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The Disney Channel is developing a live-action movie version of the beloved cartoon series “Kim Possible.” Casting has begun on the project, which follows the titular hero, a typ…
"Do you have any idea who I am?" Eve Ensler tells a doctor from the Mayo Clinic after he suggests radiation therapy on her vagina as a preventative against the return of uterine cancer. The …
Lea Salonga wants to get “hit in the gut.” That’s what gets her to Broadway, the busy international performer says in the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Var…
The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $1.89 per share, beating earnings estimates but falling short of expectations on revenue. The Burbank-based media co…
A huge hit in London, this Royal Court production of the black farce "Hangmen” — by Martin McDonagh, currently an awards-season darling as writer-director of “Three Billboa…
Hayley Atwell is the one person whose stock rises in this financial dud about zombie capitalism and its race to the bottom. Sarah Burgess's play “Dry Powder,” first seen at the P…
Netflix has given a big commitment to a music-driven series from the “Glee” team of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan that is set to star Ben Platt. The project, first r…
Laurels are so last year. Today's Caesars come crowned with combovers. In Central Park last year, the Public Theater's Oskar Eustis caused controversy by drawing too definite a line between …
Lady Gaga has canceled the remaining 10 dates of her European tour because of “severe pain.” On her Twitter account, the Grammy winner said Saturday she was devastated at having …
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the 11th episode of the third season of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," entitled "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!" With the season finale of "…
After six months on the open market with an asking price of $19 million, high-powered Walt Disney Company chairman-CEO Bob Iger, who recently signed a lucrative contract extension that runs …
The Broadway musical “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” has found its three actresses to play different versions of the disco queen, it was announced on Friday. LaChanze will tak…
Jennifer Lawrence will host “Unrigged Live!,” appearing alongside Tig Notaro and Nikki Glaser in a politically charged variety show of comedy, music and other acts that will cap …
Newly formed joint venture Dramacorp-Pampas Studios is set to produce an international spy thriller series based on Swedish author Jan Guillou's “Hamilton” books, which are consi…
Getting a $52.4 billion deal inked with Murdoch was the easy part. Now, Bob Iger is hip-deep in the hard work of hammering out a new management structure for the enlarged company…
After several seasons playing half of the superhero Firestorm in Arrowverse TV shows like “Legends of Tomorrow,” Victor Garber is loving making his Broadway return in “Hell…
Emily Blunt is set to star alongside Dwayne Johnson in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” sources tell Variety. Jaume Collet-Serra is on board to direct the film based on the Walt D…
On Tuesday, the Hollywood Pantages Theatre announced its seven-production lineup for the 2018-19 season, which includes the Los Angeles premiere of the tuner based on Roald Dahl’s R…
There's an alternate-universe version of Broadway where "The Phantom of the Opera" closed in 2002. Mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh considered pulling the plug back then. "Not only Broadway …
Mark Ruffalo invoked a positive vision for America's future, Common rapped about Trayvon Martin and Michael Moore called for a cultural clean-sweep at "People's State of the Union," the Manh…
The Go-Go’s musical “Head Over Heels” has booked a Broadway opening this summer, lining up the Hudson Theater for a run that begins previews in June. Already set for a pre-…
In today’s film news roundup, Brandon Routh will star in “Anastasia,” a Chuck Berry documentary is in production, and “Birthright” is in the works as a feature …
Bernadette Peters may not be raking in Bette Midler-level numbers for “Hello, Dolly!” — but she’s still doing plenty of business, to judge from her first full week in…
Sony has hired Oscar-nominated writer Virgil Williams to adapt Dana Canedy’s “A Journal for Jordan” into a film. Todd Black from Escape Artists is producing with Denzel Was…
Elisabeth Moss will produce and star in Bow and Arrow Entertainment’s “Her Smell,” with Alex Ross Perry directing from his own script. Moss will lead an ensemble cast and p…
