According to the New York Times: The 19-day strike by stagehands that had closed most Broadway theaters ended late Wednesday night as a tentative agreement was struck. Union members were instructed Wednesday evening to take down their picket lines and report to the Local 1 … Read more »
Films that explore individual ways of coping with a distressed world mark the lineup of the2008 Sundance Film Festival, which unspools Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah. Here’s the lineup.
Black Friday has come and gone, and in its wake, Josh Groban’s Noel stands victorious. You know it’s Christmas time when a record called Noel rules the charts. Groban’s seven-week-old album finally claimed the top spot as we inch toward Xmas, selling 405,041 copies to … Read more »
Those Wildcats are roaring back with a third version of the “High School Musical” franchise — and the entire cast is heading to the big screen for the first time. Filming is set to begin in March, and breakout star Zac Efron is, unsurprisingly, being … Read more »
Today comes word that Universal Pictures will turn the life of Joe Namath (here, left) into a feature film, with Jake Gyllenhaal (here, right) playing the Hall of Fame quarterback. While other quarterbacks racked up bigger lifetime stats, Namath became the first football player … Read more »
The British author Philip Pullman has attacked leading American Catholics as “nitwits” after they called for a boycott of “The Golden Compass,” which just had its world premiere in London. (It opens in the U.S. on December 7.)
In an escalation of the religious squabble over … Read more »
“I basically loathe all young men, actually.”
Helen Mirren
Janet Jackson’s as-yet-untitled debut album for Island Def Jam will be released in February. The artist is also prepping a worldwide tour to promote the follow-up to 2006’s “20 Y.O.” Jackson’s new album is being executive produced by Def Jam CEO Antonio “L.A.” Reid rather … Read more »
