‘Materna’ Review: An Uneven Drama About Mothers and Children

Duran Duran have announced two intimate homecoming shows in Birmingham next month.The shows will take place on September 14 and 15 at the O2 Institute in Birmingham ahead of the release of their upcoming new album, ‘Future Past’, on October 22.Tickets for the gigs go on sale at 9am on August 27 here.Members of the ‘Duran Duran VIP Community’ will have first access to tickets on August 24 at 9am.

This summer’s big New York City performances have lugged considerable metaphorical baggage, from the giddy, vaxxed-but-maskless return of the Springsteen on concert during the pre-Delta shine of June, the resurgent Covid delays of Shakespeare in the Park and finally last night’s aborted, starry concert in Central Park, when the sky itself seemed to tell pop’s mightiest stalwarts, eh, not quite yet.

Nobody loves New York like filmmaker Spike Lee, obviously. We know this because of his many, many films so intrinsically tethered to New York City, Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn, and the five boroughs, his many photo ops courtside at home team NBA games, and his larger than life presence in Fort Greene (arguably kind of quiet, actually, but his vibrant 40 Acres & A Mule HQ is hard to miss).

On Wednesday, Amazon Prime Video unveiled Rupi Kaur Live, a one-hour original special from New York Times bestseller Rupi Kaur, which will become available for streaming in North America on August 27.

originally announced back in May of this year.Duran Duran and Tyler, the Creator have been added to the line-up for both weekends, stepping in for Stevie Nicks and DaBaby.LINEUP UPDATE: @tylerthecreator has been added to this year’s festival, performing Sunday night of both weekends.

New York City is getting another shot in the arm this summer with Free Shakespeare in the Park’s happy Merry Wives, playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s embraceable adaptation of the Bard’s The Merry Wives of Windsor starring Watchmen‘s Jacob Ming-Trent as that great, rotund creation Falstaff.

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Neil Patrick Harris is heading back to television!

Neil Patrick Harris will star in Darren Star’s upcoming Netflix series, “Uncoupled.”“Uncoupled” follows Michael (Harris), who thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out the door after 17 years.

Stuck in an uncanny valley somewhere between real life and slick Hollywood gloss, John Carney’s “Modern Love” is back for a second season on Amazon Prime Video. Inspired by The New York Times column of the same name, this season opens itself up beyond New York City, with episodes taking place in upstate New York and as far away as Dublin, Ireland and London, England.

The 59th edition of New York Film Festival is taking shape and today Film at Lincoln Center announced Pedro Almodóvar’s latest drama “Parallel Mothers“ starring Penélope Cruz, as the Closing Night selection of the festival. “Parallel Mothers” will make its North American premiere on October 8 at Alice Tully Hall.

The New York Film Festival will close with Parallel Mothers, the Pedro Almodóvar-directed melodrama that is slated to open next month’s Venice Film Festival.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” has been tapped as the closing night selection of the 59th New York Film Festival. The melodrama, which reunites the Spanish auteur with one of his greatest cinematic muses, Penélope Cruz, will make its North American premiere October 8 at Alice Tully Hall.

Mark Wahlberg is celebrating a big milestone. The "Joe Bell" actor, 50, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a sweet snap of himself and his wife, Rhea Durham, to mark their 12th wedding anniversary.

Minnie Driver and Andrew Rannells hit the blue carpet for the premiere of their new series, Modern Love, held at Grand Banks on Monday night (August 2) in New York City.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAubrey Plaza is set to star in the Hulu drama pilot “Olga Dies Dreaming,” Variety has learned.The show was ordered to pilot at the streamer back in April.