While Glee has been a fan favorite dramedy since it permiered in 2009, it wasn’t initially pitched with its signature optimistic tone — it was actually MUCH darker. And Ryan Murphy is finally ready to tell all!
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Christian Douglas is currently playing the lead role of Charlie Price in the off-Broadway production of Kinky Boots and we caught up with him to learn some fun facts that fans might not already know!
Kinky Boots, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical back in 2013, is currently playing at Stage 42 in New York City and it’s getting rave reviews!
Christian was previously seen in the national tour of Pretty Woman and in the Arena Stage production of Newsies. Get to know him with these 10 Fun Facts:
I was home schooled up until 7th grade. I vividly remember my first day having to bravely pick a lunch table to sit at. I’m left handed. The whole right brain creativity thing is cool, but I hate having to choose really specific quick drying gel pens if I don’t want to smudge everything. I was a singer and active duty soldier in the US Army Chorus for 4 years and went through basic combat training, aka “boot camp”. My go to TV show is Friends. I grew up watching it and now it feels like a warm hug. In high school I sang in a Boychoir. It’s the reason I fell in love with singing and choral music, and led me to be in a barbershop quartet…so I’m a nerd.Click inside to read the rest of the fun facts…
I’m an introvert. In this high energy business of performing and press events, I have to recharge with quiet me time. I love to make cocktails. I got really into mixology over the pandemic. It’s ok because it was fancy drinking. My sister was an Olympic swimmer. We went to watch her win medals in Beijing in 2008. I love fancy coffee. (Again, I’m a nerd) I have a pour over every morning and love single origin Ethiopian beans. I’m a songwriter. I wrote and recorded a full length album over the pandemic and I’m currentlyWhile Glee has been a fan favorite dramedy since it permiered in 2009, it wasn’t initially pitched with its signature optimistic tone — it was actually MUCH darker. And Ryan Murphy is finally ready to tell all!
Damian Lewis has been tapped to star in supernatural black comedy The Radleys, based on Matt Haig’s popular novel of the same name. The film has Heartstopper director Euros Lyn at the helm and is produced by Debbie Gray (Good Luck To You Leo Grande) through Genesius Pictures with Cornerstone Films handling worldwide sales.
Friends star Matthew Perry says he was on the brink of death after his colon burst from drug abuse. The 53 year old actor, who played the funny and sarcastic Chandler Bing on the popular US sitcom, has opened up about the role – as well as the substance and alcohol problems that have dogged his career – in a new autobiography. In an interview with People magazine, Perry said he waited until now to share the extreme depths of his addiction because he wanted to make sure he is “safe from going into the dark side of everything again”.
Jalyn Hall plays the title character Emmett Till in the new movie Till and we caught up with the young actor to learn more about him!
We are learning more about American Idol alum Willie Spence‘s death — and it’s even more tragic than we realized.
Angelique Jackson Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” has rounded out its cast with the addition of Kyanna Simone (“American Horror Stories”), Tati Gabrielle (“You”), Abigail Achiri (“The Underground Railroad”), Julian McMahon (“FBI: Most Wanted”, “Nip/Tuck”), Vondie Curtis-Hall (“Blue Bayou”) and Tony Winters (“National Champions”) as Big Earl. Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis and Sanaa Lathan lead the movie, based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s 2013 bestselling novel, playing best friends affectionally dubbed “The Supremes.” According to the film’s synopsis, the trio — Clarice, Odette and Barbara Jean — “have weathered life’s storms together for two generations through marriage and children, happiness and the blues,” and they “find their paths at a crossroads that test their lifelong bond.” Simone, Gabrielle and Achiri will play younger versions of Ellis, Lathan and Aduba’s characters, respectively.
Matthew McConaughey is opening up about the behind-the-scenes work he did to amplify the stories of the Uvalde victims that led to policy change in June. The "Dazed and Confused" actor revealed in a new op-ed that his experience working with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., led him to realize that the majority of Americans aren't on the political fringes.
Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) has been tapped to star opposite Kaley Cuoco in Peacock’s dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story, from Emmy-nominated The Boys executive producer Craig Rosenberg, Ozark star/executive producer Jason Bateman and his Aggregate Films as well as UCP.
With winter looming, and the cost of living crisis at the forefront of everybody’s mind, having a little extra cash on the side to tie things over wouldn’t go amiss over the next few months. While we all look to adjusting budgets and becoming more thrifty, there's a company that is offering another solution to consider, which could help alleviate some of those fears.
Tony Gilroy enjoys the Hollywood spotlight on him as the showrunner of “Andor,” its first season presently airing on Disney+. And that’s how some moviegoers may know him best, as the man behind the “Star Wars” series and the script/reshoots of 2016’s “Rogue One,” which first introduced Cassian Andor’s character.
After the American Psycho actor’s GQ interview, many fans are wondering, do Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio have a feud?