From Genres to Musicals Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021 Are Going Places

“Cinderella,” unsurprisingly, are its cast and Lloyd Webber’s heart-racing ballads sung on a bare stage.Cinderella, Georgina Onuorah (she is the alternate, the role is normally played by Carrie Hope Fletcher), makes a striking West End debut with modern pop flair in a song called “I Know I Have a Heart.” She sits, shattered after the ball, on the center of the stage in a big white gown and powerfully wails her pain right to us.As her Prince Sebastian, a nontraditionally geeky heir, talented

Jonathan Cohen Even from an artist known for constant reinvention, Halsey turned plenty of industry heads with the June 29 announcement that Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross had produced “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.” Under Reznor and Ross’ supervision, the project certainly leans more alternative than prior Halsey releases but defies easy musical categorization, as its songs have garnered airplay and playlisting on multiple genre charts across radio and DSPs.

One big happy family. Kourtney Kardashian’s kids are “super happy” Travis Barker proposed to their mom, according to a new report by Hollywood Life.

LaToya Ferguson The timing is ripe for an all-new version of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” to be revived: The 1997 film starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Philippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar was a contemporary piece with the original Neve Campbell-led “Scream,” which is soon returning with a much-hyped new sequel-slash-reboot movie, and slasher pop culture is now at a perfect millennial nostalgia touchpoint.

tweeted later, along with a video of his live hit.The tweet got some traction among his peers, who alternated between congratulating him on the great segment and promoting their own on-air antics.A local reporter in Kentucky named Victor Puente observed, “I guess the bar for Victors has been raised.”Williams responded gamely with a few laughing-crying emojis and a suggestion for Puente to get a skateboard.

We are exactly three weeks away from the debut of Edgar Wright’s new psychological thriller, “Last Night in Soho.” And since this is Wright we’re talking about—someone who loves to share lists—it’s no surprise the filmmaker has put together a playlist of songs that should get you in the right mindset for viewing his new film.

Cuba was scandalous in some circles. It was also a new musical genre, the danzón.Now some danzón scores from that time that were lost in the archives in the Cuban city of Matanzas have been rediscovered.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThere’s a cruel irony working against Hollywood’s efforts to diversify: For nearly a century, the industry depicted the world as a place dominated by white, straight, able-bodied men. The movies typically relegated women and people of color to supporting and subservient roles, while excluding (or else vilifying) queer and handicapped characters.

for years with the support of egomaniacal producers, who, like Harold Hill rapping in the River City town square, convinced salivating investors to pony up millions of dollars to slap a defective disco ball onstage and then have the gall to beg for Tony Awards. Well, here she is, boys! The flop of the year is “Diana the Musical,” which just premiered on Netflix prior to its official opening night Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List has chosen six screenwriters out of 1,400 submissions for its ninth annual Features Lab. 

With four acting Oscar nominations under his belt, you would think George Clooney would be proud of all his work, and he is – except for this one film.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterOn a night of overwhelming inspiration and the in-person return to Variety‘s Power of Women celebration, host Chelsea Peretti brought some much-needed levity.The stand-up comic and “Brooklyn Nine Nine” star played emcee for the Thursday event, where she loosened up a crowd of honorees including Lorde, Amanda Gorman, Katy Perry, Warner Bros. executive Channing Dungey and EGOT icon Rita Moreno.

Selome Hailu editorVariety has released this year’s list of 10 Screenwriters to Watch. A conversation with the honorees will take place on Oct.

Rebecca Souw Mystery-themed content is a key strand of the E-IP market set to take place next month alongside the Busan International Film Festival.The pitching and intellectual property trading event (Oct. 11-14, 2021) is the only component of Busan’s Asian Content and Film Market this year that will be operated as a hybrid combining both online and onsite events.

Eva Amurri (Undateable, Californication), Susan Sarandon’s daughter, will join her mom in Fox’s upcoming straight-to-series music dynasty drama Monarch, produced by Fox Entertainment.

Vanessa Hudgens, 32, gave the fans what they wanted when she performed the hit song, “Gotta Go My Own Way” from High School Musical while on the Today show with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. In the video, Vanessa is lipsyncing the lyrics while the camera pans to Hoda and Jenna who were right on cue. Vanessa captioned the hilarious video, “Just a lil fun this morning with @hodaandjenna.”

which was nominated in 14 categories, also picked up the award for best actor in a musical (Aaron Tveit), as well as best scenery, costume, lighting, sound, choreography, orchestration and direction in a musical. “It feels a little odd to me to be talking about one show as ‘best musical’,” producer Carmen Pavlovic said in her speech.

EXCLUSIVE: Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda have committed to a big screen reteam in Moving On, a comedy written and to be directed by Paul Weitz.