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The tears were flowing on Monday’s (November 25) episode of The Voice as Jeremy Beloate delivered an emotional performance that had Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg openly crying. As the second round of Playoffs got underway, Team Snoop’s Beloate took to the stage to perform “The Impossible Dream (The Quest),” the song best known from the 1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha. His powerful rendition earned high praise from the coaches. Beloate’s former coach, Michael Bublé, said, “The fact you could sing a song like that and make it yours… that is one of my favorite performances so far.” Fellow coach Gwen Stefani added that she loved Beloate with Bublé, “but this weirdo combo [with Snoop] is working. It’s so beautiful. You’re such an amazing singer.” When it came time for McEntire’s feedback, the Queen of Country fought back tears as she told Beloate, “I haven’t...

The playoffs are in full swing on The Voice Season 26 as all four coaches have to whittle their teams down to just two contestants. On Monday’s (November 22) show, Snoop Dogg will have to choose the best two of his five remaining contestants, and in TV Insider’s sneak peek clip, it’s clear Jeremy Beloate isn’t going out without a serious fight. In this exclusive first look at his performance, Beloate leaves absolutely nothing on the table by performing “The Impossible Dream (The Quest),” which was first popularized by the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha but has since been memorably performed by legends like Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Robert Flack, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, and even Jennifer Hudson on The Voice UK. Beloate’s signature baritone voice is an instant match for the weighty show tune, and his note reach throughout the difficult number has coach Snoop dancing in celebration,...

Jack Jones, a singer who found fame and chart success on the easy-listening side of the street in the 1960s, and who later became etched in television-watching America’s psyche with the “Love Boat” theme, died Wednesday at 86.

Jones died of leukemia at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., his wife of 15 years, Eleanora Jones, said.

Jones had hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, but his highest chart numbers could be found on what was then known as the easy listening chart, which later became adult contemporary. In the easy listening format, he had No. 1 singles with “The Race is On” in 1965, “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” in 1966 and “Lady” in 1967.

In particular, “The Impossible Dream” — a cover of the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical “Man of La Mancha” — became culturally ubiquitous, through Jones’ frequent TV appearances, even though it peaked at No. 35 on the Hot 100, where it...

Efren Ramirez has become beloved in the pop culture sphere as one of Hollywood's most loved character actors. After winning over the hearts of viewers in 2004 in Napoleon Dynamite and convincing everyone to "Vote For Pedro," he has gone on to play iconic supporting roles all across different movies. This time, in John Gulager's horror-comedy-Western Seven Cemeteries, Ramirez portrays Miguel, the faithful friend and lover who joins Danny Trejo's Santana Bravo in his mission to save a woman's ranch from a deadly drug lord, with the help of his posse. There's just one hitch Miguel and the entire posse are undead. And it turns out, being a zombie comes with a few convenient perks.

In this exclusive interview with Cbr, Efren Ramirez discusses working with Danny Trejo, his love of Halloween and all things creepy and kooky, the romantic and redemptive heart of Seven Cemeteries, and the joys of playing a dead guy.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio’s career is getting Organized. The actor will recur in Law & Order: Organized Crime’s upcoming fifth season. Mastrantonio will play Isabella Spezzano, a figure from Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) past, according to Deadline, which announced the casting. After getting her start in theater, Mastrantonio scored her breakout screen role as Al Pacino’s character’s sister in the 1983 film Scarface. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carmen in 1986’s The Color of Money. She also starred in the films The Abyss (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Perfect Storm (2000). On stage, the Illinois native appeared in Broadway productions of West Side Story, Amadeus, Copperfield, The Human Comedy, and Man of La Mancha, the last of which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 2003. Mastrantonio’s TV roles include supporting roles...

Exclusive: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is set to recur in the Peacock series Law & Order: Organized Crime for Season 5 as Isabella Spezzano, a figure from Stabler’s (Meloni) past.

Law & Order: Organized Crime follows the detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau as they take on New York City’s most vicious and violent criminal syndicates. In addition to Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt and Ainsley Seiger also star.

The show was renewed for a fifth season in April following the announcement the procedural would move from NBC to its streamer Peacock. The move gives Peacock an original Dick Wolf drama series to go with the Wolf Entertainment library and next-day runs of the company’s remaining NBC series Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu, which are among the platform’s most viewed titles.

Throughout the 1950s, big-budget musicals were de rigueur for Hollywood, and there was a sudden glut of epics that sported gigantic budgets, recognizable stars, and no small amount of studio hype. Such films were exhibited as touring roadshow productions, which was a great way for films to make fistfuls of cash. Roadshow epics were also, it should be noted, a concerted ploy by studios to distract audiences from the rising threat of television. Studios felt the need to invest a lot of money into musicals and epics, hoping the massive productions could draw people into theaters and keep the industry afloat.

One might logically predict, however, that Hollywood tried to ride the trend of epics for a little longer than was healthy, and foolish overspending eventually became common. The age of the "roadshow epic" pretty much came to a close with the release of the notorious bomb "Cleopatra" in 1963. 

But then,...

The original 1964 Broadway production of "Hello, Dolly!" was considered a showcase for its star, Carol Channing, and little else. At the time, critics were not entirely kind, saying the show had "unnecessary vulgar and frenzied touches," and that they "wouldn't say that Jerry Herman's score is memorable." Despite the middling reviews, "Hello, Dolly!" won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Leading Actress (for Channing), Best Direction, Best Choreography, and Best Original Score.

The mid-'60s were a weirdly fraught time for major Hollywood musicals, as the genre provided some of the era's biggest hits, but also some of its biggest bombs. In 1964, Disney had a big hit with "Mary Poppins" and Warner Bros. made bank with "My Fair Lady," so musicals were suddenly on the rise. In 1965, Fox released "The Sound of Music," adapted from the stage production by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and it proved to be one of...

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.

As the town takes off for the holidays and comes to a virtual standstill, the Oscar race roars on as eagle-eyed pundits continue to fanatically parse yesterday’s release of the shortlist in 10 categories (3 of them shorts) that could, I said could, give clues as to the ways the Oscar winds are blowing towards the start of nomination voting on January 11.

Meanwhile, the level of Q&As, talk show appearances, various honors announcements coming almost daily from the Palm Springs and Santa Barbara Film Festival, nominations from Golden Globes and Critics Choice, plus invites to parties have kept us hopping ever since the SAG strike ended and actors could once again do what they do best – talk about themselves. By the way, yesterday they announced Jo Koy as the Globes host and that follows the announcement of Chelsea Handler returning...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for the Frasier reboot season 1 finale.

Nicholas Lyndhurst's Alan Cornwall steals the show in the Frasier reboot season 1 as Frasier's new companion. Alan's friendship with Frasier brings a fresh dynamic to the revival, unlike anything seen in Cheers or the original series. The Frasier reboot should give Alan a bigger role in season 2 to fully capitalize on his chemistry with Frasier and his potential as a character.

The Frasier reboot season 1 had some great elements, but Nicholas Lyndhurst's Alan Cornwall was the best, and it failed to take full advantage of that. Ideally, Frasier's small screen comeback would have also seen his younger brother, Niles, on the heels of Martin's passing. Unfortunately, David Hyde Pierce turned down the opportunity to return, as revealed by revival star and producer, Kelsey Grammer. This left the Paramount+ project without Frasier's constant side-kick, prompting them to bring in Lyndhurst,...

From “Cheers” to “Frasier,” Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier Crane was a mainstay of comedy TV for 20 years, from the ’80s to the early-aughts. Now, after an equal amount of time off the air, Grammer is back in the role for Paramount+’s “Frasier.”

The streaming series is a revival-meets-reboot that once again spins off Grammer’s character with a new cast of colorful characters. Some original “Frasier” stars will return to guest star. However, David Hyde Pierce won’t return as Niles and John Mahoney, who played their father Martin, passed away in 2018.

That means Frasier – along with “Frasier” fans – will be surrounded by new faces. With that in mind, here’s a handy guide to the new “Frasier” cast and characters, including where you might have the actors before.

Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane (Chris Haston/Paramount+)

Everyone’s favorite tender-hearted egoist is back for more silly snobbery: Grammer...

When the "Frasier" revival series was announced, one of the biggest concerns for fans of the original sitcom was which cast members from the original iteration of the show would be returning. Part of what was so great about "Frasier," which ran for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004, was the incredible supporting cast surrounding Kelsey Grammer's titular shrink. John Mahoney, who played Frasier's retired cop father, Martin, was the perfect foil for his sons' hifalutin hijinks, while Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin), Frasier's producer at his radio station, also provided a more down-to-earth energy to help ground the show. The same was true of Jane Leeves, who played Martin's live-in carer, Daphne Moon.

But it was arguably David Hyde Pierce as Frasier's equally pompous-yet-lovable brother, Niles, who was the most memorable supporting character. The chemistry between Grammer and Hyde Pierce was so effective it was as if you were watching two actual brothers banter back and forth.

Kelsey Grammer is returning to the role of Frasier Crane for a Frasier revival on Paramount+, and hopefully, by now, he's figured out what to do with those tossed salad and scrambled eggs. It's been nearly two full decades since Grammer last signed off as Frasier, which ended its 11-season run in 2004. In recent years, Grammer had been working to get a revival off the ground, and it was announced last year that it was officially happening at Paramount+. Filming on the first season has since been completed and may potentially premiere on the streaming platform this fall.

So why was Grammer trying so hard to revisit Frasier, leading to this revival series happening? In a new interview with The Times, he explains how he's not so different from his Frasier Crane character, and it was perhaps inevitable for the two to have their paths cross again later in life.

Kelsey Grammar won’t have David Hyde Pierce at his side when he returns in the Frasier reboot later this year.

Instead, he’ll have as his co-lead actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, whom British fans will know has all the requisite experience and know-how to set up the gags in a TV double act.

Lyndhurst played Rodney, younger brother of Del Boy Trotter, in UK sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which ran for more than 20 years, including specials. The Christmas feature-length episode in 1996 drew 24.3 million viewers, still one of the UK’s highest ever television audiences.

Grammer told the UK’s Times of his British co-star:

“Nick and I fell in love when we were doing Man of La Mancha together [at the London Coliseum in 2019]. I warned them in America. I said, ‘Wait until this guy gets here. You’ll be doing a scene with him and suddenly you realise he’s just run off with it.

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theatre, has died. He was 95.

The last survivor of the four singing brothers, Ames died May 21 from Alzheimer’s disease, his wife, Jeanne Ames, said Saturday.

“He had a wonderful life,” she said.

On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series “Daniel Boone” that starred Fess Parker as the famous frontiersman. He also was the centre of a bit on “The Tonight Show” that — thanks to his painfully uncanny aim with a hatchet — became one of the show’s most memorable surprise moments.

Ames had guest roles in TV series such as “Murder, She Wrote” and “In the Heat of the Night,” and toured frequently in musicals, performing such popular songs as “Try to Remember...

American Idol introduced platinum tickets to honor season 20, but the coveted prizes seem to be causing more problems than they're worth. The American Idol judges, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan, give one talented recipient in each audition city the platinum ticket to indicate that they see a lot of potential in the contestant. It also gives each winner the privilege of skipping the first round of Hollywood Week. In season 20, they also had the advantage of choosing their duet partners during the second round. However, in season 21, everyone chose their own partners.

During American Idol season 20, HunterGirl, Jay Copeland, and Kenedi Anderson were given the platinum tickets. Kenedi withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons before the semifinals, while Jay placed in the Top 7. HunterGirl was the runner-up to winner Noah Thompson. In American Idol season 21, Tyson Venegas, Kaylin Hedges, and Cam Amen received platinum tickets, but the...

The composer has been nominated for two Oscars and received seven Emmys.

US composer Laurence Rosenthal will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards this year. The 23rd edition of the awards ceremony will take place at Film Fest Gent on October 21.

Rosenthal has composed scores for over 100 films and television shows throughout his six decades-spanning career.

Known for his creative partnership with actor-director Peter Glenville, Rosenthal wrote original scores for three of his films throughout the 1960s, including Hotel Paradiso, The Comedians and the 1964 film Becket, for which he was nominated for an Acadamy Award.

“American Idol,” the iconic series that revolutionized the television landscape by pioneering the music competition genre, is back for another season on ABC. Helping determine who America will ultimately vote for to become the next singing sensation are music industry forces and superstar judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Emmy Award winner Ryan Seacrest hosts the reality TV competition series for the show’s sixth season on ABC and 21st overall.

Performing with a band for the first time, contestants sing their hearts out in their last chance to make it to America’s vote. In the “Final Judgment,” contestants face off with the judges sealing their fate for a spot in the Top 24. Follow along with our live blog for this episode airing Monday, April 10 (8:00-10:00 p.m. Edt) on ABC, below.

Contestants who advanced on Sunday night (in the order shown) were Kaeyra, Warren Peay,...

Carlos PenaVega is an American actor and singer. He is best known for being a member of the group Big Time Rush, as well as starring in the band’s television series.

Carlos Penavega Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Carlos PenaVega was born on August 15, 1989 (Carlos PenaVega: age 33), in Columbia, Missouri, though he was raised in Weston, Florida. PenaVega attended Sagemont Upper School in Weston, where he participated in the cheer squad. PenaVega also performed in local productions of Man of La Mancha and Grease. PenaVega attended the American Heritage School for a time, where he appeared in a production of Titanic.

At 15, PenaVega guest starred on ER, his first acting role. That same year, he also appeared in such shows as Judging Amy, Summerland and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.

While PenaVega was studying musical theater at the Boston Conservatory, his manager asked him to submit an audition...

Peter O'Toole's acting career spanned seven decades and involved hundreds of roles, a million sardonic smirks, and no small amount of liquor. On screen, O'Toole could be heroic, villainous, affable, and off-putting, sometimes all at once. In interviews, O'Toole was frank and unguarded, quick with a jibe, and unwilling to suffer fools. O'Toole and his frequent collaborator, the actor Richard Harris, have both appeared on many talk shows toward the ends of their lives to tell many, many stories of getting drunk together. 

Somewhere along the way, O'Toole garnered enough fame and clout to more or less select any project he wanted. By the time he starred in Peter Medak's "The Ruling Class" in 1972, O'Toole had already appeared in 18 feature films, including a James Bond movie. That same year, O'Toole would appear in "Under Milk Wood" and a film adaptation of "Man of La Mancha." One might say...

Throughout the streamed 74th Tony Awards and its televised counterpart Broadway’s Back!, Leslie Odom Jr., Audra McDonald and more celebrated and reflected on the New York theater industry’s return following the 18-month pandemic shutdown.

Due to the shutdown, the ceremony’s annual In Memoriam tribute was postponed. In response, two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters honored those lives, particularly those lost during the pandemic to Covid, ahead of Brian Stokes Mitchell’s performance of “Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha.

“Since the last Tony Awards, we lost a staggering legion of dear friends, far too many of them to the global ...

Throughout the streamed 74th Tony Awards and its televised counterpart Broadway’s Back!, Leslie Odom Jr., Audra McDonald and more celebrated and reflected on the New York theater industry’s return following the 18-month pandemic shutdown.

Due to the shutdown, the ceremony’s annual In Memoriam tribute was postponed. In response, two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters honored those lives, particularly those lost during the pandemic to Covid, ahead of Brian Stokes Mitchell’s performance of “Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha.

“Since the last Tony Awards, we lost a staggering legion of dear friends, far too many of them to the global ...

By Tim McGlynn

“I am I, Don Quioxte, the man of La Mancha!”

Shout! Factory has released the 1973 film version of Broadway’s hit musical Man of La Mancha. Directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Peter O’ Toole, Sophia Loren and James Coco, this was United Artists’ follow-up to their hugely successful film version of Fiddler on the Roof. It was also one of the last of the roadshow attractions to play across the country. In the Chicago area, where I grew up, this meant a reserved seat engagement at the famed McClurg Court Theater.

Based on author Dale Wasserman’s stage hit, Man of La Mancha, and featuring music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, itt starred the great Richard Kiley in the role of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Well-received by audiences at the time, the show won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical.

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By Tim McGlynn

“I am I, Don Quioxte, the man of La Mancha!”

Shout! Factory has released the 1973 film version of Broadway’s hit musical Man of La Mancha. Directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Peter O’ Toole, Sophia Loren and James Coco, this was United Artists’ follow-up to their hugely successful film version of Fiddler on the Roof. It was also one of the last of the roadshow attractions to play across the country. In the Chicago area, where I grew up, this meant a reserved seat engagement at the famed McClurg Court Theater.

Based on author Dale Wasserman’s stage hit, Man of La Mancha, and featuring music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, itt starred the great Richard Kiley in the role of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Well-received by audiences at the time, the show won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 Oscar winning animated film, Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi), has been set for a stage production which will have its world premiere in Tokyo in 2022. This is the first-ever stage adaptation of the beloved movie and will be written and directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner and Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird. Japanese giant Toho is behind the project.

The original film, from Studio Ghibli, went on to become the highest-grossing movie ever in Japan, holding the spot for 19 years and only recently being overtaken by Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train. It had a re-release in fall 2020 and has grossed over $355M worldwide.

The story follows Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl moving with her parents to their new home. They lose themselves in a mysterious world of fantastic spirits, ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba,...

Robert C. Jones, an Oscar-winning writer and editor whose credits include It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Coming Home and Love Story, has died. He was 84.

“It is with deep sadness that I am writing to tell you the passing of Robert C. Jones, who was a celebrated editor and screenwriter, and a beloved professor at our School,” said Elizabeth Daley of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where Jones served as a professor for 15 years.

Jones was born on March 30, 1936 in Los Angeles. His foray into film work began upon his drafting into the U.S. Army, when he joined the Army Pictorial Center from 1958 to 1960 as a film editor. At the Pictorial Center he edited Army training films, documentaries and several segments of the television program The Big Picture.

After his Army stint, Jones further developed his editing skills for A Child Is Waiting...

Hal Holbrook, the five-time Emmy-winning actor who was famed for portraying Mark Twain, has died at 95. Holbrook died on January 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, his assistant told The New York Times.

Born on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, he went on to have a highly decorated screen and stage career that spanned more than six decades.

Holbrook perhaps was best known for playing Mark Twain in his one-man stage show Mark Twain Tonight!, which first played on Broadway in 1966 and earned Holbrook a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. A television showing of the stage show secured him an Emmy nomination a year later, he reprised the role on the Main Stem in 1977 and again in 2005.

Holbrook played former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on television in Carl Sandburg’s 1974 mini-series Lincoln, which earned him one of five Emmy statuettes. His four other...

Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, an actor best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in one-man shows, died on Jan. 23. He was 95.

Holbrook’s personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday night.

Holbrook played the American novelist in a solo show called “Mark Twain Tonight!” that he directed himself and for which he won the best actor Tony in 1966. He returned to Broadway with the show in 1977 and 2005 and appeared in it more than 2,200 times (as of 2010) in legit venues across the country. He began performing the show in 1954.

He received an Emmy nomination for a TV adaptation of “Mark Twain Tonight!” in 1967, the first of multiple noms. He won four Emmy Awards.

He also drew an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his role in the film “Into the Wild” in 2008. At the time of the nomination,...

Alberto Grimaldi, a film producer whose credits include the Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” has died. He was 95.

Grimaldi’s son, Maurizio Grimaldi, confirmed his death to Variety, adding that his father died of natural causes.

Born in Naples, Italy on March 28, 1925, Grimaldi originally studied law before starting his own production company, Produzioni Europee Associati, or P.E.A., in 1961. The first feature film Grimaldi produced was the Spanish western film “L’ombra di Zorro,” which released the following year. Grimaldi produced his first Spaghetti Western film, “I due violenti,” in 1964. P.E.A. became known for its low-budget action movies that were often co-productions with Spain and West Germany, and remained active until the early ’80s.

In 1965, Grimaldi first collaborated with Sergio Leone on the international co-production “For a Few Dollars More,” starring Clint Eastwood. The two...

Hulu is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in the month of September — and everything that’s leaving.

Highlights in the new category include Season 2 of “Pen15,” which stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as their middle school selves, out Sept. 18. Another highlight is the series premiere of “Woke,” inspired by the life and work of American cartoonist Keith Knight. That’s out Sept. 9.

Leaving at the end of the month are movies like “50 First Dates,” “A Mighty Wind,” and “Best in Show.”

See the full list below.

Sept. 1

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)

Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)

50 First Dates (2004)

Absolute Power (1997)

Aeon Flux (2005)

American Dragons (1998)

An American Haunting (2006)

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Anywhere but Here (1999)

Back to School (1986)

Bad Girls from Mars (1991)

The Bank Job (2008)

Because I Said So (2007)

The Birdcage (1997)

Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004)

Call Me (1988)

Carrington (1995)

The Cold Light Of Day...

We’re still a couple of weeks out from The Boys returning with its second season, but based on the footage we’ve seen so far, it certainly looks as if we’re in for another wild ride. One that may even top the first run of the show, which was one of the best things that we’d seen on television in a long time.

Of course, trying to predict how something as crazy as The Boys is going to end up is a fool’s errand, but let’s not forget that it won’t be the only new thing arriving on Amazon Prime in September. Far from it, in fact.

Earlier today, the streaming service announced their entire line-up of new titles for next month and it’s a meaty list, comprising both films and television shows. And though The Boys may be the highlight for many...

An election season is fast-approaching in the U.S. So for its new releases in September 2020, Amazon Prime is bringing back one of its most political shows.

The Boys season 2 premieres its first three episodes on September 4. Though the show on its face is a superhero story, viewers of season 1 will know it’s really about America’s troubling embrace of entertainment with fascism. Sounds fun and not at all terrifying right before a presidential election!

That’s not the only bleak Amazon original on the schedule for September. British TV adaptation Utopia arrives on September 25. This Gillian Flynn-produced series follows fans of a comic book who believe it predicts…world-ending pandemics. Darn it. Amazon’s only original film this month is a…documentary about voter suppression from Liz Garbus called All In: The Fight for Democracy. Yikes.

For those of us who want to relax with some ‘member berries,...

As one of the weirder “back to school” seasons in living memory rolls out, Hulu is heading back to school in its own way for September 2020.

The biggest Hulu original arriving to the streaming services stream this month is season 2 of coming-of-age comedy Pen15…which of course stars two adults who have already come of age playing their middle school selves.

Speaking of middle school, perhaps the biggest non-original addition to the Hulu library this month is the arrival of all The Twilight Saga movies on September 1. That should prove to be a real nostalgia trip for interested parties. Other library titles of note include Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, The Terminator, and 2019’s Judy on September 25.

Bookending Hulu’s originals this month is another intriguing comedy, Woke. This series will star Lamorne Morris as a Black cartoonist who gets an unexpected wakeup call.

Here is everything else...

With the streaming wars really starting to heat up now thanks to all the new services that have sprung up over the past few months, it’s more important than ever for the major players to continue delivering truckloads of new content to keep subscribers happy. And thankfully, Hulu intends on doing just that.

Earlier today, the platform announced their September line-up and it’s an exciting mix of films and TV shows covering iconic classics, underrated gems, overlooked projects and true fan favorites. In fact, it’s looking like a particularly strong month compared to what we’ve seen from the streaming site over the summer so far and below, you can check out the entire list of what’s headed to Hulu in the coming weeks.

Released September 1

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)

Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)

50 First Dates (2004)

Absolute Power (1997)

Aeon Flux (2005)

American Dragons...

“Le Rêve Impossible” is the title of the penultimate episode of Lodge 49, but it could just as easily have been the name of this effortlessly beguiling AMC series (though you’d have to trade the Pynchon reference for Man Of La Mancha). A show without an obvious hook or overwhelming star power was bound to get lost in…...

Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell took to social media this afternoon to inform his followers that he has tested positive for coronavirus.

“I’ve been laying low for the last couple of days because I could feel my body fighting something unusual. I just got confirmation that I’ve indeed tested positive for the coronavirus,” Mitchell said in his video message. Watch it below.

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“The good news is over the last few days I’ve isolated myself. I come to you from the bedroom right now,” added the Broadway vet, who won the Tony for his lead performance in the 1999 musical Kiss Me, Kate and also earned Tony noms from his turn in Ragtime,...

Earlier today, Feinstein's54 Below welcomed multi-platinum-selling recording artist, composer, lyricist, pianist, actress and Tony Award-nominee Ann Hampton Callaway Swing and Tony Award-nominee Liz Callaway Baby, Miss Saigon, Cats, Melissa Errico Tony-nominated star of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Passion, Finian's Rainbow, Amour, Ryan McCartan Scotland, Pa Wicked Heathers Disney Channel's 'Liv And Maddie', and Brian Stokes Mitchell Tony Award-winning star of Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha to preview their upcoming engagements.

Ann Crumb, the stage’s Aspects of Love star who became the first American actress chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to originate a starring role, died yesterday of ovarian cancer at her parents’ home in Pennsylvania. She was 69.

Her death, which followed a nearly five-year battle with the disease, was announced by her press spokesman Kevin McAnarney.

The musical theater actress and singer created numerous leading roles on Broadway and London’s West End, including roles in The Goodbye Girl, Nine, Les Miserables, Chess, and, in a 1992 Broadway performance that earned her a Best Actress Tony Award nomination, Anna Karenina.

Lloyd Webber had personally chosen Crumb, born in Charleston, West Virginia, to originate the lead role of Rose Vibert when his musical Aspects of Love opened in London in 1989 and on Broadway a year later. She would also star opposite John Cullum in the National tour of Man Of La Mancha...

Today, the Dramatists Guild Foundation Dgf announced critically acclaimed performers for its annual Dgf Gala on Monday, November 4 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in NYC. Hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe nominee and Tony Award Winner Jason Alexander Seinfeld, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along, the fundraising evening will feature special performances by Tony Award Winner Betty Buckley Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin, Tony Award Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award winning songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Tony nominatee Michael Arden Once On This Island, Spring Awakening, Big River , Tony Nominee Liz Callaway Anastasia, Baby, Miss Saigon, Tony Nominee Christiane Noll Ragtime Jekyll Hyde, Urinetown, Betsy Wolfe Falsettos, Waitress, and Charlotte Maltby Les Miserables, The Sound of Music national tour.

Six random things that happened on this day (June 11th) in showbiz history

1966 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever starring the great Barbara Harris and John Cullum closes on Broadway shortly before the Tony Awards, where it will lose all three of its nominations. It was snubbed in Best Musical where Man of La Mancha won and Mame, Skyscraper, and Sweet Charity were all nominated. Nevertheless it was quicker than all but Sweet Charity in getting a big screen adaptation. Barbra Streisand starred.

1969 Peter Dinklage is born (Happy 50th!). Do you think he's headed for a fourth Emmy win for Game of Thrones? Do you remember the first time you saw him? For us it was The Station Agent (2003), such a gem from the early Aughts...

Olga Merediz, who won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway production of “In the Heights,” will reprise her role as Abuela Claudia in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical, producer Lin-Manuel Miranda announced in a tweet on Monday.

Merediz won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony in 2008 for her work in “In the Heights.” She’s since been a series regular on the U.K. Sky1 series “Bounty Hunters” and has also had recurring roles on “Orange is the New Black,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Shades of Blue” and “Law & Order: SVU.”

Jon M. Chu is directing the feature based on Miranda’s musical that he created with Quiara Alegría Hudes. “In the Heights” follows a bodega owner in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.

It was quite something sitting down to watch this film. Few films have had such a difficult, and well-documented journey to the big screen as this one. The playful opening credits allude to this arduous parturition, and it was with no small buzz of delight that Terry Gilliam finally brings The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to audiences.

This is not the film Gilliam set out to make at the end of the turn of the century. However the shadow of the beleaguered and painful production has worked its way into the fabric of this new narrative. What unfolds is a mesmerising absurdist fantasy, as much a satire of the modern filmmaking process as it is a quest for identity on the constantly shifting sands of sanity. It is visually stunning, emotionally powerful and handmade in the best possible way.

Ostensibly it is the story of a film director (Adam Driver...

Exclusive: Emmy-winning Frasier alum Kelsey Grammer has signed on to star in Charming the Hearts of Men, a romance indie set in a politically charged era, written and to be directed by Susan DeRose. Richard T. Lewis is producing the project, which will go before cameras this August in Georgia.

The film is described as a fictional account inspired by true events that altered the world for women in America and deals with the discrimination that both black and white women suffered and the legislation which gave them their rights and the legal foundation for the Times Up moment today.

Grammer will play Southern Congressman Worth who, in a nation rife with change, felt he knew place and importance in the world of 1964. The Congressman meets Grace Gordon who has returned home due to the sudden death of her father and finds life as she knew it has changed. Grace...

This month: Elisabeth Moss is a rocker on the brink of a breakdown; Robert Pattinson plunges into deep space: Andrew Garfield takes a tour of the old, weird L.A.; and Terry Gilliam finally unveils a pet project that’s literally been decades in the making. And there are also teen-singer dramas, animated comedies and no less than three big superhero films coming out — perhaps you’ve heard of these crazy kids called “the Avengers?” Here’s what you need to see in April.

Avengers: Endgame (Apr. 26th)

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Berlinale 2019: ‘What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael’Review by Peter BelsitoThis review is also a reminiscence. I knew Pauline at an interesting time, in the late 1960s in Los Angeles.

Firstly the film.

What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael does not really go deeply into her mind or her critical and often abrasive personality. It tracks her career path and her rise to New Yorker mag film critic — about as high as you could go then for someone who did what she did.

The fact that she was female and outspoken and abrasive to the vast consensus of her readers was very important to us film nuts then. Because she had an edge to what she wrote, she was often attacked for it. In the ‘60s we all wanted that then. That is, if the L.A. Times or the ‘trades’ — Variety, Hollywood Reporter etc.

So, because the new rule of the internet is that any fighty trailer has to be immediately recut to the Johnny Cash cover of “Hurt” à la Logan, on this holiday afternoon we have the John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (very slightly) recut to the Johnny Cash cover of “Hurt.” And it’s great, because pretty much anything John Wick is great, but I think I prefer the original trailer. Something about Keanu Reeves riding a horse and taking down katana-wielding assassins on motorcycles while “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” from Man of La Mancha plays just gets me excited in a way that (the wonderful) “Hurt” does not. But you can watch the Twitter embed from Chandler/@longhairwiteboy below, then rewatch the original trailer here to make up your own mind.

John Wick: Chapter 3 trailer Logan style pic.twitter.com/iqmVNWrxQI

— Chandler (@longhairwiteboy) January 18, 2019

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is...

Bernardo Bertolucci leaves a cinematic legacy of great films, including “The Conformist” and “The Last Emperor,” which won nine Oscars including Best Picture and Director. However, his biggest hit would be inconceivable today. “Last Tango in Paris,” the X-rated drama starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, made more in its 1973 domestic release than the year’s James Bond entry, “Live and Let Die.” It was the year’s number 7 film, with an adjusted gross of $186 million — just a little below what Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” has amassed so far.

The mid-’70s were a high point for sophisticated, critic-influenced foreign films. Veteran directors like Bergman and Fellini remained significant players, while Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais, and Claude Chabrol regularly found success. However, “Last Tango” was a sensation; even today, among foreign films it’s outstripped only by “La Dolce Vita” ($245 million) and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” ($207 million...

Exclusive: Hamilton‘s Andy Blankenbuehler has been set to choreograph Universal Pictures and Working Title’s big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. The three-time Tony Award winner was already part of the extended Cats family, having choreographed the recent Broadway revival. I understand he boards the project, which starts production in early December, after scheduling conflicts with the Royal Ballet arose for Wayne McGregor. Directed by Tom Hooper, Cats is set for a December 20, 2019 theatrical release.

Blankenbuehler received the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on Hamilton, for which he also won a Tony and an Olivier. His other Tonys were for Bandstand and In The Heights. Further Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 To 5, The People In The Picture, The Apple Tree and Annie. He was Tony-nominated for Bring It On and 9 To 5. Blankenbuehler’s upcoming projects include the new musical Only Gold with British singer/songwriter Kate Nash.

Michael Linnit and Michael Grade - the producers who brought Chess, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd to the London Coliseum - are collaborating again with English National Opera to bring a brand new production of the multi-Tony award winning Broadway musical, Man of La Mancha to London, the first West End production of this acclaimed musical in over 50 years.

ABC, which is already home to such TV families as the Goldbergs and the Conners, welcomed a new clan to its sitcom lineup with Tuesday’s debut of The Kids Are Alright.

Set in 1970s Southern California, Kids centers on the middle-class, Irish Catholic Cleary family, which boasts eight (!) children — all of them boys. Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead) and Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) star as no-nonsense parents Mike and Peggy, who just barely have enough time, energy and money to keep a house full of eight sons running smoothly.

The sitcom’s events unfold through the eyes of middle child Timmy,...