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Disney hopes the Grammys can sing a new tune.

The annual music awards program, which has been shown on CBS since 1973, will move to Disney outlets starting in 2027. The company said it will simulcast the kudosfest across ABC, Hulu and Disney+ as part of a 10-year deal that will make it the home of the event through 2036 and will include a series of music specials produced by The Recording Academy, the backer of the spectacle.

The deal means Disney will have rights to show the Grammys, the Super Bowl and the Oscars in 2027, a trifecta that will give the company new leeway to craft large ad packages with major sponsors. The Wall Street Journal reported that Disney will pay “more than $500 million over 10 years,” citing unnamed sources, around the same amount CBS is said to have paid in its 2016 pact with the Academy to show the Grammys for a decade...

On Wednesday 30 October 2024, Talk broadcasts Divorce Court!

Marlon Hamilton vs. Andrea Pennington Season 26 Episode 38 Episode Summary

In the upcoming episode of “Divorce Court,” titled “Marlon Hamilton vs. Andrea Pennington,” viewers will see Judge Star Jones take the bench once again. With her wealth of experience and understanding of relationship dynamics, Judge Jones is known for her ability to navigate the complexities of love and conflict.

This episode promises to delve into the challenges faced by Marlon and Andrea as they confront their marital issues. Their case will highlight the emotional highs and lows that often come with relationships. Judge Jones will listen carefully to both sides, offering her insights and guidance to help the couple find clarity.

As the courtroom drama unfolds, audiences can expect to witness heartfelt testimonies and perhaps some surprising revelations. Judge Jones aims to provide a fair and balanced perspective, helping Marlon and Andrea explore their options moving forward.

Sunset Blvd. continued to climb the grosses charts, bringing in $1.67 million in its first week of eight performances, which included several comped performances for press.

The revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, directed by Jamie Lloyd and starring Nicole Scherzinger, opened at the St. James Theatre on Oct. 20. The numbers gave Sunset a place in the top five grossing shows in the industry last week, behind the stalwarts of Wicked, with $2.2 million, The Lion King with $1.9 million and Hamilton with $1.7 million. Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen rounded out the top five with $1.5 million.

Job, the psychological work drama which counts Shari Redstone as a co-producer, played the final week of its limited run on Broadway and had its highest grossing week yet, with $363,992 and 91 percent capacity at the Hayes Theater.

Overall, grosses across the industry slumped slightly, down 2 percent from the previous week as productions gear up for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays,...

The strong got stronger on Broadway last week even as the overall box office trended slightly downward, with 28 productions on the 36-show roster reporting receipt dips.

In all, the 36 shows grossed $33,921,069 for the week ending October 27, about 2 percent lower than the previous week’s 35-show roster. Total attendance was 285,396, off about 1% from the previous week.

A slew of recent arrivals had very strong weeks, in some cases despite opening night comps and press seats. Romeo + Juliet, which opened at Circle in the Square to strong reviews, pulled in $955,532 even with a totally comped October 24 opening night and various press nights.

Sunset Blvd. grossed $1,664,663 even with three heavily comped press performances at the St. James. With 97% of seats filled, the musical revival had its first full eight-performance week, and its highest grossing week since beginning Broadway previews on September 28.

Death Becomes Her began previews at the...

There are 208 episodes of the mystery box-lite CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," so from a sheer mathematical standpoint, they can't all be winners. The long, meandering story of Ted Mosby's (Josh Radnor) quest for love — during which he's flanked by best friends Lily Aldrin (Alison Hannigan), Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), and Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) — spans nine seasons and many, many years in Ted's life, all of which is narrated in retrospect by an older Ted (the voice of Bob Saget), and not every moment is particularly great.

Alongside all-star episodes of "How I Met Your Mother" like "Slap Bet" (where we find about Robin's past as a Canadian teen pop star), "How I Met Everyone Else" (which presents increasingly silly origin stories of Ted's friendships), "Swarley" (where Barney gets a whole new name), and "Spoiler Alert" (where the gang comes face to...

David Harris, the actor who portrayed gang member Cochise in the cult classic film The Warriors, has died at the age of 75.

Harris’ daughter confirmed his death to The New York Times, adding that he died Friday at his New York City home following a battle with cancer.

In the Walter Hill-directed 1979 film, Harris played the headband-and-necklace-wearing Cochise, an integral member of the red-vested gang the Warriors, who endure a one-night odyssey from the Bronx to their native Coney Island while dodging increasingly colorful gangs hell-bent on violence after...

Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers hint at some new and familiar faces popping up in the land of Genoa City during the week of October 28-November 1 (and beyond).

Find out about the interesting changes to the cast below!

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Welcome To Genoa City, Amy Lewis!

Actress Valarie Pettiford is set to make her Y&r debut as Amy Lewis, during the Tuesday, October 29 show. She’s been recast in the role that was originally played by Stephanie E. Williams, who portrayed Lewis from 1983 to 1988.

This week’s Y&r preview video shows Lewis arriving at Nate Hastings’ (Sean Dominic) doorstep, so what kind of drama will she bring to the little town?

Y&R Spoilers – Gc Kids Enjoying Halloween

Y&r spoilers remind fans that this week is Halloween in Gc, which means more airtime for all the kiddos in the little town. Viewers...

As Paul Tazewell was conceiving design ideas for “Wicked,” mushroom gills served as an unlikely inspiration for Elphaba’s black dress.

The costume designer had stumbled across a documentary about mushrooms. Tazewell says, “I became aware of the beauty of different kinds of mushrooms because of the texture and different colors.”

Tazewell was tasked with designing the costumes for “Wicked,” starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda. The idea to align Elphaba with nature stemmed from the character’s history.

Says Tazewell, “She is this little oppressed girl being called out because of the color of her skin and ostracized even within her family.” He added that because of her connection and allyship to the animal community he turned to nature to define what her look would be, and that’s where mushrooms became the inspiration.

Speaking with Variety, Tazewell says the idea was to “create a...

RadicalMedia, the production company behind such projects as “Summer of Soul,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and the filmed Broadway production of “Hamilton,” unionized Wednesday with the Writers Guild of America East (Wgae).

Emphasizing its goal of collective bargaining, the development came after workers at A+E Factual Studios organized with the Wgae, continuing a trend of unionization among nonfiction production studios. According to a statement sent to press, “an overwhelming majority” of RadicalMedia’s 65-member bargaining unit signed union cards.

“Management at RadicalMedia must respect their workers and recognize their union without delay or interference,” Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, president of the Writers Guild of America East, said in a statement. “Nonfiction television and film workers deserve contracts worthy of their hard work and the enormous value they bring to their sector of the entertainment industry.”

“Our decision to form a union should not be seen as an expression of dissatisfaction, but...

There’s another General Hospital cast exit that’s making the rounds.

Young star Jophielle Love has officially said “goodbye” to her co-stars after debuting on the series on October 23, 2019.

Keep reading to find out more…

The 10-year-old actress portrayed Violet Finn on the show, who was the daughter of Rebecca Budig’s Hayden Barnes and Michael Easton’s Hamilton Finn.

She told Soap Opera Digest about her exit, “I was very sad. It was fun to end it with a tea party, which is Violet’s favorite thing to do. But the long good-byes…so hard. I think I was already crying before they called, ‘Action!’”

She hopes to return to the show one day.

She shared, “I don’t know how or when, but I hope it is not in too long from now. It would be great if I could come back with my dad but as we saw,...

Everything You Need to Know About Ke Huy Quan's Action Flick: Love Hurts - Main Image

The career renaissance of Everything Everywhere All At Once's Academy Award-winning star Ke Huy Quan continues as he's set to lead his own action project in Love Hurts. Here is everything you need to know about his upcoming cinematic comeback!

When Does Ke Huy Quan's Love Hurts Hit Theaters?

US/Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan's second flick slated to premiere on the big screens is the anticipated Universal/87North project titled Love Hurts.

While Quan is best known for being the rising child actor in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Goonies, he eventually returned with an Oscar-winning performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Since then, he has been cast under Marvel Studios for a minor role in Loki season 2, Disney's American Born Chinese, and even voiced Han the...

There’s not a total divide between the world of film and theater costume design, but they are different disciplines. Sometimes that can be freeing when designing for the theater, which doesn’t require the base level of naturalism audiences usually expect from something shot on camera. But then the detail work that a camera can capture — specific fabrics, patterns, how just the right color reads onscreen — can be an essential component of film storytelling.

As part of the Middleburg Film Festival, costume designer Paul Tazewell discussed how he expresses character and builds worlds through costume in both theater or film. Tazewell singled out “Hamilton” as a project where the final costume designs connected the actors to the style and legacy of the American revolutionaries but didn’t tether them to the rules of period clothing. The costumes were designed to link the actors just as much to the vibrancy...

Andrew Call, currently reigning as King George in Broadway’s Hamilton, is set for a recurring role in Netflix’s upcoming drama series The Waterfront. From the mind of Kevin Williamson, the eight-episode series explores the dark underbelly of the Buckley family’s failing North Carolina fishing business, as their desperation leads them into increasingly […]

Andrew Call Docks at Netflix’s The Waterfront...

Exclusive: Andrew Call (Space Cadet) is set for a recurring role on the upcoming Netflix drama series The Waterfront, written and executive produced by Kevin Williamson.

Inspired by true events, the 8-episode series dives into the flawed Buckley family, led by McCallany’s Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany) and Mae Buckley (Maria Bello), as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.

Call will play Deputy Sawyer, a well-meaning cop who’s unaware of the dangers he’s about to get himself into.

The main cast also includes Jake Weary and Melissa Benoist as Cane Buckley and Bree Buckley, respectively. Topher Grace also recurs in the series.

Williamson and Ben Fast executive produce for Outerbanks Entertainment. Marcos Siega will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer for the pilot. Universal Television,...

Chloe Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos and Manny Jacinto will lead the ensemble of the upcoming romantic comedy “Love Language,” which counts “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost among its producers.

Lukas Gage, Isabel May and Billie Lourd are rounding out the cast.

Joey Power, whose credits include “After Everything” and “Banana Split,” is directing the film in addition to writing the screenplay. “Love Language” is billed as a romantic comedy, though plot details are being kept under wraps. Principal photography is slated to begin mid-October in Chicago.

CAA Media Finance is representing the U.S. rights to the film. Caviar, the independent production company that backed “Sound of Metal,” has arranged full financing for the production. “Love Language” is produced by Ari Lubet for 3 Arts Entertainment, Jost and Jeff Grosvenor for No Notes Productions, and Bert Hamelinck and Allison Hironaka for Caviar. Executive producers include Michael Sagol of Caviar and Tyson Bidner.

The first season of A24 and Prime Video's smash-hit animated series "Hazbin Hotel" ended on February 2, 2024, and while the creative team is hard at work on season 2, the show's popularity hasn't decreased. "Hazbin Hotel" earned the largest global debut viewership for a new animated title on Prime Video, surpassing other hot commodities like "Invincible" and "The Boys Presents: Diabolical." The series doesn't boast the same recognizable IP as its contemporaries, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a phenomenon. In the months since the season's end, convention circuits have shown that "Hazbin Hotel" has become one of the most popular shows for cosplayers to emulate, fanart floods social media feeds on the daily, but thanks to the death of the monoculture, the popularity often feels like it exists in a vacuum.

I've previously described "Hazbin Hotel" as adult animation, but too edgy for the constraints of something like "The Simpsons.

Equal to the sensation that A New Hope had in 1977, the play Hamilton has become a cultural phenomenon. Written by playwright and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Broadway performance has since influenced music, culture, and entertainment since its debut in 2015. The play and those involved in it have several links to the Star Wars franchise.

Starting with Miranda, he has several ties to Star Wars. He wrote the song seen in Maz Kanata's cantina in The Force Awakens in 2015, a song that is an homage to the Mos Eisley Cantina piece by John Williams in A New Hope. Miranda told Sfgate of his experience writing for Star Wars, "I'm supposed to be writing Moana, but every spare second, I have a shared document with J.J. [Abrams] and we're writing the cantina music for Episode Seven."

Miranda also contributed to the score during the celebration on the planet Pasaana in The Rise of Skywalker.

Fresh off his Tony-winning turn in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’ “Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff will return to the rialto next spring in the new Bobby Darin jukebox musical “Just in Time.” Tony-winning director Alex Timbers (“Moulin Rouge”) will oversee the production that is set to transform the Circle in the Square theater into a nightclub complete with a swing band.

Groff will lead a cast of 16 to tell the story of this singer/songwriter who was only 37 when he died of heart disease in 1973. Darin had a string of hits in the 1950s including the chart-topping “Splish Splash,” “Dream Lover,” “Mack the Knife” and “Just in Time.” He turned to acting in the 1960s, often opposite his wife Sandra Dee (they met making “Come September” in 1961). He reaped an Oscar bid in 1963 for his supporting turn as a shell-shocked soldier in “Captain Newman, M.D.” In the 1970s,...

Exclusive: The Black List won’t be releasing its 20th anniversary tally until later this year, but the Franklin Leonard-founded platform is rolling into the Bay Area with a new collaboration and a deep bench of partners.

Focusing on the talent-rich San Francisco and Oakland region, the brand new Bay List will announce 10 inaugural projects next summer. If you are part of the 415, 510 or 628 area codes, among others, you have until April 8, 2025 to submit an eligible project. Find out more info about Leonard and Blindspotting creator/showrunner Rafael Casal‘s brainchild here.

“I’ve been a longtime admirer of the arts community in the Bay generally so it was a no-brainer to jump in when Rafa reached out about being a part of it directly,” Leonard told Deadline on Tuesday. “Little did I appreciate just how big the Bay does things. It’s a real honor to be partnered up...

Gold Derby’s Oscar predictions in the below-the-line races opened last week, and “Wicked” leads the early odds to win Best Costume Design. That should come as no surprise to anyone who’s seen the popular Broadway musical, which won various costume awards races two decades ago (including at the 2004 Tonys) for its eye-popping looks for good witches, bad witches, deceitful wizards and everyone in between.

The Universal Pictures film adaptation, which will begin defying gravity in theaters on November 22, 2024, stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland, aka Glinda the Good Witch, Michelle Yeoh as headmistress Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as the iconic Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Jonathan Bailey as young prince Fiyero Tigelaar. Jon M. Chu directs the movie from a script co-written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox.

“Wicked’s” costume designer is Paul Tazewell, a...

Exclusive: Eva Longoria and Anthony Ramos will be feted at Carlos Eric Lopez’s Fourth Annual Dia de Muertos celebration on November 1st at the Paramount Studio Lot in Hollywood. Longoria will receive the Life & Legacy Award and Ramos will be presented with the Monarch Award.

Now in its fourth year, the event is a tribute to Latino culture and the Mexican tradition of honoring family who have passed and bringing together family who are chosen. This year, the event will feature the creative vision of Oscar-winning production designer Eugenio Caballero. At last year’s celebration, Gael Garcia Bernal was honored with the inaugural Premio Vida y Legado award.

A third award, known as the Abuelita Award, will be presented this year by Alien: Romulus star Isabela Merced posthumously to her grandmother Yolanda Merced Salazar. The award recognizes how abuelas around the world leave indelible marks on our hearts and...

Ryan Murphy’s latest network offering, Doctor Odyssey, brings viewers into the well-loved world of medical professionals through a unique lens, as this medical team works and lives on a cruise ship.

The ABC medical drama — created by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken — stars Joshua Jackson as Max, luxury cruise ship The Odyssey’s newest and seemingly overqualified doctor. Max joins the cruise’s two long-time, skeptical nurses on the medical team, Avery (Phillipa Soo) and Tristan (Sean Teale).

When Doctor Odyssey was first announced, the premise of American Horror Story mastermind Murphy’s next series was largely kept under wraps. Would there be a twist in store? Would the cruise ship be not what it seems? Not until the trailer dropped last month did viewers get a synopsis and first look, and begin to understand what the prolific showrunner really had in store. Recently, when chatting with The Hollywood Reporter,...

There was a new top ticket on Broadway last week, as Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger, began previews.

The musical revival, which has been reimagined by director Jamie Lloyd, only played one performance at the St. James Theatre last week, on Sept. 28, but brought in $304,934 and played to capacity. The show commanded an average ticket price of $187.42, the highest in the industry for the week.

The production, which has drawn buzz for the blood-soaked image of the Pussycat Dolls star onstage and a live performance shot outside the theater during the course of the show, transferred to Broadway after a run in London. The musical is set to open Oct. 23.

Romeo & Juliet, starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, also began performances last week with the second-highest average ticket price for the week at $178.94. The play, which is also a reimagining of the classic Shakespeare tale, directed by Sam Gold...

Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival will hand its Special Award for a Production Designer to six-time Oscar nominee Nathan Crowley during this year’s edition, which runs November 16-23 in Toruń.

Crowley is perhaps best known internationally for his longtime collaboration with Christopher Nolan. He has received five Oscar nods for his collaborations with the British filmmaker. Their films include Tenet, The Dark Knight, Dunkirk, Interstellar, and The Prestige. Crowley was also nominated for Damien Chazelle’s First Man.

Beginning his career at the Brighton School of Art in the UK, Crowley moved to Hollywood in the 1990s where he landed a Second Unit Art Director role on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He then worked on films by directors like Barry Levinson and Joel Schumacher. His first collaboration with Christopher Nolan was on Insomnia.

Crowley’s other credits include Westworld, Wonka, and Wicked 1 and 2. He is currently signed on to...

Poland’s pioneering EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival revealed Tuesday that industry veteran Nathan Crowley will receive a special award for achievement in production design at the event’s upcoming 32nd edition in Toruń.

Crowley is best known for his long-running collaboration with Christopher Nolan, which earned him Oscar nominations for production design on The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet (he also was nominated for Damien Chazelle’s First Man). On the small screen, he picked up an Emmy nomination for his work on the HBO series Westworld. By no means slowing down, his recent work includes the adaptations of Wonka and Wicked 1 & 2, and he is next booked to design the new Avengers films for the Russo Brothers at Marvel Films.

“Known for his practical approach to production design, Crowley excels at creating immersive, detailed worlds, blending traditional and modern techniques,” Camerimage organizers said in a statement.

Crowley began his career in Islington,...

Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Ashton Kutcher are set to star in Ryan Murphy’s new FX series, “The Beauty.”

The new drama series, which was co-created by Murphy and Matt Hodgson, has received a series order, the network announced Monday. The pair will also executive produce the series, which is slated to begin production this fall, alongside Peters, Ramos and Pope.

Though details of plot and character descriptions for “The Beauty” are being held under wraps, the 11-episode series is based on the comic books by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, which centers on an Std that passes along beauty to those whom it impacts.

The description for the Image Comics series is as follows: “Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease?...

Evan Peters and Ryan Murphy are returning to FX together, with the network giving out a series order to the drama “The Beauty.”

Peters will star in “The Beauty” with Murphy serving as co-creator. Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, and Jeremy Pope will also star in the show, which is based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley. Matthew Hodgson is also a co-creator on the series. Peters, Murphy, Hodgson, Kutcher, Ramos, and Pope are all executive producers along with Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Nissa Diederich and Eric Gitter. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. Murphy is under an overall deal at Disney, which includes 20th Television.

Production is slated to begin this fall, with FX ordering 11 episodes. Exact plot and character details are being kept under wraps, but the description of the comic books states,...

Governor Tim Walz and Emmy-nominee Anthony Ramos are bonding over the politician’s career in education and the Emmy-nominee’s own high school experience.

In an exclusive first look at a video provided to Variety by the Harris-Walz campaign, Walz and Ramos are shown talking backstage during a recent campaign stop in Pennsylvania. Ramos recalled a teacher in his theater program who helped and inspired him.

“That was a turning point in my life,” Ramos said. “She helped me with the audition material, she paid the $50 for the application and she sat with me and wrote the essays because I wanted to quit.”

The “In The Heights” star said he didn’t grow up enjoying musicals or even watching musicals. He calls his involvement in theater an accident and said it simply came about because of the level of encouragement he received from his teacher.

Ramos shared how his teacher...

The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival (Mff) has rounded out its list of honorees.

After previously announcing Steve McQueen (“Blitz”), Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”), and Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”) as award recipients, the Middleburg Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup of honored filmmakers. The annual festival will take place October 17-20.

The Mff honorees hail from some of 2024’s most anticipated and applauded films.

“Nickel Boys” director RaMell Ross will receive the Special Achievement in Filmmaking Award. “Nickel Boys” was also selected as the closing film.

Danielle Deadwyler will receive the Breakthrough Actor Award for “The Piano Lesson.” The “Till” actress leads the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play alongside John David Washington. The duo play two siblings who disagree about selling the family heirloom piano. “The Piano Lesson” marks Malcolm Washington’s feature directorial and screenwriting debut.

“Sing Sing” actors Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin will receive...

Snowpiercer, the show where Daveed Diggs plays a freedom fighter aboard a train rocketing through a dystopian wasteland, literally just wrapped up a few days ago, which means Diggs is newly unemployed. Hooray for good timing: it's been announced on the official page for The Boys that Diggs will be joining the show for its fifth and final season, although we don't have any details on who he'll be playing:

New S5 crumbs… let’s all welcome Daveed Diggs to The Boys family, shall we? He’ll be playing a character in the show. That’s all ya get for now. pic.twitter.com/rgEf740UNN

— The Boys (@TheBoysTV) September 24, 2024

Diggs originally broke out after playing Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway smash Hamilton, and has worked consistently onscreen since. In addition to his lead role in Snowpiercer, he's done a lot of voice work; he...

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield are forced to put their differences aside during a pivotal road trip in the trailer for the drama feature Albany Road.

The film from writer-director Christine Swanson is set to hit select AMC Theatres and Malco Theatres locations on Nov. 15, with those cinema chains handling the distribution. Albany Road centers on Celeste (Goldsberry), who is preparing for an important work trip and is dismayed that she has to share a car with her ex-fiancé’s mother, Paula (Whitfield). Celeste soon learns that Paula is keeping a big secret from her, with the movie exploring challenging family dynamics and the power of personal growth.

“We come face-to-face with what we fear the most or what we want the most, and sometimes you win — and sometimes you lose,” Whitfield says in the trailer.

Later, while seated in the car next to Whitfield, Goldsberry exclaims, “I hate being powerless!

Doctor Odyssey is soon setting sail! Just so you don’t miss the boat, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about the ABC medical drama starring Joshua Jackson ahead of its premiere.

From 9-1-1 creator Ryan Murphy, Doctor Odyssey follows Max (Jackson), the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship “where the staff works hard and plays harder,” per the ABC synopsis. “It’s all hands on deck as Max and his small but mighty team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.”

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The Boys is one of the most popular superhero series worldwide. Based on the comic book of the same name, this darker take on the superhero genre has gained significant traction on Amazon Prime, continuously pushing the limits of what can be shown on television.

As the series gears up for the production of its fifth and final season, we can expect more details to emerge. This means we’ll likely see plot leaks, production updates, photos, videos, and new casting announcements. This report will focus on the latest casting news.

The official Twitter account for The Boys has just confirmed a new casting for the fifth and final season, but the tweet shared only the essentials and had the signature style you’d expect from The Boys.

As you know, the situation in the series is pretty chaotic after Season 4’s finale, and everyone is hinting at a wild...

The Boys is one of the most popular superhero series in the world. Based on the same-titled comic book, this dark take on the superhero genre gained a lot of traction on Amazon Prime and keeps pushing the boundaries of what can be shown on TV in a number of ways.

As the series is preparing for the production of its fifth and final season, more information about the series is bound to appear.

That means that we can expect plot leaks, production details, photos, and videos, as well as some new casting information, and this report is going to be about the latter.

Namely, the official Twitter account of The Boys just confirmed a new casting for the fifth and final season of the show, but the tweet contained only the bare minimum and was composed just as you would expect a tweet posted by The Boys to be composed.

Oh Mary! broke the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the sixth time last week, with a gross of $1.16 million.

The show, written by and starring Cole Escola as a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, has played to 100 percent capacity almost every week of its run, which began at the end of June. The play also had the highest average paid admission in the industry last week, with an average ticket price of $162.25, edging out shows such as Hamilton, best musical winner The Outsiders and the new play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.

McNeal, which is still in previews at the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, stands out among the crop of new shows coming this fall, having pulled in a strong $1.2 million across seven performances last week (the theater has a larger seating capacity than Oh Mary!). The play, which depicts Downey as an author obsessed with artificial intelligence,...

Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The Boys season 5 has tapped Daveed Diggs for a mystery role in the R-Rated Prime Video series.

The actor is best known for starring in Hamilton (which was already a hit but became a global phenomenon thanks to Disney+) and counts the likes of Snowpiercer, The Little Mermaid, and Velvet Buzzsaw among his many film and television roles.

This isn't the first time he's circled a superhero project as it's widely believed he was a frontrunner to play Ben Grimm/The Thing in Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps. That role ultimately went to Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

Diggs has also lent his voice to Amazon's Invincible as Theo, a member of a therapy group who lost their loved ones to superheroes.

As is so often the case, there's currently no word on who the actor is playing in The Boys. The series veered away from the comics some time ago,...

Daveed Diggs is joining the world of “The Boys” as a series regular in Prime Video series’ fifth and final season. Details on Diggs’ role are being kept under wraps.

Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel series where the superheroes are the bad guys, “The Boys” is set in a world in which a substance can turn people into superheroes. As such, a legion of corporate-backed celebrity supes enacts their own sense of justice while posing for cameras and covertly doing wet work for the government — kind of like an evil Avengers. The show follows a group of regular humans who work to bring the superheroes down.

“The Boys” is executive produced by Ennis, Robertson, showrunner Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Michaela Starr, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Judalina Neira, Jessica Chou, Ken F. Levin and Jason Netter.

Prime Video’s The Boys has added Tony and Grammy Award-winning Daveed Diggs as a series regular for the show’s fifth and final season. Details regarding his character are under wraps.

Based on The New York Times’ best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys subverts the superhero genre, imagining a present day where awesome avengers, controlled by the unscrupulous Vought corporation, purport to stand for “truth and justice” while secretly committing heinous acts.

Showrunner and EP Eric Kripke recently teased that fans could be saying goodbye to many of the show’s characters in Season 5.

“There’s no guarantee of who’s gonna survive because we don’t have to keep them for another season, so you can have really shocking, big things happen all the time,” Kripke told Total Film. “And so, as the writers, as we’re starting to cook it up,...

Daveed Diggs has been cast in the fifth and final season of “The Boys,” Variety has learned.

It was announced in June that “The Boys” would be ending with Season 5. Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Diggs will appear in a series regular role in the Amazon Prime Video series. He will appear alongside returning cast members Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit and Cameron Crovetti.

Diggs is best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the smash hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” for which he won a Tony Award in 2016. Onscreen, he recently starred in the series adaptation of “Snowpiercer” and played Frederick Douglass in the Showtime limited series “The Good Lord Bird.” He has also lent his voice to animated shows like “Central Park,...

David Korins, the scenic designer behind “Hamilton,” “Beetlejuice” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” is headed to Tucson, Ariz., with a new exhibition titled “Stages of Imagination: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins.”

The exhibition, which opens this weekend at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, will run through May 31, 2025, and invites visitors on an immersive journey through Korins’ work.

Korins, who has worked on the Academy Awards, “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Here Lies Love,” “The Who’s Tommy” and more, was invited by the museum’s executive director William Russo to showcase his work.

“I said, I wanted to drill down deeper and look at five projects,” Korins tells Variety. “In looking at five projects, people will be able to see how they all look very different, and the outcome is very different, but they’ll be able to see similarities in the collaborative spirit and how people come together to make pieces.

Emmy Award-winning actress Liza Colón-Zayas will campaign for Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz this Saturday in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Colón-Zayas, known for her role on the TV show “The Bear,” recently became the first Latina actress to earn an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. At the ceremony, she urged Latinas to “keep believing and vote” for their rights.

The Allentown event will also feature “Hamilton” star Anthony Ramos. It aims to energize Latino voters as part of the broader Harris-Walz campaign strategy. The campaign has invested $3 million in Spanish radio ads and community outreach targeting Hispanic voters in key states.

Colón-Zayas’s Emmy-winning role as ambitious chef Tina Marrero on “The Bear” showcased a nuanced Latina character beyond typical stereotypes. According to one observer, her performance represents growing “narrative plurality” – the ability to tell diverse, authentic stories representing varied cultural experiences.

This year’s Emmy Awards saw several...

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...

The Broadway cast of Hamilton headed back to the recording booth to update the musical track “The Election of 1800” leading up to Election Day. The changed lyrics encourage voter registration and the importance of being politically engaged.

“In honor of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, the Broadway company of Hamilton headed into the booth to record “The Election of 2024″. We’re proud to partner with @WhenWeAllVote and @VoteRiders to make sure everyone’s voice is heard at the polls,” the musical’s X account wrote in a post sharing a snippet of the song. “Register to vote now!”

The new lyrics are by Kurt Crowley, who reimagined Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original song from the multiple Tony-winning musical. The Broadway castmembers who took part in the session are Amanda Braun, Chloë Campbell, Marc delaCruz, Jared Dixon, Julia Estrada, Alexander Ferguson, Tamar Greene, Johanna Moise, Tré Smith, Gabriella Sorrentino, Ebrin R. Stanley,...

Anthony Ramos has a special, vintage green jacket that he wears to every football, baseball and basketball home game he attends for the New York Jets, Mets and Brooklyn Nets.

In addition to his flourishing acting career, fresh off his Twisters summer and ahead of his upcoming role in Ironheart, the actor always finds time to root for his favorite teams. Sports have been a part of his life since before he landed his first onscreen role on TV Land’s Younger, followed by his turn in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s record-shattering musical, Hamilton.

The In the Heights star grew up playing baseball and football and was on the wrestling team in high school. He was initially considering a career in professional baseball before he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, eventually graduating from its musical theater program.

When it comes to sports, the actor knows that superstitions can be silly but,...

Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose takes a step away from her usual musical roles in an upcoming supernatural horror film. In “House of Spoils,” DeBose plays an ambitious chef who opens her first restaurant in a remote estate. Soon after, unsettling events begin to threaten her culinary dreams and the opening of her new business.

Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Productions, “House of Spoils” is set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video on October 3. DeBose’s character believes running a high-end kitchen will be challenging enough without any other problems. However, she faces horrifying consequences after ignoring warnings against using ingredients from the previous owner’s garden. Scenes from the trailer show moldy meals and insects crawling out of dishes, hinting at the supernatural challenges that come.

The film follows DeBose’s character as she struggles not only with the usual stresses of opening a new restaurant, but...

Broadway gained momentum heading into Labor Day weekend, with cumulative grosses for the industry up 11 percent and all shows posting gains compared to the prior week.

The Outsiders returned to its streak of breaking the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre house record, now for an 8th time with $1.52 million for the week ended Sept. 1, up close to $100,000 from the prior week. The best musical Tony winner continues to play above 100 percent capacity and saw its average ticket price rise to a new high of $185.

The musical has been a new entrant into the top five weekly grossing productions in the industry, taking the fifth spot last week. Wicked reigned with $2.2 million, followed by The Lion King with $1.97 million, Hamilton with $1.86 million and Hell’s Kitchen with $1.54 million.

Mj The Musical, which began running on Broadway in 2022, saw the biggest week-to-week jump in the industry, with grosses up $243,918 week-over-week to reach $1.4 million.

After a ridiculously successful first season, fans of Elsbeth are ready for the police procedural to return with more murder mayhem and hijinks.

With a Rotten Tomatoes score of ninety-four percent, the review aggregator’s consensus on the show is that “Carrie Preston’s standout character from The Good Wife makes for a great detective in this amiable and clever spinoff.”

The series has proven that The Good Wife universe has plenty of room to expand into more shows and genres. Elsbeth starkly contrasted the heavy intensity of The Good Wife and The Good Fight.

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It has a fun and lighter tone than its sister shows, but that doesn’t mean the creators aren’t above dropping an easter egg or two.

In fact, all of the episodic murderers for Season 1 were actors who had previously portrayed different characters in either The Good Wife or The Good Fight.

On Thursday morning Live with Kelly and Mark welcomes Academy Award-winning actress and singer Ariana DeBose, actor Cole Sprouse, actress and activist Danai Gurira, and fitness instructor and sports reporter Jess Sims to the show. Ariana DeBose, known for her roles in West Side Story and Hamilton, will discuss her upcoming films: Amazon’s House of […]

Live with Kelly and Mark: Ariana DeBose, Cole Sprouse...

It's always fun when Marvel Studios takes us to unfamiliar locations and Disney+'s Ironheart will shift the action from New York to Chicago. 

Hamilton and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts star Anthony Ramos plays Parker Robbins, a.k.a. The Hood, in the show and tells Entertainment Weekly that the shift to the Second City has resulted in some big changes to the villain's backstory.

Ramos describes Chicago as "a big character" in Ironheart and adds, "Parker Robbins in the comics is from New York, but being able to flip his story and making him from Chicago, we made him from Humboldt Park, which has, obviously, a large Puerto Rican population."

"We created this whole backstory with his mom being from the Young Lords and raising him that way. Chicago plays a huge part in the identity of all of our characters and the identity of this show, so...

As a Disney+ subscriber, I’m growing restless. I haven’t watched a Disney+ original since the wildly uneven “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” The service has dramatically slowed its original output, and it doesn’t look like there’s any strategy in place aside from 3-4 Marvel and Star Wars shows every year. At this point, I’m reconsidering my subscription.

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If you check out the official Disney+ “coming soon” page, you can see a whopping nine titles.

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