Kelly Clarkson has not yet appeared on Broadway, but she’s a major fan of the art-form and has covered many musical theatre songs throughout her career.
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2023 Tribeca Festival, director Mario Van Peebles opened up about his directorial debut, 1991’s “New Jack City,” alongside Fab 5 Freddy, Vanessa Williams and Michael Michele with an at-capacity crowd at the SVA Theater for an illuminating 35 minutes full of joy, surprises and honesty.It can’t be understated how jovial Van Peebles—the son of prolific Black filmmaker Mario Van Peebles—was from the moment he stepped on stage to quickly introduce the film, which chronicles the rise of a ruthless drug lord in the dilapidated slums of late-1980s New York City. By the time the opening credits began to roll he was encouraging a major clap-along in the audience to the groove-worthy opening track.
His energy, which stayed high until his final goodbyes at the end of the night, was infectious.The filmmaker, who directed “New Jack City” from a script penned by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, was eager to talk about the film and quickly opened up about the movie’s assertion of “alternative” role models aside from the flashy gangsters at the picture’s center.“When I got the script on ‘New Jack City,’ the problem was it read like a Black ‘Scarface,’” Van Peebles explained. “And I was like, ‘Oh shit,’ because most of the gangster movies were made after Prohibition ended so they could say, ‘Well, they were Italians, and that was long ago.’ And it was white folks who had a lot more representation than us.
But the thing with ‘New Jack’ was, ‘Well, crack is still a killer in the community today.’ So the trick was in most gangster movies you emotionally connect up with the gangster. If you watch ‘Godfather,’ you connect up with the Godfather; he’s a man with family values.
Kelly Clarkson has not yet appeared on Broadway, but she’s a major fan of the art-form and has covered many musical theatre songs throughout her career.
Bravo is bringing Real Housewives of New York City back for another season!
Councillors have given the go-ahead for the development of new residential apartments in the heart of Warrington. At a meeting on Thursday, a committee approved an application to convert 27 and 29 Stanley Street into 10 'trainer flats' for young people.
Angelina Jolie enjoyed a night on the town with her kids!
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Pedro Pascal is looking back at his career in Hollywood, following his incredible success in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ and with his upcoming projects, including Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ alongside Paul Mescal, and his performance in ‘Strange Way of Life’ directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and co-starring Ethan Hawke.During his most recent interview with Variety, the Chilean star was asked about his impact and influence on the Latin population, as well as being an advocate for the LGBTQ community. “I want to be able to fulfill the assignment and continue to fulfill the assignment,” the actor said to the publication.“It’s the best part.
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The New York Post, taken by a neighbor whose residence faces the park on Grove Street, shows the three men casually strolling down the block, snatching the flags off the fence one by one before strolling eastward on Waverly Place. The NYPD has since released its own separate surveillance footage and is asking for the public’s help identifying the culprits. Two of the men are wearing white button-down shirts and light-colored pants, and another is wearing a black T-shirt and jeans.Based on the surveillance footage, one of the men wearing white appears to have a short mustache and wavy, short-cropped brown hair, while the other, with dark brown hair, has a full beard.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has sold its 3D family animation “A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express,” directed by Will Ashurst, to Viva Kids for North America. The third part in the “Cattle Hill” series is a detective story about the little cow Clara and her friend Gavin who join forces with the world famous detective Agatha Chichester to unveil the thief of a revolutionary Nano-seed stolen from a high-tech laboratory train. New Europe has also sold the film to South Korea (First Run) and South Africa (Red Dot Digitals) and, as previously announced, France (Alba Films), Poland (New Horizons), JUST4KIDS in Benelux, Neo Films in Greece, Birfilm in Turkey, FILMS4YOU in Portugal and Arthousetraffic in Ukraine.
celebrities like Jack Grealish anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are still a ton of athletes and actors who aren’t afraid to get wild. I’m sure Hollywood still regularly hosts events of such Bacchanalian excess that they would turn the average person’s brain the jelly and their liver to ash.
Stassi Schroeder is following in the footsteps of such stars as Demi Moore, Cindy Crawford and Christina Aguilera by taking it all off for a nude photo shoot celebrating her pregnancy.
A group of friends from Lincolnshire who met through a Boston dance school has raised more than £5,000 for children and families affected by the war in the Ukraine. The group from Boston Jive amassed the sum over the course of a year through a variety of fundraisers. After setting a target of £5,000, they moved beyond that sum last month with the help of a tandem skydive.
world, friends and family continue to mourn the death of Ms Jacky Oh!.According to , which was the first to report the news of her untimely death, the former television personality, whose real name was Jacklyn Smith, died in Miami, Florida, on May 31 from causes unknown. She was 32. A BET Media Group spokesperson later confirmed Jacky Oh's death.Her longtime partner, DC Young Fly, has since spoken out, sharing several heartfelt Instagram posts in memory of Jacky Oh, as well as delivering a touching eulogy during her celebration of life ceremony on June 10.«She had a beautiful soul.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Sphere in Las Vegas isn’t just a round vehicle for a series of fall U2 concerts — it’s also host to an immersive screen of mammoth proportions that will be its own attractions when there aren’t any world-class rock bands taking over the space. And even when they are, someone has still got to come up with the visual content that will be part-and-parcel with any live residency there. That’s where Sphere Studios will come in, a division of Sphere Entertainment Co. that was announced Monday as the provider for what will appear on the venue’s ultimate big screen in Vegas (and those like it that are planned for Spheres to be built in other cities). Also revealed Monday as part of the rollout for Sphere Studios was Big Sky, described as “an ultra-high resolution camera system” that is “the first of the Studios’ many groundbreaking immersive innovations.”
Shawn Mendes has announced his new song and he appears to be using a photo of New York City’s orange sky as the single artwork.
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Jodie Comer was forced to leave her Broadway performance early yesterday (June 7) due to the ongoing air crisis in New York City.Comer took to the stage for a performance in her one-woman Broadway play, Prima Facie, but it was cut short after the actor reportedly told audiences “I can’t breathe in this air.”New York is currently experiencing an air quality crisis. Created by over 400 active wildfires taking place in Canada, vast stretches of smoke have spread across several states in the northeastern part of the country — with the air quality in New York described as “very unhealthy” by Mayor Eric Adams (via New York Times).“We recommend all New Yorkers limit outdoor activity to the greatest extent possible,” Adams added.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has apologised for his 2003 groping scandal in his new Netflix docuseries. Five days ahead of the 2003 California governor election, the Los Angeles Times published a report in which six women accused The Terminator actor of humiliating and groping them. A total of 15 women ultimately went public with groping allegations against him.
A gaming school for young people has in Media City.