Deborah Cox, Melody A. Betts Join Broadway-Bound ‘The Wiz’

EXCLUSIVE: Rotten Science has rounded out the cast for its first feature, Operation Taco Gary’s, enlisting Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Brenda Song (Dollface), Tony Cavalero (The Righteous Gemstones), Jason Biggs (American Pie), Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery) and Arturo Castro (The Menu) for roles opposite the previously announced Simon Rex.

Netta is back, and it’s “Everything”!

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Eye Eye Pictures, the banner recently launched by the producers of Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” has started filming “Armand,” a feature film starring Cannes prizewinning actor Renate Reinsve. Charades has come on board to handle international sales on the film. “Armand” marks the feature debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, whose short film “Fanny” was nominated for an Amanda Award, Norway’s equivalent to the Oscars, in 2017. The story follows a 6-year-old boy, Armand, who is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened between the two boys, the incident triggers a series of events, forcing parents and school staff into a captivating battle of redemption where madness, desire and obsession arise.

Kesha and Dr. Luke are leaving their legal battle in the past.

EXCLUSIVE: Reboot Studios, the production arm of the arts and culture nonprofit Reboot that’s funded in part by Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation, has joined the producing team for the Broadway run of Alex Edelman’s Just For Us.

Beetlejuice‘s Alex Brightman and Chicago Med‘s Colin Donnell will portray Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider, respectively, in the upcoming Broadway making-of-Jaws comedy The Shark Is Broken, joining the previously announced Ian Shaw (who will play his own father, Robert Shaw).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Mother of all Lies, a docu-drama film that probes the secrets of Morocco’s 1981 Bread Riots, was Sunday named the best picture at the Sydney Film Festival. The jury, headed by Anurag Kashyap, called the Asmae El Moudir-directed film “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” It presented the A$60,000 ($41,100) cash prize film ahead at the State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” The film, which uses doll-like figurines, recently premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it earned the section’s best director prize. “Juxtaposing evidence from barely existent public materials with private family memory, this film reconstructs the history of the state, the family and the individual, in three distinct levels,” said the jury of Kashyap, actor Mia Wasikowska (Australia), film curator and journalist Dorothee Wenner (Germany), writer and director Larissa Behrendt (Australia) and filmmaker Visakesa Chandrasekaram (Australia – Sri Lanka).

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok star Jack Wright and Jesse Leigh (Rutherford Falls) are set to make their feature film acting debuts in the indie drama Ctrl Alt Del, marking the feature directorial debut of Eastsiders‘ Kit Williamson. The pair joins an ensemble that also includes Jason Priestley, Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher, Mena Suvari, Cheyenne Jackson, Angel Parker, Shiv Pai and Navia Robinson, as previously announced.

Emily Blunt and Brian Cox opened up about so much in their interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors series.

The positive response to the Dutch reality series De Verraders has brought different versions of The Traitors to many countries, but executive producer Toni Ireland says the biggest challenge for her was to ensure that the U.S. production stood out in the crowd. Peacock’s The Traitors brings together a group of everyday people and reality TV stars in an elaborate murder-mystery competition hosted by Alan Cumming. Perhaps the biggest change in the U.S. series was in how the game ended, which led to a shocking finale where the group needed to unanimously decide to either trust their fellow finalists and split the money or call for another elimination vote if they believe a traitor is still among them.

Behind the tragic story of Anne Frank and her family, there is an oft-unsung hero who risked her life to protect them in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.ap is showing his pride during Filipino Heritage Month.

Seth Meyers’ upcoming tour.The “Late Night With Seth Meyers” host and former ‘Saturday Night Live’ Weekend Update anchor is leaving his trademark desk behind and traveling all over North America performing stand-up live at venues from June through August.Of course, there will be a handful of NYC gigs along the way for the NYC-based performer.Over, the course of the summer run, Meyers will stop in at New York City’s City Winery on June 20, July 18 and July 24.He’ll also host the launch of the new book “Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History” along with Amber Ruffin, Tarik Davis and more at Le Poisson Rouge on June 21.Finally, he’ll conclude his brief trek with back-to-back co-headlining shows with John Oliver at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 17 and Friday, Aug.

History in the making! J. Harrison Ghee received their first Tony Award nomination in May 2023, marking the first time a nonbinary actor earned such an honor.

Manchester City have qualified for the UEFA Super Cup after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final of the Champions League on Saturday night.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The CW is set to become the first U.S. broadcaster to air the hit Biblical epic series “The Chosen.” The three existing seasons of the series will begin airing on the network on July 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It will continue airing in that timeslot throughout the rest of the year, with the Season 3 finale scheduled to air on Christmas Eve. A fourth season of the series is currently in production, with seven seasons planned. News of the series finding a U.S. broadcast home comes less than three weeks after it was announced that Lionsgate had acquired the sub-licensing distribution rights worldwide for the series. It hails from creator, director, and producer Dallas Jenkins. The show tells the story of Jesus, played by Jonathan Roumie, through the eyes of his followers.

Wayne Brady is returning to Broadway!

Ellie Kemper will join the cast – temporarily – of Broadway’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong for a one-week guest-starring engagement.

Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play the title character in The Wiz revival when it lands on Broadway in spring 2024, producers announced today, with Doom Patrol’s Alan Mingo Jr. (Kinky Boots) taking the role during many of the production’s pre-Broadway tour dates.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) Jamie Cooke is supercharging “original documentaries that push the boundaries” from his Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Turkey region by greenlighting around 10 docs per year.