| | | | | | "A Strange Loop," Michael R. Jackson's critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday as Broadway joined the national discussion of race by embracing an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical. Jackson's 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man earned nods for best musical, best leading man in newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best featured actress for L Morgan Lee, who becomes the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony Award. Jackson says he had "hoped" his "collaborators would be acknowledged.'' Right behind "A Strange Loop" is a tie with 10 nominations each for "MJ" and "Paradise Square." | | | | | | The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness." The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday. Not only did it more than double the opening of the first "Doctor Strange," which opened to $85 million in 2016, it's also the biggest opener of the year, ahead of "The Batman's" $134 million, the second biggest of the pandemic, behind "Spider-Man: Far From Home's" $260.1 million, and the sixth biggest of all time globally. | | | | | | | <script type="text/javascript" src="https://newsource-embed-prd.ns.cnn.com/videos/embed-video-player.min.js" data-newsource-publisher="853" data-player-data="879a8629ad2d284c5013163eb9ce0f0" data-max-width="auto" data-autoplay="1" data-player-type="1010" data-embed-type="3020"></script>Ncuti Gatwa, who is best known for his performance in Netflix’s “Sex Education,” will replace Jodie Whittaker as the next lead in “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday.”There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared,” Gatwa... | | | | | | | Michael Bruno goes backstage at the Janesville Parker Arts Academy’s production of “Anastasia the New Musical.” COPYRIGHT 2022 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. | | | | | | | Lui and Oliver have the headlines from this week in the animal kingdom. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. | | | | | | | <script type="text/javascript" src="https://newsource-embed-prd.ns.cnn.com/videos/embed-video-player.min.js" data-newsource-publisher="853" data-player-data="5fba330af4530dc45206482dd76cf6a" data-max-width="auto" data-autoplay="1" data-player-type="1010" data-embed-type="3020"></script>”Obi-Wan Kenobi” is back — but, based on the new trailer for the Disney+ series, the droll Jedi master no longer has the high ground.Released on — when else? — May the Fourth, the trailer teases appearances from a young Luke Skywalker, lightsaber-wielding villains and, of course, a certain Sith known for... | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — An award-winning indigenous recording artist spent Tuesday shooting a music video in Madison. The shoot was for Kelly Jackson’s hit song Don’t Speak. Proceeds raised from the video will benefit the IMPACT CHANGE Initiative to bring awareness and provide fundraising for murdered and missing indigenous women. “Ultimately this song is about not being alone, that there is... | | | | | | Looking at the schmoozing guests at the Met Gala cocktail reception, TV host James Corden summed up the scene in a word: "Classy." This wasn't a night for ripped jeans; the stars came in the best Gilded Age finery they could muster. The museum was carpeted with a head-spinning 275,000 deep pink roses, and in a particularly Met Gala-esque moment, a fun band snaking through the cocktail room was led by none other than Grammy winner Jon Batiste. Despite the fun, for some attendees, the Gilded Age's connotation of wealth inequality wasn't lost. | | | | | | |
