When a former campaign volunteer last month accused Scott Stringer of sexual harassment, his wife said she “didn’t even question” whether the allegations could be true.
“I know him,” said Elyse Buxbaum, in an exclusive joint sit-down interview with the Forward. “I’ve known him for 15-plus years. It’s just not even who he is.”
But not everyone believed Stringer, 61, who was once considered the progressive choice in the crowded June 22 Democratic mayoral primary and remains the only Jewish candidate among the eight frontrunners in the race to succeed Bill de Blasio.
After Jean Kim said he had repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances toward her, several progressive groups and politicians dropped their support for Stringer, who described a “consensual” relationship with Kim when he was in his forties and she was 30.
Leonardo da Vinci, as played by Aidan Turner in new period drama
Leonardo, is a man out of his time. He imagines the world from above, sees pioneering cinematic compositions on blank walls, designs war machines that will not be fully realised by other minds until centuries later. Yet this Leonardo is also erratic, and hamstrung by his quest for perfection.
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It is true that the painter often delayed and procrastinated, taking years to complete many of his famous works and leaving countless more unfinished. Bringing humanity to the universally accepted fact of Leonardo’s genius is a new drama, written by Frank Spotnitz and Steve Thompson. But how do you create a 21st-century drama that conveys the ground-breaking nature of Leonardo’s work?
Leonardo, which depicts world-famous painter da Vinci as queer, is premiering on Amazon Prime Video this month.
The eight-part series, which stars
Poldark heartthrob Aidan Turner as the renaissance artist, is streaming on Prime Video from Friday, 16 April.
It will tell the story of the 15th-century Italian artist’s career, his personal life including his relationships with other men, as well as his relationship with his father and his muse Caterina da Cremona. In one scene, da Vinci makes out with a younger male model, before the camera cuts away to the authorities, who are tipped off about the passionate clinch.
Leonardo. Production still courtesy of Amazon Prime.
A TV series about the life and career of Leonardo da Vinci will be the latest period piece to hit Amazon Prime, the streaming service that disappointingly shows
Bosch, which is somehow not about the Dutch Old Master Hieronymus.
Fortunately, there will be no such confusion surrounding
Leonardo although the plot does revolve around the artist becoming a lead suspect in a murder case in Milan, where he famously painted
The Last Supper. Beyond this fictitious framing device, each episode will also feature the creation of one of his masterpieces.
Irish actor Aiden Turner, who played the title character in the BBC series
Monday, 15th March 2021 at 1:29 pm
As if 2020 wasn’t miserable enough, Poldark fans also had to endure their first year since the smash-hit period drama ended, meaning a distinct lack of Aidan Turner in the schedules.
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Fortunately, that won’t be the case for too much longer as the former Being Human star is preparing to launch his latest series: a mysterious drama inspired by the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
The show has been in the works for quite some time after suffering a pandemic-related delay, but has finally found a home on Amazon Prime Video and will be with us next month.