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The whiplash of the Oscar nominations rippled across Hollywood professionals, awards pundits, and elated enthusiasts of 2024’s best films and performances.

The most jaw-dropping — and welcomed — moment of nomination morning came from Walter Salles’ Brazilian drama, “I’m Still Here,” which landed three major nominations: international feature, best actress for Fernanda Torres, and best picture. This marks the second consecutive year in which more than one non-English language movie received a best picture nomination, following 2023’s “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest” (although it’s the first time two international feature nominees have been recognized). It shows that the Golden Globes (at least their winners) still matter.

After Torres won the Globe for best actress, triumphing over A-listers Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), many Academy voters told Variety they were seeking out the film, with feedback being overwhelmingly positive. Torres’ steady appearances on late-night talk shows and her vocal,...

Diddy took center stage at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards alongside Usher and Kate Beckinsale to present the awards for two prestigious categories. He was arguably over the top while presenting Best Score to Alex Ebert, and later Best Original Song to U2. While Sean Combs was all in the party mood, U2 frontman Bono wasn’t having any of it.

Diddy in the music video of Another One of Me | Credits: Bad Boy

Their awkward hug where Bono was visibly annoyed was one of the most discussed moments in that edition of the Golden Globes. U2 and Bono were on stage to receive the award for the song Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. It was a pretty touching moment for them which the disgraced hip-hop mogul should’ve caught on.

Diddy and Bono Shared An Awkward Hug At The Golden Globes 2014 Bono | Credits: Ulrica Törning, licensed under...

Generations of children grew up with Blue's Clues, the iconic Nick Jr program that first debuted in 1996. The show was initially hosted by Steve Burns, and then by Donovan Patton for its final few years. After ending its initial run back in 2006, the show was revived for a 2019 continuation, entitled Blue's Clues & You!, which starred Josh Dela Cruz as the host, though previous hosts Burns and Patton make sporadic appearances here and there in the new show, which is currently in its fourth season.

The continued success of Blue's Clues & You! has led to a feature film spin-off, Blue's Big City Adventure. The movie sees Blue and Josh head from Storybook World to New York City, where Josh has a big audition to appear in a Broadway show written by Rainbow Puppy. However, after forgetting his 'handy dandy notebook.' Josh and Blue must embark on a grand...

Pearl Jam, David Byrne and Jenny Lewis are among the many artists featured on Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy: Volume Two. The collection will be available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series.

The tracklist is nearly twice the size of the first edition, with 77 previously unreleased recordings. Pearl Jam — who recently announced a massive voting initiative themselves — contributed the new song “Get It Back.” Byrne’s “People Tell Me” is a demo from the Joan of Arc: Into the Fire musical,...

If you cross paths with Crystal Moselle, be warned, she might make a movie of your life. It’s what the New York-based filmmaker did when she met the shut-in family portrayed in her disturbing 2015 documentary and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner “The Wolfpack.” She repeated the feat with a girl skater crew she met on the subway, which turned into the delightful 2018 feature “Skate Kitchen.” The HBO series “Betty” is the spin-off of that film and shares the “Skate Kitchen” cast and well as its combination Instagram Story-meets-surf-style photography. It also features Moselle’s impeccable taste in music, amplified by her longtime collaborator, composer Aska Matsumiya.

Moselle and Matsumiya have been working together for the last 12 years. “It started with us being close friends and not having other resources,” says Matsumiya. Moselle’s process, in practice for a number of brand campaigns and short films, such as “That One...

Alex Ebert, frontman of the band Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, performs some fan-favorites in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “In My Room,” an Igtv series in which musicians perform from their home amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Performing from his backyard in New Orleans, Ebert jumps into the funky “Jealous Guy,” a track from his latest solo album, I v I. As a tribute to his 2009 folk-rock album, Up From Below, Ebert plays “40 Day Dream,” saying, “Let’s not fuck this up,” before beginning.

Ebert gives...

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alex Ebert unveiled a delightfully surreal new video for his song, “Fluid,” off his upcoming solo album, I v I, out January 31st.

The song boasts a blown-out mix of hip-hop, funk and deep house, tied together by a bleating saxophone that ultimately corrals the chaos and guides the song to a close with a soaring solo.

The lyrics find Ebert exploring ideas of gender, nature and identity, and in a statement he said the song “predicts the synthesis of amorphous identity and scientific biology.

Tom Kenny again lives under the sea, though perhaps adjacent to a pineapple this time. The voice of the beloved cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants has joined Nickelodeon’s upcoming “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!”

He’s not taking on his usual role, however — the titular one played on Broadway by Ethan Slater, who will reprise that role for the now-scheduled Dec. 7 Nick event, which starts at 7 p.m. Et/Pt.

Kenny is joining the stage company as Patchy the Pirate. He’ll perform an original Sara Bareilles song, “Poor Pirates.” The whole thing was filmed for television in front of a live theater audience.

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In “The SpongeBob Musical,” the stakes are higher than ever, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the potential of total annihilation of their undersea world,...

The stage is finally set for the most highly anticipated sponge-related event of the holiday season. The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! will air Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7/6c on Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons, TVLine has learned. Additionally, Tom Kenny — who has voiced the iconic title character since 1999, and whose pre-recorded vocals were used throughout the musical’s Broadway and touring productions — will join the cast on stage.

“I’ve had a blast portraying live-action suburban buccaneer and President of the SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club, ‘Patchy the Pirate,’ since the character’s first appearance in season two of SpongeBob SquarePants way...

The Broadway stars and director of 2017’s multiple-Tony-nominated SpongeBob SquarePants musical will re-team on Nickelodeon this December, Nickelodeon announced today. Filmed for TV in front of a live theater audience, The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! will star, among other original cast members, Broadway’s Tony-nominated Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee.

Directed by Broadway’s Tina Landau (herself Tony nominated for the show), The SpongeBob Musical features Slater in the title role, with Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles.

“I’m so thrilled to be able to revisit the show in a new light and with our original cast members,” Landau said in a statement. “The whole creative and I are excited to go back into the world of Bikini Bottom and discover its new life in TV broadcast form. But above all, I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share the joy and spirit of our show with a wider audience.

Nickelodeon is taking you to a pineapple under the sea — and Broadway — this December with a live TV special version of “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!” set to air this holiday season, the kids’ cable channel said Thursday.

Director Tina Landau and members of the Broadway show’s original award-winning company will reunite to film the musical in front of a live theater audience with a production that “will capture all-new depths of theatrical innovation where the power of optimism really can save the world.”

Here’s the description for the musical: “Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.”

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“The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

Adam Lambert, Rita Ora, Aloe Blacc and David Guetta are among the artists tapped for the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness in honor of Avicii, who died last year. The event, set for December 5th at Friends Arena in Stockholm, will feature 19 of the original singers on his biggest songs, as well as DJ sets from his friends.

The concert, produced by The Tim Bergling Foundation, will open with DJ sets from Guetta, Kygo, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Laidback Luke and Nicky Romero, followed by the singers performing...

We’ve unearthed the running order of the 2018 Tony Awards hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban on CBS on Sunday, June 10. Over the course of upwards of three-and-half-hours, winners will be announced in 26 competitive categories. Below is the order in which the 72nd Tonys will unfold.

The eight design awards will be handed out in the half hour before the show goes live at 8 p.m. Et as will the Tony for Best Orchestrations. Those winners will be showcased throughout the telecast, with inserts of their acceptance speeches.

As usual, the first award on the broadcast will be one of the featured acting races (this year it is on the musical side of the aisle) while the show closes with a big one, Best Musical. In between, the winners of the other 15 Tonys races will be revealed as detailed in the presentation order below.

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The 2018 Tony Awards take place on Sunday, June 10 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The three-hour ceremony hosted by two past nominees, composer Sara Bareilles (“Waitress”) and actor Josh Groban, will air on CBS. Those in the Eastern and Central time zones can see it live while those in the Mountain and Pacific time zones have a three-hour tape delay.

Thirty shows were eligible for consideration. A whopping 21 of these reaped at least one bid across the 26 Tony Awards categories. While the nominations were determined by 51 theater professionals, the 2018 Tonys winners will be decided by 842 members of the Broadway community.

See 2018 Tony Awards: When does the show start on Sunday, who are the hosts and presenters and what will win?

Two new musicals – “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” — earned a leading dozen Tony Awards nominations apiece while “The Band’s Visit,” had to settle for 11 bids. Among new plays,...

The 2018 Tony nominations are here, and some of Hollywood’s biggest names are competing for theater’s biggest honor.

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Tied for the most nominations was Mean Girls, the musical adaptation of 2004’s hit high school comedy. Book writer Tina Fey earned her first-ever Tony nomination. The 47-year-old SNL vet’s husband, Jeff Richmond, also picked up a nod for scoring the musical.

“We are honestly too excited and too proud of our ensemble to make a joke about this,” Fey and Richmond said in a statement to People. “We are so grateful to be embraced by the...

This morning’s Tony Award nominations favored the familiar, with Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants leading the field with 12 nods apiece. The American debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paced new plays with 10 nominations, and the revival of Angels in America had a strong showing with 11 nominations, most in Tony history for a play. (See the full list below.)

Other shows posting impressive tallies included The Band’s Visit, an original musical based on a 2007 Israeli film honored with 11 nominations. An acclaimed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel also scored 11 nominations, including one for Renée Fleming, who is better known for her career as one of the opera world’s most venerable stars. Lincoln Center’s reboot of My Fair Lady garnered 10 nominations, and the Denzel Washington-starring revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh received eight.

Mean Girls was adapted for the stage by Tina Fey,...

The 2018 Tony Awards will take place on Sunday, June 10 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and will air live on CBS. Nominees were announced today by Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (“Hamilton”) and “American Idol” Katharine McPhee,who is starring in the Broadway musical “Waitress.” While the nominations were determined by 51 theater professionals, the 2018 Tonys winners will be decided by 863 members of the Broadway community. (Read the full report on the 2018 Tony Awards nominations.)

The Tony Awards have lined up two past nominees — composer Sara Bareilles and actor Josh Groban — to host the 72nd annual edition of these top theater honors. Bareilles lost her 2016 bid for Best Score for “Waitress” to Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Hamilton.” Groban contended last year for his lead role in the tuner “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” but was bested by Ben Platt (“Dear Evan Hansen”).

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Harry Potter and The Cursed Child: Parts One and Two, Angels in America, the Denzel Washington-starrer The Iceman Cometh and the Tina Fey-penned Mean Girls were among the Broadway productions scoring nominations for this year’s New York Drama League awards.

The 2018 Broadway and Off-Broadway nominees were announced in the categories of Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced this morning by Tony Award winners Harriet Harris, Julie White and nominee Christopher Sieber.

The 84th Annual Drama League Awards, the oldest theatrical honors in America, will be held Friday, May 18, 11:30 am at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.

Here is the complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Production Of A Broadway Or Off-broadway Play

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Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch

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While the Golden Globes has an uneven record in previewing the Oscar winners in the top categories, it does give us great insight into one of the below-the-line races: Best Original Score. In the past decade, the two groups have differed only twice. In 2014, when the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. members opted for Alex Ebert’s score for “All is Lost,” while the academy awarded Steven Price for “Gravity,” which won a leading seven Oscars. The following year, the Globes honored Johann Johannsson (“The Theory of Everything”) while the Oscars went with Alexandre Desplat (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”).

This year, Desplat is hoping that the rule holds as he won the Globe for “The Shape of Water.” Our official Oscar odds have him far ahead in the race for Best Original Score. Trailing him are his four Golden Globe rivals: Carter Burwell (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”), Jonny Greenwood (“Phantom Thread...

“Everyone in the room knew immediately: This is special.”

Hamilton star Anthony Ramos is talking about that room where it happened. From workshop presentations at The Public to sold-out crowds at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theater, Ramos was part of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical phenomenon from the beginning in 2014, playing John Laurens and Alexander Hamilton’s son Philip for over two years. “We knew we were about to be a part of something that was going to change all of our lives,” Ramos tells Et.

Now, like other stars from the original cast, Ramos is seeing his life change dramatically as his career reaches new heights. This year, the 26-year-old actor and musician landed his first starring role on TV, working with filmmaker Spike Lee, no less, playing Mars Blackmon on the Netflix TV adaptation of She’s Gotta Have It, based on Lee’s debut 1988 film about a polyamorous woman artist living in Brooklyn. Lee originated the role...

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With reports of a Horrible Histories feature film in development, we salute the genius songs of a magnificent show...

Ah, Horrible Histories. The show that brings all the slapstick humour and wordplay of Blackadder and Monty Python to a young audience. It’s a rare and marvellously British televisual feast (points for citing the reference, there): a bunch of hugely talented actors charging around in historical outfits, singing songs and starring in genius pop culture-inspired spoofs to deliver the darker side of history to school children.

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Terry Deary’s famous books were an obvious choice for a Cbbc adaptation, but it was a bold choice to assemble a writing team and cast known for their work in the...

One of the funniest and longest-running late night talk show bits started with a simple premise — Jimmy Kimmel just didn’t have time for Matt Damon.

The Oscars host has been one-half of the hilarious twelve-year feud with Damon that has even seen their famous friends join in on the gag. But Kimmel didn’t mean to start a decade-long beef with Damon — he just wanted to cheer himself up after a particularly bad early episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

“We had a bad show … The guests were bad, and I was feeling pretty bad about myself at the end of the program,...

Matt Damon crashed George Clooney's interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night, but had a surprise for everyone in the studio – including Kimmel himself.

The actor showed up partway through his Suburbicon director and costar Clooney's chat with Kimmel after Clooney revealed that his infant twins, Ella and Alexander, were actually backstage. (Clooney's wife, human rights attorney Amal Clooney, gave birth back in June.) After teasing the studio audience a few times, Clooney summoned Damon, posing as his "manny," out onto the stage.

"I just want to make something...

Forget Oscar winner—Matt Damon has a new gig. "He's the manny. You're my manny," George Clooney announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night. "I'm his manny," the actor agreed. For those who missed the hilarious moment, Clooney told the audience his twins, Alexander and Ella, were there and asked if everyone would like to see them. Upon thunderous applause, the Suburbicon star stepped out on stage pushing a double stroller and covered in baby accessories. The joke may have been on the audience, but Damon was the punchline. "So, based on your physique, I guess your breastfeeding the children, too?" Kimmel teased the star. "No,...

Matt Damon is currently rehearsing his hardest role yet – as George and Amal Clooney’s “manny.” The 47-year-old actor made a funny cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday night when George asked the audience if they’d like to meet his infant twins, Alexander and Ella.

Naturally, the crowd cheered as Damon wheeled a double stroller out – much to the chagrin of his faux nemesis, Jimmy Kimmel.

“I’m his manny. It’s a nanny who’s a man,” Damon explained.

“You’re not a man!” Kimmel quipped.

“That’s not what your wife said,” Damon shot back.

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And the jokes didn’t end there.

“So based on your physique I guess you’re breast feeding the children too?” Kimmel added.

To which Damon replied, “No, no, I actually just wanted them to get their nap, so I brought...

Though he’s a Hollywood heavyweight and billionaire businessman, George Clooney is proving he’s just like any first-time parent.

The actor, 56, gushed about being a dad to 4-month-old twins Ella and Alexander on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, during which he admitted to host Jimmy Kimmel that being a dad is a little scary.

“Listen, I’m scared to death, it’s terrifying,” he said of navigating parenthood, adding, “You’re afraid of breaking them. They’re so little.”

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In addition to fall TV and a new slate of prestigious films, theater is gearing up for a new season, both on and Off-Broadway.

This year, there is no shortage of Hollywood star power -- ahem, the Broadway debuts of Amy Schumer and Uma Thurman, the return of Anna Camp and Clive Owen, and the Boss -- as well as anticipated new productions, must-see revivals and the redemption of director Julie Taymor. And the action is not limited to New York as two major musical adaptions get their feet wet with out of town tryouts.

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Disney’s global animated phenomenon is headed to the Broadway stage with a new musical from composers and lyricists RobertLopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and book writer Jennifer Lee in February 2018 after a limited engagement in Denver. The Snow Queen-inspired fairy tale and its Norwegian kingdom of Arendelle...

Parenthood looks good on George and Amal Clooney!

The couple were all smiles Saturday at the Venice Film Festival as they arrived for the premiere for the crime comedy Suburbicon, which George directed, co-produced and co-wrote alongside his longtime collaborators the Coen brothers.

The outing marks the first time George, 56, and his human-rights lawyer wife, 39, have made a public event appearance since the birth of their twins Alexander and Ella on June 6.

Amal wore a stunning lilac Versace gown and her hair curled up into a faux bob with an Old Hollywood feel. She accessorized with drop pearl earrings. George,...

Thanks to the release of the junior novelization for Spider-Man: Homecoming, more and more details are surfacing about the upcoming Marvel movie, which is right around the corner now. Following on from the dubious rumours of the true identity of Zendaya’s character Michelle in the film, we now might know who Donald Glover’s playing.

Reddit user Alex_Helix posted a lengthy synopsis of the Homecoming novelization on the site, which he claims only covers the first arc of the movie. Of the details that he shared, the juiciest is the reveal of the name of Glover’s character.

“Spider-Man finds two of Toomes’ men, Shultz (Bookem Woodbine) and Brice (Logan Marshall-Green), selling Chitauri weapons to local criminal Alex (Donald Glover) and intervenes.”

When it was first announced that Glover had been cast, fans were hoping he might be bringing Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man, to the big screen.

Parenthood looks great on George Clooney and Amal Clooney.  As the A-list movie star and British barrister adjust to life with twins Ella and Alexander, a source tells E! News the family of four couldn't be more excited about their long-awaited reunion. "Everyone is healthy and very happy," the insider shares just one day after Amal gave birth to her first son and daughter with her husband of almost three years. "George is on cloud nine and hasn't left Amal's side." And with their always supportive inner circle on hand to celebrate the babies' arrival, it's no wonder mom and dad have been showered with presents. Our source reveals,...

Since the Met Gala red carpet is always a who’s who of celebrities all decked out in the finest pieces of custom couture imaginable and accessorized with more diamonds than a jewelry store, competition for who will shine brightest amongst these A-list stars could not be tougher. But in the end, only a handful can make it to be claimed as our personal best dressed of the night. From the women who went big, taking the theme very seriously in actual Comme des Garcons, to the ones who just brought some major glamour to the evening, here’s a...

The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has today announces their complete lineup for the 46th annual New Directors/New Films (Nd/Nf), running March 15 – 26. Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, this year’s festival will screen 29 features and nine short films. This year’s lineup boasts nine North American premieres, seven U.S. premieres, and two world premieres, with features and shorts from 32 countries across five continents.

The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”

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Sundance deals accrue such legend that it’s easy to forget the ones that materialize out of nowhere. Such was the case 20 years ago to this day, when Miguel Arteta’s first feature “Star Maps” premiered at the festival and landed a $2.5 million deal with Fox Searchlight.

The movie, which tells the story of a Latin American teen (Douglas Spain) who works as a bisexual hustler while harboring dreams of movie stardom, became an overnight sensation at Sundance — and also turned Arteta into a permanent member of the festival family. Since then he’s returned with “Chuck & Buck” (2000) and with “The Good Girl” (2002); tonight he screens his latest effort, “Beatriz at Dinner” out of competition.

The “Star Maps” deal also marked a historic moment for this site. At roughly a year old, IndieWire was establishing itself as a nimble digital upstart that had accrued popularity at Sundance, where it published a daily print edition.

Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman team up for HBO's star-studded miniseries, Big Little Lies, and for the pair, the project was a dream.

Based on Liane Moriarty's best-selling 2014 novel of the same name, Big Little Lies centers on a group of women -- all in different stages of motherhood -- in Monterey, California, whose seemingly perfect lives begin to unravel to the point of murder.

Witherspoon and Kidman play two of the women, Madeline Mackenzie and Celeste Wright, respectively, and also serve as executive producers on the seven-part miniseries. Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgard and Adam Scott also star.

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"What was great about reading the novel for the first time was that I saw the different stages of motherhood all through my life. I was a mom when I was 22, like Jane [Woodley's character], and I was a mom when...

One of the many reasons fans flock to the “Star Wars” franchise is the galactic world-building each movie provides. And when “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — the first of the “Star Wars” standalone films — arrives this week, it will offer an even deeper dive into the universe. Here are three in-depth books that will best prepare you for the December 16 release.

“Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel” by James Luceno

Penned by bestselling “Star Wars” author James Luceno, this novel sets the stage for the events of “Rogue One” by detailing the galaxy war between the Republic and Separatists.

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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” by Alexander Freed

Go beyond the film with this novel, which provides new, more detailed scenes and expanded material about Jyn Erso’s search for vengeance.

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More than 400,000 parents weighed in at BabyCenter.com and the results are in: The most popular baby names this year are Sophia and Jackson … again.

BabyCenter ranked the top 100, and the top 25 are below:

Rank Girl | Boy

1. Sophia | Jackson

2. Emma | Aiden

3. Olivia | Lucas

4. Ava | Liam

5. Mia | Noah

6. Isabella | Ethan

7. Riley | Mason

8. Aria | Caden

9. Zoe | Oliver

10. Charlotte | Elijah

11. Lily | Grayson

12. Layla | Jacob

13. Amelia | Michael

14. Emily | Benjamin

15. Madelyn | Carter

16. Aubrey | James

17. Adalyn | Jayden

18. Madison | Logan

19. Chloe | Alexander

20. Harper | Caleb

21. Abigail | Ryan

22. Aaliyah | Luke

23. Avery | Daniel

24. Evelyn | Jack

25. Kaylee | William

Drilling down into the data by sex, Riley, Aria and Charlotte are all newcomers to the top 10. Meanwhile,...

Jimmy Kimmel Live's "Lie Witness News" team returned to the streets of Los Angeles on Monday, after Mike Pence's theater outing to Broadway's Hamilton went viral when the cast addressed him directly onstage. Except, Kimmel's team asked passersby what they thought of Pence's "feud" with the actual Alexander Hamilton – the Founding Father who has been dead for 212 years.

Amazingly – and as always – people obliged to take a side on the Hamilton-Pence "duel." One man agreed heartily that Hamilton – who was born in the West Indies before emigrating to...

Cheyenne Jackson is nothing short of gleeful about his new life as a dad.

The former Glee star and current cast member of American Horror Story: Roanoke talked to People Thursday at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala in Hollywood, California, about life at home with 3-week-old twins Willow and Ethan.

“It’s every cliché in the book,” says Jackson, 41. “There’s nothing more powerful and more palpable than seeing your genes in this little soul. It’s so beautiful.

“And watching him be a dad,” adds the actor of his husband of two years, entrepreneuer Jason Landau.

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Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.

Full Lineup Announcements

– The Philadelphia Film Society has announced the full film lineup of the 25th Philadelphia Film Festival, spanning from October 20 – October 30 on four theater screens throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. Opening on October 20 with Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land “and closing on October 30 with “Arrival,” the 11-day festival will showcase over 110 feature length and short films, curated by our programming committee who chooses each selection from multiple international festivals throughout the year. The full Festival schedule and digital Festival Program Guide is available now right here.

– The San Francisco Film Society has announced the lineup of programs for the second annual Doc Stories festival, November 3 – 6 at the Vogue Theatre, the Castro Theatre and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Doc Stories gives the...

Bottoms up, Lin-Manuel Miranda! The Hamilton creator will appear on Season 4 of Comedy Central’s Drunk History to — naturally! — narrate the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

The guest appearance was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, along with news that Criminal Minds’ Paget Brewster will narrate the friendship and fight for women’s rights between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Cougar Town‘s Busy Philipps) and Soviet soldier Lyudmila Pavlichenko (Parenthood‘s Mae Whitman.)

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Drunk History returns Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 10:30/9:30c.

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Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia are enjoying royal parenthood! The happy couple, who welcomed son Prince Alexander on April 19, is opening up for the first time about becoming parents. "It's amazing," Princess Sofia told Sweden's Svenskdam during their visit to inspect the agricultural facilities around Stenhammar Palace, one of the royal family's summer residences, 75 miles south of Stockholm. "He is very sweet and well-behaved," the royal added of her two-month-old son, who was sucking on a pacifier in his stroller during the interview. Asked which parent their firstborn child took after most, Sofia replied, "He's a mixture of us both!

July 4 fell on a Saturday last year, resulting in an Independence Day weekend without an extended holiday. Thanks to 2016 being a Leap Year, July 4 moves to Monday and we're looking at a four-day holiday weekend that not only includes the third weekend for the high-powered performance of Disney and Pixar's Finding Dory, but three new wide releases. However, like last weekend, this week's freshman class will be jostling for runner up position as Dory is looking at a three-peat atop the weekend chart. Meanwhile WB's The Legend of Tarzan and Steven Spielberg's The Bfg*and their combined budgets totaling $320 million*may have a hard time taking down Universal's The Purge: Election Year, which was made for a mere $10 million. After crossing $300 million in just 12 days, Finding Dory enters its third weekend ready to rule once again. After a 46% drop in its second weekend (42% without including Thursday previews) a holiday...

When Alexander Skarsgard attended the San Francisco premiere for The Diary of a Teenage Girl last August, his handsome looks had jaws on the floor for a different reason than usual: he walked the red carpet in a glittery gold dress and a voluminous blond wig. When the Legend of Tarzan actor sat down with Conan O'Brien on Tuesday night, he finally revealed why he chose that particular look for the premiere. "The first Ad on that movie is Cousin Wonderlette, a legendary drag queen in San Francisco," he told Conan. "She was hosting [the premiere] with all her drag queen friends, and there was just something about the excitement about getting ready for the premiere as I was sitting there with my gray suit. They were talking about their wigs and their dresses and everything and I felt left out. So I asked Cousin, 'Can I play? Can I be a part of this?...

Hollywood embraces certain heroic brands time and time again. I think Dumas’ Three Musketeers (spoiler alert: there’s really four of them!) holds the record for movies most frequently adapted from a story. But another property has been capturing fans’ imaginations for over 100 years, and he’ll be swinging into theatres again this summer.

The Legend of Tarzan debuts July 1st. This movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgard. Fans are hopeful. Of note, this movie opens with a “civilized” Tarzan in the city London. But the hardcore Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs fans know there’s always something rumbling in the jungle.

In fact, I recently wrote about Tarzan: The Beckoning. Dark Horse is re-issuing the 80s miniseries by master artist Thomas Yeates. You can read my column here. But right now, I’d like to put on my metaphorical jungle pith helmet and explore...

The Hamilton cast is making the most of their shot. The hip hop-infused Broadway musical was recently nominated for an historic 16 Tony Awards, and nearly half of those nods went to the show's roster of talented stars, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo. But just who are the people behind the phenomenon? As the Tony Awards near, People put together this guide to help you put a face to the show's nominated cast members: Lin-Manuel Miranda Role: Alexander Hamilton Nominations: Best book of musical; Best original score; Best performance by an actor in leading role in a...

Coping with the death of a loved one is difficult enough on its own. Mourning your father after learning he might have killed your childhood friend? That’s an entirely different burden, which Kurt Weller will shoulder in tonight’s Blindspot season finale (NBC, 10/9c).

TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at the episode, in which Weller — still reeling from the revelation that his dad may have murdered Taylor Shaw — decides to investigate his father’s confession. (And even though Sarah tries her best to talk Weller off the ledge, it’s clear she isn’t entirely convinced of her dad’s innocence,...

Oh say can you see… that we’re nearly at the end of Sleepy Hollow‘s third season? And that it looks like the Witnesses are headed back to the catacombs? And that yet another person in their lives is privy to the secrets of the impending apocalypse?

This week’s National Anthem-centric episode drafts FBI boss Daniel Reynolds onto Team Wtf, a development that both scares and emboldens Abbie to make like Oprah and live her best life. (“You get a mystical jug! And You get a mystical jug!”) Meanwhile, Jenny’s not ready to make nice with her dad,...

Lionel Richie: singer, songwriter, muffin man? At a pre-Grammy Awards tribute for the music legend Saturday night, Dave Grohl had Richie, 66, doubled over laughing as he recounted the tale of a massive basket of muffins Richie sent over - without a card - as Grohl recovered from leg surgery. "One day my wife comes in the bedroom and says, 'Wait 'til you see the muffin basket that just showed up!' So I went in there and this is the biggest muffin basket I have ever seen in my entire life, it was five hundred muffins, this high, that wide,...

Oh, the marriage proposal.

Some people spend years fantasizing about how it will all go down. The thousands of candles, the white horse, the meteor-sized ring – who isn't enchanted by the possibilities for the sacred moment?

Even celebrities, like George Clooney and Kanye West, want to get their proposals just right. Their access and wealth mean that they can plan some of the most impressive displays of affection. But sometimes, even they manage to turn the fairytale question into a nightmare. Below, some of the highlights – and lowlights – of celebrity engagements:

One of the greats: Kanye and Kim Kardashian West...

Oh, the marriage proposal. Some people spend years fantasizing about how it will all go down. The thousands of candles, the white horse, the meteor-sized ring - who isn't enchanted by the possibilities for the sacred moment? Even celebrities, like George Clooney and Kanye West, want to get their proposals just right. Their access and wealth mean that they can plan some of the most impressive displays of affection. But sometimes, even they manage to turn the fairytale question into a nightmare. Below, some of the highlights - and lowlights - of celebrity engagements: One of the greats: Kanye and...