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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Crafting ‘Stereophonic’: How ‘Terrifying’ Rehearsals, Creative Clashes and a Soundproof Studio Led to Broadway’s Buzziest Show

    A little over 10 years ago, David Adjmi was on an airplane, listening to Led Zeppelin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” and picturing Robert Plant recording the vocals. “It’s communicating desire and pain and anguish and torture and lust,” Adjmi says of the song. “I was thinking about all of these conflicting emotions and imagining …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Spirit Awards Set February Date – Film News in Brief

    Film Independent has set the date of Saturday, Feb. 22 for the 40th Spirit Awards. The awards come a few weeks ahead of the March 2 Oscars date. “For 40 years, the Spirit Awards have been the beacon for bold and original independent storytelling,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “As we commemorate this …

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  • PoliticsThe Wrap

    ‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Grosses Out Cohosts With ‘Visual’ That GOP ‘Lips Are Attached’ to Trump’s Butt | Video

    "I don't need it right now," Sara Haines says, holding up a hand to stop her cohost The post ‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Grosses Out Cohosts With ‘Visual’ That GOP ‘Lips Are Attached’ to Trump’s Butt | Video appeared first on TheWrap.

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Nikki Glaser Sets May Debut For HBO Comedy Special ‘Someday You’ll Die’

    EXCLUSIVE: HBO announced on Thursday that its second hour-long comedy special from comedian and actress Nikki Glaser, Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, is set to debut on Saturday, May 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also be available for streaming on Max. The special comes on the heels of Glaser’s 2022 HBO hour Good …

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  • LifestyleVariety

    ‘Hard Miles’ Review: Matthew Modine Stars in a Scenic Cycle Through the West

    A grueling two-pedal route to the Grand Canyon just might provide the course-correction male juvenile offenders need in “Hard Miles.” With Matthew Modine as their teacher-coach, this fact-inspired tale covers familiar redemptive sports drama terrain. But it’s traveled with affectingly understated assurance by director R.J. Daniel Hanna (“Miss Virginia”) and a strong cast, making for …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘YOLO’ Review: A Megahit Chinese Boxing Movie That Needs More Punch

    Macho sports-movie tropes meet with bright chick-flick framing to curious effect in “YOLO,” either an ostensible boxing drama that doesn’t pick up the gloves until the third act, or a misfit romcom that takes a late and unusual turn toward transformational self-help territory. Chinese audiences have been delighted by either formulation, as Jia Ling’s second …

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Warner Bros Lands ‘Keeper Of The Lost Cities’ Film Rights; Emma Watts Producing Potential Tentpole

    EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Shannon Messenger’s bestselling book series Keeper of the Lost Cities, with Emma Watts set to produce. Shannon Messenger’s series focuses on Sophie, a telepathic girl, who must figure out why she is the key to a world that exists side by side with our own. She must do this …

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