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Amid the cacophony of debate surrounding the Israel-Hamas War, it’s grown virtually impossible to avoid the thoughts of Hen Mazzig.

As the face of the Israeli cause, one might argue that he’s an unlikely candidate: The 34-year-old influencer is gay (he was out throughout his tour of service in the Idf) and spends his time between Tel Aviv and London. It’s in the latter city, where anti-Israel sentiment has swelled to all-time highs — alongside incidents of antisemitism — that Mazzig is regularly targeted in the streets for his views.

Still, his consistency, stridency and level-headedness in advocating for his country have turned him into one of the most recognizable pro-Israel activists on the planet. Mazzig was already a thought-leader in the space before the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas and Israel’s brutal retaliatory war in Gaza. Since then, his profile has only skyrocketed, with his content being shared...

Bella Heathcote is currently starring in the L.A. production of the play The Engagement Party and she’s encouraging fans to see the “outstanding” show.

“This play is outstanding and the cast is extraordinary. If you’re in LA you should come and see it. I don’t like to should on people but… whatever, you totally should...

The List is bound to generate some water cooler buzz. Or is it Google Meets or Slack buzz these days? Either way, the new comedy starring Halston Sage (The Orville), Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why), and Jonah Platt (Uncoupled) presents an interesting question: which celebrity would you sleep with if you were given the chance? Who’s on your “free pass” list? That’s Abby’s (Sage) dilemma in The List.

After discovering her fiancé (Platt) slept with a celeb on his free pass list, Abby and gal pal Chloe (Chrissie Fit) concoct a wild plan. Maybe Abby should pursue her own sleep-with-a-celeb list, so why not put a bevy of hunks right on top of the list? It’s all fun and celeb crushes until Abby meets Jake (Navarro), an L.A. waiter who has big dreams.

Written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo, The List is directed by...

Fresh off his gig hosting this year’s Primetime Emmys, comedian and “SNL” veteran Kenan Thompson is back on stage Thursday night in Atlanta, as he kicks off the 13th edition of his “Kenan Presents The Ultimate Comedy Showcase” — and this time with a few new technological wrinkles.

The stand-up comedy search, which leads off at the Atlanta Comedy Theatre on Sept. 22, follows Thompson as he scouts for adult comedians and talented kids in more than 50 cities. Among the new elements, all around the country (50+ major cities).

Thompson has teamed up with Rendered Talent to include a virtual reality option for participants to partake in the metaverse through the “Failed To Render Comedy Club.” In addition, Thompson partnered with Proto to be able to join live shows through the metaverse as a digital hologram, attending showcases digitally to accommodate his busy schedule via Proto’s 4K hologram device.

After the initial Atlanta showcase,...

Tubi has begun production on Spread, a Tubi Original Movie starring Elizabeth Gillies (Dynasty), Harvey Keitel (The Irishman), Diedrich Bader (Veep), Bryan Craig (Good Trouble) Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Tim Rozon (Schitt’s Creek) and Keith Walker (The Upshaws). The movie hails from Cartel Pictures for premiere in 2023.

Spread follows an ambitious aspiring journalist (Gillies) who lands a temp job at an adult magazine run by an aging industry king (Keitel) and must reconcile her idealism as she strives to help the company succeed.

Directed by Ellie Kanner (Authors Anonymous), the film is written and co-produced by Buffy Charlet (Holy Ghost People). Dia Frampton (Candy Coated Christmas), Jonah Platt (Uncoupled), and Diora Baird (Cobra Kai) also star.

The movie is inspired by Charlet’s real-life experience as a temp at Hustler magazine who rose to be an editor. Gillies also executive produces. Spread is produced by...

Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch.

Executive producers: Jenna Block, Stuart Besser, David Bloomfield, Lauren Lohman, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr.

Director: Aaron Sorkin.

Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin.

Camera: Jeff Cronenweth.

Editor: Alan Baumgarten.

Music: Daniel Pemberton.

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy, Linda Lavin, Ronny Cox, John Rubinstein, Clark Gregg, Nelson Franklin, Jeff Holman, Jonah Platt, Christopher Denham, Brian Howe, Ron Perkins.

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Exclusive: Dianne Doan (Warrior) and Connor Paolo (Revenge) have been cast as leads in Better Half, a surreal romantic comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Patrick Henry Phelan.

Pic’s plot is being kept under wraps, but it’s describe as a stylized feature set in Joshua Tree, CA.

Better Half hails from StudioFest, a festival program that awards its winners the opportunity to produce a feature film. Charles Irving Beale and Jess Jacklin lead the initiative and will exec produce.

“We are so excited to bring Connor and Dianne together for our movie,” said Phelan, “and hope audiences will have as much fun watching it as we’re having making it.”

Doan portrays lead Mai Ling in the Cinemax series Warrior. She’s also known for turns on the TV side in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Good Trouble, Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise, Vikings and more. The actress will next appear alongside Nina Dobrev,...

Exclusive: Jonah Platt (Being the Ricardos), Chrissie Fitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Will Peltz (13 Minutes) and Zach Reino (Brews Brothers) have joined Halston Sage, Christian Navarro and Gregg Sulkin in the cast of The List, the indie comedy from director Melissa Miller Costanzo.

The film written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo centers on Abby (Sage), a woman who is about to get married, for whom everything is perfect. Until she finds out her fiancé Matt (Platt) has slept with a celebrity from his “free pass” list. To get her mind off things, Abby and her best friend Chloe (Fit) come up with a crazy idea: Abby should pursue a celebrity from her own list. But things become complicated when she meets Jake (Navarro), a sweet and charming waiter at a neighborhood cafe, who gives her a fresh perspective.

Peltz is portraying Avon, an LA-based rapper/pop...

This Saturday, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 will celebrate the graduates and families across the country affected by school closures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Celebrities, educators and leaders from around the world will pitch in to offer sage advice and praise the achievements of those who have worked hard, and were stripped of their proper ceremonies.

Former President Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address during the one-hour commercial-free special, which begins at 8/7c across a wide variety of networks including NBC, ABC, CBS, The CW and Fox.

More from TVLineFleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge Thanks Obama in Golden Globes Speech,...

Barack Obama has kept a relatively low profile since leaving the White House more than three years ago, but today the former President will deliver not one but two virtual commencement addresses for this season of coronavirus pandemic.

Starting with Show Me Your Walk, Hbcu Edition at 2 Pm Et the ex-potus steps up as the marquee name for the two-hour livestreamed event for historically black colleges and universities. However, Obama isn’t the only big name on the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accessible occasion with Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, Vivica Fox Chris Paul, Debbie Allen, and Power’s Omari Hardwick among those all scheduled to appear.

However, with LeBron James also in the game, it is the second Obama speech scheduled for Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 that really could have America rockin’ with the “Yes, We Can” mantra like in the old days in tribute...

The Neil Labute play The Shape of Things will be given a livestream reading Friday night to benefit The Actors Fund, with Labute himself taking part in an after-show Q&a to tell “a few war stories about the show.”

The 2001 play premiered in London, later revived Off Broadway and was adapted in 2003 as a film starring Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz. The cast for the benefit reading is Tony winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Tim Realbuto (Yes), Jonah Platt (Wicked) and Katie Rose Clarke (Miss Saigon).

Performing from their homes across the country, Realbuto will play Adam, a social misfit who works at a museum, and Hall will play Evelyn, a passionate and outspoken art student. As Evelyn changes Adam for the “better”, his two best friends Phillip (Platt) and Jenny (Clarke) begin to wonder if Evelyn is a good influence or the downfall of their friend.

Xq Institute, The LeBron James Family Foundation, and The Entertainment Industry Foundation announced today that they are joining together to pay tribute to the Class of 2020 in a one-hour multimedia special event, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, on Saturday, May 16.

LeBron James, Bad Bunny, Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, Chika, Ybn Cordae, Loren Gray, H.E.R., the Jonas Brothers, Brandan Bmike Odums, Ben Platt, Henry Platt, Jonah Platt, Megan Rapinoe, Yara Shahidi, Lena Waithe, Pharrell Williams, Malala Yousafzai, and many more will participate in #GraduateTogether.

As coronavirus has prompted the cancellation of high school graduation ceremonies, some of the nation’s biggest media companies will honor the more than 3 million high school seniors across the country with a joyful tribute to the Class of 2020. ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC will simultaneously air the special along with leading entertainment, social media and streaming platforms—including Complex Networks, Facebook App,...

Los Angeles Laker’s superstar LeBron James has long supported scholastic achievement via his philanthropic efforts.

Now, James is leading an unprecedented effort to celebrate America’s high school seniors, many of whom, because of coronavirus, won’t enjoy a graduation ceremony.

The one-hour special, called Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, will air simultaneously across ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC and on an array of digital platforms — including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, PeopleTV and Complex Networks.

Working on something special for you high school class of 2020!

Exclusive: As they come to an end of their second year, The Rosenzweig Group (Trg) has added Miranda Rae Mayo, Crystal Yu, Menik Gooneratne and Jonah Platt to their growing, diverse roster of actors, writers and producers.

Miranda Rae Mayo currently appears on NBC’s Chicago Fire as Stella Kidd. Her other credits include HBO’s second season of True Detective and ABC series Blood and Oil.

Crystal Yu has appeared on Casualty on BBC and will be featured in the forthcoming series For Life on AMC and Industry on HBO. She continues to be repped by Denton Brierly in the UK.

Menik Gooneratne was seen in Peter Jackson’s sci-fi epic Mortal Engines as well as the Oscar-nominated Lion. She was also a series regular on the Australian TV series Neighbours. She continues to be repped by Aam in Australia and attorney Jonathan Shikora at Lgnafc

Jonah Platt has appeared on stage and screen.

Exclusive: As the true-crime podcast market continues to heat up, could a musical interlude be the next hot area? That’s the hope of musical theatre writers Brett Ryback, Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav, who have teamed with podcast studio Atypical Artists on a Serial-meets-Broadway-style scripted series.

Ryback, who wrote the music and lyrics to stage show Passing Through and Nickelodeon writers Luppino-Esposito and Sav have created In Strange Woods with the help of Atypical Artists, which is run by Lauren Shippen, the creator of audio drama The Bright Sessions.

In Strange Woods tells the coming-of-age story of Peregrine Wells, an 18-year-old girl in Minnesota’s north woods, reeling from the death of her older brother. Ryback, who also acts as narrator, spins a fictional mystery that weaves together investigation and taped interview with a folk-pop score.

A pilot last year featured Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Donna Lynne Champlin, Tony nominee Patrick Page,...

Today’s declaration by Nancy Pelosi of an official impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s conduct in office makes the March 22 submitted Mueller Report seem like a tome from another era.

However, that era isn’t quite so far away that the officially entitled Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election can’t still be brought to the Saban Theater on October 21 for a fundraiser for the Democrats. Which, for around $25 a tix as a starting price, is exactly what will be happening with Will & Grace’s Debra Messing as her online nemesis Trump, Larry David as the narrator and recent Emmy winner and Pose star Billy Porter among the cast of You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up, Deadline has confirmed

Similar to June’s star-studded NYC reading of playwright Robert Schenkkan’s The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,...

Film and theater Producer Marc Platt and wife Julie have made a $1 million gift to McC Theater, one of Off Broadway’s leading not-for-profit companies, for the development and production of new musicals, McC announced today.

Named for Marc Platt’s late, theater-loving uncle, The Gary Platt Musical Initiative will begin its intended mission immediately for the 2019-20 season. The initiative will support new musicals over the course of five programming seasons.

“Beyond being my beloved uncle, Gary introduced generations of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews to the world of musical theatre,” said Marc Platt, speaking on behalf of himself, his wife and their family (the couple’s sons include actors Ben Platt and Jonah Platt). “He had a remarkable gift for encouraging people to embrace their unique talents and pursue their dreams. An initiative that encourages new playwrights and songwriters to reach their potential is a legacy he would...

Exclusive: Jonah Platt has been tapped to don the cowboy hat and the signature mustache of Country Songwriter Hall of Famer Dean Dillon in Tennessee Whiskey The Musical: The Story of Dean Dillon.

The upcoming jukebox musical is written by Dewey Moss and will feature songs of Dillon, who has written for George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart, and more. The story will follow the country star’s life and how his music defined a generation. It will also dive into his personal struggles with alcoholism and drugs but more importantly, his redemption and success in the music industry.

The musical will feature number 1 hit songs such as “The Chair”, “Unwound”, “Marina Del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” “She Calls It Love”, “I’m Lying In Love With You”, “I’m Into the Bottle”, and of course, the titular “Tennessee Whiskey...

Lythgoe Family Panto Lfp, in association with Pasadena Playhouse have announced casting for Beauty And The Beast A Christmas Rose. Jonah Platt Broadway's Wicked will star as The Beast Gedde Watanabe Broadway's Pacific Overtures, John Hughes' Sixteen Candles as Maurice Jared Gertner Broadway's The Book Of Mormon as Pierre and John Tartaglia Broadway's Shrek The Musical, and as Bistro.

Worst First Kiss Productions is proud to announce a two-week extension of its critically acclaimed production of Dog Sees God, following a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The production, directed by Jonah Platt, will perform 4 additional performances at The Blank Theater in Hollywood on Saturday July 15th at 2pm amp 5pm, Sunday July 16th at 6 pm, and Sunday July 23rd 6pm. There will also be a special Encore performance on Saturday July 22nd at 2 pm as part of the Fringe Encores Awards, which represent the best of the Hollywood Fringe as selected by venue producers, based on artistic merit and commercial potential.

Performers from the beloved Off-Broadway musical Bare cametogether just last night to honor the show's late creator,Damon Intrabartolo, at Feinstein's 54 Below.Cast members from the original Los Angeles and Off-Broadway companies, as well as those from the recent revival at New World Stages, reunited to celebrate Intrabartolo, who passed away in 2013. Led by Kristin Hanggi, performers included Michael Arden, Jenna Leigh Green, John HIll, Natalie Joy Johnson, Taylor Trensch, Jonah Platt, and many more...

What did we all do before YouTube Check out the first clips below from Hair The Hollywood Bowl's production of Hair opened last night, starring Kristen Bell as Sheila, Hunter Parrish as Claude, Amber Riley as Dionne, Jenna Ushkowitz as Jeanie and Beverly D'Angelo as Mom, Sarah Hyland as Chrissy, Mario as Hud, Jonah Platt as Woof, Benjamin Walker as Berger, and Kevin Chamberlin as Dad.

Sarah Hyland is going to spend three days in August singing on stage for a lot of people. The “Modern Family” star has joined the cast of the Hollywood Bowl production of “Hair,” it was announced on Friday, and will play the role of Chrissy. She has some stage experience already, having played Jackie Bouvier in the Broadway staging of “Grey Gardens.” Also read: ‘Modern Family’ Cast and Co-Creator Celebrate Mitch and Cam's Wedding: ‘It's Big and Puffy’ Other new cast members of the Adam Shankman-directed staging include Mario as Hud, Jonah Platt as Woof, Benjamin Walker as Berger and Kevin Chamberlain.

Glorystruck productions presents Bare. This electrifying rock musical stars Payson Lewis NBC's 'The Sing Off', 'Victorious', Jonah Platt 'The Office',Lindsay Pearce 'Glee', 'The Glee Project', Katie Stevens Fox's 'American Idol', Nathan Parrett NBC's 'The Voice', Caitlin Ary, Kelsey Hainlen, Casey Hayden, Christopher Higgins, Reesa Ishiyama, Harrison Meloeny andKatherine Washington. Check out the photos below...

Glorystruck productions presents Bare. This electrifying rock musical stars Payson Lewis NBC's 'The Sing Off', 'Victorious', Jonah Platt 'The Office',Lindsay Pearce 'Glee', 'The Glee Project', Katie Stevens Fox's 'American Idol', Nathan Parrett NBC's 'The Voice', Caitlin Ary, Kelsey Hainlen, Casey Hayden, Christopher Higgins, Reesa Ishiyama, Harrison Meloeny andKatherine Washington. Check out the opening night photos below...

Glorystruck productions presents Bare. This electrifying rock musical stars Payson Lewis NBC's 'The Sing Off', 'Victorious', Jonah Platt 'The Office',Lindsay Pearce 'Glee', 'The Glee Project', Katie Stevens Fox's 'American Idol', Nathan Parrett NBC's 'The Voice', Caitlin Ary, Kelsey Hainlen, Casey Hayden, Christopher Higgins, Reesa Ishiyama, Harrison Meloeny andKatherine Washington. Check out the photos below...

Glorystruck productions will present the Los Angeles return of the Damon Intrabartolo-Jon Hartmere pop opera at the Hayworth Theatre in Downtown La, September 5, 2013. Payson Lewis NBC's 'The Sing Off', 'Victorious', Jonah Platt 'The Office' and Lindsay Pearce 'Glee', 'The Glee Project' will star in the Los Angeles production. Stephanie Andersen reprising the role of Sister Chantell and John Griffin Priest will also return to the show. Check out phtoos of the cast below...