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Update, Feb. 19, 2025: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical announced today that performances have been extended by four weeks due to popular demand. Originally scheduled to run for 16 weeks only, tickets are now on sale through July 13.

The musical last week sold out its first preview performance at Broadway’s Golden Theatre. Directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat began preview performances on Saturday, February 15, with an opening night set for Thursday, March 20.

Starring in Operation Mincemeat are David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts, who are reprising their original, acclaimed performances for the musical’s Broadway-American premiere.

Previous, Oct. 24, 2024: Operation Mincemeat, the most recent Olivier Award-winning Best Musical, will open on Broadway in 2025 after two sold-out years (and counting) on the West End.

Directed by Robert Hastie and choreographed by Jenny Arnold, Operation Mincemeat will begin performances at the Golden Theatre on Saturday,...

Hollywood is a pressure cooker of talent, ambition, and, of course, drama. With fame comes competition, and with competition comes some of the biggest celebrity feuds. Whether it’s actors clashing over roles, musicians battling for the top spot on the charts, or directors and stars butting heads over creative differences, the entertainment world is never short of rivalries.

Sometimes it’s a friendly tension, other times it spirals into a full-blown war, especially when egos, relationships, and big money are involved. Some stars simply can’t stand each other, and when their disagreements spill into the public eye, it’s impossible to look away. Fans take sides, social media erupts, and what starts as a private spat often turns into a headline-grabbing saga.

From career battles to personal vendettas, here are the celebrity feuds of all time that had everyone talking!

30. Sean Young and James Woods

The feud between...

Tituss Burgess will take over the lead role in Oh, Mary! this spring.

Burgess will play Mary Todd Lincoln for three weeks starting March 18 through April 6. He takes over the role from Betty Gilpin, who took over the role starting Jan. 21.

Cole Escola, who wrote the play, originated the role of Mary Off-Broadway and through the show’s Broadway transfer.

Burgess, known for his roles in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Schmigadoon!, has previously appeared on Broadway in Moulin Rouge!, Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid and more.

“Oh, Mary! blew me away when I saw it on Broadway. Cole Escola is a genius!” Burgess said. “The show is fresh and impossibly funny. I understand the role of Mary Todd Lincoln maybe a little too well. I’m over the moon with joy that I get to join the company at The Lyceum Theatre.”

Oh Mary! reimagines the life of Mary Todd Lincoln,...

Six-time Emmy Award-nominated actor Tituss Burgess will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! for a limited three-week engagement in March.

“Oh, Mary! blew me away when I saw it on Broadway,” Burgess said in a statement. “Cole Escola is a genius. The show is fresh and impossibly funny. I understand the role of Mary Todd Lincoln maybe a little too well. I’m over the moon with joy that I get to join the company at The Lyceum Theatre.”

Burgess will begin his run on Tuesday, March 18, and play through Sunday, April 6. He will be the third actor to play the role, following Escola, who created it, and Betty Gilpin, currently in the show.

Burgess returns to the Broadway stage following his work in musicals Moulin Rouge!, Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid, and many more.

This claim, included in Universal’s thorough and impressive list of box office achievements for 2024, is technically true: “Domestically ‘Wicked‘ is now … the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation of all-time at the domestic office ahead of ‘Grease’ ($188.62M).”

Also technically true is that “The Grinch” is bigger than “Gone with the Wind,” “Sing” is bigger than “Jaws,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s” is bigger than “The Godfather.” Also, the 1977 first “Star Wars” is only the third biggest success of that franchise.

Presenting grosses without adjusting skews the real picture of how they compare. It is a prime case of film history erasure, an all-too common occurrence these days. The somewhat (but not impossible in most cases) effort to sort out the true success of films through history starts with adjusting box office takes to current ticket prices. Normally, that is fairly simple, since we know the costs by year and can do the math.

It is quite fascinating to see how life trains people for what they are going to become, through things that often appear unrelated. Getting into Hollywood was not a dream for many celebrities who are big stars now, as they had completely different aspirations before. Such seemingly unrelated first steps set them up for success in ways they couldn’t have imagined, and Tom Cruise is a really good example of this.

Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol | Credit: Paramount Pictures

Cruise, known for performing his own death-defying stunts in blockbuster franchises like Mission: Impossible and Top Gun, had a different kind of physical challenge in mind during his high school days. Before he became one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, he was trying all sorts of career choices, and one of them happened to be grappling on wrestling mats.

Tom Cruise’s wrestling journey in high school Tom...

Jonathan Kimble Simmons, aka J.K. Simmons, is the Academy Award-winning actor who first came to fame as a song-and-dance man on Broadway. He then segued to a celebrated career in television and finally began an illustrious film career that has endured for 30+ years.

Simmons was a long-time theater actor — he had a memorable turn on the 1992 Tony broadcast in a striped purple suit raising his jazz hands in a number from “Guys and Dolls” — until he made his way to television and stunned audiences as white supremacist inmate Vern Schillinger in the HBO series “Oz.” Hollywood then came calling, making a big splash in the “Spider-Man” films and capping it off by winning the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his chilling performance as a music teacher in “Whiplash.” He has since gone on to join the DC and Marvel universes.

Let’s raise a...

Ever since just after punk music's messy birth amid the ascent of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols in 1975, there have been punks accusing each other of not being punk enough. That accusation has been levied for pretty much every reason imaginable, but most commonly the cries of "sellout" have been linked to the music not being hard enough, which led to the genesis of pop punk.

While "real" or "traditional" punk music is generally steeped in anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment ideologies, its poppier cousin tends to take itself a little less seriously, and has since given birth to subgenres like skate punk and power pop. For all the name has been used derisively, though, there's no denying pop punk is a genre with mass appeal and decades of history, and pop punk is very much not dead. Here are some of the greatest albums in that history, from pop punk's...

Helen Gallagher, who won Tony Awards for Pal Joey and No, No, Nanette before starring as Maeve Ryan in all 13 seasons of daytime soap Ryan’s Hope, died November 24. She was 98.

Playbill confirmed the news on social media.

Born on July 19, 1926, in New York City, Gallagher already was a singing, dancing and acting veteran of numerous Broadway shows when she was cast as Gladys Bumps in the Chicago-set 1952 musical Pal Joey. Starring opposite Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, she won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

She went on to appear in such Golden Age Broadway musicals as The Pajama Game, Mame, Finian’s Rainbow and Sweet Charity, earning a second Featured Actress Tony nom for playing Mickie alongside Gwen Verdon and Ruth Buzzi. She also performed in revivals of such classics as Guys and Dolls and Brigadoon.

In 1970 she was cast as the original Lucille Early in Broadway’s No,...

Exclusive: David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral) has joined the cast of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s upcoming ballet dramedy Étoile as a series regular, Deadline has learned.

Haig was cast ahead of production on Season 1, which began in January, but not previously announced. Details on his role are being kept under wraps.

Set in New York City and Paris, the eight-episode first season of Étoile follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies, as they embark on an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions by swapping their most talented stars.

Étoile is created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, who writes, directs, and serves as executive producer.

Haig joins a cast that includes the Emmy-winning Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alum Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gideon Glick, Simon Callow, Lou de Laâge and David Alvarez.

From Amazon MGM Studios, Étoile, which has a two-season order,...

Principal casting for the new Broadway musical Boop! The Musical was announced today, with Jasmine Amy Rogers and Faith Prince set to reprise their well-reviewed performances from last year’s Chicago engagement.

Rogers will play Betty Boop and Prince will portray the character Valentina. The musical, which begins previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on on March 11, 2025, with an official opening on April 5, will also feature other members of the Chicago cast, including Ainsley Melham as Dwayne, Erich Bergen as Raymond, Stephen DeRosa as Grampy, Anastacia McCleskey as Carol, Angelica Hale as Trisha, Phillip Huber (Pudgy the Dog), and Aubie Merrylees as Oscar.

Additional casting will be announced soon.

Director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell said in a statement, “I am over the moon that our Chicago principal cast will be joining us on the journey to Broadway. Everyone embodies the infectious positive spirit of Betty Boop, and I can’t wait...

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Shortly after Tom Cruise graduated from high school in 1980, he left Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where he spent his teenage years, and moved to New York to pursue an acting career. A few months later, Cruise, whose only previous acting experience had been a featured role in a high-school production of the musical Guys and Dolls, landed his first screen acting role, a bit part in the 1981 romantic drama film Endless Love.

While the then-unknown Cruise was initially considered for the lead male role in Endless Love, which is based on Scott Spencers acclaimed 1979 novel of the same name, he was beaten out by the equally unknown Martin Hewitt for the role of David, a troubled young man whose obsessive love for a girl,...

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...

Known for his baritone voice and hits like My Way and Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra has become a legendary figure in the entertainment industry. Along with his remarkable career as a singer, Sinatra also had some acting stints, starring in multiple films throughout his career.

A still from Guys and Dolls | Credit: MGM

One of his last acting credits included an appearance in Tom Selleck’s 80s crime drama Magnum P.I. Selleck later reflected on the Grammy winner’s guest appearance along with the one condition that he placed on starring in the crime drama.

Tom Selleck Reflected on Frank Sinatra’s Magnum P.I. Appearance

Magnum P.I. Season 7, episode 18 titled, Laura, introduced Frank Sinatra as a retired New York cop, Sergeant Michael Doheny, who hires Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) to track down his granddaughter’s killers.

Tom Selleck opened up about how Sinatra eventually made his way to the crime drama.

Ken Page, a theater icon who brought Old Deuteronomy to life in the Broadway debut of “Cats” and delighted children everywhere by voicing Oogie Boogie from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” has died. He was 70.

Page died Monday, Sept. 30, at home in St. Louis, Mo. His talent agent, Todd M. Eskin, announced the news Tuesday; no cause of death was given.

Page’s career spanned both stage and screen. He starred opposite Beyoncé in the 2006 film adaptation of the musical, voiced King Gator in the classic Don Bluth animated feature “All Dogs Go to Heaven” and Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the first Broadway revival of “Guys and Dolls”.

As a stage actor, Page made his Broadway debut as the Cowardly Lion in the original production of “The Wiz.” Page won a Drama Desk Award for his performance as part of the original cast of the Fats Waller musical “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and...

Actor and singer Ken Page, best known for playing Oogie Boogie in Henry Selick and Tim Burton’s classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, has sadly passed away at the age of 70.

In addition to voicing iconic character Oogie Boogie in the 1993 movie, Ken Page also went on to voice the character for all subsequent spinoff projects including the video games The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King and The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, and he also voiced the character for the Kingdom Hearts video game franchise.

Other roles throughout Ken Page’s career include 1989’s All Dogs Go to Heaven, wherein he voiced King Gator, as well as “Family Matters,” The Kid Who Loved Christmas, “Adventures in Wonderland,” Cats (1998), “Charmed,” Dreamgirls, and Haunted Mansion Holiday.

Off screen, Ken Page appeared on stage in plays including Ain’t Misbehavin’, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, The Wiz, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Cats.

Ken Page was best known as a stage actor, with Deadline referring to him as one of Broadway’s most familiar character actors, but he did earn several film credits over the decades as well, appearing in films like Torch Song Trilogy, The Kid Who Loved Christmas, I’ll Do Anything, and Dreamgirls, as well as TV shows like Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Touched by an Angel, and more. Page also did a good amount of voice acting work – with his most popular credit coming when he provided the voice of Oogie Boogie in the Henry Selick / Tim Burton stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Page would go on to voice Oogie Boogie again for the Kingdom Hearts video games, the video game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, and the ride walk-through short Haunted Mansion Holiday. Sadly, it’s being reported that Page passed away in his sleep...

Brit hit “Operation Mincemeat” is looking to add some Tony Awards to its pair of Oliviers with the announcement of its arrival on Broadway in the new year. The new musical begins a 16-week limited run at the Golden on February 15, with opening night set for March 20.

This tuner tells the unlikely tale of a an elaborate plot by the British during WWII to deceive the Germans. A vagrant’s body is dressed in a Royal Marine officer’s uniform packed with fake plans for D-Day. Both the book and the score are by the members of the comedy troupe SpitLip.

In a statement announcing this new Broadway production, SpitLip said: “If we had to name one single unifying influence for ‘Operation Mincemeat’ it would be the American Musical Comedy. ‘The Producers,’ ‘Guys & Dolls,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Avenue Q,’ ‘The Book Of Mormon’– we never dreamed we would even get to...

Veteran actor and Broadway star Ken Page, who voiced the role of Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas, has died. He was 70. Page’s death was announced by his friend, Dorian Hannaway, who wrote on Facebook, “Ken Page has passed onto the next show. My heart is broken.” She later added that he “passed quietly and peacefully at his home.” Born on January 20, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri, Page began his show business career in the chorus of the Muny outdoor theater in St. Louis. He made his Broadway debut in The Wiz before going on to star in productions of Guys and Dolls, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wizard of Oz, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, and Cats, in which he played Old Deuteronomy. On screen, Page was best known for voicing Oogie Boogie in Henry Selick’s animated classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also appeared...

Ken Page, a beloved star of the stage and screen, has passed away.

Theater kids and Disney adults are mourning the news in equal measure, as Ken has been a celebrated name in both communities for generations.

The news of his passing was confirmed by one of Ken’s closest friends and producer on Facebook.

While the news of his death is upsetting, the cause of his death is the question fans want answers to.

Danny Elfman, Ken Page and Paul Reubens attend the premiere of the Walt Disney Pictures’ film “The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D” on October 16, 2006 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) Ken Page’s Cause Of Death: The Nightmare Before Christmas Star Passes Away

You may not know Ken’s face, but there’s no way you don’t know his voice.

If you’re a theater lover, you...

Ken Page, a revered stage performer and voice actor, has died. He was 70 years old.

Per Radio Times, Page's death was announced by Dorian Hannaway, a friend of the actor, with a social media post reading, "Ken Page has passed onto the next show. My heart is broken." The news comes as a surprise as Page had still been active as a performer, recently appearing on stage for a production of Les Misrables this past summer. No additional details have yet been revealed about the manner of Page's passing.

Born in 1954, Page majored in theater at Fontbonne College before launching his career in show business. He made his Broadway debut in production of The Wiz and went on to appear in shows like Guys and Dolls, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of Eden, The Wizard of Oz, Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors, and more. One of his best known...

Academy Award nominee Rob Marshall is rolling the dice on a remake of Guys and Dolls. Many attempts have been made over the years to get a new movie adaptation of Guys and Dolls off the ground, but according to Variety, a lucky hand might have been dealt as filmmaker Rob Marshall has now signed on to the latest effort. Marshall and his long-time producing partner, John DeLuca, will write the script with John Requa & Glenn Ficarra, whose previous credits include Crazy Stupid Love, Bad Santa, and Jungle Cruise. Sonys TriStar Pictures will produce the film as they acquired the remake rights from MGM, the original short stories, and the Broadway musical.

Based on two short stories by Damon Runyon titled "Blood Pressure" and "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown," Guys and Dolls was a hit Broadway musical that debuted in 1950 that follows the story of gamblers Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit,...

Gather around, folks! The remake of the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls is still in motion, and there seems to be a new director in charge. Variety reports that Rob Marshall (Chicago) is set to helm the project for Sonys TriStar Pictures. He is also writing the script alongside John DeLuca, John Requa, and Glenn Ficarra. Not to mention, Marshall is replacing Bill Condon, who was hired as a director for the remake back in 2021.

The best Rita Moreno movies and TV shows include at least one musical that is considered among the greatest of all time and another that is beloved by millions. Moreno was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York City with her mother when she was five and began taking dancing lessons before getting her first Broadway role when she was only 13. That led to a massively successful career on the stage, where she appeared in Guys and Dolls, The Odd Couple, and Sunset Boulevard, among others.

Moreno parlayed that success into movies and TV, and she has since become an Egot recipient, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. In a 15-year span, Moreno won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar (1961), Best Album for Children Grammy (1973), Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony (1975), and Outstanding Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music...

Rob Marshall is in talks to direct a film adaptation of Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls,” the classic Broadway musical and 1955 film of the same name, for TriStar Pictures, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

John Requa and Glenn Ficarra are in talks to write the screenplay with Marshall and John DeLuca. John Goldwyn, Marc Toberoff and Marc Platt are producing with Marshall and DeLuca.

Previously, the studio purchased the rights to the original short stories written by Damon Runyon that inspired the musical, to the Broadway musical book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and its music by Loesser, as well as the remake rights to the ’55 film “Guys and Dolls” as released by the Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Runyon originally wrote the short stories “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown,” “Pick the Winner” and “Blood Pressure” about a gambler and his relationship with a missionary girl.

Rob Marshall is rockin’ the boat!

The “Chicago” director is in talks to helm the remake of “Guys and Dolls” for Sony’s TriStar Pictures. Marshall and John DeLuca will write the script with John Requa & Glenn Ficarra.

John Goldwyn, Marc Toberoff and Marc Platt will produce alongside Marshall and DeLuca, while TriStar president Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi will oversee the project for the studio.

Bill Condon was previously attached to direct the film back in 2021.

Sony purchased remake rights in 2019 for the original Damon Runyon short stories about gamblers and gangsters, as well as the rights to the Broadway musical The studio also acquired remake rights to the previous 1955 film adaptation from the Samuel Goldwyn company.

That version of “Guys and Dolls” starred Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine, and was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.

“Guys and Dolls” opened...

Is the musical… back? Much as Hollywood has tried to hide its affinity for song and dance, musicals have been getting made. Wonka was a holiday hit; The Color Purple got Oscar nominations. This fall the Broadway blockbuster Wicked hits the silver screen, and now it seems the time is...

This one has taken awhile, but maybe Lady Luck finally has turned for an updated movie musical of Guys and Dolls. TriStar Pictures has teamed Chicago helmer Rob Marshall to direct a new film adaptation of Frank Loesser’s box office smash hit musical. Marshall and John DeLuca will team with John Requa & Glenn Ficarra to write the script.

John Goldwyn, Marc Toberoff and Marc Platt are producing with Marshall and DeLuca. Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi are overseeing for the studio.

Based on stories by Damon Runyon about gamblers and gangsters in the 1920s and ’30s, Guys and Dolls premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The show has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The 1992 revival starring Nathan Lane and Faith Prince...

There was a time when if someone could act, sing, and dance, they were called a "triple threat." The idea was that they were viable, versatile performers for both stage dramas and musicals, making them a threat to any actor who only had talent for one or two of the above techniques. In modern cinema, where musicals are largely out of vogue, the "triple threat" might now refer to someone who can act, perform martial arts, and do their own stunts. In the modern landscape, fighting is more common than dancing. 

Many actors, however, still undergo voice and dance training on the regular, wanting to be as versatile as possible. Many modern film actors, one might find, started on the stage, sometimes belting out some of Broadway's most famous showtunes, before becoming genre stars on the big screen. Case in point: Hugh Jackman. Jackman rose to worldwide fame in 2000 after...

Jane Krakowski is a celebrated American actress and singer, primarily known for her spectacular worth on TV, which has provided her a sizable net worth. A frequent collaborator of Tina Fey's, Krakowsk is most famous for playing Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock and Jacqueline Voorhees on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. However, Krakowski is also an accomplished Broadway actress and as won multiple awards, including a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in 2003's Nine. Krakowski has recently appeared in Schmigadoon! and Elsbeth, and continues to be a staple of television.

Born in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, Krakowski grew up surrounded by creativity, with her mother working in theater. Krakowski's early interest in performance led her to the Professional Childrens School in New York City, and made her Broadway debut at age 18 as Dinah the Dining Car in 1987's Starlight Express (via Celebrity Net...

It’s no wonder that Tom Cruise performs risky stunts for his films since he has a background in wrestling. Cruise was looking at a career in the sport when he wrestled for the varsity team at Glen Ridge High School. However, he had to drop that dream due to an injury which worked out well for him in a way.

Tom Cruise performing a bike stunt in Mission: Impossible 7 | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Cruise soon joined the school musical instead, which made him realize his place in the film industry. He left school to pursue acting in New York and started finding gigs soon. Cruise went on to become one of the highest-paid actors in the industry after almost becoming a wrestler.

Tom Cruise Chose Wrestling As His Career Path In High School Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise was...

"Barney Miller" may not be one of the most talked-about sitcoms of the '70s these days, but perhaps it should be. The NYPD-set show was in some ways the "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" of its time, a socially conscious, funny series that set its action squarely in the precinct where members of the public came to ask the authorities for help -- or get arrested by them.

Like most shows about cops, it has its inherent biases, and some parts of the show have aged poorly. But "Barney Miller" is also surprisingly progressive at times. As TV historian Matt Baume writes in his queer sitcom history "Hi Honey, I'm Homo," the show broke new ground for gay characters on TV, facing off against network censors to portray New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood (post-Stonewall!) with authenticity and diversity.

Only two seasons of "Barney Miller" are currently available to rent digitally in the U.

June Walker Rogers, a singer, dancer and comedian who performed on Broadway and television and wrote several musicals and a book about how to survive in show business, has died. She was 97.

She died July 8 at her home in Westport, Connecticut, her family announced.

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, and raised in Queens, June L. Walker started dancing at age 5 and soon had a nightclub act, appearing on bills with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Louis Prima, Don Rickles, Rodney Dangerfield and, when he was known as the singer “Calypso Gene,” Louis Farrakhan.

After being placed in an accelerated pilot program for gifted children in the New York school system, she graduated from high school at 15. She accepted a scholarship to Columbia University but left college to make her Broadway debut in 1944 in the comedy revue Laffing Room Only, starring Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson.

The platinum blond returned...

Robin Williams was an iconic figure in Hollywood who will be forever remembered for his iconic films, roles, and, comedy. An old clip of Williams was recently shared on the internet and the world is in love with it.

Matt Damon and Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting | Miramax Films

It was 1977 when a show titled Laugh-In aired on television. From various cameos by stars to comedians doing funny bits and skits, the show was quite popular during that time.

When Robin Williams Met Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra was a veteran singer known for songs like Fly Me To The Moon and New York, New York. Well, the singer also appeared in one episode of Laugh-In and that’s when Aladdin star Robin Williams made a simple cameo.

Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra in Guys and Dolls | Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Back in 1977, no one really knew who Robin Williams was.

Maleah Joi Moon has become the 101st performer to win a Tony Award for their first outing on a Broadway stage for her performance in the musical “Hell’s Kitchen.”

She won Best Actress in a Musical at the 77th Tony Awards for portraying Ali, a 17-year-old girl searching for her place in the world while living in the titular New York City neighborhood and also being restrained by her overbearing mother. She is the 10th person to win the category for her Broadway debut. She joins:

Elizabeth Seal, “Irma La Douce” (1961)

Anna Maria Alberghetti, “Carnival” (1962)

Liza Minnelli, “Flora the Red Menace” (1965)

Leslie Uggams, “Hallelujah, Baby” (1968)

Alexis Smith, “Follies” (1972)

Natalia Makarova, “On Your Toes” (1983)

Lea Salonga, “Miss Saigon” (1991)

Catherine Zeta-Jones, “A Little Night Music” (2010)

Cynthia Erivo, “The Color Purple” (2016)

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Other performers who pulled off this accomplishment in recent years include...

Neptune’s Daughter Image: MGM “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has a well-deserved bad reputation. It’s a song about, as our Britt Hayes put it, “a woman being held hostage by some guy who may or may not have drugged her adult beverage.” But it didn’t simply spring, fully formed,...

Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalbán in Neptune’s DaughterImage: MGM

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has a well-deserved bad reputation. It’s a song about, as our Britt Hayes put it, “a woman being held hostage by some guy who may or may not have drugged her adult beverage.” But it didn’t simply spring,...

Billy Eichner is finally getting to live out his childhood dream of a being in a major stage musical.

The “Bros” star is making his Hollywood Bowl singing debut this weekend during “The Lion King’s” 30th anniversary live-to-film concert.

“We just had our first official rehearsal all together this morning,” Eichner told me Wednesday afternoon. “The scope and size of it really knocked me out. If I can get through it, I think it’s going to be really fun.”

Eichner, who played Timon in the 2019 “Lion King” remake and reprises the role in the upcoming prequel film “Mufasa: The Lion King,” isn’t allowed to say what he’ll be performing. But it has already been announced that the two-night run — May 24 and 25 — will also feature “Lion King” veterans Nathan Lane, Jeremy Irons, Ernie Sabella, Heather Headley, Lebo M and Jason Weaver, as well as Egot winner Jennifer Hudson,...

Exclusive: Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham and The Nightingale‘s Aisling Franciosi have joined the cast of Three Point Capital and David Permut Production’s movie Twinless. They will star opposite previously announced Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney.

Sweeney is also writing and directing the pic which follows two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group, and form an unlikely bromance.

O’Brien and Miky Lee are EPs. Alex Astrachan, Director of Development at Permut Presentations is co-producer. Republic Pictures has worldwide rights to the film.

Three Point Capital is financing the feature with Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron and Liz Destro also serving as executive producers.

Graham is known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the hit CW series, Gilmore Girls. She’s also starred in such movies as Flash of Genius, The Answer Man with Jeff Daniels, Evan Almighty with Steve Carell, Because I Said So opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore,...

The Big Country, led by Gregory Peck, stood the test of time and earned a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film's star-studded cast and innovative techniques helped it to become a standout in the Western genre. Watch the timeless classic on MGM+, Fubo, or Pluto TV, and experience the visual storytelling for yourself.

Bringing an ensemble cast to the screen, led by Gregory Peck, The Big Country may not have made a major impact on its release in 1958. However, the film has gone on to be considered one of the best Westerns of the era and now sits at a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. This is due to various factors, but William Wyler's epic Western has continued to get accolades from those who discovered the movie for the first time decades after its release.

We will look at the cast and crew behind The Big Country, the...

Did you know that a 1955 feature film starred Frank Sinatra, one of the greatest singers to ever live, and Marlon Brando, one of the greatest actors to ever live? While this historic combination led to a delightfully comedic gangster musical, a bitter feud ignited between the two leading men. The movie in question is Guys and Dolls, and it's somewhat surprising that such a lighthearted and enjoyable Oscar nominee featured so much behind-the-scenes drama.

by Chad Kennerk

K.J. Relth-Miller, Director of Film Programs.

All images courtesy the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The Academy’s annual ceremony is just one aspect of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ overall examination and recognition of film. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the art, science, and artists behind the magic of the movies. Through exhibitions, curated film series and extensive programming, the Academy Museum celebrates and captures the stories behind the art of moviemaking. The museum’s David Geffen and Ted Mann theatres present a year-round robust calendar of screenings, film series, member programs, panel discussions, and more. Through retrospectives and thematic film series, the artistic and cultural contributions of those in front of and behind the camera are illuminated and explored.

One of the great actors of the 20th century, Marlon Brando studied...

“Every season we’ve had some sort of theme or inspiration for Mabel’s costumes,” reveals Dana Covarrubias when referencing the character played by Selena Gomez on “Only Murders in the Building.” While the main players in the Hulu comedy mount a Broadway musical, eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed that Mabel’s outfits get a theatrical flair as well. The Emmy-nominated costume designer incorporated a nod to Broadway musicals into nearly every outfit that Mabel wears during Season 3. Watch the exclusive video interview above.

“We thought it would be appropriate to use Broadway musicals and movie musicals as our inspiration,” continues Covarrubias. This doesn’t mean that Mabel is suddenly donning a Ziegfeld follies getup with sequins and feathers. She still retains her signature New Yorker style. “It’s just a nod to either the color of a costume or the silhouette,” explains the designer.

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A wide-ranging list of honorees was announced today for the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration Of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television, which will take place during Pride Month on Friday June 7, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The event will stream later on HereTV, the first and largest LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service in the U.S. Actress, writer and comedian Sherry Cola (Joy Ride) will host.

The celebration will honor the finest achievements from the LGBTQ+ entertainment community, both in front of and behind the camera, as well as showcase emerging and established talent. This event marks the newest addition to the Cca’s series, following its Celebration of Latino Cinema and Television, Celebration of Asian Pacific Cinema and Television and Celebration of Black Cinema and Television. The Celebrations aim to shine a light on work from historically underrepresented talent.

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Exclusive: Comedian and writer Julian Clary (Julian Clary: Live – Lord of the Mince) will play the title role in this festive season’s London Palladium pantomime Robin Hood, with singer and travel show presenter Jane McDonald (Cruising with Jane McDonald) topping the bill as Maid Marion.

The annual Palladium show, now in its ninth consecutive season, has become an eagerly awaited staple in the West End’s calendar. It runs from December 7 through January 12, 2025. Priority booking opens 10 Am (GMT) April 25.

Last year’s production, Peter Pan, with comedy legend Jennifer Saunders making her pantomime debut as Captain Hook, and with Clary playing Seaman Smee, was a sold-out success, playing 56 performances -often two a day – to an audience of more than 123,000 at the 2,200 capacity variety house.

When tickets went on sale, there was a moment when 90,000 people were in the queue, waiting their turn to book seats.

Daniel Mays remembers Michael Douglas and Timothy Van Patten, the respectively star and director of new Apple TV drama Franklin, bursting into song whenever he appeared on set.

It came about because during the Franklin shoot in Paris, director Nicholas Hytner asked Mays to star at London’s Bridge Theatre as good old reliable Nathan Detroit in an immersive production of the classic Broadway fable Guys & Dolls by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling.

Upon hearing this news, Douglas insisted, ”You’re doing it, Danny — no question about it.”

The adaption of Damon Runyon’s tales was Van Patten’s father’s favorite musical, “so then within the hour, more like a whole bloody second, every time I came on set, they kept playing ‘The Oldest Established [Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York], and Michael and Noah Jupe would join in.”

Even the French crew got in the swing of it.

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The Olivier Awards will be available to stream on Britbox this year, alongside its regular UK broadcast on ITV1. The Olivier Awards will take place on Sunday, April 14, and will be available to American and Canadian audiences on SVOD service Britbox on the same day. Australian audiences will have access to the stream from Monday, April 15.

Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham is set to return as host to the Royal Albert Hall this year, and will be joined by a starry lineup of presenters including Edward Enninful, Brian Cox, and Cara Delevingne.

The past year saw a record-breaking number of new plays on British stages, and the nominees reflect a significant crossover between the screen and the stage. Hollywood stars nominated this year include first-time Olivier nominee Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite, James Norton for A Little Life, and Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard.

Sunday’s ceremony will see performances...

On what would be his 100th birthday, Marlon Brando remains synonymous not with acting, but great acting — even if this ranked list of all his performances represents what may be the most wildly uneven filmography for any talent of his caliber. But that’s the power of Brando: A handful of his performances are so great and influential they shook up the art of acting forever. Even among his lesser performances, there’s compelling work deserving of rediscovery.

In order to best exemplify what made him such a singular onscreen presence, we ranked all 39 of his films (and one TV appearance), reflecting a spectrum as wide as the man’s broad shoulders. Based on the quality of Brando’s performances rather than the overall films themselves, there are some placements that may surprise you; for example, as great as Brando is in “The Godfather,” it’s still just the fourth-best...

With his victory on Monday at the Critics’ Circle Theatre awards, Andrew Scott has made history. The Irish performer, recognized as best actor for his one-man West End show, “Vanya,” previously was named best actor at the 2024 Critics’ Circle Film Awards for his performance in “All of Us Strangers.” He’s the first person to win lead actor Critics’ Circle prizes in both film and television in the same year.

“It’s a thrilling delight,” Scott says. “I’ve been involved with both film and theater ever since I started acting when I was 17 years old. I’ve always worked between the two mediums. So to have these two projects, which were very dear to me, be recognized is more than I could have wished for.”

In the case of “Vanya,” Simon Stephens’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” Scott played all of the show’s eight roles. That was a herculean task,...

Guys and Dolls, a beloved musical movie, received critical acclaim in 1955, but plans for a remake have not materialized. Despite early announcements for a remake in 2013 and Bill Condon signing on as director in 2021, there has been little progress. No updates on casting or expected release dates have been released since 2021, making the remake's future uncertain.

The 1955 movie Guys and Dolls is undoubtedly one of the greatest musical movies ever made, but there were remake plans that haven't come to fruition. Adapted from the 1950 musical, Guys and Dolls looked at the lives of gamblers and missionaries living in the hustle of New York City; it tells the overlapping stories of high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson and bundling con artist Nathan Detroit. To earn enough money for a location for his game, Nathan bets Sky to take a woman to Havana on a date, choosing the uptight missionary Sarah Brown; Sky agrees to the bet,...