5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.
June 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
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A scene from Catherine Chen’s “Yuan Yuan and the Hollow Monster,” one of the films streaming for this year’s KidsFilmFest, which starts on Friday.Credit. Catherine Chen
Beauty pageants unlike any you’ve ever seen. Supernatural creatures from folklore. A disposable coffee cup in love.
These are just a few of the subjects in KidsFilmFest, an international slate of short cinematic adventures that this year, like last, will be shown entirely online. For $10, families can view the two programs, which are presented by the Brooklyn Film Festival, any time from noon on Friday to 10 p.m. Eastern time on June 13. Streaming on CineSend, each series eight titles for ages 3 to 7, and nine for ages 8 to 15 will be followed by a recorded discussion with filmmakers.
Paul Rudnick‘s “Playing The Palace” has been years in the making. The Novel follows a New York City event planner named Carter Ogden who unexpectedly sparks .
NEW YORK Paul Rudnick has written a romantic comedy with a royal twist. In “Playing the Palace,” the playwright, screenwriter and novelist has a witty, engaging book about two unlikely lovers: A Jewish man from New Jersey and the crown prince of England. “I’ve never written an all-out romantic comedy like this,” says Rudnick,…
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This combination of photos shows writer Paul Rudnick at the opening night performance of the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman in New York on March 15, 2012, left, and the cover image for his new book Playing the Palace. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, left, and Berkley via AP) May 25, 2021 - 9:06 AM
NEW YORK (AP) â Paul Rudnick has written a romantic comedy with a royal twist.
In âPlaying the Palace,â the playwright, screenwriter and novelist has a witty, engaging book about two unlikely lovers: A Jewish man from New Jersey and the crown prince of England.
âIâve never written an all-out romantic comedy like this,â says Rudnick, who put the finishing touches to the manuscript during the pandemic. âIt was so much fun to live in that world and to just try a complete celebration without a whole lot of trauma.â
Writer Paul Rudnick scores with a witty, regal romance novel
MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer
May 25, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) Paul Rudnick has written a romantic comedy with a royal twist.