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“La La Land” is the top nominee at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations. The musical romance about the love between an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a struggli…
On Sunday (Dec. 11), Oscar frontrunner “La La Land” won a whopping eight Critics’ Choice Awards, including Best Picture. Among its closest Oscar rivals, “Mancheste…
At the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards held on Sunday, December 11, “La La Land” entered with the most nominations (12), and it dominated the field with eight victories: Best P…
“We were surprised that anyone was willing to make an original movie musical,” reveals “La La Land” lyricist Benj Pasek during our recent webcam chat (watch above)…
“La La Land” opened December 9, just three days before the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations, and we think the cast and crew are likely to wake up to good news. We exp…
“It’s really a coming-of-age story about a young man who lost his ability to connect with the world,” notes Roger Ross Williams as we chat via webcam (watch above) about hi…
Denzel Washington‘s biggest project to date is bringing the late August Wilson's iconic play "Fences" to the big screen, and now many pundits are predicting that he’ll receive tw…
“You’re always a bit intimidated when you’re dealing with material that people feel so connected to,” admits Jon Favreau as we chat via webcam (watch above) about …
After months of anticipation following its debut at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, Damien Chazelle‘s movie musical “La La Land” opened in theaters on December 9 to …
“It took me a very long time to find it — lots of bad ideas, lots of good but not good enough ideas … it took many tries to get there,” said “La La Land” …
“Hairspray Live!” aired on Wednesday Night, December 7, on NBC. Will this live TV event bring awards glory for its creators and all-star cast, who include Ariana Grande, Jenni…
During our recent webcam chat (watch above), Jovan Adepo admits to being a bit nervous acting opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the upcoming film “Fences.…
“We’re jumping in between interior spaces and exteriors on a scale that no other live musical has done before,” declares Alex Rudzinski, director of “Hairspray Live&#…
“La La Land,” which won the top prize from the New York Film Critics Circle on Dec. 1, is still far ahead in the Oscar race for Best Picture. Twenty-four of our 28 Oscar exper…
“It’s a spectacular cast. These shows are always kind of historic,” proclaims Martin Short about the musical event “Hairspray Live” airing December 7 on NBC. In…
Four days ago the New York Film Critics Circle went with “La La Land” for Best Picture and this Sunday (Dec. 4) its West Coast counterpart, the Los Angeles Film Criti…
“We’re very lucky that ‘Hairspray’ is such an iconic piece of material,” says producer Neil Meron about the musical event “Hairspray Live” airing…
The New York Film Critics Circle just named “La La Land” as the Best Picture of 2016. So, does that confirm its status as the Oscar frontrunner? Last year, “CarolR…
Thursday (Dec. 1) was a good day for Oscar frontrunner “La La Land.” First, Damien Chazelle‘s musical romance reaped a leading 12 bids at the Critics’ Choice Awards a…
“Every year we learn how to do it better and better. I think the bar is really high now in terms of audience participation, in terms of camera movement, in terms of the tone of the sto…
At this year’s Oscars, several films are strong contenders to garner double nominations in Best Original Song. “La La Land,” “Moana,” “Sing,̶…
After a lackluster performance last week, Christian Cuevas rebounded on Monday’s Top 10 episode with a great rendition of “Million Reasons” by Lady Gaga (watch above). H…
Viola Davis may have won a 2010 Tony for “Fences” on Broadway, but as far as she was concerned there was room for improvement. As she told the audience after an NYC screening of …
While Emma Stone (“La La Land”) still leads in the Oscar race for Best Actress — with 17 of our 27 Oscar experts derived from major media outlets continuing to bac…
"Hamilton: An American Musical" and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda won almost every award imaginable in 2016 in the run up to their Tony win for Best Musical, leaving their competition "Bright S…
