Golden Globe Award-winning actress Keri Russell stars in a new Netflix series called The Diplomat. It’s definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed watching The Night Agent and The Recruit.
Created by Homeland writer and executive producer Debora Cahn, The Diplomat follows a career diplomat named Kate Wyler who finds herself struggling to balance her new role and marriage after landing the high-profile position of US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Of course, there are many other talented actors in the series besides Russell, such as Rufus Sewell, Ali Ahn, David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Rory Kinnear, Miguel Sandoval, Nana Mensah, Michael McKean, etc. If you want to know who’s who in the political drama, continue reading because we shared a cast and characters guide below.
Netflix The Diplomat cast and character guide The Diplomat. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in episode 103 of The Diplomat. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix...
Created by Homeland writer and executive producer Debora Cahn, The Diplomat follows a career diplomat named Kate Wyler who finds herself struggling to balance her new role and marriage after landing the high-profile position of US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Of course, there are many other talented actors in the series besides Russell, such as Rufus Sewell, Ali Ahn, David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Rory Kinnear, Miguel Sandoval, Nana Mensah, Michael McKean, etc. If you want to know who’s who in the political drama, continue reading because we shared a cast and characters guide below.
Netflix The Diplomat cast and character guide The Diplomat. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in episode 103 of The Diplomat. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix...
- 10/31/2024
- by Crystal George
- Netflix Life
Alison Luff and Charli D’Amelio give a first bow after making their first performances in & Juliet!
The 35-year-old Heels and Power Book II: Ghost actress returned to Broadway in the musical last Friday (October 25), while the 20-year-old TikTok star made her Broadway in the show on Tuesday night (October 29).
Alison‘s past Broadway credits include Jenna in Waitress, Rachel in Escape to Margaritaville, Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical, Fantine in Les Misérables and earlier this year, Mrs Walker in The Who’s Tommy.
“debut night… i can’t find the words!!! but for now thank u thank u thank u...
The 35-year-old Heels and Power Book II: Ghost actress returned to Broadway in the musical last Friday (October 25), while the 20-year-old TikTok star made her Broadway in the show on Tuesday night (October 29).
Alison‘s past Broadway credits include Jenna in Waitress, Rachel in Escape to Margaritaville, Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical, Fantine in Les Misérables and earlier this year, Mrs Walker in The Who’s Tommy.
“debut night… i can’t find the words!!! but for now thank u thank u thank u...
- 10/31/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Micaela Diamond doesn’t know if her mom is going to be able to watch tonight’s season finale of Grotesquerie (FX, 10/9c).
It’s not that she isn’t proud of her daughter. Just the opposite, actually. But if you think you struggle to watch every stomach-churning moment from Ryan Murphy’s latest FX horror story, try watching it all happen to your own child.
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It’s not that she isn’t proud of her daughter. Just the opposite, actually. But if you think you struggle to watch every stomach-churning moment from Ryan Murphy’s latest FX horror story, try watching it all happen to your own child.
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- 10/30/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
It’s never easy when a beloved celebrity dies, and in 2024, we’ve seen some greats pass on. Stars like Shannen Doherty, Donald Sutherland, and Sister Wives star Garrison Brown have all passed so far this year.
But the hits just keep on coming.
Teri Garr arrives at the 10th Annual “Race to Erase Ms” at the Century Plaza Hotel on May 9, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Teri Garr, the legendary comic actress and singer known for her roles on TV and film, passes away on October 29th.
Her publicist Heidi Schaeffer told The Associated Press that Garr died of multiple sclerosis after struggling with health issues in recent years.
Teri is best known by multiple generations for a variety of projects. Some perhaps know her best as Inga, the sexy assistant in Mel Brooks’ 1974 film Young Frankenstein. The way she greeted Gene Wilder’s Dr.
But the hits just keep on coming.
Teri Garr arrives at the 10th Annual “Race to Erase Ms” at the Century Plaza Hotel on May 9, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Teri Garr, the legendary comic actress and singer known for her roles on TV and film, passes away on October 29th.
Her publicist Heidi Schaeffer told The Associated Press that Garr died of multiple sclerosis after struggling with health issues in recent years.
Teri is best known by multiple generations for a variety of projects. Some perhaps know her best as Inga, the sexy assistant in Mel Brooks’ 1974 film Young Frankenstein. The way she greeted Gene Wilder’s Dr.
- 10/29/2024
- by Dina Sartore-Bodo
- The Hollywood Gossip
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Keri Russell is a brilliant actress who has wowed everyone by using her acting chops for more than 30 years. Russell made her acting debut with a Disney series The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. Since then she has been a part of many brilliant movies and shows including both indies and blockbusters. So, if you also love Russell’s performances here are the best movies and shows starring Keri Russell you should check out.
10. Antlers (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Searchlight Pictures
Antlers is a supernatural horror film directed by Scott Cooper who also co-wrote the screenplay with C. Henry Chaisson and Nick Antosca. Based on the short story The Quiet Boy by Antosca, the 2021 film follows the story of a teacher and her brother, a sheriff discovers that one of her students is harboring a dangerous secret...
Keri Russell is a brilliant actress who has wowed everyone by using her acting chops for more than 30 years. Russell made her acting debut with a Disney series The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. Since then she has been a part of many brilliant movies and shows including both indies and blockbusters. So, if you also love Russell’s performances here are the best movies and shows starring Keri Russell you should check out.
10. Antlers (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Searchlight Pictures
Antlers is a supernatural horror film directed by Scott Cooper who also co-wrote the screenplay with C. Henry Chaisson and Nick Antosca. Based on the short story The Quiet Boy by Antosca, the 2021 film follows the story of a teacher and her brother, a sheriff discovers that one of her students is harboring a dangerous secret...
- 10/22/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
November 2024 brings a diverse array of movies and shows to Hulu, catering to a wide range of tastes and interests. From classic holiday films to gripping dramas and entertaining reality series, there’s something for everyone. Viewers can dive into beloved titles like A Christmas Carol (1984) and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. For fans of action and adventure, the month features iconic films such as Aliens, Ghost Rider, and the Chronicles of Narnia series. Those seeking laughter can enjoy comedies like Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Grown Ups, while romantic and family-friendly options like La La Land and Elf add a touch of warmth. Additionally, Hulu is expanding its lineup with complete seasons of popular reality shows like Are You The One?, Hoarders, and Marriage Boot Camp. The month also includes special premieres, such as the 58th Annual CMA Awards and a series on The Stanford Prison Experiment,...
- 10/22/2024
- by Deepshikha Deb
- High on Films
October was huge for Disney+ and Hulu — but which month isn’t? After the weekly installments of “Agatha All Along” and the staple that is Huluween, the bundled streamers gear up for winter programming this November.
Disney+ continues to be the home for live episodes of “Dancing With the Stars” and the original series “Ayla & The Mirrors,” which continues to air new episodes. Along with new children’s programming and holiday specials like “An Almost Christmas Story,” the streamer will premiere “The Music of John Williams” on November 1, celebrating the acclaimed film composer and his decades-long career with new footage and interviews from those he worked with and inspired.
It’s another big month for movies coming to Hulu, as well as beloved shows like “Ally McBeal” (complete series). Stay tuned for an adaptation of Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown” and the docuseries “It’s All Country,” as well as...
Disney+ continues to be the home for live episodes of “Dancing With the Stars” and the original series “Ayla & The Mirrors,” which continues to air new episodes. Along with new children’s programming and holiday specials like “An Almost Christmas Story,” the streamer will premiere “The Music of John Williams” on November 1, celebrating the acclaimed film composer and his decades-long career with new footage and interviews from those he worked with and inspired.
It’s another big month for movies coming to Hulu, as well as beloved shows like “Ally McBeal” (complete series). Stay tuned for an adaptation of Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown” and the docuseries “It’s All Country,” as well as...
- 10/17/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Joey McIntyre is set to star in the Christmas film Jingle Bell Love. The film will gift “real magic” to its viewers, according to McIntyre’s co-star.
Joey McIntyre Is Taking Over The Block
Joey McIntyre is a singer, songwriter, and actor who is most well-known as being a member of the boy band The New Kids on the Block. Despite being the youngest in the group, he is still making waves in the media industry. As a solo artist, McIntyre reportedly sold over 1 million records around the world.
Music isn’t the only thing the kid on the block is famous for. Furthermore, the singer has also acted in movies, shows, and on Broadway. He starred in the 2017 sitcom Return of the Mac.
In addition, he was in the 2013 film The Heat, which starred Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Reportedly, his most recent acting appearance includes Chicago Fire from...
Joey McIntyre Is Taking Over The Block
Joey McIntyre is a singer, songwriter, and actor who is most well-known as being a member of the boy band The New Kids on the Block. Despite being the youngest in the group, he is still making waves in the media industry. As a solo artist, McIntyre reportedly sold over 1 million records around the world.
Music isn’t the only thing the kid on the block is famous for. Furthermore, the singer has also acted in movies, shows, and on Broadway. He starred in the 2017 sitcom Return of the Mac.
In addition, he was in the 2013 film The Heat, which starred Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Reportedly, his most recent acting appearance includes Chicago Fire from...
- 10/15/2024
- by Sammie Neibloom
- TV Shows Ace
Select Broadway theaters will dim their lights for the late Gavin Creel at a date and time being coordinated with his family, the Broadway League said today.
Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 has prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak from the Broadway community. The death of the immensely popular musical theater actor caught many colleagues and fans by surprise, and has left the industry reeling.
Within hours of the League’s announcement, distraught fans weighed in on social media demanding a full, rather than partial, dimming of lights. A Change.org petition started by Time Out New York theater critic Adam Feldman was gaining momentum with thousands of signees just a few hours after its posting.
Once a date for the light-dimming has been determined, one theater from every theater owner on Broadway will participate in the traditional tribute,...
Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 has prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak from the Broadway community. The death of the immensely popular musical theater actor caught many colleagues and fans by surprise, and has left the industry reeling.
Within hours of the League’s announcement, distraught fans weighed in on social media demanding a full, rather than partial, dimming of lights. A Change.org petition started by Time Out New York theater critic Adam Feldman was gaining momentum with thousands of signees just a few hours after its posting.
Once a date for the light-dimming has been determined, one theater from every theater owner on Broadway will participate in the traditional tribute,...
- 10/4/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ken Page, the accomplished Broadway actor and voice of Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, has died at the age of 70.
News of Page’s passing was first reported by several of his close friends, including former Late Show director Dorian Hannaway and actress Shari Belafonte, and was subsequently confirmed by BroadwayWorld. According to Hannaway, Page “passed quietly and peacefully at his home.”
In Burton’s classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, Page voiced The Oogie Boogie Man, the film’s main antagonist. Page later reprised the character in several live-to-film performances of the movie staged by composer Danny Elfman.
On Broadway, Page notably portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the original production of Cats, and The Lion in the original production of The Wiz. He also starred as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls.
A native of St. Louis, Page spent the later part...
News of Page’s passing was first reported by several of his close friends, including former Late Show director Dorian Hannaway and actress Shari Belafonte, and was subsequently confirmed by BroadwayWorld. According to Hannaway, Page “passed quietly and peacefully at his home.”
In Burton’s classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, Page voiced The Oogie Boogie Man, the film’s main antagonist. Page later reprised the character in several live-to-film performances of the movie staged by composer Danny Elfman.
On Broadway, Page notably portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the original production of Cats, and The Lion in the original production of The Wiz. He also starred as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls.
A native of St. Louis, Page spent the later part...
- 10/1/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Gavin Creel is being mourned by the Broadway community, including ex-boyfriend Henry Gottfried.
The actors dated for several years and were both members of the Broadway cast of Waitress.
Henry, who currently stars in the Broadway revival of Cabaret, took to his Instagram Stories on Monday (September 30) to share a beautiful tribute in memory of Gavin.
Gavin, a Tony winner and beloved musical theatre actor, passed away at his New York City home that day following a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I was so lucky to be held by Gavin for a few years, and to get to hold him, and to see how he held so many other people,” Henry wrote. He added one of Gavin‘s favorite phrases, “Lucky life.”
Henry shared photos of him and Gavin holding each other close, which you can see in the gallery.
The actors dated for several years and were both members of the Broadway cast of Waitress.
Henry, who currently stars in the Broadway revival of Cabaret, took to his Instagram Stories on Monday (September 30) to share a beautiful tribute in memory of Gavin.
Gavin, a Tony winner and beloved musical theatre actor, passed away at his New York City home that day following a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I was so lucky to be held by Gavin for a few years, and to get to hold him, and to see how he held so many other people,” Henry wrote. He added one of Gavin‘s favorite phrases, “Lucky life.”
Henry shared photos of him and Gavin holding each other close, which you can see in the gallery.
- 9/30/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Gavin Creel, a staple of modern musical theater whose career included a Tony Award win for Hello, Dolly!, has passed away. He was 48.
Creel’s partner, Alex Temple Ward, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday via a publicist. Creel had been diagnosed with a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma, known as metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, in July.
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During...
Creel’s partner, Alex Temple Ward, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday via a publicist. Creel had been diagnosed with a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma, known as metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, in July.
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- 9/30/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Gavin Creel has died. The Tony Award-winning Broadway star was just 48 years old. Known for his turns in stage productions of Hello, Dolly!, The Book of Mormon, and Waitress among many others, Creel died on Monday, September 30th at home. According to the New York Times, Creel’s death was confirmed by his partner, Alex Temple Ward, via a publicist, Matt Polk. Creel’s cause of death was a rare cancer, metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, which Creel learned he had in July 2024. Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Creel was known onscreen for his roles in films like Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime. Most recently on television Creel featured in two episodes of Ryan Murphy‘s American Horror Story spinoff series American Horror Stories, which aired in 2021. Creel played Troy Winslow who is described as a family man with skeletons in his closet.
- 9/30/2024
- TV Insider
Broadway actor Gavin Creel died Monday at the age of 48.
The Tony-winning star, known for his leading roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair and the recent revival of Into the Woods as well as his activism and positivity in the Broadway community, died after being diagnosed with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, in July. He underwent treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering before transitioning to hospice care at home.
His passing was confirmed by his partner, Alex Temple Ward.
Known for his energetic and ebullient performances and his resonant voice, Creel won a Tony for his role as Cornelius Hackl opposite Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce in the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!, directed by Jerry Zaks. Critics praised his portrayal of the enthusiastic shop clerk, with THR critic David Rooney noting that Creel’s voice had “never sounded sweeter,” adding that “Creel...
The Tony-winning star, known for his leading roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair and the recent revival of Into the Woods as well as his activism and positivity in the Broadway community, died after being diagnosed with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, in July. He underwent treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering before transitioning to hospice care at home.
His passing was confirmed by his partner, Alex Temple Ward.
Known for his energetic and ebullient performances and his resonant voice, Creel won a Tony for his role as Cornelius Hackl opposite Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce in the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!, directed by Jerry Zaks. Critics praised his portrayal of the enthusiastic shop clerk, with THR critic David Rooney noting that Creel’s voice had “never sounded sweeter,” adding that “Creel...
- 9/30/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In stunning and sad news, Gavin Creel, one of Broadway’s most popular and acclaimed leading men, died in Manhattan today just two months after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of sarcoma. He was 48.
His death was confirmed by his partner Alex Temple Ward. Creel had undergone treatment at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering for metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma after being diagnosed in July. After his treatment at the hospital, he transitioned to hospice care at his home.
One of Broadway’s top musical theater artists, Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a lead role of Thoroughly Modern Millie, earning a Tony Award nomination, a feat he’d repeat seven years later in what would become a signature performance as Claude in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair.
From 2012 to 2015, he starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, a role he’d...
His death was confirmed by his partner Alex Temple Ward. Creel had undergone treatment at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering for metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma after being diagnosed in July. After his treatment at the hospital, he transitioned to hospice care at his home.
One of Broadway’s top musical theater artists, Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a lead role of Thoroughly Modern Millie, earning a Tony Award nomination, a feat he’d repeat seven years later in what would become a signature performance as Claude in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair.
From 2012 to 2015, he starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, a role he’d...
- 9/30/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway fans in Los Angeles are in for a treat right now as Desi Oakley is reprising her acclaimed performance as Jenna in the musical Waitress!
The musical theatre star previously led the Waitress national touring production and performed in the show at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre back in 2018. She also saved the day in January 2020 when every Jenna actress in London’s West End production fell ill. Desi was flown across the pond to perform in the show for a full week after two performances had to be canceled.
Now, Desi is starring in a production of Waitress at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts in southeast Los Angeles County. The production, featuring music by Sara Bareilles, is as close as you can get to a replica of the Broadway version!
Desi is joined by Broadway talent like Ben Jacoby as Dr. Pomatter, Tony winner Cleavant Derricks as Joe,...
The musical theatre star previously led the Waitress national touring production and performed in the show at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre back in 2018. She also saved the day in January 2020 when every Jenna actress in London’s West End production fell ill. Desi was flown across the pond to perform in the show for a full week after two performances had to be canceled.
Now, Desi is starring in a production of Waitress at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts in southeast Los Angeles County. The production, featuring music by Sara Bareilles, is as close as you can get to a replica of the Broadway version!
Desi is joined by Broadway talent like Ben Jacoby as Dr. Pomatter, Tony winner Cleavant Derricks as Joe,...
- 9/24/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sara Bareilles is marking another anniversary with her longtime love Joe Tippett!
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter took to her Instagram account to mark their ninth anniversary as a couple.
For those who don’t know, Sara and Joe met while working together on the musical Waitress back in 2015. She wrote the music for the Broadway show and later starred in the musical as well. Joe originated the role of Earl in the pre-Broadway run in summer 2015. They started dating at the end of the run!
Keep reading to find out more…
You can now watch them starring as Jenna and Earl in the filmed version of Waitress, which is available for rent on Apple TV and other digital retailers.
“Today I have loved you for 9 years. I will love you forever,” Sara wrote. “You make me more myself because you are so much yourself- all the time. You are the most hilarious,...
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter took to her Instagram account to mark their ninth anniversary as a couple.
For those who don’t know, Sara and Joe met while working together on the musical Waitress back in 2015. She wrote the music for the Broadway show and later starred in the musical as well. Joe originated the role of Earl in the pre-Broadway run in summer 2015. They started dating at the end of the run!
Keep reading to find out more…
You can now watch them starring as Jenna and Earl in the filmed version of Waitress, which is available for rent on Apple TV and other digital retailers.
“Today I have loved you for 9 years. I will love you forever,” Sara wrote. “You make me more myself because you are so much yourself- all the time. You are the most hilarious,...
- 9/22/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Lauryn Hill was announced Wednesday as one of the lead singers on Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s new concept album of The Warriors.
As for whether the concept album, which also features Busta Rhymes, Rza, Ghostface Killah, Colman Domingo and more alongside an all-female gang, will become the Hamilton creator’s next full-length stage show, Miranda said it will depend on the reception.
“The plan is just to release it and see how people respond,” Miranda said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in Manhattan Wednesday. He added that the project did not have a director or producers yet attached.
The album, due to be released Oct. 18, musicalizes the 1979 film that follows a street gang making their way from the Bronx to their home in Coney Island and encountering other gangs en route.
Miranda was initially presented with the idea in 2009, after writing In the Heights, but did not...
As for whether the concept album, which also features Busta Rhymes, Rza, Ghostface Killah, Colman Domingo and more alongside an all-female gang, will become the Hamilton creator’s next full-length stage show, Miranda said it will depend on the reception.
“The plan is just to release it and see how people respond,” Miranda said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in Manhattan Wednesday. He added that the project did not have a director or producers yet attached.
The album, due to be released Oct. 18, musicalizes the 1979 film that follows a street gang making their way from the Bronx to their home in Coney Island and encountering other gangs en route.
Miranda was initially presented with the idea in 2009, after writing In the Heights, but did not...
- 9/18/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Whatever counts as Sara Bareilles’ day job right now, it’s not regualrly releasing albums and touring. Her last studio album (2019’s “Amidst the Chaos”) and tour are both five years in the rear-view mirror at this point. That might seem laggardly for anyone else who started out with a career like hers, Bareilles has managed to seem like the busiest woman in — or flitting in and out of — pop. As her recording career reaches the two-decade mark this year, almost all of her standard album releases came in the first half of those years, with the last 10 years finding her triumphing on Broadway as a composer (“Waitress”) and star, and successfully moving into TV as a creator (“Little Voice”) and star.
If you’re a fan, you can be a little bit jealous of how these projects have taken time away from her output as a pure singer-songwriter… and...
If you’re a fan, you can be a little bit jealous of how these projects have taken time away from her output as a pure singer-songwriter… and...
- 8/20/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Sara Bareilles just added a new milestone to her career: her first concert with a full orchestra!
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter played a show with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on Saturday night (August 17) at the iconic Hollywood Bowl venue in Los Angeles.
Sara was joined by legendary conductor Thomas Wilkins and a beautiful group of musicians for the magical evening under the stars. Throughout the 90-minute set, Sara performed her greatest hits, debuted new songs, and even brought some surprise guests to the stage.
Keep reading to find out more…
The set list of course included smash hit singles like “Love Song” and “Brave,” Waitress songs such as “She Used to Be Mine” and “A Soft Place to Land,” and fan-favorites like “King of Anything” and “Let the Rain.”
Sara was joined by her opening act and Girls5eva co-star Renee Elise Goldsberry and her friends from the band Raining Jane while...
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter played a show with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on Saturday night (August 17) at the iconic Hollywood Bowl venue in Los Angeles.
Sara was joined by legendary conductor Thomas Wilkins and a beautiful group of musicians for the magical evening under the stars. Throughout the 90-minute set, Sara performed her greatest hits, debuted new songs, and even brought some surprise guests to the stage.
Keep reading to find out more…
The set list of course included smash hit singles like “Love Song” and “Brave,” Waitress songs such as “She Used to Be Mine” and “A Soft Place to Land,” and fan-favorites like “King of Anything” and “Let the Rain.”
Sara was joined by her opening act and Girls5eva co-star Renee Elise Goldsberry and her friends from the band Raining Jane while...
- 8/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
For years, Sara Bareilles has been enjoying a career that’s hard to pin down. She hit the spotlight as a singer-songwriter behind albums like “Little Voice” and “The Blessed Unrest,” but she also detoured into musical theater by writing the music and lyrics for the Broadway show “Waitress” in 2015. She’s been nominated for Grammys as a songwriter and performer, for Tonys as a composer and actress and for Emmys as an actress, host and songwriter.
In a way, the comedy series “Girls5eva,” which moved to Netflix for Season 3 after two seasons and one cancellation on Peacock, includes some of everything Bareilles does. She’s one of the stars of the series created by Meredith Scardino, joining Busy Philipps, Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry as members of a one-hit girl group trying to mount a comeback 20 years past their heyday. And in what has become something of a tradition,...
In a way, the comedy series “Girls5eva,” which moved to Netflix for Season 3 after two seasons and one cancellation on Peacock, includes some of everything Bareilles does. She’s one of the stars of the series created by Meredith Scardino, joining Busy Philipps, Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry as members of a one-hit girl group trying to mount a comeback 20 years past their heyday. And in what has become something of a tradition,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jodie Turner-Smith is enlisting in The Agency with Michael Fassbender at Paramount+ With Showtime.
An adaptation of the hit French drama Le Bureau des Légendes, The Agency (fka The Department) is described as a political espionage thriller centered on Fassbender’s Martian, a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station.
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An adaptation of the hit French drama Le Bureau des Légendes, The Agency (fka The Department) is described as a political espionage thriller centered on Fassbender’s Martian, a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station.
More from TVLineGrey's Anatomy Is Adding a New Gay Male Character Ahead of Jake Borelli's Departure as Levi (Exclusive)PBS Sets Fall Dates for Ridley Season 2, Waitress: The Musical Performance, 'One Person, One Vote?' Docu and MoreMandy Patinkin Books Arc...
- 7/15/2024
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Amen to this: Grey’s Anatomy, TVLine hears, is adding to its hospital roster a new chaplain, one who is not only a superhero fanboy but openly gay and slated to recur throughout Season 21.
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The timing of the imminent hire is curious, though, as it was just a couple of months ago that we learned that Jake Borelli, the fan favorite who plays gay doc Levi, and Midori Francis, the scene stealer who plays bi doc Mika, would both be returning next season only for long enough to wrap up their characters’ storylines.
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The timing of the imminent hire is curious, though, as it was just a couple of months ago that we learned that Jake Borelli, the fan favorite who plays gay doc Levi, and Midori Francis, the scene stealer who plays bi doc Mika, would both be returning next season only for long enough to wrap up their characters’ storylines.
- 7/15/2024
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
90 Day Fiance star Rob Warne is getting a lot of attention following last week’s episode of Happily Ever After? The 33-year-old has been struggling with his wife, Sophie Sierra, throughout the season. But it seems he reached his limits during the latest episode. Several Redditors also think that Rob may have cheated with a waitress who appeared in the episode. Keep reading to see the shocking discussion.
90 Day Fiance: Rob Warne’s Status With Sophie Sierra Today
Rob and Sophie have been silent about each other on social media. Rob even had a huge fight with his mother-in-law after she uploaded footage of him and Sophie fighting inside a car. According to some, Sophie’s mom should’ve just helped them fix their marriage instead of making things worse by brainwashing her daughter.
Rob Warne From 90 Day Fiance, TLC, Sourced From @robwarne_ Instagram
Meanwhile, many...
90 Day Fiance: Rob Warne’s Status With Sophie Sierra Today
Rob and Sophie have been silent about each other on social media. Rob even had a huge fight with his mother-in-law after she uploaded footage of him and Sophie fighting inside a car. According to some, Sophie’s mom should’ve just helped them fix their marriage instead of making things worse by brainwashing her daughter.
Rob Warne From 90 Day Fiance, TLC, Sourced From @robwarne_ Instagram
Meanwhile, many...
- 7/13/2024
- by Michael Malley
- TV Shows Ace
On Thursday’s episode of After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, actress Jenna Ushkowitz will be a guest. Ushkowitz is known for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox musical comedy-drama series “Glee,” for which she received a Grammy Award nomination. She has also appeared in Broadway musicals such as “The King and I” and “Waitress, […]
After Midnight: Jenna Ushkowitz, Kate Micucci, and Eliot Glazer...
After Midnight: Jenna Ushkowitz, Kate Micucci, and Eliot Glazer...
- 6/12/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
Chicago – I have a new appreciation for Al Roker. Already acknowledged as a famous weatherman and TV host, the “Today Show” staple can add raucous comedian to his resume, as indicated by his hosting duties at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s Summer Gala on June 1st, 2024. He killed, as they say.
Albert Lincoln Roker was born in Queens, and got his B.A. in Communications from the State University of New York in Oswego. His first weatherman gig was in Syracuse, New York, while in college and he started his main career in Washington, D.C. After stops in Cleveland and local affiliate in New York City, he found himself substituting at the national level on NBC, first with the Sunrise show and then with the “Today Show.”
Al Roker at the 2024 60th Ciff Summer Gala
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
With his...
Albert Lincoln Roker was born in Queens, and got his B.A. in Communications from the State University of New York in Oswego. His first weatherman gig was in Syracuse, New York, while in college and he started his main career in Washington, D.C. After stops in Cleveland and local affiliate in New York City, he found himself substituting at the national level on NBC, first with the Sunrise show and then with the “Today Show.”
Al Roker at the 2024 60th Ciff Summer Gala
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
With his...
- 6/8/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
With “Dancing with the Stars” set to come back for a 33rd season this fall, there’s a long list of celebrities who deserve to compete on the dance floor. Three of my past suggestions did ultimately become “DWTS” contestants: Frankie Muniz (who came in third in season 25), Kel Mitchell (who came in second in season 28), and Jamie Lynn Spears (who was the second to be eliminated last season). Below is a list of female celebs I think the show should consider inviting to the ballroom to vie for the next Mirror Ball Trophy. Do you agree with my picks? Check them out below, and vote in our poll at the bottom of this post to let us know who you’d most like to see on “DWTS.” And feel free to let us know in the comments what other stars you would like to see when the show comes back in September.
- 6/2/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Update, with GoFundMe info: The Broadway production of Illinoise has dedicated the entire run of the musical to production stage manager Thomas J. Gates, who was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train yesterday.
“With heavy hearts we mourn the passing of our Production Stage Manager, Thomas J. Gates,” the production posted on social media today. “Thom was the center of Illinoise on Broadway, a beloved friend and collaborator. We are devasted for his husband Rick, another member of the Illinoise community.
“These two amazing human beings led our company on our journey since the beginning. We dedicate the run of Illinoise to Thom and his loving memory.”
Last night’s performance of the Sufjan Stevens-Justin Peck-Jackie Sibblies Drury musical was canceled after the production received word of the tragic incident.
A resident of South Orange, New Jersey, Gates, 51, was struck and killed at 9:12 a.
“With heavy hearts we mourn the passing of our Production Stage Manager, Thomas J. Gates,” the production posted on social media today. “Thom was the center of Illinoise on Broadway, a beloved friend and collaborator. We are devasted for his husband Rick, another member of the Illinoise community.
“These two amazing human beings led our company on our journey since the beginning. We dedicate the run of Illinoise to Thom and his loving memory.”
Last night’s performance of the Sufjan Stevens-Justin Peck-Jackie Sibblies Drury musical was canceled after the production received word of the tragic incident.
A resident of South Orange, New Jersey, Gates, 51, was struck and killed at 9:12 a.
- 5/9/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Black Women on Broadway Awards, which celebrates the legacy and achievements of Black women in the Broadway community, said Monday they are returning for their third annual in-person event June 10 at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City/
This year, Irene Gandy, Aisha Jackson and DeDe Ayite will be honored for their work at the highest level of commercial live theater in the U.S.
The show, an offshoot of the Black Women on Broadway (Bwob) Instagram account , launched in June 2020 and is led by Oscar and Tony nominee Danielle Brooks, Amber Iman and Jocelyn Bioh, who just received a Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nomination for her play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
“We are thrilled to be able to host the third annual Black Women on Broadway Awards Celebration. It is our goal as an organization to honor and celebrate the achievements of Black...
This year, Irene Gandy, Aisha Jackson and DeDe Ayite will be honored for their work at the highest level of commercial live theater in the U.S.
The show, an offshoot of the Black Women on Broadway (Bwob) Instagram account , launched in June 2020 and is led by Oscar and Tony nominee Danielle Brooks, Amber Iman and Jocelyn Bioh, who just received a Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nomination for her play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
“We are thrilled to be able to host the third annual Black Women on Broadway Awards Celebration. It is our goal as an organization to honor and celebrate the achievements of Black...
- 4/29/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Ingrid Michaelson is used to people crying when they talk to her about The Notebook. Earlier this year, she tells me on Zoom, her piano in the background, she did an interview about her work on the Broadway musical adaptation of the beloved 2004 film, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. The journalist she was talking to had lost both of his parents, and Michaelson had lost her parents as well — her mother in 2014, and her father three years later. “We both were staring at each other for like 30 seconds...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ej Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Mandy Moore is opening up about Broadway ambitions, and the role she didn’t accept.
The 39-year-old This Is Us star made an appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast.
Durin their conversation, Mandy revealed that she has received offers to come to Broadway, but it hasn’t panned out.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I would die. That’s the ultimate. One day,” she says, revealing she’s turned down offers. “Not the right project … for things that just weren’t quite right. I was like, ‘No, I’ve got to save it.’”
One of those offers was the Sara Bareilles musical, Waitress.
“I love it but the timing wasn’t right,” she said of the show, adding: “All those things sort of have to line up.”
Host Bowen Yang brought up the idea of a Mandy Moore jukebox musical, which she immediately turned down.
“If it was on a meta level,...
The 39-year-old This Is Us star made an appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast.
Durin their conversation, Mandy revealed that she has received offers to come to Broadway, but it hasn’t panned out.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I would die. That’s the ultimate. One day,” she says, revealing she’s turned down offers. “Not the right project … for things that just weren’t quite right. I was like, ‘No, I’ve got to save it.’”
One of those offers was the Sara Bareilles musical, Waitress.
“I love it but the timing wasn’t right,” she said of the show, adding: “All those things sort of have to line up.”
Host Bowen Yang brought up the idea of a Mandy Moore jukebox musical, which she immediately turned down.
“If it was on a meta level,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Waitress composer Sara Bareilles and Pulitzer finalist playwright Sarah Ruhl are teaming up on a stage musical adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling 2013 novel The Interestings.
Bareilles is composing the music and lyrics, while Ruhl writes the book. Matt Ross is producing.
Wolitzer’s novel, as the official synopsis states, tells the story of six teenagers who meet at summer camp in the 1970s and form a lifelong bond over their shared dream of leading creative and inspiring lives. Decades later in New York City, that bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. The Interestings traces their lives as they grow together and apart to explore friendship, love, envy, class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.
“I wrote the first song for The Interestings before I even finished the book,...
Bareilles is composing the music and lyrics, while Ruhl writes the book. Matt Ross is producing.
Wolitzer’s novel, as the official synopsis states, tells the story of six teenagers who meet at summer camp in the 1970s and form a lifelong bond over their shared dream of leading creative and inspiring lives. Decades later in New York City, that bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. The Interestings traces their lives as they grow together and apart to explore friendship, love, envy, class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.
“I wrote the first song for The Interestings before I even finished the book,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jennifer Nettles has been cast in The Bondsman, the genre action series from creator Grainger David and starring Kevin Bacon, that was ordered straight to series in June. The project hails from Blumhouse TV for Prime Video.
She will portray Maryanne, whose ex-husband Hub Halloran (Bacon), is a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
Erik Oleson, who was showrunner for the second season of Amazon’s Carnival Row, will serve as showrunner on the half-hour, eight-episode series, via his CrimeThink production company, which has a deal at the streamer.
David executive produces alongside Bacon, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse Television and Paul Shapiro for CrimeThink.
Nettles is a Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning entertainer on multiple platforms.
She will portray Maryanne, whose ex-husband Hub Halloran (Bacon), is a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
Erik Oleson, who was showrunner for the second season of Amazon’s Carnival Row, will serve as showrunner on the half-hour, eight-episode series, via his CrimeThink production company, which has a deal at the streamer.
David executive produces alongside Bacon, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse Television and Paul Shapiro for CrimeThink.
Nettles is a Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning entertainer on multiple platforms.
- 1/29/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Sara Bareilles has been engaged to actor Joe Tippett for the past year, but she only just picked up her engagement ring!
The 44-year-old Grammy-winning singer met Joe, 41, when he was cast in her musical Waitress during the original out-of-town run in Boston back in 2015 and they’ve been together ever since. You can see them starring opposite each other in the filmed version of Waitress, which is now available on digital HD.
Sara shared photos of her new engagement ring on Instagram and shared the touching story behind the ring.
“We have been engaged for a year and this is the ring we chose- we picked it up yesterday,” she began.
Keep reading to find out more…
Sara continued, “We bought the gold leaf at an arts fair in Mexico City last December because looking for a ring started to feel like it was distorting and eclipsing the beauty of choosing each other.
The 44-year-old Grammy-winning singer met Joe, 41, when he was cast in her musical Waitress during the original out-of-town run in Boston back in 2015 and they’ve been together ever since. You can see them starring opposite each other in the filmed version of Waitress, which is now available on digital HD.
Sara shared photos of her new engagement ring on Instagram and shared the touching story behind the ring.
“We have been engaged for a year and this is the ring we chose- we picked it up yesterday,” she began.
Keep reading to find out more…
Sara continued, “We bought the gold leaf at an arts fair in Mexico City last December because looking for a ring started to feel like it was distorting and eclipsing the beauty of choosing each other.
- 1/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Collect your sugar, butter, and flour to bake something sweet because you’ll need a treat to enjoy alongside the newly-released Waitress: The Musical. The Broadway Show from writers Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson is based on the 2007 film Waitress starring Keri Russell and written by the late Adrienne Shelly. The musical, which first debuted on Broadway in 2016, follows Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker who is stuck in a small town and loveless marriage. (Credit: Courtesy of Bleecker Street) When a baking contest in a nearby country offers her a path to potential freedom, Jenna fights to reclaim the forgotten parts of herself with the help of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance. Celebrating friendships, dreams, and chosen family, Waitress has become a fan-favorite musical in recent years, making it the perfect time to tune in with the film now being available on video on demand.
- 1/11/2024
- TV Insider
Costume designers are stepping up their decades-long fight for pay equity and gender equity.
On Thursday, Hollywood costume designers launched Pay Equity Now, a movement designed to spotlight longstanding pay discrepancies. Emmy award-winner Ariyela Wald-Cohain (“Waitress”) explains, “Costume design has historically been viewed as ‘women’s work’ and due to the lack of understanding of our job, there has been a lack of respect for our craft.”
With IATSE Basic Agreement negotiations set to start in March, the guild is pushing forward with a call to action. Among the four-step plan, costume designers should ask their agents to demand the same pay as department heads such as production designers or directors of cinematography, and to share their salaries and terms of their contracts with costume designers who are working for the same studios.
Costume designers are key department heads on a set. Aside from being key collaborators with production designers,...
On Thursday, Hollywood costume designers launched Pay Equity Now, a movement designed to spotlight longstanding pay discrepancies. Emmy award-winner Ariyela Wald-Cohain (“Waitress”) explains, “Costume design has historically been viewed as ‘women’s work’ and due to the lack of understanding of our job, there has been a lack of respect for our craft.”
With IATSE Basic Agreement negotiations set to start in March, the guild is pushing forward with a call to action. Among the four-step plan, costume designers should ask their agents to demand the same pay as department heads such as production designers or directors of cinematography, and to share their salaries and terms of their contracts with costume designers who are working for the same studios.
Costume designers are key department heads on a set. Aside from being key collaborators with production designers,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Has there been a greater bait-and-switch in recent memory than "Magic Mike"? The trailers for director Steven Soderbergh's 2012 dramedy -- itself loosely based on star Channing Tatum's real-life experiences as an "exotic dancer" -- promised to deliver a whole lot of male stripper shenanigans for a fun Friday night of frivolity. The actual film, on the other hand, was a far more sobering look at not just the reality of what life is like as a professional stripper but also the economic hardships faced by working-class individuals like Tatum's Michael "Magic Mike" Lane in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis. In his defense, Soderbergh likened the film to a Robert Altman joint ahead of its release, so you can't exactly accuse him personally of trojan-horsing anyone.
The second "Magic Mike" film, "Magic Mike Xxl," hewed closer to what audiences expected from the first movie. Helmed by Soderbergh's longtime assistant director Gregory Jacobs,...
The second "Magic Mike" film, "Magic Mike Xxl," hewed closer to what audiences expected from the first movie. Helmed by Soderbergh's longtime assistant director Gregory Jacobs,...
- 12/31/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Jonathan Glazer’s unusual Holocaust film The Zone Of Interest opens in four theaters in New York and LA today as Cord Jefferson’s satirical comedy American Fiction debuts in seven, the latest trenchant specialty offerings in a fall market full of strong titles as year-end approaches and the awards season clicks into high gear after Golden Globe nominations this week.
From A24, The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes (Deadline review here), winning the Grand Prix, and the Fipresci Prize. The (actual) commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a lovely villa and garden whose back wall abuts the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank, then trekking happily home.
From A24, The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes (Deadline review here), winning the Grand Prix, and the Fipresci Prize. The (actual) commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a lovely villa and garden whose back wall abuts the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank, then trekking happily home.
- 12/15/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
After one Japanese title delivered at the sleepy December box office last weekend, that being Godzilla Minus One, here’s another that’s set to dominate: Studio Ghibli and Gkids’ Hayao Miyazaki toon The Boy and the Heron is looking at a No. 1 bow with $10M+ after $2.39M Thursday and early-access previews.
The comp here is quite literally last weekend’s Japanese live-action title Godzilla Minus One (read the review), which saw previews of $2.1M before minting a $4.7M Friday, and 3-day of $11.4M at 2,308 theaters.
The Boy and the Heron played at 1,774 theaters in U.S. and Canada with showtimes starting at 5 p.m. Thursday. The pic is booked at 2,205 theaters this weekend, including Imax and Plf. It’s the first Studio Ghibli film to be presented in Imax. There were awards-qualifying preview engagements that began on Thanksgiving in New York and Los Angeles, and those figures are going...
The comp here is quite literally last weekend’s Japanese live-action title Godzilla Minus One (read the review), which saw previews of $2.1M before minting a $4.7M Friday, and 3-day of $11.4M at 2,308 theaters.
The Boy and the Heron played at 1,774 theaters in U.S. and Canada with showtimes starting at 5 p.m. Thursday. The pic is booked at 2,205 theaters this weekend, including Imax and Plf. It’s the first Studio Ghibli film to be presented in Imax. There were awards-qualifying preview engagements that began on Thanksgiving in New York and Los Angeles, and those figures are going...
- 12/8/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After Broadway shut down due to the pandemic, “Waitress” received an arts grant from Chuck Schumer’s office that allowed the production to reopen in 2021. Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics, said this opportunity inspired her and the team to make the most of their time back on stage by shooting a live recording.
Bleecker Street and Fathom Events will release “Waitress: The Musical” in theaters for a five-day series of nationwide special-event screenings, starting Dec. 7. Bareilles, who also plays the lead role of Jenna Hunterson in the film production, said shooting this live-capture helped bring the audience “closer to the emotionality of the performances.”
“The shift from just being in front of a live audience and then adding a camera is almost to just lean into the intimacy of it, to let each moment feel really truthful between two people or three people or whoever’s on stage,...
Bleecker Street and Fathom Events will release “Waitress: The Musical” in theaters for a five-day series of nationwide special-event screenings, starting Dec. 7. Bareilles, who also plays the lead role of Jenna Hunterson in the film production, said shooting this live-capture helped bring the audience “closer to the emotionality of the performances.”
“The shift from just being in front of a live audience and then adding a camera is almost to just lean into the intimacy of it, to let each moment feel really truthful between two people or three people or whoever’s on stage,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kimiko Glenn, the actress best known for her award-winning work on Netflix’s acclaimed series Orange Is the New Black, has signed with Artists First for management.
On Jenji Kohan’s groundbreaking Netflix series, centered on happenings within a minimum-security New York prison, Glenn played inmate Brook Soso. She joined the show in Season 2 and by the time it had aired all seven seasons, claimed three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Most recently, Glenn has been seen on ABC’s The Goldbergs, Facebook Watch’s Sacred Lies, Hulu’s History of the World Part II, Michelle Obama’s Netflix series Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant, and Doug Ellin’s Ramble On opposite Martin & Charlie Sheen and Kevin Connolly. She was previously a series regular for three seasons on YouTube Originals’ Streamy Award winner, Liza on Demand.
Other TV credits for Glenn include a series...
On Jenji Kohan’s groundbreaking Netflix series, centered on happenings within a minimum-security New York prison, Glenn played inmate Brook Soso. She joined the show in Season 2 and by the time it had aired all seven seasons, claimed three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Most recently, Glenn has been seen on ABC’s The Goldbergs, Facebook Watch’s Sacred Lies, Hulu’s History of the World Part II, Michelle Obama’s Netflix series Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant, and Doug Ellin’s Ramble On opposite Martin & Charlie Sheen and Kevin Connolly. She was previously a series regular for three seasons on YouTube Originals’ Streamy Award winner, Liza on Demand.
Other TV credits for Glenn include a series...
- 12/7/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This past weekend was a bit erratic with a few movies doing surprisingly better than others, but this weekend, there’s really only one new wide release, as much of December’s big holiday releases don’t hit until next week. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
The one wide release is Gkids’ release of Hayao Miyazaki‘s latest animated feature, “The Boy and the Heron,” which has been playing in select cities but will get a nationwide release into roughly 1,800 theaters in both subtitled and dubbed versions, the latter often being the chosen format for parents with young kids. Miyazaki always gets amazing Western voice casts, this one including Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Willem Dafoe and many more.
Although Miyazaki’s “Ponyo,” distributed by Disney, is still seen as his biggest box office success in North America with just $15 million, his movies always do...
The one wide release is Gkids’ release of Hayao Miyazaki‘s latest animated feature, “The Boy and the Heron,” which has been playing in select cities but will get a nationwide release into roughly 1,800 theaters in both subtitled and dubbed versions, the latter often being the chosen format for parents with young kids. Miyazaki always gets amazing Western voice casts, this one including Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Willem Dafoe and many more.
Although Miyazaki’s “Ponyo,” distributed by Disney, is still seen as his biggest box office success in North America with just $15 million, his movies always do...
- 12/6/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Here’s a little Broadway secret: A lot of musical adaptations of movies are fun because the film is beloved, but as a unique product the songs — and therefore the theatrical experience — are so-so.
That’s not the case with “Waitress,” the 2016 Broadway musical based on the 2007 film by the beloved late filmmaker and actress Adrienne Shelly. With Tony-nominated music and lyrics by singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, each song is a thrilling addition that both sheds light on the characters’ interior lives but also has that piano-pop earworm quality that makes you want to add the songs to a Spotify playlist asap.
The show — a live capture film version of which will hit movie theaters nationwide on December 7 — follows Jenna (Bareilles in the filmed version), a waitress and pie maker working at a dead-end diner who dreams of a bigger life for herself away from her abusive husband Earl. An unexpected pregnancy,...
That’s not the case with “Waitress,” the 2016 Broadway musical based on the 2007 film by the beloved late filmmaker and actress Adrienne Shelly. With Tony-nominated music and lyrics by singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, each song is a thrilling addition that both sheds light on the characters’ interior lives but also has that piano-pop earworm quality that makes you want to add the songs to a Spotify playlist asap.
The show — a live capture film version of which will hit movie theaters nationwide on December 7 — follows Jenna (Bareilles in the filmed version), a waitress and pie maker working at a dead-end diner who dreams of a bigger life for herself away from her abusive husband Earl. An unexpected pregnancy,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
The 2016 Tony Awards were something of a rout: With its 11 wins, Hamilton was the only new musical to take home any trophies at all. But it wasn’t the only Broadway smash of the season. Waitress, the smaller-scale, utterly lovely adaptation of writer-director Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film, ran for nearly four years, finally closing in January 2020.
Like Hamilton, Waitress’s composer-lyricist would come to also star in the production: Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles appeared for three short stints in the lead role, causing the box office to surge each time. When theaters reopened, so, too, did Waitress, in a limited remounting in late 2021, designed in part to allow the cameras to capture Bareilles’s performance. This film was no doubt inspired by the artistic and commercial success of Hamilton’s “pro-shot,” as official films of stage performances have come to be known in the theater community.
As a film, this pro-shot...
Like Hamilton, Waitress’s composer-lyricist would come to also star in the production: Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles appeared for three short stints in the lead role, causing the box office to surge each time. When theaters reopened, so, too, did Waitress, in a limited remounting in late 2021, designed in part to allow the cameras to capture Bareilles’s performance. This film was no doubt inspired by the artistic and commercial success of Hamilton’s “pro-shot,” as official films of stage performances have come to be known in the theater community.
As a film, this pro-shot...
- 12/3/2023
- by Dan Rubins
- Slant Magazine
Mario Van Peebles has set his latest film “The Price for Freedom,” which tells the story of civil rights pioneers and NAACP organizers Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, who were instrumental in advancing the cause for Black voters in Florida.
The Moores’ story is described as “equal parts civil rights history and a personal tale of love, commitment and family,” as it chronicles the activists’ fight for voting rights and the equalization of pay for Black teachers in Florida, as well as their battle against racial violence and lynching.
After opening 64 chapters of the NAACP in the state and registering hundreds of thousands of Black voters, the Moores were murdered on Dec. 25, 1951, when a bomb exploded directly under their bedroom at their home on the outskirts of Mims, Fla.
“It was their attempted defense alongside the young Thurgood Marshall (destined to become the first Black Supreme Court justice) of the ‘Groveland Four,...
The Moores’ story is described as “equal parts civil rights history and a personal tale of love, commitment and family,” as it chronicles the activists’ fight for voting rights and the equalization of pay for Black teachers in Florida, as well as their battle against racial violence and lynching.
After opening 64 chapters of the NAACP in the state and registering hundreds of thousands of Black voters, the Moores were murdered on Dec. 25, 1951, when a bomb exploded directly under their bedroom at their home on the outskirts of Mims, Fla.
“It was their attempted defense alongside the young Thurgood Marshall (destined to become the first Black Supreme Court justice) of the ‘Groveland Four,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Sara Bareilles and Maggie Rogers hit the stage together at the 2023 Unicef Gala held on Giving Tuesday (November 28) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The two singers both performed solo and united for a duet of the song “She Used to Be Mine” from the Broadway musical Waitress, which Sara, of course, wrote the music for.
Sara also sang her songs “Orpheus” and “Brave,” while Maggie sang her hit “Light On.”
Other stars in attendance at the event were Unicef Ambassador Sofia Carson, who served as host, All the Light We Cannot See‘s Aria Mia Loberti, gymnast Laurie Hernandez, and fashion designer Christian Siriano.
The annual event “tribute to the remarkable Unicef staff around the globe who won’t stop working until every child is healthy, educated, protected and respected.”
Fyi: Aria is wearing a Dior dress and shoes, with Gray & Davis jewelry.
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The two singers both performed solo and united for a duet of the song “She Used to Be Mine” from the Broadway musical Waitress, which Sara, of course, wrote the music for.
Sara also sang her songs “Orpheus” and “Brave,” while Maggie sang her hit “Light On.”
Other stars in attendance at the event were Unicef Ambassador Sofia Carson, who served as host, All the Light We Cannot See‘s Aria Mia Loberti, gymnast Laurie Hernandez, and fashion designer Christian Siriano.
The annual event “tribute to the remarkable Unicef staff around the globe who won’t stop working until every child is healthy, educated, protected and respected.”
Fyi: Aria is wearing a Dior dress and shoes, with Gray & Davis jewelry.
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- 11/29/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
It’s been just over a year since “Girls5Eva” announced its third season pickup at Netflix after being canceled at Peacock. And star Sara Bareilles said they’re hoping for the show to score an “early” 2024 debut at its new streaming home.
“Postproduction is well underway,” she told TheWrap Tuesday, confirming reports from costar Paula Pell that Season 3 had completed filming ahead of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes this summer.
“I’m going in for my Adr sessions in the next couple weeks, and I know that our creatives are locking the edits and they’re working on sound mix and all that stuff,” Bareilles continued. “All of that had stopped, so there was a pretty deep interruption of that flow. So we’re hoping for early next year, but we don’t have an actual date yet.”
Bareilles, a Grammy-winning recording artist and Tony- and Emmy-nominated actress,...
“Postproduction is well underway,” she told TheWrap Tuesday, confirming reports from costar Paula Pell that Season 3 had completed filming ahead of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes this summer.
“I’m going in for my Adr sessions in the next couple weeks, and I know that our creatives are locking the edits and they’re working on sound mix and all that stuff,” Bareilles continued. “All of that had stopped, so there was a pretty deep interruption of that flow. So we’re hoping for early next year, but we don’t have an actual date yet.”
Bareilles, a Grammy-winning recording artist and Tony- and Emmy-nominated actress,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
There’s a scene in the 2010 film Eat Pray Love where Julia Roberts’s character Liz basks in the experience of eating a guilt-free pizza. It was an important character moment for her–and for many audience members. And whatever your specific dietary preferences or requirements may be, we hope that you’ll enjoy whatever your guilt-free “pizza moment” is this Thanksgiving, surrounded by friends and family (chosen or otherwise.)
Food, of course, has played as major a role in cinema as any other basic human biological function, from the sprawling bowls of pasta in the works of Martin Scorsese, to the last decade’s trend of thoughtfully investigative health-leaning food docs such as Food Inc. and Forks Over Knives. Today, though, we’re leaving the scare-mongering at the kids’ table and indulging in some seriously calorie-dense, celebratory depictions of food on film.
So cinch up that lobster bib and...
Food, of course, has played as major a role in cinema as any other basic human biological function, from the sprawling bowls of pasta in the works of Martin Scorsese, to the last decade’s trend of thoughtfully investigative health-leaning food docs such as Food Inc. and Forks Over Knives. Today, though, we’re leaving the scare-mongering at the kids’ table and indulging in some seriously calorie-dense, celebratory depictions of food on film.
So cinch up that lobster bib and...
- 11/21/2023
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
A revival of Monty Python’s classic musical Spamalot officially opened on November 16 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.
The musical began performances on October 31 and stars Tony award-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart, known for his roles in Aladdin and Hamilton, who portrays the character of King Arthur. He is joined by Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer from Beetlejuice as The Lady of the Lake, Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald from Waitress as Patsy, Tony nominee Ethan Slater from SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Taran Killam from Hamilton and Saturday Night Live as Lancelot, Jimmy Smagula from Billy Elliot as Sir Bedevere, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie from Shrinking and Torch Song as Sir Robin, and Nik Walker from Hamilton as Sir Galahad.
The musical is based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and follows King Arther and the Knights of the Round Table...
The musical began performances on October 31 and stars Tony award-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart, known for his roles in Aladdin and Hamilton, who portrays the character of King Arthur. He is joined by Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer from Beetlejuice as The Lady of the Lake, Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald from Waitress as Patsy, Tony nominee Ethan Slater from SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Taran Killam from Hamilton and Saturday Night Live as Lancelot, Jimmy Smagula from Billy Elliot as Sir Bedevere, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie from Shrinking and Torch Song as Sir Robin, and Nik Walker from Hamilton as Sir Galahad.
The musical is based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and follows King Arther and the Knights of the Round Table...
- 11/20/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity have reached an agreement over the grievance filed related to the non-union touring production of Waitress.
The agreement sees the 22 actors and stage managers who were part of the tour, which ended in June 2022, receive a monetary settlement. In exchange, Actors’ Equity withdrew the double-breasting grievance filed against Namco, the producers behind the Broadway production, according to a communication sent to members. Waitress, based on the 2007 film and featuring a score by Sara Bareilles, ran on Broadway from 2016 through 2020 and from September to December 2021.
Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League declined to comment on the specifics of the deal beyond issuing a joint statement.
“Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement of the grievance filed by Actors’ Equity Association in May, 2022 in connection with the most recent tour of the musical Waitress. The...
The agreement sees the 22 actors and stage managers who were part of the tour, which ended in June 2022, receive a monetary settlement. In exchange, Actors’ Equity withdrew the double-breasting grievance filed against Namco, the producers behind the Broadway production, according to a communication sent to members. Waitress, based on the 2007 film and featuring a score by Sara Bareilles, ran on Broadway from 2016 through 2020 and from September to December 2021.
Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League declined to comment on the specifics of the deal beyond issuing a joint statement.
“Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement of the grievance filed by Actors’ Equity Association in May, 2022 in connection with the most recent tour of the musical Waitress. The...
- 11/7/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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