new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, at the same time that Prince William took the stage at the Diana Legacy Awards on Thursday evening. This apparent overshadowing could be seen as a p.r.
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Angelique Jackson Tony and Emmy winner Judith Light will be honored with the Shakespeare Theatre Company‘s lifetime achievement award in honor of her storied stage and screen career. Light made her Broadway debut in 1975 in the revival of “A Doll’s House” and in 2001, she played the lead role in STC’s production of “Hedda Gabler,” directed by Michael Kahn.
In 2012 and 2013, she earned back-to-back Tonys for “Other Desert Cities” and “The Assembled Parties.” In 2019, she was presented with the Tony Awards’ Isabelle Stevenson Award for years of advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Her stellar resume of film and TV credits ranges from “Days of Our Lives” and “Who’s the Boss” to recent hits like Starz’ horror comedy “Shining Vale,” Searchlight’s “The Menu,” Netflix’s “Tick, Tick… Boom!,” the musical finale of Amazon’s “Transparent” and two installments of “American Crime Story” for FX.
Last month, Light, who was already a two-time Daytime Emmy winner, finally added a Primetime Emmy to her lengthy list of achievements when she won for her guest-starring role on Peacock’s “Poker Face.” Next up, Light stars opposite Billy Crystal in the Apple TV+ series “Before,” and her Disney+ film “Out of My Mind” just premiered at Sundance. STC’s annual gala will take place on April 15 at the Anthem on the Washington D.C.
Wharf, with Light set to be feted alongside Tony winner John Lithgow and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma. Light and Lithgow receive lifetime achievement awards, while Varma accepts the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Acting (aka the “Will Award”); Varma’s award will be presented by her “Macbeth” co-star, Tony-winner Ralph Fiennes, who received the prize in 2001.
new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, at the same time that Prince William took the stage at the Diana Legacy Awards on Thursday evening. This apparent overshadowing could be seen as a p.r.
transgender influencer and TikTok star, 27, released the music video for her new song on Wednesday, which features Mulvaney dancing a mini dress, a crop top, a green polka dot dress, and a hot pink negligee.“Every day, every night, rise and shine, yeah, all mine. Thick or thin, I’ll be alright.
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Lightfoot (Shantaram, The Punisher) has been tapped to develop a series adaptation of the Scot Harvathbooks from New York Times bestseller Brad Thor, under a relatively fresh overall deal with Sony Pictures Television that has previously gone unreported, Deadline has learned.
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Marisha Wallace has received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical at the Olivier Awards. But due to Marisha being in the competition and not allowed to hear what’s going on outside of the Big Brother House, she has no idea. Marisha is a Broadway star, and was in the original cast of Aladdin when it hit the stage in 2014.
Ellise Shafer The nominations have been revealed for this year’s Olivier Awards, which celebrate the best in British theater. Among the acting nominees are Sarah Jessica Parker for “Plaza Suite,” Sarah Snook for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and David Tennant for his turn as Macbeth.
Diego Ramos Bechara editor Grammy-nominated R&B group New Edition will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame on March 16 when the awards return for its 55th installment — with Queen Latifah set to host. Recognized as one of the most distinguished multicultural award shows, the ceremony aims to “uplift values” that inspire equality, justice and progressive change while highlighting artists “committed” to those values, says the NAACP.
Veteran Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou will receive both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2023 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award for his last feature Full River Red at this week’s Asian Film Awards.
French director Claire Denis is set to return to West Africa for her next feature film, an adaptation of late French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès’s 1980 work Black Battles With Dogs (Combat de nègre et de chiens).
partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for an online promotion last year.Mulvaney appeared in a TikTok video highlighting Bud Light’s “March Madness” promotion during the annual NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournament.She also appeared in an online ad where she sat in a bubble bath, clad in a bathing suit, sipping Bud Light.As part of that promotion, the company also sent Mulvaney a commemorative can with a picture of her face on the exterior, celebrating the first anniversary of her “Days of Girlhood” video series documenting her gender transition.The can did not go on sale to the public. Still, many conservatives and anti-transgender advocates took offense at what they saw as Mulvaney’s caricature of womanhood, as well as the idea of transgender visibility, and called for boycotts not only of Bud Light, but other products of Bud’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev.Anheuser-Busch InBev reported record revenues for 2023 but said its “full growth potential was constrained” by the decline of sales in the United States, where the boycott was the strongest.In total, organic revenue in North America decreased by $1.4 billion due to a decline in beer sales, reports CNN.As a result, Mexican beer Model Especial dethroned Bud Light as the United States’ top-selling beer.From May through February, Bud Light recovered only 1.2 percentage points of lost market share, CEO Michael Doukeris told investors on Thursday.
Jonathan Majors has made his first public appearance at an industry event after being found guilty of reckless assault and harassment. The Lovecraft Country alum attended the 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards luncheon with Meagan Good.
RAYE used a BRITs acceptance speech to call on music executives to allow songwriters to receive royalty payments. The singer spoke from the stage at the O2 in London while accepting the Songwriter Of The Year award, and took the opportunity to bring the issue to a wider platform. “I think we need to have a conversation,” she said.
Katcy Stephan Kaylen Ng was named as the recipient of the $10,000 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award on Friday at the renowned art fair. Meanwhile, Britt Williams was announced as the winner of the $2,500 Audience Award, voted for by the public. Ng and Williams received their prizes during a special invitation-only ceremony at the fair.
Playwright Christopher Durang has been named the recipient of The Dramatists Guild of America’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, joining a prestigious roster of such past awardees as John Guare, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Miller.
American Cinematographer Ed Lachman will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage Film Festival.
Apple TV+ is continuing its foray into acclaimed Sci-Fi adaptations. The streamer already has multiple seasons of “Foundation” and “Silo” in production and now is set to bring William Gibson’s “Neuromancer” to the small screen.
Apple TV+ has greenlit the new science fiction series Neuromancer, a 10-episode drama based on William Gibson’s debut novel of the same name.
Angelique Jackson Emmy and BAFTA nominee Dominique Fishback is set to receive the Culture Certified award at The Creative Collective’s inaugural Creative Class celebration. The Culture Certified award will honor both established and emerging Black talent and seeks to recognize individuals whose contributions “significantly impact, influence, and shape cultural landscapes at large.” The special award is presented by the Create Collective (CCNYC) in partnership with Prime Video’s Culture Rated initiative, which champions Black creatives, perspectives, and community across social media, on Prime Video and with in-person events, like CultureCon.
Barbra Streisand was celebrated for her incredible career at the 2024 SAG Awards on Saturday (February 24).
the Screen Actors Guild Award for life achievement at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday.“This is such a wonderful award to get, because you know in advance you’re gonna get it,” began Streisand, 81, at the 2024 SAG Awards. “And you don’t have to sit there and squirm.”The singer-actor-director spoke movingly to the celebrity crowd of her early days growing up in Brooklyn with dreams of being a performer.“I wanted to be in the movies, even though I knew I didn’t look like the other women on the screen,” she recalled.
Dylan Mulvaney last year — in which he shot up cases of the beer in a viral display that sparked a boycott of the brand — Kid Rock is now saying that he was firing blanks, not bullets.“So, what’s it like being the dude who took out Bud Light?” Joe Rogan asked the country-rocker on his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”“Man, I was just having fun, to be honest with you,” Rock, 53, responded.“I was pissed, but it wasn’t like it was going to wreck my day, let alone my life. I was just kind of like, ‘What the f–k are they doing?’ ”But after Mulvaney posted a video promoting Bud Light as part of the company’s March Madness campaign last April, Rock let it rip on social media: “f–k Bud Light and f–k Anheuser-Busch.”That led to massive Bud Light losses, with many refusing to drink or even stock the beer.But while Rock insists that he wasn’t the “Pied Piper” of the boycott, he admits that he was the “face” of it.“Throwing a tantrum with a machine gun? ‘Wah, wah, they wanna let guys play in girls’ sports, wah,’” said Rock, then imitating the sounds of an automatic weapon.But since the whole brew-haha, the “Picture” singer said that he’s actually become friends with Bud Light CEO Brendan Whitworth — and the two have even partied together.“We’ve become friends.