Sony Pictures Classics’ Sundance Acquisition ‘Jockey’ Sets Year-End Release

Jack Antonoff and Lucy Dacus have announced that proceeds from their upcoming Texas shows will be donated to abortion charities following the introduction of the state’s new anti-abortion bill.The new legislation, Senate Bill 8, bans most abortions in Texas and makes the state the most restrictive in the US in terms of access to abortion services, according to the New York Times.It prohibits aborting a foetus once cardiac activity can be detected, which is generally around six weeks – a very

Waitress, the Broadway hit that, along with Hadestown, brought music back to the New York stage last night after many dark months, grossed $197,878 in tickets sales today, breaking the single-performance house record at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

On a rain-affected third day, a quartet of former Grand Slam champions avoided the showers to book their place in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Garbine Muguruza has never gone beyond the fourth round in New York - the only Grand Slam where she has failed to reach the last eight, but she advanced to a blockbuster third-round showdown with Victoria Azarenka.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorYellowbrick, the New York-based online education platform that focuses on developing training and certification programs for careers in arts, entertainment, media and sports, has acquired the Animation Mentor platform that targets animation-specific instruction.Yellowbrick has also landed a seven-figure investment from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, a venture capital fund led by Sony and others to help launch mid- to late-stage startup firms focusing on services

Netflix has announced the release date of its controversial Diana: The Musical, and it is hitting screens in less than two months.The musical – which will arrive on New York's Broadway later this year – is being screened on the streaming giant a month before it hits the stage. It was filmed without an audience during lockdown after being forced to halt its March 2020 opening due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chrissy Teigen is getting real with her fans.

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.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterMovie theaters in a handful of cities around the country will soon be checking for proof of vaccination — creating one more obstacle to the full return of moviegoing.In New York, the requirement goes into effect on Tuesday.

The Museum of Broadway, the first permanent museum dedicated to the history and legacy of New York’s theater industry, will open next summer in Times Square following a delay caused by the Covid pandemic shutdown.

Turning up the volume. Lorde is one of Jack Antonoff‘s most frequent collaborators — but her music is still entirely her own.

Lorde is not taking kindly to critics who describe her new album as “a Jack Antonoff record” due to the Bleachers frontman serving as producer on her upcoming LP Solar Power.

Lorde is speaking out.

Lorde has hit out at the “retro” and “sexist” idea that she’s part of Jack Antonoff‘s “stable” of female artists he produces music for.Antonoff worked with Lorde on her third album ‘Solar Power’, out next week, as he did on 2017’s ‘Melodrama’.

HBO Max said Thursday that its Gossip Girl reboot will return in November for Part 2 of its first season with the final six episodes. A specific date was not announced.

Whether in an extravagant gilded headpiece or punk-rock mohawk, Sarah Jessica Parker always opts for bold statement-making pieces at the annual Met Gala. Unfortunately, the actress and fashion favorite, 56, will not grace the red carpet at this year’s two-part American-themed exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, her representative has confirmed to HollywoodLife.

The New York Film Festival organizers have set the main slate for this fall’s largely in-person 59th edition, as well as enhanced pandemic measures including a Covid-19 vaccine requirement.

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired global rights to Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes’ 2018 novel for young readers that weaves genres to explore what happens after a Black child is killed by a white police officer.