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Broadway hits such asCatsandDear Evan Hansenfizzled onscreen. Here it is alternately rousing, moving, toe tapping, emotional, rich and satisfying. Here the downer nature of all that is augmented and lifted by imagination, both hers and the filmmakers. Fantasia Barrino in ‘The Color Purple’Courtesy of Warner Bros. She is the unexpected secret weapon, a force of nature. Another major change is that the male characters dont just fade into the background....

EXCLUSIVE: TheRolling Stonescant get no satisfaction atFX. It did take a tumble out because of the cutbacks at Disney. It was just too expensive and too ambitious for the immediate agenda. From left: Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling StonesGetty Im having live-ish conversations, he said. It really needs a writer with a specific vision for it. It needs a showrunner attached whos got the time and the energy and is totally absorbed by it....

EXCLUSIVE:Laura Karpmanwas drip-fed jazz notes when she was a baby. And so she wanted me to be an artist and she wanted me to be a musician. There was no hierarchy. American Fiction creatives Cord Jefferson and Laura KarpmanMGM It was just all, Oh, lets go from Wes Montgomery to Beethoven. I loved that about her. This is somebody who hugely influenced me, she adds. AMERICAN FICTION, from left: Erika Alexander,Jeffrey Wright, 2023....

EXCLUSIVE:CJ 4DPLEXand EuropesKinepolisGroup are expanding their longstanding partnership to include 21 furtherScreenXauditoriums across Europe and North America. The Kinepolis openings bring the cinema chains total of ScreenX screens to 26. This pact will give Kinepolis the largest ScreenX footprint in mainland Europe. ScreenXScreenX The ScreenX theaters in Michigan will be the first to open in the state. Were thrilled to further strengthen our partnership with Kinepolis with the addition of 21 ScreenX auditoriums across their multiplexes....

Jim Ladd, the longtime Los Angeles FM deejay known as The Lonesome L.A. It was Ladds first national program. He never stopped caring. Jim Ladd in 2010Getty Images He delivered the truth. He lived for the music. And hed close with: I want to thank for listening and for being my friend this evening. Jim Ladd in 2010 and “Lord Have Mercy” T-shirt circa 1995Everett Collection; Erik Pedersen/Deadline Good night, everybody....

John Oliverdecided to focus on Elon Musk onLast Week Tonights last new episode of 2023. Theres Lex Luthor posing for the cover of Metropolis Maniacs monthly. Theres Why No Mr. John Oliver talks Elon Musk on ‘Last Week Tonight’ in December.HBO I and my child bride expect you to die,' Oliver joked. Theres, I just bought your media company, Im about to strip you for parts. Theres, First racist sheriff.'...

Jonathan Majorsis out of theMarvel Studioskingdom. A studio rep confirmed the news about their decision to not move forward with Majors in the MCU. Majors also had back-to-back hit in Amazon MGMsCreed IIIin March, which grossed over $275M. Jonathan Majors as Kang the ConquerorDisney/Marvel/Everett Collection His longtime agent Elan Ruspolitestified briefly in Majors defense last weekas the last witness in the nearly two-week trial. Its not the first time that the studio has had to swap actors out on a specific role....

Sentencing has been set for February 6. I want absolutely no reactions in the courtroom, no outbursts, Gaffey said before the verdict was read. As Gaffey thanked the jurors, Majors sat between his lawyers and faced straight ahead. Getty/AP Months ago, he entered a not guilty plea to the charges. Jabbaris lawyer Brittany Henderson said Monday, Justice has been served by todays verdict. We are grateful for that, Majors lawyer Priya Chaudhry said Monday....

In addition to that Oscar category, its in contention for Best Documentary Feature. I remember very young going into the Art Palacio, for example, or the Veneza. I remember this one time I went to seeThe Witches of Eastwickat the Veneza, he recalls. Moviegoers line up outside the São Luiz cinema in Recife, Brazil.Courtesy of João Lacerda And I was sitting on the sofa, and I could hear John Williamss music....

Holding nothing back, the film vibrates with energy, sex, challenge and hard-earned wisdom. In addition to directing, she edited and shot the documentary. She also produced the film, along with Harris Doran and Bill Butler. ‘Kokomo City’Magnolia Pictures/Paramount+/Showtime The executive producers are Emmy winner Lena Waithe, Rishi Rajani, Stacy Barthe, and William Melillo. Smith publicly revealed her own transition in 2016. She said as a result of coming out, people in the music industry shunned her....

Stephen Frywill use next weeksChannel 4Alternative Christmas Message to call for British Jews to stand upright and proud in who they are in the face of the greatest rise in anti-Jewish racism since records began. Fry, who will say he never thought for a single second he would have to worry about being Jewish in the UK, will deliver an intensely personal speech in the wake of the huge rise in antisemitism followingHamas brutal October 7 attack onIsrael....

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped in Europe onThe Daily Wires adventure seriesThe Pendragon Cycle. Allan is best known as a stuntman on multiple films and TV series. Boulton also appeared in one ep ofGame Of Thrones. Daniel Fathers, Chick AllanGetty Images The production is inspired by Stephen R. Lawheads book series,The Pendragon Cycle. Production took place in Hungary and Italy with a planned release on DailyWire+ in 2024. Daniel Fathers is represented by Roger Carey Associates....

Timothee Chalametand Saoirse Ronan were planned to have a cameo in theBarbiemovie directed byGreta Gerwig. Although the stars were not able to make it work, theWonkaactor imagined what his appearance couldve been like. I dont know what the cameo wouldve been. Timothée Chalamet on the ‘Tonight Show’ (L); Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in a scene from ‘Barbie’ (R)Todd Owyoung / NBC / Getty Images / Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bos....