Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Death of a Salesman ended their Broadway runs on very high notes, posting the biggest grosses of their engagements. Jellicle, closing five months earlier than planned and prompting considerable discussion (and lamentation) within the industry about production costs and the dim odds of scoring a big musical hit these days, […]
Disney has tapped 20-year company veteran Joss Hastings as Senior Vice President, Marketing, Disney Consumer Products reporting jointly to the media giant’s Chief Marketing Officer Asad Ayaz and Disney Consumer Products President Lisa Baldzicki. The appointment follows the recent announcement that Consumer Products will shift from Disney Experiences into Disney Entertainment – Studios. Hastings, who […]
A few lucky Hacks fans will have one last chance to see Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, Hannah Einbinder as Ava, along with other memorable characters from the acclaimed HBO Max comedy, when they take the stage for Deborah Vance & Friends & Enemies Live!, an FYC event, Friday night. The sold-out production set inside […]
CBS Sports CEO David Berson said there is “no timetable” for a decision on Tony Romo, the network’s No. 1 analyst who was sidelined by a drunk driving arrest last month. Addressing reporters Tuesday at the annual CBS NFL season preview event in New York, Berson said situation is “a personnel matter, and a legal […]
Colleen Hoover’s thriller Verity will hit theaters following the feature adaptation of Regretting You. Both films have big shoes to fill after the feature adaptation of It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who directed the film. Verity is another one of Hoover’s popular novels, and it has a thriller bent. The […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Stallone’s Callisto Media and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions are teaming up on Bourbon & Lies, a romantic suspense series for MGM Television based on the bestselling book series by Victoria Wilder. Set in Fiasco, Kentucky, Bourbon & Lies follows ex-cop Grant Foxx, a man trying to keep his life quiet after leaving the force, and Laney Young, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Hoult is still in his villain era. The Superman star has been tapped as a high-profile cast addition to the upcoming second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, a major character in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, who was portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth […]
Julie Andrews has confirmed she is breaking away from The Princess Diaries and won’t be reprising her role of Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the third installment. In several new interviews, Andrews has reiterated she won’t be part of the third installment of the franchise she co-starred in with Anne Hathaway. “I’m not going to be […]
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Kodjoe (Station 19, Soul Food) has joined the recurring cast of Fox’s Memory of a Killer for its upcoming second season. Season 2 is set to premiere midseason 2027 on Fox. Inspired by the book and award-winning 2003 Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer, Memory of a Killer stars Patrick Dempsey as Angelo Flannery/Doyle, who leads a dangerous double […]
The Daily Show has been on the air for 30 years, and the production is celebrating by looking back at the audition tapes from some of its most famous correspondents. Over the years, the Comedy Central late-night news satire show has seen many comedians on screen, and their audition clips prove why they were chosen to […]