It's not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The "American Idol" winner hadn't had the best time doing "The Color Purple" on Broadway. The protagonist of Alice...

Masquerade Malta has brought together an extraordinary cast of performers for a new production of Lionel Bart's Oliver! at the Mediterranean Conference Centre this April - with a 10% discount on...

Jeffrey Wright's Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is at the end of his rope at the beginning of " American Fiction, " a crowd-pleaser that's both funny and smart in its satire of race, media, artists,...

Napoleon Bonaparte. Leonard Bernstein. Willy Wonka. Aquaman — there are a ton of Guy Movie Heroes out there as 2023 ends. And yet up zooms another — in "Ferrari." Director Michael...

There's a common phrase associated with Jack Reacher in Lee's Child's books: "Reacher says nothing." Saying nothing, however, can be terrifying for Alan Ritchson, who plays Reacher on TV. "He's...

When the 2024 Grammy nominations were announced, one thing was immediately apparent: Women outpaced men in the major categories. The leading artists — superstars like SZA, Taylor Swift, and...

Illumination, maker of "Despicable Me," "Sing" and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," has built its animation empire by mostly staying close to a child-like outlook. Illumination's in-house mascots, the...

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or understand...

So many people want to get out of jury duty these days because they think it's boring or a waste of time. A new TV series shows it can be fun. Bonkers even. "Jury Duty" from Amazon Freevee is an...

Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the obsessive-compulsive private detective Adrian Monk. Monk's last TV appearance in 2009 was even called...