Parents furious after they’re banned from drinking at school events: ‘Being treated like children’

Parents furious after they’re banned from drinking at school events: ‘Being treated like children’

Dozens of students at Catholic high schools in Sydney, Australia, have been banned from bringing a date to their year 12 formal under a new policy, sparking “huge uproar.” Under the rules, which apply to the 147 schools within the city’s Catholic archdiocese, parents will also be forbidden from drinking alcohol at end-of-year celebrations. Released … Read more

‘Doubt’ writer John Patrick Shanley gets advice from Bugs Bunny

‘Doubt’ writer John Patrick Shanley gets advice from Bugs Bunny

Playwright John Patrick Shanley likes to run ideas past the people who populated his youth growing up in the Bronx. But one of his regular helpers isn’t even human. “I definitely confer with Bugs Bunny,” the Tony Award and Oscar winner told The Post. Shanley, 73, thinks the tricky rabbit exemplifies New York attitude. “He … Read more

How Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ was influenced by her Catholic school roots

How Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ was influenced by her Catholic school roots

“Barbie” has been blessed. Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated pink-filled comedy “Barbie” has finally driven its magenta-colored convertible into theaters. The movie is chock-full of religious motifs and allusions — thanks to the filmmaker’s past experiences at St. Francis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento, California. “In the movie, like, when it starts, she’s … Read more