Review: Mike Nichols bio the epic his artistic life deserves

Gordon Cox Theater EditorThere are plenty of juicy backstages tales from both Hollywood and Broadway in “Mike Nichols: A Life,” the new biography of director-producer-performer Mike Nichols. And the juiciest of them, according to author Mark Harris, come from the stage.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“We think so often of movie star excess, and wild misbehavior on movie sets,” said Harris, speaking on the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast.

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If you’re a fan of Black Mirror, we reckon you’ll be into Amazon Prime’s latest offering: Soulmates.

A true rock star! Phoebe Bridgers brought some high-energy chaos to the stage with her “Saturday Night Live” debut over the weekend.

Phoebe Bridgers brought some high-energy chaos to the stage with her debut over the weekend.After the songstress delivered her first performance of the night, belting out «Kyoto» while rocking her famous skeleton ensemble, she returned later in the evening for her second set, and blew fans' minds.Donning an elaborate pearl necklace that evoked skeleton imagery, Bridgers delivered a beautifully muted performance of «I Know the End.» As the song built to a climax, Bridgers and her bandmates

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Kelly Ripa has opened up about how she hid her second pregnancy from the team at Live - and how a psychic appearing on the show ended up revealing the truth live on air!MORE: Kelly Ripa makes emotional revelation about youngest son Joaquin - husband Mark was 'choked up'Appearing on The Tonight Show this week, the Live with Kelly and Ryan host was reflecting on her early days on the daytime talk show and recounted the astonishing incident.

Gallery: 10 things you didn’t know about David Bowie (BANG Showbiz)"But these weren't a bunch of people crawling across the floor with green froth coming out of their mouths, we were working, you know? "That went on for a long, long time, Stevie Nicks has addressed it, so I'm not divulging anything that she hasn't spoken about. "It got out of hand way after the making of 'Rumours'.

The year is 2021. A frightened, angry crowd lines up outside a medical center, desperate for a cure for a terrible virus.

Mike Nichols had been a guest at Mark Harris' wedding to writer Tony Kushner, and the couple had dined with the filmmaker many times since Nichols directed the 2003 HBO adaptation of Kushner's play Angels in America. But when Harris' book publisher, Penguin Press, approached the journalist and author to write a biography of Nichols after the director's death, "I knew that there was a ton I didn't know," Harris says.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Los Angeles-based music and technology company Create Music Group has launched a beta version of Create Carbon, a credit card that it says will give music creators the ability to access their royalties as soon as they’re earned, rather waiting to receive them via regular monthly payouts.The company prides itself on showing artists how much money they’re making on a daily basis by pulling millions of different data points from sources like Spotify, Apple Music

Hollywood’s favorite thing to do — but instead suggests what the healing process might look like after living through a nightmare.The first remark to really shake us up comes as the couples are sharing old photos, which their therapists have suggested. Gail hands one to Linda and says, “That’s the last Christmas.” Silence.Later on, while talking about the unfathomable challenge of being the parents of a loathed murderer, Linda painfully confides, “The world mourned 10.

Also Read: 14 Buzziest Sundance Movies for Sale in 2021, From Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' to Rebecca Hall's 'Passing' (Photos)The story is specific to one group of women at one particular time, but five decades later, it’s certainly applicable to current questions about the role of religion in society, about the place of tradition and rigor in the Church and about how social justice movements intersect with biblical teachings.

He was never a household name by any stretch, but 50 years ago there was a lad who was widely dubbed “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World,” which is now the name of a documentary about the now-old boy, Bjorn Andresen. It’s a sad, cautionary tale, after a fashion, as Andresen has spent a lifetime trying to divest himself of that sobriquet–one that is no longer true, of course, but that will rise again thanks to this cautiously insightful look at a singular, and quite melancholy, figure.

Mark Harris has written two remarkable books, both about important moments in Hollywood history. The first, “Pictures at a Revolution,” dealt with the Oscar race of 1967 and how that year’s Best Picture nominees represented the past, present and future of the industry.

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