, Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles. Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Closed 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z "As a panel of judges we put less store in the big biography that was a comprehensive account of somebody's life, the comprehensive record of their existence, than some judging panels," Davis explained. Samuel Johnson prize longlist spans the globe 2010-04-22T08:33:00Z “We weren’t doing joke jokes or funny word jokes as much as we were setting up physical situations for her,” Ms. Davis said in a 1993 interview for the Archive of American Television. Madelyn Pugh Davis, Writer for ?I Love Lucy,? Dies at 90 2011-04-21T21:33:52Z Some filmmakers are open to Davis’ message, but she says top-down change takes time. Women Flip the Script on Hollywood 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Ms. James and Ms. Davis are lovely as the frustrated women who only want to help the unhappy Rach. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z OK, so no one actually says that in this filthy little , written by and starring Julia Davis, but it's clear she's more than just nodding at Rebecca. TV review: Hunderby; Harry's Mountain Heroes 2012-08-28T06:49:03Z In this Davis McCallum-directed play, set in Idaho, an editor returns to the failing local paper he founded years ago. Theater Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T22:49:24Z “We couldn’t help but look around and see the national momentum going towards the issue of racial justice, and Native American mascots specifically,” Ms. Davis said. Anatomy of a Mascot 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In 1984, Noble, drawing upon the work of other sensory scientists at Davis, published the Wine Aroma Wheel, a circular chart of six dozen descriptors that could be used to describe wine by smell. Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Rankine will discuss the book with Robin Coste Davis and Maggie Nelson as part of the Public Library's Aloud series on Oct. Fall books preview: A busy literary season ahead 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z "Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was to premiere Sunday night. Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes 2013-05-19T13:31:11Z He was especially proud of securing one of the first in-depth interviews with the elusive jazz great Miles Davis. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z A fictionalized account of one of those teams, the Rockford Peaches, this blithely feminist film stars Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna as athletes struggling for respect, and Tom Hanks as their grudging manager. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Oh, and Jefferson Davis was in cahoots with Adam; the rebel army was manned, or thinged, mostly by vampires. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: Four-score and Seven Corpses 2012-06-21T13:40:09Z In the season she just finished, “Six Degrees of Joan Crawford,” she compared the feud between Crawford and Bette Davis to the social-media war between Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Ghosts of Old Hollywood, as a Podcast 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Gates introduces Davis as a living legend, philosopher, feminist and civil rights activist, as well as a "tireless advocate for social justice, crisscrossing the globe to write and speak on behalf of the oppressed." Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Along with Damon, the movie’s other M.V.P. is Davis, whose beautifully modulated performance helps deepen the story and expand its emotional palette. ‘Air’ Review: The Game Changers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z But Davis has also had trouble with sticking to the facts when his business interests were in jeopardy. ‘2nd Chance’ Review: Just Shoot Me 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis’s pianistic language is rangy and full-blooded, sometimes speaking in ripples and layers, elsewhere in adamant scatters. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The New York Times' review of Beat Street praised the actor Guy Davis, "who plays a disc jockey with a special gift for the rhymed improvisation that's called rapping". It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z His works celebrate icons of black culture, from athletes like Muhammad Ali and Hank Aaron to musicians like Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and often allude to the legacy of slavery and colonialism. Sotheby's finds hidden signature on Basquiat work 2012-02-14T22:08:17Z Gardner and Davis fret that kids are obsessed with how their peers perceive them. “The App Generation:” the dubious influence of apps 2014-01-08T21:53:48Z For that matter, the texts in its booklet are themselves more deeply evocative of the spirit of Davis’s music than is the entire movie. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z With “Mrs. Davis,” we finished everything — post, final sound mix, final visual effects — before the strike. Two Television Showrunners on ‘Creative Short Circuits’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Adams suggested to the artist Jay Davis that he look at Ms. Weiner’s paintings. It’s an Art Gallery. No, a Living Room. O.K., Both. 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Davis — and folks at the conservative Liberty Counsel, who are pulling the strings here — clearly enjoys the spotlight attention of a stunt appearance. The Kim Davis sideshow is back: Which GOP lawmaker invited her to the State of the Union — and why is it a secret? 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Last year's list had been dominated by science and Davis expressed his disappointment that there had not been a higher proportion of popular science works this year. Samuel Johnson prize longlist spans the globe 2010-04-22T08:33:00Z “She’s really understanding — she extends this incredible compassion to everyone she knows,” said Mr. Davis, 40, who is now a strategic communications consultant in New York. A Man and Woman of Letters (Many of Them) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z They did reunite, and she got divorced and released an album, “I Look to You,” with Mr. Davis once again listed as executive producer. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Davis’s set has added footlights around the stage and a good deal of height, with a pair of spiral staircases on either side of a two-level wooden structure. Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He liberally applied the distortion pedal to his licks, punctuated by wah-wah effects, and appeared on some of Davis' most experimental albums including Agharta, Pangaea, Get Up With It and Dark Magus. Jazz guitarist Cosey dies at 68 2012-06-11T09:04:04Z Festival producer Quint Davis said that kind of longevity is worth celebrating. The Radiators' last show at New Orleans' jazz fest 2011-05-09T00:54:09Z The record on which Davis sang sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S. alone. John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli, dies at 66 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Elliot Davis It’s exactly this conception that seems to be hurting them in the film world. Amazon and Netflix need to decide if they’re in the TV or movie business 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Thompson recalled gaining affection for Davis while in high school, living with his grandmother. Sammy Davis Jr.’s Knotty Journey, on Film and in Song 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z There was only one existing group photograph of the jurors to work from, Davis said — nine white women, one Black woman and two white men. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z “America’s National Parks,” a suite on two discs, features his Golden Quintet, made up of longtime associates like the pianist Anthony Davis and the drummer Pheeroan akLaff. Wadada Leo Smith, Raising Issues With a Horn 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Founded by Chuck Davis and now directed by Abdel R. Salaam, the event brings together dancers, musicians and artists representing many traditions of Africa and its diaspora. DanceAfrica at BAM Explores a Diaspora’s Traditions 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z He worked briefly under Stuart Davis and became acquainted with the Surrealist artist Arshile Gorky. Will Barnet, Painter, Dies at 101 2012-11-13T23:34:33Z “I can’t think of a better place than the Great Lawn of Central Park to be the place where you say that New York is reopening,” Mr. Davis said in an interview. New York City Plans a Central Park Mega-Concert to Celebrate Reopening 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z He left Davis to experiment with his own music and to indulge his growing interest in electronic instruments. Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’ Particularly after his diagnosis, Mr. Davis drove himself hard. The Larger Costs of Closing a Local Museum During Coronavirus 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Davis is an attorney, but in the Cohen case, he focuses on massaging the media and leaves the courtroom activities to the taciturn Petrillo. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z He performed with Miles Davis’s second quintet, a group that included Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and Ron Carter, and he went on to form the fusion band Weather Report. In Kennedy Center Honors first, ‘Hamilton’ to be awarded prestigious arts prize 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z “He was by any measure the most important radical theorist of city life and architecture in the past half century,” the urban theorist and author Mike Davis, a protege of Sorkin’s, wrote in the Nation. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “As an actor in Star Wars, the first time you see yourself immortalized as a Star Wars toy is a very exciting moment, however old you are,” Davis said in an interview. Disney unveils 'Star Wars' merchandise at Britain's Pinewood Studios 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Tens of millions of listeners have downloaded StartUp, and “now Gimlet can go back to those people and tell them about ‘Alex, Inc.,” Mr. Davis said. Podcasts Get the Hollywood Treatment, Complete With Zach Braff 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Brian reminds me of the way Miles Davis used to work: he'd get musicians to put their heads together and then say, 'You now must connect.' Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z Q: In your recent movie, "The High Note," you play Grace Davis, an R&B diva, and actually sing on-screen for the first time. Q&A with Tracee Ellis Ross: ‘The career I have is about storytelling, but I’m more than an actor’ 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Doubly so when some of the best films of recent times – Before Midnight, Under the Skin, Inside Llewyn Davis, Whiplash – worked so brilliantly precisely because of their succinctness. The never-ending story: why are Oscar movies often so long? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z She was formerly a Senior Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell and she is currently the founder and president of CollegeBound Advice, an independent college counseling firm. Women over 50 are invisible 2013-04-05T13:00:00Z But “The Whale,” directed cleanly by Davis McCallum, certainly never takes on the moralizing vibe of a message play about the problem of obesity, or the problems faced by the obese. Theater Review: Shuler Hensley in ‘The Whale,’ by Samuel D. Hunter 2012-11-06T03:00:22Z He'll be back on screens at the end of the year in "Fences," an adaptation of August Wilson's play, that he directs and stars in alongside Viola Davis. Box Office: 'Magnificent Seven' hits bullseye with $35 million debut 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The contracts had been signed, the audience was packed with celebrities — Cary Grant, Ann-Margret, Sammy Davis Jr. — and billionaire Kirk Kerkorian had flown in a slew of critics on his private jet. The summer of 1969: When Elvis made his true comeback 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The feeling — as with Miles Davis, as with Prince — is of a bandleader’s constant, watchful manipulation, tension and release for maximum thrills. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z I asked Davis whether he thinks the nature of the connection between fans and the music they like is changing because of the dizzying amount of music available at the click of an app. Clive Davis on his 2015 pre-Grammy bash: 'It's overwhelming' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Both Davis and Streep were nominated for the best actress Oscar this year, with Streep winning the award on Sunday night. Actress Meryl Streep donates $10,000 to RI school 2012-02-28T17:41:09Z Davis is animated and warm, yet with a simmering sharpness. Review: 'The Call' is a touching adoption saga 2013-04-15T02:01:06Z There is also a golden spinning disco ball, “Nefertiti — Miles Davis,” in the shape of the Egyptian queen. Beyond Beyoncé Fame, Awol Erizku Expands What Black Art Can Be 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis and Prunera agreed that they would leave the band. The Story of Threatin, a Most Puzzling Hoax Even for 2018 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “Once she got over her anxiety over even being there, the overwhelming impression was of its mean-spirited nature,” Davis writes of the first and last time Sara attended an Algonquin luncheon. Review | A dual portrait of Herman and Joe Mankiewicz offers an intimate look at the Hollywood brothers 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Compact and loquacious, he’s a man of strong opinions: “I don’t like super-sweet apples like Fuji,” Davis says of the Japanese cultivar now among Washington state’s most popular commercial exports. Want heritage apples? Grow your own 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “The mission of the festival all along has been to make a full circle,” Davis said. Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But if going outside isn't a great option right now, there are other fun options, Davis said. Fitness instructor shares tips for getting in shape alongside your kids 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Asked about Mrs. Davis, the music producer Quincy Jones, whose “We Are the World” was partly written at the Davis mansion, started talking about the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Sphinx. Tough Times No Deterrent for This Ball 2010-10-22T22:31:00Z This is “the price for justice for women and bringing sexual violence to the forefront,” Davis says. For some black women, the Cosby indictment is painfully complex 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z These days, Davis says, she’s more depressed than angry about sexism. Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for women in film. They didn’t’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Davis is magnificent in the role, playing it broad and turning from growling to glowering from scene to scene. How to Get Away with Murder: Shonda Rhimes' take on the procedural 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A middle-aged black man, he calls on Varina Davis just a few months before her death. The First Lady of the Confederacy Considers Her Painful Past 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z While her parents loved the cool of Miles Davis, and her older sisters were drawn to the antisocial force of heavy metal, Ms. Petras preferred the gleaming sheen and universal allure of pop. Kim Petras Just Wants to Be a Pop Star 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Dennis, who appeared with Davis in the BBC comedy Life's Too Short, said he was "really looking forward to always looking on the bright side of life". Dennis and Warwick join Spamalot 2013-08-02T14:40:21Z Understanding NFTs and their value as digital objects comes naturally to a generation raised online, Mr. Davis added. Teens Cash In on the NFT Art Boom 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The Oscar Award-winning Coen brothers will follow their most recent release, “Inside Lewlyn Davis” with “Hail Caesar,” about a Hollywood fixer hired by studios to keep the images of celebrities spotless. The 9 coolest fictional fixers, ranked 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z When Lydia Davis isn't writing her own stories, she is translating French literature into English. Lydia Davis: 'My style is a reaction to Proust's long sentences' 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z A Bette Davis/Joan Crawford riff also seems a tired camp concession to gay fans. 2010-01-22T01:28:00Z Pictures of a 5-year-old girl from suburban Seattle, dressed up as her heroines — Angela Davis, Rosa Parks and other African-American women who fought for freedom — were shown at the International Center of Photography recently. At Some Museums, the Art Is Now on the Outside 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z With Miles Davis in the background; my version of therapy. Who does the housework? Five Guardian writers reveal all 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The collected recordings of the “Second Great Miles Davis Quintet” are one of the most treasured canons in all of jazz. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z “A best picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit,” Mr. Davis said in a statement. New Rules to Set Field for Chasing Top Oscar 2011-06-15T22:03:02Z Of all Dee’s performances with Ossie Davis, the most thrilling may have been their acceptance of the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award — and could any couple be more deserving of it? Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z In her remarks to Assembly members, Davis said much work remains to ensure equal opportunities for young women. Actress Geena Davis critical of Oscar host 2013-03-05T04:01:04Z Mr. Davis also wrote four novels that even he acknowledged were obscure. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z Widows, Steve McQueen’s followup to 12 Years a Slave, was potentially the nominations’ greatest casualty – it scored no nominations, including for much fancied leading actress Viola Davis. Golden Globes 2019: Vice leads pack with six nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “If we don’t heal from our racial division, our democracy will be undermined,” Mr. Davis said. Obama to Ring In Opening of African American Museum 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The vest scandal was no career-buster: Davis, and his son, eventually regrouped and started a new company. ‘2nd Chance’ Review: Just Shoot Me 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “There’s a surge of people doing such a variety of creative miniatures,” said Ms. Davis, who attributed the change to younger and more diverse makers entering the industry today. Inside the Big World of Small Objects 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Beth Davis, who is delivering a sonorous speech on the rise and realities of stalking that mostly blames jealousy and the Internet. In violent 'Stalker' on CBS, depravity seems to be the point 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis still pinches himself every so often. His Dreams Came True, Despite the Pandemic 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z That’s why Cheadle and the other writers, in their extreme filtering and altering of Davis’s experiences and actions, do his art no favors but, rather, an injustice. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The pup weighed about 25 pounds, and Davis’s eyes immediately focused on his enormous paws. World’s tallest dog is 7 feet on hind legs. He likes to sit on laps. 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z West was looking forward to the Last Night of the Proms, the annual celebration that caps the series, which will be led this year by her favorite conductor, Sir Andrew Davis. The Sound of Brexit at the BBC Proms 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z How could he have collaborated with Davis for 23 years, working together on an exhaustive catalog that detailed the story behind every Stuart Davis work, only to be sentenced before it was published? The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z In introducing Clive Davis, producer David Foster remarked how the legendary music executive's pre-Grammy gala, was a more coveted ticket than the Grammy Awards themselves. R. Kelly's "Star Spangled Banner" Highlight of Clive Davis Event 2011-02-14T03:25:07Z The groom, 30, is an associate of Davis Polk & Wardwell, a law firm in New York. Jessica Moldovan, Matthew King 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z His father was an oral surgeon and his mother was a music teacher; the family moved to East St. Louis when Davis was 1. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Tom Davis and I sort of workshopped this piece at a revue theater in Minneapolis. Al Franken: My 10 favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ political sketches 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The biggest loss, Davis says, was the love and friendship of the man he trusted with everything - his confidences, his dreams, his father's life's work. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-24T06:16:00Z But the mix-up did not stop Davis from enjoying her birthday. Baker confuses woman’s ‘Moana’ birthday cake request for 'marijuana' 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, officials at the University of Texas at Austin removed a public statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis following complaints that the work of art glorified the South's racist past. Thomas Jefferson statue incites debate at Mizzou 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis served in the National Guard, and he graduated from Stanford in 1962; he returned to Stanford two years later as a Stegner Fellow in the creative writing program. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z Davis’s double album, with its dark aura, thick acoustic-electric instrumentation and seemingly endless grooves, also made way for like-minded bands to assemble in its wake. 53 Years After Miles Davis’s Album, a Fresh Spin as ‘London Brew’ 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z This year’s Mississippi Match Day, which took place March 15, was doubly rewarding for Morgan Davis, 27, who was nervous when called onstage. They All Said Yes 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Damon Davis, who earned notice for his art around the 2014 Ferguson protests, has built a tribute to Mill Creek Valley, the bustling hub of Black St. Louis that the city abruptly razed in 1959. Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z But while “Too Big to Fail” might do a better job explaining how the financial crisis happened to confused observers like Michele Davis, “Billions,” I think, does a better job of explaining why. “The point of having f**k-you money”: We’ve seen how the economy broke down in ’08 — Showtime’s “Billions” shows us why 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Given the GOP’s growing unpopularity with this group, attacking Davis’ single mother story looks like a losing strategy. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Davis moved back to Homestead to live with her mother. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Davis left plans for 18 more exhibitions, of which four have been executed. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z To Ms. Davis, the traditional food program is simply another aspect of the hospital’s healing mission. At One Alaskan Hospital, Indigenous Foods Are Part of the Healing Plan 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Questlove of the Roots says that discovering “The Low End Theory” in the days after Miles Davis’ death and hearing Phife’s rapping sent him on his life’s course. Mourning Phife Dawg: Hip hop lost a legend too young in Tribe Called Quest’s Malik Taylor 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Viola Davis became the first African-American woman to win an Emmy in the best actress in a drama category this year. The Top 11 Moments for Women in Pop Culture in 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z “Like anybody else, I had a number of hugely upsetting events happen in the last two years,” Mackenzie Davis said. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z For Mr. Davis, it was embracing his diverse upbringing. Bridging the Racial Divide, One Joke at a Time 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z According to Deadline, while nothing has been officially announced yet, the episode looks to already be a done deal, with Kerry Washington and Viola Davis Instagramming each other from the other person’s set. How to Get Away with Scandal and the problem with crossover TV episodes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Davis felt overlooked by the fashion industry, because of his size and colour. No more Mr Muscle: the activists championing body confidence for men 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Davis will play a handful of shows in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana in February and March to support the album's release, which is coming out on Sunyata Records, the label owned by Martin. 'Last Man Standing' finds CeDell Davis growling his finest Delta blues 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says Monday that actress and gender equality advocate Geena Davis will also receive an Oscar statuette as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient. David Lynch, Wes Studi among honorary Oscar recipients 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z As one Davis, Calif., resident put it, “It tastes like they literally put a whole burger in a blender and then deep fried it,” The Impulse Buy reported. Jack in the Box testing Burger Dippers 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A five-time Grand Slam singles champion and former No. 1 player who went on to successful careers as a Davis Cup captain, broadcaster and executive. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z With Davis, it wasn’t a case of style over substance. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Davis was not afraid to change with the times, either in the music he made or in the way he dressed. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Davis points to some of New Orleans' famous musical bloodlines, including the Neville, Marsalis and Batiste families, whose influence spans generations and whose younger members play contemporary styles also steeped in tradition. New Orleans Jazz Fest showcases city's musical 'bloodlines' 2014-04-25T12:02:40Z By contrast, there is Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for Superman,” a documentary to be released by Paramount Vantage on Sept. Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right 2010-09-07T22:28:00Z Slowly, Mr. Davis recalled, those chats “started getting more specific.” War Zone Traumas, Restaged at Home by Jennifer Karady 2010-05-05T23:06:00Z A flood of antislavery fanaticism and sectional hatred, Davis declaimed, had opened a “moral crevasse” that endangered America’s very foundations. Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? Jefferson Davis Thought So. Abraham Lincoln Didn’t. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The historian later suggests that Jefferson Davis, the first president of the Confederacy, was not racist because he “adopted a little black orphan child and raised him and secured his rights as a free person.” Jim Jefferies nails what’s wrong with preserving Confederate monuments 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The Iowa State Fair will be in Polk County, where health department spokeswoman Nola Aigner Davis expressed concern about the state’s virus trends and a reluctance to get vaccinated or wear masks. COVID-19 rates a worry as 1 million head for Iowa State Fair 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis understood that the future was in rock ’n’ roll. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis will be named an officer, and Mr. Jones a chevalier, of the Order of Arts and Letters on Thursday at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Manhattan. A Promotion for Lydia Davis in French Order of Arts and Letters 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “I think it brings us closer together,” said Cultural Affairs Officer Monica Davis. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Her husband was an aide to Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president. Reading About the Confederacy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Horn performed the flute, clarinet and saxophone with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Miles Davis. Paul Horn, Jazz flautist, dies at 84 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s a fascinatingly eclectic ensemble and needs — certainly benefits from — some explaining, which visitors get in a handout written by the museum’s curator of collections, Paul R. Davis. Menil’s New Drawing Institute: A Full-Service Home for Fragile Art 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Thirty years ago, Kevin Costner starred in this baseball classic as Crash Davis, a veteran catcher toiling in the minor leagues. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Brockmire’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “We’re really using the food scene as a driver of that,” Mr. Davis said. Pittsburgh’s Youth-Driven Food Boom 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z As usual, Davis wouldn’t reveal any details about who will perform what over the course of the evening. Clive Davis on his 2015 pre-Grammy bash: 'It's overwhelming' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “The World According to Fannie Davis” is a daughter’s gesture of loving defiance, an act of reclamation, an absorbing portrait of her mother in full. Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Crowded Solitudes,” his new album on the Clean Feed label, features an alert trio with Kris Davis on piano and Gerald Cleaver on drums, bringing tangible shape to compositions that often court abstraction. Eric Revis, Holding Down the Center Again 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Davis is a professor at the University of Toronto and professor emerita at Princeton University, where she taught for many years. American historian wins Holberg Prize 2010-03-16T12:27:00Z You didn’t have to support Angela Davis, Che Guevara and the PLO to understand that there was a historical relationship between their issues and the Irish Troubles. How did Irish-Americans get so disgusting? 2014-03-15T17:00:00Z Ron Sydnor, who is the former manager of the Davis birth site, is Black and remains an engaging defender of Davis in the region. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The next time a Lydia Davis book arrives, I’ll be in line to consume it. Books of The Times: Lydia Davis’s ‘Can’t and Won’t’ 2014-04-01T19:40:25Z Working in an industry that is often centered on aesthetics and aspirational content, Davis' message appealed to me — and obviously to a lot of other people, too. How to make dinner while drowning 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Davis said she sent the school a “lengthy email” earlier this year and “begged” the school to intervene. Missouri mom defends son beating up school bully in viral post: 'Problem solved' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Then Tines gives a preview of Anthony Davis’s “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which he will star in at Michigan Opera Theater next year. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in May 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Davis took Prancer home that day, and he’s been slowly warming up ever since, she said. Prancer, the 'haunted Victorian child' Chihuahua, gets adopted following viral ad 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants. Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Kemar Davis pleaded guilty and was sentenced in March to 20 years in prison. Jamaican dancehall DJ gets 25 years in US drug ring case 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Two other high-profile world premieres bookend the festival, with “The Walk” getting the party started on Saturday and “Miles Ahead,” Don Cheadle’s biographical portrait of Miles Davis, bringing it to a close on Oct. New York Film Festival: The Perils of Popularity 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “I think hiking will remain strong this fall,” said Kelly Davis, the association’s director of research. Fall foliage is coming, and so are the hikers. Here’s how to find trails less traveled. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The deep significance of the land to the local identity is as unmistakable in Fayetteville as it is in Davis. West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z But the country held a special association for him dating back to when Chuck Davis celebrated it at DanceAfrica, the festival he founded. Living the Golden Life: DanceAfrica Welcomes Ghana to Brooklyn 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Shakira was taking a course taught by Angela Davis at San Francisco State University, the school where I would end up getting a master’s degree in poetry writing. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Two of the stellar performers in this group effort, Andrew Wass and Scott Davis, have pieces of their own in the Friday night lineup. Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation's 'Off the Cuff' 2011-08-05T18:08:03Z Davis said the festival's music is a force all its own, mixed together with unforgettable food. New Orleans street performer debuts at Jazz Fest 2010-04-22T19:35:00Z From her bungalow, Crawford can see across the yard to Davis’s bungalow, where cast and crew gather nightly to get drunk and let off steam. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 7 Recap: Feminism 101 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Last night, Dru and Amber Davis publicly wrote letters refuting claims made in the most recent spate of “bad mother” attacks on their mother. 4 reasons America’s afraid of women with friends 2014-01-29T20:12:00Z Mr. Davis hired a “curator” a year ahead of time to assemble Multnomah’s. The Whiskey Bar Is Taking a Step Up 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z When Crawford learns that Davis has received an Oscar nomination for “Baby Jane,” there’s a dramatic pullback shot from the outside of her mansion and a horror-movie scream. Review: ‘Feud: Bette and Joan,’ a Clash of the Gossip Girls 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Davis said a $45 ticket offers a good value "even in the face of the recession." New Orleans street performer debuts at Jazz Fest 2010-04-22T19:35:00Z As if to underscore that idea, Mr. Peterson includes three compositions by the hard-bop pianist Walter Davis Jr., who filled that role in his own development in the early 1980s. Review: Ralph Peterson Jr. Powers a Runaway Freight Train 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Viola Davis not only portrayed the fearless lead character in “The Woman King,” but she was also a producer of the film, which was based on a true story. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z "What keeps me in the business is hope, and that's the hope that women of color are also part of the narrative," Davis said. Streisand, Aniston, Pfeiffer get Hollywood honors 2011-10-18T12:19:10Z Weiss also hired Henry Davis, a former venture capitalist, as chief operations officer. Glossier: Emily Weiss's Makeup for Cool Girls 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Davis, sitting on the dais, interrupted with vigorous applause. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Kind of Blue felt like Miles Davis's music. 50 great moments in jazz: Miles Davis and Kind of Blue 2010-07-05T14:35:00Z Stanley Tucci plays the architect of her career Clive Davis, who is one of the movie’s producers. 159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z By the time he played with Miles Davis in the late ’40s, Roach had shifted his style to a more propulsive rhythm that emphasized the ride cymbal. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Max Roach 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z From a young age, he was interested in art and Higashi Davis, recalls Soul painting a bright orange Garfield on a wall in their childhood home near Genesee Park. The legacy of Soul One, a steward of Seattle hip-hop culture, lives on 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Davis’s point is that we have to start somewhere. ‘Dedicated’ Makes the Case for Choosing Something and Sticking With It 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z In 2005, Davis starred in a TV drama called Commander in Chief in which she played a female president. Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for women in film. They didn’t’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z As off-putting as some found his brooding folk-singer in the Coen brothers "Inside Llewyn Davis," the film and the performance, both underrated in my mind, did put him on the map. 'Two Faces of January' a twisted tale driven by talented trio 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The next series from and Stephen Merchant will be Life's Too Short, a sitcom about actor Warwick Davis, who is 3ft 6in tall. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's short stories 2010-04-20T08:56:00Z The museum is wholly dependent on donations, and not all donors are as meticulous as Davis. A clutch show: 'The Purse & the Person' at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry 2010-12-16T20:53:04Z It is said of Davis’s Margo that she “compensates for underplaying onstage by overplaying reality.” Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “Many kids first think it’s like a video game,” said Alan Davis, an educator and retired New York police officer. New museum lets visitors walk in the shoes of a police officer 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Along with “American Hustle,” the best musical or comedy nominees were “Her,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Nebraska,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The Carpetbagger: ‘American Hustle’ and ‘12 Years a Slave’ Top 2014 Golden Globe Nominations 2013-12-12T14:10:51Z A-list actors such as Berry, Washington, Viola Davis and Will Smith have also found roles in action and big-budget blockbusters for diverse audiences. Racial barriers still hold back Hollywood's black talent 2014-02-26T01:14:44Z Sometimes Ms. Nova and Ms. Davis are shown by the seaside wearing matching white Civil War-era gowns connected by yards-long strings, as if the Fates were starring in “The Beguiled.” Forced Online, an Opera Festival Searches for Intimacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z According to reports in 2015, the film was once due to star Viola Davis, but now is winning Oscar buzz for Cynthia Erivo’s lead performance. 'No one will know the difference': studio wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis, who won a Tony for her performance in Wilson’s “King Hedley II,” may well pick up another for her work here. | 'Fences': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in August Wilson?s Classic 2010-04-27T02:03:00Z Among this season's contenders are lead performers George Clooney for "The Descendants," Viola Davis for "The Help," Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady" and Jean Dujardin for "The Artist." Firth, Portman, Bale, Leo to present at Oscars 2012-02-23T18:32:09Z Both King and Belafonte grew enamored of Davis, who would end up being a kind of secret financial weapon of the movement. Perspective | Harry Belafonte’s biggest hit? The song of freedom. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Their breakout performance on the show earned them a recording deal with Alan Douglas, a music producer who worked with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix. Rap’s Radical First Act 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “I used to think she was just this old-school sweet Polish lady,” Davis says. Meet The Jewish Matchmaker of Your Grandmother's Dreams 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Camp needs commitment and urgency, which Davis and Crawford had to spare. Like ‘Mommie Dearest’? Stream These Movies for Pride Month 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Given her cult status – something enhanced by the fact she never appears on panel shows – there is a lot of mythologising around Davis’ personality. Julia Davis: 'I'm worried there's going to be a backlash' 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Actor Khris Davis, who plays Foreman in the biopic "Big George Foreman," in theaters now, recalled how his understanding of his character was initially skewed as well — until he read the fighter's autobiography. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z It’s usually older children who get into actual trouble — the Bush twins for underage drinking and fake IDs, or Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s grown daughter, for ditching the Secret Service. What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? These 10-year-olds have a lot of ideas. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Thinking he’s caught a thief on the deserted family farm, Heath shoots Ordeen Davis, who does odd jobs for Miss Fannie, and tosses his body into the Big Black River. Many Sinners, Very Few Saints 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Gardner is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ms. Davis is an assistant professor at the University of Washington Information School. Books of The Times: 3 Books Offer Ways to Cut the Cord, If Only Briefly 2013-08-18T22:14:01Z The number is impressive and also excessive, which is one way of describing Davis, the jolly inventor of a modern bulletproof vest and a born salesman. ‘2nd Chance’ Review: Just Shoot Me 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The Brady Bunch debuted in 1969 and aired for five years, with Davis as Alice, the mainstay for the blended sitcom family. Brady Brunch Actress Ann B. Davis Dies in Texas 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z And although the new space in the basement of Montgomery County’s Davis Library is full of fancy equipment — including several laptops and a 3-D printer — none of it is off-limits. New science museums in the D.C. area are hands-on fun for kids And in Tippett's epic, full-evening, choral and orchestral composition, The Mask of Time, Davis was equal to all its musical and intellectual demands. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z When he became aware of the problems, Davis took steps to help the Raiders clean up their act, assigning an assistant coach to monitor off-field activity. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z When I want a project, I’ll order Mr. Davis’s sourdough bread kit again. Stuck at Home, Pastry Chefs Find Freedom. New Yorkers Find Cookies. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Davis pulled from stories she had read, and others she had lived. A husband and wife’s ‘family music nights’ in their basement become an album 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Meyer Davis Studio is known for its tailored but approachable aesthetic—a perfect fit with Conant's vision of rustic elegance for Corsair. Scott Conant’s new Corsair restaurant 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Was Davis abrasive or charming when you worked with him? Chaka Khan on Artistic Freedom, Her Side Hustles and Joni Mitchell 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The filmmakers spent a day at Allegiant Stadium this past season filming stand-ins for Davis and Rozelle, who were of similar height, weight and build. ESPN uses technology to bring Davis, Rozelle back to life 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis’s “Permanent Collection” series uses the glare of museum lighting to obscure faces in portraits or create other effects. Art Review: ?Spies in the House of Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-02-09T22:14:54Z Davis: We've always thought of thug as an attitude and we wanted people to take control of their plate and get bad-ass in the kitchen. World Chefs: Profanity-filled 'Thug Kitchen' cookbook urges healthy eating 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Davis recalled being cajoled by Aragones into fighting a bull - a very young one without horns, he admits - in Spain. Magazine's 1st MAD men get a rare reunion 2011-11-12T15:31:12Z Dr James Davis, senior lecturer in medieval history at Queen’s University Belfast, sees a parallel with Edward III, “who borrowed heavily from Italian banks”. Encyclopaedia Westerosa: the biggest Game of Thrones mysteries, solved 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Pastor Davis read a passage from I Corinthians and in a short blessing prayed for bright days in the couple’s future. When the Story Line Is This Easy, You Just Know 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Sickler remembers only that her mentor had been devastated by the demolishment of his parents’ house in nearby Hackensack, where he began his recording career, capturing Miles Davis and others in the family living room. Plotting the Future of the Most Storied Studio in Jazz 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Davis, who would not comment when reached by The Associated Press, alleges in court papers that his ex-wife stole the ambrotype and sold it to Spolar. Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis, comfortable navigating around the known universe, hands me the controls. Head in the Stars, Feet on the Ground 2011-02-14T15:38:34Z “It helped him get a different perspective and cherish the partnership,” Mr. Davis said. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z The director Garth Davis was there, too, and the three settled in over fresh ginger tea. Dev Patel Tapped His Inner Alpha for ‘Lion’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z While awaiting Thornton's arrival, lead guitarist Brad Davis sat on an equipment case in the hallway and picked a fleet acoustic rendition of the Stanley Brothers' bluegrass classic "A Man of Constant Sorrow." Billy Bob Thornton's Boxmasters wind up 'Somewhere Down the Road' 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “If you were uptown, you were in a blue blazer, swilling champagne,” Mr. Davis said. Peter Davis to Introduce a Society Magazine 2012-02-29T23:17:03Z Sex-funk queen Betty Davis throws accusations of being a gossip right back in her man's face: "You said I was a witch/ now I'm going to tell them why!" Readers recommend: songs about gossip ? the results 2011-03-03T13:03:50Z At the heart of the book is Davis’s paradox of writing about the self: she tries to break its hold over her imagination by describing it, even as it grows magnified under her examination. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z In Paris, Davis was asked to put together a Dolphy tribute band. Larry Young’s Self-Questioning Jazz 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Dempsey had already been developing Deborah Davis’s original script for The Favourite for 10 years. Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z And her character’s self-confidence also taught Davis another valuable lesson: “I have to remember that I don’t have to barter for my worth. I was just born with it.” First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Paul Davis, protester and coordinator of national advocacy for Housing Works: Only the medical personnel were in white lab coats. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z When asked if getting married would hasten a decision to retire, Mr. Davis said he still possessed the skills that won him a U.S. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Gordon Davis, the first black president of Lincoln Center, said that receiving it is a little like getting the annual bulletin from the United Nations. Is Agnes Gund the Last Good Rich Person? 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z And someone like Wendy Davis putting a different face on single motherhood could finally be one way to ensure that the voices of single mothers are heard. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Davis, a backup mascot for the Texas Rangers. Never buy off-brand Silly String and other lessons from mascot boot camp 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z For her performance, Ms. Davis received her final Best Actress nomination, evidently sending the spurned Ms. Crawford on a furious campaign of Oscar-night, anti-Bette subterfuge. At 101, a Survivor of Hollywood’s Golden Age Throws Down the Gauntlet 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z “I’m going to try to be myself,” Davis said. Joe Davis named Fox’s lead baseball voice after Buck leaves 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Recent work by Noah Davis and Mickalene Thomas show how different artists approach figurative work today. ‘What does it mean to be an American’? Black artists explore question in new exhibit at TAM 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z They opened with "Walkin," the title track of Davis's 1954 album, with Hancock alternating on piano and keyboards, and Shorter and Jones playing mournfully on their instruments. Montreux fetes Miles Davis with "soundtrack" to his life 2011-07-14T13:56:02Z He played in the prestigious Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, and with Duke Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges's group in the early 50s, with the organist Jimmy Smith, and then from 1955 with Miles Davis. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z While she may not enjoy the blockbusters she's been in, Davis remains ambitious, even cautiously optimistic, about acting. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z The pianist Kris Davis plays in all kinds of scenarios, but it’s best to hear her with a trio, at most. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z “His world was progressive jazz, plus he was a lover of classical music, so there were lots of things he hadn’t picked up on,” Betty Davis told the Guardian in 2010. Betty Davis, hard funk pioneer, dead at 77 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z These are small changes, says local real estate agent Darrin Davis, not enough to turn a neighborhood around. The Honfleur Gallery hasn’t “saved” Anacostia, but it has made a home for art there What makes this incident extraordinary is what happens next, when Davis reports it to her mother, the Fannie Davis of the book’s title. Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Sue Davis, another East Ender who did not go to college and was a single mother, went on to become the top administrator at a law school in London. Our Generation: ’56 Up’ Shows Generation’s Commitment to Family 2013-01-07T18:02:59Z The following year, Marvin Davis bought 20th Century Fox, and the Carousel Ball's guest list grew to include Hollywood royalty and two U.S. presidents. Benefits can flow both ways at celeb charity galas 2012-10-18T14:20:17Z Mr. Davis said his political views were also a factor. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Undeterred by less than admiring reviews, he approached Sammy Davis Jr., a former client, to take the starring role of the violinist turned prizefighter in a musical version of the Clifford Odets play “Golden Boy.” Hillard Elkins, Producer, Is Dead at 81 2010-12-07T07:09:00Z "It's not just about the man, but it's also about, as Ossie Davis said, the plan," Davis said. Democrats move to oust accused lawmaker 2012-03-21T20:22:00Z It features the continuing adventures of diminutive star Warwick Davis who plays an egomaniac dwarf who runs a talent agency for other dwarves. Johnny Depp to appear on Ricky Gervais sitcom 2011-03-24T20:56:23Z Even so, Moore's background goes deeper because she happens to be the daughter of two economics professors at UC Davis who indulged her childhood obsession with ballet and music. A ballerina of the boardroom and activist for the arts -- say hello to the new Music Center CEO 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The groom, 37, is an orthopedic surgeon at Valley River Orthopedics in Merced, Calif. He graduated from the University of California at Davis and received a medical degree from Yale. Brittany Harris, Naseem Beauchman 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z They looked a lot like the Davis twins from across the street. Motherlode Blog: The Mom From ‘The Cat in the Hat’ Finally Speaks 2013-07-05T12:37:17Z “He put me on the map,” Mr. DeVito said of Mr. Davis. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z If space isn’t an issue, Davis suggests using a flexible garden hose to map out the size and shape of your pollinator garden, including curved lines. Want to create a butterfly garden? Here’s what to plant, based on your space. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Sasha Abramsky, a journalist and writing teacher at the University of California at Davis, is the scion of a long line of distinguished rabbis and scholars. ‘The House of Twenty Thousand Books’ recreates an intellectual milieu 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s that Jimmy’s enlistment at Davis & Mane delays the moment that he will become Saul Goodman. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Last year's pre-Grammy festivities was marred by the sudden death of Houston in a bathtub at the same hotel a few hours before Davis' party. Newcomers and veterans celebrated in pre-Grammy festivities 2013-02-10T11:55:36Z It took a considerable hunch on the part of Davis, then in her early 70s, to hire the 20-something college graduate from San Bernardino as her girl Friday. Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Seen Inside and Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “I never considered myself a great singer,” Ms. Davis said. Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z In addition to the Disney movie, Davis has a line of shoes and a new autobiography — “Mo’ne Davis: Remember My Name” — and is the subject of magazine covers and interviews on ESPN. Lonnae O’Neal: A black girl, a white guy and an inexplicable tweet 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A stirring orator in public, though awkward and remote in private, Davis promptly leaves his young wife to fight in the Mexican-American War. Review | 20 years after ‘Cold Mountain,’ Charles Frazier is hot again 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Police responded to reports of a possible cardiac arrest at Davis’ home around 9:30. Tupac Shakur's Mother, Afeni Shakur Davis, Dies at 69 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Davis remembers watching a friend’s ballet class and being invited to participate by the teacher. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis said that Ms. Simpson played an important role in his recovery. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z One of them, Damien Davis describes how “surreal” the pie auction was. Hurricane Irene, one year later 2012-08-27T16:42:00Z Davis was being honored at the Governors Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she would receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work in promoting gender parity on screen. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis is now chief creative officer at Sony Music and still presides each year at his music industry soirée the night before the Grammy Awards. ArtsBeat: Clive Davis to Publish a New Autobiography 2012-09-12T18:23:57Z Murphy is also continuing “Feud,” which launched this year with “Bette and Joan,” a delicious exploration of the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Diana, Versace, Lewinsky: The upcoming TV schedule is full of shows about real-life scandals 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis started delivering him other people’s songs to sing. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z That conclusion is based on the content of Susan Charlotte’s gentle, well-meaning one-act play, “She’s of a Certain Age,” being presented by Cause Célèbre and Mary J. Davis at the Beckett Theater. Theater Review: ‘She’s of a Certain Age’ at the Beckett Theater 2012-05-24T23:09:29Z Davis, in his 44th year of producing the festival, said he continues to be impressed by the depth of the local talent pool. "Trombone Shorty" carries on New Orleans jazz tradition 2013-04-27T17:03:55Z Davis told the station that he plans on taking his dad with him to the game in Los Angeles. Milwaukee police officer shot in the line duty gifted tickets to the big game 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z When Davis, who turned 64 last month, told her friends and co-workers that she was forming her own nonprofit, some thought it would torpedo her career. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z A version of Thelonious Monk’s “ ‘Round Midnight” was the lightest of the soufflés: the rowdiest it got was Mr. Davis tapping his ride cymbal in a habanera beat during the song’s bridge. 2010-01-21T05:41:00Z Tom Davis, government-relations director for the 41,000-member Washington Farm Bureau, said his group favors a statewide policy, but it hasn’t come up in Olympia. Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Van Gelder not only recorded sessions for Blue Note, but also worked extensively with Prestige Records on such sessions as Miles Davis’s “Bags’ Groove” and “Walkin’ ” and Sonny Rollins’s “Tenor Madness” and “Saxophone Colossus.” Rudy Van Gelder, audio engineer who helped shape venerated jazz recordings, dies at 91 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z A young Miles Davis, not yet 23, blasting forth with enough squiggly canned heat on the trumpet to leave the announcer’s words sounding lifeless, irrelevant. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Davis talks about rehearsal as working in “drafts,” cycling though each portion of the show several times, chipping away, adding, re-forming. Body of work: Transgender director returns to Olney Theatre Center with ‘Evita’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Wade Madsen's "Unlucky," set to music by Miles Davis, is one of the latter. 'Chop Shop' festival assembles dance performances on the Eastside 2011-02-10T21:58:04Z Davis continued: "While I realize many will misunderstand even this post I’m writing right now, I want to bring awareness to very real scenarios that are happening everyday now." New Hampshire mom says she was kicked off flight after her 2-year-old refused mask: report 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Not only was the Ben’s Chili Bowl space on the cozy side, Pearson says, it also has carpet, which left him and Davis more tired than usual because of the drag on their shoes. ‘Dance in DC’ short films capture the city’s spirit of entrepreneurship 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z He said it was Adderley who recommended him to Davis, and he ended up playing on several Davis recordings. ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer still keeping time as album turns 60 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Eventually, Davis said, prosecutors concluded that “there’s a lot of smoke and no fire,” and declined to charge him. Read “Guantánamo Diary” 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Davis looks at five people who were enslaved by presidents before and after the American Revolution as a corrective to history books that hide or play down slavery’s role in the United States. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z By all accounts Davis was ruthlessly on point with the younger members of the quintet, pushing for constant discovery and scorning rote behavior. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z She continued, “It is urgent to address Davis and Collins simultaneously. The intellectual harmony Eisa creates with her foremothers is astounding, and yet another extension of this fabric.” A Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her Resurrection 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z On Tuesday's episode of "Finding Your Roots," civil rights activist Angela Davis learned a series of surprising facts about her ancestral history, but one revelation left her outright shocked. Civil rights activist Angela Davis learns surprising genealogy on "Finding Your Roots" 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis is a trombonist with a full tone and a strong foothold in the hard-bop tradition. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z As Evy, Davis plays the heavy, preaching and pestering her nearest and dearest, but every drama needs an antagonist, and she's the one trying to keep the family together. Amusing, sensitive 'Immediate Family' tackles sexual orientation, race 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z His death left a void in the art community and in Davis’ life. Karon Davis' 'Pain Management' plumbs loss and love in a tribute to her late husband, Noah Davis 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The life and music of Miles Davis are the subject of “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” a documentary that hits theaters this weekend. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Flay List’ and ‘Hail Satan?’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The sound Davis was creating in-the-moment arrives with such force and furious invention it's hard to imagine the courage it took to follow him, then or now. Box-set highlights: Paramount Records, William Onyeabor, Joni Mitchell 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The 2012 has bright fruit and impeccable balance; Davis said it was his favorite of recent vintages. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z As she lists the projects she has been involved in, it's evident that Davis is someone who has to be working on something all the time. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z At the first rehearsal the three ended up not playing a single note, instead talking about Davis and what they might do to honor him properly. Montreux fetes Miles Davis with "soundtrack" to his life 2011-07-14T13:56:02Z But Davis wanted to show another side of the group. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Davis introduces the event with a dazzling smile. Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for women in film. They didn’t’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Though Davis's schooling in the fast-paced, aggressive bebop of the 1940s proved essential, it is his subsequent work as bandleader for which he is primarily remembered. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Will the Emmys make history by nominating three African American women -- Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson and Kerry Washington -- for lead actress in a drama series? Emmys 2015: Watch a live stream of the nominations 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z “Amazing Grace” and a brass arrangement of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio” are in the band book, alongside works by Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Pete Seeger and more. “I’ll be there”: Charlie Haden was the Tom Joad of jazz, and his Liberation Music Orchestra lives on 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z After Hope's radio show, Beryl Davis appeared with Sinatra on the "Your Hit Parade" radio show. Big band singer Beryl Davis dies at 87 in Calif. 2011-11-01T14:13:08Z Yet his own work, as dazzling as it is, seems laden with ironic references to Davis' music of the 60s. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z Situated on the northern edge of the Monongahela National Forest, high in the heart of the Alleghenies, Davis is a convenient access point to some of the most uniquely challenging trails in the East. West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z That means Davis is a woman of action in real life, creating her own lasting and impactful gift to popular culture. At long last, "The Long Kiss Goodnight" is getting the holiday affection it deserves 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z “We have so few parts, and they’re not often really good parts,” Davis says. 25 years ago, ‘Thelma & Louise’ was a radical statement. Sadly, it still is. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Not that they're really making the outrageously adventurous amalgam of Hollywood musicals and Miles Davis fusion that they feverishly imagine. New band of the day – Merchandise (No 1,496) 2013-04-19T10:45:32Z “As you look up, the sort of twisting cloudy form will continue,” Davis said. National Children’s Museum to offer kids a climb into the clouds 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z A dad from Davis, Calif., whose son was splayed on a sleeping bag, said Aquarium and African Hall. For an offbeat museum experience, have a slumber party with penguins in San Francisco 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z An emotionally charged exhibition curated by the late Noah Davis in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles brings together works that explore issues of race and violence. Datebook: Kerry James Marshall at MOCA, L.A. in '92 and Mary Weatherford's brilliant abstractions 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Davis - Houston's mentor, producer, champion and longtime friend - memorialized her at last year's gala, held downstairs from the hotel where she died and where her body was being examined by coroner's officials. Year after Houston's death, Davis gala returns 2013-02-08T18:15:11Z One woman said that when she saw what they were doing to Davis, she hit one of the policemen herself. A white buddy for Miles Davis: Don Cheadle’s struggle to get “Miles Ahead” financed is absurd — and not surprising 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The project, designed by the New York architectural firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas, was prompted by a promised gift of more than 100 pieces of rare porcelains from an anonymous collector. Frick Gets Go Ahead For New Gallery 2010-06-22T21:13:00Z Miles Davis: The Sorcerer at 90,” in the Rose Theater through Saturday, will feature new arrangements by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Jazz Listings for May 13-19 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Davis’s face holds both moments in her character’s life at once, past and present. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis, responding in part to the confessions’ apocalyptic imagery and accounts of holy visions, focuses on the Christian martyr, prophet and avatar of divine vengeance and historical inevitability. Review: ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem,’ an Avatar of Divine Vengeance 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z During an interview on US television, Davis told the story that Warner Bros boss Jack Warner had initially refused “to put up one nickel for us two old broads”. ‘I wouldn’t sit on her toilet …’ Screen revival of Davis and Crawford feud sparks sexism debate 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z But “Miles Ahead” turns Davis’s volatility into a cartoon — Cheadle plays him as a gangster, firing a pistol around Columbia Records’ offices and partaking in a wild car chase around Manhattan. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Crawford wore weights during a scene when Davis carried her to exacerbate Davis’s back pain. Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange try to give Bette and Joan’s feud a happy ending 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis said he would move away from animal pictures — he was also behind the “Dr. Dolittle” series starring Eddie Murphy — as his three children get older. ?Marmaduke? Producer Is a Friend to Comic Animals 2010-05-28T22:31:00Z Davis’s speech was one of several walloping moments that came in the final half-hour, after much tomfoolery. Emmy Paradoxes 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z His views continued to change in 2002 when he went to the same Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., that Jefferson Davis attended. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z “Every person who knows anything about the piano,” his colleague Ivan Davis once said, “cannot figure out why he’s not a household name.” 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Should Davis win a gold statuette for “Fences,” it will rectify one of the grossest miscarriages of justice in Academy history. The Oscars might not be #SoWhite in 2017: These buzz-worthy performances could be game-changers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The originality that Davis brought to the notes genre no doubt played a role in her Grammy breakthrough. Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z The cast of six can speak the speech, especially Louis E. Davis as a peasant in broad comic mode and Chelsea Mayo as Don Juan’s regal betrayed wife. Review | A woman plays the title character in ‘Don Juan,’ and he’s still a jerk 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “American Vanguards” celebrates both of these fix-ups, with ample selections of Smith’s early welded-metal sculptures and Davis’s paintings of whirring gadgetry and mechanized cityscapes. Art Review: ?American Vanguards? at the Neuberger Museum 2012-02-02T23:48:47Z I wanted to do something as a storyteller that felt like my experience of Miles Davis as I listened to his music, as I read about his life. Don Cheadle on playing the drug-addled Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead,” and the toxic costs of Hollywood racism 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z On April 12, Rebecca Cook, 28, and Jeremy Davis, 37, wed at the Mansion at Strathmore in an outdoor ceremony surrounded by 135 of their closest family members and friends. On Love: Rebecca Cook and Jeremy Davis I went into both Davis' book and TED Talk, again, feeling a bit like an imposter. How to make dinner while drowning 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z According to Merkle, Davis was demanding his money back for the order, and then demanded more money for the tip he said he gave the delivery driver. Oklahoma Domino's Pizza customer arrested for placing employee in headlock over wrong order 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Davis was originally denied bond at a hearing last month. Lawyer: Bond for Gucci Mane set at $75,000 2013-04-10T22:19:12Z “I was thinking of this Miles Davis quote, ‘It takes a long time to sound like yourself,’ ” Levit said. Close at Hand with the Pianist Igor Levit 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It's a business model that allows Davis to claim attorney-client privilege, unlike public relations flacks who aren't lawyers. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z These characters often referred to one another: against her better judgment, Vaginal Davis pined for Clarence, a rabid white supremacist; Clarence, too, harbored secret affections. The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis is a well-regarded choreographer and teacher of traditional African dance. Bessie Awards to Honor Arthur Mitchell and Chuck Davis 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Finally, when Davis demanded a return of all the work, Salander produced a favorite piece - "Music Hall," from his father's Ashcan period. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z There are car chases and gunfire, but little in terms of providing an understanding of Davis’ creative funk, which would be far more interesting and enjoyable. Worst of 2016: 10 movies that failed spectacularly to deliver on their promise 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Lewis grew up watching all-around entertainers such as Judy Garland, Sammy Davis Jr. and Pearl Bailey, and trying to master acting, singing and dancing. How ‘Blackish’ star Jenifer Lewis became ‘the mother of black Hollywood’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In 1989, Gang Starr’s DJ Premier wholly jacked Davis’ “Night in Tunisia” for one of the group’s most memorable singles. Hip-hop artists have been secretly stealing from Miles Davis for decades 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z “Hands down, the finish was longer and the wine was better,” Davis recalls. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Besides classic American painters like Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, Marsden Hartley and Florine Stettheimer, there will be many works acquired over the past decade, often by artists in the Whitney’s signature Biennials. The Whitney Museum, Soon to Open Its New Home, Searches for American Identity 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "You may not be a professional basketball player," Davis said. Clippers' Davis vies for Emmy for gang documentary 2010-09-20T21:33:00Z Hollywood used to excel at these kinds of stories, movies in which, say, Bette Davis or Ingrid Bergman suffered, endured and suffered some more before their teary, square-jawed, set-shouldered triumph. Review: In ‘The Girl on the Train,’ a Boozy Emily Blunt Never Winks 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z His longtime manager Jim Morey said in a press release that Davis died in Nashville on Tuesday after heart surgery and was surrounded by family and friends. Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Arthur Mitchell, a founder of Dance Theater of Harlem and Chuck Davis, the founder of DanceAfrica, will be honored at the 30th annual Bessie Award ceremony on Oct. Bessie Awards to Honor Arthur Mitchell and Chuck Davis 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z They are actually deadpan narrative lessons in how to pay attention like Lydia Davis — both to the word and the world. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Angela Davis’s thick, full Afro helped defined a period of Black pride. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z First, my grandfather is Francisco Davis, who I dedicate the movie to at the end. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis fought tears as he implored the audience to applaud. Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z Davis worked in South Sudan with the Episcopal Church a few weeks before the new state was declared in July 2011. How Christian Bale's 'Exodus' Strays from the Bible 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “Tonight,” promised Clive Davis, “is going to be off the hook.” Grammys 2015: Surprisingly rowdy vibe envelops Clive Davis gala 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis keeps her cool even as she warms your heart and does her job, often beautifully. What we talk about when we talk about "The Help" 2011-08-17T22:18:00Z This remarkable new box set spans four concerts from the Davis quintet’s fractious tour, which have been passed around for years in semiofficial packages but have never before received the proper Columbia remaster-and-release treatment. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z That much becomes evident the moment he starts talking about “Dolores,” a dashing, venturesome tune he recorded with Davis in 1966. Jazz icon Wayne Shorter can play anything. He’s still trying to say everything. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z His company developed and sold beautifully made computers and devices while name-checking, in its advertising, artists like Pablo Picasso, Alfred Hitchcock, Ansel Adams, and Miles Davis. Was Steve Jobs an Artist? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Workers in Kentucky made a surprising discovery while removing a statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis from the state capitol on Saturday — a bottle of bourbon and an 84-year-old newspaper. Removal of Jefferson Davis statue in Kentucky reveals surprise bourbon discovery 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Senate that would lead to the famous congressional compromise over slavery later that year, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi delivered a florid floor speech that lamented the impending ruin of the nation. Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? Jefferson Davis Thought So. Abraham Lincoln Didn’t. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z But it was a week-long stint with actress Bette Davis that stuck with the young photographer. 'Show the struggle, but also the great accomplishment,' says photographer behind minority photo series 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Viola Davis received a nomination for her role as the defense attorney Annalise Keating, in ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder.” Emmy Awards 2015: ‘Game of Thrones’ and HBO Lead Nominations 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “I was kind of just using different free software,” Mr. Davis said. His Dreams Came True, Despite the Pandemic 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z But he is best known for his work with Mr. Davis, the saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill, and others who were central to the development of American composition and improvisation in the late 20th century. Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z And watch the films of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z In Davis's eyes, there was no other choice, and he eventually headed to Montgomery, Alabama, where the heads of the recently seceded Southern states were planning to meet and form the Confederate States of America. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Danner and Cook will perform Davis' story as part of the annual tribute to the troops. Danner to perform at DC Memorial Day Concert 2010-05-14T12:16:00Z Mr. Davis got the job because he knew how to use a typesetting machine. Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77 2012-08-17T04:21:24Z He recently joined two other serious talents — the pianist Kris Davis and the drummer Eric McPherson — to form the Borderlands Trio, which released its debut this year, the freely improvised “Asteroidea.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Only a few months before Davis’s recital, the composer Arnold Schoenberg, who was Jewish, shared a scathing critique of the city’s postwar racial politics. When Classical Music Was an Alibi 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The saxophonist Archie Shepp remembers, with equanimity, a hurtful encounter with Davis after approaching him to sit in with his band. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ Review: A Complicated Artist 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Even if you accept Mr. Davis’s concepts as real, they seem too diffuse to have much meaning. ‘Getting to Us’ Review: The Saints of the Sidelines 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The most recent addition was the actress Viola Davis, who earned a Grammy in February for the audiobook of her memoir, making her one of six women to have an EGOT. On the Origin of EGOTs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Indeed Viola Davis, who won the award for best supporting actress for her performance in “Fences,” stood out for not taking a jab at the ban. SAG Awards 2017: Acceptance Speeches Grow Pointedly Political 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z There are some usual suspects: Miles Davis’s book with Quincy Troupe, Charles Mingus’s “Beneath the Underdog.” Questlove: By the Book 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The singer was disruptive at that day's rehearsals for music mogul Clive Davis' annual Grammy industry party and showcase; that party at the Hilton on Saturday night was supposed to include a performance by Houston. Drugs found in Whitney Houston's system 2012-03-22T22:02:00Z Weinstein also said Davis would testify about “the phenomenon of ‘voluntary unwanted sex,’ i.e., sex that is undesired, but that the person chooses to engage in.” Prosecutors oppose testimony on false memories in Weinstein trial 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z At another club days later, she ran into Davis again. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “I’m just glad that option is available, because two people received a blessing that day,” echoed Davis, who was also given just hours’ notice before her liver transplant. In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z In 1963, Ms. Dee and Davis hosted a fundraising event for King at a Manhattan hotel after his release from a Birmingham jail. Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist, dies at 91 She was married several times, most recently to Gust Davis. Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies at 69 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Davis came up with the concept for the show and pitched it to Gervais and Merchant; like his character on “Life’s Too Short,” Davis runs a talent agency specializing in short actors. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z You are at the Old School in NoLIta for “Too shy to stare,” an installation performance directed by the American performance artist Davis Freeman, who is based in Belgium. Dance Review: ?Too Shy to Stare,? a Davis Freeman Installation Performance - Review 2012-01-07T00:40:54Z Those are exalted arias he wrote for the characters of Mr. Washington and Ms. Davis, in one of the greatest performances of the year. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z It's along these stairs, shadowed by two giant rusted steel beams rescued from the rubble, that Snøhetta hands off the architecture to Davis Brody Bond, a firm based in lower Manhattan. Architecture review: At 9/11 Memorial Museum, a relentless literalism 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z I saw him, too, not twirling cilantro sprigs at the pass but facing the burners, his back to the audience, like Miles Davis. Restaurant Review: Gato From Bobby Flay 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, Davis' column is a collection of tales of the racism and sexism she encountered in multiple departments at CBS and from multiple executives and co-workers, not all of whom were mentioned by name. CBS, once broadcast's whitest network, sets an ambitious goal for inclusive hiring 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “I can’t think of another case where there are two sets of detectives that don’t agree,” Davis said. 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “It’s not traditionally a school that focuses on ‘improvised music’ and more contemporary playing and writing,” Ms. Davis said. Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The bride is a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a law firm in Manhattan. Phoebe Jin, Yang Mou 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Or at least in the dead-serious, delightfully mischievous performances of Will Smith and Viola Davis. Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Davis and Henson were among several fresh faces who made the cut in the intensely competitive lead drama acting categories. Emmys 2015: A mix of old, new and history-making in drama leads 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But where Mr. Davis takes it is characteristically bizarre. The Sociopathic Comedy of Brett Davis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z What Troy rants about, Rose keeps to herself, and Ms. Davis draws extraordinary power from that reticence; you never feel that Rose is any less deep than her husband. | 'Fences': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in August Wilson?s Classic 2010-04-27T02:03:00Z Ms. Davis has longtime fans from the ’70s and newer ones who have discovered her in reissues and through hip-hop samples. Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z His surprising opening track transforms "Human Nature" from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" into a jazz ballad — as Miles Davis did previously — embellishing the catchy melody with percussive chordal playing that gradually builds in intensity. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z Mr. Echols and Ms. Davis saw this as evidence that their rituals had worked. Now Damien Echols Will Teach You the Secrets of Magick 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love" singer and his fiancee, Tricia Davis, announced the news on Saturday with a touching YouTube video, which aimed to shut down media speculation about the pregnancy. Macklemore shares baby news with clip from 3-D ultrasound 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z This comes on the heals of the revelation that the anti-gay marriage celebrity County Clerk Kim Davis has a not-so pure and Holy past that makes her comments about the sanctity of marriage hypocritical. Bill Maher crushes conservative “instant heroes” Kim Davis, Josh Duggar, Cliven Bundy 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z “Often with narratives about slavery, people say, ‘Oh, this terrible thing happened, it’s too bad, but thank God we’re not doing that anymore,’” Mr. Davis said. Putting the Ghosts of Princeton’s Racial Past Onstage 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Isaac, a rising Hollywood star and a Golden Globe nominee for “Inside Llewyn Davis,” starred in “Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “Romeo and Juliet” at the Public’s Shakespeare in the Park. Oscar Isaac and Keegan-Michael Key Will Star in ‘Hamlet’ at the Public Theater 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “Puppet Slams” are an actual thing, Davis said, not a pun on poetry slams. A surprise after the final performance of ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’ at Round House The show follows the daily life of a dwarf actor - played by Warwick Davis - who runs a talent agency for fellow dwarves but keeps the best parts for himself. 'The Office' creator Ricky Gervais in new TV show 2011-08-19T12:01:05Z According to the study, from the University of California, Davis, 65 percent of mothers and 70 percent of fathers showed a clear preference for one child over the other, usually the older child. Motherlode Blog: One Sibling Works for B’s; One Gets Easy A’s 2013-12-05T15:20:44Z There were winners in this feud, but Davis and Crawford were not among them. With “Feud: Bette and Joan,” a Hollywood rivalry for the ages becomes an epic TV experience 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Veronica, the main character, played by Viola Davis, finds her husband's notebook with all these plans for his last heist. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z "This film isn't just about the biggest band in the world," director Davis Guggenheim told the audience. U2 descends onto the Toronto film festival 2011-09-09T03:57:11Z Miles Davis's paintings and drawing are on view at Gallery 27, Cork Street, London, today and tomorrow. Art ? Miles Davis's last addiction 2010-12-09T22:28:00Z For two weeks after his first contact with Cohen, Davis says, he quizzed the former Trump fixer about his motivations over several late-night conversations. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Davis then envisioned a showcase event and settled on an Everyman philosophy competition. Confident that you can answer life’s big questions? Enter the Great American Think-Off. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z By then, Mr. Davis had been pushed out of Arista by his corporate higher-ups at Bertelsmann and was setting up another new label. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Davis shared the physical transformation he endured to embody that version of Foreman, including eating 7,000 calories a day to gain 50 pounds in five weeks. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z “Without a Net,” a compilation of live recordings from 2011, opens with “Orbits,” a theme from the Davis quintet era. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z This “philosophy-opera,” as The New Yorker critic Alex Ross called it, sets voice, violin, flute and percussion to texts by writers from Aristotle and Wittgenstein to Lydia Davis and Jenny Holzer. 8 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Under the direction of Davis McCallum, who also staged the premiere production in 2011 at Hartford Stage, the play’s fine performers breathe richly felt life into their roles. Theater Review: ‘Water by the Spoonful,’ at the Second Stage Theater 2013-01-09T03:00:00Z When Davis and Washington appeared on Broadway with the same production, it won more Tony awards than any other play in history. Viola Davis wins best supporting actress Oscar for Fences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “That is the road they are on, and it’s a totally great and achievable aspiration,” says Brooke Davis Anderson, Prospect’s executive director. Prospect New Orleans saves room for city’s homegrown artists “Even when you don’t want to get up and put your workout clothes on, there’s just no excuse,” said Ms. Davis, an account executive at a New York advertising agency. Fitness: At-Home Personal Trainers Become More Affordable 2010-03-24T17:52:00Z This month the company announced that its second work by a Black composer would follow swiftly: Davis’s “X” will have its Met premiere in fall 2023, in the slot originally planned for “Fire.” A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Tucked in a valley at the northern base of the state’s panhandle, Davis is easily missed on maps. West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Mumford & Sons are hoping to arrive in time to get in on the performance, Davis said. Clive Davis gala is white-hot; Kinks to perform 2012-02-11T02:07:12Z Everyone except me was fabulous on Friday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Mr. Davis was winding the delighted crowd around his little finger. Dance Review: At BAM, DanceAfrica?s Links Between Traditional and Modern 2010-05-30T21:33:00Z Children may not be familiar with cool jazz, but they know what cool is, and the trumpeter and composer Miles Davis epitomized both. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The remaining 60 percent went to Davis, whose surgery was performed simultaneously by a different surgeon. In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “No other pianist I know plays with such physicality at the piano,” Kris Davis, a singular improvising pianist and composer in her own right, said in an interview. An Exhilarating Set of Cecil Taylor’s Jazz Arrives, 49 Years Later 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Yet the director Tiffany Nichole Greene rarely keeps her stationary, urging Davis to fully occupy the kitchen. Review: Four Intimate Screen Encounters (One From Far Away) 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z “I like the idea of bringing a high-end gallery into a place that has no cultural outlets within walking distance,” Mr. Davis told the magazine Art in America that year. Noah Davis, California Figurative Artist and Founder of the Underground Museum, Dies at 32 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The newest Shondaland entry, "How to Get Away With Murder," stars Viola Davis, who won a Golden Globe for her role. Unlike Oscars, 2015 Emmys have diverse shows, actors to recognize 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Rick Davis, a chief executive at the accounting firm Elliott Davis, would prefer his waiter not wear a mask. The New Face of Restaurant Hospitality Wears a Mask 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Producer and longtime television executive Nina Tassler was Davis’s roommate when they were studying acting at Boston University in the 1970s. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The only other pickup to date is the Davis Guggenheim documentary "Waiting for Superman," which Paramount announced Thursday as the festival opened. 2010-01-28T07:51:00Z One notable absence: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” among the most musical of this year’s films, with a soundtrack stuffed with folk classics, nonetheless was overlooked. The Carpetbagger: Up for Best Song: Taylor and Pharrell, but Not ‘Llewyn’ 2013-12-17T13:33:51Z “I learned that there was a thirst for poetry, for visual arts, for opera,” Davis, 59, told me. Confident that you can answer life’s big questions? Enter the Great American Think-Off. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Even Davis herself seems taken aback when confronted with the full horror of her comedic themes. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z Impatient with the Coliseum Commission about promised renovations, Davis shopped around for a new stadium site. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z The film has brought renewed attention to the elusive 74-year-old Davis, who was hailed as the queen of funk in the early 1970s but who mysteriously disappeared from public life in the ’80s. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Watch Davis in “The Letter,” “Mr. Skeffington,” “Now, Voyager,” “Jezebel” and “Of Human Bondage.” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z When Davis broke the news of their daughter's condition to her husband, the late oil and entertainment tycoon Marvin Davis, "he said, `Take care of it,'" she recalled. Benefits can flow both ways at celeb charity galas 2012-10-18T14:20:17Z In fact, Davis, in his autobiography, admitted to hitting Taylor early in their relationship, before their marriage, and to having done so thereafter on several occasions. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The surface of a Styrofoam bench by James Hyde incorporates photographic details of a Stuart Davis painting. Art Review: New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble 2011-01-06T23:24:53Z The Butler and Coen brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis are notably absent from the 10 films, one of which will collect the prize on 19 January. Hustle picks up Producers Guild nod 2014-01-03T10:39:19Z They toyed with that issue by framing the story with Davis as a storyteller, recounting parts of his life in his own unique fashion. Miles Ahead: Don Cheadle on doing Miles Davis justice on screen 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Colbert says Davis was "a sweetheart" while filming and that he "understood our jokes completely." 2010-02-11T13:31:00Z “Whitney and I formed this creative collaboration, right from the beginning when she was 19 years old, and chose together every song that she ever recorded,” Davis said. Music mogul Clive Davis tells of heartbreak over Whitney Houston death 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z An admirer of Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Muhammad Ali and many others, Bennett is an agent of change. I’m a Pro Football Player Now, but I’ll Be Black Forever 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z For Andy Davis, 29, a former Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, that meant enlisting two other Iraq War veterans and his wife. War Zone Traumas, Restaged at Home by Jennifer Karady 2010-05-05T23:06:00Z “I’ll have to let this sink in,” Mr. Davis says after an elaborate series of pauses, winning one of the evening’s biggest laughs. | 'Black Tie': Patrician Clan That Clings to Its Foibles 2011-02-09T03:01:04Z It might be Bette Davis or it might be the movie Practical Magic. Gay New York: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis discusses the death of her father and her midlife crisis, and Ms. Spencer shares what she calls the Cinderella moment of her Oscar nomination. The Carpetbagger: Oprah and the Nominees 2012-02-17T18:30:43Z The only other man in the ensemble, Marshall Davis Jr., was Glover’s foil for two duels on the stairs, including one set to the theme music from“Mission: Impossible.” Freewheeling fun with Savion Glover at the Music Center at Strathmore 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z But on Wednesday evening, however, she attempted to clear the air – a little – in a conversation with Linsey Davis on ABC’s “World News Tonight With David Muir.” Phylicia Rashad: “This is not about the women” 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Goldthwait and Crimmins sat at a small corner table beneath a black-and-white group photo of Robin Williams, Chevy Chase, Quincy Jones, and Sammy Davis, Jr., and talked about their hopes for the film. Barry Crimmins’s Hard Truths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Davis, a professor of creative writing at the University of Albany, is best known for work that Observer critic William Skidelsky once said "redefines the meaning of brevity". Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize 2013-05-22T20:40:42Z As our narrator loses his grip on reality, Davis drops her readers into successive scenes so fluidly that even we forget what just happened. Four Debut Novels Follow Strivers and Survivors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z In New York, an ailing Andy Warhol sent Heller to meet an up-and-coming Basquiat, who insisted on the inclusion of Miles Davis. How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The car accident that cost Davis an eye, and informed his conversion to Judaism, is not addressed in the 92nd Street Y show, for instance. Sammy Davis Jr.’s Knotty Journey, on Film and in Song 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Classic jeans as we today know them — stiff, pocketed, blue — were patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “I like these characters, like Bette Davis in ‘Beyond the Forest,’ who are too smart for their environment,” he says. Blanchett, del Toro on the femme fatale of ‘Nightmare Alley’ 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z "I am committed to finding out all the details possible to make this a good proposal," Davis said. Calif. lawmaker ponders Neverland as state park 2010-07-14T02:00:00Z The historian David Brion Davis was given a lifetime achievement award. Marlon James Among Anisfield-Wolf Award Winners 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z They deal with their subjects — Miles Davis and Chet Baker, in “Miles Ahead” and “Born to Be Blue” — with varying degrees of success. Popcast: Miles Davis and Chet Baker, Artists in Exile 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Still, thanks to Frazier’s delicate ventriloquism, Varina Davis becomes a marvelously fallible character, complicated enough to stand on her compromised own. The First Lady of the Confederacy Considers Her Painful Past 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z But heard live on Thursday, far too much instrumental detail failed to carry effectively into the house, and Davis’s scoring emerged variously as muddled, disjointed, fussy or over the top. Review | NSO presents a muddled ‘Messiah,’ but all is not lost 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Link to video: Inside Llewyn Davis: 'This is real genius' Isaac shares with the film he is promoting a deep concern with sincerity. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z Of the attendees wearing masks, “There was something radically democratic in the notion of inviting these very famous people to a party and then telling them to hide their faces,” Ms. Davis said. 50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z In 1960, he had a part in “Ocean’s 11,” alongside Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and the rest of the Rat Pack. The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z On the album, Davis experimented with “modal jazz” by using simpler “modes” instead of traditional chord progressions, giving his performers more freedom to improvise on the album. ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer still keeping time as album turns 60 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z "It's a shame that that triumph was enveloped in an awards ceremony containing disrespect for women," Davis told members of the California Assembly during a ceremony in Sacramento. Actress Geena Davis critical of Oscar host 2013-03-05T04:01:04Z The show’s 179 episodes — all of which Ms. Davis and Mr. Carroll were involved in writing — remain rerun regulars. Madelyn Pugh Davis, Writer for ?I Love Lucy,? Dies at 90 2011-04-21T21:33:52Z Berkowitz, a Grammy-winning producer, over the years has helped resurrect essential recordings by Robert Johnson, Miles Davis, the Beatles and dozens of others. Back to the basement with Bob Dylan 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z It draws ideas not just from Miles Davis of the ’60s and ’70s and Charlie Parker of the ’40s, but from West African rhythmic practices and even heartbeat patterns, the oldest music in the world. Popcast: Parsing Steve Coleman's Genius 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Four years later, Mr. Davis made the U.S. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Miles Davis credits her with changing his style from classic jazz to the more popular style of jazz. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Davis died at his home in Hudson, New York, according to the newspaper. Comedian, Emmy-winning writer Tom Davis dies: report 2012-07-20T00:29:27Z Shortly afterwards, the City Council in Davis, California also voted to divest from Wells Fargo. The “fight is not over and we will not surrender”: Despite court losses Native Tribes continue to halt pipeline construction 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z “It’s not a culinary commitment,” Ms. Davis said, “and it travels well.” To Find Out Who You Are, Peer Into the Cheese Ball 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Another example was his description of himself as "a footnote to jazz history", usually in reference to his time with Davis. Mike Zwerin obituary 2010-04-18T18:07:00Z The key word in the Baker quotation and in Ms. Davis’s address, as it must be in protest today, is “we.” In ‘Black Power!,’ Art’s Political Punch and Populist Reach 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Bob Dylan is genius, Miles Davis is genius, Vermeer’s a genius. Penn Jillette: I didn’t want to be a stereotypical Hollywood liberal 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z “I’ve always been a hanger-on,” she cheerfully admitted in “Old Gods Almost Dead,” Stephen Davis’s 2001 chronicle of the Stones’ lives and careers. Anita Pallenberg, Actress and Muse of Rolling Stones, Dies at 73 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times reports that services for Davis will be private. Madelyn Pugh Davis, `Lucy' writer, dead at 90 2011-04-22T00:03:25Z One of the songs she recorded was Cream’s “Politician,” but, Ms. Davis said, “That song made him so uptight, because it was so suggestive for his wife to say ‘Get into the back seat.’” Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The project is the brainchild of Chip Davis, who arranged, conducted, and produced “Christmas.” Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis also does right by the play’s moments of highest tension and emotion, neither pushing them toward unwarranted resolution nor batting them away. Review: In ‘Bobbie Clearly,’ It’s Crime, Punishment and Then What? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Davis is referring to their range of viewpoints — the Viguerie-Kozak spectrum, which is a source of genial banter at the amphitheater, while the actors wait to start their dress rehearsal. In ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ unlikely group of Washingtonians debate issue that resonates Irva Hertz-Picciotto, an epidemiologist and professor at the University of California’s Mind Institute in Davis, was one of the few scientists willing to read Kennedy’s manuscript. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril Still, this is a movie that prioritizes language—Wilson’s poetic, furious patois of black working-class Pittsburgh, a gift to actors like Washington and Viola Davis. Oscar Spotlight: The Screenplays 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z But an agronomist and an engineer at the University of California at Davis set out to change that. Perspective | One big reason some foods cost so much more than others 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z For while Davis and Day should be lauded for their exemplary work, their movies overemphasize the trauma and diminish the artistic genius of the icons they embody, Ma Rainey and Billie Holiday. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Each performance will be preceded by a debate hosted by the economist and BBC presenter Evan Davis, entitled Are we Powerless?. Manchester International Festival: Shelley, Macbeth and Massive Attack 2013-02-28T18:47:26Z Particularly well known for his stint in Miles Davis’s band during the 1960s, this tenor saxophonist uses a lissome, slippery tone to craft melodies of scattered beauty. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z A film clip of Davis singing and cavorting to the World War II song “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” is priceless. Music Review: Lyrics & Lyricists Salutes Warner Brothers at 92nd Street Y 2012-06-03T21:57:02Z With their skeletal forms occasionally emphasized by internal lighting, Davis’s constructions appear both whimsical and ominous. Review | In the galleries: Images focus on the future of the planet 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z So Jordan and Davis began purchasing cabernet grapes from farther up the valley, closer to Geyserville, as well as smaller amounts in Dry Creek Valley and Mendocino County. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Davis had already increased the percentage of French oak he used in blending the flagship cabernet sauvignon. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “To see a room full of black women who are not only saying that they’re artists, but they’re living it — people I admired for so long — it was perfection,” Ms. Davis Johnson said. Overlooked in Atlanta, Black Female Artists Try Miami 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Whitney Houston’s producer, Clive Davis, announced Tuesday on the Today Show that he plans to release an album this November of the late singer’s best live performances. First-Ever Live Whitney Houston Album to Debut in November 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Her family and friends surrounded her when she died, Nora Davis Day said. Ruby Dee’s legacy of activism, acting mourned 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Mulligan is quite the flavour of the festival: she also appears in the Coens' Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the 1960s New York folk scene. Cannes: Judge The Great Gatsby on box office, says Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-15T18:56:34Z He also wrote words: He conducted a seminal interview with Miles Davis and contributed record reviews to the short-lived quarterly Jazz magazine in the 1970s. Sy Johnson, Arranger Who Worked Closely With Mingus, Dies at 92 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z I met her during the McCarthy period, under circumstances that persuaded me that she — or her friends — would have considered Jefferson Davis a Communist. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “The best writers burrow themselves in the back of your eyeballs and color everything you see,” Mr. Kang wrote in The Times in June after Mr. Davis said he was stopping cancer treatments. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Then one day he was noodling around with some recording equipment on his piano and asked Davis to improvise something to sing along with it. A husband and wife’s ‘family music nights’ in their basement become an album 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Pizarnik’s verse, like Miles Davis’s trumpet playing, was known for its strategic use of silence and restraint. PinkPantheress’s Bittersweet ‘Barbie’ Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Her expose of the abuse women suffer on the streets of New York was powerful; while her response to the shooting of unarmed teenager Jordan Davis was elegantly concise. Who will replace Jon Stewart? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z There is a very funny moment, though, when Davis says to her horrified daughter, in a tone of romantic nostalgia, “Your first wedding is the one you remember the most!” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 7 Recap: Feminism 101 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z But the music of “Porgy and Bess” only grew in popularity, as generations of jazz pioneers, including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis, put their own stamps on the songs. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z By that time, Mr. Griffith, the man who found Ms. Houston, had quit his job working for Mr. Davis. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “By the time I was finished with it,” Davis recalls, “I had 28 varieties on that tree — and they all produced.” Want heritage apples? Grow your own 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “They are fully aware of the step-and-repeat,” said Mr. Davis of Scene, referring to the end of the red carpet and backdrop where photographers gather. What Price Generosity? 2013-06-21T22:36:02Z This fine artwork was donated years ago by either Chronic Shell Art Donor Cheryl Davis of Chronic Shell Art Donor Nan Reiner; neither can remember, so I’ll call it a nefarious conspiracy between them. Style Invitational Week 1252: It’s a med, med, med, med world 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Dee Davis, president of the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Ky., said reality TV built around southern characters presents a distinctive culture for audiences that is either "exotic or outrageous or noble." Kentucky man catches snapping turtles, TV audience 2012-06-01T15:39:18Z The surprising capstone, though, is the transformation of Blackfriars into a stage for a persuasive rendition of Davis’s musical. Perspective | A cool musical where? The autumn season of plays at American Shakespeare Center is a rich one. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Samartzis first visited the continent, through an arts fellowship in 2010, to map the acoustic environment of the Davis research station, one of Australia’s three outposts there. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Fan picks touched on a variety of different styles of music ranging from Miles Davis to Mudhoney. From Spinal Tap to Mel Torme, readers recall favorite Bumbershoot performances 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z No one mistook it for the real thing, but it did lend him a raffish Sammy Davis Jr.-like charm. The Secret Price of Pets 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Davis pronounced it, affectionately, “the most Minnesota thing ever.” ‘Spamtown, USA’ Looks at a Bitter Strike Through Children’s Eyes 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But like any good showman, Mr. Davis does have a flair for the dramatic. ?Marmaduke? Producer Is a Friend to Comic Animals 2010-05-28T22:31:00Z Games Off Mr. Davis, citing a busy schedule, said he will not be trying out for a spot in the upcoming 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z But —— ” “There’s no way to prepare yourself to step into a work with such history,” Ms. Davis continued. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ?Fences? 2010-05-21T22:00:00Z Much like Davis, whose work he continued to revisit with various bands and for various ends, Mr. Belden often criticized what he considered misplaced nostalgia within the jazz world. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Davis was born in Durham, N.C., but moved to Homestead when she was in kindergarten. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z With the Friends’ full cooperation, he helped carry “The Wheel” far from its usual country-ish territory, toward a kind of extraterrestrial pastorale with glimmers of Terry Riley’s Minimalism and Miles Davis’s “In a Silent Way.” Music Review: Phil Lesh and Friends at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-04-16T21:17:15Z But in this space, Davis proceeded to organize a series of exhibitions that caught the eye of both critics and museum curators with their sophistication and their sweeping view of history. An unassuming storefront. A major museum. A collaboration that takes museum art to the people of L.A. 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Moore, 50, is a California native who grew up in Davis, the daughter of an agriculture professor at UC Davis. Rachel Moore of ABT named L.A. Music Center's next president and CEO “He would be clean for years and then start using again,” Ms. Davis said in an interview Tuesday. Eugene Fodor, Violin Virtuoso, Dies at 60 2011-03-02T16:04:21Z Davis and Shear are right: Immigration demagogy is at the “heart” of the Trump show — and the Trump show is at the heart of our tragic decline as a civil and humane society. How Donald Trump’s Obsession With Immigrants Has Shaped His Presidency 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Along with film, stage and television, their richly honored careers extended to a radio show, “The Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Story Hour,” that featured a mix of black themes. Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “Getting that deal done took a tremendous amount of time,” Mr. Davis said. ?Marmaduke? Producer Is a Friend to Comic Animals 2010-05-28T22:31:00Z The performance will feature such noted Chicago soloists as trumpeter Art Davis and bassist Kelly Sill. Jazz: Piano a rare find in Bix's hometown 2011-05-02T21:50:00Z “He would turn the sound up when groups caught his eye,” Davis’s nephew Vince Wilburn Jr., who was living with his uncle at the time and playing drums in his band, recalled in an interview. What ‘Rubberband’ Reveals About Miles Davis’s Final Act 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Davis links her mother’s generosity with the bigger outlays of the established numbers operators, some of whom used their profits to fund Detroit’s civil rights movement. Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Wiley’s paintings are created by teams of assistants in China,” the critic Ben Davis observed in an ulcerous review at BlouinArtinfo.com in 2012. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Davis McCallum, its director, read a rough draft while on an overnight flight and was riveted. A playwright on the rise: Quiara Alegria Hudes 2013-01-11T16:17:19Z On Saturday night, Clive Davis - Houston's mentor, producer, champion and longtime friend - memorialized her at his pre-Grammy gala, held downstairs in the same hotel where her body was being examined by coroner's officials. Pre-Grammy gala celebrates Whitney Houston's life 2012-02-12T11:38:08Z He puffed on cigarettes harder than Bette Davis did, Mr. Robertson writes, and banged songs out on his typewriter at lightning speed. Robbie Robertson of the Band Tells All in ‘Testimony’ 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “The slab will need to be shifted back into place so that the seam is aligned on the top and the front edge. The seam is then bonded with adhesive,” Davis said. How to repair a separating granite countertop 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Davis said Lizzo goaded her into participating against her will along with other co-workers. Can fans accept the new reality of Lizzo? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The proposal by Davis Brody Bond, a respected New York firm, was the real problem, not expansion. Critic’s Notebook: Frick Collection Returns to Square One, a Prized Garden Intact 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The rest of the all-English programme was prime Davis territory, too. BBCSO/Andrew Davis 2010-10-11T22:01:00Z Davis, born with a rare form of dwarfism, is a fraction of Robinson's size, but he more naturally commanded the theatrical space. 'Spamalot' a summer treat at Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z He wanted Ms. Davis to look incredible because, he said, she deserved to look incredible. The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z "We are Cinderella and we have ashes on our cheeks and we work really really hard," Ben Davis, the man behind the Bay Lights, told me. T Magazine: Bright Idea 2012-11-29T22:30:55Z “The dancers move from one position to another in one-second shifts,” Ms. Davis said in an email interview. Your Week in Culture: Clive Owen, St. Vincent, ‘Marshall’ Before the Supreme Court 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z As on his most recent album, “City of Asylum,” he leads a trio featuring the fearlessly introspective pianist Kris Davis. Jazz Listings for June 12-18 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He even persuaded George, his older brother, to sign Miles Davis. Lens Blog: Keeping Jazz’s Rhythm With a Shutter 2014-02-24T17:47:00Z His is a jazz show for those who have appreciated the likes of Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis, and the generations of artists who followed them. Seattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world 2012-12-22T05:49:03Z Williams is nominated for best actress at the Oscars, though Viola Davis of "The Help" and Meryl Streep of "The Iron Lady" are considered the favorites. 'Artist' wins best-picture at indie Spirit Awards 2012-02-26T02:46:03Z “It’s a performance,” said Oscar Isaac, the star of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” Scene City: At the Golden Globes After-Party, Some Stars Behaved Oddly 2014-01-15T21:21:09Z One of the best-known figures in British classical music, Davis worked with the symphony for more than half a century. LSO conductor Colin Davis dies at 85 2013-04-15T11:01:05Z Reporters later interviewed a dozen witnesses who said that the detective was drunk, that Davis was innocent, and that the beating was excessive. A white buddy for Miles Davis: Don Cheadle’s struggle to get “Miles Ahead” financed is absurd — and not surprising 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Close to the end of the trailer, title cards remind us that Mr. Washington has two Academy Awards and that Ms. Davis is a past nominee. How Trailers for Oscar Nominees Make Their Cases 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In her dietetics program at the University of California, Davis, Ms. Wilson was the only Black student. Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z But whatever the topic, Davis is always superb company: erudite, adventurous, surprising. Translation Is Hard Work. Lydia Davis Makes It Thrilling. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z But Davis said such romantic getaways and the glamorous get-ups she puts on for awards shows are not part of her daily life. Clooney, Pitt, other pals gather for Oscar lunch 2012-02-06T22:41:20Z An a cappella elegy about letting go, the song stemmed partly from Davis’s lament that all his old friends had already gone. Alice Gerrard Didn’t Plan a Bluegrass Career. She Broke Its Glass Ceiling. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z As I’m wondering whether to eat the second half of the monster sub, Sammy Davis Jr. lets loose with “Something’s Got to Give.” At Alphonse market and Nonna’s Kitchen, there are two sides to Italian cooking 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z I started reading Davis in 2009, when her “Collected Stories” came out. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Davis’s conducting — his waving hands lightly polishing each beat — provided cushion for each note. Review | Melbourne Orchestra brings sense of several places to Kennedy Center 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Watching the film, Young cried when Davis' character was separated from a white child - she had endured several such partings in real life. For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night 2012-02-27T22:18:08Z Much of the action takes place in the wild, giving the thrills a sweaty, survivalist edge, but Davis still pauses to paint quiet moments with artful, spectral spookiness. Four Movies About Summer to Stream Now 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Davis is the writer who said that she was “not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters.” In Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather,’ Paranoia Is Delivered With Humor 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Davis' vertical passing game came to be viewed as outmoded compared to the West Coast offense, created across the Bay by San Francisco 49ers Coach Bill Walsh. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Twenty-three years before Davis’s win, Joan Baez was the first woman to receive a nomination, for the notes accompanying her own country LP, “David’s Album.” Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “YOLO, it turns out, was conceived as a message of diving into attachment, not freeing yourself from it,” Davis writes. ‘Dedicated’ Makes the Case for Choosing Something and Sticking With It 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The opportunity to bring together notorious rivals Crawford and Davis in the same picture is too good to pass up. With “Feud: Bette and Joan,” a Hollywood rivalry for the ages becomes an epic TV experience 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z As the band regrouped to record this year, Mr. Davis felt as if he needed to shake things up. Music: Korn and Dubstep, Not-So-Unlikely Marriage 2011-12-09T22:18:15Z Although baked beans are often associated with New England, Davis speculates that in Kansas City they are a variant on the pinto beans found in Missouri’s closer neighbor, Texas. Smoke Signals: This July 4, go traditional with great regional side dishes Rather than comment directly on Trump, however, Davis raised questions about what it means that Americans elected him in the first place. Celebrities Who Called Out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z It was unclear Sunday how much of his sentence Davis served, but he was not on parole at the time of Tuesday’s slayings, according to state records. Murder convict charged in triple slaying 2012-04-01T19:30:00Z It was followed the next year — without Davis — by a less successful “A Very Brady Sequel.” 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas “Tom Brady?” said Mr. Davis, laughing along with Ms. Simpson at the question. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z He emerged in the 1960s as a tenor saxophonist and in-house composer for pace-setting editions of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet, two of the most celebrated small groups in jazz history. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z A lawsuit against the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum followed, based on Davis' assertion that East Bay officials did not deliver on promises when the team returned in 1995. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z CO Davis, who passes cars through the gate every Saturday, is late. Desert bloom: My wedding day, inside a California prison 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Davis has earned the right to scold, however lightheartedly. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis was also intent on giving him a rich home life, but without children. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z For Davis, the true crime work that she does is more about exploration than exploitation. 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Inside Llewyn Davis was recognised in the best original screenplay category, while Sarah Polley's family portrait Stories We Tell was crowned best documentary. Thompson honoured for Poppins film 2013-12-05T09:31:32Z The central subject is the death of her husband, Eric, from cancer, but the book unfolds in time-shifting episodes that include scenes from Davis’s early childhood and adolescent years. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In three seasons — and a relocation to San Diego — Gillman and Davis helped lead the Chargers to the top of the AFL and created a passing offense that gave opposing defenses fits. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Davis, too, has sought to give his son’s death meaning. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Davis remembered being seated next to another princess, Diana, sandwiched between her and Prince Charles. In ‘Willow,’ Warwick Davis Revives the ‘Role That Gave Me Everything’ 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Davis will preview both projects in a question-answer session on Sunday afternoon at — where else? — the Clive Davis Theatre at the Grammy Museum. Clive Davis on new Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston releases 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z About halfway through the program, Mr. Davis returned to explain the tradition of “dashing,” or saluting the performers who move you. Groupe Bakomanga and Asase Yaa Perform at DanceAfrica 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “We’ll probably ruffle feathers here and there, and I might lose a friend or two along the way,” Mr. Davis said. Peter Davis to Introduce a Society Magazine 2012-02-29T23:17:03Z Davis gathered with her husband and two children to unwrap the tree this year. Mom preserves Christmas tree her son decorated before his death 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z So she asked Mr. Davis if he would like to fly down to attend with her. A Man and Woman of Letters (Many of Them) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Rose, 32, who was recently announced to play the role of Batwoman in an upcoming CW television series, is the 12th celebrity to be crowned the title, said McAfee spokesman Gary Davis. Actress Ruby Rose named 'most dangerous' celebrity to search online 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z No African-American jazz master loved European harmony more than Davis. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Best of all, Franklin herself showed up on screen, looking fit and healthy enough to thank her fans, the recording academy and Clive Davis. Grammy Awards begin 2011-02-14T01:31:30Z After all, Minna Davis, his wife and his true love, was a movie star. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up” 2013-06-09T15:00:00Z Davis teaches new media and sculpture at two local colleges, so he probably devotes a fair amount of time to conversations about ideas and their sources. In the galleries: Playful piece will keep you on your toes at Flashpoint Gallery 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z In the drama category, that includes Mr. Chandler, a previous winner for “Friday Night Lights,” in “Bloodline,” as well as Ms. Davis in “How to Get Away With Murder” and Ms. Henson in “Empire.” Emmy Awards 2015: ‘Game of Thrones’ and HBO Lead Nominations 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Journalist Evan Davis, who chaired the judging panel, said Demick's book was a gripping and moving account of a country "all too easily comically typecast by massive parades of coordinated flag-wavers." Book about secretive NKorea wins UK literary prize 2010-07-01T20:09:00Z Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr, two geniuses, dying on the same day. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z "You should expect being blown away by the diversity of the music, by the vitality of the music, by the range of music today," Davis said. Year after Houston's death, Davis gala returns 2013-02-08T18:15:11Z Ms. Cohn was for many years a professor of comparative drama at the University of California, Davis, where she taught courses on modern drama, experimental theater and the influence of Shakespeare. Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 2011-10-30T23:41:58Z After a while, the dense thicket recalled nothing so much as the intensity and dark focus of the classic Miles Davis recording, “In Person: Live at the Black Hawk.” Sound Prints truly suprise and delight at Town Hall | Concert preview 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z As Charles Davis and Reason both note, half of those “achievements” are corpses that he created. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z When Davis heard that Crawford died, she reportedly said: “You should never say bad things about the dead, only good. Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” Ryan Murphy’s Feud promises to be as camp as TV gets 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It also might be exactly why Senator Davis shared hers. Wendy Davis’s choice: Why speaking out about abortion must remain a woman’s decision 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z “I love this one of her,” Davis said. Dancers’ Voices Across Time, in the Things Left Behind 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z "Brady Bunch" co-star Florence Henderson tweeted: "I'm so shocked & saddened to learn my dear friend & colleague Ann B Davis died today.I spoke with her a few months ago & she was doing great." Ann B. Davis dies: Friends, fans mourn Alice from 'Brady Bunch' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Santa’s delight at meeting jailbird Warwick Davis, whom he naively mistakes for an elf, is brilliantly handled. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z That wasn’t so at mid-century, of course, when Davis claimed that “geography is destiny.” When the Washington Color School earned its stripes on the national stage 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Beth Davis, who leads the Los Angeles Police Department’s threat assessment unit, which investigates stalking in all its forms. ‘Stalker’ Stars Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Critically acclaimed film star Viola Davis headlines the drama as a tough and morally complex university law professor teaching students how to defend criminals. TCA 2014: ABC President Paul Lee showcases more diverse lineup 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Among the actors assaying the game’s other denizens, Louis E. Davis gives an especially winning account of a player with no apparent love of adventure. ‘She Kills Monsters’: A daring journey into the world of Dungeons & Dragons To quote Bette Davis in “All About Eve”: “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!” ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Finale: An Empire Built on Quicksand 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Though much of Cheadle’s direction is photographically undistinguished, the one figure of style that stands out is his close-ups of himself as Davis. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Implausibly sensible: After Davis at first spurns her man for a life of escapism, they try for marital bliss in the face of imminent death. Film: Pedro Almod?var?s ?The Skin I Live In? and Golden-Age Melodrama 2011-10-09T03:33:03Z And a duet between Ms. Davis and the alto-saxophonist Michaël Attias was full of reflective tension and sly allusions to the chord changes of “All the Things You Are.” Music Review: Tony Malaby?s Novela at Jazz Gallery - Review 2011-12-19T22:05:11Z But Davis is best known for his longtime relationship with the Clintons. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Miles Ahead is Don Cheadle’s raucous though decidedly far-fetched tribute to Davis, while Born to Be Blue is a reasonably affectionate portrait of the self-destructive Chet Baker, who desperately sought Davis’s approval throughout his career. Why I give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis mocks drugs in “Pop a Pill,” over a creepy-crawly melody. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Korn, Currensy and Tom Jones 2010-07-26T00:05:00Z Members of the Osmond family gathered Monday in the small southeastern Idaho town of Samaria to honor their mother with the dedication of the "Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin and Museum." Osmond matriarch's home dedicated as museum 2010-05-04T09:00:00Z Viola Davis plays his strong, dutiful wife, and Jovan Adepo is his son, who thinks there must be more to fatherly love than food, shelter and clothing. Holiday Movie Release Schedule 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Davis feels at home in New York City, though she lived here only briefly. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Synthetic chemicals may not sound like the worst thing, especially if the real oil hasn’t yet proved to be effective, but Davis says the issue is transparency. Essential oils are potent, risky and promising. Here’s what you need to know. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Equal parts espionage thriller and family drama, the cable-style NBC series — which also stars Hope Davis — will debut Feb. 5 after the network's similarly oriented hit "The Blacklist." Espionage hits home in NBC's 'Allegiance' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Some of the actors of Carroll’s generation remain busy, such as Cicely Tyson, 92, who plays Viola Davis’s mother on the ABC hit “How To Get Away With Murder.” A starlet of the civil rights era, Diahann Carroll looks back on a career of firsts 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Film website Cinemablend.com also lamented the exclusion of this year's Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, stars of "The Help," and questioned the inclusion of Collins. Vanity Fair picks Hollywood's leading ladies 2012-02-01T01:00:05Z But the whole idea of 'The Help' is that a maid isn't just a maid, and Davis and her co-star, Octavia Spencer, breathe life into that idea. What we talk about when we talk about "The Help" 2011-08-17T22:18:00Z Yet today jazz aficionados find themselves blessed with two very different films featuring the legendary Miles Davis. Why I give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z His efforts paid off not only in the film but also on a seductive new album, “Everything’s Beautiful,” featuring his remixes of Davis tracks from the Columbia/Legacy vault, with a starry assortment of guests. What Would Miles Davis Do? Robert Glasper Has an Idea 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The dialect doesn’t register as weighty in the movie, largely because Ms. Davis’s performance speaks louder than her accent. | The Help : Spanning Two Southern Worlds, Black and White 2011-08-09T20:24:20Z This June, Davis received results that made her do “handsprings.” Geena Davis just made children’s TV more feminist 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Davis thanked another African-American actress, Cicely Tyson, who inspired her as a child and was in the audience. "The Help" gets Oscar boost with big SAG wins 2012-01-31T00:08:37Z “I parted with Mrs. Davis kindly, half promising to join her in the South if further deliberation should induce me to change my views.” It’s Elizabeth Keckley’s Year in Civil War History 2013-01-09T23:54:36Z In December 1948, on a day off from rehearsals from another play, Davis and Dee took a bus to New Jersey to get married. Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Though Chicago’s soul scene was less celebrated than those of Detroit or Memphis, it was rich with talent, and Mr. Davis was at the center of it through the 1960s and ’70s. Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77 2012-08-17T04:21:24Z In December 2007, he read an interview with Davis's granddaughter in which she expressed confusion at the shower connection. Secrets of the Psycho shower 2010-03-29T21:00:00Z The quote was an allusion to the 2011 feature film "The Help," in which Davis played a maid in the South in the early 1960s. People magazine retracts 'stupid & insensitive' Viola Davis tweet 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z "The overwhelming response is just amazing," Davis said. Man’s plea for letters in viral TikTok gets worldwide, 'overwhelming' response 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Davis, 34, told Fox News she chose to design a door after Selena because she made a significant impact in Mexican American history and the Latin music industry. Teacher creates 'awe-inspiring' classroom door designs for Hispanic Heritage Month 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s both a biography and a view of Davis’s life in a sort of self-imposed exile. What We’re Reading This Fall 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Harlem Stage was formerly known as Aaron Davis Hall Inc. and used an auditorium in a building owned by City College. Harlem Stage Celebrates New Lease on Life 2010-06-29T22:39:00Z His career spans pioneering work in Miles Davis’s second great quintet and alongside a good share of jazz’s other leading figures from the 1960s on. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Davis got access to mentors, donors and business classes to put her vision in place. Meet The Jewish Matchmaker of Your Grandmother's Dreams 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z As the Dean campaign floundered, Davis and Drymala became frustrated by what they saw as the far right’s increasing use of coded racist messages. 'White Noise': Racism with a good beat 2011-03-26T14:08:30Z Mr. Davis has been working on the opera, with a libretto by Richard Wesley, for years. This Summer, Opera Grapples With Race 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Davis is delightful as Izzy, a woman with no filter and less dignity. Mackenzie Davis on playing a comedic antiheroine in “Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town” 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Its directors, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis, are novice filmmakers, true; but I also suspect this movie’s form is deliberate, part of its message. Review: Anatomy of Ferguson, From a Shooting to Activism 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn is being produced by the veteran music producer Clive Davis. New York’s ‘Homecoming’ to Feature a Free Concert in Every Borough 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z He went over to Warner Bros. and Bette Davis saw him in the commissary and hired him to be in 'Stolen Life.' Glenn Ford remembered as great actor, flawed dad 2011-07-01T20:25:03Z Davis was a Harvard-educated lawyer who acknowledged he was clueless about rock and its cultural implications: "I knew nothing," he said. SXSW 2013: Clive Davis and how the talent scout who knew 'nothing' got famous 2013-03-14T21:28:00Z The justices did not comment on their order rejecting Davis' request for a stay. Ga. executes Troy Davis despite protests 2011-09-22T11:28:00Z Davis asks of Andrew Hinderaker’s “Colossal,” which dressed its actors in pads and created the high-energy, high-risk drama of the sport. Body of work: Transgender director returns to Olney Theatre Center with ‘Evita’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But the bulk of the pictures in “Gene Davis: Intuitive Color” are from 1952-56, and were executed without benefit of a straight-edge. In the galleries: Mapmaker Michael Francis Reagan goes bold in exhibit at Gallery A At a news conference Wednesday evening, Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis did not say if police think other shootings under investigation were related to the rapper’s killing. Police in Memphis hunt for suspects in Young Dolph’s killing 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “This is why you have to become personally friendly with the rights holders,” Mr. Davis said. ?Marmaduke? Producer Is a Friend to Comic Animals 2010-05-28T22:31:00Z Mrs. Davis, 28, is a senior associate at the Roark Capital Group, a private investment firm in Atlanta. Stewart Long, William Davis 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Mackenzie Davis, executive director of the Miss Maine USA pageant, says she understands Johnson's reasoning, but she says Miss Maine is a serious commitment and that she's disappointed Johnson withdrew from her duties. Miss Maine USA to skip big pageant for wedding 2011-04-18T17:36:11Z In 1967, he dropped out and hitchhiked to New York — where he visited museums and went to jazz concerts, even catching a gig by Miles Davis. Photography's best-kept secret: How Anthony Hernandez put a distinctly Los Angeles lens on picture-making 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z As Mrs. Davis confesses, her users aren’t looking for surprises: “They’re much more engaged when I tell them exactly what they want to hear.” ‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Algorithm and Blues 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Davis says she flies to Florida every three or four months so that her son can spend time with Stone’s wife, who seldom goes to New York. How an ex-madam, a political trickster and a toddler got tangled up in the Russia investigation 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z In October, Davis rescued a 6-month-old mixed breed named Ruth, who was found wandering the streets of Metairie, La., after Hurricane Zeta. In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference He took theory and jazz lessons from the age of 12 at a local university; like Ms. Davis, he inhaled Jarrett and Hancock, spending his weekends transcribing solos. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z Other key performances include Sun King Davis as a conflicted county sheriff, Forstrom as a distraught but steely neighbor, and Aaron Bliden as Oliver, a chimp who is Trevor’s smug friend and rival. Woman and her chimp make for an odd couple in ‘Trevor’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z See More » Dr. Davis added in an email, “It’s a very exciting time to be a ‘fragmentologist.’ Yale Buys Collection of Scattered Medieval Pages 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Eventually, Davis, dropping out of high school, joined them, determined to make art his career. Stuart Davis, Heady Abstract Realist, at the Whitney 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Davis, for instance, is writing about what came to be known as the “black Wall Street,” an affluent African American neighborhood of Tulsa that was the scene of a massacre by whites in 1921. Washington is in line for a huge shipment of political theater 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z To be fair to Jefferson Davis, being president of the Confederate States of America seemed like a prestigious position going in. Chief of staff, Oscars host, Popchips spokesperson: The allure of the doomed job 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z A mother of four who moved to the Tiber Island complex nearby when construction on the Wharf started, Davis was enjoying the sunshine at Waterfront Park with her two youngest daughters one day in April. Do posh waterfronts make a city world-class? D.C. is betting hundreds of millions on it. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Now Davis and Simpson are telling the same tale. 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z In 1962 he interviewed Miles Davis for what became the first official Playboy interview. Review: In ‘Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation,’ a Reputation Made and Lost 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z As the sun begins to set on Crawford, Davis continues her own fight. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Davis had lived much of his life in Germany after first being stationed there with the U.S. John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli, dies at 66 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Romano goes into detail on Davis’s process—Davis watched the film and took notes, and, soon thereafter, Romano heard Davis play “bits of themes” on his hotel-room piano that later turned up in the film. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Nina Guralnick, the festival’s executive director, cited studies commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media showing lack of female representation in family films. Warning: Teenagers May Like These Movies 2014-03-06T22:41:32Z Brown Johnson, executive vice president and creative director at Sesame Workshop, recalls attending one of Davis’s first meetings, when Johnson was president of animation and preschool at Nickelodeon. Geena Davis just made children’s TV more feminist 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The Coen brothers are among this festival's favoured auteurs, the equivalent of the Mafia's "made guys", and it is no surprise to see their new movie Inside Llewyn Davis on the competition list. Cannes 2013 lineup: heavy-hitters and unexpected gems 2013-04-18T15:22:59Z Light is both a particle and a wave in 24 small, abstract paintings by Brooklyn artist Emily Davis Adams. A vast landscape unfolds in bands of color: Emily Davis Adams at CB1 Gallery 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In her childhood there were two goldfish, Potato and Carrot, who “committed suicide” together by leaping out of the bowl that Davis placed on a windowsill. This Memoir About the Contradictions of Grief Plays by Its Own Rules 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The supporting-actress category offers one case in point: Viola Davis broke her own record by becoming the first African American actress to be nominated for three Oscars in the course of her career. Oscar nominations: The diversity is impressive. Now time for a long-lasting reset. 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z In an interview in the film, the artist Jo Gelbard, a woman who was in a relationship with Davis in his later years, speaks tenderly of his temperament in those times. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He knew that Davis worked out in a boxing gym in Harlem so he joined it. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Davis said he thought the movie could correct that in the collective mind. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Levine said that in a field of “bombastic” singers, Davis had bravely gone out and done something “distinctively very different” with admirable “class and elegance,” calling the effort “absolutely stunning.” 'The Voice' recap: Top 8 are top great as old coaches return 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z This was the year that he left Blakey, joined Davis, and signed as a leader to Blue Note—a label that was the great laboratory of mixing traditional values with the cutting edge. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z This year, the party had a 1940s vibe: There were large sepia-toned headshots of Bette Davis and Cary Grant projected onto the wall. Oscars 2015: Governors Ball hits the spot with ravenous guests 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z “There’s theater here in Harlem, but there needs to be more, and Aaron Davis Hall is underutilized and unrecognized,” he said. City College to Support New Theater Uptown 2011-05-29T22:14:08Z That’s the unlikely combo in an Olney Theatre Center rehearsal room as director Will Davis drills “Colossal,” a new play hinging on a catastrophic football injury. Olney’s smashmouth drama ‘Colossal’ tackles football, disability and sexuality "Noah Davis: Savage Wilds" is a small show, but it's a memorable one. 'Noah Davis: Savage Wilds': Trash TV as elegant art 2012-08-02T20:17:14Z The side door opens again and church leaders Martin Davis, Larry Glasgow and Maria Wolf take their places on the altar. In the heart of D.C.’s tony Georgetown, a church that communes with the dead 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s very easy to imagine Miles Davis putting his own stamp on this darkly tinged tour de force, as he did on a later version of Crosby’s “Guinnevere” in 1970. Crosby, Stills, Nash and … Jazz? 2013-05-06T20:59:54Z Uniting musicians from such different artistic backgrounds, never establishing a standard ensemble size, Ms. Davis forced the group members to listen to one another harder, and to place their traditional instrumental roles into question. Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Given his flexibility, one is tempted to say that joining Davis & Mane was a mistake, that Jimmy is now as out of place as a carnivore at a salad bar. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 2: What’s Hoboken Got to Do With It? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Haas said Jimenez probably was confused because the words he was using with Davis made it sound like an embedded lie. Day gets another injury scare at British Open 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z When Chuck learns, early in the episode, that Jimmy has a partner-track job at Davis & Mane, he can hardly control his rage. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 2: What’s Hoboken Got to Do With It? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Viola Davis is joining the conversation about diversity at the Academy Awards. Viola Davis Says 'the Problem is Not With the Oscars' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z "Everyone is going to be sitting up and taking notice today and saying how exciting this is," Davis said. Soprano Renee Fleming joins Lyric Opera of Chicago 2010-12-09T22:11:00Z Unlike many claims against Weinstein and his employers in the class-action suit, Sokola and Davis’s claims fall within the civil statute of limitations. Trio of accusers throw a wrench into Harvey Weinstein's limited liability plan 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z “I called myself a closet artist for so many years,” Davis says. Karon Davis' 'Pain Management' plumbs loss and love in a tribute to her late husband, Noah Davis 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Davis, though, would certainly take one of those silk cashmere scarves Ms. Nichanian substituted for a cravat and knot it outside his shirt. Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Davis, a respected music journalist, has written more than a dozen books about male musicians, and one about Carly Simon . Review | Stevie Nicks: A story of big music, big egos and big hair 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Miles Davis in particular became a fashion icon for blue-eyed soul brothers everywhere in Britain. Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight – review 2013-04-07T07:00:01Z Elsewhere, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project will give its own semi-staged concert performance of “X” on June 17, conducted by Gil Rose — a longtime champion of Davis’s music — in Boston. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The bit garnered a lot of laughs and other positive reactions from the audience, Davis recalled in a recent phone interview. “Hood Adjacent”: James Davis’ funny, necessary tour of the black experience 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The record is both a refinement of Ms. Davis’s strengths as composer and bandleader, and an expansion on them. Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis and Ms. Laubrock are two subtle provocateurs whose respective roles in New York’s avant-garde music community continue to grow. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z "It's really about the sociology and history of women, how much progress we've made," said Davis, who has been carrying the same black leather purse for the past three years. A clutch show: 'The Purse & the Person' at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry 2010-12-16T20:53:04Z Davis’s performance is laughable and almost unforgivable, and the only person capable of dialing it back would have been her director, Eastwood. Absolute Power at 20: what we can learn from a thriller about an evil president 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s worth noting that the script was written by the short-lived novelist Tess Slesinger and her husband, Frank Davis, a producer but a relatively inexperienced writer. Movie of the Week: “Dance, Girl, Dance” 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z I think of Ms. Davis, staring at the Hudson from Penn South. Critic?s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales 2012-01-25T19:30:11Z But I’m also in the lineage of a Miles Davis — you know, that liked nice things also. The Visionaries: Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’ 2013-06-11T23:25:32Z But my favorite Davis painting shuns any hint of the sublime. Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z He remained with the gallery, now Davis and Langdale, for the rest of his life, often showing with his Tyler friend David Levine, the caricaturist. Aaron Shikler, Portrait Artist Known for Images of America’s Elite, Dies at 93 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Davis had a vision for the book, to make it “leaner and meaner,” and Chan was on board. How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night at Birdland, in the first set of a five-night run, Quest put forth a characteristic effort, slashing through original music and some tunes from the repertory of the 1960s-vintage Miles Davis Quintet. Music Review: Band?s Rapport Runs Deep, and the Undertow Swings 2011-02-23T22:59:31Z And the rhomboidal corrugated-metal-clad live/work space he created for Davis? Patrick Dempsey's Frank Gehry–designed Malibu Estate 2014-02-04T05:00:00Z The speakers included Mr. Davis, the Prince Chapel’s pastor, the outreach director for the city’s Islamic Center and the deputy consul of Mexico in Tucson. From Swastika Selfies to Lessons on Nazism 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z That composition became the centerpiece of Davis’s first album for Columbia, “’Round About Midnight,” which was released in March, 1957. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z For those who know her work, Davis's blonde hair and big, toothy smile are recognisable from a mile off. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Sun King Davis also hits the right notes as the honorable but vulnerable Cassio. Two classic Shakespeares, each with ups and downs 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “Inside Llewyn Davis,” which is in the main competition, will open in the United States in December, doubtless after making other stops on the festival circuit. Critic’s Notebook: Coen Brothers’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Is Popular at Cannes 2013-05-19T20:30:52Z Refreshed acoustics do only so much; Davis and Mazzoli can be part of a refreshed repertoire. Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “Oftentimes you do see dynamic acting — there are a lot of really dynamic actors — but there is a sense of vanity,” says Davis. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In the film, Pryce and Davis play a jet-set Hollywood couple who travel through the desert desperately trying to save their marriage on a second honeymoon. River Phoenix's last film to premiere in Miami 2013-03-08T15:27:11Z Davis, meanwhile, will be hoping the Emmy will provide company for the Screen Actors Guild award she won in January for female actor in a drama series. Emmy awards face the future as television becomes more diverse 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Viola Davis, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Fences,” argued that Trump’s ascendancy was symptomatic of deeper problems with how the American dream isn’t being fulfilled. 2017 Golden Globes: Viola Davis, Hugh Laurie among celebrities who hit Donald Trump, Republicans during ceremony 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z When the director Davis Guggenheim was completing the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” his team had an idea: Let’s get a famous singer to write a song to end the movie. Pinning Academy Award Hopes on a Powerful Song 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In the US, Miles Davis was bringing in elements of rock music. Old music: The Graham Collier Sextet – Lullaby for a Lonely Child 2012-06-18T08:37:56Z "Boys do all the fun stuff, and girls are not there or hyper-sexualized," Davis said about typical gender patterns. Geena Davis talks about a lack of females in TV and film 2010-09-20T23:11:00Z In February, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinded an award for the activist Angela Davis a few days after announcing it. Perspective | Does Linda Fairstein deserve a literary honor? Critics say her past as a prosecutor sullies her art. 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Davis’ quiet oil paintings immerse us in personal scenes while Thomas adds rhinestones to her bold paintings to highlight ideas of beauty and ornamentation. ‘What does it mean to be an American’? Black artists explore question in new exhibit at TAM 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z What remains from Davis’s trademark style are vivid hues and a vertical orientation. Review | In the galleries: A confection of a show that draws on the richness of Vermeer 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z In the opening ensemble scene, in which Otello’s ship is battered during a storm as it tries to dock, Mr. Davis draws playing of pitched intensity, leavened by lucid textures, from the inspired orchestra. Alt-Verdi: ?Otello,? Differently 2010-12-24T14:54:24Z Davis was also a longtime and beloved professor at the Corcoran School of Art. How an assistant to famed D.C. artist Gene Davis earned her stripes 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Davis later identified Chapman as the “someone else.” How an assistant to famed D.C. artist Gene Davis earned her stripes 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Picturing Davis with her unsatisfied ego pounding in her chest, putting it all down on paper, thinking no one would ever care for her again, just before they did. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z That upbringing has informed how Davis has responded to the #MeToo movement: applauding it, encouraging it, but also fearing that its focus on Hollywood actresses and executives is limited. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Glenn Kenny wrote that while there is no shortage of documentaries on Davis, “Birth of the Cool” is “commendably thorough.” What’s on TV Tuesday: The Democratic Debate and Pete Davidson 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He freed Gorky from a dangerous pattern of copying the masters; he encouraged de Kooning to keep working with the figure; he kept Davis’s politics from overwhelming his art. Art Review: ?American Vanguards? at the Neuberger Museum 2012-02-02T23:48:47Z “A lot of my emotion went into this show,” said Davis, wearing a patterned mask, biker boots and a purple wig that she said enables her not to worry about her hair on Zoom calls. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The joy of a Julia Davis comedy is that you never quite know what you are going to get. Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z When she was 3, her father, an electrical engineer, and her mother, an amateur actress, moved the family to Erie, Pa., which Ms. Davis once described as “much easier to spell.” Ann B. Davis, 88, Dies; Comic Actress Played Maid on ‘Brady Bunch’ 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z It stars Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy and MacKenzie Davis as a rebel team tries to challenge tech giant IBM with their own vision of a computer. AMC renews computer drama 'Halt and Catch Fire' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Hundreds sip wine, surrounded by stripe paintings in the signature style of Gene Davis — 50 copies of his 6-by-6-foot “Popsicle” rendered by a crew of Corcoran students guided by artist Michael Clark. When the Washington Color School earned its stripes on the national stage 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z By adding motifs that reappear throughout the concerto, Davis made it a substantially more cohesive work. 'Concerto for a Genius' shows promise, but needs more fire from the piano 2011-01-16T15:56:00Z Alluding to Bette Davis’s famous line from “All About Eve” is appropriate, given the show is a combination of cocktail hour chitchat, swoon-worthy music, over the top theatrical displays, and delicious camp. ‘Harry Connick, Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter’ Review: 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Hush, Sweet Charlotte,” which she recorded as the theme for the Bette Davis movie of the same name. Patti Page, Singer, Dies at 85 2013-01-02T20:29:12Z That’s fitting for Davis, 71, who as an undergraduate at Yale University in the late 1960s and early ’70s, studied opera scores by Wagner, Berg and Strauss — but also attended concerts by cutting-edge jazz artists. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In college, Mr. Davis studied film making, but his heart was always in his music. His Dreams Came True, Despite the Pandemic 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis, who spends her free time boating and competing in bass-fishing tournaments, said she loves the brand’s shirts, which she wears at fishing competitions. Salt Life Is Coming to a Beach Near You 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Survivors include his wife of more than 50 years, the former Betty Davis of Teaneck; three children; his mother; seven siblings; and six grandchildren. Ben E. King, soul singer of ‘Stand by Me,’ dies at 76 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Davis and her fellow recipients of honorary Academy Awards will be recognized from the stage during the Oscars telecast and required only to smile and soak up the love. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Taylor connects Davis’s violence to the cocktail of drugs—prescription and recreational—and alcohol that he was using and abusing. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Army, ironically playing an important role in the eventual defeat of Davis' Confederacy. 'Freedom's Cap': the U.S. Capitol's big remodel 2012-03-01T00:10:08Z Wendy Weitzel of Davis Farmers Market in California says that they have had record sales and attendance, and that the higher gas prices matter less when the seller is local. For some farmers' market vendors, inflation may be the end 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z At his murder trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury, Mr. Dunn testified that he believed that Mr. Davis had a gun. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Explores Social Justice 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Its use for the release of Kim Davis does not support my views or my politics.” Kim Davis and “Eye of the Tiger” 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Either way, it's uncomfortable, writes critic Ben Davis, in a thoughtful essay on the subject: French artist who told female critic to get a boyfriend says it was art 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Wade Davis, the winner of this year's Samuel Johnson prize, is a Canadian writer – and scientist, film-maker and explorer. Michael Jacobs's top 10 Colombian stories 2012-12-05T13:01:06Z From the outset of “Agitation,” the Davis original that opened every set on this tour, the quintet burns with urgency. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z It only took one lacy white purse to hook Anita Davis. A clutch show: 'The Purse & the Person' at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry 2010-12-16T20:53:04Z Fashion models and boldface names were there, including Russell Simmons, Star Jones, Clive Davis and Joan Collins, whose “Dynasty”-era big hair and gold sequins seemed frozen in time. Scene City: Benefit for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation — Scene City 2012-10-27T03:35:35Z She was formerly a Senior Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, and she is currently the founder and president of CollegeBound Advice, an independent college counseling firm. Can women over 50 “lean in”? 2013-03-23T15:00:00Z He was part of that movement’s first wave, as a member of Miles Davis’s slashing rock- and funk-infused bands of the late 1960s and early ’70s. Critic?s Notebook: Chick Corea, Jazz Chameleon, in All His Colors 2011-10-31T22:28:02Z Davis, who has been open about her cosmetic work, said: "I have done fillers and it's been good, and I've done fillers and it's been bad," she shared. Can we stop pointing out how famous women are aging? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z By abandoning the estate wine model and the 50-50 oak regimen, he and Davis have moved closer to Tom Jordan’s original ideal of producing a Bordeaux-style wine in California. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “Maybe 10 years later,” Mr. Davis said, “they’ll see other work of mine and be tempted to dig deeper.” Grown-Up Art at a Children’s Museum. But It’s Still Playtime. 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z But don’t try entering Richmond Highway in Arlington into MapQuest, which still uses Jefferson Davis Highway. When a county changed a Confederate highway name, some navigation apps were slow to change it 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Her funeral service was attended by some of the biggest names in music on Saturday, including her cousin Dionne Warwick, her mentor and former label boss Clive Davis, and Stevie Wonder. Houston relatives attend burial 2012-02-19T20:21:32Z She affected the hauteur of Bette Davis and refused child support. Reflections: Jean Harris’s Cautionary Tale 2013-01-04T21:45:19Z As it is, spare a thought for likely runner-up, Michelle Williams for Manchester by the Sea, who lacerates your heart in a fraction of Davis’ screen time. 'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Willowy and tall, Davis has shoulder-length blond hair and wide, clear eyes. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z That's exactly what Miles Davis said to Clive Davis at Columbia Records—more than 40 years ago. 2009-12-10T17:54:00Z Mrs. Davis often told how she quickly agreed to provide one, then raced home to look up denouement in the dictionary. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, mystery writer, dies at 98 Joycelyn Davis, a cancer survivor, and another of Lewis’s descendants, initially admits to her disinterest in the search for the wreck; she’s focused on the local polluters. ‘Descendant’ Review: The Fates of a Ship and its Captives 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Dena Davis, 40, an aesthetician in Longview, Texas, learned about Salt Life through her brother, who had one of its stickers on his car. Salt Life Is Coming to a Beach Near You 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Two titans in the field were honored: Arthur Mitchell, the founder of Dance Theater of Harlem, with a lifetime achievement award; and Chuck Davis, the founder of DanceAfrica, for service to the field of dance. Bessie Awards Honor a Wide World of Dance 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z On Wednesday the focus turns to Leonard Bernstein, a source of productive inspiration for Mr. Charlap; Thursday’s concert pays homage to Miles Davis, with Jeremy Pelt on the horn. Jazz Listings for July 18-24 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z A song called “Ogallala” is Davis’ ode to the endangered, once-massive aquifer she learned about after seeing the Ken Burns documentary, “The Dust Bowl.” A husband and wife’s ‘family music nights’ in their basement become an album 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Recently, Baranski’s character even got to deliver a variation of Bette Davis’s iconic line as Margo Channing in “All About Eve”: “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.” Christine Baranski on Diane Lockhart’s emerging presence in ‘The Good Wife’ The depth of the relationships Foyalan and Davis were able to establish with the people they met is immediately apparent. Whose Streets? Powerful Ferguson film focuses on ‘flashpoint moment’ 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The work of contemporary artists has long been popular, especially from artists in the Washington Color School, including Gene Davis and Sam Gilliam. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “Junior” was Miles Davis nickname when he first got to the town. Don Cheadle on playing the drug-addled Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead,” and the toxic costs of Hollywood racism 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z I was chasing the life of Sammy Davis Jr., who Harry had known and offered advice to about the entertainment industry for Black people in the 1950s. Perspective | Harry Belafonte’s biggest hit? The song of freedom. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Davis says she is still discovering striking and previously unseen images as the photographer's work is digitized. Photosynthesis festival at Annenberg focuses on music, photography 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Back in 2013, Kelvin Davis was shopping for a red blazer in his home town of Columbia, South Carolina, when he was publicly body shamed. No more Mr Muscle: the activists championing body confidence for men 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Reigning ACM entertainer of the year Luke Bryan also has double performances including his hit “Buy Dirt” with Jordan Davis and a performance of his ballad “Up.” Parton, Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen to perform at ACM Awards 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “The Woman King” director Gina Prince-Bythewood failed to make the list, though the movie’s lead, Viola Davis, snagged an acting nomination. Golden Globes 2023 Snubs (Will Smith) and Surprises (Brendan Fraser) 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z After paying more than $300 for behavior classes and detention fees, Kimberly Davis said her daughter is now on track to graduate from Comer. Charter schools hit over student fines 2012-02-14T03:44:00Z Davis was fiercely loyal to those people who were loyal to him. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Rapace got to spend a fair amount of time with Davis, both in training and picking her brain about what goes on in her mind when a situation goes south. Noomi Rapace explores the female bodyguard life in ‘Close’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z South brought acting honors for both Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in their roles as maids. "The Artist", "The Help" big Critics' Choice winners 2012-01-14T00:58:00Z In a few short years, he’s graduated from indie artisan, with films like “Inside Llewyn Davis,” to bona fide star with roles in “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Oscar Isaac’s Mom Died. Now He’s Working Out His Grief in ‘Hamlet.’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z But for Davis, who is now seventy-one, a Christmas album led to untold riches and several decades of touring. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “He’s as straight as an arrow,” said Herbie Hancock, the hallowed pianist who met Carter at Miles Davis’s house in 1963, in a phone interview. At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z In Davis’s home and on the road, Hancock was taken by Carter’s tone and intuition. At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “A lot of actors mistake their presence for the event,” Davis said. First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z "Davis had few ties to Texas; he played a unique role in the history of the American South that is best explained and understood through an educational exhibit." Jefferson Davis statue deemed racist to be relocated at UT Austin 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Working with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea — all the greats that I grew up listening to. Chaka Khan on Artistic Freedom, Her Side Hustles and Joni Mitchell 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z After graduating with honors from the University of California at Davis, she moved to Cairo — where she worked at the World Bank, according to her LinkedIn profile — and later Hong Kong. Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Pinkett Smith says she not only learned a lot from spending time with the Davis, who was by her side for this interview, but she grew as a person. Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects 2013-05-10T17:11:09Z Abdel R. Salaam, handpicked by Mr. Davis to become the artistic director — this was his second year — presided over the festivities. Review: DanceAfrica Excels With Tradition. Why Go Beyond? 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Davis: When we start talking about throwing their guy out, it got their base aroused and their base came out. How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z On occasion Wideman can almost seem to push his readers away intentionally, as if he were Miles Davis soloing with his back to the audience. John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z A new staging like this, Davis said, can represent “how people in the future will see it, see Malcolm and see the whole story.” ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The music, a new composition by Oliver Davis, sounds like a paint-by-numbers contemporary ballet score, and Liang’s neoclassical choreography looks like something that any skilled dancemaker might have created in the last few decades. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The A.P. said Mr. Thornton is being represented by a El Paso lawyer named Mark Davis. ArtsBeat: Contested Will Delays Burial of 'Jeffersons' Star Sherman Hemsley 2012-08-30T14:12:12Z Saturday, beer garden opens at noon, Albert Davis Park and along Northeast 125th Street; Vintage Car Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-07-31T23:19:09Z The drummer Jimmy Cobb, 84, is a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and the last remaining musician to have played on “Kind of Blue,” the epochal Miles Davis album from 1959. Music Review: Jimmy Cobb Expands His Act at Village Vanguard 2013-08-22T21:37:37Z But he was also an authority on the music’s past, working as producer and annotator of many reissues, including Columbia’s long-running series of Davis boxed sets. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Davis formed his first production company in 2005, as he was entering the prime of his career. Baron Davis Directs Now. If There’s a ‘Space Jam 3,’ He Wants In. 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z He is also of counsel to Scheichet & Davis, a law firm in New York. Stephanie Roach, John Weiss 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z "Society is leading Hollywood, but there are writers and producers and directors who see these markets," said Jay Mechling, professor of American Studies at University of California, Davis. Emmy wins prove "modern" families are U.S. hits 2010-08-30T13:03:00Z Mr. Davis had recently optioned a podcast — a first for his company — and he wanted Mr. Braff to star in a sitcom version. Podcasts Get the Hollywood Treatment, Complete With Zach Braff 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z At the same ceremony, Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba also won awards in a year in which 18 very different black performers were nominated in the acting categories. Regina King Has So Many Stories to Tell 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z But while “Live in Europe 1967” is wilder at every turn, Davis maintains a clearer authority, a firmer hand at the wheel. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z Swiss-born Nobs, 76, launched the summer festival in 1967 while working at the Swiss resort's tourism office, attracting some of the world's greatest stars, including Miles Davis, Ray Charles and Prince, to perform there. Montreux Jazz Festival founder dies after ski accident 2013-01-11T07:29:12Z By her side in these struggles was the actor, author and activist Ossie Davis. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Emboldened by newfound confidence, he insisted on sharing his views, as well as an enemies-list-in-formation — Alfred Stieglitz and the young Stuart Davis topped it — with whoever would listen. ‘Thomas Hart Benton,’ by Justin Wolff 2012-06-29T22:17:16Z Still, Mr. Davis said, it was nice to see a different sort of house of this scale go up in the neighborhood. The House That Calvin Klein Built 2013-08-30T21:08:57Z "The Ford is an experience," managing director Adam Davis said. John Anson Ford Theatres will reopen in July, with historic outdoor venue refurbished 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Monique Proctor became known as DJ Smiles Davis 11 years ago. Questions for a Wedding D.J. 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z I think there's a misconception that it was Clive Davis and the music industry which molded her and pushed her into this box. “Whitney” director on Houston’s untold story: “Whitney had been abused, and it took a hug... 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Everything Davis has a hand in comes with the obligatory "dark" tag but, even by her standards, this is exceptionally brutal. The Great Offices of State | Lizzie and Sarah | Wonders of the Solar System | Jersey Shore and more | Watch this at the weekend 2010-03-20T06:45:00Z When he tries to convince the actor Spunk Davis, for obvious reasons, to change his name, Spunk turns on him and growls, "One more word and I'll rip my ears off!" Money and Out Of The Frying Pan 2010-05-27T07:00:00Z I miss those talk shows where it’s Bette Davis in the nineteen-sixties— Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z But Mr. Davis himself “couldn’t play a note,” his brother George said in a recent interview. Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77 2012-08-17T04:21:24Z Lydia Davis is an American short story writer whose work redefines the meaning of brevity. Lydia Davis: 'My style is a reaction to Proust's long sentences' 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z "The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity," Davis said in her Emmy speech. Soap star from Skokie apologizes for Viola Davis tweets 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Davis' parents each left the courtroom in tears. Fla. man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting 2014-02-16T01:11:57Z When Barbara Jean Davis — the future Norris Church Mailer — met Norman Mailer at a party in Russellville, Ark., in 1975, she was a high school art teacher and divorced single mother. Books of The Times: Norris Church Mailer?s New Memoir, ?Ticket to the Circus? 2010-04-06T23:29:00Z Davis grew up and attended public schools in the city, Rhode Island's smallest and poorest community. Viola Davis attends hometown health center's groundbreaking 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The statue of Davis was moved from its outdoor location on the school's campus to an indoor exhibition space. Thomas Jefferson statue incites debate at Mizzou 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z “A lot of wines that you might apéro with, you might not want with food,” Ms. Davis said. Day Drinking, Italian Style 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Davis was in the car during the accident that killed his wife, but he emerged with barely a scratch. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Does All the Heavy Lifting in Demolition 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “What this country needs is a hero who is black and a socialist,” the actor Ossie Davis said. Phillip Hayes Dean, the Playwright of Divisive ‘Paul Robeson,’ Dies at 83 2014-04-23T03:06:19Z Davis’s Charly also had a shower scene, but for a reason — she needed to clean up after killing seven men. “Chefs do that”: The underappreciated holiday joy of “The Long Kiss Goodnight” 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The groom, 31, is an associate specializing in investment management law at Davis Polk & Wardwell, the New York law firm. A ‘Beam of Light’ in a Crowded Room 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z As a former attorney to President Clinton, Davis is well connected in Washington—connected to a degree his fees reflect. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z The poignant moments of Humperdinck’s luminous score, conducted with a light, sensitive touch by Andrew Davis, are even more affecting set against these stark surroundings. ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ a Family Holiday Treat at the Met 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “So many of us feel that we had found ourselves through, because of and in relation to Toni and her work,” Davis said. ‘She Saved Us’: Mourners Pay Tribute to Toni Morrison 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Davis, who lives in Hobbs, New Mexico, says she lost her son to suicide just weeks after he had helped decorate the tree. Mom preserves Christmas tree her son decorated before his death 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Before we say goodbye, here are memorable moments of Davis as Alice. Video: Remembering 'Brady Bunch's' Ann B. Davis 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Even though Davis outlived Crawford, “Feud” allows her no victory lap. “Feud: Bette and Joan” fades out: Old Hollywood may have been no match for the modern woman 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Was that the faintest echo of Bette Davis’s famous line from “All About Eve”? Fashion Meets Social Media at the Emmys 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Though he had been the dominant partner in recordings with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk that had begun several years before, it was from early 1956 that Rollins really took off. 50 great moments in jazz: The rise of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins 2010-05-11T14:05:00Z Davis said he will sometimes call McBath just to tell her he's having a rough day, and she will respond with empathy. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “There’s just a rigid energy right now in our country,” Davis said. “Hood Adjacent”: James Davis’ funny, necessary tour of the black experience 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis, best known for BET’s “The Real Husbands of Hollywood” and his Comedy Central Snapchat series “Swag-A-Saurus With James Davis,” tells the studio audience with palpable exasperation. Bridging the Racial Divide, One Joke at a Time 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z To earn money, he and Ms. Davis went on tour, promoting books and documentaries about the case, despite Mr. Echols’s precarious physical and psychological state. Now Damien Echols Will Teach You the Secrets of Magick 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z In late March, the space unveiled a new exhibition, "Non-Fiction," a taut gathering of works selected by Davis prior to his death that examine themes of violence against African Americans. Kahlil Joseph and family keep brother Noah Davis' legacy alive at L.A.'s Underground Museum 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Matt Davis, Priest Lake district ranger for the Panhandle National Forests, said the National Recreation Trail is popular with hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers. Hike to Idaho’s picturesque Priest Lake is a summer treat 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z Everyone in the room knew the guy "from around," so it was slightly odd to watch Steve Zahn's performance as DJ Davis. "Treme" feels like home to me 2010-04-18T15:01:00Z That rhythmic signature is crucial to the feel of some Miles Davis albums from the early 1970s and a range of other music since. Review: Jack DeJohnette’s ‘In Movement’ and ‘Return’ Show Sweep 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Davis and Gorky parted ways, possibly over political differences, and by 1954, Gorky was dead, which could explain why Davis marked his figure with a kind of canceling-out black X. Stuart Davis, Heady Abstract Realist, at the Whitney 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Davis’s space has hosted several small-scale shows, but “Veils” should put it on the map. | In L.A., a Group Show Explores the Art of the Obscured 2014-04-04T17:51:44Z Its executive director, Jacqueline Davis, says thousands of people a month walk through the library door. Al Hirschfeld's chair & desk going to NYC library 2011-01-25T19:59:24Z During the premiere of the show, People magazine live-tweeted a message poking fun at the speech patterns of a 1960s maid played by Viola Davis in the feature film "The Help." Shonda Rhimes' 'How to Get Away With Murder' sets DVR record for ABC 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z She is a daughter of Naomi J. Sakai and Jim W. Burchill of Davis, Calif. The bride’s father retired as the president and chief executive of a public affairs firm bearing his name. Kiyomi Burchill, Joseph Couk 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “For parents who grew up with Star Wars toys, this is an incredible bonding experience,” said Erik Davis, managing editor of Fandango and father of two. Star Wars Day of Play: how good is the new merchandise? 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s “unique to our present moment,” Mr. Davis said. Teens Cash In on the NFT Art Boom 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z "We get submissions from all over the world," Davis said in an interview. Smiley faces to rolling eyes: Where do all those emojis come from? 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z By the time he got in touch with her, at the urging of Dr. Davis, she was on her way to Zambia for work. So Many Phone Dates, Prayers and a Kiss at the Eiffel Tower 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z De Blasio announced last month that producer Clive Davis would recruit an all-star lineup for a Central Park concert in August. NYC concert lineup: Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Her mother retired as an administrator and a counselor in the counseling and psychological services department at the University of California, Davis. Kiyomi Burchill, Joseph Couk 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Viola Davis, in “How to Get Away With Murder,” slowly peeled off her false eyelashes and slipped her wig off her hair. The year in TV: How the shows of 2014 remade “masculinity” on television 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "I just know the importance of having successful representation shown to you as a child," Davis said. Teacher creates 'awe-inspiring' classroom door designs for Hispanic Heritage Month 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z In 1950, after he finished college, the 21-year-old Davis passed on a chance to go into the family business and instead talked his way into a job as line coach at Long Island's Adelphi College. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Authorities say 32-year-old James Lettley, of Fort Hood, Texas, tried making conversation with the rapper - whose real name is Radric Davis - in the VIP section of Harlem Nights Ultra Lounge on March 16. Gucci Mane wanted in alleged assault at Ga. club 2013-03-23T21:18:08Z He had just started medical school at the University of California, Davis, where he is now in his second year, and was facing the possibility of calling off his engagement to his high school sweetheart. Why Wait? When You Know, You Know. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Miller said that Davis’ character Grace plays the protector role in “Dark Fate,” similar to Kyle Reece in the original film. Tim Miller says "Terminator: Dark Fate" will "scare the f**k" out of misogynistic internet trolls 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Davis’s starting point was in bebop, the revolutionary jazz of the 1940s associated with saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But the relationship that began as something cold, detached and on occasion quite severe soon evolved into a generous and loving companionship that lasted up to Davis’s death a decade later. Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Seen Inside and Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The Met will present its second work by a Black composer, Anthony Davis’ 1986 work “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” starting Nov. 3, 2023. Met Opera to present Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ in April 2023 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The most recent trailer for “Fences,” for example, focuses on the stars, Denzel Washington, who also directed, and Viola Davis. How Trailers for Oscar Nominees Make Their Cases 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The husband drove toward a glass of water and handed it to Davis, who tilted her head back and savored each gulp as though she’d been in the desert. Tell us what happened, Faye Dunaway! At the most elite Oscars party, A-listers had one question. 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Head over to The Times to read more from Davis. Viola Davis shares regrets over acting in “The Help”: The “voices of the maids” weren’t... 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z As Davis points out in a preface, the book is more focused in its material than was her previous collection, “Essays One.” Translation Is Hard Work. Lydia Davis Makes It Thrilling. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z I’ve read commentary where Miles said — about other movies that he’d seen about artists that were made in that way — he’s had very ‘Miles Davis’ things to say about them, meaning, not kind. In portraying jazzman Miles Davis, Don Cheadle took his cues from his subject 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The death of her parents did, naturally, put a hold on Davis’ output. Julia Davis: 'I'm worried there's going to be a backlash' 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z After Mr. Davis took him to see Ms. Houston, who was then still honing her chops singing in nightclubs. Kashif, R&B Singer, Writer and Producer, Dies at 59 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z “We were determined to put on this festival in October,” said Quint Davis, chief executive of Festival Productions Inc., which produces the event. Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Ludacris to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media found that the percentage of female speaking characters in the top-grossing movies hasn’t changed in roughly half a century. 25 years ago, ‘Thelma & Louise’ was a radical statement. Sadly, it still is. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z But Davis, whose biggest part before this was the main Ewok in "The Return of the Jedi," was not your typical savior. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z While Davis is on the quiet side and cherishes her alone time, she is looking to meet people, which is what led her to Date Lab. Date Lab: Opposites didn’t attract — but they didn’t repel, either 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Davis says he hasn't seen Brown's show but said his concern with reality TV shows that depict rural Southerners is "the thin line between an honest documentary and exploitative reality show." Kentucky man catches snapping turtles, TV audience 2012-06-01T15:39:18Z There is a sensory scientist at the University of California, Davis who is really the inventor of modern tasting notes. How a quest to sharpen my sense of smell made me a more grateful cook 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Davis, who is planning to record other, little-known Wiggins works, added that their composer may well have had emotions he was incapable of expressing. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Speaking of perspective, I ask whether motherhood has diluted Davis's sick sense of humour and she scoffs. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Whether she’s playing in a free-improvisation duo or notating compositions like “Eight Pieces for the Vernal Equinox,” the pianist Kris Davis has proved to be a reliable bet in recent seasons. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z "It's always been something that I thought more and more people should fight for," Davis said. Clippers' Davis vies for Emmy for gang documentary 2010-09-20T21:33:00Z “Viola Davis is a powerful truth teller — through her work on stage and screen, as well as in her life,” HarperOne president and publisher Judith Curr said in a statement. Viola Davis memoir ‘Finding Me’ scheduled for next April 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z That’s certainly what he went for with Viola Davis in the February issue of W Magazine, where Mr. Enninful is the fashion and style director. Up Close: Edward Enninful: An Image Maker Who Gets the Picture 2012-05-17T20:22:58Z Colbert says Davis never explained why he was upset, and says he never asked him. 2010-02-11T13:31:00Z As Cyrus instructs a shirtless transgender teenager to let off another confetti canon, Davis recalls her youth in Omaha, Neb., where she says she grew up listening to her family say, “‘No, no, no. Exclusive: Inside Miley Cyrus' Photo Shoot With People Across the Gender Spectrum 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z At Jazz Standard, the group will play some of those originals, as well as its versions of pieces by Miles Davis, the collective’s 2016 honoree. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Jennifer Lawrence is rumored to have been approached to co-star alongside Davis, but was forced to pass due to scheduling conflicts. Viola Davis to star in Steve McQueen's heist thriller Widows 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The same installment also uncovers former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson's ancestry, and those findings, along with much more about Davis' history, are equally stunning. Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z “I was speechless at first because everything we both ever wanted in life happened in about 30 seconds,” Ms. Davis said. They All Said Yes 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Imagine you are James Osamu Ito, son of a Japanese immigrant, possessor of a degree in soil science from the University of California, Davis, and owner of a 29-acre farm in California. Museum Review: Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center - Review 2011-12-10T00:45:29Z This could have been a thankless role but Davis supercharges it with intelligence and integrity. Who is the best Oscar-winning supporting actress of all time? 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z But Molesworth liked Davis and saw an opportunity to build on her institution’s reputation as an “artists’ museum.” Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Where Dash and Gerima imbue the present day with history, Davis—by blending drama, music, text, dance, and documentary views of modern life in Chicago—presents contemporary life as historical in real time. Three Boldly Personal Visions of Black History in a Great New Film Series 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z It was a bright early fall day in Manhattan, and Davis reclined comfortably on a peeling park bench outside the Tompkins Square dog run in the East Village. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “It’s a little like Alice in Wonderland,” Davis said, taking a bite of a sub. Behind the Scenes of the Experimental Opera “Hopscotch” 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis is adept at composing programs that balance traditional dance with a more contemporary use of traditions. Dance Review: At BAM, DanceAfrica?s Links Between Traditional and Modern 2010-05-30T21:33:00Z All through the production, which opened on Monday night at Playwrights Horizons under the direction of Davis McCallum, I kept envisioning a similar terrain. Samuel D. Hunter’s ‘Pocatello,’ With T. R. Knight 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Davis also kept a photo of the two of them together on set. Streep presents Davis with Women in Film award 2012-06-13T11:01:06Z When Viola Davis went onstage Sunday during the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards to accept her award for female actor in a drama series, the 49-year-old African American actress couldn't hide the emotion. SAG Awards 2015: Viola Davis on diversity: 'We want to see ourselves' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z What he does have, though, as a point of potential personal connection to Davis, is a vast archive of Davis’s work—a trove of performances, interviews, writings, even art work by Davis. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In one scene, he forces his way into the apartment of Viola Davis’s character, Veronica Rawlins, and takes her fluffy dog in his arms. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z They represented hundreds of thousands of supporters worldwide who took up the anti-death penalty cause as Davis' final days ticked away. Ga. executes Troy Davis despite protests 2011-09-22T11:28:00Z The game was up by 1961’s The Marriage Go Round, when Time magazine labelled her “a bargain-basement Bette Davis, whose lightest touch as a comedienne would stun a horse”. Double trouble: the hard life of the movie doppelganger 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s a kind of embodiment, that she’s made up of these words,” said Davis. Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The project’s design architect is Ciaran O’Connor, the chief state architect for Ireland’s Office of Public Works; Davis Brody Bond is the architect of record; Jonathan Rose Companies is the project manager. For the Irish Arts Center, a New Home to Expand 2014-03-16T21:05:51Z Streep had been nominated as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," a role that won her the dramatic actress award at the Golden Globes over Davis. Davis, Dujardin win lead honors at SAG awards 2012-01-30T03:56:08Z Being Team Davis, when I stumbled across a paperback of her memoir, “The Lonely Life,” I bought it, brought it home and promptly started reading. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z For him, Mr. Davis will forever be his “dance daddy,” as he put it. DanceAfrica Celebrates Rwanda and a ‘Living Sense of Grace’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The same goes for How to Get Away with Murder and last year’s winner Viola Davis. Who will win Emmys on Sunday? Our critics discuss – part two 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z HAD you met her casually with no clue as to her identity, you would never associate Madelyn Pugh Davis with the outlandish behavior and outrageous situations personified by Lucille Ball in her madcap heyday. The Woman Behind Lucy?s Laughs 2011-08-06T20:30:18Z Sammy Davis Jr. had appeared on the show and we had done several scenes together. Judith Light: The First Time I Quit a Big Job 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Working with people who played with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Tony Bennett… Some of them are 80 years of age and they just knew what they were doing. Ferguson album follows 'year of loss' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s one thing to be a diva, but I’m bothered that Davis chose to suggest a racial element within parenthesis instead of giving the statement its full semantic weight and investigating its veracity. Review | Stevie Nicks: A story of big music, big egos and big hair 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The play, Davis added, helps children of any background understand not only racism, but also how to “do something about it.” 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Like Davis, she's profoundly intelligent with language, and frequently very funny. A quick look at 2010 in short stories 2010-12-30T09:00:05Z Allen, the legendary comic and filmmaker, has been an enthusiastic if modestly skilled clarinetist with Davis' group for many years. Woody Allen's jazz band warmly received 2011-12-27T19:45:04Z “By the end of his life, he’d seen his union destroyed and his pension plan taken away,” Mr. Davis said in 1998. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Davis’s collaborators, on the other hand, can’t help but look back: we hear extensively from Aaron Westrick, an eager-beaver police officer who went to work for Davis’s company after a vest saved his life. ‘2nd Chance’ Review: Just Shoot Me 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Even as she was bidding on the manuscript, Davis had to pitch it internally. How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z If Davis was around today, she would be blowing up on TikTok. How did "granola" became a personality trait? 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z "It's important for the issues that it raised about gender and race differences," said Thadious Davis, a University of Pennsylvania professor of English who specializes in African-American and Southern literature. 50 years on, new book from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “I just felt that at the end of the day that it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard,” Davis said. Viola Davis shares regrets over acting in “The Help”: The “voices of the maids” weren’t... 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The necklace was a gift from her girlfriend, Genevieve Davis, 25, who is from Oakland and works as a nanny. ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis said he was a little intimidated during the video shoot. His Dreams Came True, Despite the Pandemic 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Davis said in an interview with The Associated Press that year that in the offbeat comedic duo of Franken and Davis he was the quiet guy, overshadowed by his flashier partner. Al Franken's 'SNL' partner, Tom Davis, dies in NY 2012-07-19T21:57:08Z But one could also say that “Night Dreamer” is in the style of a Blakey album, “Juju” is a Coltrane album, and “Speak No Evil” is a Davis album. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The year before, Mr. Davis won his first Dew Tour championship. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A profound football genius to some, a profane bully to others, Davis – who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992 – for decades loomed large on the NFL landscape. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z And Davis, in the Carter role, deploys a pinched, tightly focused sound and no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners personality. Fats Waller says he 'Ain't Misbehavin',' but the party's going strong at La Mirada Theatre 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Bette Davis patted him on the butt when she decided he was a good director. Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Davis says her father “doesn’t work” and that she doesn’t know what her mother does. Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “The diagnosis was really life-threatening,” Davis said, adding that at first, “I really wasn’t interested in having the transplant.” In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z But as a black man, he was disappointed that Davis lost. For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night 2012-02-27T22:18:08Z Undeterred by the crisp “No, thanks!” he received from every label he approached, Davis started his own company, American Gramophone, and figured that he could distribute the work himself. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Reviewing a performance by the company in The Times in 1973, Anna Kisselgoff called it “witty and joyful,” writing that the troupe was “led superbly by Mr. Davis as both choreographer and dancer.” Chuck Davis, Who Brought African Dance Traditions to America, Dies at 80 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It has also been a long time since Davis listened to some of his earliest recordings that do remain in print, like “Past Lives,” from 1978. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z As a teacher at a private school in New Orleans, Kate Davis was hit particularly hard by the pandemic. In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference If you live on a deeply wooded 26-acre tract in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, as Deborah Davis does, you are in moth paradise. The underrated beauty of moths 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z She designed posters protesting the jailing of Angela Davis and the killing of prisoners at Attica. Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Davis' real-world experience includes using a broom handle to retrieve out-of-reach supermarket products, or being forever touched by ordinary people for good luck, as if he were a leprechaun. Ricky Gervais says new project packed with laughs 2010-06-17T01:02:00Z It’s meant to be a lot, and for Davis, it really was. First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Davis hams it up a little, without spoiling the genuinely corrosive nature of their constant arguments. Review: 'Dance of Death' edgy as always 2013-04-19T02:50:09Z In 2014, he starred in the public debut of “Universe,” a large-ensemble suite that the saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote for Davis in the late 1960s, but that had never been performed. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Julia Rhodes Davis was destined to be someone who empowers people living on the margins. A boardroom of our own: Why Julia Rhodes Davis of Vote.org created an all-female board 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis, who is herself an artist as well as an interior designer, said she was very disappointed. Treasured Pissarro Print Turns Into Costly Headache 2011-06-09T00:19:44Z In another performance that veers from vulnerable to terrifying, Essie Davis plays a woman whose resentment of her boy manifests itself in something existentially menacing. Home Is Where the Horror Is 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Speaking of royalty: Lois Davis used to bake pies for her church. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Davis is the same—subtle, finicky, at once rigorous and whimsical—but changed, too. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z I am particularly cranky because getting to Davis from Los Angeles earlier in the week had been arduous, and I am still working to recover three days later. Twyla Tharp on the Road: Why We Go Out 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In the series, Ms. de Havilland, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, is an important character, appearing in six episodes as a confidante to Davis and an active participant in the Davis-Crawford drama. Olivia de Havilland Files Lawsuit Over ‘Feud’ Portrayal 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Viola Davis, an Oscar nominee as best actress for “The Help,” plays a teacher who risks career and friendships to join the revolt. Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal in ?Parent-Trigger? Film 2012-02-20T23:20:38Z Davis says he spent only a day on the project and did not have contact with Cohen for it. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Throughout the evening, Davis often referred to Houston, and showed a montage of the late singer's career highlights, including footage of her singing "All The Man That I Need." Newcomers and veterans celebrated in pre-Grammy festivities 2013-02-10T11:55:36Z “Fade out, fade in: Years later, I’m sitting in Bette Davis’s living room in Westport, Conn., interviewing her, and I told her the story,” Mr. Reed said. Rex Reed Bangs a Gong on the Mediocrity of Modern Life 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Blair takes refuge with Thatcher – played as a cross between Gloria Swanson and Bette Davis – whom he discovers at home watching old newsreels of the Falklands war. Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z Davis suggests that the best way to read the book is to imagine Sir Ranulph telling you his story in a pub; even without the suggestion, I found myself hearing his voice as I read. Nixon’s Tricks, Antarctic Expeditions and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z In hopes of moving the project forward nonetheless, Davis is cheering on a bill recently introduced in the Virginia State Senate to allocate $150,000 to preservation efforts at Central. A Virginia mental institution for Black patients, opened after the Civil War, yields a trove of disturbing records 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The first night seems a little tentative: Davis seems to be working out the mood of his playing, fronting the band with a slightly inhibited momentousness. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z She did assist in one way: She sent a photograph the F.B.I. took of Reality outside her home on the day she was arrested, which inspired Ms. Davis’s costume. Staging Reality Winner: An F.B.I. Transcript Becomes an Offbeat Thriller 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z The spirit—and sprite—of Lydia Davis can be felt here. My Favorite Books of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Davis was in favor of a lighter, humorous approach to a haunted house. Disney’s Haunted Mansion at 50: The Ghosts Are Still Grinning 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The doorman hugged the bloke — a rare New York sight, for sure — and granted him entree, after which Mr. Kelle went back to his Bette Davis stories and Anne Frank jokes. The (Door) Man of the Hour 2014-03-21T20:19:23Z Davis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for "The Accidental Tourist" in 1988, was in the state capital as one of 11 California women honored for their achievements. Actress Geena Davis critical of Oscar host 2013-03-05T04:01:04Z She's got an angel-doll-face with some Sammy Davis Jr. and James Brown in her soul, and she brought an entire package to the show: her own dancers, her own aesthetic, and she herself actually danced. Finally! The best 3 dancers advance to the "SYTYCD" finals 2010-08-06T12:01:00Z “He was the biggest puppy in the litter — a sloppy, sweet, uncoordinated and lovable dog, just like I’d always wanted,” Davis said. World’s tallest dog is 7 feet on hind legs. He likes to sit on laps. 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Davis, the thin dark-skinned officer in aviator glasses, waves for us to pull up to his booth. Desert bloom: My wedding day, inside a California prison 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z “Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances” will be issued through Legacy Records on Nov. 10, Davis announced during an appearance on “The Today Show” on Tuesday. Whitney Houston live album set for release on Nov. 10 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z “I spoke to Mr. Davis; he has no problem staying away,” Martin told the judge. Billy Martin: Washington’s go-to lawyer when you’re in trouble. Real trouble. 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis spotted her and sent over his bodyguard to tell her, she recalled, that the trumpeter would “like to have a drink with you.” Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z "I wanted to bring Gil's name back into the limelight ... and show how much more there was to him than those amazing records he did with Miles Davis." Grammy nominee unearths hidden Gil Evans treasures 2013-02-06T14:29:08Z Mike Davis, as good a writer as either, essentially says: Eat the rich, if you can keep them down; they’ve kept you down since 1542. The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z And the movement that would soon be known as Blaxploitation — mimicking the work of Davis, Parks and the trailblazing independent filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles — did little to suggest a promising future. Michael Schultz Broke the Mold for Black Directors. He’s Not Done Yet. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z A recent study showed that despite the huge success of recent films such as Fences, starring Davis and Denzel Washington; Moonlight; and Hidden Figures, Hollywood remained as white and male dominated as ever. 'The voice of the voiceless': how Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are changing the face of Hollywood 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z In “A Note on the Word ‘Gubernatorial,’” which Davis contributed to the Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus, she enjoys the word’s sound, “incorporating two voiced plosives and the word ‘goober.’” For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z In a 2018 interview Davis said that while people have termed her “a black Meryl Streep” she isn’t paid what she’s worth. Actresses of color make equal-pay quest a group effort 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z This is a New York that exists inside the storytelling of Miles Davis. Don Cheadle Narrates a Scene From ‘Miles Ahead’ 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Leslie Davis, who didn’t watch “The Wire” until recently: I didn’t want to watch “The Wire” because I’m from here. ‘They Conflated “The Wire” With Reality’ 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z No, the big, drawn-out question of “Amarillo” is whether Jimmy’s ad is going to work, and light up the phones at Davis & Main. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z On May 4, when the composer and pianist Anthony Davis won a Pulitzer Prize for his opera “The Central Park Five,” I rejoiced, as a fan of his work. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Davis said the system in Seattle for handling potentially dangerous patrons relies on chain-of-command approval that may be too slow for resolving immediate threats. After MoMA Stabbings, Museums Review Their Safety Protocols 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “When we first met with her, she wept in the room,” Davis said of Prince-Bythewood. ‘The Woman King’ and Intimate Moments Amid Epic Action 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Davis says she wants to play the sort of roles Jane Fonda and Meryl Streep have had. Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Davis had previously spoken to people in a village from which a statue of the god had been taken and she had seen an image of that statue. Citizen Activists Lead the Hunt for Antiquities Looted From Nepal 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Davis’s music was on constant rotation at a time when go-go music was rising in popularity, says Williams. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z There’s been a lot of talk about Viola Davis’ performance, and with all due respect to Meryl Street as the Iron Lady, Davis should go home with the statue tonight. TIME?s Second Annual Oscar Endurance Test?Two Days, Nine Nominees, One Movie Theater: Part II 2012-02-26T18:44:03Z Last year’s films made things easy on me, and provided a helpful sentimental streak due to the convenience of a musical film like Inside Llewyn Davis also being among the year’s best. A Video Countdown of the Year's 25 Best Movies 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Boston resident Molly Davis is learning that firsthand from her mother Beth, who recently partnered with the dating app Wingman and got a billboard featuring Molly’s smiling face in Times Square. Mom takes out billboard in Times Square: 'Date my daughter' 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The change was first recommended by Bruce Davis, who is retiring as the academy’s director, and presented to both its president, Tom Sherak, and its new chief executive, Dawn Hudson. ArtsBeat: Number of Oscar Nominees Will Vary 2011-06-15T13:45:02Z The movie boasts a fine female cast of Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer as maids in 1960s Mississippi who are persuaded by a kind-hearted socialite to write about their experiences of looking after white families. Planet of the Apes keeps on rising at US box office with The Help close at hand 2011-08-15T12:39:56Z Davis said she believes that so much of the imbalance is due to unconscious bias. Bentonville Film Festival pushes diversity message from year one 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z As sometimes happens, the thing called “voice,” which, in Davis’s case, might more properly be called “mind,” got stuck in my ear, so that I seemed to be thinking through and with her. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The dénouement was when Bette Davis was going to testify, and we’re in one of those old Southern courtrooms with the mahogany, and it’s in the nineteen-fifties, and she’s in one of those Victorian wheelchairs. Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Davis, on the other hand, held everything back: His was a music of reserve, of cool detachment, and what it did betray was a vulnerability that Davis the man would never have demonstrated. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z “Branded experiences . . . compete with retail spaces looking to refashion themselves as ‘experiences’ to get some advantage over online shopping,” Davis wrote. The Museum of Ice Cream took over your Instagram feed. Now it wants to take over your life. 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Swiss-born Claude Nobs, 76, launched the summer festival in 1967 while working at the Swiss resort's tourism office, attracting some of the world's biggest stars, including Miles Davis, Ray Charles and Prince, to perform there. Montreux jazz festival founder Claude Nobs dies after skiing accident 2013-01-11T08:47:32Z The effect was sad, but few could deny Mr. Davis had an ear. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z And that adds an extra sting to the Oscars' snubbing of Danielle Deadwyler's performance in "Till" and Viola Davis' muscular work in "The Woman King," each featured in films that were substantially better than "Blonde." Still so white: The 95th annual Oscars nominations and snubs reflect some dug-in Hollywood habits 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “We were told not to speak English,” Mr. Davis told The Raleigh News & Observer in 2015. Chuck Davis, Who Brought African Dance Traditions to America, Dies at 80 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest Viola Davis gives her acceptance speech at the Emmys Imagine, I thought, how this must translate for young black girls who are watching. Viola Davis made Emmys history and spoke truth to power in her speech 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Davis is riveting as Booth, the younger brother, a brash shoplifter with big dreams. Suzan-Lori Parks’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ gets a sharp revival 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Enjoying food, a red, white and blue cake and good company at the soiree, Davis even showed off his physical prowess with a set of push-ups against a cashier checkout counter. Veteran, 87, honored at his Publix job for Armed Forces Day 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z It also came at a time when the Beatles were falling apart due to business and artistic conflicts that likely would have been exacerbated by McCartney appearing on a record with Hendrix and Davis. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z “I was really interested in making a figure in motion and thought it paired well given Ava’s relationship with motion pictures,” Davis said. Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But today – thanks to the success subsequently achieved by its team, including and Julia Davis – the show looks like a fantasy lineup. Big Train – box set review 2013-04-25T12:47:36Z And he created a “vocal tent” where Davis sits before a microphone onto which Spils has attached a piece of blue tape with the handwritten urging: “Sing!” A husband and wife’s ‘family music nights’ in their basement become an album 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Davis’s distinctive way with language was also evident in a libretto she wrote for a transformed and politically corrected version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” presented at New York University’s 80WSE Gallery last week. Vaginal Davis’s Feminist Wall Reliefs Pledge ‘Open Revolt’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z A year or so later, in 1991, I would get to meet Morrison more personally: I went to the movies with her, Angela Davis, and a close friend of mine, who is Davis’s niece. Going to the Movies with Toni Morrison 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Mrs. Carter, 31, is an associate specializing in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions at Davis Polk & Wardwell, the Manhattan law firm, and is currently on secondment in London. Grace Cao, Elliott Carter 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z But Davis’ story reminds me of other young mothers I knew at Harvard, some of whom were single mothers. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Specifically, this special episode features the cast of Waterloo Road, Sam and Mark, Little Mix, Warwick Davis and Tyger Drew-Honey recalling their schooldays. TV highlights 13/05/2013 2013-05-13T06:00:18Z Still, he offers without prompting that when he worked in the Bill Clinton White House, colleagues used to joke that he was a “walking conflict of interest,” Davis said. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z In it, Ms. Davis sits with one hand on her hip, like the man in the portrait. The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Farmer let the young bassist tour with Davis. At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Kevin Davis, the owner of Canyon River Grill, is often seen chatting it up with customers and dishing out ideas for fun things to do in Ellensburg. You’ll find good eats and plenty of hiking options on a weekend getaway to Ellensburg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z A representative for the law firm of Davis & Norris, LLP, which is representing the plaintiffs, was not immediately available for comment. Costco, Walmart, Kroger 'grossly inflated' the price of eggs during coronavirus pandemic, lawsuit claims 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z One of the running themes of her book is how her mother’s work made Davis’s current life possible. Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Details about these enslaved people are known because of their connection to powerful men, but Davis makes clear that they were impressive people in their own right. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z What began as a heated argument over the volume of music playing in a car left Davis dead and Dunn claiming self-defense. 15 of the Most Fascinating True Crime Stories Ever Told 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The visual gag wasn’t planned, but Waititi added it to the movie after seeing Davis’ family. How “Jojo Rabbit” crafted that hilarious yet horrifying “Heil Hitler” scene 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said Monday will “peel back the curtain” on the lives of presidential spouses. Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But when Davis learned that his home state officially voted to leave the union in January 1861, he decided to stick by his state, rather than his country. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z "I live and breathe the museum," says Karon Davis, the artist's widow — also an artist herself. Kahlil Joseph and family keep brother Noah Davis' legacy alive at L.A.'s Underground Museum 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z They suggest no vanity or actorly preening but a keen self-awareness—and understanding of Davis—through the lens. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z PST Saturday, just hours before she was supposed to appear at Davis' party, police Lt. Authorities: Houston was underwater in tub 2012-02-14T11:46:45Z Quentin Tarantino, who directed her as a gangster’s wife in “Pulp Fiction” and wrote the “Kill Bill” movies for her, compared Ms. Thurman to golden-age luminaries like Greta Garbo and Bette Davis. Uma Thurman, Ready to Be Tested 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The trial that followed — in which Professor Davis participated in her own defense — sparked an international campaign, turning “Free Angela” into a global rallying cry. A New Home for Angela Davis’s Papers (and Her ‘Wanted’ Poster) 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Davis put that down to the fact that there were more women in the orchestra. Sex still sells classical music but attitudes are changing 2013-06-11T16:59:45Z As for Gaga, she recently revealed a tattoo on her arm of Miles Davis’s trumpet. How Lady Gaga (and Tony Bennett) Sold 131,000 Jazz Albums 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z They live in one of the first residences Frank Gehry designed–a home and studio known as the Tin House, originally built for the artist Ron Davis, part of the Space and Light school. Patrick Dempsey's Malibu Drive 2013-09-05T13:00:00Z In the scene from Episode 5, Cukor asks her not to go through with her plan to steal the night from Davis, saying, “Joanie this isn’t you.” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 7 Recap: Feminism 101 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Whatever the source, Davis finds innumerable joys in its conversion. Translation Is Hard Work. Lydia Davis Makes It Thrilling. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Washington and Viola Davis were a potent combination for the well-received revival of August Wilson's "Fences." Star megawattage could shine in the 2010 Tony noms 2010-05-04T12:00:00Z But as the ride’s vehicles, called “doom buggies,” whisk visitors along, the mood starts to brighten — Davis’s influence. Disney’s Haunted Mansion at 50: The Ghosts Are Still Grinning 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Related: Miles Ahead: Don Cheadle on doing Miles Davis justice on screen Nobody saw this coming. Why I give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z They included Rod Davis, who played the banjo before being replaced by a certain Paul McCartney. The Beatles at 50: The Quarrymen 2012-10-02T21:03:23Z Denmark Vesey, Davis tells us, was one such example. Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Viola Davis is mounting a major campaign to take home her first-ever Oscar for “Fences,” an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson. The Oscars might not be #SoWhite in 2017: These buzz-worthy performances could be game-changers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Miles Davis and Chet Baker fare better in “Miles Ahead” and “Born to Be Blue,” each of which focuses on fallow periods in the musicians’ lives. Why music biopics so often fall flat 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The result is a striking mixture of danger and ritziness that Davis has always negotiated with brilliance. Prom 53: GMJO/Davis ? review 2011-08-25T09:59:05Z “It was very awkward, very weird,” Davis said in a phone interview. He’s cute. But is he swab-worthy? How rapid testing became a dating ritual. 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Davis, 60, was recently appointed a tenured professor in anthropology at the University of British Columbia with a mandate to focus on cultures and ecosystems at risk. Wade Davis visits Seattle to talk about threatened B.C. wilderness 2014-01-08T23:08:13Z "It was crazy," says Johanna Davis of Songbird Farm, based in Maine, of the pandemic flour boom. Could the pandemic mark a turning point for consumers’ demand for local flour? 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Davis was most recently seen on the big screen in Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed thriller Widows and continues to star in the small screen drama How to Get Away with Murder. Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in TV series 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The movie highlight Davis’s role, as an elegant, stylish, wealthy, and uncompromising black American, in fostering a sense of racial pride, for which, Heath says, Davis was “Exhibit A.” Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The documentary spends time with four missionaries in particular: Sister Bills, Sister Field, Elder Davis and Elder Pauole. ‘The Mission’ Review: A Substantial Service Undertaking 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Before going onstage, Mr. Davis spoke with The Times about the Grammys, the state of music, and the future of the music industry. ArtsBeat: At 78, Clive Davis Still Commands the Stage 2011-02-11T18:20:18Z Plus, when Davis did manage to book grocery deliveries, she noticed she was not getting as much for her money. 10 ways to have other people do your grocery shopping, and what it will cost you 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “My career as a D.J. happened organically,” said Ms. Davis, 35, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the 1980s and was introduced to music at her grandparents’ record store there. Questions for a Wedding D.J. 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z For Davis, the first hint of trouble came in 2005 when he began asking basic accounting questions about hundreds of paintings and drawings stored with Salander. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z In the fall, for instance, she directed Paige Davis of “Trading Spaces” fame in a production of “An Act of God” in Arizona. Marsha Mason, still putting the pedal to the metal 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z I once heard Colin Davis bring to this finale a wonderful forward impulse, evoking the feeling that everything might at any moment fall apart, though it never did. Jun Märkl’s SSO concert a success — with reservations 2013-01-11T17:54:41Z On Friday, Davis was named Fox Sports’ lead baseball play-by-play announcer. Joe Davis named Fox’s lead baseball voice after Buck leaves 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In 1963, he was offered a job by the late Al Davis — $18,000, triple his salary at Penn State, plus a car to become general manager and coach of the AFL's . Joe Paterno dies of lung cancer; colleagues say heartbreak, turmoil may have played role 2012-01-23T10:48:00Z They will be one for the record books if three African American women -- Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson and Kerry Washington -- all earn nods for lead actress in a drama series. Emmys 2015: Will TV history be made? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z For Davis, the "Diva Classics" album is a dream come true, and it has the hallmarks of the new life he helped breathe into Carlos Santana's career with the "Supernatural" album in 1999. Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z But, as Davis noted, "no Verdi or Puccini at all!" Lyric Opera staging 2 epics in 1 season 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The bravery and resilience of the heroines — their humor, their honesty, their pursuit of pleasure, the absolute charm of Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis — collides with an edifice of injustice that seems immovable. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z When did you get a sense that Clay Davis and his signature profanity had really broken through? “Wire” actor on his famous catchphrase: “I still say it” 2013-09-05T14:40:00Z Like many jazz musicians, Davis was hampered in the early ’50s by heroin addiction, which took about four years to kick. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Bruce Davis says it was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment to omit Fawcett and that he's not surprised that some fans and family members are upset. Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident 2010-03-09T22:21:00Z The pianist Matt Mitchell, filling in for Kris Davis, locked well into the matrix; so did Patricia Brennan on marimba, an unlikely but welcome instrument for a group as heavy-gauge as this. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z For her part, Ms. Davis labored to make her character to be both relatable and courageous. Carpetbagger Blog: Mississippi Memories and 'The Help' 2011-12-08T14:38:23Z On June 17 at 2 p.m. at the gallery, architect Davis Buckley will talk about his experiences working with Blake. In the galleries: A personal look at a maker of monuments 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “The one thing that’s awkward is that they had cloth napkins,” Mr. Davis said. Noted: More Seek A Slice Of the Pie 2013-05-29T21:44:25Z Only the most important artists whose careers encompassed multiple, distinct styles - most prominently Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - merit more than one track. Review: Smithsonian Anthology a wide overview 2011-04-01T21:16:04Z Following are edited excerpts from an interview with Ms. Davis. In Connecticut, a Quintessential Christmas 2017-11-18T05:00:00Z “How’s your mommy? And your granddaddy?” she asked Ms. Davis, who was rapidly braiding with unfaltering concentration. Erykah Badu’s Beautiful Braids Take Time 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s no mystery why Davis would be an appealing addition to this franchise, beyond even the obvious cultural cachet. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z A win for Davis might have re-focused attention more clearly on race, on the coy euphemism of that phrase “the help” – as opposed to “the servants”. The black Oscar wins that got away | Peter Bradshaw 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It features Generals Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee, along with Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederacy. A Confederate memorial towers over Stone Mountain, Georgia. A local African American woman wants it to stay there. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Murphy is also working on Feud, the first season of which will focus on the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. American Crime Story season three to tackle Gianni Versace murder 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Hope Davis plays a former Russian spy who quit intelligence work to marry an American but is coerced by her former bosses to return to espionage when her son joins the C.I.A. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps no film was better received at Cannes than "Inside Llewyn Davis," along with its newcomer star, Oscar Isaac, who performed live songs for the film. Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-25T12:22:08Z "Mrs. Davis," the show, takes place in a world not unlike our own. "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Unlike Davis, Lincoln never believed that the Constitution had been broken, even after the slaveholders began their rebellion in 1860-61. Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? Jefferson Davis Thought So. Abraham Lincoln Didn’t. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z As legend has it, Miles Davis assembled a super group of jazz musicians in a New York studio and recorded a bunch of songs without retakes. ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer still keeping time as album turns 60 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The period setting perhaps makes Davis's twisted visions slightly more palatable, but Hunderby remains sufficiently comfortless that it probably doesn't herald her transition from cult figure to prime-time star. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z Why mark the Davis anniversary with a sprawling lineup of concerts, club dates and a world-premiere dance performance? Festival to celebrate Miles Davis 2011-01-12T06:00:00Z Davis says she admired Warhol’s gatherings for the way they mixed things up, “so there’s debutantes and someone just released from prison,” she says. Warhol, Nico, a naked handstand, a crucifix: The Broad kicks off 'Happenings' with songs and shocks 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z In Silver’s film, Ron Davis remembers getting a text from the father of Trayvon Martin a few days after the shooting, welcoming him to a club that no one wants to join. “Young black men are human beings”: This murdered black teen’s parents have a message for America 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z This is the subject of “Complicity,” a new play by Diane Davis at the New Ohio Theater in Greenwich Village, which addresses the topic head-on, but very clumsily, as in mismatched heels. ‘Complicity’ Review: A Muddled #MeToo Drama 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Davis has just learned that the staff of the museum loves balsamic on ice cream. Why this small South Dakota town started the International Vinegar Museum 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Outside of voluntary recognition, other courses of action for the security workers are choosing another union to join, or becoming an independent union, neither of which Davis said they will pursue. SAM security guards join unionization push among museum workers 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Gabriel drove the body to the University of California, Davis, to help perform a necropsy in a lab where he often worked. Was poisoning of biologist’s dog a warning from Calif. pot growers? 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Well-known artists like Miles Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Kerouac, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol appeared in advertisements, linking creative iconography to the Gap heritage. Was the Gap Ever Cool? A Look at 50 Years in Denim and Khaki 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z In terms of stars per square inch, the Davis party was, as ever, the highlight of the week. ArtsBeat: Clive Davis?s Pre-Grammy Mixer 2011-02-14T02:03:19Z McQueen is the English director of 12 Years A Slave, which won best picture at the 2014 Oscars, and most recently directed Widows, starring Viola Davis. Steve McQueen meets Tarana Burke: ‘I want to be part of shifting the narrative’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z This month crews are maneuvering a 170-square-foot mosaic slab with geometric patterns, made in Antioch 1,600 years ago, into galleries that open in September in the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Sketches From a P.O.W. Camp That Held African-Americans and Others 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Davis said, accepting the ensemble prize on behalf of her "The Help" co-stars. Davis, Dujardin win lead honors at SAG awards 2012-01-30T03:56:08Z In the late 1950s, the iconic version of Davis’s quintet turned the trumpeter into jazz’s leading man and crowned Coltrane as the tenor saxophonist to watch. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. “Ford powerfully captures the complicated mix of meanness, frustration and obsessive mothering familiar to so many Black daughters,” Bridgett M. Davis writes in her review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Carl Krebs, a partner at Davis Brody Bond, said the design visually extends the library as a single mass, but remains in keeping with the Frick’s “picturesque assemblage of smaller buildings.” Frick Plans Changes, but Vows to Stay the Same 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z To start where I finished last year's round-up of the year in short fiction, Lydia Davis's Collected Stories was published in a UK edition this summer. A quick look at 2010 in short stories 2010-12-30T09:00:05Z Even though the program was capped by Balé Folclórico da Bahia, a Brazilian company, the night was all about bidding a fond — and percussive — farewell to Mr. Davis. Review: DanceAfrica Festival Bids a Percussive Farewell to Chuck Davis 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Lang Davis was a freshly minted member of the Contemporary Art Council of Seattle Art Museum — clearly, she wasn’t thinking of a Maxfield Parrish poster. A prized $400 million art collection given to Seattle Art Museum goes on view this week 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z It also earned nods for best scenic design, best book of a musical and Elizabeth A. Davis got a nomination for an actress in a featured role. Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads 2012-05-02T00:16:03Z In 2015, the master printer Luther Davis was desperate to find a home for his huge presses and staff after being forced from his space on Atlantic Avenue. Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z When Davis traveled to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for his youngest son’s baseball tournament, he repaired to his hotel bathroom for hours at a time so he could talk to Cohen without waking his wife. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z When I profiled the composer and pianist Anthony Davis in May, before Detroit Opera’s revival of his 1986 bio-opera about Malcolm X, no recordings of this music were in print. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Denzel Washington directs a powerfully performed adaptation of August Wilson’s stage play, with Washington as a baseball player turned garbage collector and Viola Davis as his wife. The 50 best US films of 2016: the full list 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Davis said Smith should not appear on the November ballot given the ethical cloud he now faces. Democrats move to oust accused lawmaker 2012-03-21T20:22:00Z Maceo Parker appears in James Brown, and you mentioned Miles Davis’ story in connection to the Betty Davis chapter, which I'm really looking forward to. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Rajiv’s first draft had a lot of basketball in it,” said Davis, 40, a longtime friend of Joseph’s and for whom the role of Shawn was written. LeBron Fandom, and the Making of a Friendship in ‘King James’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Executive Producer Scott Davis of KPHO-TV says Bill Thompson died Wednesday after going into hospice care over the weekend for a debilitating disease. Bill Thompson co-starred on ‘Wallace and Ladmo’ 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Despite knowing it was the only available treatment for end-stage liver disease, Davis decided she didn’t want to add her name to the list of more than 100,000 Americans who need a lifesaving transplant. In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Davis' expressive performance welcomes the audience to flinch as she yanks between baseline honesty and the overwrought pep forcing Nella to chirp whenever Vera flings a task at her. "The Other Black Girl" peeks into the hidden horrors of being the only person of color at the office 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The supporting actress award was presented first in 1989, bringing Geena Davis to the stage at the top of the show. Kidman, Nyong’o, Peele and more describe 1st Oscar moments 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z "I don't think there's any chance of that," Davis says. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z Some are subsets of larger collections, like the archive of the activist and scholar Angela Davis, acquired in 2018 by Harvard University. Brown University Acquires the Papers of Mumia Abu-Jamal 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “That Wednesday, patients were bawling in the waiting room,” Davis told me. Birth-Control Fears in the Age of Trump 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Suburban Showgirl Writer-performer Palmer Davis plays multiple roles in this solo comedy with music. L.A. theater openings, July 24-31: 'Baby Doll' and more 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z While “Transblucency” may be her signature piece in the genre, Ms. Davis recorded several other noteworthy wordless vocals — many accompanied by the renowned trombonist Lawrence Brown — including “Violet Blue,” “Minnehaha” and “On a Turquoise Cloud.” Kay Davis, 91 Dies; Ellington Used Her Voice as Instrument 2012-02-23T09:25:22Z Like many black families who migrated from the South to Pittsburgh, including my grandfather, Davis’s father got a job in the steel mill. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Moviegoers will surely become more familiar with Isaac when CBS Films releases "Inside Llewyn Davis" this December in the heart of awards season. In Coens' Cannes hit, Oscar Isaac gets his break 2013-05-21T13:42:10Z That book too came to be seen as prophetic, and Mr. Davis found himself being interviewed every time devastating fires came through the area. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “There was so much mystery in the movies back then,” she says of Bette Davis’s time. Dakota Fanning: ‘I don’t remember people not knowing who I am’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Davis, her parents and her brother settled in a small house around the corner from my house. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z It is unlikely to win after-the-fact plaudits from Davis & Main’s partners, even though it is a wild success. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Henson plays Ali Davis, a sports agent in Atlanta who gets passed up for a well-deserved promotion in her bro-centric office. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Midnight Traveler’ and ‘Her Smell’ 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The orchestra began the tour in California — Santa Barbara on Jan. 11, followed by concerts in Palm Desert, Northridge, Costa Mesa and Davis — then to Orlando, Florida, for a residency at the new Steinmetz Hall. International orchestras tour US for 1st time in 2 years 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z “When I sent out that tweet, even in my drunken state, I had no inkling it would have any impact,” Davis says. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The fact of the matter is that children with same-sex parents attend schools across the country – including in Davis County. Utah district sued for segregating children's book about lesbian mums 2012-11-15T13:18:00Z He has been thinking about the biology and biochemistry of coffee; La Marzocco, at his behest, has just donated $750,000 to the University of California at Davis, to help fund coffee science research. One American’s quest to teach Italy — the motherland of espresso — how to do it better 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Bill Frey, a retired Episcopal bishop and a longtime friend of Davis, said she suffered a fall Saturday at her San Antonio home. 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas "He just wants to get a letter instead of a bill," Davis says, in part, in the TikTok video. Man’s plea for letters in viral TikTok gets worldwide, 'overwhelming' response 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Those two rejections were preceded by a story by Davis that Vice did publish. Vice Media goes gonzo on the news. Advertisers may be a different story. 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z I remember one time I saw a thing with Don King, and I kinda channeled a little bit of that into Clay Davis. “Wire” actor on his famous catchphrase: “I still say it” 2013-09-05T14:40:00Z Mr. Davis is a former lawyer and his corporate sensibilities poked through the material he released, particularly at Arista. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t representative of a typical Gene Davis.” How an assistant to famed D.C. artist Gene Davis earned her stripes 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Written with the singer Mac Davis, “Memories” was featured on Presley’s celebrated comeback television special in 1968. Billy Strange, ?60s Session Guitarist, Dies at 81 2012-02-25T03:50:42Z Washington’s co-star, Viola Davis, was the night’s other big screen winner, named best female actor in a supporting role and she dedicated her award to playwright August Wilson for honoring the average man. SAG awards: Hidden Figures and Stranger Things win big as actors get political 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z But there is nothing easy about Davis' uncompromising performance. 'The Help': Black Maids and White Mistresses in the 1960s 2011-08-10T09:00:00Z Tyson has been married once, to the musician Miles Davis, but she is famously reticent on the subject. Cicely Tyson: A pioneer stretches her acting muscles in a new career chapter 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Miles Davis and Nina Simone worked together only in the sense that they occasionally toured together — and not to particular success. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z New materials are sourced in the fashion district and Davis thrifts the rest. Brand to Know: a Gender-Neutral Line Challenging Norms 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s also hard to imagine that any actor of sufficient box-office appeal would be willing to take over from, say, Denzel Washington or Viola Davis in the recent revival of “Fences.” Sometimes There Are Second Acts in Broadway Casting 2010-08-25T22:46:00Z "He was a big fan of the Lone Ranger and watched the show when it originally ran," Earl Davis told Reuters. Texas auction house sells Lone Ranger outfit for $195,000 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z Drawn to what she saw as an inspiring place where dedicated people were making their mark on nature, Davis now finds herself at the epicentre of a wildlife disaster. Kristin Davis: ivory is blood diamond 2012-10-04T07:00:06Z “His inspired vision and sincere empathy for the desert and the community are qualities we wanted to reengage for 2019,” Davis said in the announcement. Desert X 2019: Art biennial announces its next exhibition 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Helen Mirren and Viola Davis looked equally lovely in red gowns with jeweled bodices. Oops! Accidental twins at the Golden Globes 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Last year “Inside Llewyn Davis” won the best feature Gotham over “12 Years a Slave,” for example, but in the end didn’t get an Oscar nomination. Why the Gotham Awards Are, Ahem, a Tad Lightweight 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Harrold is technically gifted enough to have recorded the Miles Davis trumpet parts heard on the soundtrack to the 2016 film “Miles Ahead.” 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The next morning she received a telegram: “Dear Miss Davis, please do not continue to refer to me as an old broad. Sincerely, Joan Crawford.” ‘I wouldn’t sit on her toilet …’ Screen revival of Davis and Crawford feud sparks sexism debate 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Davis succinctly explains: "They don't want no more poor people coming back to New Orleans." Treme: season one, episode five 2011-03-20T11:45:00Z Zeus has regular vet checkups and is in excellent health, said Davis, noting that his parents are both about 8 years old and still healthy. World’s tallest dog is 7 feet on hind legs. He likes to sit on laps. 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z There was a psychology professor, Bill Davis, who marshaled the volunteers of his Alaska Rescue Group into action. In a Time of Crisis, Her Voice Was the One That Galvanized Alaska 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z In an ensemble full of powerhouse performances, Viola Davis, as the steadfast maid Aibileen, stood out, Mr. Taylor said. Carpetbagger Blog: Mississippi Memories and 'The Help' 2011-12-08T14:38:23Z “Some of the pieces are almost like Transformers, or convertible cars,” says Davis. Brand to Know: a Gender-Neutral Line Challenging Norms 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Now, moms not only face postpartum depression and stressful birth experiences like Davis’, but are even more isolated than before — and the effects are yet unseen. Perspective | The pandemic’s mental health impact is dangerous for new moms. Especially black moms. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z "This festival really offers the best of both worlds," said Quint Davis, the festival's producer. Eagles, Tom Petty to perform at 2012 Jazz Fest 2011-12-14T12:16:17Z This show, developed from a cabaret originally produced in Canada, takes place in a ghostly carnivalesque netherworld, designed with ghoulish atmosphere by Scott Davis. Review: ‘Ride the Cyclone,’ About Teenagers, and Angst, in Purgatory 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Speaking softly, with little of the heavy dialect with which Aibileen is written in the book, Davis creates both an unforgettable character and an unexpected star turn. 'The Help': Viola Davis elevates film over book 2011-08-09T01:01:14Z Mr. Davis, 47, rents kitchen space in the West Village. Stuck at Home, Pastry Chefs Find Freedom. New Yorkers Find Cookies. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z A fascinating dramatization of selfhood as serial lives, this strange chamber piece — co-starring the terrific Mackenzie Davis — was a head trip in all the right ways. Best movies of 2018: ‘Roma’ is intimate, epic and the year’s finest 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The farm’s current operator, Larry Davis, said the white corn kept his grandparents and other families in the region alive through the Depression. A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Let’s start with the Supporting Actress race, because this one’s got the most obvious frontrunner: Viola Davis. Here’s Your Comprehensive Guide to Oscar Season 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Davis himself was just 6 when his maternal grandmother taught him how to use a sewing machine. A Designer Who Celebrates West Indian Elegance 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z And these depictions of Davis and Crawford are heartbreaking. Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange try to give Bette and Joan’s feud a happy ending 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In effect, Davis and associates had conceived a poetic response to the previous decade's volcanic music of Charlie "Bird" Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' heats up again 2011-03-07T15:00:00Z Nelson didn’t film his subject: Davis died in 1991, at the age of sixty-five. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Davis turning up freshly dead in her car was a gasp-worthy moment; the reveal of Frank’s lieutenant’s betrayal and his subsequent brutal death is a slower build, but just as jarring. “True Detective” recap: A shocking death, a burning empire and a moment of comfort for Ani and Ray 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet the fact remains: Cheadle is a majestic performer, whose acting captures something of Davis’s fierce, proud, volatile radiance. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The Bob in this production is Will Liverman, who plays the leading role in “Fire” at the Met and will also play Malcolm X when Anthony Davis’s “X” arrives there in 2023. Stream an Operatic Rarity by a Black Composer (While You Can) 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “American oak is aggressive and has a large impact on the wine,” Davis told me when I visited the winery recently. What it takes to drive a cabernet from good to great 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, as part of the citywide Miles Davis Festival, nine Chicago musicians are going to spend four nights reviving – and reimagining – the landmark work at the Jazz Showcase, beginning Thursday. Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' heats up again 2011-03-07T15:00:00Z Following Jefferson's resignation last year, the museum was led on an interim basis by Patrick Kemp, followed by Davis. California African American Museum names George Davis as new executive director 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Scribner’s editor Burroughs Mitchell told Mrs. Davis that he liked the manuscript but that it lacked a denouement. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, mystery writer, dies at 98 Davis authored the 1987 book: “The American Opera Singer: The Lives and Adventures of America’s Great Singers in Opera and Concert, from 1825 to the Present.” Peter G Davis, New York Magazine critic, dies at age 84 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Over the years, a roll-call of jazz legends, including Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, to name but a few, have graced the stages. All that jazz 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z After fielding questions, Martin thanked the journalists, then slipped back into the courthouse to hustle Davis to an SUV waiting out of sight for the drive back to Davis’s house in Leesburg, Va. Billy Martin: Washington’s go-to lawyer when you’re in trouble. Real trouble. 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Roney, a virtuoso trumpeter, was a leading voice among the Young Lions of the 1980s and ’90s, and the only trumpet player to earn an apprenticeship with Miles Davis. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “They really do an exhaustive job learning everything they can,” Davis said. Wade Davis on NFL’s gay witch hunt: “These athletes are very vulnerable” 2013-03-04T16:04:00Z Mr. Davis, who was white, became a dancer with American Ballet Theater. Sheila Guyse, Singer and Actress, Is Dead at 88 2014-01-16T01:10:00Z Witnesses told investigators that Davis went to the room after being denied service at a hotel bar for being too intoxicated. Police investigating performer Donny Davis’ death in Vegas 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “He made her promise she would be his curator and look after the life of his work when he was gone,” Davis said. A Curator Unbound: First She Was Fired. Then She Found Freedom 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Kansas’ Thomas Robinson declared that Davis wasn’t Superman preceding the title game clash, but Davis certainly looked super human through the season, the tournament and Monday night. Kentucky topples Kansas for NCAA title 2012-04-03T03:55:00Z Over a long career, he recorded more than five dozen albums with his own groups and accompanied many performers, including Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day and the Andrews Sisters. Jazz pianist, music arranger Paul Smith dies at 91 2013-07-02T16:06:02Z There was a cassette tape that Davis recorded with Larry Coryell and other musicians in Connecticut, and it prompted Davis to bring that impromptu band to Manhattan to make a recording at Columbia’s studio. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Even Bruce Davis, the academy’s executive director, was feeling this season’s extra length. 2010-02-15T22:57:00Z Ms. Davis will also share a slide show of her personal collection of images from that era. Spare Times for Jan. 9-15 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The United States government then brought the successful forfeiture claim against Ms. Davis. Treasured Pissarro Print Turns Into Costly Headache 2011-06-09T00:19:44Z Andrews has played at the festival nearly every year since his first appearance, and this year, Davis contacted him about performing in the final festival slot. "Trombone Shorty" carries on New Orleans jazz tradition 2013-04-27T17:03:55Z Bred in 1915 in New York state from a cross between McIntosh and Ben Davis, this is the apple to choose if you’re slicing up apples as a snack to be munched throughout the day. Winter apples with flavor and history 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z "I don't know how you can compare the two," said Sheri Davis, whose daughter-in-law was injured in the twister, while looking at what remained of a destroyed duplex. Harrisburg aftermath: 1 street, 5 deaths 2012-03-02T03:40:00Z I was a little nine-year-old black girl from Chicago when my mother and I dressed in our Sunday best and went to the Auditorium Theater to see Sammy Davis Jr. in “Golden Boy. ” ‘The Whole Audience Was Vibrating’: Your Memorable Performances 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z “Violence is a part of her world,” Davis explained, “but it’s not the banner of her reality.” Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z As for “Kind of Blue,” Cobb said Davis assembled musicians who had chemistry and understood what he required for his minimalist approach in the studio. ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer still keeping time as album turns 60 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z For Davis' family, who is still mourning his death, fulfilling his plan for the Underground Museum is a way of keeping his presence alive. Kahlil Joseph and family keep brother Noah Davis' legacy alive at L.A.'s Underground Museum 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Its pattern of colorful resin stripes recalls the work of the late Washington Color School artist Gene Davis. One couple’s purple house full of eBay finds and sleek condo full of almost nothing 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z A result was DanceAfrica, over which Mr. Davis, in flowing robes, presided each year like a traditional West African griot. Chuck Davis, Who Brought African Dance Traditions to America, Dies at 80 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z In her post-nomination news conference, Davis barks: “It’s an honor to be nominated. Again.” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 5: Taking the Stage 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z “He predates the president as someone who was able to bridge this gap,” Davis says. For some black women, the Cosby indictment is painfully complex 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Montgomery Meigs, a Davis protégé, was arrogant and stubborn and clashed with the principal architect, Thomas U. Walter. 'Freedom's Cap': the U.S. Capitol's big remodel 2012-03-01T00:10:08Z “As soon as Noah passed, each of us immediately jumped into the work of running the museum to realize his vision,” Ms. Davis said in her message. Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Closed 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Belafonte reached Davis, who was quick to make a large financial contribution. Perspective | Harry Belafonte’s biggest hit? The song of freedom. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z When he was brought to Arista by Clive Davis in 1975 he was billed by the label as "the black Bob Dylan". Gil Scott-Heron: poet, campaigner and America's rough healer 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z That CD takes its name from a 2008 work for quintet and ring modulators by Mr. Davis that was sandwiched between the two premieres on Tuesday. Music Review: Works That Make Technology an Ally 2011-06-01T22:38:12Z It was a fluke, Davis writes, that she married a man seven years younger than she was, the same age difference as the one between his own parents. This Memoir About the Contradictions of Grief Plays by Its Own Rules 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z To prepare for the part, she watched films with Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Barbra Streisand. Want to Play La Parisienne? Here’s How 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In 2003, James Davis was staying at the Central Union Mission shelter when he heard about plans to start a newspaper written and sold by the homeless. The panhandler’s lament: In an increasingly cashless world, fewer have a dime to spare 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Luckily, Davis — who describes herself as a class clown despite her shyness — held on to her sense of humor. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The radio, if American performer Drennon Davis is to be believed. The Imaginary Radio Programme – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-08T09:30:28Z “His music, of course, everyone is familiar with,” said Marcus Miller, the bassist, composer and producer who was part of Davis’s band in 1980. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In the late 1980s, Miles Davis once told a Canadian journalist that a lot of his paintings and drawings in that period were simply “faces and lines,” and that making art helped him relax. In Transit: The Art of Miles Davis, on Display in London 2010-12-01T11:00:00Z Denzel Washington’s moody, haunting film version of August Wilson’s play “Fences” garnered Oscar nominations for both Washington as best actor and the amazing Viola Davis as best supporting actress. “I Am Not Your Negro”: James Baldwin’s lesson for white America still hits home 50 years later 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Davis told the Associated Press she spotted a bison about a quarter of a mile ahead of her off the trail. Bison interrupts date at Utah state park, tosses woman on same trail where partner was gored months before 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z These works cemented his reputation, arguably making Davis the most admired jazz musician of the 1960s. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The space allows for the intimacy of images like Karon Davis’s bandaged plaster bust “Jasmin 1” opposite her husband Noah Davis’s forlorn canvas, “Seven Prisoners of the Abyss.” Miami Collectors Shake Up a D.C. Schoolhouse 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Davis’s life, in his own telling, is a trouble-filled adventure, in which racism and drugs, hedonism and violence, artistic vision and brute desire are intertwined. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z A father in Davis County, Utah, claims he needed to be taken to the hospital after drinking an unidentified liquid that was inside a bottle of chocolate milk he purchased from McDonald's. Man claims unknown liquid in McDonald’s chocolate milk sent him to hospital; authorities investigating 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Because no one knew where Mauro was — not even the musicians he recorded with — “it led us to believe that was probably the case,” Davis added. A Label Reissued a Dead Brazilian Artist’s Album. He Was Still Alive. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Artists Zack Davis and Rebecca Friedman collaborated on this small exhibition that is both minimal and complex. 5 exuberant Seattle-area art shows you won’t want to miss 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z If a musician such as Miles Davis or Bob Dylan goes through several incarnations over the course of a lifetime, that becomes his signature, with the implication that most people just don't do this. Hank Jones: A Legendary Work Ethic 2010-05-18T17:21:00Z Mr. Davis, though, said he believed that the sort of humor in the clip helped move beyond basic binaries about racial representation. Critic?s Notebook: Prez N the Hood: A Hip-Hop Parody Stirs Up Issues 2010-10-25T22:56:00Z Miles Davis wrote the names of his band on boards that he held up, back turned, to the audience. Old music: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – The Intro and the Outro 2012-11-29T12:05:54Z He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003, 11 years after Davis was enshrined. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Ex Machina” proved Isaac a formidable leading man to watch, after stellar breakout turns in “Drive,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and “The Two Faces of January.” The 9 best film performances of 2015 — that won’t get nominated for anything 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Crawford and Davis made What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? when they were barely in their 50s but were already considered by studio bosses to be at the end of their careers. ‘I wouldn’t sit on her toilet …’ Screen revival of Davis and Crawford feud sparks sexism debate 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Yet Davis intersperses “Consent” with fussy attempts at representing Springora’s fraying sense of self, as Matzneff creates a fictionalized version of her through his writing. In Paris, First-Person Trauma Jumps from Page to Stage 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Miles Davis, one of the most influential musicians in jazz history, will be the focus of a citywide, four-month festival organized by the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Festival to celebrate Miles Davis 2011-01-12T06:00:00Z Enter Tully, the nanny played by Mackenzie Davis, who changes everything. After ‘Juno,’ Life’s Other Changes 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z “The number one thing I think should be happening is that I get to see every script before they make it,” Davis deadpans. 25 years ago, ‘Thelma & Louise’ was a radical statement. Sadly, it still is. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In an interview with the New York Times, Davis cited The Help as a role she regretted. Viola Davis 'regrets' her role in The Help 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Levine called Davis a “class act” and said his performance had been “absolutely mesmerizing” and “flawless.” 'The Voice' recap: The Top 6 sing for the moms 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Released on Tuesday, "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" is the first album under a new contract signed recently with RCA Records at the behest of music mogul Clive Davis. Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z As Rebecca Davis recently reported, in Variety, what promises to follow in China are “independent-style films that look and feel like indies—yet are nonetheless studio-financed and exist within China’s strict censorship regime.” The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the Decade 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Born in Swansea, Wales in 1939, Davis began working as a musician while he was a student at the University of Birmingham. ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ rock star Spencer Davis dead at 81 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z "Ivory is basically a blood diamond," Davis says, "if you buy it, you're buying the new blood diamonds." Kristin Davis: ivory is blood diamond 2012-10-04T07:00:06Z Warwick: I had no idea about anyone other than me, my aunt Cissy, and Clive Davis. Dionne Warwick on her new documentary and enduring career: "I am and will always be relevant" 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “Feud,” which aired in 2017, explored the bad blood between Crawford and Davis in the later years of their lives. U.S. top court snubs actress de Havilland's suit against FX Networks 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Kidman was nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in Lion but the award was won by Viola Davis, who appeared in Fences. Nicole Kidman says 'seal clapping' at Oscars was to protect diamond rings 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Davis may have stepped down as principal conductor of the LSO in 2006, but he must still take much of the credit for the shape the orchestra is in today. The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-04-17T16:39:53Z "We like to keep the personal lives personal," Davis replied. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Meryl Davis declare: 'We're not dating' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Most important, a passionate affection for Davis and Crawford is the churning engine of the whole thing. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, at an event at Google’s New York offices, the Geena Davis Institute will release its official report on those findings, as well as more granular information. Geena Davis just made children’s TV more feminist 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The selection includes a 1974 stripe painting — nine feet wide but less than nine inches high — by Gene Davis, the best known of the artists. Review | In the galleries: Art that thrives in natural light 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But Davis says she doesn’t need a piece of paper to do the right thing. Viola Davis determined to go above and beyond on diversity 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Since the most moving tributes to Bryant last week came from his friends, let me close with the words of Taylor, who was not only Davis’s friend but an abiding inspiration. Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Most patients did not grow up eating chicken noodle soup or peanut butter and jelly, Ms. Davis said. At One Alaskan Hospital, Indigenous Foods Are Part of the Healing Plan 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Born in Central California, Ms. Dean spent her early childhood in Davis, Calif., where her mother, who is Chinese, received a Ph.D. in medieval English and Old French at the University of California, Davis. Up Close : A Profile of Cecilia Dean 2013-05-08T19:45:33Z Just one of every four characters in family films is a woman, according to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media. The Top 11 Moments for Women in Pop Culture in 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Enter Clive Davis with a copy of Billboard to report that “I Will Always Love You” has been on the top of the charts for weeks and he wants to talk touring. 'Whitney' Recap: Love, Drugs, and Bobby Brown's Side of the Story 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z While the budget for Saturday's gala is private, "everything is donated that can be donated," Davis said. Benefits can flow both ways at celeb charity galas 2012-10-18T14:20:17Z Frey said Davis became part of his and his wife’s “household community” after she re-embraced her Christian faith and left Hollywood behind. 'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas And particularly striking is a photograph, taken at a party on May 26, 1970, in which Armstrong and Miles Davis are huddled together, smiling and chatting warmly. Museum Showcases an Unseen Louis Armstrong Trove 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z And Evan Davis collapsed in giggles when trying to get through a story about one MP's expenses claim for a duck house. Jim Naughtie wasn't the first presenter to let slip with a four-letter foul-up 2010-12-06T20:00:00Z Davis admits to being very competitive, but she isn't even thinking about winning the Tony. 'Once' star Elizabeth A. Davis celebrates Tony nod 2012-05-10T11:18:10Z Onscreen, Mr. Washington and Ms. Davis share a rich, affectionate familiarity, for good reason: They starred in the play’s 2010 revival, a Broadway smash that landed each of them a Tony Award. Denzel Washington, the Oscars and August Wilson 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Davis’s stay at Bull Run in early July was actually his second. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z That legacy is passed down to the next generation, evidenced by Herman mistreating his wife and Joe being cold to his children, Davis’s uncles. Review | A dual portrait of Herman and Joe Mankiewicz offers an intimate look at the Hollywood brothers 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis was in therapy at the time, and they decided Mr. Newhart’s character would be a psychologist, playing to his strengths as a listener. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Tensions rise when Florida invites Pearson over to the apartment for a meet-and-greet, just when James’s candidate, Davis, shows up for a chat. Review | ABC’s live ‘Good Times’ and ‘All in the Family’ try again to rekindle the magic of yesterday’s sitcoms 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Though the interview took place before the church shootings, both Davis and McBath offered comments that were eerily prescient given the events in Charleston on Wednesday night. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He had his own TV series, “The Mac Davis Show” on NBC, and also acted in TV and film, including alongside Nick Nolte in the football film “North Dallas Forty.” Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z I'm very excited to see the return of Ricky and Stephen to BBC Two, but also to welcome Warwick Davis, a great talent, to the channel. Green light for Gervais TV pilot 2010-04-21T14:24:00Z Exhibit designers created social networking pages like Facebook to show how Union Gen. George McClellan once was a protege of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, for example. National Archives puts Civil War vaults on display 2010-04-27T22:35:00Z Witness Wiig, nominated for best original screenplay, but not keeping company with Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Michelle Williams or Glenn Close. Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy: Hilarious Performance, Not Oscar Worthy 2012-01-25T18:38:22Z Viola Davis, after becoming the first African-American to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama, gave an acceptance speech that placed her award within the larger context of diversity in Hollywood. The 2015 Emmy Awards 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The first time I saw the comedian Brett Davis, he was dressed as a cupcake. The Sociopathic Comedy of Brett Davis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Ron Davis also addressed the newly released phone calls in which Dunn called himself the victim in the case. Jordan Davis’ mother to Michael Dunn: “You took my future” 2014-02-20T14:11:00Z The two-hour concert, which stretched into the early hours of Thursday, was a highlight of the annual Montreux Jazz Festival, where Davis is still remembered for driving along Lake Geneva in a red Ferrari. Montreux fetes Miles Davis with "soundtrack" to his life 2011-07-14T13:56:02Z Other violations included airfare for two of Mr. Davis’s pet beagles. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis said he was frustrated that the women “were being treated really unfairly in the press.” Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z And while the number one treatment for PIH is “definitely going to be addressing the primary cause of the inflammation,” Davis said, the secondary treatment is sunscreen to minimize further hyperpigmentation. Hyperpigmentation is a common skin problem. Here’s what you can do about it. 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet when she came to Columbia’s offices and suggested that they seal the deal with a trip to bed, Mr. Davis demurred. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Now out of print, it set an imposingly high bar for any excavation of unheard Miles Davis music. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z “I always used to marvel that he was such a good reporter,” said Ms. Rascoe, who had known Mr. Davis since high school. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z Ms. Davis posted that she decided to rent an RV in order to avoid hotels and also packed meals so as to limit outside human interaction. Flight of the Influencers 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Their colloquy is interrupted by a gruff-spoken officer of Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources, played with an amusing sense of his firm authority by Bob Davis. Review: ‘Nice Fish,’ Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’s Quirky Ice Fishing Tale 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Carson, like Davis' Dottie, is married and hails from a farming town,. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z And Monday night was the New York opening of not only “Underground Railroad Game” but also a play by Nathan Alan Davis called “Nat Turner in Jerusalem.” Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. Review | John Singer Sargent didn’t just paint the 1 percent. There was another, less-known side to his art. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, Ann B. Davis, a giant of classic TV, died in San Antonio. Ann B. Davis dies: Alice's greatest 'Brady Bunch' moments 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Someone soon gave me a collection of Miles Davis ballads from the fifties, which were gorgeous, and I travelled back and forth through history from early Miles past late Coltrane. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Having just lost his singing partner, Davis is grieving, trying to face the prospect of life on his own. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: a folkie’s painful journey in 1960s Village 2013-12-18T19:41:34Z For the most part it features Mr. Miles, a keyboardist, and Ms. Jensen, a trumpeter, playing new music that evokes Davis’s style in the early 1980s, when Mr. Miles was doing his synthesizer programming. Jazz Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Determined to rebuild his reputation, Mr. Davis took over a small label called Bell Records in 1974 and renamed it Arista. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t the greatest living situation, but those are the people I grew up with,” Davis explains. At Capitol Hill Crab Cakes, the name may confuse you, but the food sure won’t 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Davis craved authenticity and spontaneity, and his approach in the studio achieved it, Cobb said. ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer still keeping time as album turns 60 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z It all comes together in the rocker “I’m to Blame,” steadily climbing the charts, which he wrote with Davis and Couch. Country star Kip Moore weathers the Nashville storm to make a comeback 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Moments later, Davis sweeps into the room, standing 6-foot-5 in a golden robe, her wig removed and bald head shiny with sweat. Warhol, Nico, a naked handstand, a crucifix: The Broad kicks off 'Happenings' with songs and shocks 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z BST22:48 Viola Davis is going for it here in her speech. Emmys 2015: winners and performances – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z “My mother always taught me that if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all,” Mr. Davis wrote in an e-mail. Steve Schmidt: A Career Resurrected After McCain and Palin 2012-06-08T17:55:13Z The charismatic Davis taught by indirection, seldom giving his sidemen instructions, except to keep the music interesting and fresh. Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’ And Miles Davis, whose tailor was also in the building, would pop in from time to time. A Utopian Space for Black Artists, Reimagined at MoMA 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The towering Jefferson Davis obelisk continues to be a landmark for him in the flat Kentucky countryside. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Viola Davis made history as the first woman of colour to to take the prize for outstanding actress in a drama for her role in How to Get Away With Murder. Emmy awards 2015: huge night for HBO as Game of Thrones sets record 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Davis is rightfully a rising talent, and one of her greatest gifts is her ability to build narrative momentum. The top 10 graphic novels of 2014 The growing interest couldn't be ignored, said Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis. Mardi Gras Indians on display at Jazz Fest 2012-05-04T15:13:40Z Davis drew upon the Bible, Greek philosophy and political and economic debates to show how the West defended, rationalized and fought for slavery before beginning to turn against it in the 18th and 19th centuries. David Brion Davis, scholar of slavery, dead at 92 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The start of a smoldering aria, these words may be the most poetic and poignant in Anthony Davis’s opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z “If it was never new, and it never gets old, then it’s a folk song,” Llewyn Davis says, brandishing his guitar during a set at the Gaslight. Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen 2013-12-05T13:00:01Z Well I can't talk about that without talking about Viola Davis and Veronica in her part, but I'll start with Belle. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The groom is the son of Joyce Davis of the Villages, Fla. Barbara Natusch, Jeffrey Davis 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z What about if it went to Viola Davis instead in this story of black domestic staff in civil rights era America? The black Oscar wins that got away | Peter Bradshaw 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But this new TV series, available for streaming, stars Geena Davis as a woman battling demons of her own, and it rides high on the scary scale. Slashers, Zombies, Demons and Other Good Company 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Now the college is announcing the establishment of its new City College Center for the Arts, which will produce and present arts events at Davis Hall and elsewhere on the campus. City College to Establish New Arts Center 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Some of the film’s most noteworthy sequences involve the racism that Davis endured, and the racial implications of Davis’s public image and rise to fame. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Fred Hampton, Jr.'s appearance on stage, leading a "moment of noise" in protest of the execution of Troy Davis, served as a reminder of the group's role in promoting politically conscious hip-hop. Review: Black Star in top form at House of Blues 2011-09-24T13:35:00Z Clive Davis, the president of Arista, also agreed to donate all profits. ArtsBeat: Live Reunion Planned for Warwick and Her Friends 2011-01-12T16:42:41Z “You could have knocked me over with a feather — I couldn’t believe it,” says Fred Davis, a GOP media consultant who knows Weaver and his family. The fall of John Weaver, a Lincoln Project co-founder whose political career was shrouded in mystery 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Members of Davis' family who witnessed the execution left without talking to reporters. Ga. executes Troy Davis despite protests 2011-09-22T11:28:00Z It was very hip to know there was a new Miles Davis album out. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z And early on, the collector placed her faith in — and dollars on — the young, Cubist-friendly Stuart Davis, financing his sojourn in Paris in the 1920s. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z Davis McCallum’s sometimes tentative direction tries uncertainly to marry the whimsy and sincerity in the writing, but inconsistencies remain. | 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z In June, Dr. Davis drove about seven hours to meet Ms. Young in Louisiana. Weddings: Four Decades Later, a Face From the Dorm 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Stories have been passed down about Davis and Crawford bombarding Aldrich with midnight phone calls, each complaining about the other. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 2: Give the People What They Want 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Davis was making radical music and Malcolm radical politics and yet for a long time dressed in an exaggeratedly conservative way that functioned like a kind of camouflage. The Making of Black Ivy Style 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Aguilera commended Davis for stepping out of his comfort zone and trying “something new.” 'The Voice' recap: The top 12 turn up the heat 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Davis plays Da Mayor, a shambling souse who’s by turns tolerated, mocked and valued by younger people, while Dee’s Mother Sister mostly watches the world pass by. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Instead of two Mondrians, why not pair the larger one with something like “Fin,” Stuart Davis’s last painting, which is similar in size, ethos and its use of tape? At the Met Breuer, Thinking Inside the Box 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Korn's Jonathan Davis is urging artists to boycott troubled oil giant BP over the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Korn urges artists to boycott BP with tour buses 2010-06-18T20:28:00Z Just as the word "horse" comes out of her mouth, a very tall homeless man bends down over the table and asks Davis for money. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z A few decades later, Stuart Davis, who admired Matisse enough to crib from him, was pitching his own radical art as an embodiment of optimism and pleasure of a particularly American kind. Stuart Davis, Heady Abstract Realist, at the Whitney 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z While Davis never grew much beyond its beginnings as a modest coal processing and logging town, Fayetteville enjoyed a much longer period of prosperity, driven by large-scale mining along the gorge. West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In a statement Thursday announcing the show’s end, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke praised Davis for her unforgettable portrayal of a female antihero. ABC’s ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ to end after next season 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z "I realized that a similar project would be a way for people visiting the desert to explore its multilayers," says Davis, now Desert X's board president. Desert X marks its spot for Coachella 2017 art exhibition 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" swept the TV comedy category, winning four awards including best series and best comedy actress for Cassi Davis. "Precious" sweeps Image Awards, Wyclef Jean honored 2010-02-27T03:57:00Z In the quartet, performed at the Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City, Queens, Ms. Davis creates a mesmerizing world in which bodies morph into ever-shifting sculptures. Your Week in Culture: Clive Owen, St. Vincent, ‘Marshall’ Before the Supreme Court 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z As a young woman in 1915, she was expected to write about parties, gossip and subjects as diverse as “flowers and sunsets and tree planting,” wrote her biographer, Jack E. Davis. At the March for Our Lives, you’ll see her name again. But who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Stanley Nelson’s documentary “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” made for the PBS series “American Masters,” isn’t such a film. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Right away, Brown sent an Instagram direct message to Nehemiah Davis, a Philadelphia philanthropist who had created an online program on how to launch a T-shirt business. Teen entrepreneur Trey Brown willed his clothing line into reality. Now Spergo has arrived in D.C. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Critics called him a journeyman storyteller who strived for historical accuracy, populating his books with the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “I think it’s important for us to keep sitting through it,” McBath said as Davis nodded in agreement. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The pair met in a business class at the University of California, Davis, during their junior year and started dating soon after. Love Letters Sustained Their Cross-Country Relationship 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z When the story takes an unfortunate turn, Davis wilts into the corner of the room. Review: Four Intimate Screen Encounters (One From Far Away) 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The program will take place July 23 to Aug. 3 at City College’s Aaron Davis Hall. Harlem School of the Arts Announces Conservatory-Level Summer Theater Program 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z But rigid schedules that minimize recess and lunchtime often happen because of the pressure of district-chosen curriculums aimed at raising test scores, Davis said. Lunchtime is so short in some public schools, students are going hungry 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Davis has long made it her mission to ensure women occupy more space in a notoriously sexist business. Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for women in film. They didn’t’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z When I asked Davis about her acting in those layered moments Somerville described, she leaned forward. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z It is a sensation familiar to Davis, who runs reading groups for a cross-section of society – from young doctors without the time to read, to prisoners or groups of pensioners in economically deprived areas. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z After a long ovation, he dedicated an encore to Mr. Davis: a tender account of the wistful Sarabande from Bach’s Second Partita for Unaccompanied Violin. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z Bergen was a regular cast member of the TV series Commander-in-Chief as the mother of Mackenzie Allen, the US President, played by Geena Davis. Cape Fear actress Bergen dies aged 84 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Still, here, for the first time, it was accompanied — and improved — by live music: the singer Kate Davis with the Catalyst Quartet. Review: From Balanchine to Jookin, a Sampler of Summer Souvenirs 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z English actor Davis was only 11 years old when his grandmother heard a radio call for people under four feet tall to be in the film "Return of the Jedi." Warwick Davis is the real hero of Gen X 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Davis, that most parsimonious of flatterers, declared in his 1989 autobiography that Jamal had "knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement". Ahmad Jamal: 'After a time you discover the Mozart in you' 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z Davis, for example, might have been pushing the story to help his client, who is facing a long prison sentence, pressure Trump into granting him a presidential pardon, he said. CNN said a source declined to comment. Except he actually did. Is that a problem? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Stuart Davis, a leading American modernist who died in 1964, is best known for his boldly colorful paintings. Another Side of Stuart Davis, the Black and White, to Go on Display 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z One time I visited Angela Davis when she was in prison in Northern California – I had known her before she went to prison. Jane Fonda on her climate-change activism: ‘I wanted to show that we have to leave our comfort zone’ 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Davis was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which black women are at a 63 percent higher risk of, and was required to get regular non-stress tests to monitor the health of her baby. Perspective | The pandemic’s mental health impact is dangerous for new moms. Especially black moms. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Instead of cutting his talent budget, Davis said, A.E.G. raised it considerably; since then, Jazz Fest has had more nationally known acts alongside its Louisiana staples. Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He graduated from the University of California, Davis. Merav Silverman, Ian Ramsay 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Avoiding the danger of allowing the music to cloy or become too sweet, Davis was particularly strong on the work's emotional trajectory: from turmoil and dislocation, through rapture, to a mood of sated calm. A Mass of Life – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-12T16:00:01Z But Wilder, who was among those to vote to yank the honor and cancel the fundraising gala planned around Davis, expressed remorse. Angela Davis is beloved, detested, misunderstood. What can a lifelong radical teach the resistance generation? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Davis predicts that few people will want to talk about the significance of the Widows’ kiss. Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z That's Justin Kirk, briefly seen as a bearded Realtor, and Hope Davis as the zealous teacher who is definitely Hiding Something. Fox's new miniseries 'Wayward Pines' is good, creepy fun 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He admits both plays are the result of a lifelong fascination with Davis. Battling broads 2011-05-13T09:00:34Z He set up an apartment for his family on the top floor and turned the basement into his workspace; everyone from Mikhail Baryshnikov to Robert Mapplethorpe, Miles Davis to Billy Joel, passed through. Art Parties, Alive and Well in New York 2010-06-03T22:07:00Z At some point, Davis brought up Titus, whose case she had been working on for several months; Simpson was fascinated. 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z As a music industry story, Kenny G’s rise, engineered by the mogul Clive Davis but at times bucked by the artist himself, is fascinating. ‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: Good Sax? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In Rogers’s case, that breakthrough was “Alaska,” a song she sang to Pharrell Williams while she was enrolled at New York University, studying in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Review | Maggie Rogers moves past her Pharrell moment 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Salon spoke to Eric Rauchway, a historian at the University of California at Davis and the author of the book “Blessed Among Nations,” which looks at what makes the U.S. different from other countries. What Trump’s slick catchphrase really means: “Make America great again” is just code for “get the best deals” 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Just to give a sense of the people who are in this film: her mother, Cissy Houston, her ex-husband Bobby Brown, Kevin Costner, Clive Davis, her brothers. “Whitney” director on Houston’s untold story: “Whitney had been abused, and it took a hug... 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z In July the House of Representatives voted to remove statues honoring Confederate figures, including one of Davis, from the U.S. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z TV’s Solution to Schools’ Tough Reality IN “Waiting for Superman,” the recent critically acclaimed documentary about American schools, Davis Guggenheim, the director, lingers on so-called dropout factories and academic sinkholes in poor neighborhoods. TV?s Solution to Schools? Tough Reality 2010-10-15T17:55:00Z It was clear that Davis was headed for even bigger things. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Davis sometimes started concerts without him onstage; when Shorter came on, playing his way up to the microphone, it was an event. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Davis said he tried not to get caught up in all the rumors about Buck leaving until early March when it became a reality. Joe Davis named Fox’s lead baseball voice after Buck leaves 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Magnetic and intimidating, Davis creates an implacable surface beneath which shimmers all manner of fleet and startled emotions. 'How to Get Away With Murder' keeps spotlight on Viola Davis 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Davis, who stars on Rhimes' drama "How to Get Away with Murder," was the first black woman to win an Emmy for lead actress in a drama. Soap star from Skokie apologizes for Viola Davis tweets 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z And you could hear evidence of continuing Black Power impact in the address given by Angela Y. Davis, one of the historical movement’s heroes, at the 2017 Women’s March in Washington. In ‘Black Power!,’ Art’s Political Punch and Populist Reach 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z "I hung out in Harlem and saw Miles Davis and all the jazz cats," she continued. Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. 2012-01-20T16:40:14Z Rhimes's new show, "How to Get Away with Murder," a legal drama starring Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis, will air on Thursday nights with the producer's other two shows, setting up an all-Rhimes night. Disney's ABC network adds shows from Spielberg, Rhimes, Marvel 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Lawrence James Davis was born in Seattle on July 2, 1940, and moved to Boise as a boy. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z She and her husband, the jazz writer Francis Davis, have been together since 1978, and they live in a house full of books and music. No Bullshit: Marc Maron Interviews Terry Gross 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Surely she didn’t mean to ask him about “Fences,” a similarly renowned film starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. Jenna Bush Hager Asks, and Pharrell Williams Answers With Restraint 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z “I was also told that he was a cyclist, which keeps him in terrific shape,” said Ms. Wong, who graduated from Yale and received a law degree from the University of California Davis. When a Divorce Lawyer Plays Cupid 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z "It's crazy, but it's not as crazy as I thought it would be," said Katherine Davis, a 21-year-old marketing and management major. Carnival in New Orleans warms up under sunny skies 2011-03-07T00:09:09Z He recounts walking down the street with Miles Davis and seeing a woman stumble. A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Davis said in interviews that his wife and son will inherit the team. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z “There are really only 25 songs people really want to hear,” Davis says. Jingle bell rock: Lots of radio stations go all-Christmas in December. Here’s why. 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z They add to our appreciation of some of the genre’s mightiest geniuses—Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z “I hid that injury like you would not believe,” Davis said. Watch Viola Davis Describe How She Put Her Back Out in a Sex Scene 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Countering claims put forth by the right, Davis subtly asserted that the accounts are, unfortunately, painfully true. Wendy Davis: “My family would give anything” for abortion stories not to be true 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “I told him, ‘No, no, no, just because you white guys are done with it, we’re not done,’” Mr. Davis recalled. This Summer, Opera Grapples With Race 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Shakira is also scheduled to perform at the closing ceremony of the Davis Cup tennis tournament in Madrid on Nov. 24. Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Emily Davis will revisit her role as Winner, making her Broadway debut. Theater to See This Season After a Very Long Intermission 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z One of them, Gwen Davis, talked about how happy she was that their legacy finally is becoming part of people’s psyches. Ex-Bond girl Arterton plays striking worker in ‘Dagenham’ When his team played on the road, Davis often watched the game from the press box alongside a retinue of close friends and an ever-present bodyguard. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z In 2012, Davis started the museum alongside her husband, the painter Noah Davis. Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Closed 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z But there’s more to what Viola Davis does in “The Woman King” than just wielding a spear. Inside the Oscars’ Best-Actress Battle Royal 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z It sounds snappier with the two-syllable adjective that Davis throws in. Theater Review: Bette Davis Stays and Stays in ‘Me and Jezebel’ 2013-07-25T02:00:01Z But no role that Whitlock has played has entered pop culture consciousness like Maryland state Sen. Clay Davis. “Wire” actor on his famous catchphrase: “I still say it” 2013-09-05T14:40:00Z He wanted Davis to look just how she is. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z At his best, Davis draws provocative connections between these men and their work. The Secret Is Out: Penguins Are Promiscuous Too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z And on one wall, four ingenious variations on a single design — Davis likened them to jazz improvisations — done between 1932 and 1956 hang side by side. Stuart Davis, Heady Abstract Realist, at the Whitney 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The company's artistic director, Frank Chaves, presents the world premiere of a work he has choreographed to recordings by Miles Davis. Festival to celebrate Miles Davis 2011-01-12T06:00:00Z “That time when I broke my back, she was the greatest nurse I could have ever had,” Mr. Davis said. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “I thought it was a date,” Mr. Davis said. On Again, Off Again, and With a Nudge, Now On Forever 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z In the comics, Davis is a burglar and criminal who goes by the name of Prowler. 20 Easter Eggs You Probably Didn't Notice in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Viola Davis reminisces about some high points in her career. What’s on TV Thursday: The Return of ‘Nashville’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Despite the fact that All About Eve was carried by two remarkable performances, from Bette Davis and Anne Baxter, neither won best actress. The nine greatest best picture winners at the Oscars 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Yet, he also played and recorded in jazz groups with the likes of Miles Davis. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Harrison Ford and Viola Davis help provide some adult supervision. Movie Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:00:08Z They played “It Never Entered My Mind,” and I thought wistfully of the gorgeous, heartbreaking version by Miles Davis. Contemplating Molly Ringwald 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Davis's work with pens and paints eventually came to public attention. Art ? Miles Davis's last addiction 2010-12-09T22:28:00Z Once, at a Miles Davis concert, Flora Purim was sitting alone. The Brazilian Jazz Great Flora Purim Has Many Stories to Tell 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He later said, "I'd realised I wasn't going to be the next Miles Davis," so he asked Wishart if he thought he could make it as a composer. Geoffrey Burgon obituary 2010-09-22T18:10:00Z A version of the group heard on “Portals” — which incorporates a string quartet plus Davis’s regular improvising quintet — will appear at the Jazz Gallery on Sept. 10. For Music, a Fall Deluge of Performances Is Beginning 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Before that, Driver’s musical debut was more tongue-in-cheek, as part of the recording session of “Please Mr. Kennedy” in the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis.” Cannes: Adam Driver on singing, surrealism and ‘Annette’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Soon after, Foster joined Davis’s electric band, and participated in a string of recordings that have not been as thoroughly canonized, but nonetheless left an indelible mark on American music. 6 Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Like, Angela Davis has been saying that, many radical Black people of the past have been saying it. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z As Davis spoke those words, he practically beamed in his chair. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z According to Davis, her black Creole mother—then forty-five years old—met her twenty-year-old Mexican-American father only once: under the table at a Ray Charles concert at the Hollywood Palladium, sometime in the early nineteen-sixties. The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Byrd's talent seemed to encompass some of Brown's spontaneous, narrative-generating strength and his exquisite tone, as well as Miles Davis's pacing, and the fire and penetrating attack of the first-wave bebop trumpeters inspired by Gillespie. Donald Byrd obituary 2013-02-12T10:20:40Z Another person at the concert, Emily Davis, told the station that there was lightning and the sky had gotten dark but it wasn't raining when the wind suddenly toppled the rigging. Stage collapse kills 4 ahead of Sugarland concert 2011-08-14T11:58:13Z It’s like Miles Davis said: “Don’t you ask nobody for nothin’.” Wayne Shorter, Jazz’s Abstruse Elder, Isn’t Done Innovating Yet 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z In fact, CNN was well aware that Davis had commented plenty. CNN said a source declined to comment. Except he actually did. Is that a problem? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Rebecca Davis began choreographing her latest dance, “The Final Hands Count Beginning Sounds,” by exploring ways in which weight is transferred in the body. Your Week in Culture: Clive Owen, St. Vincent, ‘Marshall’ Before the Supreme Court 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Davis has done some tightening, too: Now the overture leads directly into the “Africa for Africans” material for chorus. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Davis said it was a treat to land both the Eagles and Tom Petty the same year, especially considering the Eagles aren't on tour. Eagles, Tom Petty to perform at 2012 Jazz Fest 2011-12-14T12:16:17Z Davis said that possibility played no factor when the Academy's board determined recipients of the honorary Oscars, which will be presented in November at the second annual Governors Awards. Organizers can't honorary Oscar recipient Godard 2010-08-26T01:50:00Z Intellectuals take pleasure in celebrating Davis, an actress defined by her theatre-based methods, artistic self-consciousness, and affinity for literary material. What “Feud” Misses About Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and the Art of Movies 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z For the upcoming collection, which launches on May 12, Davis imagines “what someone would want to wear in 2022.” Brand to Know: a Gender-Neutral Line Challenging Norms 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Personally, I know of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but have no clear idea of what they look like, and I doubt I've ever seen a film of either. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Davis won her second Tony for the role in the Broadway revival. The Oscars might not be #SoWhite in 2017: These buzz-worthy performances could be game-changers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Other shows will feature the music of Miles Davis and the James Bond films. The xx team up with BBC orchestra 2012-08-16T10:00:15Z "It's ridiculous to have so many purses," said Davis, 64, a Little Rock, Ark., artist. A clutch show: 'The Purse & the Person' at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry 2010-12-16T20:53:04Z In January 2019, officials at the University of California at Davis demanded that the theater department delay a production of “MacTrump” until the court case was decided. Would Donald Trump make art great again? 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The difference being that Davis and Crawford were in their 50s when they smudged the mascara. Brits in Spandex and girl power: movie trends that will keep us talking in 2013 2013-01-03T16:35:05Z In an interview with Davis, Cube depicts how the legendary and eccentric team owner threatened to leave Los Angeles unless more was done to accommodate his franchise. Ice Cube has a new rap -- documentary filmmaking 2010-04-28T20:52:00Z Davis' Hillary listens stoically, and the scene ends without the ensuing row that was filmed. Clinton-Blair years focus of HBO's 'Relationship' 2010-05-29T03:40:00Z Scott Davis’s set on a thrust stage, beautifully lighted by Joel Shier, is a spare wooden structure, a modest counterpart to the brothers’ grandiose plans. ‘Road Show’: A journey into the ‘get-rich-quick’ 20th century 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Davis, a Seattle native now living in Los Angeles, captures the raucous energy of the scene. 'Noah Davis: Savage Wilds': Trash TV as elegant art 2012-08-02T20:17:14Z The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute doesn’t debate this, but it voiced other reservations: Davis, a longtime radical, didn’t disavow violence. Angela Davis is beloved, detested, misunderstood. What can a lifelong radical teach the resistance generation? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Davis acknowledged that this “American Crime Requiem” — with scenes from “Mean Streets,” “Goodfellas,” “Casino” and “The Departed” and music from the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, the Animals and Tony Bennett — is “infamously difficult to describe.” 40 years of Martin Scorsese movies, mashed up as a concert-musical? That's 'American Crime Requiem' 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Davis says he made the payments even though the defendants, including T.I., Rapper sued for not playing at jail release party 2010-10-22T04:10:00Z Most of the museum focuses on Davis’s career before the Civil War — as a veteran and U.S. senator — and his life after it. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z All aspects of the production shine as Ben Davis' cinematography makes excellent use of Jim Clay's sets, and Thomas Newman's score gooses the tension in the film's many suspenseful moments. Nazi thriller "The Debt" set in wrong period 2010-09-07T01:47:00Z Jasmine Davis in Pittsburgh wasn't one of Sullivan's students, but she was definitely a Titanic-obsessed kid. Titanic a magnet for kids, fine line for educators 2012-03-21T16:27:11Z He graduated at 16 and was hired by Scat Davis shortly after that. Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Davis was drawn to the piece in part because it’s a musical that needs to stay on the move. Body of work: Transgender director returns to Olney Theatre Center with ‘Evita’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z "Why are you doing this?" asks Judy Davis, playing the community activist trying to stop the project from demolishing her neighbourhood. Building an audience for architecture 2011-01-20T21:45:01Z Davis is excellent as a man under pressure who is finally pushed to the limit, while Kay keeps things suitably composed. TV highlights 15/07/2011: The Good Cook 2011-07-15T07:00:00Z The climax comes when Henreid hangs the half-naked Lancaster by his feet and laces his back with a riding crop: “Now, Mr. Davis, will you tell us where the diamonds are?” Video: Hard Work of Comedy and Straight-Shooting 2011-04-16T02:23:01Z One of them, Gwen Davis, explained how happy she was that their legacy is finally becoming part of people's psyches. Arterton goes back to roots for Made in Dagenham musical 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z At one point, Davis speaks about “the figure of the criminal”; later, the male dancers cover their faces and scream. Review: A Dance Searching for Harmony in an Unequal World 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z As Davis approached the vehicle, however, the suspect attempted to flee on foot and exchanged gunfire with the officer. Milwaukee police officer shot in the line duty gifted tickets to the big game 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Alvarez, a lawyer at Davis, Polk & Wardwell, was on her way to work; he was going to be interviewed on National Public Radio. Phil Klay's Literary Salon on the F Train 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “Things tend to look great in the rearview mirror,” Mr. Brooks said of his years working with Mr. Davis. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z My friend Debra Hill, who wrote “Halloween,” was sitting on my couch in my apartment in West Hollywood, where I lived with Bette Davis. Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis appeared on “Inside Edition” last week to endure a grilling about whether the clip was disrespectful to the president, and whether it would be disruptive to the midterm elections. Critic?s Notebook: Prez N the Hood: A Hip-Hop Parody Stirs Up Issues 2010-10-25T22:56:00Z "Mrs. Davis," even though it's a thousand different genres per episode, this is 100% of what I want to do, completely. "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Like Davis, Cheadle is complete in repose; Davis’s existential force emerges fully through the still frame of a single photograph, and Cheadle embodies it vitally. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Davis built relationships and sold his inexpensive wine throughout Western Washington. Rainier Wine Co. grows label by label 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The resulting portrait of Davis by Nisenson was an unsparingly intimate, complex, and oddly whimsical view of the artist in retreat. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Davis says he suffered chest pains, nausea, emotional distress and hospitalization after T.I, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., didn't show. T.I. sued over skipping 'welcome back' concert 2010-10-23T01:46:00Z "I will be bold enough to say that I have gotten so many wonderful film roles," Davis said Tuesday during a panel for the drama at the Television Critics Assn. press tour. Oscar-nominee Viola Davis on return to TV: 'I wanted to be the show' 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z And Bette Davis seems to be taking her role a bit too seriously as Queen Elizabeth in a series of photographs from 1955's "The Virgin Queen." Actors ready for close-ups in 'Styling the Stars' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z His book of short stories, “Winters’ Tales” made the best-seller lists, and he won the 1991 Emmy Award for a supporting role as a retired officer and grandfather in the ABC comedy “Davis Rules.” Obituary: Influential improv comedian Jonathan Winters, 87 2013-04-13T05:49:15Z The festival opens with the world's first screening of From the Sky Down, a documentary about rock band U2, directed by Davis Guggenheim. Toronto film festival lineup 2011-07-26T16:27:21Z At the BRT Printshop in Red Hook, Brooklyn, which produces screen prints, Luther Davis recently recalled telling some of his artist clients about the complex. The Batcave, a Graffiti Landmark in Brooklyn, Grows Up 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The next day, when Davis wears a pair she forgot to mention, the teacher snaps, “You didn’t mention you had white shoes.” Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Davis' co-star - Octavia Spencer, playing a brash fellow maid in "The Help" - also won at SAG and looks like a rock-solid winner for supporting actress. Nostalgic Oscars party like it's the 1920s again 2012-02-23T17:24:08Z Davis says he and his colleagues thought the two were best known for their "remarkable television work" and would be more appropriately honored by the television academy at the Emmy Awards. Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident 2010-03-09T22:21:00Z “It’s more reactive to the reality of what the country is right now,” Mr. Davis said. The James Beard Awards Redraws Its Map 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Q: Your recent memoir, "Dropped Names", was hailed as "satisfyingly scandalous" about Hollywood and stars from Bette Davis to Elizabeth Taylor. Actor Frank Langella talks robots, high heels and Hollywood 2012-08-16T20:13:53Z When the trio performed with the New York Philharmonic, as soloists in an orchestral performance of Mr. Davis’s “Still Waters,” there came a distinct moment of respect for Mr. Wadud’s musicianship, Mr. Newton recalled. Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Then German music house Mona Davis, led by president Tom Batoy and his business partner Franco Tortora, stepped in to set it to music. How McDonald's recouped its image with a catchy jingle that sparked a sonic branding revolution 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z My mother exposed me to a lot of powerful women in old Hollywood films like Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck. Rebecca Hall: class act 2010-06-11T23:02:00Z When I first saw them, I thought of the wonderful stylization that went on in the paintings of Stuart Davis, whose work I’d always admired. When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z In 2012, the artists Noah and Karon Davis founded the Underground Museum in four converted storefronts in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of central Los Angeles. Underground Museum Looks to Philadelphia Curator 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Davis wrenches control into her hands when negotiating her next job so that she will be the top dog in the room. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z For instance, Murray’s views about Davis and Coltrane might have been different had he considered the personal experience and distinctive traditions from which their own music arose. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Both films have a fanfare surrounding them, and will undoubtedly raise Davis's profile even more – something you would think she'd be afraid of. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z That evening he would perform at a gala for the David Lynch Foundation, along with the pianist Herbie Hancock, his former partner in the Miles Davis Quintet. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z Davis seemed to almost float above the commotion, as he polished off his own dessert. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Lex Davis, technical director of Pointless Theatre, said the troupe was thrilled but a little surprised to get the call. A surprise after the final performance of ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’ at Round House "There is a beautiful message throughout: We are all the same," said Witherspoon, whose plays employment counselor Carrie Davis in the movie that made its Washington premiere on Wednesday. Reese Witherspoon finds lessons in 'The Good Lie' 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Over the past several weeks, we’ve been watching the saga of Kim Davis, the world’s most defiantly determined not to uphold the Constitution county clerk in America, unfold. Sweet Cakes owners refusing to pay damages to gay couple 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “It would have been disingenuous to not address all those issues because it’s coursing through every fiber of American culture so it should be a part of our story telling,” Davis told Reuters. McQueen heist movie 'Widows' kicks off London Film Festival 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “Who would have guessed that Lydia Davis would appear on more shelves than George Eliot?” she asks. A Roundup of Holiday Coffee Table Books 2012-11-22T19:55:15Z Its aesthetic points toward Wayne Shorter, particularly his writing for the Miles Davis Quintet of the 1960s: sleek, enigmatic post-bop, more suggestive than demonstrative. Music Review: Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up at Jazz Gallery 2010-04-30T20:54:00Z Meanwhile, Davis said that it’s not just heartbreaking for the humans. 'Mini pigs' become growing problem as animal shelters become inundated with overgrown swine 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z He followed that up with “Miles Español” which matched alumni of Davis’ band such as Chick Corea and Ron Carter with Spanish musicians. Bob Belden dies at 58; jazz musician shared three Grammys 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Here are a couple more: Miles Davis once told me that he yearned to record an interpretation of “Tosca” with the great arranger Gil Evans. L.A. Opera's 'Tosca': No gimmicks, just some powerhouse singing 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z But Davis lives in Florida, and that state’s wet western edges run along a vast amount of the Gulf’, like salt on the rim of a cocktail. A Florida of Sun, Sky, Sea and Mind 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “But I really want to fool people into thinking I’m comfortable,” Ms. Davis said, “and I feel like my phone doesn’t execute that.” At the Met Gala, Everyone Seems a Little Starstruck. Even the Stars. 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The group is debuting a new set of original music, composed by all three leaders, inspired by female artists and writers, including the activist Angela Davis and the Israeli poet Zelda. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The man first realized their mistake in early February, according to Rhonda Davis, the store manager of the Goodwill in Hurst. Goodwill donor in Texas accidentally leaves $5,000 in jacket, gets it back weeks later 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z “We’ve been called the most intellectual pavilion,” said Mitchell Davis, executive vice president of the James Beard Foundation and the pavilion’s chief creative officer. At world’s fair, U.S. tries to educate, but some visitors just want a selfie 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Two years ago, the video “How to Be Alone” starring writer Tanya Davis and her poem about the “freedom” of being by yourself — eating, dancing, reading, hiking — went viral. How to be alone 2012-08-04T23:30:00Z The debut of “Hood Adjacent” bridges that theme, in a sense, as Davis uses monologues to create stand-up bits constructed around social issues while finding humor in unscripted field segments. “Hood Adjacent with James Davis” explores the reality of black life versus the idea of black as fashion 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z I think she could end up being another little Bette Davis if she keeps on going the way she’s going.” Quentin Tarantino Says Jennifer Lawrence Could Have Beeen Hateful Eight Heroine 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z “It’s like funnel cakes but covered in butter and cinnamon sugar,” Davis explained. 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z On the first day in London, Mr. Prunera and Mr. Davis woke up early and left the rest of the group to get breakfast. The Story of Threatin, a Most Puzzling Hoax Even for 2018 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When I was in law school at Harvard, I didn’t know Wendy Davis, the Democratic Texas state senator now running for governor of Texas, although we were in the same graduating class. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Like the helicopter company, Davis’s career as an Army pilot didn’t last long. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Watch hereSartorials aside, what strikes me about the contemporary Davis is his return to melody. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z Davis plays Annalise Keating, a brilliant attorney and professor at a Philadelphia law school, where she teaches her no-holds-barred views of justice and life and enlists her students in her cases and misadventures. ABC’s ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ to end after next season 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z In addition to its archival and scripted elements, the documentary features heartfelt conversations between Fox and director Davis Guggenheim. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”: 6 major revelations from Michael J. Fox’s new documentary 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Only later did he discover that his voice was being attributed to Morvan, Davis told the podcast. John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli, dies at 66 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z "The demand is so overwhelming," said Davis, who has hosted the event for 37 years. Clive Davis gala is white-hot; Kinks to perform 2012-02-11T02:07:12Z "You need a team in order to be successful," Davis said. Clippers' Davis vies for Emmy for gang documentary 2010-09-20T21:33:00Z Lange truly makes you believe she is Joan Crawford likewise Ms. Sarandon doing her turn on Ms. Davis. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z With strong performances from Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Ms. Chastain, it is considered an Oscar shoo-in for an acting nomination, and maybe more. The Carpetbagger: In Film, So Many Men on the Verge of a Crisis 2011-11-30T23:33:02Z For all their differences as actors, however, Ms. Davis and Mr. Washington said they initially shared trepidation about following their predecessors of 23 years ago. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ?Fences? 2010-05-21T22:00:00Z In contrast to the success Timberlake has had in music and acting, the characters of "Llewyn Davis" are those for whom things never click. Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-19T14:15:12Z But critics savaged it, as they did most of his work in that era, and it contributed to strife between Davis and Columbia Records; he soon jumped ship for Warner Bros. What ‘Rubberband’ Reveals About Miles Davis’s Final Act 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z This month, while nuclear weapons protesters were getting tossed from a City Council meeting, the Recipe was across the street in Ilus Davis Park slamming the United States for not drawing down its nuclear arsenal. Activists take a stand with rhymes 2010-10-25T15:37:00Z “It’s an aesthetically liberating space, unsanctioned by right angles and buildings,” said Matty Davis, a dancer and an artistic director of Boomerang. In the Rockaways, Dancing by the Surf and Sand 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Davis herself is currently being sued over her refusal to do what, if I am not very much mistaken, is her job. Your “sincerely held religious beliefs” don’t matter: County clerks must uphold the law and issue same-sex marriage licenses 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Numbers are something that the men in suits understand – and that’s why the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media has been crunching them in real life, too. How Incredibles 2 goes to work for the feminist superhero 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Davis is a master of the miniature, a writer who finds meaning at the level of the word, the sentence, and this new collection is as sharp as anything she's done. David L. Ulin's best books of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Davis is no longer homeless, thanks in part to the money he earned writing for and selling Street Sense, and he now trains other vendors. The panhandler’s lament: In an increasingly cashless world, fewer have a dime to spare 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It is a bit dismaying to see Roman Griffin Davis in here for his moderate child-actor moppet turn in the worryingly overindulged Jojo Rabbit. Golden Globes: who will win and who should win the film awards? | Peter Bradshaw 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Davis, who is transgender, brings an intensified lens to a story that deals with ideas of masculinity and a budding romance between two college players. Olney’s smashmouth drama ‘Colossal’ tackles football, disability and sexuality Clive Davis at the “Icons of the Music Industry: Clive Davis” event. ArtsBeat: At 78, Clive Davis Still Commands the Stage 2011-02-11T18:20:18Z Viola Davis, 46, elicited a positive response when she wore her TWA, or "teeny weeny Afro," as the look is known, on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards. On the Runway Blog: How Natural is Too Natural? 2012-06-25T20:35:48Z Tom, imbued with forceful gravity by Mr. Davis, was present when the American troops reached the palace of Uday and Qusay Hussein, Saddam’s sons. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Ghostly Beast Burning Bright in Iraq 2011-04-01T02:01:01Z Davis is a compulsively watchable marvel at the center of the dramatization. Review | Reality Winner’s arrest transcript becomes a scintillating Broadway show in ‘Is This a Room’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z In April 2020, shortly after Ms. Valdez was accepted at Duke, she learned of a third diagnosis: Her mother, Jennifer Davis, had thyroid cancer. He Stood by Her Side, and Never Left 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “As a swimwear designer it is impossible not be inspired and influenced by the iconic ‘Baywatch’ swimsuit,” Mr. Davis said. How the ‘Baywatch’ Swimsuit Became a Summer Classic 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Davis wasn’t borrowing old motifs because he was mindlessly repetitive; he was creating an ever-evolving variation on a set of earlier themes. Stuart Davis=jazz: An equation that doesn’t explain this chilly modern master 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In the six big oil paintings in his new show at James Harris Gallery, Noah Davis' eye is fiercely focused on the dynamics of the action at hand. 'Noah Davis: Savage Wilds': Trash TV as elegant art 2012-08-02T20:17:14Z “This is bigger than me,” Salaam remembered Davis saying. ‘Homegrown’: At BAM, DanceAfrica Keeps It All in the Family 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Dee and Davis were equally famous for their political activism, even as they paid a price in terms of their careers. Stage, screen actress Ruby Dee dies at 91: family 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z But when, for instance, Davis premiered Tippett's Third Symphony, he insisted on a number of extra strings-only rehearsals to ensure that all problems of execution were sorted out. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z Threadgill said that he has been impressed by the strides that collaborators and acquaintances like Anthony Davis and Terence Blanchard have had in mainstream opera, a world he says isn’t really for him. Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is. 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z It was lovely to see Davis back at the orchestra's helm, and the audience applauded him like a returning hero. Prom 24: Little/BBCSO/BBC Singers/Davis ? review 2011-08-03T13:22:43Z When I asked Ms. Davis if she’d ever considered working with store-bought meat substitutes in her kitchen, she laughed at me. In Los Angeles, Veggie Burgers With Real Veggies Still Appeal 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Under Davis, the Raiders developed a reputation as football's last-chance saloon, a winning franchise built around rejuvenated players who were discarded by other teams who considered them too old, too unruly, or otherwise undesirable. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Davis convinced Trojan coach Don Clark to implement a new blocking scheme which a former player described in Los Angeles magazine as "a kind of hit-'em-and-then-hit-'em-again double block." Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced the first batch of headliners for the city’s planned “homecoming concert” in Central Park this summer, which is being booked with the 89-year-old music producer Clive Davis. Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson Set for Central Park ‘Homecoming’ 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z For Davis and Albert Lambreaux there is a defining line between the musical, the social and the political. Treme: season one, episode five 2011-03-20T11:45:00Z He invited Davis’s daughter and Wilburn Jr to his trailer while shooting his Showtime series House of Lies and played golf with Erin Davis. Don Cheadle: 'I wanted to create a film that Miles Davis would want to star in' 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z In the 1930s and ’40s, Warner Bros. made blooper reels featuring James Cagney, Bette Davis and others to entertain the attendees at the studio’s annual dinner. ‘Hot Pursuit’ and Other Films Elevate the Art of the Blooper Reel 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Wallace Roney lived in the shadow of his hero and mentor Miles Davis, often by choice. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z About 40 percent of KPCC’s audience are people of color, Mr. Davis said. NPR Picks a New Leader With Lots of Commercial Experience 2014-05-09T16:55:39Z Hopefully we haven’t seen the last of Sandy and Davis, even though the lyrics in her gala performance of that “Gigi” proved untrue. What "GLOW" season 3 reveals about the working woman's gamble 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Jefferson Davis called it “the nail-head that holds the South’s two halves together.” ‘Vicksburg’ Review: The Falling Tide of Gray 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z For now, three of his Miles Davis photos are prominently displayed in the “American Cool” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Lens Blog: Keeping Jazz’s Rhythm With a Shutter 2014-02-24T17:47:00Z At a ceremony Wednesday night at the embassy, honorary prize chair Lydia Davis praised “Disoriented” as a “richly layered” narrative. Négar Djavadi’s novel ‘Disoriental’ receives $10,000 prize 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The most extraordinary presence in the film is that of Taylor, a dancer, who was Davis’s first wife. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Jefferson Davis, the man who would eventually become the Confederacy's first and only president, was originally a senator from Mississippi who opposed early calls for secession. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z At the time, Davis was serving in a medevac unit that flew Black Hawk helicopters in Afghanistan to rescue wounded soldiers, sometimes taking enemy fire in the process. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Davis’s recent track record is not the only aspect that is promising; her chosen collaborators for this date are, too. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z And it has Ossie Davis and Louis Armstrong; it’s just really cool. Six Highlights From the Black Film Archive 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The quartet that Shorter assembled around the turn of the new millennium was his first attempt as a bandleader to revisit and expand upon the all-things-must-explode m.o. of Davis’s 1960s quintet. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z As great as Miles Davis was, the fact that he didn’t talk to the audience isn’t something that’s going to translate to everyone. Chris Botti Plays His Trumpet, but No Holiday Music 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In this English adaptation by Rick Davis, three dancers portray all the roles, including the spoken lines, somewhat awkwardly. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Visiting him in an upstate New York rehab centre, Tyson took along sketch pads and coloured pencils; when Davis emerged, he was in the grip of another, more benign habit, one that never left him. Art ? Miles Davis's last addiction 2010-12-09T22:28:00Z Dunn claimed he acted in self-defense, testifying he thought he saw a firearm pointed at him from the SUV as Davis yelled insults at him and the argument escalated. Fla. man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting 2014-02-16T01:11:57Z Mr. Shaoul, 47, is an associate focusing on corporate law at Davis, Graham & Stubbs, a Denver law firm. Jessica Liebeskind, Edward Shaoul 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Johnny K. Davis, 47, is commander of the 3rd U.S. ‘We are the face of the Army’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The film will be based on the firsthand account of former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, with a screenplay by Matt Charman, writer of the upcoming Steven Spielberg Cold War thriller "Bridge of Spies." Mark Wahlberg, CBS making Boston Marathon bombing film 'Patriots' Day' 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Viola Davis is known for sporting a voluminous Afro on the red carpet. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Angela Davis said Saturday her husband died at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., on Friday afternoon after being in the hospital almost a month battling liver disease. Bassist from '60s band MC5 dies at age 68 2012-02-19T03:46:08Z And interest in it could pay off in more visibility for Davis himself, who may be the least well known of the great living American composers, but whose career is ripe for attention and reassessment. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Davis recently expressed frustration with the lack of female roles in the film and TV industry. Geena Davis to produce documentary about Hollywood gender inequality 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z In a seeming disconnect, only one best actress nominee, Viola Davis of “The Help,” appeared in a film nominated for best picture. The Carpetbagger: Nine Films Vie for Best Picture 2012-01-24T14:27:35Z “We are not Italy and we are not China, which are filled with distinct culinary styles and regions,” Mr. Davis said. The James Beard Awards Redraws Its Map 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “They shouldn’t really hide the fact that there’s homeless people here,” Davis said. Sleeping out on the streets of Windsor: Royal fans join the homeless 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “He had a connection I wasn’t aware of,” Mr. Davis said. Adding a New Name to the Canon in Clay: Doyle Lane 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The lower Crawford, Davis and their enablers and frenemies stoop to get under an opponent’s skin, the more outrageously fantastic the series gets. With “Feud: Bette and Joan,” a Hollywood rivalry for the ages becomes an epic TV experience 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z As someone who rarely misses any of Mr. Davis’s performances, Ms. Simpson said that his proposal was among his worst. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z This short story collection, which came out in April, is a book for grown-ups, by Man Booker International Prize- and MacArthur grant-winner Davis. Read to Your Baby, Say Doctors — But Which Books? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z For instance, the smile on Taylor’s face as she contemplates how badly Davis missed her after she left him. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ Review: A Complicated Artist 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “I can always tell you all apart,” Mr. Stewart recalled Mr. Davis as saying, imitating his raspy voice. Chuck Stewart, Jazz Photographer, Dies at 89; You’ve Seen His Album Covers 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Both Robbie and Davis embrace their formulaic roles with energy, but neither has enough to do. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z He teamed with the bassist Ron Carter and the drummer Tony Williams, alumni of the Miles Davis Quintet, to form the Great Jazz Trio in 1976. Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91 2010-05-17T15:40:00Z “It’s taking it on yourself to do things, and not waiting for a system that never loved you or treated you well to come around miraculously,” said Mr. Davis. Going Hyperlocal, Filmmakers Explore the Pain of Racism 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Davis suggests insulating small pots and preventing them from being blown over by putting them into a larger pot and filling the gaps between with mulch. How to protect your potted plants from winter’s chill 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z He knocks on Davis’s door, gets a punch in the face for his troubles, then darts past Davis and locks the jazzman out of his own home. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “The only time she ever said she didn’t want to do something was when she saw an elephant on the set and ran up to her office,” Ms. Davis recalled. Madelyn Pugh Davis, Writer for ?I Love Lucy,? Dies at 90 2011-04-21T21:33:52Z In Kentucky, a statue of Davis in the state Capitol building in Frankfort became the subject of public debate over whether officials should have it removed. Thomas Jefferson statue incites debate at Mizzou 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Director Eric Schaeffer has overseen some trims to Luther Davis’s book so that the show comes in at a sleek hour and 45 minutes. Review | This revival of ‘Grand Hotel’ offers only cold comfort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Davis introduced Houston, a young woman with a scintillating voice, more than two decades ago at his annual pre-Grammy soiree. Pre-Grammy gala celebrates Whitney Houston's life 2012-02-12T11:38:08Z There are soft abstractions by D.C. colorists Tom Downing and Howard Mehring, and a picture made by Gene Davis before stripes became his field. Review | In the galleries: Tehran doesn’t reveal itself readily 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z They play in various configurations across the 10 tracks, almost all Davis originals. Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Beyond her arguments on the senate floor, Ms. Davis made a case for athletic shoes in the workplace. On the Runway Blog: State Senator Makes a Fashion Statement 2013-07-03T18:43:02Z At the time, Davis was looking for “a deep African-American grove, with a lot of emphasis on drums and rhythm,” as he put it in his autobiography. Pete Cosey, Guitarist With Miles Davis, Dies at 68 2012-06-06T17:54:46Z But Mr. Davis’s fresh, fascinating approach has many rewards. Alt-Verdi: ?Otello,? Differently 2010-12-24T14:54:24Z Starring as Winner, Emily Davis, too, is making her Broadway debut. Their Downtown Hits Are Now Sharing a Broadway Stage 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z A velvety unison duet with Mr. Davis is so soft, so downy, it seems they’re being swept along by a cloud. Savion Glover Dances in ‘OM’ at the Joyce Theater 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z After a work session with the director Will Davis and a callback — in which, Mr. Cantler said, Ms. Caldwell “took control of that room” — they offered her the part. To Play Transgender, Sandra Caldwell Had to Open Up About Who She Is 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Lee retains its central triangle and some details, while making it his own by, for instance, changing the Miles Davis music. Review: In ‘Burning,’ Love Ignites a Divided World 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Nicks has always been candid about her makeup, her clothes, and what Davis calls her “overripe” state, referring to the weight she gained while addicted to Klonopin. Review | Stevie Nicks: A story of big music, big egos and big hair 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Even as Davis walked onto her Birmingham stage to a standing ovation, Omar was batting off a call for her resignation from none other than President Trump. Angela Davis is beloved, detested, misunderstood. What can a lifelong radical teach the resistance generation? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Winner is played by the phenomenal actor Emily Davis, who bears a striking similarity to the real-life Winner: both are droll blondes with South Texas roots. An F.B.I. Interrogation Becomes the Verbatim Script of a Play 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z He became connected with the Washington Color School through his friendship with Davis, who died in 1985. Paul Reed, Washington Color School painter, dies at 96 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z I drove out to the hot springs to hear their side of the story, and spoke to Diana Davis, the office manager, who said that the attacks were unfair. After Oregon Standoff, Birding Is Back 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis, who often said that he considered dance an agent of social change, performed, choreographed, taught and otherwise evangelized for the dances of Africa and the African diaspora for more than a half-century. Chuck Davis, Who Brought African Dance Traditions to America, Dies at 80 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z For a sizeable portion of the jazz citizenry it was one of Davis’s more garish heresies in a late career full of them. Music Review: Marcus Miller Gets More From a Miles Davis Model 2010-06-23T21:09:00Z Clinton will also appear to salute Lucy McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, who was fatally shot at the age of 17 in what became known as the “loud music” case. TV highlights: ‘The Good Wife’ series finale on CBS 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The 42-year-old Davis says he was driving May 17 when he spotted the panhandler and reached out of his vehicle to give the man a couple of dollars, but the money dropped. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z Joan Crawford had cemented her status as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, and Bette Davis was still considered the greatest actor Hollywood had ever seen. With “Feud: Bette and Joan,” a Hollywood rivalry for the ages becomes an epic TV experience 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Similarly vibrant paintings and lithographs dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter or Mary Lou Williams use geometric patterns and bright, acid color to pay homage to avant-garde and experimental black musicians. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z In an interview with The New Yorker in 2020, Mr. Davis was asked if he thought Los Angeles might experience another wave of violence. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Davis, the project’s lead designer, said clouds were a big inspiration for the structure. National Children’s Museum to offer kids a climb into the clouds 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In 1968 she finished her first album, and Mr. Davis thought that its single “Piece of My Heart” was too long and didn’t repeat the chorus enough. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z The operas of Anthony Davis — the recipient of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Music for “The Central Park Five” — are sonically audacious and politically pointed. Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis is similarly affecting as Tom finds his own guilt over the chain of events manifesting itself in ghostly form. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Rajiv Joseph?s Play at the Mark Taper Forum 2010-05-14T23:58:00Z She idolized Jane Goodall, studied zoology at the University of Georgia and received her doctorate in animal behavior from the University of California, Davis. Questions About An Unsolved Murder Linger Over ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis and other insightful Berlioz conductors have balanced excitement with restraint. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z Davis first grabbed the attention of Gervais and Merchant while performing in an episode of "Extras." Ricky Gervais says new project packed with laughs 2010-06-17T01:02:00Z Davis: We curse on the site because we curse in real life. World Chefs: Profanity-filled 'Thug Kitchen' cookbook urges healthy eating 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Davis combined realist figuration with touches of painterliness and color that added a resonant symbolism and elegiac calm to his scenes of almost-everyday African-American life. The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z "There's a tendency to cast women of color in roles that are nurturing, likable, earthy and maternal," says Davis. Unlike Oscars, 2015 Emmys have diverse shows, actors to recognize 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z While we do not know who will take home the gold statue on Sunday, it is undeniable that Davis and Day gave two of the most mesmerizing performances of the year. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Patti Stanger, whose 8th season of Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker premiered in December thinks that Davis is on to something as “religion is the number one deal breaker” in relationships. Meet The Jewish Matchmaker of Your Grandmother's Dreams 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The other presence is the towering trumpeter Miles Davis, the laconic voice of a jazz vanguard that succeeded Armstrong. Theater Review: Louis Armstrong Reminisces in ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ 2014-03-21T00:30:14Z As difficult as Davis was — and Mr. Cheadle’s film doesn’t shy away from this — he didn’t pressure his bandmates to dress a certain way. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z "I like what it has to say," remarks Davis and, in paraphrasing McCartney himself, "Love…what's wrong with that?" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension on reinterpreting Beatles songs for today 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Watching Davis onstage is like watching a whirling dervish. 'Once' star Elizabeth A. Davis celebrates Tony nod 2012-05-10T11:18:10Z Although the script focuses primarily on relationships between powerful men and subservient women, Davis said, it does offer hints that attitudes were due to change. Do you love ‘Love Actually’? Then here's everything you need to know about ‘Love Actually Live’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z After returning to the podium a few times for bows, Mr. Davis signaled the players to leave the stage with him. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z In his resignation letter to Scientologist chief spokesperson Tommy Davis, Haggis said he had repeatedly asked the organisation to condemn its San Diego branch's "public sponsorship" of Proposition 8, without success. Paul Haggis received 'troubling' and 'angry' emails after quitting Scientology 2011-02-24T14:14:31Z I could watch Bette Davis and company crack wise any day. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Echols, who now lives in New York, is publishing “Yours for Eternity,” a collection of the correspondence he and his wife, Lorri Davis, exchanged while he was in prison. West Memphis Three Inspire Yet Another Film, ‘Devil’s Knot’ 2014-05-07T14:13:32Z It’s also an acting tour de force by Essie Davis, as a single mom who could really use some sleep. The Best Movies That Didn't Get Nominated for Any Oscars This Year 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Fun Fact: This is the first year that two African-American women, Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson, have been nominated in this category. Emmys 2015 Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z "We no longer want to see a statue that glorifies the values of Jefferson Davis, who while leading the Confederacy, owned a plantation with over 100 slaves," the petition states. Jefferson Davis statue deemed racist to be relocated at UT Austin 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Fertile’s delivery is an ambiguous miracle: both because of the large quantity of babies, and how Davis and Fertile perform an uncertain womanhood. The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Gender, race, crime and politics are all subjects touched on in the movie, which stars Oscar winner Viola Davis, “Fast and Furious” star Michelle Rodriguez and “The Night Manager” actress Elizabeth Debicki. Director Steve McQueen says `Widows' not just a heist movie 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The American speedskating team is led by Shani Davis, the first African-American to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Mute’ and ‘Ugly Delicious’ 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Peeling off the stencil, Williams revealed a ghostly image: the silhouette of Davis, arm extended and fingers bent. A university gallery showed art with Confederate imagery. Then students called to remove it. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The museum owns 800 pieces by Edward Valentine, the sculptor of the Davis statue and a brother of the museum’s founder. For Richmond, a Compelling New Chapter 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z But the Miles Davis Quintet had basically just completed liftoff at the end of 1965. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z Mr. Davis, also 28, is a senior strategy associate in Atlanta for the food-delivery business of Uber Technologies, developing growth and operating plans. Stewart Long, William Davis 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The Movie Stand-up comic Billy Wayne Davis talks with everyday Americans to see what liberty means to them in this new documentary. Saturday's TV highlights, weekend talk: 'Family for Christmas' and more 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The most notable exception was Marcus Allen, the star Raider running back whose largely unexplained feud with Davis lasted for well over a decade and apparently went unresolved. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Viola Davis making her way to the stage at the Critics’ Choice Awards. The Carpetbagger: Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and a Game of Musical Chairs 2012-01-13T16:23:12Z This era began with Coltrane’s decision to reorient Davis’s conception of “modal jazz” — that is, pieces that stay on a single chord for an entire section — to his own ends. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. The financial and emotional support Davis received from her second husband, Jeff, is the type of support most people in committed relationships expect from their partners, and hardly counts as gold digging. The right’s single-mom mistake: Why their latest attacks are clueless and doomed 2014-01-28T12:44:00Z Comparing his influence to that of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie on Miles Davis, Chappelle spoke directly to Woods: “I was trying to play like you,” he said. He Helped Make Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Fill-in right guard made a nice block and Davis had another good one to spring Forte. 10 thoughts on Bears' loss to Saints 2011-09-19T11:23:00Z Mr. Wadud clinched some of these chamber music ambitions in the 1980s as part of a stellar trio with Mr. Davis and the flutist and composer James Newton. Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “We don’t want any time of year for this garden to not have something going on,” Davis says. Like it was ‘made in heaven’: a secret garden in the suburbs offers an Asian-style landscape “It was the first time I had quail, and it was delicious,” says Davis, who just retired from the military after 10 years. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Paired with Davis, he gets to work with funnier lines and flaunt an impressive level of chemistry. At long last, "The Long Kiss Goodnight" is getting the holiday affection it deserves 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Music mogul Clive Davis, who launched and shepherded her career throughout the decades, may speak, along with Kevin Costner, her co-star in the blockbuster film "The Bodyguard." Family and friends gather for Houston goodbye 2012-02-18T11:50:15Z The film, set in Chicago and starring Oscar winner Viola Davis, follows four women left in debt by their criminal husbands who decide to turn to robbery to get back on their feet. Female-led 'Widows' reinvents the heist film 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z By day, Davis is a professional gardener, living in Albemarle County near the town of, appropriately, North Garden. The underrated beauty of moths 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Recently, Davis caused waves when she told the New York Times that she had some regrets about one of her most commercially successful roles to date, maid Aibileen Clark in The Help. Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Yet Davis, unwilling to conceive earnestness of purpose without sternness of mien, reduces the role of Jesus to intent glowering. “Mary Magdalene,” Reviewed: A Sludgy, Trivial Attempt at Revisionist Christian History 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Davis acknowledges that casting the daughter of movie stars might look crass or cynical. Do you love ‘Love Actually’? Then here's everything you need to know about ‘Love Actually Live’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Commentators marveled at Davis, calling her a hero and a class act. Lonnae O’Neal: A black girl, a white guy and an inexplicable tweet 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Just weeks ago, Viola Davis scooped up her Emmy for “How to Get Away With Murder,” making her the first black woman to take home the trophy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. How Gina Rodriguez sees herself 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “We’re going to miss your energy, the big smile you graced me and so many with through the years, we’ll keep you forever in our hearts,” Morvan tweeted Friday, of Davis. John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli, dies at 66 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, Davis lost track of where the man ends and the myth begins. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Hope Davis and Scott Cohen star in "Allegiance," about a CIA analyst who learns his parents are former Russian agents being called back into service. Fox orders TV shows from Lee Daniels, Spielberg 2014-05-07T13:01:52Z For years after the shootout, Davis has spoken publically about having witnessed Shakur's death from inside the car where the shots were fired. Witness to Tupac Shakur shooting indicted on murder charge 27 years after the rapper's death 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z It didn't hurt that Davis looks like a model. 'Once' star Elizabeth A. Davis celebrates Tony nod 2012-05-10T11:18:10Z Davis was extremely hurt and retaliated by publishing a second memoir. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 3: Mommy Knows Best. Or Maybe Not. 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z In the press room backstage, Ms. Davis said she would be practicing her loser face all weekend, in advance of the Golden Globes on Sunday, when she is up for best actress in a drama. The Carpetbagger: Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and a Game of Musical Chairs 2012-01-13T16:23:12Z Davis once said he preferred to think of himself as a painter rather than an artist, and the 27 canvases here — which Ms. Molesworth selected and installed according to palette — back him up. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z In Ms. Mazzoli’s “Salt,” Ms. Beiser was joined by Ms. Davis, a singer whose range and color palette vie with that of a cello. Music Review: Maya Beiser in ‘Elsewhere’ at BAM 2012-10-18T21:51:15Z “It would behoove America to know about us better,” Davis said. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The MCC Theater production, directed by Will Davis, is similarly earnest and awkward. Review: In ‘Charm,’ Challenges Emily Post Never Dreamed Of 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Inspired by Miss Davis, I went on to acting school, though I didn’t last long there. His correspondence with Bette Davis gave him strength, until it didn’t 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Davis said it was already doing well in Korea and the US with sales at its two New York stores up 100%. Mulberry bags reports sales rise of 80% 2010-10-07T19:30:00Z Mr. Cheadle, who also plays piano, saxophone and drums, is developing a movie about Miles Davis. Television: ?House of Lies,? Comedy About Consultants With Don Cheadle 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z “I adore space,” Davis wrote in her autobiography, The Lonely Life. Leading Ladies 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z “I said, ‘Whitney, are you pinching yourself?’ and she said ‘Yeah, Clive, I’m pinching myself,’” Mr. Davis said. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Dean presented them to Mr. Davis at the Grammy awards as a gesture of appreciation for helping him start his own label, Full Surface Records, years earlier. A Quieter Side of Swizz Beatz 2012-09-28T19:46:44Z A July 2018 report, commissioned by Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, called in particular for the possible replacement of the Davis monument, as “the most unabashedly Lost Cause” in its design and message. Perspective | What to do when the Confederate statues come down? Leave the pedestals empty. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The first will focus on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. American Crime Story to cover Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, reports say 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Davis’s mercurial temperament is the fulcrum of “Miles Ahead,” which focuses on the trumpeter’s unhinged quest to recover a stolen tape of his last recording session. Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z It is hard to connect any of this – which is, actually, at the mainstream end of Davis's comedy – with the attentive, open-faced 45-year-old woman, seated carefully on a sofa at the Soho Hotel in London. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z Davis’s eyes, limpid and expressive, flash from wariness to sorrow, then back. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z |
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