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fromThe New Yorker
16 hours ago

The Unexpected Sweetness of Bill and Ted's "Waiting for Godot"

A monumental, twenty-four-foot tunnel set by Soutra Gilmour transforms Waiting for Godot into a visually commanding production that dwarfs actors and reshapes stage dynamics.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 day ago

RuPaul's Drag Race offers update on franchise future

Announced today (2 October) via a video posted to Drag Race production company World of Wonder's social media accounts featuring Mama Ru herself, the next instalment is getting ready to snatch wigs, with applicants able to submit applications until 14 November. "If you have the Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent it takes to become America's Next Drag Superstar, we want to hear from you!" the post reads, with a link to the application portal. And with some spooky white contacts, Mama Ru says in the video: "Casting for season 19 of RuPaul's Drag Race is now open."
Television
Television
fromBustle
2 days ago

Jonathan Bailey Teased His Role In Future 'Bridgerton' Seasons

Jonathan Bailey will remain on Bridgerton while pursuing larger projects, supporting younger cast members, and continuing Anthony Bridgerton's role and family leadership.
fromPlaybill
2 days ago

Colby Minifie and Amy Forsyth Will Lead The Wasp in an NYC Financial District Loft

Casting has been revealed for the upcoming site-specific staging of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's The Wasp. The Olivier Award-winning playwright's psychological thriller will be performed in a private loft in NYC's Financial District, with performances running October 23-November 15. Rory McGregor is at the helm.
Arts
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

If you get it wrong, it's sacrilegious!' TV's problem with Irish accents

Accurate Irish accents require dedication, research, and talent; miscast performers and poor dialect work create notorious failures that stereotype Irish speech.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

White male filmmakers often depict revolutionary Black women problematically, altering racial identities in adaptations and underusing Black actresses in significant roles.
Film
fromTODAY.com
1 week ago

Rick Moranis Returns to the Screen for 'Spaceballs 2' After Leaving Hollywood to Raise His Kids

Rick Moranis is coming out of retirement to reprise Lord Dark Helmet in Spaceballs 2, with production underway and a theatrical release planned for 2027.
#julia-garner
Film
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Chase Infiniti Is the Heart and Soul of PT Anderson's New Movie

Chase Infiniti landed a lead role at 23 in PT Anderson's ambitious, Pynchon-influenced alternate-reality action epic opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
Television
fromVulture
1 week ago

The Golden Bachelor Season-Premiere Recap: Kiss Now And Kiss Later

Mel, a former Michigan football player and ex-Rams, faces scandal after ageist podcast comments and must rebuild trust amid a mostly older, conventionally attractive cast.
fromVulture
4 months ago

Every Tiny Speck of Wicked: For Good Crumbs

On Wednesday, May 21, the Wicked movies' Instagram account started an ominous countdown. "Six months" a title card read over a single foreboding piano chord. Six months? Six months until we see a movie that was filmed before the first movie even came out. Six months until we'll finally get to hear those newly written songs. Six months until Cynthia Erivo utters the most controversial word ever to hit musical-theater schools across the country: " Fiyero!"
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Television
fromBustle
1 week ago

These 'TSITP' Stars Share Their Hopes For A Prequel Spinoff

Jackie Chung and Rachel Blanchard support a prequel exploring Laurel and Susannah's college origins, creative choices, friendship beginnings, and formative family moments.
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

The Angry Birds Movie 3 Release Date Moves Up, Adds MrBeast To Cast

Earlier this year, Paramount set January 29, 2027 as the release date for The Angry Birds Movie 3. But now, the film is being moved up by just over a month to arrive ahead of Christmas 2026. The new release date for The Angry Birds Movie 3 is December 23, 2026. As reported by Deadline, YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast has been added to the voice cast of The Angry Birds Movie 3 alongside Webby Award winner Salish Matter.
Film
Film
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

Scream Duo Tease Their Reunion In Five Nights At Freddy's 2

Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich reunite in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, with Lillard reprising William Afton and the film releasing December 5.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 weeks ago

Macauley Culkin, Brenda Song, Andy Samberg and David Strathairn join 'Zootopia 2' cast

Meet the Lynxleys! Andy Samberg voices Pawbert Lynxley, the easy-going runt of the powerful Lynxley family. David Strathairn is Milton Lynxley, a distinguished business-mammal and the patriarch of one of Zootopia's oldest and most prestigious families. Macauley Culkin voices Cattrick Lynxley, the ambitious oldest son of the Lynxley family. Brenda Song plays Kitty Lynxley, the sharp-tongued daughter of the Lynxley family.
Film
Film
fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

Tom Holland on 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day': 'We Are Shooting Absolute Gold'

Tom Holland shaped Spider-Man: Brand New Day's story, using online research to guide creative decisions while filming with a classic suit and returning cast.
#street-fighter
Television
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago

The Long-Awaited Follow-Up to The Office Is Finally Here-but There's a Problem

The Office stood out by casting unfamiliar, de-glammed actors who looked like ordinary people, enabling a wider pool of improv talent and a mockumentary feel.
Film
fromVulture
4 weeks ago

How Composer John Williams Saved Home Alone

John Williams unexpectedly scored Home Alone, elevating a modest $18 million family comedy with a richly orchestrated, emotionally resonant soundtrack.
#reality-tv
#broadway
#harry-potter
Film
fromVulture
1 year ago

New Suspects Have Arrived for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man, beginning production in June and arriving on Netflix in 2025.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Gets Surprise Last-Minute Delay

Mortal Kombat 2 was slated to begin its box office battle on October 24, but Warner Bros. and New Line have called an audible. The studios have decided to postpone the upcoming MK sequel until summer 2026. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mortal Kombat 2 will now debut in theaters on May 15, 2026. Typically, the beginning of May isn't an ideal space for anything that isn't a big-budget blockbuster.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 month ago

Find Your Power: Advice to New Filmmakers from Side Hustle Director Abby Harri

A young woman asked, "Did you always want to direct or did casting work inspire you to direct?" My response was immediate: "I always knew I wanted to direct but my self-worth was in the gutter. So, I had to work on that most of all." She gave that answer some very enthusiastic snaps, as did others in the audience. I thought, oh yeah, a lot of people feel that
Film
#star-wars
#film-adaptation
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago
Film

"Wuthering Heights'" Casting Director Shares Four-Word Response To Margot Robbie And Jacob Elordi Backlash

fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago
Film

"Wuthering Heights'" Casting Director Shares Four-Word Response To Margot Robbie And Jacob Elordi Backlash

fromVulture
1 month ago

Veronica Cartwright Answers Every Question We Have About Alien

Shooting Alien was kind of like skipping boot camp and going straight to combat: No one was prepared for the grueling conditions under which Ridley Scott's ambitious project would be filmed. Early in the production, the bulky space suits and intense summer heat had actors passing out mid-take. Later, Scott started ratcheting up tension among the cast to intensify certain scenes, like when one character had to slap another. Props malfunctioned, the set grew claustrophobic, and the cast was sometimes left waiting around idly
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Twelfth Night review Lupita Nyong'o and Peter Dinklage anchor fun, if thin, production

The Delacorte, an open-air amphitheater in Central Park, paused its annual outdoor series of high-profile and free summer shows in 2024 to continue with a renovation, and now returns, refurbished and temporarily restocked with a bunch of familiar faces. For their production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the Public Theater has snagged Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Daphne Rubin-Vega, singer/actor Moses Sumney, and Lupita Nyong'o in the central role of Viola, opposite her real-life brother Junior as Viola's twin Sebastian.
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Film
fromRoger Ebert
1 month ago

My Window into Culture: Rachael Abigail Holder on "Love, Brooklyn" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Three Brooklyn residents navigate changing neighborhood dynamics, love, grief, and uncertain relationships amid gentrification.
#quentin-tarantino
fromVulture
2 years ago
Film

Everything We Know About Quentin Taratino's 'Final' Film, The Movie Critic

Quentin Tarantino plans The Movie Critic as his final film, inspired by a real porn-magazine film critic, with production limited by the SAG-AFTRA strike.
fromVulture
4 months ago
Film

How Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Discovered a New Generation of Stars

The casting of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' significantly launched the careers of new stars alongside established ones like DiCaprio and Pitt.
Film
fromVulture
4 months ago

How Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Discovered a New Generation of Stars

The casting of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' significantly launched the careers of new stars alongside established ones like DiCaprio and Pitt.
Music
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

'Paddington the Musical' is coming to London's West End this autumn - and the cast has been confirmed

Paddington the Musical will likely adapt the 2014 film and opens at the Savoy Theatre with a confirmed principal cast and creative team.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

If the devil did exist, he'd be just such a gentleman': Neil Jordan remembers Terence Stamp

And we had a problem. With Angela Carter, I had written a scene where the devil drives a cream-coloured Rolls-Royce through an imaginary forest, chauffeured by the young dreamer Rosaleen, played by Sarah Patterson. My initial thought was for Andy Warhol to play the devil. Those pale-blue eyes and that blank expression framed by the blond wig. Andy read the script and liked it.
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Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

The Traitors Is Getting a Normie Season

NBC is producing its own civilian version of The Traitors, hosted by Alan Cumming, filming in Scotland.
Music
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Balls: Monster-Catchin' Musical Is A Hoot Of A Pokemon Parody

Stuart Zagnit, the original voice of Professor Oak, joined 'Balls: The Monster-Catchin' Musical' after the lead actor dropped out.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Air Bud Returns Launches National Search for Goodest Boy

A nationwide talent search for a new Air Bud is underway, targeting athletic golden retrievers.
Television
fromBustle
1 month ago

Ella Stiller's 'AJLT' Role Has A Family Connection

Ella Stiller joins And Just Like That as Mia, a character with a direct connection to her own family through a surprising storyline.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I went vegan on the second day of filming': James Cromwell on making Babe, the talking pig classic

Chris Noonan fought for a casting change for Babe, resulting in an American actor portraying a British character despite studio pressure.
#zelda
#legend-of-zelda
#nintendo
fromVulture
2 months ago

Evan Rachel Wood 'Would Have Happily Rejoined' Her Practical Magic Sisters

I am getting asked about this a lot, so I’ll just clear it up now; I was not asked to come back and be in the #PracticalMagic sequel. I offered my services, even if it was one scene or one line. I was told they are re-casting.
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#squid-game
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

'We all want to be Superman; Superman wants to be us,' says James Gunn

James Gunn emphasizes casting David Corenswet as Superman for his ability to embody the character's physicality, emotional range, and humor.
Film
fromJezebel
2 months ago

No Offense, But I Don't Need These People in 'The Devil Wears Prada' Sequel

The sequel to The Devil Wears Prada has been greenlit, featuring a star-studded cast including Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

We would never do that': Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script

Ringo Starr intervened in the Beatles biopic script to clarify his relationship with Maureen.
#james-bond
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Film

Smooth with a sinister edge': readers on who the next James Bond should be

The next James Bond should embody danger, with Tom Hardy being a prime candidate.
fromNew York Post
5 months ago
UK politics

Exclusive | The name's Bond, James Bond - Which stars could get 007's license to kill amid Amazon shakeups, according to experts

The future of the James Bond franchise is in flux following its sale to Amazon MGM Studios and the departure of Daniel Craig.
UK politics
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

Exclusive | The name's Bond, James Bond - Which stars could get 007's license to kill amid Amazon shakeups, according to experts

The future of the James Bond franchise is in flux following its sale to Amazon MGM Studios and the departure of Daniel Craig.
UK news
fromwww.newsshopper.co.uk
3 months ago

Londoners invited to apply for new series of Channel 4's Virgin Island

Channel 4's 'Virgin Island' returns for a second season, helping adult virgins overcome intimacy fears in a luxurious retreat setting.
DC food
fromVulture
1 year ago

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's (Everything We Know About James Gunn's) Superman

James Gunn casts Wendell Pierce as Perry White for his upcoming Superman film, promising a blend of action and comedy.
Chicago White Sox
fromInsideHook
3 months ago

Jeremy Allen White's Bruce Springsteen Movie Looks Great

Jeremy Allen White successfully embodies Bruce Springsteen's essence in the upcoming biopic despite initial skepticism about the casting.
#hunger-games
fromBustle
3 months ago

A 'Friends' Star Claims She Lost The Role Of Monica Due To Her Size

"I was out in Los Angeles, and my agent said, 'Oh, I sent your picture in to this casting director for Friends... they want to still look at some other actors.'"
Women
Film
fromFlowingData
3 months ago

Asian misrepresentation in American films

The match rate between actor ethnicity and roles played is higher than expected, especially for Asian characters.
Independent films
fromIndieWire
3 months ago

Jeremy Saulnier on When 'Rebel Ridge' Success Went from 'Virtual' to 'Very, Very Real'

Jeremy Saulnier believes Netflix provided creative freedom in casting, contributing to the success of his film 'Rebel Ridge.'
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

All of us felt like we had touched gold': What It Feels Like for a Girl, the BBC's electric coming-of-age tale

Finding the right actor for adaptations can be as challenging as casting the role of an iconic figure like Cher.
Film
fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Kathy Bates claims she lost starring role in Garry Marshall film to Michelle Pfeiffer due to her looks

Kathy Bates reflects on being denied the movie role of Frankie due to superficial reasons linked to her appearance.
fromVulture
4 months ago

Survivor 50 Somehow Got Mike White to Come Back

Mike White returns to Survivor after years of success in television, hinting the season may draw inspiration from his critically acclaimed show, The White Lotus.
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#hbo
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago
UK news

A Black Snape' in the new Harry Potter seems designed to cause controversy but it could work | Jason Okundaye

The casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape raises concerns about racial backlash and the complexities of representation in adaptations.
fromScary Mommy
5 months ago
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HBO's 'Harry Potter' TV Series Has Revealed Its Dumbledore, Hagrid & More

HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series will cast theater actors and dedicate a season to each of the seven original books.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

A Black Snape' in the new Harry Potter seems designed to cause controversy but it could work | Jason Okundaye

The casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape raises concerns about racial backlash and the complexities of representation in adaptations.
Film
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

'American Psycho' casting director slams Austin Butler playing Patrick Bateman for a wild reason

Kerry Barden believes Austin Butler's extraordinary beauty makes him unsuitable for the role of Patrick Bateman, suggesting instead the character Paul Allen.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

It's just a book': Wuthering Heights casting director defends choice of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi

Cochrane defends casting Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, asserting artistic interpretation over strict adherence to age and ethnicity in a literary adaptation.
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago

Initially Against Lily-Rose Depp Starring In "Nosferatu," This Casting Director Is Now Apologizing

"I had to text Lily-Rose Depp and say I'm sorry. I had said absolutely no way to Lily-Rose Depp. I didn't think she could act."
Film
Film
fromIndieWire
5 months ago

Which Categories Should the Oscars Add Next?

The Oscars will add categories for casting and stunt design, signaling a shift towards greater inclusivity and recognition of artistic contributions in filmmaking.
Video games
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

'The Last of Us' fans are upset Kaitlyn Dever isn't as ripped as game Abby. A showrunner said the actor 'has the spirit of the game in her.'

The casting of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby in 'The Last of Us' season two has sparked criticism for her physical appearance compared to the game.
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