The hit Broadway musical Wicked is back in the Los Angeles area for the first time in years and we caught up with tour stars Talia Suskauer and Allison Bailey ahead of opening night.
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Addie Morfoot ContributorOndi Timoner has already won two Sundance grand jury prizes for her documentaries. But she is especially nervous about screening “Last Flight Home” at this year’s virtual festival.“It’s a scary moment for me because this film is so personal,” says Timoner of the documentary about her father and his final days.
“It’s my family at their most vulnerable so, I feel responsible for putting everyone in this position.”Timoner and her family decided to be in Park City for the film’s Jan. 24 premiere despite the fact Sundance went virtual due to the concerns about surging COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.“We’re having a private watch party,” says Timoner, who won her first grand jury prize for “DIG!” in 2004 and her second for “We Live in Public” five years later; both were later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent film collection.
“I think the fact that we are all going to be on the couch together answering audiences’ questions will feel really good.” “Last Flight Home,” a sad yet joyous film about death and family, is Timoner’s eighth feature documentary and one that she happened upon when while writing a fictional film about her father, Eli, and the company he founded in 1972 called Air Florida. She had spent six years writing that movie when his health worsened.Her father, then 92, was admitted to the hospital in January 2021 for breathing issues not related to COVID.
He had been paralyzed on the left side of his body by a stroke at age 53, and while he was able to walk unsteadily with a cane for the better part of 30 years, it became clear after his hospital stay last year that he would no longer be able to do that. He told his family that he wanted to die.“I never expected to
.The hit Broadway musical Wicked is back in the Los Angeles area for the first time in years and we caught up with tour stars Talia Suskauer and Allison Bailey ahead of opening night.
Troye Sivan is stepping into the lead with the heartfelt, coming-of-age dramedy , from writer and director Jared Frieder and the producers behind and . ET has the exclusive first look at the trailer, which shows Sivan as Caleb, a South Florida teen about to graduate from high school who’s just learned he’s been exposed to HIV. Despite his life being put on pause as he waits three months for his test results, Caleb manages to find love in an unexpected place.
Remembering the happiest moments. Kelly Rizzo paid tribute to her late husband, Bob Saget, one month after his death with a video recapping some of their enjoyable meals together.
Marysol Patton might not hold a mojito in 's opening credits sequence, but that's OK with her — as long as the check clears!«I'm like, 'Just give me the paycheck! I brought my own mojito. Give me the check!'» the OG cracks to ET, Zooming in from her Florida home.
Mickey Guyton is ready to kick off the big game! Ahead of performing the national anthem at Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, the 38-year-old country music superstar told ET's Nischelle Turner how she's feeling about the major milestone. «I am freaking out. Oh my God,» Guyton told ET. «It’s just so much.
Bad Bunny, he’s gonna kill a photoshoot.The latest pics of the reggaetonero come courtesy of luxury brand Jacquemus, posting a preview of his upcoming campaign, LE SPLASH. The photos, which were shot by Tom Kneller and Zoey Radford Scott in Miami last month, feature Bad Bunny--full name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio--in six different outfits (seven if you count a life vest with nothing underneath) exploring the wonders of the sunny Florida city.
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's tell-all special, streaming Friday on Discovery+. Natalie's estranged husband, Mike, tells her it's time to finally make their split official, and since Natalie doesn't have a green card, she most likely will have to return to her home country, Ukraine.Mike and Natalie had serious issues when she moved from Ukraine to rural Sequim, Washington, to be with him, and the issues continued after they decided to get married at the last minute mostly so Natalie could legally stay in the United States. Natalie eventually moved to Florida while Mike stayed in Washington, and on this season of, Natalie went on dates with other men while explaining she was separated from Mike.In this exclusive clip from Friday's tell-all, Mike says that he didn't file any paperwork for Natalie's green card status and that it was finally time to divorce.
Didn’t have her back? Lala Kent called out Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval for not showing up for her amid her split from Randall Emmett.
Romantic comedies might be seen as pure fluff by some people, but Jennifer Lopez’s latest, “Marry Me”, gets at truths about stardom that the star could identify with.
Nicole Kidman's daughter Bella has long had an affinity for London, and has lived in Croydon with her husband, Max Parker, for a number of years now.READ: Nicole Kidman unrecognisable as she celebrates major news – famous friends reactThis week, the 29-year-old took to Instagram to share a rare personal video documenting her most recent weekend, which she had spent in Brighton - and teased some exciting news in the process.WATCH: Bella Cruise shares personal video detailing her weekend"More art coming soon… promise," she wrote in the caption. "What do y'all get up to on the weekend?"READ: Nicole Kidman is an actress because she was 'not allowed on the beach'MORE: Nicole Kidman's son Connor just made a major change to his appearanceBella is the daughter of Nicole and Tom Cruise; the former couple adopted Bella and younger brother Connor during their 11-year marriage.
Lisa Kennedy In Jan. 2021, Eli Timoner, 92, decided to make use of California’s End of Life Option law. His daughter, the award-winning documentary director Ondi Timoner (“We Live in Public”) did not start out to make a feature about Eli’s and her family’s journey to the end, but she has.
Off to the races! The Pegasus World Cup is back for another year of thoroughbred horse racing and thoroughly entertaining performances. On Saturday, January 29, legendary racehorses will join legendary artists at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida for the championship invitational stakes. Presented by 1/ST Experience, the 2022 entertainment line-up includes DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic, featuring Ja Rule, Lil’ Kim, Mase and special surprise performers.
Al Roker Entertainment has optioned the New York Times best-selling novel The Personal Librarian (Berkley/Penguin) from authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray for a limited series.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSundance Film Festival has revealed a mystery movie on its 2022 lineup.“Navalny,” a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been a late addition to the festival’s agenda. The film will debut on Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.