'The Outsiders' wins best musical and 'Stereophonic' best play as women make strides at Tony Awards
โThe Outsidersโ became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday as the gritty adaptation of the classic American young adult novel won the Tony Award for best new musical.
What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include albums from hip-hop hitmaker Bryson Tiller and percussion master Sheila E.
'Mean Girls' fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office
On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, โMean Girlsโ repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of awards contenders sought to make an impact ahead of Oscar nominations on Tuesday.
Adele praises influential women after being honored at THR's Women in Entertainment gala
Adele paid homage to the many women โ including her mother, grandmother and aunts -- who helped shape her world and personality since was a child.
Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history
There was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this yearโs Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the Hollywood writerโs strike.
Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike
The intimate, funny-sad musical โKimberly Akimboโ nudged aside more splashier rivals on Sunday to win the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its muscle in the face of Hollywood writersโ strike and fully embraced trans-rights with history-making winners.
Emmy surprises: 'Squid Game,' Dave Chappelle, 'This Is Us'
The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises, like โThis Is Usโ and โblack-ishโ walking away forever limply and Nathan Lane making history as the most-nominated best comedy guest actor in Emmy history.
DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy
Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5
โA Strange Loop,โ an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadwayโs most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.
From Cooper to Spielberg, stars turn out for AFI Awards
From Bradley Cooper to Steven Spielberg, some of Hollywoodโs brightest stars came together to relax and sip wine in a fancy ballroom where everyone ended up walking away a winner at the American Film Institute Awards on Friday.
'CODA' takes top honors at SAG Awards, Will Smith wins
In an upset, the deaf family drama โCODAโ has won top honors at a very unpredictable 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of โSquid Game,โ the cast of โTed Lassoโ and Will Smith.
New this week: Plenty of Dolly Parton and 'Lucy and Desi'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include an album and companion book by Dolly Parton, the comedy-thriller โFreshโ starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Roger Allam playing a French crime-buster in โMurder in Provence.โ.
'Dune,' 'The Power Of The Dog' lead BAFTA nominations
Sci-fi epic blockbuster โDuneโ and Jane Campionโs dark Western โThe Power Of The Dogโ lead the nominations for this yearโs British Academy Film Awards, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga among those up for acting awards.
Will Smith, Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck score SAG nominations
Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Ben Affleck landed individual nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, while the casts of โBelfastโ and โCODAโ were among those nominated for the guildโs top award, best ensemble.
Santa Barbara Film Festival to honor Haim, DeBose, 6 others
โWest Side Storyโsโ Ariana DeBose, โLicorice Pizzaโsโ Alana Haim and โBelfastโsโ Caitriona Balfe are among the actors who will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festivalโs Virtuosos Award this year.
LA film critics pick โDrive My Carโ as yearโs best
It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchiโs โDrive My Carโ and Jane Campionโs โThe Power of the Dogโ for members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to give top honors to both on Saturday.
Steven Spielbergโs โWest Side Storyโ stays true to era, but acknowledges 21st century audience
Steven Spielberg creates an authentic, yet true to form remake of the American theater classic "West Side Story."
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New this week: Jingle Ball 2020 & 2 doses of Meryl Streep
MOVIESโ Travel may seem closed off right now but how about a cruise with Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen? โ If one Streep film wasnโt enough for you, sheโs again in typically fine form in โThe Prom,โ parodying a diva actor in Ryan Murphyโs adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical. โ AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Jon Bon Jovi has already produced an album this year with โ2020โ and the concert film "On a Night Like This โ Bon Jovi 2020." โ AP Entertainment Writer Mark KennedyTELEVISIONโ This seasonโs winner for lengthy title: โHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special,โ debuting Friday on Disney +. โ The CWโs โiHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020,โ a 90-minute special based on the annual concert, will air at 8 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 14.
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Rivera, Estefan, Miranda to star in digital benefit show
NEW YORK Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thala will headline a benefit digital concert in October to celebrate Latino culture and achievement in theater. Hear Our Voices will be held online Oct. 1 and will be hosted by Andra Burns. It's going to pay attention to the present and look to the future, said Trujillo, who said the themes will explore Latin representation, inclusion and diversity. Additional attendees include Lucie Arnaz, Melissa Barrera, Jaime Camil, Florencia Cuenca, Ral Esparza, Mandy Gonzalez, Ral Gonzalez, Ivan Hernandez, Ariana DeBose, Mauricio Martinez, Bianca Marroqun, Shereen Pimentel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Philippa Stefani, Anglica Vale, Robin de Jesus and Ana Villafae. The concert will be broadcast on Playbill.com, Playbills YouTube Channel and on The Broadway Leagues Viva.Broadway website.