Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Bryan Cranston took a moment to get political during Sunday night’s Tony Awards, blasting the president’s stance on the state of journalism. “The media is not the enemy of the people. …
Linked From Variety at 09:06AM“Hadestown” director Rachel Chavkin, who won her first Tony Award on Sunday night, used her acceptance speech to make a call for greater diversity and representation on Broadway. “Ther…
Linked From Variety at 09:06AMWednesday, April 3, 2019
Hakuna Matata, indeed. Disney debuted all-new footage of the highly anticipated remake at CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show in Las Vegas. The roughly five minute clip followed a yo…
Linked From Variety at 08:08PMJennifer Hudson delivered an anthemic rendition of “Memory” to cap Universal Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation on Wednesday. Universal and Working Title didn’t release any footage fro…
Linked From Variety at 03:31PMSunday, March 31, 2019
Disney’s “Dumbo” had an underwhelming liftoff at the domestic box office. Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the 1941 cartoon debuted with $45 million from 4,259 North American theat…
Linked From Variety at 11:32AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
Disney’s upcoming adaptation of “Dumbo” is taking flight this weekend. Directed by Tim Burton, the studio’s live-action re-imagining of the 1941 cartoon is expected to earn roughly $…
Linked From Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, March 12, 2019
You ain’t never had a friend like Will Smith’s Genie. Disney released the first full-length trailer for the studio’s live-action remake of “Aladdin,” starring Smith as the Genie, M…
Linked From Variety at 09:27AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Elsa, I have a feeling we’re not in Arendelle anymore. Everyone’s favorite ice queen is braving a new element in the newest teaser trailer for Disney’s “Frozen 2,R…
Linked From Variety at 09:19AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
“BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee’s crime drama about a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, is heading back to theaters after picking up six Oscar nominations. The …
Linked From Variety at 02:10PMFriday, January 4, 2019
Thanks to the smash successes of “Aquaman,” “A Star Is Born,” and “The Meg,” Warner Bros. capped off 2018 with a new milestone. The studio had its biggest…
Linked From Variety at 11:18AMWednesday, December 26, 2018
Reports of the death of movies are greatly exaggerated. The exhibition business came roaring back in 2018, as blockbusters such as “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” …
Linked From Variety at 02:42PMThursday, November 1, 2018
The wait never bothered us anyway, but “Frozen” fans will get to see Anna and Elsa back on the big screen a little sooner than expected. Disney announced “Frozen 2” h…
Linked From Variety at 02:52PMSunday, October 21, 2018
“Venom” remains a force to be reckoned with overseas as the Tom Hardy superhero movie topped the foreign box office for the third weekend in a row. Sony’s “Venom̶…
Linked From Variety at 01:30PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Tom Hardy are injecting a little star-power into multiplexes. Following a lackluster September at the box office, “Venom” and “A Star Is Born…
Linked From Variety at 06:19PMThursday, September 13, 2018
October should start strong as two releases targeting vastly different audiences will open at the box office. One stars a shocking otherworldly being. The other is “Venom.” Early…
Linked From Variety at 03:50PMFriday, August 17, 2018
Samantha Barks didn’t watch Julia Roberts and Richard Gere’s iconic “Pretty Woman” in preparation for her starring role in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the …
Linked From Variety at 01:32PMWednesday, August 15, 2018
Keri Russell is Broadway bound. The award-winning actress is joining Adam Driver in the first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This.” Tony Award winner Michael Ma…
Linked From Variety at 04:24PMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Bryan Cranston will return to Broadway in his Olivier Award-winning role of Howard Beale in “Network.” Lee Hall and Ivo van Hove are adapting the play, which is based on the 1976…
Linked From Variety at 11:12AMMonday, June 11, 2018
While introducing the first Tony nominee for best revival of a musical, “My Fair Lady,” Amy Schumer paused to throw some general shade at the state of women’s right in Amer…
Linked From Variety at 12:04AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Blumstein, whose stage name is Ruthie Ann Miles, is in the hospital and her 4-year-old daughter Abigail has died after they were struck by a car in Brooklyn, acco…
Linked From Variety at 10:30AMSunday, March 4, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards are taking place on Sunday, honoring the best in film from the past year. Nominees to look out for include Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which…
Linked From Variety at 05:42PMWednesday, December 27, 2017
Disneyland suffered a power outage on Wednesday afternoon, Variety has confirmed. At least a dozen rides and attractions appear to have been shut down at the Anaheim, Calif., park. According…
Linked From Variety at 04:45PMFriday, December 15, 2017
Variety has tapped Aaron Sorkin for the 2018 creative impact in screenwriting award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award will celebrate Sorkin’s prolific screenwr…
Linked From Variety at 01:43PMFriday, December 8, 2017
In today’s roundup, Alice Cooper joins the cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!,” while Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” announces a new Fab Five. CASTING Alice Coo…
Linked From Variety at 06:56PMTuesday, December 5, 2017
Twitter has released its top-trending topics and tweets of 2017, with Barack Obama and Ariana Grande dominating the most popular posts. The former president’s response to violence in …
Linked From Variety at 06:00AMFriday, December 1, 2017
Geraldo Rivera apologized to Bette Midler on Friday in the wake of recently resurfaced sexual harassment allegations against the Fox News contributor. Midler took to Twitter on Thursday to …
Linked From Variety at 01:15PMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Center Theatre Group announced Wednesday that three Broadway productions have been added to its 2018-19 season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s mu…
Linked From Variety at 02:59PMMonday, November 13, 2017
Christopher Plummer has responded to the reveal that he will replace Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s upcoming thriller “All the Money in the World.” In the wake of numerous…
Linked From Variety at 03:59PMWednesday, November 8, 2017
Longtime Boston television journalist Heather Unruh has accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her son at a Nantucket, Mass., bar last summer. During a press conference Wednesday, Unruh…
Linked From Variety at 03:07PMMonday, October 30, 2017
GLAAD criticized Kevin Spacey’s decision to come out as a gay man in an apology statement to actor Anthony Rapp, who has accused him of making sexual advances when Rapp was 14. “…
Linked From Variety at 12:49PMFriday, October 27, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s sensation “Hamilton” certainly no longer needs an introduction, but its expanding education program is breathing new life into the universally acclaime…
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