35 stories by "Anna Silman"
The first time Beanie Feldstein met her Lady Bird co-star Saoirse Ronan, she knew there was something magical in the air. "I will never forget it," says Feldstein of that auspicious first en…
As I left the theater after watching Lady Bird, I heard a familiar little nagging voice in my head. "Call your mom," it whispered.I have a feeling I'm not alone in this. Lady Bird, Greta Ger…
La La Land fans have yet another reason to thank Eva Mendes: In addition to being the world's most supportive partner to boyfriend Ryan Gosling during the shoot, she also came up with one of…
Nurgaiv Rys, a nomadic eagle hunter from the remote Altai mountains in Mongolia, didn't set out to take on the Kazakh patriarchy. When his 13-year-old daughter, Aisholpan, asked if she could…
Spoilers ahead for Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. When J.K. Rowling conceived her Harry Potter follow-up, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, she clearly did so with one eye on the Zeitge…
Turns out that Chris Pratt isn't the only beloved franchise star who knows his way around some late '90s hip-hop. As Daniel Radcliffe explained on Fallon tonight, he has an "obsession wi…
Tonight on Conan, Alan Cumming gave his account of the now famous incident wherein Shia LaBeouf was arrested for being disruptive during a performance of Cumming's Cabaret. La…
The first photos of Michael C. Hall as Hedwig in Broadway's Hedwig in the Angry Inch " a role that he takes over from Andrew Rannells on October 15 " were released on Monday, and they'r…
In a teaser evocative of the Heisenberg drug ballad from Breaking Bad season two's "Negro y Azul," AMC has released a musical preview for its upcoming Saul Goodman spinoff, Better Ca…
In addition to being adapted into a miniseries by BBC 2 " starring none other than Sgt. Nicholas Brody " Hilary Mantel's award-winning epics Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, about the cour…
Aspiring comeback kid Lindsay Lohan suffered some first night jitters during Wednesday's London debut of David Mamet's film industry satire Speed-the-Plow, forgetting her lines on more than …
The New York Times reports that Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella will shutter on January 3rd after a nearly two-year run. Along with the news of the closure, it was revealed that Real …
Here's a trailer for the modern-day remake of Shakespeare's lesser known tragedy Cymbeline, from the director of 2000's Hamlet, Michael Almereyda. The film stars Ethan Hawke, …
It's Emmy time! Here's a running list of tonight's winners, in bold.OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY Adam Driver, Girls Andrew Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ty Burrell, Modern Family …
Emmy nominees Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling are heading to the stage together. The prestige TV dream-team will star in Ivan Turgenev's 19th century comedy of manners A Month in the Cou…
The first episode of ABC's millennial comedy Selfie premieres September 30th, and now you can stream the first episode online. Selfie is a modern retelling of My Fair Lady, which stars Docto…
Tonight Broadway dimmed its marquee lights for one minute in honor of Robin Williams. And at last night's performance of Aladdin on Broadway, Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart, who plays the…
We're getting even more Peter Pan! The New York Times reports that Finding Neverland, a musical based on the 2004 film about Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie (played by Johnny Depp), will open f…
Future Peter Pan star Allison Williams had her first flying lesson today, and she shared a video of the session on her Instagram, along with a brief tribute to Robin Williams: "First day…
Conan O'Brien learned of Robin Williams' death during tonight's taping, and he closed out the show by offering a brief tribute. "We're just processing this information literally right at…
Earlier today, we found out that Vince Vaughn was in talks for season two of True Detective, and now we have another bit of exciting casting news, with The Wrap reporting that Mad Men's Elis…
It's shaping up to be a banner year for diversity on Broadway. In addition to casting the first black Phantom of the Opera, it was announced today that that Keke Palmer will be Broadway's fi…
Brian Williams generally seems to be a pretty cool dad " he raps! he watches his daughter's sex scenes "with unmitigated joy!" " but even cool dads can be pretty embarrassing so…
The Wrap reports that John Goodman is in talks to join Helen Mirren and Bryan Cranston in Trumbo, a biopic about the Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Spartacus, Roman Holiday), who …
On Wednesday, six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald returned to The Tonight Show to sing some ridiculous Yahoo! Answers, accompanied on piano by Jimmy Fallon and The Good Wife's Josh Charles. …
