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Viola Davis transforms into the Mother of the Blues for her award-winning role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" " and while she delivers a powerhouse performance, former Ikette and soul singer …
PBS and The WNET Group are launching a multi-platform campaign dubbed #PBSForTheArts, which will pay tribute to the struggle and resilience of American artists and arts organizations during …
French actor Corinne Masiero's politically charged strip-tease during the Cesar Awards last month was just one of many protests staged across France to support freelance workers in the film,…
Anthony Powell, the three-time Oscar-winning costume designer known for helping shape the looks of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones and Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil, has died. He was 85. The C…
In the wake of Kevin Graham-Caso's suicide last October, his friends pored over his old emails, looking for answers. Klodiana Alia found one from 2009, when Graham-Caso was working as an ass…
The falling rate of COVID-19 infections and rising rate of vaccination has prompted California state officials to allow concerts and other indoor events to be held at 75% of capacity in some…
Movie theaters in New York City will soon be able to welcome a slightly larger number of customers into their venues. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given local cinemas permission to operate…
The Academy is not asking Oscar attendees to wear face masks while cameras are rolling during the live ceremony on April 25. The news was announced on Monday morning during a Zoom meeting wi…
Broadway, still shuttered, finds itself at the crossroads of several economic and political crises. Just this month, an exposé on Scott Rudin re-illuminated the industry's long codependent …
The outrage surrounding producer Scott Rudin intensified over the weekend, with Broadway star Sutton Foster speaking out while the twin brother of a late former Rudin assistant posted an emo…
Producer Scott Rudin has announced that he will "step back" from Broadway following allegations of abusive workplace behavior, Variety has confirmed. The move marks an extraordinary fa…
"In the Heights," a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical, has been tapped to open the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival's opening night screening will be held on June …
As accomplished as Academy Award winner Viola Davis is in the industry, she still feels the unfair comparisons and judgments for the roles she chooses. "It's so hard to get films made that d…
Anika Noni Rose has been cast in the "Let the Right One In" pilot at Showtime, Variety has learned. She joins previously announced cast member Demián Bichir. The series centers on Mark…
Animation production didn't skip a beat during the past year, and that's great news for students aspiring to join the globally dynamic industry. Yet while some 60% of animation students a…
The late rocker and TV/theater composer Adam Schlesinger, who died from complications of COVID-19 in April 2020, will be feted by dozens of musicians and actors in May in an online tribute b…
When celebrity events were halted because of the coronavirus pandemic last March, Hollywood's clothing stylists, hairstylists and makeup artists were put out of work. The return of awards sh…
It rained and rained the night before shooting the establishing tent show scene of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Humidity in the rural outskirts of Pittsburgh " standing in for backwoods Georg…
It's been a tough year for composer Lewis Flinn and most of the people who make their living producing live performances. COVID-19 has left the marquee lights dark across Broadway and beyond…
When "Younger" debuted in 2015, the show was built on a lie. The female protagonist, Liza Miller, played by the Tony Award-winning Sutton Foster, is a 40-year-old divorcee who poses as a mil…
Even after a year of indoor theaters being shuttered in Los Angeles, it's hard to imagine a future without the ArcLight Hollywood, the tony 15-screen megaplex that countless Angelenos consid…
Kimberly Godwin, a veteran of local and national TV-news operations, will be the next president of ABC News " and the first Black executive to run a broadcast-network news operation. Dis…
Broadway star Karen Olivo says she won't return to "Moulin Rouge" once the musical reopens. She's leaving her Tony-nominated role in protest of the theater industry's silence on allegations …
After an NFT fundraiser for independent venues raised more than $200,000 last week, Goldflyer and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) have announced the second round. Top NFT m…
In the wake of escalating violence against Asians in the U.S., crowdfunding site GoFundMe collaborated with independent film director Bao Nguyen to produce a short film that shines a light o…
