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Friday, November 4, 2016

Lady Gaga Reaches Her Zenith, Will Reportedly Play Donatella Versace in Season 3 of American Crime Story by Jordan Crucchiola

You knew it was coming. As soon as you heard Ryan Murphy was going to make the murder of Gianni Versace for the third season of American Crime Story, you heard a tiny whisper coming from som…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:05PM
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Buying One of Alexander Hamilton’s Real Letters Might Be Cheaper Than a Ticket to Hamilton by Jordan Crucchiola

If the Broadway sensation Hamilton has piqued your interest in the real historical figure that is Alexander Hamilton, you’ll be pleased to know that you can now purchase artifacts fro…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:13PM
Monday, October 24, 2016

AMC Theatres Will Host Election Night Viewing Parties, So You Can Watch the Dissolution of America on the Big Screen by Jordan Crucchiola

No scripted drama in 2016 can compete with the ghastly spectacle of this year’s presidential election. So instead of trying to lure the American people into movie theaters on election nigh…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:19PM
Friday, October 14, 2016

Christopher Jackson Is Saying Good-bye to Hamilton by Jordan Crucchiola

Christopher Jackson, Hamilton's George Washington, will soon be taking his final bow in the Broadway show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He'll perform the role, for which he…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:39PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Daniel Radcliffe Is Content Hoarding His Harry Potter Fortune by Jordan Crucchiola

If you see Daniel Radcliffe out at a bar, don’t expect him to try and impress you by throwing hundred-dollar bills at everyone who walks in the door. The former Harry Potter is sitting on …

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:30PM
Friday, September 30, 2016

John Legend to Guest-Star As Frederick Douglass in WGN’s Underground by Jordan Crucchiola

Way back in 2005, John Legend dipped his toe into TV with the show American Dreams, when he played the role of Stevie Wonder. Now, he’s the executive producer of the drama Underground on W…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:32PM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Lady Gaga is Your Super Bowl Halftime Headliner by Jordan Crucchiola

A few weeks after denying that Lady Gaga will perform during the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL is ready to make its commitment to the Queen Monster Facebook official. Gaga will be t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:51PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

This American Sign Language Cover of 'Alexander Hamilton' is Great by Jordan Crucchiola

Sarah Tubert is the captain of the National Deaf Women’s Volleyball Team, and she’s got a whole lot of soul in those hands. Watch her put a new kind of life into Hamilton’s “Alexande…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:41PM
Friday, September 16, 2016

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Edward Albee Dies at 88 by Jordan Crucchiola

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee died today at his home on Long Island. The detail was confirmed by his assistant, Jakob Holder, but no cause of death has been given at this ti…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:36PM
Thursday, September 8, 2016

New Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Trailer: A Kids' Movie Full of Funny Adults by Jordan Crucchiola

The upcoming movie Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life looks neatly packaged for a family-friendly night at the theater, but it’s also got a full lineup of seriously funny grown-up t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:44PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Michael Cera in Talks to Join Aaron Sorkin’s Poker Drama, Unless He’s Bluffing by Jordan Crucchiola

Aaron Sorkin will make his directorial debut with an adaptation of Molly Bloom's poker memoir Molly’s Game, and he already has Jessica Chastain on board to star as the titular hu…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:44PM
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Jersey Boys to Leave Broadway in January 2017 by Jordan Crucchiola

After 11 years and so, so many seasons, the Broadway hit Jersey Boys will take its final curtain call in January of next year. The show’s historically strong sales have slowed down a bit l…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:47PM
Friday, September 2, 2016

Here Are 9 Movies to See (or Not) This Labor Day Weekend by Jordan Crucchiola

The end of summer is always a crushing blow, but Labor Day weekend affords us one last (nationally recognized) long weekend in the warm months. If you're making your extended holiday more of…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:24PM
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga Join Liam Neeson in The Commuter by Jordan Crucchiola

When you’ve accessed a different spiritual dimension with another person, you’re kind of bound for life. So of course Conjuring 2 co-stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will …

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:24PM
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Alia Shawkat and Many More Will Bring You Drunk History Season Four by Jordan Crucchiola

The big news about Drunk History season four is that Lin-Manuel Miranda will narrate the show’s upcoming re-enactment of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, starring Alia S…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:28PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Writing Songs for a Live-Action Little Mermaid by Jordan Crucchiola

Remember when you had never heard the name Lin-Manuel Miranda before? Of course you don’t, because that time does not exist. Lin-Manuel Miranda is an ancient being who came before all thos…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:12AM
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

John Turturro, Jessica Hecht and Tony Shalhoub to Star in Revival of Arthur Miller's The Price by Jordan Crucchiola

It’s 2016, and one of the hottest commodities on Broadway is still Arthur Miller. The Roundabout Theater Company will revive the playwright’s 1968 drama The Price, and the production has…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:08AM
Monday, August 15, 2016

Jill Soloway Will Produce a Musical-Comedy Series for Amazon Studios by Jordan Crucchiola

Business is booming for Jill Soloway. Last summer she signed an exclusive production deal with Amazon Studios. In February, she got the green light to develop a new comedy called I Love Dick…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:10PM

Ben Whishaw in Talks to Join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns by Jordan Crucchiola

Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel just got even more genteel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, British actor Ben Whishaw, who plays the most recent incarnation of Q in the new Bond films, i…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:01PM
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Dozens of Broadway Stars Sang a Tribute to Victims of Gun Violence at the DNC by Jordan Crucchiola

For a tribute to those who have been affected by gun violence, a massive line-up of Broadway stars assembled on stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night to sing “What…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:51AM
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Hamilton's Renée Elise Goldsberry to Star in HBO's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Jordan Crucchiola

Renée Elise Goldsberry continues to ascend. Earlier in July it was announced that she would leave her Tony Award-winning role in the Broadway super-smash Hamilton to join a new Netfli…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:48AM

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