Coming in May

Next Month: Oprah Winfrey, Just Deserts and Sunday with Barbara Stanwyck

Get to know Barbara Stanwyck with a revolving, new series in May. Miss Stanwyck, who improves nearly every movie, deserves attention. New articles will also examine former Chicago TV hostess Oprah Winfrey and Chicago-born dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse, who directed Cabaret, Pippin and Chicago. I’ll also remember a newspaper editor who countered, challenged and influenced me.

April featured baseball-themed articles including a review of Robert Redford in The Natural (1984), a Jackie Robinson Day review of the PBS documentary Jackie Robinson and my Opening Day review of Clemente, a bestselling biography of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ number 21, aptly described as Michelangelo’s David in a baseball uniform.

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Thursday with Robert Redford debuted for the paid subscriber. Other occasional features include Tie-In Tuesday, the occasional streaming or television Series Review, Friday with Fred Astaire and the monthly Book Review. I’ll introduce a new regular feature, Just Deserts, next month with a goal to render a measure of justice. You can read the first Barbara Stanwyck article later this week.

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—Scott Holleran, Editor & Publisher