More than 25 Los Angeles area theater companies, including the Geffen Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse and the Deaf West Theatre, have revoked their memberships in the L.A. Stage Alliance after the nonprofit organization misidentified and mispronounced the name of Asian actress Jully Lee at an awards show earlier this week. The L.A. Stage Alliance has
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British actor Daniel Kaluuya has joked about Meghan and Harry’s race row during an appearance on US television, saying he is “what the Royal Family was worried the baby would look like”. The Oscar nominee made his hosting debut on the long-running comedy show Saturday Night Live and discussed British and American racism. Part of
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s marital troubles started to play out on Thursday’s episode of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians.’ While the KKW Beauty founder says she doesn’t want to go into detail on camera, she admits that the rapper’s tweets were ‘frustrating.’ Last July, Kanye took to his Twitter account to fire off a
Arthur Kopit, whose 1969 Broadway play Indians was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and later adapted as the film Buffalo Bill and the Indians starring Paul Newman, died Friday in New York. He was 83. His death was announced by spokesman Rick Miramontez. No cause of death was disclosed. Kopit’s seven-decade stage career began when he was
One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays has been reimagined after a planned run at the National Theatre couldn’t go ahead because of the pandemic. Instead Romeo & Juliet has become the first original production for TV, filmed at the iconic venue. The Crown star Josh O’Connor, who recently won a Golden Globe for his work
ET caught up with Bure at iHeartRadio’s 102.7 KIIS-FM Wango Tango concert, which airs Friday, June 7 at 8 P.M. on Freeform. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
California on Friday issued new guidelines allowing for a resumption of attendance at indoor concerts, sporting events, theater performances and conferences on April 15, with varying restrictions on capacity based on counties’ placement in the economic-recovery tier system, and based on the number of attendees who have been tested and/or vaccinated. Los Angeles County is
It opens with the crescendo of a dark, sweaty gig, a mixture of throaty vocals and feedback and cymbals clashing, before cutting to the almost-silence of the morning. From the offset, Sound Of Metal makes you incredibly aware of what you are hearing as well as seeing on screen; not just the conversations, but the
ET caught up with the co-stars on the red carpet at the premiere of their new film, ‘Aladdin,’ in theaters May 24. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
Armie Hammer has withdrawn from the planned 2022 Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, producers confirmed today. The news is the latest hit to Hammer’s career in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations and an LAPD rape investigation. “I have loved every single second of working on The Minutes with the family I made
Ever wanted some words of support from your football hero? How about help with a marriage proposal from a famous musician? The coronavirus pandemic has hit the entertainment industry hard – and it’s seen a growing number of celebrities selling personalised video messages online. Websites such as Cameo and Memmo give members of the public
Glastonbury Festival will receive a £900,000 grant as part of the government’s £400 million Culture Recovery Fund. The festival was forced to cancel two events due to the pandemic and has announced a global livestream this year, on the first weekend music venues can reopen. Its co-organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said they were “extremely grateful
‘SNL’ alum Maya Rudolph returns to Studio 8H with an iconic Beyoncé impression. The former cast member had some other great moments during the night including a sweet shoutout to her children, another spot-on impression of Vice President Harris, and a reunion with a few other ‘SNL’ alums. Cast member Bowen Yang also took a
Monday, March 22, was Stephen Sondheim’s birthday, his 91st, and it came and went without one of the star-packed concert extravaganzas that marked previous milestones in the composer’s life, musical celebrations that were staged at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center and are still racking up views on YouTube. Even last year, as Covid-19 was in
Author Michael Rosen has said his long COVID symptoms have included “sandy skin” and sharing his experiences on social media has helped him cope. The children’s writer, 74, described his illness to Sky News after latest figures showed that 1.1 million people in the UK have reported suffering a range of COVID-19 symptoms for more
Rebel Wilson opened up on ‘Good Morning America’ about facing a new challenge now that she’s reached her 165-pound weight goal. The 41-year-old actress details the process of weight loss from nutrition to exercise, and shares what’s next on her health journey. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
EXCLUSIVE: The Mystic Pizza stage musical announced last year will get delivered this summer in a first production at the Playhouse in Ogunquit, ME, and the show will have some unexpected ingredients. When announced last year, prior to the Covid-19 theater shutdown, the musical adaptation of the 1988 Julia Roberts film was to have featured
What happens when you bring together two of the biggest (both literally and figuratively) sci-fi characters of all time and pit them against each other? You get new epic movie Godzilla vs Kong. The film acts as a sequel to both Kong: Skull Island from 2017 and Godzilla: King of the Monsters from 2019, and
Diana: The Musical will return to Broadway in December, two months after a special presentation of the production premieres on Netflix, producers announced today. Pending government approval of Broadway’s reopening, Diana will begin previews at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, December 1, with an opening night set for Thursday, December 16. Tickets through November 20,
Arlo Parks, Dua Lipa and Celeste have each bagged themselves three BRIT Award nominations, with women making the majority of the best album list for the first time. The nominations are also the most diverse in the awards’ history, with black artists in every category. Arlo Parks and Celeste are both up for best female