Well, they finally did it, and from all accounts it was not only worth the wait: it was spectacular. Yes, I’m talking about Ben Heppner and Deborah Voigt, who after five aborted attempts finally sang together on the last performance of the current run of … Read more »
Last month, when British actress Sally Hawkins (pictured) won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her role in Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky,” I told you that she was going to be a contender in next year’s Oscar race. On the eve of the film’s … Read more »
Katie Holmes (pictured) — that’s Mrs. Tom Cruise to you — may make her Broadway debut next season. Variety says that the actress is in talks to appear in an upcoming Rialto revival of Arthur Miller’s 1947 play “All My Sons.” Dianne Wiest is also … Read more »
The media’s constant comparisons of George Clooney to Cary Grant are sloppy: Grant didn’t direct and wasn’t exactly a shining exemplar of progressive politics. (And I doubt that Clooney will die in Davenport, Iowa, which is my favorite Cary Grant fun fact.) Clooney’s much closer … Read more »
My Seattle-based friend Starla Smith went to the opening the other evening of “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Intiman Theater in that Puget Sound city. Here’s Starla’s report: “Lucy DeVito (pictured) certainly proved her acting DNA in the title role. Her famous parents, … Read more »
I’m thrilled that the Broadway revival of “Gypsy” just got a rave from the New York Times, whose critic, Ben Brantley — late to the party, since every other reviewer expressed excitement long since — was a little less than ecstatic about Patti LuPone’s Momma … Read more »
I generally think of Jeremy Irons (pictured) in the same phrase as “high-class decadent” (”Reversal of Fortune,” “Brideshead Revisited,” “Dead Ringers“) so it’s a little alarming to see that he’s just opened, in London, in a play that’s more “high-class respectable.” He plays British Prime … Read more »
According to Variety:
In a preemptive spec deal, Dimension Films has acquired “Janky Promoters,” the first script that Ice Cube has written since the final installment of his “Friday” series.
Cube will star in the film and produce with Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez.
Cube took less money … Read more »
