Tanner Tolbert Calls Bachelor Guest Hosting Plans a ‘Circus’ Following Chris Harrison’s Exit

First reacting to the news that Tituss Burgess, Lance Bass, David Spade and Lil Jon will be stepping in as guest hosts on the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise, Tolbert tweeted, “Don’t get me wrong … “The host doesn’t need to be the star of the show,” Tolbert said. “But I want to watch The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise for the […]

On Location: What It Took to Build the Perfect New York Bodega for ‘In the Heights’

But picking out the parts of Washington Heights that made the movie feel like a true love letter to the neighborhood and its residents, from the sweeping views of the George Washington Bridge and the local public pool, to the sun-bleached bodegas awnings and the wares stocked inside, was the real challenge. Most of the […]

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Sets Broadway Return, Replaces Scott Rudin

“I do not want any controversy associated with me to interrupt Broadway’s well deserved return, or specifically, the return of the 1500 people working on these shows,” said the embattled theater uber-producer at the time. After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Broadway League announced that the theater industry would turn its lights back […]

Go inside the making of In the Heights with this exclusive excerpt

In the Heights: Finding Home is a joint venture with Lin-Manuel Miranda, screenwriter Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter – it combines never-before-seen photos and oral history style-storytelling to take readers onto the Washington Heights set, spilling all sorts of filming secrets. Washington Heights is dense enough, and lively enough, to offer a distilled version of […]

Riz Ahmed, Pillars Fund, USC Annenberg & Ford Foundation Unveil the Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion (EXCLUSIVE)

Now the actor, musician and producer is taking his fight one step further, by launching a multi-layered initiative for Muslim representation in media, in partnership with the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, the Ford Foundation and Pillars Fund. Looking back on that presentation, as well as his 2017 address to Parliament in his native England, Ahmed […]

Loki director confirms gender-fluidity of Tom Hiddleston’s trickster god in the MCU

It’s one thing to confirm as much, but it’ll be another thing if the series ever addresses it or depicts it in some way. Hiddleston previously addressed this aspect to the character in an interview with Inverse. Michael Waldron, the head writer on Loki, also chimed in during that same interview. Loki stars Hiddleston opposite […]

Cannes Festival Adds Ari Folman, Gaspar Noe, Bill Murray Titles to Lineup

In an announcement made Thursday, the animated feature Where Is Anne Frank? from Oscar-nominated Israeli director Ari Folman, best known for Waltz With Bashir, was included as an out of competition title, rounding out the official selection titles. Fully vaccinated travelers from orange-list countries — which also include most of Africa and Asia — will […]

George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ Box Set Announced

Executive produced by Harrison’s son Dhani, the collection will include 70 tracks stretching across five CDs , including 42 previously unheard session outtakes, studio jams and demo recordings. “Bringing greater sonic clarity to this record was always one of my father’s wishes, and it was something we were working on together right up until he passed […]

Gossip Girl reboot trailer features love triangles, threesomes, and a scandalous ‘big secret’

Set to the appropriate soundtrack of Frank Ocean’s “Super Rich Kids,” the trailer introduces us to Manhattan’s private school mavens of today: a group of friends who have known each other since they were kids. The original hit teen drama, which ran from 2007-2012 on The CW, helped launch the careers of stars like Blake […]