The surest way to go wrong adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is to treat it too reverently. There's no chance of that happening with Baz Luhrmann's new version, which promises to be, well, Luhrmann-esque-an explosion of pop music, visual exuberance, and operatic passion. Leonardo DiCaprio plays self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan is his adored Daisy Buchanan, whose voice is "full of money." So is this lavish production-also starring Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, and Isla Fisher-which Warner Bros. hopes will have audiences roaring their pleasure with the Roaring Twenties.
We're marking our calendars, booking our tickets, and setting our DVRs: here, the dance performances, films, exhibits, novels, shows, and more that we're anticipating most in the year ahead.
Charles McDonald and Nate Tice's latest mock draft has five quarterbacks off the board in the top 13, a big-time weapon for Aaron Rodgers and some steals in the second half of the first round.
One common thread runs between Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun's departure and the death knell for GE next week: Jack Welch. Veteran financial journalist Allan Sloan notes that of the CEOs Welch mentored, four succeeded while 13 failed.