390 stories by "Rebecca Rubin"
Reports of the death of movies are greatly exaggerated. The exhibition business came roaring back in 2018, as blockbusters such as "Black Panther," “Avengers: Infinity War,” and …
The wait never bothered us anyway, but “Frozen” fans will get to see Anna and Elsa back on the big screen a little sooner than expected. Disney announced “Frozen 2” h…
“Venom” remains a force to be reckoned with overseas as the Tom Hardy superhero movie topped the foreign box office for the third weekend in a row. Sony’s “Venom̶…
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Tom Hardy are injecting a little star-power into multiplexes. Following a lackluster September at the box office, “Venom” and “A Star Is Born…
October should start strong as two releases targeting vastly different audiences will open at the box office. One stars a shocking otherworldly being. The other is “Venom.” Early…
Samantha Barks didn’t watch Julia Roberts and Richard Gere’s iconic “Pretty Woman” in preparation for her starring role in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the …
Keri Russell is Broadway bound. The award-winning actress is joining Adam Driver in the first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This.” Tony Award winner Michael Ma…
Bryan Cranston will return to Broadway in his Olivier Award-winning role of Howard Beale in “Network.” Lee Hall and Ivo van Hove are adapting the play, which is based on the 1976…
While introducing the first Tony nominee for best revival of a musical, “My Fair Lady,” Amy Schumer paused to throw some general shade at the state of women’s right in Amer…
Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Blumstein, whose stage name is Ruthie Ann Miles, is in the hospital and her 4-year-old daughter Abigail has died after they were struck by a car in Brooklyn, acco…
The 90th Academy Awards are taking place on Sunday, honoring the best in film from the past year. Nominees to look out for include Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water,” which l…
Disneyland suffered a power outage on Wednesday afternoon, Variety has confirmed. At least a dozen rides and attractions appear to have been shut down at the Anaheim, Calif., park. According…
Variety has tapped Aaron Sorkin for the 2018 creative impact in screenwriting award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award will celebrate Sorkin’s prolific screenwr…
In today’s roundup, Alice Cooper joins the cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!,” while Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” announces a new Fab Five. Â CASTING Alice C…
Twitter has released its top-trending topics and tweets of 2017, with Barack Obama and Ariana Grande dominating the most popular posts. The former president’s response to violence i…
Geraldo Rivera apologized to Bette Midler on Friday in the wake of recently resurfaced sexual harassment allegations against the Fox News contributor. Midler took to Twitter on Thursday t…
Center Theatre Group announced Wednesday that three Broadway productions have been added to its 2018-19 season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s mu…
Christopher Plummer has responded to the reveal that he will replace Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s upcoming thriller “All the Money in the World.” In the wake of numero…
Longtime Boston television journalist Heather Unruh has accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her son at a Nantucket, Mass., bar last summer. During a press conference Wednesday, Unruh…
GLAAD criticized Kevin Spacey’s decision to come out as a gay man in an apology statement to actor Anthony Rapp, who has accused him of making sexual advances when Rapp was 14. “…
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s sensation “Hamilton” certainly no longer needs an introduction, but its expanding education program is breathing new life into the universally acclaime…
Disney CEO Bob Iger weighed in on the sexual harassment allegations against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. “Harvey Weinstein's reported behavior is abhorrent and unacceptable, and it ha…
On Oct. 3, “Mean Girls” cast members set up a GoFundMe for Las Vegas shooting victims. Mean Girls Day typically honors the comedy classic’s legacy with memes and movies quo…
Ariana Grande offered her condolences Monday morning to victims of a Las Vegas shooting that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured. In her response, she urged for gun con…
Disney Channel has announced plans to remake the cult classic “Hocus Pocus” as a TV movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who starred in the 1993 Disney …
