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The family foundation of longtime showbiz investor and film producer Len Blavatnik has donated $25 million to USC's School of Cinematic Arts to establish the Blavatnik Center for Virtual Pro…
While upbeat at a distance, self-reflexive heist caper "Stealing Pulp Fiction" seldom translates its good nature through story or style. Danny Turkiewicz's feature debut follows a pair of be…
"Boop! The Musical" is the latest show to close on Broadway after leaving the Tony Awards without any hardware. The show, which fictionalizes the life of Betty Boop, will conclude its run on…
FX is nearing a pilot order for a project inspired by Mel Brooks' iconic comedy film "Young Frankenstein," Variety has confirmed. Exact plot details are under wraps, but the project is curre…
"Brokeback Mountain's" Oscar-winning co-writer Diana Ossana recently marked the film's 20th anniversary with an interview in The New York Times, in which she revealed the exact moment she re…
"You're in the tornado, man." That is Paul Freeman, the principal audio artist at Sphere Studios, talking, offering a plainspoken assurance to cinematic thrill-seekers about the enhanced ver…
At 65, Weird  Al Yankovic is once again reinventing what a comedy concert can be, and this summer's "Bigger & Weirder Tour" proves he's far from resting on his accordion. The…
Meeting Tom Cruise is a pinch me moment for many young actors, but meeting Tom Cruise while he's in character as the foul-mouthed Hollywood agent Len Grossman from "Tropic Thunder" is a whol…
"The Chosen" star Jonathan Roumie met briefly with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a general audience at the Vatican, where a Season 5 episode of the hit biblical series had streamed on Mon…
At 51, Steve Burns is still searching for clues about the meaning of life. Burns, the actor, musician and writer best known as the original host of Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues," is launching…
At a time when even mid-level concert tickets sell for extortionate prices, finding an affordable night of music can be a challenge. But the New York-based Burwoodland entertainment company …
Stephen Sondheim's vast catalogue of work has been acquired for preservation by the Library of Congress. The collection has approximately 5,000 items such as manuscripts, notebooks, musics a…
Six months after she performed the last concert of the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift was finally ready to shake off her hiatus from the stage " at least for the length of one rousing song " as she…
How do you do a flying horse on stage? Answer: You don't. They cut the horse. But while Hercules' friend Pegasus may be gone, in almost every other respect, Disney's latest stage adaptation,…
The Muny, a venerable outdoor theater in St. Louis that's now in its 107th season, had a lot to celebrate after it picked up a Tony for regional theater earlier this month " a barbecue, chee…
After months of delays that pushed the venue past its planned spring opening, L.A.'s own branch of the Blue Note Jazz Club now has an opening date in Hollywood set for Aug. 14. But beyond th…
In 2018, director Juan Manuel Fernández was in Thailand, catching up with the news from his home country of Costa Rica, when he came across the story of Anthony Venegas Abarca. The young …
IMDBPro and the International Casting Directors Association have joined together to accelerate the casting process globally. The collaboration hopes to give ICDA members access to IMDbPro Pr…
Hulu has released the official trailer for its latest limited series, "Washington Black," starring Ernest Kingsley Jr. ("The Sandman," "War of the Worlds") and Sterling K. Brown ("American F…
"Andor" star Diego Luna debuted as a guest host for "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Monday night and gave an impassioned speech about immigrants amid President Donald Trump's increased ICE raids across …
Julia Ormond filed a lawsuit in 2023 targeting the "enablers" that allowed Harvey Weinstein to get away with sexual abuse for decades. Ormond, the star of "Legends of the Fall" and "Smill…
Netflix has renewed "Bet," the live-action series inspired by the Japanese manga "Kakegurui," for a second season following strong global performance that saw the show dominate international…
Pedro Pascal said in a new Vanity Fair cover story that "bullies make me fucking sick" when the topic of J.K. Rowling was brought up. The "Harry Potter" author has regularly courted controve…
Joseph Conrad's classic novella "Heart of Darkness" is being adapted into an animated feature, with Michael Sheen, James Norton and Bill Nighy having already lent their voices. The project i…
Kevin Spacey picked up the Maximo Award for Excellence at the Italian Global Series Festival in Rimini on Monday evening, adding to his recent string of honors in Europe as he attempts a com…