US theaterReviewGolden theatre, New York Edward Albee’s psychodrama spells out the crueller fortunes of life for three ages of the same woman, leavened with some comic sympathy Existential dread comes very well-upholstered in the Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s dismaying and luxurious Three Tall Women. This is probably Albee’s most personal play, a barbed-wire wreath laid at the grave of his adoptive mother, but he has filtered his experience through an absurdist lens.

‘Seeing my children living in a house like that – I can’t put that into words’ … Kevin and Dee outside their new £3m house. Photograph: Mark Field Photography/Omaze‘Seeing my children living in a house like that – I can’t put that into words’ … Kevin and Dee outside their new £3m house. Photograph: Mark Field Photography/OmazeHomesCompanies that offer lottery-like wins – houses, cars and cash prizes – have taken off recently.

CubaObituaryVilma Espín GuilloisA central figure in the Castro revolution and the reorganising of Cuban societyVilma Espín, who has died in Havana at the age of 77 after a long illness, was the most prominent surviving woman revolutionary in Cuba, both in her own right and as the wife of Raúl Castro, the younger brother of Fidel Castro and currently the country's acting president. An organiser of the civilian resistance to the Batista dictatorship in Santiago de Cuba in the 1950s, Espín became the formidable founding president of the Federation of Cuban Women in 1960, remaining in charge for more than 40 years.

Film blogKate WinsletWhy has Oprah endorsed Kate Winslet's breasts?Never mind the awards, it's the actor's chest that has transfixed Oprah Winfrey. Halle Berry, too. Why the fascination?Much of the real world may have it in for Kate Winslet after her embarrassing Golden Globes acceptance speeches, but the celebrity aristocracy have naturally rallied round. Except they're fixated on another set of globes in Winslet's possession (copyright: every tabloid). On Tuesday, in the course of an interview with the actor on her chat show, Oprah Winfrey launched into a panegyric about Winslet's breasts.

FictionReviewThe shadow of the Southern Gothic imbues this debut novel with a subtle sense of foreboding August, the eponymous hero of Callan Wink’s debut novel, receives his fair share of unwanted advice. Mostly from other men, mostly about women. He does his level best to forget it all and strike out on his own. Like Wink’s previous stories, August is set in the open expanse of the American midwest. It begins on the family dairy farm and follows characters from his short story “Breatharians” – teenage August, father Darwin, and mother Bonnie.