Shout out to Brad Pitt for standing on the right side of history in this election… not that we really ever had any doubt about where he’d stand when it came time to support a candidate!
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Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s annual I Put A Spell On You concert-slash-party event to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will go virtual this year due to the pandemic. The concert event, hosted by characters spoofing the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, will feature performers from such productions as Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Waitress, Mrs.
Doubtfire, Moulin Rouge!, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hadestown and West Side Story.The year’s pretaped event will stream
.Shout out to Brad Pitt for standing on the right side of history in this election… not that we really ever had any doubt about where he’d stand when it came time to support a candidate!
Bette Midler has given fans their first sneak peak. It's been 17 years since the original Disney flick, which followed witch sister the Sandersons, hit the silver screen.And for charity, original stars Bette, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are reuniting "for one night only." On the eve of Halloween, the three stars will come together for "In Search of the Sanderson Sisters" in aid of Bette's nonprofit New York Restoration Project.
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy have reunited the iconic Sanderson sisters as the stars rehearse for this month’s (October 2020) for Hocus Pocus live stream special.The witches, who appeared in the 1993 Disney Halloween classic movie, have been granted a temporary reprieve from the Devil to appear in the In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover – which will air on October 30th.On Sunday (October 18, 2020), Midler shared a glimpse at her dance
Instagram to share a photo of herself and the other two Sanderson sisters all dressed up in costume.Along with this, she wrote: ‘Your 3 fav witches – @sarahjessicaparker @kathynajimy & ME – are returning for 1 night only on 10/30 at 8p ET!’ A post shared by Bette Midler (@bettemidler) on Oct 18, 2020 at 3:21pm PDTShe added: ‘In Search of the Sanderson Sisters’ is the best thing to happen to #Halloween since Hocus Pocus + Reeses Pieces.’The three stars are reuniting to help raise money for the
on her Instagram and said, “‘In Search of the Sanderson Sisters’ is the best thing to happen to #Halloween since Hocus Pocus + Reeses Pieces.”The one-hour reunion special will be hosted by none other than Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and will feature the Sanderson Sisters — Winifred, Mary and Sarah — returning from beyond the grave to once again wreak havoc on a small New England town at the spookiest time of year.Midler’s photo is a blast from the past — with her, Parker and Najimy looking
Hocus Pocus stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are reuniting in a major way later this month — and we just got a first look.The First Wives Club actress, 74, teased the upcoming gathering via Instagram by sharing a photo of herself with Parker, 55, and Najimy, 63.
The Sanderson Sisters are back!
The Sanderson Sisters are back! With only a few days left before the long-awaited reunion, the stars of “Hocus Pocus” are donning their iconic ensembles.
Sanderson Sisters are back! With only a few days left before the long-awaited reunion, the stars of are donning their iconic ensembles.Bette Midler took to Instagram to give fans a glimpse of herself, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy standing side-by-side on a blue screen background, decked out in their wonderfully witchy wardrobe.In the photo, Midler, Parker and Najimy — who starred as the mystically malevolent trio of magical malcontents known as the Sanderson Sisters in the beloved 1993
‘Tis time… to watch Hocus Pocus all month long!
When you think of Halloween movies, you probably think Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown straight away.
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThere has been some concern by industry insiders that the family film may have gone the way of the dinosaurs during the pandemic, particularly as Disney has taken its marquee theatrical releases Mulan and Soul to Disney+.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFoo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Dave Matthews, the Roots, Brittany Howard, G-Eazy, Leon Bridges, YG, Finneas and Phoebe Bridgers are just some of the 35 acts who will perform at the #SOSFEST, a three-day virtual music festival to spread awareness of the $10 billion Save Our Stages Act currently before Congress, and raise funds for independent venues that are the beneficiaries of the act — if it passes.
Chanel and Tribeca Enterprises are set to mentor a new generation of female filmmakers, but this year they’re going virtual with an immersive three-day event.
Hocus Pocus dropped in theaters in 1993, it flopped — but it more than lasted the test of time, becoming a must-watch film every October.
there are plenty of scary movies out there to give you your fair share of thrills and chills this, there's one film that remains an absolute essential for this holiday: Hocus Pocus. Like honestly, can you even have Halloween without the Sanderson sisters? It's been 27 years since the 1993 film first summoned all the children to come out and play with Winifred (Bette Midler), Mary (Kathy Najimy), and Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) Sanderson as they put a spell on the townsfolk of Salem.
With no new product in the marketplace, a rerelease of the 1993 Halloween cult classic Hocus Pocus was almost able to banish Christopher Nolan's Tenet and take the top spot at the weekend box office with a mere $2 million. That's a stat no one wants to read, considering this was to have been the weekend that Wonder Woman 1984 unfurled.
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorHere’s something no one was really expecting at the weekend box office, especially during a depressed time when there aren’t any new major studio wide releases: Disney’s wide re-issue of 1993 cult classic witch comedy Hocus Pocus is doing rather well at 2,570 theaters on its way to what looks to be a $1.6M-$1.8M estimated weekend in the No.