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Cynthia Erivo is already going to the Oscars as a best actress nominee for "Wicked," but some have expected the star to have a bigger spotlight during the ceremony. As reported by Puck, the …
The world loves a good "rise of" story " one that captures the first months of a now-superstar artist's meteoric rise, whether it's Elvis or the Beatles or Madonna or Prince or Nirvana (that…
Tony Roberts, who appeared in Woody Allen films including "Annie Hall" while enjoying a long, bountiful career on Broadway, died Friday due to complications of lung cancer. He was 85 years o…
President Donald Trump has declared his intention to take over the leadership of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. D.C. After The Atlantic first reported the …
When Donald Trump was invited to host "Saturday Night Live" just months after launching his presidential campaign in 2015, the decision stunned staffers and left months of lingering tensions…
Netflix has canceled the release of what was supposed to be a six-part Prince documentary directed by Ezra Edelman. "The Prince Estate and Netflix have come to a mutual agreement that wil…
"Mayor of Kingstown" Season 4 has added four new cast members. Edie Falco ("The Sopranos," "Nurse Jackie"), Lennie James ("The Walking Dead," "Save Me"), and Laura Benanti ("Younger," "No Ha…
Tituss Burgess is about to don Mary Todd Lincoln's bouncy curls and voluminous gowns. The "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star will take over the lead role in Broadway's "Oh, Mary!" after Betty …
Five-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris ("A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Gone Girl"), BAFTA nominee James Norton ("Joy", "Bob Marley: One Love"), and recent Golden Globe and Emmy winner…
Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called "skinny bundles" serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warn…
Animated blockbuster "Moana 2" put wind into Disney's sales for the last three months of 2024. The sequel's strong showing at the box office, along with another profitable quarter for Disney…
No one lauds the "Wicked" quite like Billie Eilish, at least when she is in full Ariana Grande fangirl mode, as she was in interviewing her longtime singing heroine after a screening of the …
After Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborated with director Jon M. Chu on the 2021 movie musical "In The Heights," the pair almost worked together on 2024's biggest Broadway adaptation: "Wicked." Du…
Music's biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night. That's down 12% from last year's Grammys, which brought in 17.5 million viewers on CBS, per Nielsen Live + Same Day ratin…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play "English" opened on Broadway just days after Donald Trump took office for the second time " which was notable timing for a show that had it roots in the early…
The music industry's biggest night is underway Sunday, as the 2025 Grammys award some of the world's biggest artists. Beyoncé led the way with 11 Grammy nominations, a career-high, for her …
On Thursday night, Billie Joe Armstrong joined his fellow Green Day members to open FireAid, setting off the nearly six-hour benefit with a three-song tribute to those affected by the Los An…
Original "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert fired back at Megyn Kelly over a comment the former Fox News host made about Netflix's upcoming adaptation of the classic book ser…
Emmy winner Elizabeth Debicki ("The Crown") and Tony nominee Kate Fleetwood (Broadway's "Macbeth") have joined Ewan McGregor in the West End play "My Master Builder." David Ajala ("Star Trek…
John Leguizamo is the latest star to join the cast of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey." He will appear alongside previously announced cast members Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaw…
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains spoilers from the series premiere of Hulu's "Paradise." In an overly saturated media market, it's hard for any show to break through. And it becomes e…
Andre Rohe, who previously held senior engineering roles at Meta, YouTube and Google, has been hired to lead a newly created consolidated product engineering team in the Disney Entertainment…
The Marriage Project, the production company behind Latvian auteur Signe Baumane's Annecy Jury Distinction winner "My Love Affair with Marriage," has unveiled key casting details for the awa…
Comcast said fourth quarter profit surged as the company saw good results at its mobile business, at the box office and at its Peacock streaming hub. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia cable-and-en…