There was plenty of star power in the front row at Louis Vuitton‘s fashion show during Paris Fashion Week this season!
20.02.2024 - 23:25 / variety.com
Gordon Cox Theater Editor What’s a theater influencer and how do you become one? On the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast, Kristin Hopkins and Ashley Hufford, two influencers with strong social media presences on Instagram and TikTok, explained how they did it. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: The first thing to know: They both have day jobs. “I’m not making tons of money from this,” laughed Hufford, who is a video content editor by day.
“If I wanted this to be my day job, I should have done something like beauty influencing — something that just has more money involved. But I picked theater, so that’s where I’m at.” Hopkins, meanwhile, is an entertainment lawyer whose profile got a boost when she appeared on “The Bachelor” in 2020. For both Hopkins and Hufford, posting about theater on social media was something they were doing anyway.
Their days as influencers began when the industry took notice. “After I went on ‘The Bachelor,’ I got a blue check mark. After that, people started noticing that I was going to the theater and tagging shows,” said Hopkins.
“But it was just a natural thing that I was going to be posting about theater anyway.” On the new episode, the two influencers broke down how much time they spend making theater content — a lot! — and revealed how many of their theater tickets they pay for and how many are given to them. Hufford discussed the specifics of working with a production’s marketing and PR teams, while Hopkins talked through the process of posting reviews on Instagram and TikTok. Both of them expressed an interest in using their platforms to broaden their followers’ knowledge about new shows and about the ticketing options available that make
.There was plenty of star power in the front row at Louis Vuitton‘s fashion show during Paris Fashion Week this season!
Gordon Cox Theater Editor Even if you don’t know “The Notebook,” you know there’s a romantic couple at the heart of the story. But in the new Broadway musical adaptation of “The Notebook,” there’s not just one couple — there’s three: Three actors playing each of the two characters at different times of their lives.
Lots of stars stepped out for the Miu Miu fashion show in Paris!
EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment has hired Jeb Brody to be President of Imagine Features. Brody had most recently been President of Amblin Partners, which was downsized by Steven Spielberg. Imagine founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are bringing Brody aboard to lean more heavily into feature films.
Gigi Hadid walked the runway in front of a star-studded crowd at the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines will mark the 10-year anniversary of the HGTV show that rocketed them to home-reno fame with the debut of a new season, “Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse,” in June. Per its official description, this new edition of “Fixer Upper” follows Chip and Joanna as they take on a unique mid-century modern lakehouse flip near Lake Waco, a new neighborhood for the home renovation duo based in Waco, Texas.
Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars this year for the fourth time. Other than Bob Hope (19 times), Billy Crystal (nine) and Johnny Carson (five), no solo host has done it more. (Whoopi did it 4 times as well.) But it is a good bet that among those hosts, no one has seen as many of the nominated films. Kimmel is a self-described movie fan, and as I learned from our conversation he not only spends weeks, months even, prepping his monologue, but he also might be one of the few in the room at the Dolby Theater who actually has seen everything. And I mean everything.
Sony’s Will Gluck-directed Anyone But You crossed $200M globally over this past weekend, injecting fresh life into the romcom genre and proving yet again that when done right, these films can travel theatrically and bring audiences together for a communal experience.
Olivia Wilde is stepping out in one of her most daring looks ever!
The new NBC reality competition series Deal or No Deal Island is premiering TONIGHT and the rules are going to be completely different than the original game show.
Today!Long-time “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie seemed to agree with Kelly Rowland that the dressing rooms at the NBC news program might need an upgrade. “We need a remodel. We need ‘Extreme Makeover: Today Show Dressing Room Edition,'” Guthrie, 52, told “Entertainment Tonight” Wednesday while at the release party for her new book, “Mostly What God Does.” “We are in a historic studio, 1A.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor UPDATED: Jason Reitman has gathered more than two dozen filmmakers to help acquire Westwood’s historic Village Theater, which will program first-run and repertory programming. The group includes JJ Abrams, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Chris Columbus, Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonathan Dayton, Guillermo del Toro, Valerie Faris, Hannah Fidell, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Sian Heder, Rian Johnson, Gil Kenan, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, David Lowery, Christopher McQuarrie, Chris Miller, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Phillips, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Emma Seligman, Brad Silberling, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang, and Chloé Zhao.
lucky one.Amy Grant may be back on tour now, but the singer revealed that she still suffers from long-lasting effects from when she was involved in a horrific bike accident near her Nashville, Tennessee home in 2022. “I still have issues with my short-term memory. My balance is still weird,” Grant, 63, told E! News on Tuesday.
Olivia Attwood has opened up on how things have changed in her relationship with footballer Bradley Dack, as she admitted that keeping their bond close has taken "work". What's more, the former Love Island star turned Loose Women panellist confessed that she doesn't see her husband for "weeks" sometimes, something which comes after she opened up to OK! about the same issue recently.The catalyst for the changes in their dynamic began relatively soon after the couple tied the knot last year, as Bradley signed with Sunderland football team soon afterwards.
survivor. Sherri Shepherd revealed that she successfully interviewed the former Destiny’s Child member — after the latter stormed out on her hosting gig at the “Today” show last week over an inadequate dressing room. In a Tuesday clip, which appeared to kick off the interview, the singer praised Shepherd, 56, for “being light, positive energy in this space.” “We needed you,” continued Rowland.
stormed out of her co-hosting gig last week after not receiving an adequate dressing room. “I just want to say this –– I have great love and admiration for Kelly Rowland.
Sasha Attwood, the longterm partner of football star Jack Grealish, enjoyed a birthday dinner to remember complete with a beautiful Barbie-esque pink theme.The newly turned 28 year old, who has dated Jack since they were both 16 years old while attending St Peter's Roman Catholic Secondary School in Solihull, wowed fans with displays of pink goodies galore, from candy-striped pyjamas to delicate bowed table decorations and delicately glazed bubblegum pink doughnuts.The fashion model and influencer posted plenty of sweet pictures to her Instagram stories to share with her 265k followers, showcasing the ultimate girl's night in for 10. Treating her closest friends and family to matching sleepwear, each table setting had a freshly folded set, tied up with a bow.The bow theme continued with lots of soft pink ones tied across her card, candles and even sweet mini ones on top of the ring doughnuts.The sweet treats weren't the only treats on offer, with Sasha also opting for a thick buttercream piped traditional birthday cake, again complete with dainty pink bows and a single candle.
The O.C. almost looked very different!
Love did not take over during Kelly Rowland’s stop at the “Today” show on Thursday.The R&B singer and actress reportedly left the morning talk show after issues with her dressing room, leaving Hoda Kotb, 59, rushing to find a replacement co-host, sources told Page Six.Rowland, 43, appeared as a guest on the 8 a.m. hour of the show but dramatically left the set before she was supposed to fill in for Jenna Bush Hager in the fourth hour of “Today With Hoda & Jenna.”“Kelly and her team were not happy. They did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving [Kotb] without a guest host for the 10 a.m.
EXCLUSIVE: No stranger to telling compelling stories about real-life figures who overcome incredible odds, Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer is set to unveil his new passion project based on one of the great dynasties in sports.