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Word is that “West Side Story” director Arthur Laurents-who’s yes, 93 years old, just sent her his new play to star in on Broadway. But Fonda-who’s reading scripts fo…
The New York Times, trade papers Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, as well as USA Today and Bloomberg News, all disregarded the set opening date of “Spider Man: Turn off the DarkR…
A Harvey Weinstein documentary timed with the Oscars. Hmm… Good or bad thing? According to filmmaker Barry Avrich, it won’t be bad. Expect no scandals or controversies from ̶…
What a Super Bowl weekend. Prince did what he always does, and canceled a concert at the last minute, leaving everyone high, wet, mad in the Dallas snow. Maybe he checked the two existing fe…
The grind of having two Oscar nominations for Best Picture has taken its toll on producer Scott Rudin. Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal stepped in for him tonight in Hollywood at the WGA Award…
A Barbra Streisand concert? Sort of impossible to get into. If she has one. But Streisand kicks off Grammy weekend when she receives the Person of the Year Award from MusiCares on February 1…
Yes, James Franco and Nicole Kidman are headed to Broadway this fall for Tennessee Williams’s “Sweet Bird of Youth.” I told you that Franco was joining Kidman back on Novem…
Vanity Fair should be announcing its cover stars for its annual Oscar issue any minute now. But I am told that the number 1 Hollywood magazine snared Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Fran…
Actually, there are fewer than three degrees between Meryl Streep and Abraham Lincoln. Streep’s son-in-law to be, Benjamin Walker, signing on to play “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hu…
Happy Birthday, Oscar nominee James Cromwell–beloved star of “Babe.” He turns 71 today and celebrates with a big, big year: he’s directing his first film and he’…
Sundance 2011 opened with a lot of interesting moments, if not the best films. Friday’s biggest revelation: that those annoying publicity hounds Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, aka the Ols…
It’s unclear if anyone outside of Sundance will ever see it, but James Franco debuted his “Three’s Company: The Drama” last night at the New Frontiers exhibition play…
Robert DeNiro, who doesn’t like to speak in public, had a rough time tonight on the Golden Globes. DeNiro — a little looser than usual– mocked the Hollywood Foreign Press A…
The Golden Globe for Best Picture went to “The Social Network.” Now what will the Academy do? Last year, after the Globe went to “Avatar,” the Academy chose “Th…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” won’t officially open until March 15th, set back from February 7th. And January 11th. And December 21st. At least. Who can remember? The wor…
“James Bond 23″ will be released in November 2012, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movies. So says Barbara Broccoli, exclusively. She was having lunch wit…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” turns on the money. Last week, “Spider Man”–still in previews–was the number 1 grossing show on Broadway. The $65 million …
Here comes the big awards week. This is the week when a lot of different groups vie for attention as they hand out movie awards. None of them are the Academy Awards. Those aren’t hande…
Randee Dawn is reporting for us from the Television Critics’ panels in Pasadena: Sure, Megan Mullally has a terrific (if ensemble) role the Web-to-cable series “Children's Hospit…
2010? It wasn’t so bad. The worst thing was losing friends and people we admired. I am not through saying goodbye to our dear Elaine Kaufman. None of her friends will ever get over tha…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” may be the most controversial Broadway show ever. But it’s also a hit. The Julie Taymor-Bono & the Edge musical played at 100 % capacity…
This is tough: Natalie Mendoza is leaving “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark,” but there are no tears backstage. Mendoza famously suffered a concussion a couple of weeks ago playing …
He may have used the $1.4 million he’s accused of stealing from Tunie and classical music conductor Michael Stern to produce Broadway shows.
It’s 10:45pm. I’ve just returned to Greenwich Village from 57th St. and Seventh Avenue. And guess what? Not one street is plowed. My cab driver, a great guy, went very slowly dow…
