In Ryan Murphy’s New Movie ‘The Prom,’ Los Angeles Plays Indiana and New York

The New York Times Magazine, “movies, ordinarily vehicles to transport us out of our quotidian existence, became in 2020 the means to escape from our new science-fiction reality.”I, like countless others, spent this year diving into many fictitious worlds, indulging both in new releases and nostalgic favorites.

Jennifer Lopez is showing off her glam approach to winter white. Yesterday, the singer was photographed in New York City headed to rehearsals for her upcoming headlining performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest this week.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicMichael Alig, the New York City club promoter who in the early- to mid-1990s made a name for himself as the leader of the “Club Kids,” and was subsequently convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the 1996 death of Andre “Angel” Melendez — the inspiration for the 2003 film “Party Monster” starring Macauley Kulkin — has died of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 54.

Kornél Mundruczó, the director of Shia LaBeouf‘s new movie Pieces of a Woman, is speaking out in response to the allegations made against the actor by his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs.

Clayton Davis The New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. handed out their awards this past week.

Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall make a return trip from their African home to Queens, New York in Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 original, and the new film’s trailer hits many of the expected marks.

The Prom, Ryan Murphy’s Netflix adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical of the same name, Rannells plays one of four Broadway stars who travel to a fictional town in Indiana to help a lesbian teen barred from taking her girlfriend to her high school prom.In a slightly unorthodox casting move, Rannells plays a straight role in the film, while heterosexual James Corden plays a gay character.UK LGBTQ magazine Attitude asked Rannells about the casting decision, given it might subvert audience

Clayton Davis The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), one of the most important critics groups in the awards season, is announcing their favorites films and performances, following Boston and New York last week.Notorious for embracing foreign films and performances, the west coast group chose Neon’s “Parasite” and its director Bong Joon-ho last year, which went on to win the Academy Award for best picture and director.The last time a LAFCA winner for best film failed to be nominated

Michelle Pfeiffer talks about one of her most iconic roles in the latest edition of Variety‘s “Awards Circuit” podcast.

Los Angeles is now the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the most infected county of the most infected state in the most infected country in the world.

Veteran agent Jay Schachter has been promoted to the Head of the Film & Television Departments at Stewart Talent New York.

Much of Ryan Murphy’s star-studded “The Prom” is set in Indiana, around the high school that is the location of the film’s title event. But the first 13 minutes of the movie take place on a block of the Broadway theater district in New York.

Alison Roman will not be returning to the New York Times.  Roman announced the career news on Instagram on Wednesday.The move comes seven months after Roman's column was placed "on temporary leave" following comments she made about Chrissy Teigen's business empire.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen Ryan Murphy called Broadway choreographer Casey Nicholaw to oversee the dance numbers on his film adaptation of “The Prom,” about a group of self-absorbed theater actors who go to a conservative Indiana town to support a lesbian high school student’s dating choice, it was a sort of return engagement.

Many of the most important elections are the ones you hear nothing about.The news media barely covers them, and most voters don't know they're happening. As a result of this, a small group of committed extremists get to control the outcomes of those elections, often with disastrous results.  Bill de Blasio, for example, was elected to his current term as New York City mayor with the support of 8.5% of the city's population.

Jennifer Lopez has signed on to headline the 49th annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve TV marathon at the end of 2020.She will help ring in the New Year with a special performance during the five-hour show, hosted by Ryan Seacrest.J.Lo will perform from Times Square, just before the famous ball drop at midnight on December 31, 2020.Watch a New Year’s ‘Friends’ Throwback: Ross and Monica’s “Routine”She joins Billy Porter, Cyndi Lauper, and Jimmie Allen among the stars taking part in

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will merge its Los Angeles and New York branches to form a single BAFTA North America in 2021, Variety has confirmed.The merger is in aid of a homogenous strategy designed to foster closer interactions with the U.K. body.

Here’s your first look at Beanie Feldstein in character as Monica Lewinsky for the upcoming series, Impeachment: American Crime Story!