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Jordan Peele ‘s UFO thriller “Nope” topped the North American charts in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $44 million in ticket sales, Universal Pictures said Sunday. “Nope,” which opened on 3,785 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, is the most expensive film Peele has made to date with a reported $68 million […]
The 75th annual Tony Awards were held Sunday night, returning to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. While it was an exciting night to see the awards ‘return to normal,’ it was even extra cool to see a little bit of Rochester there. Kenita Miller, who grew up in Penfield, […]
Rochester’s own Kenita Miller was one of the nominees for the 2022 Tony Award “Best Featured Actress in a Play.” Miller who grew up in Penfield, was nominated for the production of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” The award went to Phylicia Rashad for her work in […]
Jennifer Hudson joins the elite status of “EGOT”. The awards term “EGOT” refers to people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over the course of their careers in entertainment. At the 2022 Tony Awards Hudson achieved EGOT with her Tony win for producing “A Strange Loop.” Notable figures who […]
“A Strange Loop,” a scalding story about a gay, Black theater artist confronting self-doubt and societal disapproval, won the Tony Award for best new musical. “MJ,” a jukebox musical about the entertainer Michael Jackson, also landed key prizes. Winning lead performance by Myles Frost, a 22-year-old in his first professional stage role, and for the […]
Jennifer Lopez received the Generation Award at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Upon accepting the award, Lopez shared, “You’re only as good as the people that you work with and, if you’re lucky, they make you better. And I have been very lucky in that regard.” Lopez then proceeded to not only thank […]
Bad Bunny is heading to Marvel as the newest hero in Sony Pictures. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny will lead the standalone comic book film “El Muerto”. Becoming the first ever Latino actor to headline a live-action Marvel movie. Known as Juan-Carlos Estrada Sanchez in the comics, El Muerto is a wrestler whose […]
Post the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap, the Tony Awards organizers felt the need to address what would happen if this were to happen again at their awards ceremony. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the organization stated: “The Tony Awards has a strict no violence policy. In the event of an incident, the perpetrator will […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is really an awesome place to escape life for a moment to let your hair down and enjoy the moment kind of like Thor. That’s right Thor is finally back and he is looking good with the new installment from Marvel Thor: Love and Thunder. If you remember Thor in the […]
Last night was the 94th Acadamy Awards and in an unexpected turn of events was a confrontation between Best Actor Winner Will Smith and Chris Rock. While presenting an award for best documentary, Rock had made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, which did not appear to go over well with her husband. […]
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