The Tonys are only two months away, and though there’s still no official word on who will host the show, we did learn this week that past winners Matthew Broderick and Anika Noni Rose will announce the nominations on May 3. Also in the news: The 2009 revival of Hair will return to Broadway for a summer run in July and the long-rumored Samuel L. Jackson-led New York production of the Martin Luther King Jr. drama The Mountaintop will start previews in September — but will not co-star Halle Berry, as anticipated.
Meanwhile, as awards season revs up, our critics saw three big Broadway openings,...
Meanwhile, as awards season revs up, our critics saw three big Broadway openings,...
- 4/16/2011
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
Update: Annie’s recap is live
Watch out for that crazy bird! Now that we’ve debated which songs the Top 9 should sing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night, it’s time to watch our young contenders fling themselves at the feet of the three Fates… and then gossip about ‘em! The prospect of J.Lo making this “I’m feelin’ it” face again is pretty much all I am living for right now.
Chat here about American Idol‘s 90-minute performance show, then come back later for my full recap and a detailed on-the-scene report from John Young.
Watch out for that crazy bird! Now that we’ve debated which songs the Top 9 should sing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night, it’s time to watch our young contenders fling themselves at the feet of the three Fates… and then gossip about ‘em! The prospect of J.Lo making this “I’m feelin’ it” face again is pretty much all I am living for right now.
Chat here about American Idol‘s 90-minute performance show, then come back later for my full recap and a detailed on-the-scene report from John Young.
- 4/7/2011
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
Update: Annie’s recap is live
They’re singing Birth Year Songs tonight. That old chestnut. Tastes like…water. The Fountain of Youth! You know the drill: Chat here about American Idol‘s two-hour performance show, then come back later for my full recap and a detailed on-the-scene report from John Young.
I’ll be posting my Idol Power List every Wednesday morning — ranking the remaining contestants based on recent performances, judges’ critiques, fan support, my own humble opinions, fashion sense, and hair. Just kidding on the last two. Yeah, right. Check out my ranking, then fulfill the purpose of...
They’re singing Birth Year Songs tonight. That old chestnut. Tastes like…water. The Fountain of Youth! You know the drill: Chat here about American Idol‘s two-hour performance show, then come back later for my full recap and a detailed on-the-scene report from John Young.
I’ll be posting my Idol Power List every Wednesday morning — ranking the remaining contestants based on recent performances, judges’ critiques, fan support, my own humble opinions, fashion sense, and hair. Just kidding on the last two. Yeah, right. Check out my ranking, then fulfill the purpose of...
- 3/17/2011
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
Nothing can probably prepare one for the overwhelming nature of entering the Idoldome for the first time: It’s colossal, run by what seems like the Kremlin guard, and there’s a distinct crackle in the air. After years of watching on TV, last night was my first visit to the venue and live show, and I quickly realized that the atmosphere’s usual electricity was no doubt bolstered by the fact that what I had stepped into the first live results show of a rather energized season. Actually, to be even more specific, last night was the first live show of the season period,...
- 3/4/2011
- by Tanner Stransky
- EW.com - PopWatch
Nothing can probably prepare one for the overwhelming nature of entering the Idoldome for the first time: It’s colossal, run by what seems like the Kremlin guard, and there’s a distinct crackle in the air. After years of watching on TV, last night was my first visit to the venue and live show, and I quickly realized that the atmosphere’s usual electricity was no doubt bolstered by the fact that what I had stepped into the first live results show of a rather energized season. Actually, to be even more specific, last night was the first live show of the season period,...
- 3/4/2011
- by Tanner Stransky
- EW.com - PopWatch
The first thing you need to know about this season of American Idol — the very first thing — is that the members of the audience who sit behind the stage of the newly redesigned-to-actually-resemble-a-dome Idoldome are rowdy. They whistle. They catcall. They whoop and cheer when a wannabe diva points at them during her song. They demand Cory the Warm-up Comic trek up to their row so they can shake their moneymaker with enough middle-aged gusto that Jennifer Lopez is forced to smile and point. I’m thinking of calling them the peanut gallery. Smirkelstiltskin my snark demon is thinking of calling them the nosebleeders.
- 3/3/2011
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
The first thing you need to know about this season of American Idol — the very first thing — is that the members of the audience who sit behind the stage of the newly redesigned-to-actually-resemble-a-dome Idoldome are rowdy. They whistle. They catcall. They whoop and cheer when a wannabe diva points at them during her song. They demand Cory the Warm-up Comic trek up to their row so they can shake their moneymaker with enough middle-aged gusto that Jennifer Lopez is forced to smile and point. I’m thinking of calling them the peanut gallery. Smirkelstiltskin my snark demon is thinking of calling them the nosebleeders.
- 3/3/2011
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
Christian Bale has his next project set in stone: According to Variety, the actor will re-team with The Machinist director Brad Anderson for Concrete Island, in which he’ll play “a wealthy architect who finds himself stranded on a section of fenced-off wasteland in West London and is forced to survive on only what’s in his crashed car and what he’s able to find.” You know what this means, PopWatchers: Bale will surely be going Method. Yes, based on that description, I fully expect to soon see scary tabloid photos of the dangerously dieting actor, who has famously...
- 2/10/2011
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
If you knew that Natalie Portman was starring in a new movie, you’d probably at least kind of want to see that movie, right? Well, you’re in luck: This week, Portman stars in her first romantic comedy, No Strings Attached, in which she tries really, really hard not to fall in love with Ashton Kutcher. (Our advice for Natalie: Just watch any other Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy!) EW’s John Young thinks No Strings Attached, the only major new release, will easily run away with the weekend, with repeat performers The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, True Grit, and...
- 1/21/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – John Wells is a familiar name to televisions fans. As executive producer of “ER” and “The West Wing,” his combination of drama and humanity has left a mark in TV’s evolution for nearly a generation. His first feature film, “The Company Men,” covers the same human territory, with a story “ripped from the headlines.”
Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper star as executives in a shipping company who are “downsized” post the 2007-08 economic collapse. When equivalent jobs prove hard to find, each has to find a way to cope with the indignities of perceived overqualification, ageism and guilt associated with not producing the American Dream.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins (right) and Director John Wells on the set of ‘The Company Men’
Photo credit: Folger/The Weinstein Company
John Wells was in Chicago recently to promote the film, and his large, compassionate personality came through as he spoke to HollywoodChicago.
Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper star as executives in a shipping company who are “downsized” post the 2007-08 economic collapse. When equivalent jobs prove hard to find, each has to find a way to cope with the indignities of perceived overqualification, ageism and guilt associated with not producing the American Dream.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins (right) and Director John Wells on the set of ‘The Company Men’
Photo credit: Folger/The Weinstein Company
John Wells was in Chicago recently to promote the film, and his large, compassionate personality came through as he spoke to HollywoodChicago.
- 1/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If Nicolas Cage played a cowboy with terrible hair and an eyepatch who falls in love with a country singin’ Gwyneth Paltrow, you’d probably want to see that movie, right? Well, that will never happen. But the next best thing, for the moviegoer, would be spending a day at the multiplex this weekend watching True Grit, Season of the Witch, and Country Strong. EW’s John Young thinks True Grit will finally defeat its old enemy Little Fockers at the box office this weekend, with Tron: Legacy coming in third. That leaves Season of the Witch and Country Strong...
- 1/7/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
If Reese Witherspoon starred as a young professional lady who gets sucked into a battle to save the digital world while romancing a tie-loving, picnic basket-stealing cartoon bear, you’d probably want to see that movie, right? Well, that will never happen. But you if you see Tron: Legacy, Yogi Bear, and How Do You Know in one marathon moviegoing session this weekend, you might get a feel for what that’d be like. EW’s box office seer John Young thinks Tron will take the weekend by storm, with a total of $45 million, followed by Yogi Bear, the newly-expanded The Fighter,...
- 12/17/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
If Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie co-starred with a talking mouse and a godlike lion in an action-fantasy about fighting evil monster gangsters, you’d probably want to see that movie, right? Well, that will never happen. But if you go and see The Tourist and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader this weekend, there’s always a chance that your brain will fuse them together into one beautiful whole. EW’s John Young thinks Dawn Treader, the third film in the Narnia franchise, will walk away with the highest gross of the weekend: $40 million. He...
- 12/10/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Richard Griffiths, Timothy Spall, and many others, David Yates' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I was the no. 1 movie at the Us/Canada box office on Thursday, Dec. 2. Warner Bros.' adventure fantasy scored $1.89m according to Box Office Mojo. Deathly Hallows has remained on top all week in North America. But will it be overtaken by Disney's animated 3D feature Tangled this weekend? At EW, John Young expects Tangled to earn about $6m more than Harry Potter over the next couple of days. There won't be much competition out there. The only major release opening today is The Warrior's Way, which isn't expect to create much of a stir at the box office. At no. 2 on Thursday, Tangled...
- 12/3/2010
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
If a boy wizard and a girl with freakishly long hair starred in a fantasy-western martial arts action movie, you’d probably want to see it, right? Well, that will never happen. But if you went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Tangled, and The Warrior’s Way this weekend, your brain just might scramble them together into one beautiful, terrifying six-hour film. According to EW’s John Young, the weekend will be dominated by returning favorites like Tangled, Harry Potter, Megamind, and Unstoppable. The Warrior’s Way is the only major new release (Natalie Portman’s...
- 12/3/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
If Harrison Ford starred in a movie about aliens attacking a runaway train, you’d probably want to see that, right? Well, that will never happen. But if you don’t sleep for the next 48 hours and then go see Morning Glory, Unstoppable, and Skyline on Sunday, maybe your sleep-deprived brain will mix them together into one beautiful hallucination! EW’s John Young is betting that you won’t see any of them — or, at least, it’s more likely that last week’s box office topper Megamind will win the weekend. (Morning Glory already had a soft opening on Wednesday.
- 11/12/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
EW’s John Young is predicting that Paramount’s animated Megamind — which is star-filled with the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Tina Fey — is going to dominate the weekend box office with an estimated haul of $52 million. But the weekend is crowded by two other high-profile releases — another dude-comedy from Todd Phillips, Due Date, and Tyler Perry’s latest effort, For Colored Girls. Young predicts that Date has the potential to haul $34 million, while For Colored Girls will come in at No. 3 with a not-too-shabby $23 million. After that, he predicts that Saw 3D and Paranormal Activity 2 will fill spots four and five.
- 11/5/2010
- by Tanner Stransky
- EW.com - PopWatch
Entertainment Weekly has just released it's 50 Most Powerful Entertainers edition, which lists their picks for the top stars in 2010 in movies, television and music in the Us. For the first time this year they also included a list of Stars Around the World. John Young wrote: "Hollywood celebrities are big everywhere of course, but each country has its own box office beauties. So who's the Angelina Jolie of Nigeria? The Johnny Depp of Bollywood? Here's what fame and fortune look like on foreign soil."
So, who is the Johnny Depp of Bollywood... None other than Shah Rukh Khan! About the star they wrote, "A megastar of Bollywood, Khan, 44, has headlined a parade of hits while winning 14 Filmfare Awards (India's Academy Awards)."
Also included on the list where Ricardo Darin from Argentina, Edgar Ramirez from Venezuela, Ayelet Zurer from Israel, Golshifteh Farahani from Iran, Donnie Yen from Hong Kong and the...
So, who is the Johnny Depp of Bollywood... None other than Shah Rukh Khan! About the star they wrote, "A megastar of Bollywood, Khan, 44, has headlined a parade of hits while winning 14 Filmfare Awards (India's Academy Awards)."
Also included on the list where Ricardo Darin from Argentina, Edgar Ramirez from Venezuela, Ayelet Zurer from Israel, Golshifteh Farahani from Iran, Donnie Yen from Hong Kong and the...
- 10/9/2010
- Bollyspice
So my colleague John Young scored some serious Glee scoop while attending the show’s panel at Comic-Con yesterday — click here to read the whole kit and kaboodle — but two of the tidbits collided in my brain and exploded into an afternoon daydream that should keep me in good spirits till Alex O’Louglin loses in the first round of EW’s Sexy Beast bracket game mid-Thursday. Executive producer Ryan Murphy told the Comic-Con audience that he plans to “place a greater emphasis on individual characters (such as Brittany) instead of on massive production numbers,” and that a planned Britney Spears...
- 7/26/2010
- by Michael Slezak
- EW.com - PopWatch
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