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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in an Adaptation of the Division Video Game, Which Has to Go Better Than Prince of Persia, It Just Has To by Halle Kiefer

It only took two decades for a generation to be born with no memory of 1993's Super Mario Bros., but video-game movies are back, baby! According to Variety, Jake Gyllenhaal will star in…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:31PM
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Chance the Rapper and Lin-Manuel Miranda Consider Kanye’s Eternal Legacy by Halle Kiefer

If Kanye West does end up being our generation’s gift to eternity, you’re going to be really glad you bought that shirt at his concert. In their new interview with Complex, Lin-Manuel Mi…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:21PM
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season Finale Recap: A Fairy-Tale Ending by Halle Kiefer

Last we left our crazies and our exes and our girlfriends, Paula was ready to unleash hell on Rebecca for sleeping with Greg. "I have devoted my life to you," she rants and raves t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:52PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Music Producer David Gest, Liza Minnelli’s Ex-Husband, Dies At 62 by Halle Kiefer

Music producer and reality TV star David Gest has died at 62 of unknown causes. He was found by police at the Four Seasons Hotel in London. In addition to his brief marriage to Liza Minnelli…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:09PM
Monday, April 11, 2016

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Smashing Butterflies by Halle Kiefer

Rebecca and Greg are finally the Mayor and Mr. Mayor of Bone Town, a beautiful little hamlet located deep inside West Covina. Although their rabbit-like lovemaking is this week's headline ne…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:55PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Tina Fey and Tituss Burgess Kill a Musical-Theater Duet, So It Turns Out There Is Literally Nothing Tina Fey Is Bad At by Halle Kiefer

A number from Tituss’s all-black production of Oklahoma!, Alabama!, might have been the obvious choice, but Tituss Burgess and Tina Fey wisely went with “You’re Nothing Without Me” f…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:53PM
Monday, April 4, 2016

Amy Schumer Performs Her Hamilton Parody Betsy Ross for Lin-Manuel Miranda As You Try Not to Squirm by Halle Kiefer

Alexander Hamilton, Jesus Christ, the Phantom of the Opera: When is a lady going to get her turn at the center of a eponymous musical? Oh, right now? Cool. Sorry to get overheated like that.…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:34PM
Friday, April 1, 2016

Andrew Rannells Seems As Shocked As You Are That He’s Wrangling a Gator on Late Night by Halle Kiefer

You know, for a professional wildlife expert, Corbin Maxey sure shouts "oh no!" a lot. Maxey brought a menagerie of cute, scaly, and rat-like buddies to Late Night last night and And…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:31PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Jim Parsons Cast in Magic Comedy Man-Witch, Which Is a Term We All Know and Feel Comfortable Using by Halle Kiefer

Don’t worry! No one has stolen your screenplay idea about a man made entirely of Manwich-brand original sloppy joe sauce just yet. Not just yet. Instead, Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons ha…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:59PM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hamilton Might Stay on New $10 Bill, Says Lin-Manuel Miranda, Who Now Holds Sway Over Nation’s Currency by Halle Kiefer

If Alexander Hamilton gets to be on the $10 bill because of Lin-Manuel Miranda, and no one at the Treasury Department will even look at your Phantom of the Opera $20, the streets will run wh…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:22AM
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Danny DeVito Defends the Filth He Wrote Backstage at Hamilton, Like Some Kind of Dirty Phantom of the Opera by Halle Kiefer

When celebrities go see Hamilton, they often commemorate the experience by signing the production's poster of Alexander Hamilton, usually with inoffensive things, like "Loved it!" or…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:16PM

Stephen Colbert Singing and Dancing With the Broadway Cast of Fiddler on the Roof Is Better Than 99 Percent of All Existing Traditions by Halle Kiefer

It’s your most recent wish come true! Stephen Colbert has basically transitioned into a full-time song-and-dance man on Late Night, performing Tuesday night with the Broadway cast of Fiddl…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:07PM
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Audra McDonald Singing Hamilton’s ‘Say No to This’ As Bille Holiday Is a Little Russian Nesting Doll of Everything You Like by Halle Kiefer

You're right. Why don't they give out Tonys for YouTube videos? We're close to that inevitability, right? God, you are prescient. As a reward, here is six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald sin…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Hamilton Is Headed to Hollywood! As Part of a National Tour, Not As a Movie Adaptation! Sorry If That Was Confusing by Halle Kiefer

If a scream caught halfway out of your throat just now while reading that headline, I'm genuinely very sorry. Also, join the club! According to The Hollywood Reporter, a West Coast productio…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:02PM
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Dakota Johnson Teaches You the Acting Game, a Fun New Game You’re Pretty Sure You Made Up With Your Friends in High School, on Fallon by Halle Kiefer

Just like that classic parlor game Celebrity, Dakota Johnson has a fun new pastime you can think you invented with your friends in your parents' basement until you go to college and realize …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:59PM
Monday, January 4, 2016

Taran Killam’s Festive ‘12 Facts of Hamilton Not Covered in the Show’ Reveals Alexander Hamilton’s Favorite Kardashian by Halle Kiefer

SNL's Taran Killam stopped by the best thing on Broadway, the Hamilton ticket-lottery preshow Ham4Ham, with Lin-Manuel Miranda this weekend to drop a little knowledge all wrapped up in a Chr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:53AM
Saturday, December 19, 2015

John Mulaney and Nick Kroll’s Oh, Hello Stopped by Late Night and Seth Meyers Giggled for Eight Minutes Straight by Halle Kiefer

John Mulaney and Nick Kroll's George St. Geegland and Gil Faizon stopped by Late Night to promote their new Oh, Hello Off Broadway show, and based on his nonstop chuckle fest, Seth Meyers is…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:21PM

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