Covid isn’t done with New York’s theater scene just yet. At least four Broadway and major Off Broadway productions have either canceled or postponed performances or temporarily replaced principal cast members in the last week due to the virus.
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“Almost Famous,” which starts previews Oct. 3 at the Bernard B. Jacobs.
It’s drawn from Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie, a semi-autobiographical take on his travels as a teenage reporter for Rolling Stone.The film introduced Kate Hudson as teeny-bopper Penny Lane, self-appointed muse for the band, and gave us a joyous rendition of “Tiny Dancer.” Hudson isn’t in the musical, but that Elton John song is.“That was a no-brainer,” said Tom Kitt, the Tony Award-winning composer who wrote the show’s original music, with lyrics by Crowe, who also wrote the script. “We needed to do a take on it that would honor the film, but also theatricalize it and move our story forward.”When the musical premiered in Crowe’s hometown of San Diego, the LA Times reviewer Charles McNulty called it “as pleasing as a free and easy 1970s rock classic.’” Critics had great things to say about Solea Pfeiffer, the show’s Penny Lane, and Casey Likes as William Miller, Crowe’s young alter ego.Granted, it’s the rare movie that makes a long-running musical. But Kitt — who composed, orchestrated and arranged the music for Pulitzer Prize-winning “Next to Normal” among them — is undaunted.“You think there’s a rhyme or reason or a template… but there isn’t,” he said.
“It’s how a musical connects with an audience. ‘Almost Famous’ is Cameron’s personal story — it’s about his love of music. Anyone can relate to how one song, one band, can change your life.
Covid isn’t done with New York’s theater scene just yet. At least four Broadway and major Off Broadway productions have either canceled or postponed performances or temporarily replaced principal cast members in the last week due to the virus.
Pete Davidson exited “Saturday Night Live” at the end of last season, but he’ll next be seen in a new comedy series streaming on Peacock.
Emily Ratajkowsi’s so-called mystery man has been identified.
, but was apparently just spotted making out with a DJ in downtown New York.Of course, it's possible she's also with Pitt, and no judgments there; after allegedly being cheated on by her ex Sebastian Bear-McClard, Ratajkowski deserves to have fun. But we'd imagine that given , Pitt is actually little fun these days. A DJ, on the other hand…His name is Orazio Rispo, per , and he and EmRata were reportedly spotted making out on Friday, October 14.
It looks like Emily Ratajkowski is off the market — and it’s got nothing to do with those Brad Pitt rumors!
Hayley Williams of Paramore has led a ‘Happy Birthday’ singalong with her band’s crowd at Austin City Limits, directing the message to Flea on his 60th birthday.Paramore’s set at the Texan music festival took place on October 16, and included Williams’ tribute to the Australian rocker – who she said she’s “loved… since I was 8 years old and it was really inappropriate”. The frontwoman ended the iconic song on a high-note, to rapturous crowd applause.Flea – who is the bassist of fellow Austin City Limits act Red Hot Chilli Peppers – later referenced Williams’ tribute during his band’s own set at the festival, before enjoying another rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ from bandmates Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith and John Frusciante.
Patti LuPone has revealed some more information about her decision to quit Broadway.
Looking For Alaska, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. Deadline first reported the news.Published in 2021 by Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, the novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, spending over a year on the paperback list. The story follows college best friends Alex and Poppy, to very different people who vow to take a yearly vacation somewhere every summer.Henry, who most recently published “Book Lovers,” and who has a continuing book contract with Berkley Books for at least three more novels after her latest announced “Happy Place,” posted Deadline’s piece to her Instagram.She also later announced the news in her substack newsletter “Emily’s Grocery List,” the edition titled “About Time I Told You Some News.”“People We Meet on Vacation” is (very likely) going to be a movie!” Henry wrote in her newsletter.
Former Central Intelligence Agency officer David Priess defended being a signatory on a letter with more than two dozen other current and former intel agents and experts who claimed the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop bombshell looked like a "Russian information operation." In October 2020, the Post broke the story about how then-Wilmington computer shopkeeper John-Paul Mac Isaac came into possession of the laptop first son Hunter Biden left at his store near Trolley Square. A copy of the hard drive was provided to the FBI and another to former New York City Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. "It is for all these reasons that we write to say that the arrival on the US political scene of emails purportedly belonging to Vice President Biden’s son Hunter, much of it related to his time serving on the Board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," Priess and fellow signatories wrote in-part.
The allegations of Bill Murray‘s “inappropriate behavior” were enough to shut down a movie set back in April — but somehow the details have managed to stay under wraps… until now anyway.
EXCLUSIVE: Brett Haley is on board to direct 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of People We Meet On Vacation, which is based on Emily Henry’s New York Times best-seller. Yulin Kuang is adapting the screenplay with Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner producing. Laura Quicksilver is overseeing for the Temple Hill with Erin Siminoff and Sophie Kaplan are overseeing the project for the studio.
Jolie was the plaintiff in an anonymous complaint filed against the FBI in 2016 after the organisation closed an investigation into alleged domestic assault by Pitt. Pitt’s team has denied all allegations of wrongdoing related to the alleged incident.The alleged incident onboard an aeroplane travelling from Europe to the US on September 14, 2016, reportedly also involved one of the pair’s children.
WATCH: Angelina Jolie drops son Maddox off at collegeNew details about the incident have been revealed in a cross-complaint filed by Jolie's legal team as the exes continue their legal battle over a French winery they used to co-own.First reported by the New York Times, the filing claims Pitt “choked” one of the children and “struck” another during the flight."When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him,” it reads, per People.“To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane's seats injuring Jolie's back and elbow. The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other."Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie with adopted son Maddox.It continued: “Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face.
Angelina Jolie has a lot to reveal about what happened to her and her children on the infamous 2016 flight they took with Brad Pitt right before the couple’s divorce!
He’s never looked better. Jennifer Love Hewitt gave a rare glimpse into her marriage with husband Brian Hallisay — with a spooky Halloween twist.
Angelina Jolie has filed a countersuit against ex Brad Pitt.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Next month’s London Korean Film Festival cloaks itself in a panoply of the country’s recent cinema, with a mix of commercial blockbusters, festival titles and documentaries. The long-running event also pays tribute to Kang Soo-youn, the performer who was the first Korean to win a best acting award in Venice and who died in May this year. The event runs from Nov. 3 – 17, 2022 in venues across London and comprises 35 films. It opens with a previously announced screening of “Alienoid.” The Cinema Now section includes: Jeong Ji-yeon’s psychological thriller “The Anchor”; Davy Chou’s “Return To Seoul,” which premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard; Byun Sung-hyun’s “Kingmaker”; “Hot Blooded,” the long-awaited directorial debut by acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Cheon Myeong-kwan; nostalgic road chase movie “Stellar: A Magical Ride”; “Director’s Intention,” by Kim Min-geun.
J. Kim Murphy Terry Bradshaw took a moment on this week’s “Fox NFL Sunday” broadcast to address concerns regarding his health status, revealing that he has undergone two surgeries within the last year after being diagnosed with bladder cancer and a form of skin cancer. “Last week on the show, I ran out of breath… A lot of people were asking, ‘What’s wrong with me? What’s happened to me physically?’ I just want to address it and let you know what has happened in my life,” Bradshaw began, speaking during a panel discussion on the broadcast. The 74-year-old Pittsburgh Steelers legend and NFL broadcasting titan went on to explain that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer last November. After receiving surgery and treatment at Yale University’s medical center, the condition was safely resolved. In March, Bradshaw’s doctors discovered a Merkel cell tumor in his neck, “a rare form of skin cancer,” which was then also addressed with another surgery at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
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