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Amber Iman Brings ‘Goddess’ Alive on the Public Theater Stage
The week after the opening of “Goddess” at the Public Theater, the musical’s lead Amber Iman was busy as ever. A cofounder of Black Women…
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Emmys Just Aren’t Quite Sure What to Do With Eligibility for All of This Season’s Guest Stars and Cameos
Sadly, I won’t be eligible for the Emmy guest actor race this year — nor will my Variety colleague Kate Aurthur. We made cameo appearances…
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Bridget Everett on How ‘Somebody Somewhere’ Was the Best Experience of Her Life: ‘It’s Like, Now What Am I Gonna Do?’
Bridget Everett isn’t quite sure how she could ever top “Somebody Somewhere.” The show ended its three-season run at the end of 2024 with…
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Tadanobu Asano Stars in Opening Film ‘Ravens’ as Kurosawa Kiyoshi Gets Honored at Japan Cuts Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Japan Society has announced the full lineup for the 18th edition of Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film at the organization’s New…
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Volkswagen says 20,000 workers agree to early exits
Volkswagen said about 20,000 employees will voluntarily leave the company by the end of the decade as the carmaker restructures its German…
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French Open quarter-finals: Sabalenka beats Zheng, Svitolina v Swiatek next – live
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature That was Sabalenka’s toughest test yet – and she passed it…
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‘The Visitor’ Debuts First Clip Ahead of Karlovy Vary Premiere as Totem Films Launches Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based Totem Films has shared an exclusive first-look clip of “The Visitor,” set to world premiere in the main competition at the…
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How the Broadway Musical “Maybe Happy Ending” Creates Visual Magic
The scenic designer Dane Laffrey on the inspiration he found while travelling in Tokyo and the ideas that led to the groundbreaking set…
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Jesse Williams Set to Tease Prime Video’s Italian Original ‘Hotel Costiera’ at Taormina Film Festival
Prime Video will unveil first footage of its new Italian original series “Hotel Costiera” at the upcoming Taormina Film Festival with the…
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Josh O’Connor’s ‘Rebuilding,’ Andrea Riseborough’s ‘Dragonfly’ Among Karlovy Vary Lineup, With ‘Roma’ Producer Nicolás Celis on Jury
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival has revealed the official selection lineup for its 59th edition with artistic director Karel Och saying…
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Tommy Hilfiger Teams Up With ‘F1 the Movie’ on the APXGP Collection
Tommy Hilfiger, which is part of PVH Corp., is launching the APXGP Collection ahead of the premiere of “F1 the Movie” in North America on…
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HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Star Nick Frost Says He Will ‘Never’ Copy Robbie Coltrane’s Performance as Hagrid, But Will Be ‘Respectful to the Subject Matter’: ‘I’m Really Aware of What Went Before Me’
Nick Frost will remain faithful to the performance of the late Robbie Coltrane when playing Rubeus Hagrid in the highly anticipated HBO…
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Gold hovers near four-week peak on weaker US dollar, trade concerns
Gold edged up to hit a near four-week high on Tuesday (Jun 3), as a weaker US dollar and rising uncertainty over the US-China trade deal…
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Every Marvel Studios Movie and Disney+ Project in 2025 and Beyond
Premiered in Theaters, Available on Disney+ The new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), fights the good fight without the…
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Disney lays off hundreds in film, TV as industry woes linger
Walt Disney is laying off several hundred employees across its film and TV businesses, cuts that underscore the entertainment industry’s…
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How Ink Cartridges Affect Your Print Quality
As a young entrepreneur, you know that the quality of your prints directly impacts how professional your business appears. Whether you’re…
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England to train in tents to replicate World Cup heat
England are using heated tents as part of training to replicate the conditions they could experience at the World Cup in the USA, Canada…
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Netflix is about to dominate every holiday with ‘Stranger Things’
The fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things is dropping on Netflix just in time for Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And also New…
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French Open 2025 results: Jack Draper loses to Alexander Bublik in Roland Garros last 16
Suffering a shock loss in the Roland Garros last 16 is a mark of how far Draper has come in the past year. Twelve months ago in Paris, the…
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Renée Zellweger Cried Shooting Colin Firth’s Final Scene in ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’: ‘Maybe I’m Crazy Because I Love a Fictional Character’
Renée Zellweger admitted she had “a hard time” when she first met her costar Hugh Grant in “Bridget Jones’ Diary” because she was “such a…
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French Open 2025: Novak Djokovic beats Cameron Norrie to reach Roland Garros quarter-finals
Coming into the French Open, Norrie said he had been playing some of his best tennis, describing his level as similar to when he was a…
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What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime
Late on a Sunday night in June of 2023, a woman named Carlishia Hood and her fourteen-year-old son, an honor student, pulled into Maxwell…
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The Met’s Exhibit on Black Male Style Is an Exceptional Achievement
Writing in this magazine in 1973, Kennedy Fraser referred to style as “individualistic, aristocratic, and reckless,” and one or all of…
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David Hockney’s “Going Up Garrowby Hill”
There are many ways to celebrate spring, but few contemporary artists have devoted more attention to the topic than David Hockney. The…