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The acclaimed London revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited run beginning February 28, 2025, with the Off Broadway run continuing through April 6.

Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, Streetcar will play Bam’s Harvey Theater following a return London engagement that begins February 3.

As Stanley Kowalski – the role made famous both on stage and screen by Marlon Brando – Mescal will be making his New York stage debut.

The Streetcar London cast won multiple awards, including Olivier Awards for Best Actor (Mescal), Supporting Actress and the Olivier for Best Revival. Ferran, who plays Blanche, won London’s Critics Circle Award for her performance.

The creative team includes: Scenic design by Madeleine Girling; Lighting design by Lee Curran; Sound design by...

"The Golden Girls" is basically the perfect sitcom, following the antics of four mature women who share a house in Miami, Florida. The series began in September 1985 and ran for seven seasons before ending in May 1992, and it's only grown in popularity since it first aired. It's a blast to tune in to see what the hilariously horny Blanche (Rue McClanahan), bubbly airhead Rose (Betty White), sarcastic divorcee Dorothy (Bea Arthur), and her smart-mouthed mother Sophia (Estelle Getty) get up to in each episode, and it's pretty easy to hit play on one and end up watching an entire season before you know it. It's really no surprise that the series has found new fans in the streaming era, so when there were rumors of a Disney+ reboot of the series sometime in 2024, people went bonkers. 

Some fans were furious about the idea of doing "The Golden Girls" without the original cast,...

The reaction of co-creator John Tobias, who played a major role in bringing the Mortal Kombat brand to where it is today, to a fan art produced by artificial intelligence is still palpable even in 2024. This sentiment is especially relevant in the current period, as artificial intelligence has developed and become incredibly powerful

A new era in AI began with OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in 2022. Today, there are many tools that can generate images, sounds, and videos, which naturally pose a potential threat to many industries. So, is this technology beneficial for the gaming world, or does it still need further development?

Mortal Kombat Co-Creator John Tobias’ Reaction to AI Generated Fan Art Still Applies

In 2022, a designer used AI tools to generate Mortal Kombat‘s popular character, Scorpion, and shared the results on social media. Using the inputs ‘Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion, intricate fire and desert details,’ the...

Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Carson Lund’s comedy drama “Eephus,” which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. The film was recently announced as an Official Selection of New York Film Festival, where it will have its North American premiere.

Music Box plans for a theatrical release nationwide followed by home entertainment. London- and Paris-based sales and production house Film Constellation handles worldwide sales and negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.

“Eephus” is set on a small-town New England baseball field called Soldiers Field. As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved baseball field, a pair of Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.

Variety highlighted “Eephus” as one of the must-see films of the...

On Tuesday 16 July 2024, ITV3 broadcasts Classic Coronation Street!

Episode Summary

In this episode of “Classic Coronation Street” airing on ITV3, viewers will witness Katy grappling with Martin’s suspected unfaithfulness. The tension rises as she tries to comprehend the situation unfolding before her eyes. Meanwhile, Claire’s sudden transformation surprises Ashley and Fred, leaving them at a loss for words.

Sarah’s wavering faith causes a rift with Scooter, leading to a strained relationship between the two. The repercussions of Sarah’s doubts will unfold as the episode progresses, adding a layer of complexity to the storyline. Additionally, Blanche finds herself facing the harsh reality of a grave error she has made, setting the stage for a dramatic turn of events.

As the characters navigate through these twists and turns, emotions run high and secrets come to light, promising an episode filled with drama and intrigue. Tune in to witness...

A gay Golden Girls-style sitcom is in the works starring Matt Bomer and Nathan Lane. This will be coming from the brilliant mind of Ryan Murphy and the creators of Will & Grace, Max Mutchnik and David Kohan. So, what else is there to know about the upcoming comedy? Keep reading for more details.

Gay Golden Girls-Style Sitcom In Works Starring Matt Bomer

Over thirty years after it went off the air, The Golden Girls remains one of the most popular sitcoms to date. Set in Miami, it starred Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McLanahan, and Estelle Getty. They were four divorced or widowed women living together, experiencing life as fifty-somethings, with the exception of Getty. Her character, Sophia Petrillo was wise and in her eighties but still liked a good time. They went on dates, lost jobs, lost children, faced money problems, had AIDS tests, and so much more.

When Blanche (Virginie Efira) and Gregoire (Melvil Poupaud) serendipitously meet at a summer house party, they fall into the kind of seemingly perfect love that you’d never believe was possible unless you had experienced it yourself. She’s a French literature teacher who has grown tired of waiting for her soulmate to arrive, and he’s the tall, handsome stranger who just so happens to be ready to discuss Camus and Molière for hours on end. They laugh at the same jokes, have earth-shattering sex, and create the kind of shared language that forms when a couple shares their most intimate experiences. It isn’t long before a summer of love leads to an engagement ring and a baby on the way.

The elegance with which “Just the Two of Us” director Valérie Donzelli shoots their whirlwind romance only makes it more jarring when, 20 minutes into the film, we...

A seemingly blissful union rapidly crumbles in Valérie Donzelli’s Just the Two of Us, a domestic abuse-drama presented as a harrowing-if-simplified psychological thriller from which escape seems near-hopeless. It’s impossible for Virginie Efira and Melvil Poupaud to give a bad performance; this drama certainly doesn’t break the streak. Yet Donzelli and Audrey Diwan’s black-and-white, overworked script is missing the kind of nuance each lead exudes in their physicality as they navigate a suffocating relationship where the smallest action or word can unleash a monster.

As one might expect, the monster in this case is Grégoire (Poupaud), a suave charmer who first romances Rose at a party. Blinded by love, she excuses some warning signs: Grégoire leaving with no explanation after their first night together and a dig at his general distaste for bangs when she sports them. After an unexpected pregnancy, the two get married and jet off to the countryside,...

Donald Trump met with his probation officer on Monday following his conviction late last month on 34 felonies for crimes he committed to help boost his election chances when he first ran for president in 2016.

The presumptive Republican nominee for president sat for his pre-sentencing probation interview from Mar-a-Lago alongside his attorney Todd Blanche. A female probation officer interviewed him over a special virtual network with added security measures.

Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the hush-money trial, allowed the interview to be virtual and for Blanche to be present, following no objection from prosecutors.

In “The Great Lillian Hall,” Jessica Lange plays a veteran theater actress — a legend of the Broadway stage — who is always putting on airs, reciting bits from her favorite roles, and carrying on in the tradition of fabled actresses who get known for playing characters like Blanche DuBois because they’ve actually got a lot of Blanche in them. (They believe their own illusions.) Yet just because Lillian Hall is a flamboyant grand dame doesn’t mean that she’s not showing you who she is. Lange, a beauty at 75, has a face that has only grown more expressive with the years. In “The Great Lillian Hall,” that face is a map of emotion we read. Even when Lillian is being deceptive (even when she’s deceiving herself), the majesty of her feelings shines through.

There’s a moving scene in which she’s seated on a porch with her adult daughter,...

For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit the short-lived animated series “Gravedale High” (aka “Rick Moranis in Gravedale High“), which aired on NBC in 1990.

During the era of Saturday Morning Cartoons, there was always this idea by studios to build on a big star’s name by giving them an animated vehicle. We saw it with Mr. T, Chuck Norris, Macaulay Culkin, and Gary Coleman, as well as comedians like Louie Anderson and Howie Mandel. John Candy got (the still celebrated) “Camp Candy,” while his Sctv colleague Rick Moranis headlined his own animated horror comedy series for kids: “Gravedale High.”

Rick Moranis garnered immense fame and cult status in the eighties and nineties with an iconic comedy career that carried over into big films like Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. As a means of marketing off his momentum, an animated series was developed by NBC...

Explore ‘The Golden Girls’ Cast and Legacy Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux Betty White as Rose Nylund Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo “Thank you for being a friend.”

Airing from 1985 to 1992, with seven seasons in total, The Golden Girls was a smash hit during its entire run. It was popular for addressing a demographic that rarely saw the spotlight on television or in Hollywood: senior women.

Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak, Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Betty White as Rose Nylund, and Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux in the 1985 sitcom The Golden Girls (Credit: NBC)

The sitcom was conceptualized by writer Susan Harris. Before The Golden Girls, she was most renowned for creating the series Soap, which parodied daytime soap operas such as The Young and the Restless.

Soap lasted for four seasons and was marred by controversy due to Harris’s insistence on including...

All of the major cable news networks delivered second-by-second coverage of the verdicts as they announced today finding Donald Trump guilty of 34 (of 34) felony counts related to the falsification of records related to hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels.

Watch Fox News below.

Related: Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg Says Donald Trump Conviction Was Reached “Without Fear Or Favor”

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Related: See Each Of The 34 Felony Charges In Donald Trump Hush-Money Trial

MSNBC:

Breaking: Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business documents in New York pic.twitter.com/Yq8LWihvRx

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 30, 2024

With today’s verdicts, Trump becomes the first former U.S. President to be found guilty of a crime. The verdict follows nine hours and 44 minutes of deliberations, per MSNBC.

Inside the courtroom as the verdicts were read, Trump sat motionless between his attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove. Blanche asked...

A jury in New York City today found former president Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a conspiracy to keep a potential sex scandal from derailing his first presidential campaign.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the start of the Republican National Convention.

The verdict, in the only one of four criminal cases against Trump to go to trial to date, could have far-reaching effects on his bid to recapture the White House in November. The first impact is likely to be a tidal wave of reaction across broadcast and social media to the outcome of a trial with no precedent in U.S. history.

As the verdicts were read, Trump sat motionless between his attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove. Blanche asked for all of the jurors to be polled, and they all affirmed their guilty verdicts.

Updated, 2:10 Pm: Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial.

Updated, 1:39 Pm: Jurors deliberating in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial have reached a verdict.

Judge Juan Merchan announced that the jurors had sent a note informing them of their decision. The verdict is expected to be read in about 30 minutes.

The verdict follows nine hours and 44 minutes of deliberations, per CNN.

Previously: Jurors deliberating in Donald Trump’s New York criminal hush-money trial are slated to return to court this morning to have a batch of trial transcripts read back to them, and to re-hear the jury instructions the judge spent more than an hour delivering on Wednesday.

The requests arrived in a pair of notes the jury sent to the presiding judge, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, a few hours into their first day weighing 34 felony charges against the former president.

New York prosecutors and Donald Trump’s defense team engaged in a verbal tug-of-war over Michael Cohen’s testimony during their closing arguments on Tuesday.

The former president’s former fixer was the subject of the majority of both summations, with both sides freely taking jabs at the other as the defense attempted to paint Cohen as an unreliable witness, while prosecutors reminded jurors it was Trump, not Cohen, on trial.

“The question is not whether you like Cohen,” Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said during his closing arguments. “It...

The start date for the Florida trial on Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents is in the hands of a judge the former president appointed to the federal circuit.

The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump to the Southern District of Florida in 2020, said the timeline proposed by prosecutors for a trial this summer was “unrealistic.”

The hearing ended...

Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire and The Green Knight leads the cast of Rabbit Trap, the latest horror film from Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s production company SpectreVision, and Deadline reports that the project recently completed filming on location in Wales. This film marks the feature directorial debut of Bryn Chainey and has the following synopsis:

Set in 1973, Rabbit Trap charts the story of married musicians Daphne and Darcy Davenport, who have relocated from London to an isolated cabin in Wales in order to complete their new record. When they accidentally make a field recording of a mystical sound never before heard by human ears, a strange child enters their lives who gradually untethers them from reality, and the couple soon find themselves caught between the ancient spirits of the natural world and the lives they once knew.

Patel is joined in the cast by Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean...

This article contains spoilers for Heartstopper season 2.

Netflix’s second season of Heartstopper is breaking viewership records for LGBTQ+ programming, transcending the typical queer audience it would be expected to garner. Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring’s (Joe Locke) deeply romantic teenage fling started to blossom into a real relationship in season 2, and with that development came discussions around coming out, eating disorders, communication, and sexual consent. The series has a unique way of painting every scenario gold that could possibly trouble its characters.

Heartstopper’s eternal queer ecstasy is an absolute Godsend for the LGBTQ+ community, allowing young viewers to see a bright light of possibility and potential for their adolescent romantic prospects and on into adulthood. In a world with so much darkness and depression, having this type of upbeat version of living queer is undeniably vital. This positivity has an odd way of making LGBTQ...

Launching out of Cannes Premiere, Valerie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is a feverish psychological thriller about a woman brought deeper and deeper into a toxic relationship. And if Donzelli had always intended to make the project ever since reading the source novel back in 2014, the lockdowns of 2020 helped push certain elements to the front of her mind.

“It’s really the story of a woman trapped under glass,” Donzelli tells Variety. “She’s confined with her husband, isolated and unable to see anyone, cut off from the world. I really wanted to explore how this hold makes you more and more disconnected from life.”

Written by Donzelli and Audrey Diwan, and starring Virginie Efira in a dual role as identical twins, – and produced by Rectangle Productions and sold by Goodfellas – this jangly tale of emotional abuse follows a woman separated from her family, moved to the other side of the country,...

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Following the double bill of vampire films with The Hunger and Ganja & Hess, Trace and I jumped into genre hodge podge last week with Fred Dekker’s delightful sci-fi homage, Night of the Creeps.

This week we’re veering gently into camp territory with the birth of hagsploitation in Robert Aldrich‘s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The film follows Blanche and Jane as sisters and former vaudeville stars, played by real-life rivals Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. The sisters live together and Jane takes care of (read: abuses) her older sister Blanche after she lost her ability to walk following a car accident.

As Blanche plots to escape her sister’s torment, Jane hires pianist Edwin Flagg (gay actor Victor Buono) to assist with her delusional plans to mount a comeback. As Jane spirals, she directs her madness toward her sister in increasingly malicious and dangerous ways.

We took Gene Hackman for granted, and he's making us pay for it.

Between 1964 and 2004, there wasn't a more reliably excellent film actor in the industry. He'd knock out two or three (or more!) movies a year, and even when they were dire propositions — like the Kryptonite-ridden "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" or Bob Clark's laugh-free buddy-cop comedy "Loose Cannons" — you knew Hackman would be present and compelling. He also never went too long between watchable films, so the charge that he was phoning it in (which was also leveled at his prolific contemporary Michael Caine) never made sense.

Hackman was — and, oh, how I hate to refer to this still-very-alive master's career in the past tense — a true working actor. He was grateful for the gigs and took them eagerly. He knew what it was to not only struggle but to be told there is no future...

After more than two years in a global pandemic, lockdown orders, distance learning, and working from home, it’s no surprise that people are watching more TV than usual.

Regardless of whether you prefer to watch from your TV, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, we collected a list of the over a dozen of the best gifts to buy for TV lovers. From remote control organizers and binge-watching essentials to TV-inspired apparel, desk décor, and collectibles, check below for a roundup of awesome items for TV fanatics.

“Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office” by Brian Baumgartner Buy Now

Journey back to Scranton and join the Dunder Mifflin gang on an ultimate trip down memory lane. In “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin,” the entire “Office” crew reunites after nearly a decade to share their favorite untold stories, spill secrets, and reveal how a the show went from barely...