Monday, August 16, 2021
In "Don't Breathe 2," now playing in theaters, Stephen Lang returns as the blind man and former Navy SEAL Norman Nordstrom, who is harboring a terrible secret about his wicked ways. He uses …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 14, 2021
"Free Guy," in theaters Aug. 13, revolves around a world within a world " the video game "Free City." Ryan Reynolds plays Guy, a background character in the game drawn into the action by Jod…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 11, 2021
To re-create iconic looks for Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect," which opens in theaters Aug. 13, Tony award-winning costume designer Clint Ramos immersed himself in books about the Queen of …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Friday, August 6, 2021
Anyone who has studied theater and dance will know the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and its founder. Not only did Ailey form a dance movement, but his company also became a pioneering …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 28, 2021
In "Nine Days," out this Friday in theaters, Winston Duke plays Will, a man who spends his lonely days and nights monitoring the lives of humans on a wall of vintage TV sets inside his home.…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19PM[SHARE]Friday, July 16, 2021
"Central Park" creator Josh Gad actually called the election results early during a Zoom call with the show's composers Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel. "I'll never forget that because we al…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:04PM[SHARE]Returning director Adam Robitel had production designer Edward Thomas raise the stakes for the sequel to 2019's "Escape Room." The new challenges in "Escape Room: Tournament of Champions," i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 7, 2021
SPOILER ALERT:Â Do not read if you have not yet watched "We the People," streaming now on Netflix. "We the People," doesn't just teach civics, it also mixes music and animation as storytel…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM[SHARE]As very early Oscar prospects start to emerge, a few pundits are placing bets on how many nods Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights" could garner. Possible contenders include the original song "Home…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM[SHARE]Friday, June 11, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous celebration of the Washington Heights neighborhood, "In The Heights" has finally arrived on the big screen and HBO Max… and also Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music an…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 10, 2021
"In the Heights" production designer Nelson Coates had an important task from Lin-Manuel Miranda: The bodegas for the film adaptation of the stage show needed to be located east of Broadway,…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AM[SHARE]Monday, June 7, 2021
While filming Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights" (out in theaters and HBO Max on Friday) cinematographer Alice Brooks fell in love with "the people, the smells, the sounds and the taste of Washin…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:17PM[SHARE]Friday, June 4, 2021
Whether it's "Ratched" "Pose" or "The Politician," Ryan Murphy's visual canvas is bold and vibrant and often filled with glitz and glamour. You could say the same of the music of Murphy's wo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PM[SHARE]"Far Too Late," the first song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cinderella," has been released ahead of the album drop on July 9.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 3, 2021
Costume designer Mitchell Travers took to the streets to research the looks for "In the Heights," set in Manhattan's lively Washington Heights neighborhood. Travers spent hours photographing…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PM[SHARE]A look at the world building through the eyes of production designers. David Willson ("Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"), Martin Childs ("The Crown") and Mark Friedberg ("The Underground Railr…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:04PM[SHARE]Outliers in the music supervision field this Emmy season include "RuPaul's Drag Race," which used songs by Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears performed as the queens battle it o…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 26, 2021
From the black leather jacket in "Fatal Attraction" to her zebra-print coat dress from "101 Dalmatians," Glenn Close has more than 56 costumes and accessories from characters she has played …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 15, 2021
With the script for Brian Baugh's "Finding You" (in theaters May 14) centering around violinist Finley (Rose Reid) traveling to the Irish coast for a semester, composer Kieran Kiely couldn't…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:37PM[SHARE]Friday, May 14, 2021
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume most typical pre-pandemic activities without wearing …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE]The East High Wildcats from "High School Musical: The Musical " The Series" return to Disney Plus for a second season May 14, which opens, appropriately enough, with a big song-and-dance num…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:18PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 1, 2021
Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights" will kick off the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival with a special preview screening on June 4 at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre. The film adaptat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Viola Davis transforms into the Mother of the Blues for her award-winning role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" " and while she delivers a powerhouse performance, former Ikette and soul singer …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PM[SHARE]Anthony Powell, the three-time Oscar-winning costume designer known for helping shape the looks of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones and Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil, has died. He was 85. The C…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:16AM[SHARE]Monday, April 12, 2021
This past weekend, singer, songwriter and actor Leslie Odom Jr. performed "Speak Now" at the BAFTA Awards as part of its opening night ceremony. The evening was hosted by radio and TV presen…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:56PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 11, 2021
David Fincher's "Mank" and Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" were among the winners at the Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night " both are also Oscar nominees for best production design. I…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:28AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Double Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr. was among the craftsmen and craftswomen at Variety's Artisans Awards offering advice on how to get into the field they work in. Odom Jr. said, "Starti…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:54PM[SHARE]Monday, April 5, 2021
Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous SAG Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." His widow Taylor Simone Ledward accepted the award a…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 14, 2021
Michele Farinola is no stranger to producing music documentaries: Her credits include "Foo Fighters: Back And Forth," "George Harrison: Living In The Material World," and most recently, "Lin…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The Broadway production of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" was a spectacle that married different dance styles, from cancan and jazz to classic musical theater. Choreographer Sonya Tayeh's bigge…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 28, 2021
Being in the entertainment industry is challenging but comes with rewards, so when I was asked to talk about what Black history meant to me, I couldn't start the conversation without mention…
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