Funk songstress Chaka Khan will tell Broadway auds something good starting Jan. 9, when the multiple Grammy-winning singer takes over the role of Sofia in “The Color Purple.” R&B-gospel vocalist Benjamin “BeBe” Winans will step into the role of Harpo, opposite Khan, in the soulful … Read more »
According to Variety, Clint Eastwood may direct “The Human Factor,” a fact-based drama about the historic Rugby World Cup in 1995, the first year South Africa was permitted to rejoin the competition after the fall of apartheid. Matt Damon is in early talks to come … Read more »
“Brokeback Mountain” writer Annie Proulx has given the go-ahead to an opera based on her story about two gay cowboys. Fellow Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Wuorinen will compose. My obvious candidates for arias: “I Can’t Quit You,” “You Bet!”, and “Jack, I Swear.” And I … Read more »
According to the New York Post:
A big-mouthed extra working on the new “Indiana Jones” flick has blown his fledgling movie career to smithereens by spilling the film’s major plot points.
Director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas made the entire cast and crew of “Indiana Jones … Read more »
Lenny Kravitz is eyeing a February release for his eighth Virgin studio album, “It’s Time for a Love Revolution.” Kravitz played nearly all the instruments on his first effort in three years, which was recorded at his studio in the Bahamas as well as Miami, … Read more »
In a recent issue Newsweek reported that Emmy-winning Mother Sally Field will play Mary Todd Lincoln in Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming biopic about America’s 16th President (Liam Neeson). Imdb.com has Marcia Gay Harden in the role of the mentally unstable wife of Honest Abe. Look at … Read more »
According to a story in Variety.com, the scheduled Broadway engagement of the musical “Lone Star Love,” starring Randy Quaid, has been cancelled. No word yet on future plans, if any, for the production.
