Friday, July 12, 2024
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Leaders of two performing arts festivals said Thursday that they would gladly give up their grants if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis restores the $32 million in state funding he…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 6, 2024
By ANDREW DALTON Nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,” Alec Baldwin is going on trial over her death. Her…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:01AMWednesday, July 3, 2024
A performance of the Broadway musical “Suffs” was briefly disrupted Tuesday when protesters unfurled a banner with the slogan “Suffs Is a White Wash” and chants of “Cancel ‘Suffs.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 01:35PMSaturday, June 29, 2024
By JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR The movie year, jumbled a bit by 2023’s strikes, might feel like it’s only just getting going. The box office is, finally, booming thanks to “Inside Out …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMBy The Associated Press Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and country music star Zach Bryan releasing a new studio album are some of the new te…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 21, 2024
What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course. For some, it's a place of love. For others, it's fraught with trouble. For too many, it's an elusive concept. A show at t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, June 18, 2024
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that singer Justin Timberlake has been arrested and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island. The official sai…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:16AMSaturday, June 15, 2024
By The Associated Press The debut of “Echoes,” a sequel series to “Orphan Black,” and the documentary “Bread & Roses” looking at how Afghan women’s lives were impacted afte…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, June 12, 2024
Inspired by her beloved dog, Jennifer Aniston will soon become a children’s author. The “Friends” star has a four-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers and animation studio Invisible…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 1, 2024
A toddler in the West African country of Ghana has set the record as the world’s youngest male artist. Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, who will be 2 years old in July. His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eg…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 17, 2024
By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:06PMTuesday, May 14, 2024
This year’s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any in recent memory.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:58PMTuesday, April 30, 2024
A total of 28 shows earned a Tony Award nomination or more Tuesday, with the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” and the play “Stereophonic” each earning a leading 13 nods.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:08PMSunday, April 21, 2024
Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.
SOURCE: npr.org at 07:24PMTuesday, January 23, 2024
The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. The nominees for best picture are: “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Killers of the Flowe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:06AMThursday, December 28, 2023
Renowned South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a car crash, his family said. He was best known for creating the hit "Sarafina!," which premiered on Broadway in 1988.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:18AMWednesday, December 27, 2023
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on the first Sunday in January with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort. The sh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:31AMMonday, December 18, 2023
Jonathan Majors, who attended the Yale School of Drama, was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:02PMSaturday, October 14, 2023
The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after it received a written threat. A Louvre official said no incident has been reported or anyone hurt…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:08AMFriday, October 13, 2023
During the pandemic, a friend sent Sharon Stone a paint-by-numbers set to keep her busy, a gesture that has led to a new path of creative expression. The actor has discovered a love of paint…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:26PMTuesday, September 26, 2023
The pioneering Black portrait artist Barkley L. Hendricks loved to visit the Frick Collection in New York, where he admired its Old Master European works by artists like Rembrandt and Van Dy…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:21PMFriday, September 15, 2023
McGrath was in over a dozen Broadway shows including “Plaza Suite,” “She Loves Me,” “Tootsie" and “Spamalot” as well as on television as the sidekick to Martin Short on “The …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:50PMHugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman have decided to end their marriage after 27 years and two children.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:29PMWednesday, September 13, 2023
Stars including Sara Bareilles, Cynthia Erivo, Josh Groban, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt will perform Monday at a fundraiser for President Joe Biden.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:25PMThursday, August 31, 2023
Norwalk native Sarah Andersen is one of three artists who are seeking to protect their copyrights and careers by suing makers of AI tools that can generate new imagery on command.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:27AMMonday, July 24, 2023
“Barbie” didn’t just break the opening weekend record for 2023; It also shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman. With $162 million in ticket sales from North …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” has died after a motorcycle crash in Vermont. Vermont Stat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:08PMMonday, June 12, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed …
SOURCE: andscape.com at 03:01PMTom Holland must like to test himself because even though he's built a reputation as one of the Marvel stars with loose lips when it comes to spoilers, his new Apple TV+ series “The Crowde…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:38PMTony Awards history was made when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:55AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet sprang to life again Tuesday with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny De…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:12PM 
