“You rarely see a movie now where the big question is, ‘How the fuck did this get made? Who let them do this?'” Tony award winner WIll Brill asks this aloud over a meal with Variety at West Hollywood’s Canter’s Deli. Brill starts with a steaming bowl of soup at 11 a.m. before joyfully moving […]
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In the last 15 years, she has gone from respected actor to stratospheric, garlanded star. Now she is back on TV as a chic sleuth in a racy car – despite being terrible at guessing whodunnit It is high summer and, while Lesley Manville may be suffering a bit with hay fever and the heat (“I’m so white, all I do is burn”), she doesn’t do wilting. Soon to head outside to tend to the ailing garden of her London home, she is enjoying a rare period of rest after six almost unbroken months of Oedipus on Broadway and then Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the National. She keeps, incidentally, the Tony she won for playing Jocasta in Oedipus on a shelf by the computer, “next to its friend, Larry Olivier” – an Olivier awarded for the same role. “You don’t go into a job thinking about awards,” she says, before grinning conspiratorially. “Listen, you don’t say to an Olympian, ‘Oh, is it OK that you didn’t win?’ Yes, you like to win!” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Gabriel Tate22h ago
When an “Amadeus” revival opened at Pasadena Playhouse in February, it was such a spectacular success on every level that you wouldn’t have minded if the keepers of the venerable San Gabriel Valley venue just turned over the keys to the place for a while to the two Tony winners most responsible for making it […]
Variety•Chris Willman24 Sept
Multiple World Rally Championship round winning co-driver Terry Harryman has died aged 87. The Northern Irishman was one of the finest co-drivers of his generation, enjoying a career that spanned five decades, scoring six WRC wins and nine podiums. Harryman called pacenotes for some of rallying’s most iconic drivers, including Paddy Hopkirk, Vic Elford, Malcolm Wilson, Jimmy McRae, Tony ... Keep reading
Tony Rock is sending love to Carrot Top following his recent suicide attempt ... while reminding people there is often pain behind a comedian's smile. We got Tony at LAX Monday, and he offered prayers for Carrot Top and his family ... saying a…
TMZ•TMZ Staff21 Sept
The Tony-winner was backed by the Pacific Jazz Orchestra for the opening show of The Soraya's 2026-27 season.
The Hollywood Reporter•Kimberly Nordyke21 Sept
The musician, who went from 90s altpop hits to Tony-winning Broadway success, died of organ failure Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 90s alt-pop touchstone Barely Breathing and the composer of the Tony -winning musical Spring Awakening, died on Thursday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 56. His death, from organ failure, was confirmed to the New York Times by his mother Suzanne Sheik. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Adrian Horton18 SeptEarlier this week the singer's family shared that he was in "critical but stable condition" due to an unspecified illness.
Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter whose song “Barely Breathing” was a era-defining hit in the 1990s and who composed the Tony-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening, died Thursday, September 17, at a hospital in Manhattan of cardiac arrest. He was 56. His death was announced to The New York Times today by his mother, Suzanne Sheik. The […]
Deadline•Greg Evans18 Sept
Duncan Sheik, who had a pop smash with “Barely Breathing” in the mid-1990s but then found his biggest success — and Tony wins — with the long-running stage musical “Spring Awakening,” has died at 56. The New York Times reported that his death was confirmed by his mother, and that he died of organ failure. […]
Variety•Chris Willman18 Sept
The musician was best known for his 1996 single “Barely Breathing” and his Tony-winning work on Broadway’s Spring Awakening
Perez Hilton's mother needs financial help as she raises his kids while he receives mental health treatment following an alarming TikTok Live ... and the family is seeking donations. Perez's longtime friend and Tony-winning producer, Tom D'Angora,…
TMZ•TMZ Staff17 Sept
Toronto film festival: A fictionalised version of the cantankerous crime author plots a murder with an ambitious editor in a story in need of a sharper edge The restrictions of Covid led to an inevitable rise in safely contained chamber-piece movies, where a handful of characters find themselves in a usually remote house, dialogue taking obvious precedence over action. There were some highlights, such Kevin Williamson’s timely slasher Sick , and some considerable low points, such as Sam Levinson’s vapid drama Malcolm & Marie , but while we had plenty of them, none of them rivalled some of the greatest and smartest pre-pandemic examples. The very best tended to be based on plays and quite often starred Michael Caine. He was in Anthony Shaffer’s Sleuth, which went from Tony to Oscar success back in the 1970s, and then the arguably even better Deathtrap in the decade after, which Sidney Lumet adapted from Ira Levin’s deviously plotted play. In between there was also an under-seen TV movie called One of My Wives Is Missing , based on 60s play Trap for a Single Man, which was notably lesser but still delivered a similarly specific brand of twisty, talky thrills. There would be secrets, surprises, reversals and usually at least one dead body by the end of it, a subgenre entirely indebted to the work of Agatha Christie (who reportedly loved Sleuth on stage so much that she dedicated a picture of herself to be hung in the house used in the big screen adaptation). The bar is therefore held rather high, a puzzle that requires an ingenious level of writing that needs to be smart without smug and shocking without feeling cheap. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Benjamin Lee in Toronto15 Sept
The Tony-winning producer unpacks the poetic parallels and critical divergences between himself and his character in his first on-screen role: “Ryan Murphy gave me an opportunity to prove myself.”
The Hollywood Reporter•Jackie Strause15 Sept
Little orphan Annie is returning to the Great White Way. A revival of “Annie” will premiere on Broadway in fall 2027, timed to the classic musical’s 50th anniversary. Sam Pinkleton, the Tony-winning director of “Oh, Mary!” and “The Rocky Horror Show,” is leading the new production. Casting and other key creatives will be announced at […]
Variety•Rebecca Rubin15 Sept
Cue all the “sun will come out” references: Annie, the beloved Tony-winning musical that gave us the song “Tomorrow” and provided generations of child actors the chance to play plucky orphans, will return to Broadway in a 2027 50th Anniversary production to be directed by Oh, Mary!‘s Sam Pinkleton. The production is planned for fall […]
Deadline•Greg Evans15 Sept
Oscar-winner Asif Kapadia takes the reins for a last catchup with the 70-year-olds. Plus: a year in the life of Gemma Collins. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, ITV1 Asif Kapadia directs the final instalment of the long-running documentary (it first aired in 1964) and it does all its subjects – and their loyal viewers – proud. Meeting the now 70-year-olds again tugs at the existential heartstrings and some, such as cheeky dreamer Tony, have stayed close to their childhood selves, whereas the more mellow John worries about how he has been portrayed. Hannah Verdier Continue reading...
The Guardian•Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Hollie Richardson and Phil Harrison15 SeptNEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 – The Atlantic Council announced today that its fifteenth annual Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards will honor President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb; Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese; President and CEO of Formula One (F1) Stefano Domenicali; and Emmy, Tony, and two-time Grammy Award-winning and three-time Academy […]
Atlantic Council•zbaddorf14 Sept
Cynthia Erivo already earned two best actress Oscar nominations for portraying Harriet Tubman and the green-skinned Elphaba in “Wicked” — not to mention her Tony-winning work in “The Color Purple” — but her latest film, “Prima Facie,” might be her most challenging high-wire act yet. She pulled it off, according to the audience at the […]
Variety•Angelique Jackson14 Sept