The countdown to the return of Stranger Things is on!
12.02.2024 - 08:49 / variety.com
Naman Ramachandran “Sunset Boulevard” was the big winner at the U.K.’s 24th annual WhatsOnStage Awards, which are decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. It won seven awards, including best performer in a musical for Nicole Scherzinger, professional debut performance for Grace Hodgett Young, direction for Jamie Lloyd, lighting design for Jack Knowles, sound design for Adam Fisher, video design for Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom and music direction/supervision for Alan Williams.
“Guys & Dolls” won best musical revival, set design for Bunny Christie and graphic design by Muse Creative. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” won best new play.
James Norton won best performer in a play and Luke Thompson supporting performer for “A Little Life,” Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of the novel by Hanya Yanagihara. Best play revival was won by Chekhov’s “Vanya, adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens and starring Andrew Scott.
Best new musical was won by “Operation Mincemeat.” Jack Wolfe won supporting performer in a musical for “Next to Normal”; Aimee Lou Wood best takeover for her turn as Sally Bowles in “Cabaret,” with the production also winning best West End show; and Matt Cole choreopgraphy for Disney’s “Newsies.” This year’s award for services to U.K. theater was presented to Rufus Norris, director of the National Theatre.
The countdown to the return of Stranger Things is on!
Naman Ramachandran The Asian Film Awards Academy has revealed several events around the annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Veteran filmmakers, jury president of this year’s awards, Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, will share their filmmaking experiences and artistic concepts in a joint masterclass. Thai star Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn (“2gether” series and film) known as Win, will be honored with the AFA Rising Star Award and the event will host the world premiere of his new film “Under Parallel Skies.” There will also be six themed panel discussions featuring actors Wan Fang (Taiwan), Rachel Leung and Yoyo Tse (both Hong Kong), Tergel Bold-Erdene (Mongolia), Awat Ratanapintha (Thailand) and Shirata Mihaya (Japan).
Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers won Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year honors from the Dorian Film Awards, the annual honors bestowed GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
A lot of A-List stars are in attendance at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards!
The best in independent film and television is being celebrated today at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards!
The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards are set to take place Sunday, February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica, celebrating the year’s best in independent film and television.
It was a bittersweet night for the cast of Succession at the SAG Awards!
“Stranger Things,” which is ending its trailblazing run on Netflix with its upcoming fifth and final season.“I’ve watched it every season with relish. I just love it,” Hamilton told Us Weekly. “So it’s kind of like imposter syndrome where I don’t [feel that I] fit in there.“That’s a whole world set in the ’80s.”Still, Hamilton said that because she’s such a fan of the series that made it even harder to accept that she was now part of the cast.“When you really buy into something, you don’t see yourself in it,” she said.
Naman Ramachandran Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £6.9 million ($8.7 million), according to numbers from Comscore. Universal’s animation “Migration” dropped a spot to second place with £2.7 million in its third weekend and now has a total of £13.5 million.
Stranger Things season four aired between May and July 2022, but fans will be waiting a while for more episodes as filming hasn’t even started on the fifth and final season.
Joe Keery is known to the world as bully-turned-baby-sitter, Steve, in the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things. The show is currently in the process of filming its final season, but fans desperate for their next fix of the actor can currently find him starring in new movie Marmalade. Available now on digital platforms, Marmalade is a quirky crime noir thriller with an added helping of romance.
Terminator star Linda Hamilton has revealed that she won’t be watching season five of Netflix‘s hit sci-fi series, Stranger Things.In June last year, it was announced that Hamilton has been cast in the final season of the Netflix series, though details surrounding her role are currently kept under wraps. Now, speaking to US Weekly!, the veteran actor has jokingly explained why she won’t be watching the final season of Stranger Things.A long-time fan of the show, Hamilton shared that she doesn’t think she “belongs” in the Stranger Things universe, likening her casting to imposter syndrome: “I’ve watched every season with relish.
Linda Hamilton has been a longtime fan of Stranger Things, but her experience with the show has changed since she joined the cast.
Linda Hamilton is joining the final season of Stranger Things and recently teased participating in the Netflix series.
The countdown to the return of Stranger Things is on!
Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn is set to star in a brand new horror thriller titled Relapse.The movie will mark the directorial debut of author Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote American Psycho and Less Than Zero among other novels.Quinn will play Matt Cullen, a young man whose sheltered life is altered when he witnesses a shocking death at a party. After time spent at rehab, Matt is seemingly back in a stable condition.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Víctor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” and Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” dominated this year’s 21st ICS Awards, winning the top prizes. “Close Your Eyes,” which picked up best picture and best director, revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a Spanish actor during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police concludes that he has suffered an accident on the edge of a cliff.
Naman Ramachandran The BBC has commissioned feature documentary “ABBA: Against The Odds” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Swedish group winning the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place this year in Sweden. The documentary will be produced by multi-award winning documentary makers Rogan Productions (“Freddie Mercury: The Final Act”) and directed by James Rogan. It will tell the story of ABBA’s greatest period of musical achievement framed between the albums “Arrival” (1976) and “Super Trooper” (1980).
The trailer for Millie Bobby Brown‘s new Netflix film Damsel has arrived!
Naman Ramachandran Kylie Minogue will receive the Brits Global Icon award at this year’s ceremony on March 2, “in recognition of her career spanning across five decades as one of the world’s most successful and iconic music stars,” the organizers said. The Brits Icon is the highest accolade given by the Brit Awards, with previous winners including Elton John, Robbie Williams, David Bowie and Taylor Swift. Minogue, who is also nominated for international artist of the year, is confirmed to perform on the night, joining the previously announced Dua Lipa and Raye.