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☆ Did Griselda Blanco actually kill all 3 of her husbands?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's what happened to Alberto Bravo — and Blanco's other two husbands — in real life. Blanco had three sons with her first husband, Carlos TrujilloBlanco's three oldest sons Uber, Dixon, and Ozzy in "Griselda." He's long gone by the time the show picks up, with Blanco fleeing Colombia after the death of her second husband, Alberto Bravo. The two were divorced by the late 1960s after having three sons; Blanco reportedly had Trujillo murdered over a "business dispute" in the 1970s. Blanco's second husband, Alberto Bravo, was shot and killedBlanco's second husband Alberto Bravo appears in the first episode of the Netflix series.

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☆ Tod Browning’s Spooky Silent Films
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema’ Review: Beyond Bergman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Apple Music Classical’s Common-Sense Streaming
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Pity the classical-music fan in the age of streaming, an arts lover forever trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. From jumbled search results to incomplete listings, the experience of finding what one wanted to hear has been annoyingly chaotic. The release earlier this week of a dedicated classical-music app from Apple suggests that a new era is about to begin, at least in terms of ease of use. Searches for conductors, instrumentalists, singers and ensembles are also much easier, though not everything is ordered in the most logical way. Take, for example, a 10-volume series of recordings by the esteemed Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz , which at this moment appears mystifyingly out of numerical sequence.

☆ ‘From Hollywood to the World’ Review: José Iturbi, Movie-Star Pianist
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

José Iturbi (foreground) with his sister and fellow musician, AmparoJosé Iturbi ’s name may spark some vague recognition in those of a certain age, though most likely as a cultural figure lauded by previous generations. Iturbi, who died at age 84 in 1980, was a celebrated Spanish pianist and conductor who migrated into Hollywood movies in the 1940s, when he simultaneously held a coveted recording contract with RCA that endured for 20 years, starting in the mid-1930s. But though beloved by many, he never quite entered the pantheon of musicians whose names still resound.

☆ Analysis: Bankman-Fried's bid to shift blame complicated by new charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Former FTX technology chief Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, formerly the CEO of Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research hedge fund, had each previously pleaded guilty and are cooperating. Bankman-Fried previously pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at Alameda. The 31-year-old former billionaire and his lawyers have suggested they will attempt to shift blame onto Ellison and dispute her expected testimony at his Oct. 2 trial. In unveiling the new charges in a superseding indictment, prosecutors dismissed the idea that Bankman-Fried was in the dark about his former colleagues' crimes. Despite the hurdles, experts said Bankman-Fried will still likely dispute that he knew former members of his inner circle were breaking the law, Kasten said.

☆ ‘Cinema’s First Nasty Women’ Review: The Defiant Dames of Silent Film
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Mai Zetterling: A Swedish Film Feminist
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail, but legal watchers are wondering: Where's ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison isn't named in prosecutors' charges against Sam Bankman-FriedBut the SEC's civil suit references her statements on the relationship between FTX and Alameda. Conspiracy charges and civil claims against SBF show others in the crosshairs, legal experts said. But her rise as CEO at Alameda, Bankman-Fried's other crypto company separate from FTX, may certainly put her in investigators' sights. The SEC's complaint on Tuesday claimed that Bankman-Fried "remained the ultimate decision-maker" at Alameda, even after Ellison took over the reins. Since Bankman-Fried's crypto empire began unraveling in November however, Ellison has stayed away from the public eye.

☆ Michael Haneke’s Still-Shocking Early Films
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Halloween Movies: Still Scary After All These Years
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘World Cinema Project Vol. 4’ Review: Films Outside Our Frame
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( David Mermelstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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