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Sunday, February 16, 2025

2025 MUAHS Awards: Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild honors ‘The Substance,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘The Last Showgirl’ — and ‘SNL’ by Ray Richmond

The Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced its 12th Annual MUAHS Awards in 23 film, TV, music, and theater categories on Saturday night, honoring top Oscar contenders Th…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

2025 Artios Awards: Casting Society honors ‘Wicked,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Wild Robot’ by Ray Richmond

The Casting Society (CSA) announced its 40th Annual Artios Awards winners in feature film, television (scripted and unscripted), short films, commercials, and theater on Wednesday, honoring …

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

‘Wicked’ production designer Nathan Crowley: ‘I just wish we could do it all again’ by Ray Richmond

You might expect that a man who has been doing production and set design on feature films for more than 30 years would be a bit jaded, and that earning a seventh Academy Award nomination for…

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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Grammy Awards winners list in all 94 categories by Ray Richmond

Winners of the 2025 Grammys were announced on Sunday, Feb. 2. The gramophone trophies were doled out across two different ceremonies featuring 94 categories. Most of the awards went out duri…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Pamela Anderson on her improbable journey from ‘Baywatch’ to ‘The Last Showgirl’: ‘I needed to do something for my soul’ by Ray Richmond

This isn’t the way things were supposed to go for Pamela Anderson. As the 2020s dawned, she could reflect on a noteworthy career, from Playboy Playmate of the Month in February 1990 to pla…

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Friday, January 17, 2025

2025 ASC Awards nominations: ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked’ in cinematographers’ sights by Ray Richmond

The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Maria, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, and Wicked were cited in the marquee Theatrical Feature Film category as the American Society of Cinematographe…

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Liza Colón-Zayas (‘The Bear’) on the ‘dream come true’ of being on a show ‘that sticks to authenticity without any toxicity’ [Exclusive V by Ray Richmond

It still feels surreal to Liza Colón-Zayas that she’s finally made it – that she’s become the proverbial overnight success after more than 30 years of doing TV guest turns and off-Br…

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

You’re familiar with the EGOT? Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the EGGOCC by Ray Richmond

You may recall that this January, Sir Elton John became the 19th person ever to win the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) by claiming his first Emmy. But what you may be less famil…

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Ray Richmond: Oprah discusses taking her ‘The Color Purple’ journey full circle following Thursday night world premiere by Ray Richmond

They held a world premiere screening of the new film adaptation of the stage musical of “The Color Purple” Thursday night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, the kind of elec…

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Sunday, October 22, 2023

‘The Boys in the Boat’ trailer: First look at George Clooney’s film about the 1936 U.S. Olympic rowing team by Ray Richmond

Amazon MGM Studios has dropped the trailer that supplies the first look at director George Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat,” due in theaters Christmas Day, that tells the true story of…

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Apple Original Films releases third trailer for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ in runup to Friday premiere: ‘You’re gonna make trouble, make it by Ray Richmond

Continuing to build anticipation for the new Martin Scorsese-directed feature “Killers of the Flower Moon” that’s being released in theaters via Paramount Pictures this Friday, Apple O…

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Netflix drops new ‘Nyad’ featurette ahead of hotly-anticipated film’s launch in theaters this Friday [Exclusive] [WATCH] by Ray Richmond

Netflix this morning released a new featurette promoting its new biopic “Nyad” that debuts in theaters for a two-week window this Friday before streaming on Netflix beginning November 3.…

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

New Disney animated feature ‘Wish’ drops new trailer, reveals full voice cast in advance of November 22 premiere: ‘I started this – I have to by Ray Richmond

Disney Animation dropped a new trailer for its forthcoming animated musical comedy “Wish” featuring the voice of Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) and revealed a…

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

‘The Color Purple’ drops new featurette in advance of Christmas Day release by Ray Richmond

Warner Bros. Pictures has dropped a new featurette for the new edition of “The Color Purple,” the “bold new take on the beloved classic” that adapts the hit 2005 Broadway musical and…

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

‘Golda’ biopic starring Helen Mirren as the Israeli prime minister drops trailer by Ray Richmond

Helen Mirren’s controversial turn as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in the indie feature biopic “Golda” begins playing in U.S. theaters on August 24. In advance of the intern…

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Assessing this year’s Tony nominees for lead actress in a play by Ray Richmond

The Tony Awards are coming on Sunday. And while long-running classics like “The Phantom of the Opera” have recently closed, there’s a new crop of wonderful shows to enjoy. Perhaps the …

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Saturday, May 6, 2023

Ray Richmond: ChatGPT predicts how the writers strike will end – and how the threat of A.I. might impact negotiations by Ray Richmond

You might have noticed that a lot of the early talk surrounding the five-day-old strike by the Writers Guild of America is about ChatGPT and the possibility of artificial intelligence suppla…

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Apple TV+ musical-comedy hit ‘Schmigadoon!’ moves from comedy series to scripted variety series category by Ray Richmond

“Schmigadoon!”, the popular Apple TV+ musical-comedy that earned four Emmy nominations (and a win for original music and lyrics) for its first season last year, is moving from Best Comed…

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington set for Netflix feature adaptation of ‘The Piano Lesson’ by Ray Richmond

Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler and John David Washington are set to lead the cast of the Netflix feature film adaptation of the August Wilson classic play “The Piano Lesson,” fres…

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

Hank Azaria, Sutton Foster, Darren Criss and others to guest on fifth and final season of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ by Ray Richmond

Longtime “Simpsons” voice Hank Azaria, Broadway superstar Sutton Foster, Darren Criss, Danny Strong, Sean Gunn and David Paymer will be featured as guest stars on the fifth and final se…

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Monday, April 3, 2023

James Corden reflects on the end of ‘The Late Late Show’ and what he’ll do next (hint: nothing) during PaleyFest event by Ray Richmond

An emotional and reflective James Corden bid his fans and television farewell – at least for now – during a PaleyFest LA event Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood a few weeks …

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre