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Sunday, June 19, 2016

You Might Have Free Tickets From Ticketmaster, Since They Overcharged You For 15 Years by Greg Cwik

It’s hard to think of Ticketmaster as anything other than a nefarious supervillain for concertgoers – they’re called “Ticketmaster,” a name that wouldn’t be out of place outside …

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:32PM
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Billy Joel Dedicates Rare Performance of 'You're Only Human' to Orlando by Greg Cwik

At his Madison Square Garden concert on Friday night, Billy Joel performed "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" for the first time since 1987. He dedicated the song to Orlando, still …

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:12PM
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Phillipa Soo Is Leaving Hamilton in July by Greg Cwik

Hamilton, that show you can't afford to see, is losing its progenitor Lin-Manuel Miranda this summer as he embarks on other projects. Now Phillipa Soo, who plays Hamilton's wife, Eliza, and …

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42PM

Grease Live! Writer Working on a Limited Series Drama About Patty Hearst's 1974 Abduction by Greg Cwik

What do Grease Live! and the 1974 abduction of Patty Hearst have in common? Jonathan Tolins. The Grease scribe is working on a drama concerning Hearst (granddaughter of publishing magistrate…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42PM
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Watch Jon Hamm Team Up With a Pineapple and a Coconut in the Strangest Wrestling Match Ever by Greg Cwik

Jon Hamm is really enjoying his post-Mad Men years. Like David Letterman basking in the drunken glory of retirement, Hamm has been going HAM with his free time. Appearing on Fusion’s The C…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:42AM
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Turning His Breakthrough Play In the Heights Into a Film, Finally by Greg Cwik

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer-winning progenitor of a little show called Hamilton, first came to prominence almost ten years ago with In the Heights, a story about a Washington Heights bodega…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:19AM
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Bare Necessities and Barbershop Accessories: The Jungle Book and Barbershop Make a Lot of Money by Greg Cwik

Batman v Superman is not the top story in this week's box office, which is a relief. We've pretty much exhausted all palatable reasons to discuss the movie, and then kept going for probably …

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:57PM
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Alas, the Skull In Shakespeare’s Tomb Belonged to a 70-Year-Old Woman, Not Shakespeare by Greg Cwik

Shakespeare, fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy, has been dead for almost 400 years, and for the last 200 his skull has been missing. As a Channel 4 (U.K.) documentary explains…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:36PM

Hugh Jackman Becomes a Real-Life Superhero, Rescues Son From Drowning by Greg Cwik

Hugh Jackman is a man of many talents. He sings, he dances, he acts, he sprouts adamantium claws from his hands and chops up bad guys, and he rescues drowning swimmers from the clutches of v…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:07AM
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Woman Sets Up a Sting to Catch a Nefarious Hamilton Ticket Counterfeiter, and It Works by Greg Cwik

It's a well-known fact that Hamilton is a massively popular Broadway show, with tickets currently selling out a year in advance and going for over a grand on the street. 29-year-old Danielle…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:14PM
Monday, February 1, 2016

Vanessa Hudgens Dedicates Grease: Live to Her Father, Who Passed Away This Weekend by Greg Cwik

Vanessa Hudgens's father, Greg, died this weekend after battling stage 4 cancer. He was 65. "I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer," …

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:34AM
Monday, January 18, 2016

The High School Musical Gang Is Still In It Together, Reuniting for a Special Telecast by Greg Cwik

The boys (and girls) are back: the High School Musical gang (Zac Efron will appear via a pre-taped segment) is getting back together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the original movie,…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:01AM
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Carey Mulligan On Sexism, Feminism, Pay Gaps and Jennifer Lawrence by Greg Cwik

When Carey Mulligan first heard of the movie Suffragette, she dismissed it. Speaking with Deadline, she said, "I naively had this idea it was tea-drinking ladies chatting, but by page th…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:17PM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, History-Making Actor of Les Mis, Dies in a Fall by Greg Cwik

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first black actor (as well as the youngest actor) to portray Jean Valjean in the iconic Broadway musical Les Miserables, has died at 21. Police said he fell accidenta…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:27PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

James Franco and Bryan Cranston, Together at Last by Greg Cwik

The One Who Knocks and the One Who Plays Britney Spears on Piano are about to face off onscreen: Brian Cranston and James Franco will star in John Hamburg’s comedy Why Him? “The com…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:21PM

Woody Allen Might Have Fired Bruce Willis Yesterday by Greg Cwik

Bruce Willis has exited Woody Allen’s newest film, though the reasons why remain ambiguous. Deadline reported that Willis left due to a scheduling conflict, as he’s set to star in a Broa…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:37PM
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Kevin Spacey Learned Harmonica for Billy Joel by Greg Cwik

Last night, talk-show savant Kevin Spacey told Jimmy Fallon about accompanying Billy Joel on stage when the Long Island legend was awarded the Gershwin Prize last November and Spac…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00PM
Saturday, July 11, 2015

There's a $1 Million Reward for the Return of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers by Greg Cwik

An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for any “credible information” that leads to the return of Dorothy’s ruby slippers, which she lifted off the carcass of the Wicked Wi…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:14PM
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Anna Kendrick and James Corden Had a Sing-Off by Greg Cwik

On The Late Late Show, host James Corden and Anna Kendrick had a musical face-off that was so much better, and shorter, than Pitch Perfect 2. Corden has been bragging that he's the best a ca…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:04PM
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Watch the Muppets and Josh Groban Perform 'Pure Imagination' by Greg Cwik

While we all eagerly await the new Muppets show and the impending deluge of great celebrity cameos it'll provide, this can tide us over for a bit: that velvet-voiced crooner Josh Groban join…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:24PM

Naughty SNL Cast Members Apologize to Their Moms by Greg Cwik

On this week’s Saturday Night Live, host Reese Witherspoon brought out the cast members' mothers so that the performers could apologize to them for being so very awful. The cast shared the…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:24AM
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women by Greg Cwik

During a Sunday panel at the Tribeca Film Festival, it was announced that Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriting lab for women over 40, which will be run by New York Women in Film and Telev…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:30PM
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Ian McKellen Will Play a Clock by Greg Cwik

Did you ever wish you had a clock that was actually Ian McKellen? You could say, “Excuse me, Sir Ian, what time is it?” And Ian McKellen would tell you the time. You could have Ian McKel…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:39PM

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