Cinema, Theater & TV news

• Nick Jonas Found Out About His First-Ever Golden Globe Nomination in a Terrifying Way

  11-12-2017 23:28 via feeds.eonline.com
  Nick Jonas is officially having a very good year.
  2017 was filled with firsts for the Hollywood triple threat: He had his first part in a major studio blockbuster, with this month's...
  
  Read more

• Disneyland Paris gaat theater slopen en opnieuw opbouwen - Looopings.nl

  11-12-2017 23:19
  Looopings.nl
  Disneyland Paris gaat theater slopen en opnieuw opbouwen
  Looopings.nl
  Een theater in Disneyland Paris wordt binnenkort afgebroken en weer opnieuw opgebouwd. Er is een vergunning verleend voor de sloop van The Chaparral Theater in themagebied Frontierland, gelegen in het Disneyland Park. De showlocatie maakt echter niet ...
  
  Read more

• The Carpetbagger: James Franco Can Relate to Tommy Wiseau

  11-12-2017 23:13 via nytimes.com
  With a Golden Globe nomination for “The Disaster Artist,” the actor, director and recent “SNL” host talks about making a good movie about a bad one, and the wave of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood.
  
  Read more

• Zac Efron Reveals Why The Greatest Showman Is Different From High School Musical

  11-12-2017 23:12 via feeds.eonline.com
  Shout it--or sing it--from the rooftops: Zac Efron is back to working on musicals.Close to a decade after appearing in Hairspray and the final High School Musical movie, the Hollywood...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Creed 2 Tags Steven Caple Jr. to Replace Sylvester Stallone As Director

  11-12-2017 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sylvester Stallone is no longer directing Creed 2, according to Deadline. Filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. will step in to direct the Creed sequel, starring Stallone and Michael B. Jordan. MGM and Warner Bros. made the announcement Monday. “The character of Adonis Creed reflects this generation and its challenges,” Stallone said....More »
  
  Read more

• The Walking Dead: season eight, episode eight recap – How It's Gotta Be

  11-12-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The mid-season finale delivered its usual plot jolt and cliffhanger – this time it’s the fate of Carl that hangs in the balance as the writers flirt with going off scriptSpoiler alert: this blog is usually published after The Walking Dead airs in the US on Sundays. This week it launches after the UK on Fox on Monday at 9pm, but do not read unless you have watched season eight, episode eightSo one of two things is going to happen: either Carl is going to die: meaning The Walking Dead
  
  Read more

• Beyoncé Is Finally Back at No. 1 Where She Belongs

  11-12-2017 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  After nearly a decade, America has finally corrected a great injustice: Beyoncé has another No. 1 song. On this week’s Billboard Hot 100, her remix to Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” has debuted on top, giving Bey her first No. 1 song since 2008’s “Single Ladies.” 2008! Barack Obama hadn’t even been...More »
  
  Read more

• The Most Giftable Vintage Books According to Designers and Writers

  11-12-2017 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the oddities of book-jacket design is that an author rarely gets a say in how his book gets dressed. Marketing teams work with art directors to choose covers based on what will move off a shelf display. That means that here and there, books get new covers, rendering...More »
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Review: Cruel Intentions: The Musical

  11-12-2017 21:00
  The cult film about rich sociopaths is now an off-Broadway musical.
  
  Read more

• Mario Batali taking leave from restaurant empire after claims of sexual misconduct

  11-12-2017 20:50 via theguardian.com
  The celebrity chef said ‘I take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain I have caused’ after at least four women reported incidents The chef Mario Batali has surrendered oversight of daily operations at his restaurant empire following reports of sexual misconduct over a period of at least 20 years. The online site Eater New York, part of Vox Media, reported on Monday that the incidents involve at least four women, three of whom worked for Batali. One of the women, none o
  
  Read more

• The Carpetbagger: Jessica Chastain Feared Speaking Out Would Hurt Her Career

  11-12-2017 20:49 via nytimes.com
  The Golden Globe nomination on Monday was especially gratifying for the “Molly’s Game” actress, who has been an outspoken critic of sexual harassment.
  
  Read more

• The 2017 Script Black List Has Been Revealed

  11-12-2017 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each year, nearly 300 movie-industry executives vote to determine the most buzz-worthy scripts that have yet to be made into films. The finalists become the Black List, which, if you’re a screenwriter, is a distinction you definitely want to achieve. The Post was near the top of last year’s Black...More »
  
  Read more

• Celebrating Barbara Cook’s Life With Songs and Stories

  11-12-2017 20:46 via nytimes.com
  “A Tribute to Barbara Cook” will honor her life and work with a night of songs, stories and speeches on Dec. 18. Ms. Cook died this year at age 89.
  
  Read more

• Vulture Festival and Search Party’s Epic Scavenger Hunt

  11-12-2017 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  From bull riding to hot-dog eating, the cast of Search Party joined fans for a scavenger hunt around Hollywood....More »
  
  Read more

• Sara Kroos maakt theater van haar zware depressie, en dat vergeet je niet gauw - Trouw

  11-12-2017 20:42
  Trouw
  Sara Kroos maakt theater van haar zware depressie, en dat vergeet je niet gauw
  Trouw
  De grote, ontwortelde boom op het toneel geeft al aan dat Sara Kroos een stormachtige tijd achter de rug heeft. Begin vorig jaar moest de cabaretière voorstellingen afzeggen en verdween ze een tijdje van de radar. Achteraf bleek het een zware depressie ...
  
  Read more

• TV presenter Keith Chegwin dies aged 60 – video obituary

  11-12-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  The TV presenter Keith Chegwin, best known for fronting the popular children's programmes Cheggers Plays Pop and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at home after a battle with a lung condition. He was known in recent years for appearances on Celebrity Big Brother, Dancing on Ice and the Ricky Gervais sitcom ExtrasKeith Chegwin, TV presenter, dies aged 60Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• The 10 Best Music Videos of 2017

  11-12-2017 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Now presenting your new favorite comedic actress: Camila Cabello. Rather than a hypersexualized run-of-the-mill music video, Cabello and Dave Meyers went bigger. They wrote and shot an entire telenovela in which Cabello stars, but also watches as a nerdy, less confident version of herself. It hits all the soap opera...More »
  
  Read more

• A Fact-checked Guide to I, Tonya

  11-12-2017 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The upcoming biopic I, Tonya is a darkly comedic rendering of the life of figure skater Tonya Harding — from her early days at the ice rink in Portland, Oregon’s Lloyd Center mall to the Nancy Kerrigan incident and her subsequent flameout at the Lillehammer Olympic Games in 1994. Breaking...More »
  
  Read more

• Review: ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Is a Holiday Treat Worth Savoring

  11-12-2017 20:27 via nytimes.com
  The British panto tradition finds a welcoming home on the Lower East Side.
  
  Read more

• Polish broadcaster fine sparks press attack claim

  11-12-2017 20:27 via ft.com
  Media regulator clamps down on TV channel for coverage of political spat
  
  Read more

• Recent Openings

  11-12-2017 20:07 via nytimes.com
  New shows in New York include "Iphigenia 2.0" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
  
  Read more

• Laurie Metcalf on Her Golden Globe Nomination for Lady Bird and Shooting Marion’s Big Driving Scene

  11-12-2017 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Oh man,” Laurie Metcalf says over the phone the morning she’s received a Golden Globe nomination for playing Marion McPherson, Saoirse Ronan’s mom in Lady Bird. “What a time I’ve having. Jeez!” In addition to accumulating a series of nominations — and wins — this awards season for her work...More »
  
  Read more

• Live Briefing: 2018 Golden Globe Nominations Led by ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’

  11-12-2017 20:02 via nytimes.com
  “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy, led the way with seven nominations, while the newspaper drama “The Post” had six.
  
  Read more

• Golden Globes Briefing: ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations

  11-12-2017 20:02 via nytimes.com
  “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy, led the way with seven nominations, while the newspaper drama “The Post” had six.
  
  Read more

• Rosie O’Donnell Revisits Her Battles With Trump in the Wake of #MeToo

  11-12-2017 19:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  2017 was a tough year for Rosie O’Donnell: The man who publicly targeted her for years — and did so repeatedly during the lead-up to the election — had unexpectedly ascended to the presidency, where he was free to unleash his familiar bullying tactics on the rest of the world....More »
  
  Read more

• Review: A Gothic Tennessee Williams Mash-Up in ‘Glass Guignol’

  11-12-2017 19:50 via nytimes.com
  The venerable experimental troupe Mabou Mines incorporates “Frankenstein,” fetishwear and puppetry in excavating the playwright’s obsessions.
  
  Read more

• Why a Short Story About a Terrible Date Went Viral

  11-12-2017 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The internet latches on to new obsessions all the time. Yet this weekend, the item being shared, debated, and dissected was not a Bad Take or a groundbreaking feature or a shocking sexual-harassment exposé — it was a New Yorker short story called “Cat Person.”Written by Kristen Roupenian (her first...More »
  
  Read more

• Someone Alert Angela Bassett: We’re Getting a New Tina Turner Memoir

  11-12-2017 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thirty-two years after I, Tina, we’re getting a sequel. Tina Turner has announced her second autobiography, Tina Turner: My Love Story, published by Atria, will be out in October 2018. Her first, released in 1986, detailed the horrific domestic violence Turner endured at the hands of her ex-husband Ike, which...More »
  
  Read more

• Sorry, Preet Bharara, That SNL Pizza Sketch Was Funny As Hell

  11-12-2017 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Late Saturday night, early Sunday morning, Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and current podcast host/professional Trump opposer, and me, a pop-culture journalist and host of a podcast that one commenter described as “where humor goes to die,” were doing the same thing:...More »
  
  Read more

• The Golden Globes Nominations Prove That Hollywood's Woman Problem Is Even Worse Than We Thought

  11-12-2017 19:19 via feeds.eonline.com
  We're in the middle of a revolution. It's a cultural revolution, but it started in Hollywood. Thanks to a group of extremely brave women who spoke out despite threats both legal and...
  
  Read more

• Defining the Decade in Pop

  11-12-2017 19:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every era of music has its own recognizable sounds, from the tightly orchestrated pop and swampy psych rock of the ’60s to the plush disco and winsome adult contemporary songs of the ’70s, the brazen synthetics of the ’80s, and the dour guitar rock of the ’90s. Changes were often...More »
  
  Read more

• The Star Wars Prequels Should Have Fewer Human-Sized Aliens

  11-12-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the lead-up to Rian Johnson’s much-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we look back at the first Jedi (narratively speaking) with a week of content about the much-beloved and never-disparaged Prequel trilogy.Last week, I watched the Star Wars prequels for the first time, because Vulture had decided to do...More »
  
  Read more

• 3 Big Ways The Grand Tour Went Back to Its Top Gear Roots for Season Two

  11-12-2017 18:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you ask anyone why they enjoy watching The Grand Tour — or the BBC’s original iteration of Top Gear — you’ll hear a lot about the cheeky chemistry shared between Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, but not so much about the actual motor vehicles. “Top Gear’s not...More »
  
  Read more

• Apple confirms plans to buy music recognition app Shazam

  11-12-2017 18:48 via ft.com
  Deal would be iPhone maker’s biggest since $3bn acquisition of Beats Electronics
  
  Read more

• Keith Chegwin – a career in clips

  11-12-2017 18:33 via theguardian.com
  Whether he was chasing hovercrafts, doorstepping celebrities or standing up to Katie Hopkins, the late TV legend always remained irrepressibly upbeatKeith Chegwin, TV presenter, dies aged 60Keith Chegwin began his career as a child actor, starring in Robin Hood Junior, various sitcoms, and – weirdly – Roman Polanski’s ultra-violent take on Macbeth. More typical was this none-more-70s chopper-bike caper, Betcher!, featuring a cameo from Herman’s Hermits frontman Peter Noon
  
  Read more

• Review: ‘Just Getting Started’ Has Big Names, Not Big Laughs

  11-12-2017 18:30 via nytimes.com
  The writer-director Ron Shelton returns to his favorite themes in this comedy starring Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo.
  
  Read more

• Tom Colicchio Says ‘No One Should Be Surprised’ About Mario Batali Sexual-Harassment Allegations

  11-12-2017 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mario Batali became the latest high-profile man to take a leave of absence from his business following sexual-harassment allegations from multiple women. An Eater report published Monday morning revealed several accusations of inappropriate touching and other misconduct, where women say Batali grabbed them from behind or rubbed their breasts. Fellow...More »
  
  Read more

• 2018 Golden Globe Nominations: Full List

  11-12-2017 18:06 via nytimes.com
  A complete list of the nominees for the 2018 Golden Globe awards.
  
  Read more

• What You Need to Know Before Seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi

  11-12-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In December of 2015, the Force heard its alarm clock, winced, squirmed in its high-thread-count sheets, contemplated hitting the snooze button, then thought better of it and chose to awaken. This week, Disney and Lucasfilm are finally picking up the threads laid down in Star Wars: Episode VII — The...More »
  
  Read more

• The 4 Things That Helped Gary Oldman Disappear Into Winston Churchill

  11-12-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Gary Oldman was first offered the part of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, he thought about turning it down. “You’re asked to play who many would consider the greatest Brit who ever lived, an iconic British figure with all the ghosts of the other people who have played him,”...More »
  
  Read more

• Live Briefing: Golden Globes Nominations Led by ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’

  11-12-2017 18:00 via nytimes.com
  “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy, led the way with seven nominations, while the newspaper drama “The Post” had six.
  
  Read more

• Armie Hammer on His First Golden Globe Nomination: I Feel Like I Already Won

  11-12-2017 17:50 via feeds.eonline.com
  It wasn't exactly a surprise when Armie Hammer received a Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination--his first!--at the 2018 Golden Globes for his role in Call Me by Your...
  
  Read more

• Live Briefing: Golden Globes: ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ Top Nominations

  11-12-2017 17:24 via nytimes.com
  “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy, led the way with seven nominations, while the newspaper drama “The Post” had six.
  
  Read more

• Fresku nog even door in theater - RTL Nieuws - RTL Nieuws

  11-12-2017 17:17
  RTL Nieuws
  Fresku nog even door in theater - RTL Nieuws
  RTL Nieuws
  Fresku gaat nog even door met zijn theatershow Welkom bij de Fresku Show. Vanaf half januari tot half maart zijn er extra voorstellingen gepland.
  Fresku vanaf januari opnieuw in het theaterMaxazine
  Fresku gaat vanaf januari opnieuw het theater inSoundflowalle 4 nieuwsartikelen »
  
  Read more

• The Carpetbagger: The Movie Surprises and Snubs of the 2018 Golden Globes

  11-12-2017 17:13 via nytimes.com
  “Wonder Woman” got nothing; neither did Jake Gyllenhaal or Tiffany Haddish. “All the Money in the World,” which was to star Kevin Spacey, drew 3 nominations.
  
  Read more

• The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2017

  11-12-2017 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Gordon Smith, this was a characteristically densely packed and emotionally intense, yet paradoxically calm and focused, episode of Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan’s great series. The peak is the cross-examination of Chuck (Michael McKean) by his brother Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), a moment of...More »
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_cinema on Twitter!