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What does an abundantly talented woman have to do to get an Oscar around here? Annette Bening is 0-5 when it comes to winning an Academy Award in the acting categories. If it were up to her fans, there would a law in place that would put an end to this insanity. She might not always choose well when it comes to picking projects – if you haven’t seen 2000’s “What Planet Are You From?,” consider yourself lucky. Of course, it was probably criminal that her performance in 2016’s “20th Century Women” didn’t make more of an impact.

Bening was born on May 29, 1958, and married actor, producer, writer and director Warren Beatty after co-starring in “Bugsy.” Let’s look back at her three-decade career on the big screen, with 13 of her greatest films in our photo gallery, including “Nyad,” “The American President,” “The Grifters,” “The Kids Are All Right” and “American Beauty,...

The Beach Boys will kick off a year-long celebration of their 60th anniversary in June with a vastly expanded edition of their greatest hits comp Sounds of Summer.

When it was initially released in 2003, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys contained 30 of the group’s biggest hits; the box set for the new reissue — out June 17 — bumps the tracklist up to 80 songs and three discs (or six LPs), pairing Brian Wilson and company’s best-known singles alongside dozens of fan favorites like “Til I Die,” “Sail on Sailor,...

Richard Armitage is set to star in “Damage,” a new Netflix series from Gaumont U.K. and Moonage.

Armitage (“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”) will play William, a politician who embarks on a passionate affair with his soon-to-be daughter in law, Anna (played by “Peaky Blinders” star Charlie Murphy.)

Anna is already engaged to William’s son Martyn, played by “Miss Marvel’s” Rish Shah. She fights to keep both relationships alive – one with Martyn and one with William – but it is inevitable that the truth will emerge and someone is going to get hurt.

In the meantime, William finds himself drawn into an obsessive spiral, unbeknown to his wife Ingrid (played by “Obi Wan Kenobi’s” Indira Varma.)

Pippa Bennett-Warner (“Gangs of London”) is also set to join the cast as Peggy.

“Damage” is based on Josephine Hart’s 1990s political novella about “erotic obsession and forbidden desire.

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Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Michael Douglas will serve as guest of honor and advisor at the fourth annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival. Douglas will appear during the short film festival’s 2022 virtual awards ceremony to announce the grand prize winner and offer insights to young filmmakers. The ceremony will be organized via Japan-based Meihodo’s U.S. headquarters in New York City, and stream on YouTube for U.S. audiences on Feb. 22,

The theme of this year’s festival will be “Dreaming Big in the Digital Revolution.” The festival has received thousands of entries from around the world and Meihodo will introduce a new element, awarding top winners with custom NFTs and cryptocurrency and bestowing a prize of $20,000 to one standout work, with total prize money exceeding $100,000.

“I’ve had the good fortune to work in the film business for decades, and I’m both humbled and...

“It was a real leap of faith” director Brent Wilson admits about directing his latest documentary feature “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road,” an intimate portrait of the life and career of enigmatic Beach Boys front-man Brian Wilson. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

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“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road” sheds new light on Wilson’s life and music. Part retrospective and part buddy road trip, the reclusive Wilson reminisces about his life under the filmmaker’s watchful eye, accompanied by Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend Jason Fine, as they traverse Wilson’s old haunts across Los Angeles. While “Long Promised Road” celebrates Wilson’s musical career, featuring interview excerpts with music industry luminaries like Linda Perry, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, it also candidly addresses the musician’s life-long struggles with mental illness.

The film also offers music lovers several of...

By 1969, the Beach Boys were in a rough place commercially. The brilliant Pet Sounds, years away from gaining the cult following it would eventually accrue, was a commercial dud. Radio had moved on to heavier rock and soul. The Summer of Love and Monterey Pop came and went without the participation of the band who gave the world “Good Vibrations.” Woodstock was happening as these thirtysomethings were figuring out the next move.

Their dilemma was embodied in the single they put out that year: the A side, a Brian Wilson song called “Break Away,...

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt alum Tituss Burgess has joined the cast of NBC’s Annie Live! musical event.

Set to aire Thursday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m., Annie Live! will see Burgess take on Rooster Hannigan, of the the antagonists in the musical and brother of Miss Hannigan, who will be played by Taraji P. Henson. He will act opposite Nicole Scherzinger and Harry Connick Jr., who play Grace Farrell and Daddy Warbucks respectively. The titular role has yet to be announced.

Actors who have previously portrayed Rooster include Tim Curry and Alan Cumming.

“I’ve always wanted to be a villain,” said the six-time Emmy-nominated actor.

Annie Live! will be executive produced by Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Alex Rudzinsky, with Lear deBessonet and Alex Rudzinski sharing the directing duties. The live event is being produced by Chloe Productions.

Burgess has earned five Emmy noms for his work as Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Amanda Kloots angrily responded to a person who commented on her social media page to her starting to date again following the death of her husband, Nick Cordero, who died from Covid-19 last year. Kloots, a Broadway actress who has appeared in Bullets Over Broadway, Good Vibrations, Follies and Young Frankenstein, was married to stage […]

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The Beach Boys will celebrate their favorite season with a summer-only Sirius Xm channel dedicated to the band.

Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Channel — which launched July 1st on the satellite radio’s channel 105 — will broadcast the band’s biggest hits and solo songs, as well as rarities that range from a cappella and backing tracks to alternate versions, obscure cuts, and more. Throughout, past and former Beach Boys members will share stories from their days with the group.

Prior to Good Vibrations’ curtain call on August 31st, the...

The good thing about “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road,” a documentary that premiered on Tuesday at the Tribeca Film Festival, is that it effectively makes the case for the startling musical genius of Brian Wilson, using celebrity testimony and musical examples to paint a clear portrait of the troubled songwriter, producer and singer as a protean pop creator.

And the frustrating thing about “Long Promised Road” is that it makes that case and then keeps making it for an hour and a half, to the point where the film is apt to become wearying to all but the most diehard fans of Wilson and the Beach Boys.

Directed by Brent Wilson (no relation to Brian) and written by Brent Wilson and Jason Fine, the film is ostensibly built around a road trip in which Rolling Stone writer Fine drives Wilson around Southern California in a car that is apparently equipped with multiple cameras.

Without Brian Wilson, the world would be devoid of West Coast anthems like “California Girls,” “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin’ U.S.A.”

The musician and record producer, who founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl, as well as their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, is the subject of a new documentary, “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.”

Directed by Brent Wilson, who has no relation to the singer, the film is premiering at this year’s Tribeca Festival on June 15. “Long Promised Road” features guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and Nick Jonas and gives the Beach Boys icon an opportunity to reflect on his life and music.

In an exclusive clip of “Long Promised Road,” Wilson discusses his songwriting process with Rolling Stone’s editor Jason Fine, his longtime friend, on their way into the recording studio.

“[You] start with a background track, then...

Exclusive: The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in earnest this week and one of the indisputable highlights of this New York-centric fest as far as I am concerned is a documentary having its sold-out world premiere June 15 and chronicling a certain Southern California musical legend. Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road from director Brent Wilson (no relation) is not the first feature film to center on The Beach Boys icon responsible for a host of immortal hits from “Good Vibrations” to “In My Room” to “God Only Knows” and countless others, but taking a new look at Wilson, who has had more than his share of ups and downs including well-documented battles with mental illness over the course of a 60-year career at the top, this film somehow gets right to the core of what makes him tick without much verbal input from the man himself.

In this case it is...

When Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998, his sons Jonah and Justyn became heirs to their father’s estate. That meant joining with surviving Beach Boys founders Mike Love, Brian Wilson, and Al Jardine to vote on key business decisions, from archival releases to commercials. It wasn’t easy. “The dynamic changed a lot after our father passed,” says Jonah, who was in his late twenties at the time. “Not to say it was all negative, but we had a lot of challenges.” Adds Justyn, “In the beginning, it was...

Six random things that happened on this day, December 10th, in showbiz history

1966 "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys, considered on of the most influential and important compositions of the rock era, hits #1. Remember when Paul Dano did such amazing work playing Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson in the biopic Love & Mercy (2015) and then got such a shabby awards season response (though at least we nominated him here!)?...

The top 11 couples will hit the floor on Monday’s “Dancing with the Stars,” but the most anticipated routine of the night — or at least the most pimped — is arguably Derek Hough‘s.

The new judge and his girlfriend Hayley Erbert, a former troupe member, will perform a paso doble to “Uccen” by Taalbi Brothers. “I certainly don’t wanna disappoint. I’m gonna bring my all,” Hough teased of the performance three weeks ago. “My M.O. is entertaining and bringing joy to people, and that’s it. I’m so happy I’m able to do that on this show.”

The six-time champ left “Dancing” after finishing in sixth place with Marilu Henner on Season 23 in 2016.

Meanwhile, the top 11 will each tackle an unlearned dance. No new dances this week, but after their season debuts last week, jazz and contemporary are sticking around.

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Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 3, episode 10 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired April 1 on Fox.

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is the latest celebrity to be revealed on “The Masked Singer,” as the show’s final nine contestants faced off for the first time on Wednesday night’s episode.

As the White Tiger, Gronkowski performed “I’m Too Sexy,” by Right Said Fred. In previous weeks he performed “Ice, Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice, “We Will Rock You” by Queen, and “Good Vibrations,’ by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

“I really didn’t know what I was getting into,” said Gronkowski, who’s now an NFL studio analyst for Fox Sports. “It was difficult at times, learning the first song and the first dance routine. I’ve never done that before. Now that I’ve got time on my hands,...

After seven long weeks our favorite contestant on season 3 of “The Masked Singer” is back. The White Tiger took to the stage again on the two-hour episode of the show on April 1. He, along with Kangaroo and Turtle, made the top 3 in Group A on February 12. Since then, they’ve been waiting in the wings. They finally get to face-off against the top trios from both Group B and Group C.

Each of these Super 9 is fighting for a slot in the quarterfinals. They will have to face down the four judges and then win enough votes from the studio audience to stay in the competition.

The White Tiger makes up for his shaky vocals by putting on a great show. He first rocked the house with his cover of “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice. Then he made the Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch hit “Good Vibrations” his own.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge follows two shows from the 2004-2005 season on this edition of Broadway Rewind. It's a look at The Beach Boys musical Good Vibrations, but we start things off at the opening night celebration of the New York production of Michael Frayn's play Democracywhich starred Richard Thomas, James Naughton and Robert Prosky. Richard talked about sharing the stage once again with his friend, James Naughton. 'We go way back. This is our fourth play we've done together. We love being onstage together. We're so different in every way, physically and vocally. It's a terrific match for us and we just love to talk to each other onstage.'...

The third season of “The Masked Singer” introduced a new twist of separating its 18 contestants into three groups of six. Initially the groups performed for the audience and judges, with three being eliminated from each. Group A booted the likes of Lil Wayne (Robot), Drew Carey (Llama) and Chaka Khan (Miss Monster). Group B said goodbye to Tony Hawk (Elephant), Dionne Warwick (Mouse) and Tom Bergeron (Taco). Group C has so far eliminated Sarah Palin (Bear), with two more to follow.

At the end of the group rounds, only nine costumed celebs will still remain in the competition to fight it out for the Golden Mask. Get a closer look at the Super 9 contestants of “The Masked Singer” Season 3 in our photo gallery above.

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Here are the Super 9 finalists who excelled in Group A:

The...

By the end of episode three of “The Masked Singer” on February 12, half of the contestants in Group A will have been unmasked. Of the four celebrities who competed on this third episode of season 3, the one having the most fun on-stage was the one dressed as the White Tiger.

The White Tiger may not have the best voice of the remaining contestants but he is certainly a showman. In his first appearance on the post-Super Bowl premiere, he rocked the house with his rendition of “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice. On episode 2, he made the Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch hit “Good Vibrations” his own.

We’ve been wondering who the White Tiger really is so we’ve rewatched those performances as well as the clues videos. Forgot those guesses by the panel that this is someone from the world of professional wrestling like Hulk Hogan. Keep...

Four masked performers remain in Group A of the third season of “The Masked Singer.” The first two have been revealed and eliminated and even in this early stage of the competition, we can’t help but think, who of this group has the best shot at going all the way? Below, we’ve ranked the four remaining contestants from Group A in order of their likelihood of taking home the Golden Mask. Do you think that these are in the right order? If not, how would you rank them? Make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below.

The post-Super Bowl episode brought one of the biggest celebrities yet to the show’s stage when the Robot was revealed to be Lil Wayne after a performance of “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz. Then the most recent episode saw the Llama eliminated after performing “She...

In the second episode of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” Season 3, the reality TV show welcomed Jason Biggs to join the panel alongside Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger. Their collective goal, as always, was to try to identify the mystery celebrities hiding inside the elaborate costumes. After the elimination of the Robot on Super Bowl Sunday, only five celebs remained in Group A: Kangaroo, Llama, Miss Monster, Turtle and White Tiger. Did you correctly guess which member from this group was sent home second, and who was hiding underneath their mask?

SEEAre ‘The Masked Singer’ celebrity contestants lip-syncing or singing live?

Below, check out our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 2, titled “The Playoffs: Group A,” to find out what happened Wednesday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs...

Post Malone says Ozzy Osbourne is “going to keep kicking ass,” calling his recent collaborator “so strong,” a week after the rocker revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Malone, who just hit the stage with Osbourne (and Travis Scott) at the American Music Awards in late November, says he “had no idea” the 71-year-old’s condition was that serious. “Working with him and hanging out with him and being around him, you can’t tell,” Malone explains by phone. “You can tell he has a little difficulty getting around,...

Richard Marks, an Oscar-nominated film editor for “Apocalypse Now,” best picture winner “Terms of Endearment,” “Broadcast News,” and “As Good as It Gets,” died unexpectedly on Dec. 31 in New York City, his widow, film editor Barbara Marks, confirmed to Variety. He was 75.

His other editing credits include “The Godfather: Part II,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “Julie & Julia,” “Serpico,” “Dick Tracy,” “Riding in Cars With Boys,” “Bang the Drum Slowly,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Father of the Bride.” Marks was a producer on “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “What Planet Are You From?,” and “Pennies From Heaven.”

Marks was born on Nov. 10, 1943, in New York. He married his wife Barbara in 1967. Marks became an assistant editor on Francis Ford Coppola’s “Rain People” in 1969, then worked with Dede Allen on “Alice’s Restaurant” and “Little Big Man” in 1970. He became her co-editor on “Serpico.”

Marks received a career...

What does an abundantly talented woman have to do to get an Oscar around here? Annette Bening is 0-4 when it comes to winning an Academy Award in the acting categories. If it were up to her fans, there would a law in place that would put an end to this insanity. She might not always choose well when it comes to picking projects – if you haven’t seen 2000’s “What Planet Are You From?,” consider yourself lucky. Of course, it was probably criminal that her performance in 2016’s “20th Century Women” didn’t make more of an impact.

This week, Bening pops up as part of a large ensemble cast in “Life Itself,” a romantic comedy written and directed by Dan Fogelman (TV’s “This Is Us”). And because it seems every actor these days is obligated to be part of at least one superhero franchise, Warren Beatty’s...

Actor Garry Shandling is giving up Hollywood to return to the stage as a stand up comedian. The What Planet Are You From? (2000) actor has decided to follow in the footsteps of Robin Williams and Jerry Seinfeld by going back to his comical roots. He explains, "I'm gonna do stand up for a while this summer and then return to movies... There are so many people returning to the stage. I think Jerry Seinfeld is going to go back and I think that for us comedians it's the true roots of what we are... It gets me back in contact with who I am and there's nothing in between you and the audience so you can get good feedback. It's great for the creative experience and fun."...