Why Hollywood Loves Redeeming Male Characters With a Dog (Guest Blog)
From “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” to “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” Hollywood again proves that dogs really can be a man’s best friend (and most civilizing quality)
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Screenwriting Assignments Are on the Wane, but Here’s How to Break Into the Game (Guest Blog)
The Rep Sheet: “It’s really about launching your client with a great piece of material and socializing them in the right way,” MGMT’s Michael Diamond says
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‘Moulin Rouge!’ Broadway Review: Director Alex Timbers Is No Baz Luhrmann
The director continues not to impress with his latest movie-to-stage musical after “Rocky” and “Beetlejuice”
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New Mike Wallace Documentary Arrives at the Right Moment for the Media (Guest Blog)
“These days, those who dare to ask the kinds of questions Mike asked often face repercussions,” producer Peggy Drexler says
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‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’ Theater Review: Annie Golden Plays a Badass Annie Golden to Perfection
The “Orange Is the New Black” actress survives drug lords and gunfire, as well as her material
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‘Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow’ Theater Review: It’s Funny Funny Funny
Halley Feiffer and director Trip Cullman go burlesque with updated version of “The Three Sisters”
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‘Mojada’ Theater Review: Euripides’ Medea Now Lives and Murders in Queens
Luis Alfaro continues his provocative exploration of the classics by turning a spurned mother into a desperate Mexican woman
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‘The Rolling Stone’ Theater Review: The Fight Goes on for Gay Ugandans
Chris Urch’s drama examines extreme homophobia in Africa, only to find that family is more important than freedom
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The Emmys and the Future of Muslim Portrayals on Television
Sue Obeidi, director of the Hollywood Bureau of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, hopes Emmy contenders “Ramy” and Netflix’s “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” will inspire many more nuanced portrayals
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Will a Black ‘Little Mermaid’ Flip the Script on White Actresses in Hollywood? (Guest Blog)
If a British prince can marry a biracial American divorcee and maybe live happily ever after, there’s no reason why a black mermaid can’t have her own dreams come true
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Meet Simon Mercs, YouTube’s Model Maker Extraordinaire (Guest Blog)
This former Hollywood prop master’s how-to videos are like Captain Kangaroo on acid, going solo without the support of Mr. Green Jeans and Bunny Rabbit
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‘We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time’ Theater Review: Memoir as Therapy
David Cale looks back a tragedy in his family and sings about it
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Is John Cusack as Bad as Trump When It Comes to Retweeting Anti-Semitic Images? (Guest Blog)
Like Trump, the actor brought anti-Semitism into a political issue that said more about the tweeter than the tweet
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‘Toni Stone’ Theater Review: A Magnificent Drama About the First Woman to Play Pro Baseball
Lydia R. Diamond’s fine fact-based new play profiles an amazing athlete and trailblazer
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‘A Strange Loop’ Theater Review: Tyler Perry Won’t Be Optioning This Musical
The man behind Madea gets roasted in Michael R. Jackson’s hilarious new musical
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These ‘Jaws’ Photos Haven’t Been Seen by the Public in 45 Years. Dive In!
Martha’s Vineyard resident Billy Reagan shared his personal photos with “finatic” John Campopiano
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‘The Secret Life of Bees’ Theater Review: Duncan Sheik’s Musical Honey Pot Runneth Over
Lynn Nottage and Duncan Sheik’s stage adaptation of the best-selling novel and movie is faithful to a fault
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A Georgia Crew Member to Hollywood: Don’t Boycott, #StayAndFight (Guest Blog)
“We are on the same side. We also want to defeat the ‘heartbeat bill,'” veteran story artist Mark Simon writes
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‘Plus One’ Co-Directors on the 7 Phone Calls You Need to Get a Movie Made (Guest Blog)
Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer spent a lot of time on the phone to get their first feature made
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‘The Waverly Gallery’ Playwright Kenneth Lonergan Really Wants a Tony Award – for Elaine May (Guest Blog)
“It’s not my fault that the rage today is for 90-minute intermission-less shows,” Lonergan says of his singular approach to stage and filmed projects
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‘Lost Long’ Theater Review: Donald Margulies Writes a Play That Cries Uncle
The Pulitizer Prize-winning author of “Dinner With Friends” delivers an unwanted houseguest who should never be allowed on stage
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‘Dying City’ Theater Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Juggles Twin Brothers
Christopher Shinn directs an uneven production of his own play set in a traumatized New York City during the Iraq War
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Tony Award Predictions 2019: From ‘Mockingbird’ Backlash to ‘Hadestown’
The winners are announced June 9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
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Inside Convicted Felon Christopher Bathum’s Celebrity Rehab Empire (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
In an excerpt from his new nonfiction work, “Bad Therapist,” journalist Evan Wright details the rise of an L.A. drug-rehab mogul with no college degree or license in drug counseling
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‘BLKS’ Theater Review: When Women Aren’t Afraid to Show Their Muscle
Aziza Barnes’s comedy benefits from Robert O’Hara’s broad-strokes direction and two inspired actors
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Lori Loughlin’s Exit From Hallmark’s ‘When Comes the Heart’ Was Handled Just Right (Guest Blog)
“I wondered if they were going to kidnap, kill or make Abigail disappear. Hallmark did not disappoint,” Aviva Kempner writes
