Why the Tony Awards Producers Promise This Year’s Ceremony Will Wow You
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the duo who have produced and directed the Tony Awards telecast since 2003, won’t share too many specifics about the Tony ceremony coming up on Sunday. But director and...
View ArticleStephen Fry on Reprising the King in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue 2’ and Why...
British actor Stephen Fry remembers being about 10 years old in the late 1960s when he first saw a production of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” on television. He immediately...
View ArticleJohn Wilson on the Scariest Moment of Shooting ‘How To’ and Getting...
Throughout the three-season run of his HBO docuseries, John Wilson has walked into some of the strangest places in New York with nothing but a camera. But Wilson says the scariest moment while filming...
View ArticleDay Eating With Seth Meyers: The ‘Late Night’ Host Counts Down His Top 10...
If you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of a media apocalypse. Newspapers are dying, websites that filled that void with top-notch journalism have gone away and the outlets that are left still...
View ArticleAlicia Vikander on Working With an Unrecognizable Jude Law in ‘Firebrand’ and...
King Henry VIII is most associated with ordering the killings of two of his wives while he had his marriages to another three annulled. Usually forgotten or rarely mentioned is sixth and final spouse...
View ArticleSelena Gomez on Her Cannes Win for Best Actress, ‘Only Murders’ and...
Selena Gomez, who continues to redefine her career as a multitalented singer, actress and producer, may soon be adding “Oscar contender” to the mix. The “Only Murders in the Building” star has proven...
View Article‘Parish’ Star Giancarlo Esposito on Learning to Manage His Inner Gus Fring...
Hands down, Giancarlo Esposito remains the busiest man in show business. Over the past year he’s starred in AMC’s “Parish” (which he also executive produces), Netflix’s “The Gentlemen,” Disney+’s “The...
View Article‘Apples Never Fall’ Star Jake Lacy on His Real Name, Playing Douchebags vs....
Before Jake Lacy graduated drama school, he had to make a huge decision: picking his stage name. Born Jameson Griffin Lacy, he planned on using his given moniker throughout his career. But, after...
View Article‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Star and Creator Brit Marling on...
The billionaire Andy Ronson (Clive Owen) — a technological genius who serves as an antagonist and, ultimately, tragic figure in the FX limited series “A Murder at the End of the World” — may bear a...
View ArticleEmma Roberts on ‘Space Cadet,’ Blaming the Internet for ‘Madame Web’ Flopping...
Emma Roberts knows that her new Prime Video movie, “Space Cadet,” is an any easy target for critics and cynics. “It’s earnest,” she says on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “And people are...
View Article‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Star Cole Escola Would ‘Love’ for Pedro Pascal or Tituss...
Cole Escola, the 37-year-old star and writer of the hit Off Broadway farce ”Oh, Mary!,” isn’t letting fame get to their head. (Escola identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.) When they’re...
View ArticleEmmy Nominees Analysis: Diving Deeper Into the Sleeper Hits and Bizarre...
Peak TV may be over, but the television landscape is hardly at a standstill. In fact, this Emmy season has delivered the most eclectic list of nominees from the widest variety of platforms in TV...
View ArticleHow Creators of ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Are Figuring Out a Future Life for...
The creators of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” are certain their hit show will have a future life — they just don’t yet know what that future life looks like. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast...
View Article‘The Crown’ Creator Peter Morgan On Ending His Netflix Series, Which Just...
Emmy voters have loved “The Crown” from the start. Over six seasons, the Netflix drama has earned 21 Emmys and a total 87 nominations across all categories, including outstanding drama series in 2021 —...
View Article‘Dream Sequence’ Scripted Horror Podcast Announced From Blumhouse Television,...
Blumhouse’s latest project is aiming to scare the headphones right off of horror fans. iHeartPodcasts, Realm and Blumhouse Television announced the spooky new scripted podcast “Dream Sequence” on...
View ArticleProducers Fred Seibert and Kevin Kolde Launch Podcast Studio Bellport Theater...
Animation veterans Fred Seibert and Kevin Kolde have teamed to launch a podcast studio, Bellport Theater on the Air, focusing on scripted, episodic content revolving around supernatural thrillers and...
View Article‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada on Season 2 Plans, His Emmy Nom and Why He...
Emmy-nominated actor Hiroyuki Sanada wants to flex his acting muscles. Not only is he hungry for more dramatic roles, but Sanada would love to be considered for a romantic comedy — or even a musical....
View ArticleHow Sutton Foster Brings an ‘Unhinged Version of Myself’ to Broadway’s ‘Once...
Optimistic, curious, adventurous. Also: Zero complexity. That’s how Sutton Foster describes Princess Fred, the character she plays in the Broadway revival of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Listen to this...
View ArticleThe Future of Sports is Female: Women’s Leagues Rise as Platforms for Live...
By any measure, women’s sports is where much of the sector’s growth will be found in the near term as sports and media are buffetted by the transition to digital streaming and on-demand platforms. The...
View ArticleCarol Burnett on Stealing ‘Palm Royale’ Scenes in Her Sleep and the Time That...
Some actors are so good they can consistently draw attention without even trying. But Carol Burnett might be the only living legend who can literally steal scenes in her sleep. The 91-year-old actor...
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