Preparations for the 77th Tony Awards are in full swing with nominations set to be announced tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30. Here’s a guide on how to watch the reveal.
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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The sensational 1995 trial that saw O.J. Simpson on the stand for murdering his ex-wife and her friend is now on many people’s minds again following news of the infamous figure’s death on Thursday morning.
The former champion football running back-turned-actor, who was ultimately acquitted in the trial, died of cancer, his family confirmed. He was 76 and died Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. The 20 year-old events following the murder — from Simpson’s televised slow-motion Bronco chase to the LAPD investigators arriving on the scene — were replicated in painstaking detail in FX’s “The People vs.
OJ Simpson: American Crime Story,” which released in 2016. The docuseries is the first season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series “American Crime Story,” all three seasons of which are now available to stream on Hulu. On June 12, 1994, Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found murdered outside her Brentwood condo.
Simpson, who had pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge against Nicole Brown Simpson when they were married, was considered a person of interest in the killings and charges were filed against him. Instead of turning himself in, a media spectacle erupted when he attempted to flee in his white Ford Bronco and the police followed in a slow-speed chase. The televised chase on June 17 drew an audience of some 95 million people.
Preparations for the 77th Tony Awards are in full swing with nominations set to be announced tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30. Here’s a guide on how to watch the reveal.
The Idea of You arrives on Prime Video this Thursday, and it's the Anne Hathaway rom-com . Thanks to undeniable chemistry with and a great adapted script from director Michael Showalter with co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt, it's definitely worth the hype. (FWIW, right before it premiered at SXSW last month to , The Idea of You became the most-watched trailer of any original Amazon streaming feature film, with more than 125 million views.
President Joe Biden wasn’t tossing out too many laugh lines Friday during his live appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show, but maybe he was saving them for his comedian-in-chief role at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The main event for MVP Prospects VI (Most Valuable Promotions) features Yoenis “El Bandolero” Tellez facing off against Joseph “Action” Jackson for the WBA Super Welterweight Continental Championship Belt. Tellez vs.
Lexi Carson The music and lyrics in Broadway’s “Water for Elephants” are expansive and a rich tapestry of American music ranging from folk, to swing, jazz and bluegrass. PigPen, a collective of seven musicians (Alex Falberg, Arya Shahi, Ben Ferguson, Curtis Gillen, Daniel Weschler, Matt Nuernberger and Ryan Melia) is also a theater company, and that uniqueness made them the perfect fit to bring the show’s music to life. The transition to bring the story to a stage first started in 2014 when PigPen Theatre Co., did a workshop with Rick Elice, “Water for Elephants” scriptwriter, for a different show.
soccer league is one of the most beloved and watched sports leagues in the world. Officially known as La Liga, the year round event kicked off in August of last year, and is concluding next month after many heated matches. Last weekend, following Barcelona’s defeat against Real Madrid, the league results appear to be written in stone.
Marvel‘s Deadpool & Wolverine has finally arrived – watch it below.Released last night (April 22), Marvel – and Ryan Reynolds – has at long last released a full trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine that finally showcases Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine. In the action-packed trailer, we’re introduced to Logan/Wolverine as he sits in a bar before being propositioned by Deadpool to join him on a world-saving mission.The pair don’t seem to get along, trading blows before finally uniting to save Deadpool’s world.
Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After meeting six times at the amateur levels (the pair split the contests 3-3), Devin “The Dream” Haney looks to defend his WBC Super Lightweight Title tonight against his rival Ryan “Super Ry” Garcia. Haney vs.
Interpol played the biggest show of their career last night (April 20) in Mexico City, before a crowd of over 150,000 people.The New York band graced the huge Zócalo square in the city centre for the free show, which they had first announced earlier this month.In a sprawling 21-song set, they played songs from across their career, leaning heavily on tracks from their first two albums, 2002’s ‘Turn On the Bright Lights’ and 2004’s ‘Antics’.Check out footage from the show below:Interpol played:‘C’mere’‘Say Hello to the Angels’‘Narc’‘My Desire’‘Obstacle 1’‘Lights’‘Pioneer to the Falls’‘The Rover’‘All the Rage Back Home’‘Rest My Chemistry’‘PDA’‘Toni’‘Try It On’‘Not Even Jail’‘NYC’‘Evil’‘Public Pervert’‘Slow Hands’‘Untitled’‘No I in Threesome’‘Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down’Interpol.
Filmmaker James Mangold (“Ford V. Ferrari,” “Logan”) is seemingly working at a furious pace.
Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After premiering in Feb. 2015, “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” has been an odd pop culture phenomenon.
Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a record-breaking Super Bowl, the 2024-25 NFL regular season begins with the NFL Draft this month, with a new slate of rookies entering the league. The Chicago Bears (via the Carolina Panthers) are expected to select USC-star quarterback Caleb Williams with the No.
The Specials‘ Lynval Golding delivered a speech about No Doubt backstage at Coachella 2024 ahead of the band’s reunion show at the festival – watch it below.The group played their first live gig since 2015 at the Indio, California event last Saturday (April 13), where they brought out Olivia Rodrigo to perform ‘Bathwater’ alongside frontwoman Gwen Stefani.Prior to the career-spanning, 16-song set, Golding gave an encouraging message to the camera about Stefani and co’s long-awaited return. “I can tell you one thing, right,” the musician began.
Timothée Chalamet singing as Bob Dylan for the upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown has emerged online – you can watch it below.On Monday (April 15), Chalamet was captured in New Jersey filming a scene alongside Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez.The clip sees Barbaro and Chalamet singing into a microphone and strumming their guitars before he starts playing the harmonica.
Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny have been spotted on set of their upcoming Ryan Murphy project for the first time!
OJ Simpson, the former NFL icon, passed away on Wednesday and his family has now disclosed their plans for his remains.The sports legend is set to be cremated this coming Tuesday in Las Vegas, with his relatives turning down requests for his brain to be given over to scientific study.The family of the American football star shared a heartfelt statement on social media confirming his passing.Their statement read: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
O.J. Simpson, known for his football career and one of the most infamous murder trials in the United States in the 90s following the tragic murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, has died at the age of 76 following a cancer battle. The former football player had been open about his health issues, revealing in May 2023 that he was undergoing chemotherapy.Lauren Graham reveals the last gift Matthew Perry gave herPatrick Swayze’s widow shares heartbreaking moment before his death; ‘I want to live’How Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock built a strong friendshipHis family has confirmed his death with a recent statement, asking the public to “respect their wishes for privacy.” Simpson died Wednesday, April 10, in Las Vegas.
It's difficult to overestimate just how famous, celebrated and revered OJ Simpson - whose death at the age of 76 was announced tonight - was before that warm California night on June 12, 1994.
Despite an illustrious sports career, O.J Simpson was perhaps best known for being at the centre of his ex-wife's murder case. The American football player died of cancer at the age of 76 on Wednesday April 10, his family confirmed.
O.J. Simpson has died.