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The Academy music branch made Oscar history yesterday by nominating two films with Black composers for best original score: "Soul" and "Da 5 Bloods." Prior to this, in the 86-year history of…
In the Williamstown Theatre Festival's new audio version of "Paradise Blue," Blair Underwood gets the chance to revisit to a role he's been wanting to get back to since he first played it in…
Exactly one year since U.K. theaters shuttered their doors, 95% report being worse off due to the COVID-19 crisis. A new survey by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and nationwide org UK …
Before Monday morning, the late actor Chadwick Boseman had somehow never been nominated for an Academy Award, despite his astonishing performances as Jackie Robinson in 2013's "42" and as Ja…
Beyoncé's 28 wins at the Grammys Sunday made her the most-awarded woman in the history of the awards, moving her ahead of the former champion, Alison Krauss. Among both genders, she trails …
During the Grammys, Disney dropped the latest trailer for "Cruella" starring Emma Stone. Before she was the evil villain in "101 Dalmatians," Cruella de Vil got her start in customer service…
Taylor Swift became the first woman to win the award for album of the year three times when "Folklore" triumphed in that marquee category at the Grammy Awards Sunday night. She previously wo…
 Less than a week after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association circulated a letter to Hollywood publicists insisting it was committed to diversifying and addressing longstanding critici…
"Music's Biggest Night," as the Grammy Awards are known, went off without a hitch on Sunday night (March 14). Hosted by Trevor Noah, and produced by a new team led by "James Corden" executiv…
The wait is finally over for Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of his Tony-nominated musical "In the Heights," directed by Jon M. Chu. With a new trailer debut Sunday, the first official look …
Taylor Swift performed on the Grammy Awards for the first time in five years, bringing her "Folklore" collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner with her for the first on-stage performanc…
Tonight, we come together " virtually " for the Grammy Awards, "Music's Biggest Night," and do our best to celebrate the music of the worst year of so many people's lives. It's finally sprin…
This year's Grammy Awards are finally here. Originally set for Jan. 31, tonight's Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony will be broadcast on CBS, from the Los Angeles Convention Center, beginning at 5…
Michele Farinola is no stranger to producing music documentaries: Her credits include "Foo Fighters: Back And Forth," "George Harrison: Living In The Material World," and most recently, "Lin…
A year to the day since Broadway shuttered, Liza Minnelli celebrated her 75th birthday " but not over post-show drinks with Joan Collins, in a limo in Paris with John Waters, or at her child…
L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon's "Bingo," the latest thriller on the "Welcome to the Blumhouse" slate. The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in "Lost…
Oscar winner Viola Davis will receive the Icon Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. during the 12th annual AAFCA awards on April 7. Previous recipients of AAFCA's Icon Award ar…
Netflix's new test to verify subscription credentials of users " and convert password freeloaders into paying customers " could help the global streamer grow its subscriber count, according …
Ukonwa Ojo, Chief Marketing Officer, Amazon Studios and Prime; Asad Ayaz, President, Marketing, Disney Studios Content; and Joe Earley, EVP Content Curation and Marketing, Disney Plus, will …
In today's Global Bulletin, "The Prince of Egypt" musical plans its return to London's West End, BBC Arts unveils a slate of TV and radio adaptations for its Lights Up festival, Festival MiX…
Liza Minnelli was born into show business royalty on March 12, 1946, and pressed into service onstage at the tender age of 14 months by her singer mother Judy Garland and director father Vin…
Movie theaters in Los Angeles will be able to reopen early next week, public health officials said Thursday. The announcement punctuates nearly a year without cinemas in the film capital of …
Patti LuPone and Erinn Hayes have signed on to star in the HBO Max comedy pilot "OK Boomer,"Â Variety has learned. In the show, a self-centered boomer (LuPone) shows up at her estranged da…
Netflix may be finally getting serious about cracking down on password sharing. The streaming giant in the past week launched a new test that displays a warning to some users that says, "If …
Last year, after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Broadway and the West End indefinitely, Andrew Lloyd Webber was desperate to find a way to safely reopen theaters. The composer of some of…