Christopher Plummer, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including "The Sound of Music" and "Beginners," died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91. …
Former president Donald Trump has resigned from SAG-AFTRA, after the union announced last month that it would move to expel him for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. SAG-AFTRA anno…
My first memory of Cicely Tyson was in "Sounder." I only knew her from the screen back then. I was 9, and there were only a few television stations. I remember watching it at the foot of my …
Founded by Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" producer Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn, high-end documentary producer Lightbox is navigating the next phase of its evolution, and exiting …
Over the years, fans of singer and actor Brandy have learned to "never say never" or believe that something's "impossible" " and their patience and perseverance has been rewarded. "Rodgers &…
Korean pop music is becoming available in ever more formats. The latest is a mobile game "Rhythm Hive" which launched Thursday and features BTS and other K-pop acts from the Big Hit Entertai…
The family of Cicely Tyson has set an official public viewing for the late Hollywood icon, who died on Jan. 28 at the age of 96. The viewing will take place on Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.…
Variety has launched the "Just for Variety" podcast, a companion to the weekly magazine column of the same name. The rebrand of the podcast previously titled "The Big Ticket" comes on the he…
Director George C. Wolfe highlighted the kindness of the late Chadwick Boseman during Tuesday night's Celebration of Black Cinema event. Wolfe recalled a moment while shooting "Ma Rainey's B…
After winning an Academy Award for his screenplay of "12 Years a Slave" and creating the ABC series "American Crime," John Ridley has a lot going on " from an upcoming Blumhouse paranormal t…
Dolly Parton has reimagined her classic 1980 song "9 to 5" as "5 to 9" for a Squarespace commercial celebrating office workers getting their entrepreneurial side hustles going after hours. T…
While Broadway remains dark, Entertainment One is bringing the musical "Come From Away" to audiences at home. The company is producing and financing a live stage recording of the Tony Award-…
Being a Hollywood assistant has always been a tough gig, but the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it tougher on the industry's thousands of support staffers. According to the second annual #P…
Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, an actor best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in one-man shows, died on Jan. 23. He was 95. Holbrook's personal assistant, …
The Creative Collective NYC " the community behind the CultureCon conference " has announced their second annual Creative Class of 2021, which honors Black leaders across various industries.…
Would audiences pay to see a new movie in theaters if they could watch the same title at home from the comfort of their couch? Prior to the pandemic, the response from theater operators and …
Clive Davis… talk show host? Well, not exactly. But this year's version of his annual exclusive pre-Grammy party " now taking place virtually and in two parts, the first of which was Satur…
"Mass," a drama that consists of two couples seated across a table from each other in a placidly sterile church antechamber, discussing the unthinkable (two of them are the parents of a teen…
Mandy Patinkin and Lena Dunham have joined German filmmaker Julia von Heinz's next film, "Iron Box," about a New York businesswoman who decides to take her aging father back to his native Po…
"The Long Song" knows what an audience might expect from a period drama airing on the BBC, as it did in the UK in 2018, or under the PBS Masterpiece banner, as it will in the US starting on …
Rita Moreno's most indelible screen moment, which had her and a "West Side Story" ensemble sizing up the pros and cons of their adopted U.S. homeland, remains an eternally clever musical arg…
Tony Awards voting will soon be underway, but a date for the ceremony has yet to be announced. "Voting for the 74th Annual Tony Awards will take place between March 1 " March 15, 2021. We wi…
In "Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)," which opened the Sundance Film Festival tonight on a note of heady historical exuberance, we see images from the 1969…
Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Cicely Tyson, who distinguished herself in theater, film and television, died on Thursday afternoon. She was 96. "I have managed Miss Tyson's career for over 4…
To work with Cloris Leachman was nothing less than liberating. That's how writer-director James L. Brooks remembered his collaborations with the beloved actor who died Jan. 26 at the age of …