Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lack direction, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad, heads for the end zone.

The zoo said the tortoise named Othello was humanely euthanized on April 8 due to declining health from a gastrointestinal issue. Zoo staff said they didn’t know Othello’s exact age ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo announced Thursday that one of its oldest animals had died. Othello, a centenarian Aldabra giant tortoise, was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to declining ...

As Othello’s doomed wife Desdemona ... whose maidservant Emilia appropriately blends into the background — until bursting forth in fire-breathing fashion when her husband Iago has done ...

“Othello,” unique among Shakespeare’s tragedies ... And the climactic scene set in Desdemona’s bedchamber is prefaced by florid background music that Douglas Sirk would have dismissed ...