Critic’s Notebook: U.s. Opera Companies, Notably In Seattle, Face Money Trouble

In George Miller’s 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road—a sequel to the post-apocalyptic chronicle Miller kicked off in the late 1970s, with Mel Gibson as a scrappy lone warrior seeking to preserve some vestige of civilization—Charlize Theron played Imperator Furiosa, a one-armed nut-buster fixed on a single goal: to free a bevy of sex slaves kept by a mouth-breathing warlord named Immortan Joe, who also happened to be her old boss.

The dating scene in Center, Colo., a town of about 2,000 residents, is said to be pretty sparse. So when a local potato and barley farmer named Brandon Rogers decided he was ready to get hitched, he chose an option many young hopefuls do these days: reality TV. Rogers was one of four cowboy hat-wearing men courting potential mates on season two of FOX’s “Farmer Wants a Wife.” Like so many reality dating shows, the premise centers on single men in search of a woman to spend forever with.

I never had much sympathy for people when their dogs died. Animals come and go. We buy and sell them like property. When people went into mourning over their lost pets, tearing up, calling in sick at work, going on endlessly about the whole mess, I thought they were being dramatic. Then I got a dog. You know how this story ends.

Victoria Justice is speaking out amid the ongoing Dan Schneider controversy.  Though the Victorious alum—who started her career on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101—did not participate in the Quiet on Set:

Officially introducing the youngest Princess of the North. The name of the youngest of Sophie Turner and her ex Joe Jonas' two daughters has been revealed as Delphine. While the former couple, who

Olivia Rodrigo didn't give up, give up during her set. After all, the "Bad Idea" singer's major wardrobe malfunction didn't stop her from performing at her sold-out show in London May 14. During