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Hairspray Live is the latest beloved musical coming to NBC after the success of Grease and The Sound of Music. It's bringing in two big Broadway stars: Jennifer Hudson in the role of Motormouth Mable and original Broadway Edna Turnblad Harvey Fierstein, reprising his Tony-winning role. Read More »
Production for Netflix's adaptation of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events books has begun in Vancouver, with Neil Patrick Harris playing the villain Count Olaf! Read More »
In Mary Poppins, Disney's preparing a sequel to the classic starring Emily Blunt -- and the project just added the hottest name in Broadway to its cast. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of smash Hamilton, will be playing a Dick Van Dyke-esque character! Read More »
After months of throwing shade to Dwayne Johnson's movie reboot of 90s show Baywatch, Pamela Anderson who originated the role of Casey Jean Parker will be back, joining the cast of the new version -- including new C.J. Parker (Kelly Rohrbach)! Read More »
Duke of Cambridge William and his brother Prince Harry made news last week after idropping by Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode 8. A new report has surfaced saying the two royals will be following Daniel Craig's footsteps ... playing stormtroopers! Read More »
After the success of live-action fairytale retellings like "Maleficent" and Jon Favreau's "Jungle Book," Disney's planning a whole new outlook of new projects based on their classics library, including sequels and remakes. Recently, the studio has confirmed a lot of projects that had been previously rumored, like the Emily Blunt-starring "Mary Poppins" and the Reese Witherspoon Tinker Bell project. Read More »
The Benedict Cumberbatch-starring mystical superhero film, "Doctor Strange," won't hit theaters until this fall but, after the first teaser, whitewashing controversy arose regarding Tilda Swinton's gender and race-bend casting as the Ancient One. Now, the film's screenwriter, C Robert Cargill ,has stepped up to talk about how the Marvel film was between a rock and a hard place. Read More »
Long before Nathan Fillion helped solve crimes on "Castle," he was the most awesome of all space cowboys, Captain Malcolm Reynolds, in Joss Whedon's short-lived and iconic "Firefly" -- and he's joining yet another powerful franchise. New set photos from James Gunn's Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," show the Serenity captain is back in space! Read More »
Ever since last summer, when the two superstars began posting pictures together, it has been established that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are as close as BFFs can be, and besides appearing together at different events, they're even writing a movie. Vanity Fair recently took advantage of the two actresses' closeness to do side-by-side interviews -- and the results are hilarious. Read More »
Prince's sudden death has taken the world by storm, and the one up side has been hearing all the tributes that have come up about the "Purple Rain" singer. In the latest great story about Prince, "The Simpsons" showrunner, Al Jean, has revealed there was one script in the 90s that never made it to the show -- and it actually tied Prince to fellow legend, Michael Jackson! Read More »
Next year, fans of David Lynch's short-lived cult series, "Twin Peaks," will finally see how the story ends, over 20 years after it was taken off the air -- and this time, it's going to be on Showtime. Recently, the subscription network announced the cast for the upcoming revival, and it includes Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder! Read More »
On "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," the comedian and HBO host talked about the current debt crisis in Puerto Rico, as things look grim for this US Caribbean territory. To better explain the situation the island is facing, Oliver brought in arguably the most famous man with Puerto Rican ancestry working right now: Lin-Manuel Miranda, the man behind Broadway smash, "Hamilton." Read More »
The countdown for the theater premiere of the "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" play, the sequel to J.K. Rowling's story about a boy wizard, shows we are only a few weeks away from the premiere date -- and we're already getting the first look at rehearsals! In a new clip, the author meets with the cast behind the scenes of London's West End event -- and she talks spoilers! Read More »
