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Noah Kahan Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘The Great Divide’

Noah Kahan has scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his fourth album “The Great Divide,” opening with 389,000 equivalent album units. Kahan’s debut marks the biggest week for a rock album since the charts started measuring by units at the end of 2014. It also becomes the third-biggest week for […]

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‘The Pitt’ Star Isa Briones Calls Out Fans For Screaming at Her During Broadway Show: ‘F—ing Disrespectful’

“The Pitt” star Isa Briones took to social media on Saturday to call out fans who scream at her during her Broadway show. On “The Pitt,” Briones stars as second-year resident Dr. Trinity Santos, but on the stage, she’s currently playing Connie Francis in the jukebox musical “Just In Time.” “Hey, hey, hey!” Briones wrote […]

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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Built Around a Radical Hook: That Moviegoers Care About the Future of Magazines. But Maybe They Do

In the juiciest speech in “The Devil Wears Prada,” Miranda Priestly, the frosty-haired, frosty-souled Runway magazine editrix played by Meryl Streep (in a performance that should have won her the Oscar), looks over Andy (Anne Hathaway), her dressed-down second assistant, and dresses her down all the more by explaining that Andy may think she has […]

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Tony Awards Predictions: 10 Burning Questions, From Scott Rudin’s Return to Record-Breaking Noms for Laurie Metcalf, June Squibb and Danny Burstein

The 2026 Tony Awards nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, May 5, capping off one of the most competitive Broadway seasons in years and injecting a fresh round of drama into the cycle. Lincoln Center Theatre’s revival of “Ragtime” will likely lead the nomination field, with the possibility of six performers getting nods, mirroring its […]

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Spike Lee Defends ‘Michael’ From Critics Who Think Child Sexual Abuse Allegation Should Have Been Included: ‘Doesn’t Work in the Timeline of the Film’

During a recent interview with CNN, Spike Lee defended Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” from critics who think the pop legend’s allegation of child sexual abuse should’ve been included in the film. Lee, who saw the movie “twice” and “loved it,” said that since “Michael” ends in ‘88, before the first accusation hit in ‘93, […]

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Why ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Almost Didn’t Include a New ‘Vogue’ Fashion Montage

Strike a pose. As much as “The Devil Wears Prada” is associated with Vogue magazine (Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is based on longtime editor-in-chief Anna Wintour), the 2006 movie is equally remembered for its deft deployment of Madonna’s anthem, “Vogue,” as the soundtrack to Runway newcomer Andy’s (Anne Hathaway) style transformation. In the now-iconic montage, […]

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Alternativa Film Festival Wraps in Medellín, Prizes ‘Runa Simi,’ ‘9-Month Contract,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’

The 3rd Alternativa Film Festival wrapped April 30 in Medellín, Colombia with generous cash prizes doled out to five feature films and two shorts. These were selected from 15 feature-length films and 15 shorts hailing from Latin America and Asia. Liza Surganova, head of the itinerant film festival founded by tech company inDrive, announced that […]

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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Hired a Human Artist to Create the Film’s AI-Generated Meme: ‘It Was Nothing But Fun’

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is getting some appreciation over director David Frankel’s decision to choose a human artist over AI.   The anticipated sequel kicks off with Runway Magazine in hot water after a poor editorial decision, under the helm of editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Priestly becomes the subject of a slew of […]

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Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Dazzles With $77 Million Domestic Debut; Powers to $233 Million Worldwide

Movie theaters are en vogue again — at least based on the blockbuster turnout for “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” Disney’s star-studded sequel has defied box office expectations with $77 million in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales tower above the original, which launched to $27.5 million domestically in 2006. They also rank as the […]

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‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Screenwriter Spills All: Miranda Priestly’s Evolution, a Villainous Lady Gaga and the Bezos Connection

Trench coats, the perfect pair of jeans, a leather motorcycle jacket, a strand of pearls. In fashion, the most versatile items become the most iconic. The same goes for screenwriting. The magic trick of 2006’s “The Devil Wears Prada” was that it contained razor-sharp insights about the worlds of media and celebrity, packaged as a […]

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‘The Travel Companion’ Review: A Bromance Goes Adrift in a Gently Wry Indie Amble

So frequently does New York-based independent filmmaker Simon (Tristan Turner) repeat the shaggy one-line pitch for the documentary he’s working on — it’s “a nostalgia-piece travelogue about past, present and future, a eulogy for lost history” — that he’s probably long stopped thinking about what it actually means. If, indeed, it means anything at all. […]

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Connor Storrie Introduces Olivia Rodrigo as She Debuts New Song ‘Begged’ From Upcoming Album on ‘SNL’

“Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie introduced Olivia Rodrigo for her second performance on “Saturday Night Live,” where she debuted a new, unreleased song from her upcoming album. Rodrigo performed the track titled “Begged” while seated on a swing, a visual that mirrors the cover art for her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a […]

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