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Emma Heming Willis to Write Book on Being a Caregiver to Bruce Willis After His Dementia Diagnosis
Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis is ready to chronicle her journey of being a caregiver to husband Bruce Willis. Heming Willis is set to release a book to share her experience as a care partner to Willis after he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, it was announced Monday. The yet-to-be-titled book, to be published in […]
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Sara Bareilles to Score Stage Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s ‘The Interestings’
Sara Bareilles is writing the score for a stage adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s novel The Interestings. The show will feature a book by Sarah Ruhl, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and The Clean House. The musical is currently in development, with additional details about a production timeline […]
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Hinton Battle, Three-Time Tony Winner and Original ‘The Wiz’ Actor, Dies at 67
Hinton Battle, the Tony-winning performer who originated the role of The Scarecrow in Broadway’s The Wiz, has died. He was 67. The actor died Tuesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness. In a statement, a rep told The Hollywood Reporter that his family has no plans to disclose his […]
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Late Folk Legend Melanie on Her “Terrifying” Woodstock Breakout: “It Was Like Being Fed to the Lions”
As the 50th anniversary of Woodstock approached, in 2019, I set out to find Melanie, the folk singer who shot to prominence in the late 1960s. I was curious to know how someone once so famous — known so widely that a first name alone would do — could now be so, well, not famous? […]
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Evan Rachel Wood, Darren Criss on Stepping Into ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: “We’re Both These Little Theater ’90s Nerds”
It’s early afternoon on a Friday when Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood pick up the phone, just five days before they are set to debut as the new Seymour and Audrey in off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors. Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over […]
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The Gamble of Francis Ford Coppola’s Career (Exclusive Excerpt)
Francis Ford Coppola has been thinking about utopia his whole career. His upcoming, self-financed epic Megalopolis is about just that. But his first experiment with utopia climaxed in 1980 with the creation of Zoetrope Studios, which he imagined would be its own top-to-bottom, all-encompassing, soul-enriching creative ecosystem free of Hollywood dysfunction. Its initial project was to be […]
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Hollywood Ghostwriters Tell All (Including Their Names)
One of the ghostwriter’s most valuable skills is getting their subjects to talk. So, when I gathered L.A.’s most successful ghostwriters at the Formosa Cafe to gossip, they knew all my tricks. In desperation, I went with the most transparent of all reporting techniques — buying them all fruity cocktails. A reputation for discretion is not […]
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‘The Great Gatsby’ Musical to Open on Broadway in April
The Great Gatsby musical, the highest grossing show in Off-Broadway theater Paper Mill Playhouse’s history, will be coming to Broadway this spring. The musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s acclaimed novel will debut at The Broadway Theatre on April 25, the show’s lead producer Chunsoo Shin announced on Tuesday. Directed by Marc Bruni, Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada are set to reprise […]
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‘Yellow Face,’ Starring Daniel Dae Kim, Opening On Broadway in September
Daniel Dae Kim will star in the Broadway premiere of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face next season. The play, which is inspired by real events, follows a playwright protesting the casting of white actors playing Asian roles in Miss Saigon, and then mistakenly casting a white actor as an Asian lead in his own play. […]
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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Will Be Adapted for the Stage
A stage adaptation of Prince’s film Purple Rain is under development, with a world premiere in the works. The adaptation will feature a score by Prince, who died in 2016, a book by Pulitzer-Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose play Appropriate is currently on Broadway, and direction by Lileana Blain-Cruz, who recently helmed Skin of Our […]
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Nicole Scherzinger to Star in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway in 2024
Jamie Lloyd’s production of Sunset Boulevard will transfer to Broadway in 2024, with Nicole Scherzinger reprising her role as Norma Desmond. The revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical moves to Broadway from London, where it has been playing since September. Scherzinger will be joined on Broadway by her London co-stars: Tom Francis as Joe […]
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Mbongeni Ngema, Renowned South African Playwright and Creator of ‘Sarafina!,’ Dies at 68
Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family said. “Ngema was killed in a head-on car accident while returning from a funeral he was attending in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape this evening,” his family said in a statement Wednesday. The […]
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The Hollywood Reporter’s Favorite Illustrations of 2023
Throughout 2023, The Hollywood Reporter‘s art department conceived and commissioned nearly 120 illustrations for stories serious, stylish and satirical. Below are 25 favorites. Attack of the Chatbots: Screenwriters’ Friend or Foe? Illustration by Antonio SortinoArt direction by Peter B. CuryRead the story. Guest Column: ‘Stranger at the Gate’ EP Malala Yousafzai on Entertainment’s “Power to […]
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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Gives the Fanbase What They Want With Audacious Style
With the Duffer Brothers on board as "creative producers," Netflix's 'Stranger Things' arrives on London's West End with a three-hour, effects-driven stage spectacle spinning a new origin story for the nefarious Vecna.
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Dick Wolf to Donate 200 Works of Art to The Met
Dick Wolf has made his mark on Hollywood — and soon the prolific producer will leave a lasting legacy at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Law & Order creator is gifting The Met more than 200 works of Renaissance and Baroque art — including rare pieces by Botticelli and Vincent van Gogh — as […]
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The 10 Best Songs of 2023
R&B girlies sampling hip-hop classics, Latin divas tag-teaming for a knockout hit and Billie channeling Barbie were among favorites of THR's senior music editor.
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