Character actor, son of Mexican star, appeared in 'Zorro'
Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr., a near constant presence on screens big and small for more than four decades, died Monday of eye cancer in New York City. Read More...
‘It’s alive!’ Boris Karloff in 1931’s Frankenstein. Photograph: Universal/AllstarWith Emma Stone lined up to play a female version of the monster in Poor Things, we rate a century’s worth of cinema inspired by Shelley’s novel
by Anne Billson20. Blackenstein (1973)Doctor Stein injects “DNA solution” into an African American multiple amputee (he is a Vietnam veteran), but there is an “RNA problem” and things go horribly wrong. This Blaxploitation attempt to do for Frankenstein what Blacula did for Dracula edges into this list only because its sheer ineptitude entertained me more than competently filmed snoozefests such as Victor Frankenstein and I, Frankenstein. Read More...
American tennis professional Shelby Rogers is one of the most athletic players on the WTA Tour. She has twice reached the quarterfinals in Grand Slam tournaments, the 2016 French Open, and the 2020 US Open. Rogers also has many wins against top-ranked players such as Ashleigh Barty (No.1, US Open 2021), Simona Halep (No.4, Australian Open 2017), and Serena Williams (No.9, Top Seed Open 2020).
Despite being on the Tour for over a decade, not many know about Rogers outside the tennis court. Read More...
