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‘Annie Live!’ review: NBC’s musical worked a little too hard but mostly delivered a good-luck night

Having a crowd actually watch the show helped overcome one of the raps on this format over the last decade, mounting some memorable shows but struggling to capture the unique qualities of an in-person setting. On the downside, the audience (one suspects with a degree of coaching) sounded a bit too appreciative and enthusiastic, applauding […]

December 2, 2021 Alec Baldwin interview on ABC News

Moments before the deadly shooting, actor Alec Baldwin recalled being told that the “gun is empty,” he said during an interview with ABC. Baldwin said he recalled being told by director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, to hold the gun out in her direction, “right below her armpit.” “I said to her, ‘in this scene, I’m […]

‘Single All the Way’ is a necessary queer fantasy

The excitement for Netflix’s first gay holiday-themed romantic comedy has focused largely on its radical joy. “Single All the Way” is, in crucial ways, a queer fantasy, one in which gay men feel empowered to explore and act on their desires. Their lives aren’t marked by homophobia or missed opportunity. As the movie charts Peter’s […]

Sandra Bullock opens up about partner and parenting on ‘Red Table Talk’

The actress talked to the show’s co-hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris about how her partner, Bryan Randall, was not involved in the adoption of her two children, but is extremely supportive. Bullock was already a mom to son Louis, now 11, when she met Randall, a photographer, and she adopted daughter […]

Jacqueline Avant, wife of music exec Clarence Avant, shot and killed in home robbery

Police suggested Avant may have been targeted. “I don’t think it’s a random attack, but I can’t speculate on that right now,” Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) Chief Mark Stainbrook said at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect or suspects are at large and the motive is still unknown, Stainbrook said. An investigation […]

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith: Petition calls on media to stop interviewing couple

Appearing on the petition-hosting site Change.org, the appeal was started by user Dexter Morales on November 26, with the caption “Stop interviewing Will and Jada smith!” While Morales did not reveal his motivation for starting the petition, signatories expressed their frustration at the celebrity couple’s tendency to disclose intimate details of their private lives. “everything […]

Alec Baldwin: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’ of gun on ‘Rust’ set

“The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” Baldwin said in an excerpt released Wednesday from the sit-down interview — his first since the October shooting. When asked why he pointed the gun at Halyna Hutchins and pulled the trigger when that wasn’t on the script, Baldwin said, “I would never point a gun […]

Ben Affleck is grateful for second chances, including Jennifer Lopez

“Only within the last five years, I really felt increasingly grateful for the difficulties that I’ve had. It’s not insignificant, because a lot of that pain is rooted in pain caused to other people. And that turns out to be the most painful thing in life,” he tells the publication. As for a second chance […]