Category Archives: Variety

Chuck Woolery, Game Show Host Behind ‘Love Connection’ and More, Dies at 83
Chuck Woolery, the veteran game show host who gained fame as the original emcee behind “Wheel of Fortune” and later as the face of the popular syndicated dating show “Love Connection...
Varietyschneider Nov 24, 2024

Lou Ye’s ‘An Unfinished Film’ Wins Top Honors at Golden Horse Awards
Mainland Chinese director Lou Ye claimed the two top honors - best narrative feature film and best director - at the Golden Horse Film Awards on Saturday in Taiwan with his indie title “An Unfin...
Patrick Frater Nov 23, 2024

‘General Hospital’ Actor Chad Duell Announces Series Exit: ‘This Wasn’t an Easy Decision’
Chad Duell, who has played Michael Corinthos on “General Hospital” for 14 years, is exiting the ABC soap opera. Duell announced the news in an Instagram post on Saturday, writing, “A...
Michaela Zee Nov 23, 2024

‘Paradise at Mother’s Feet’ Review: A Trek to Mecca Starts Heading in the Wrong Direction
Good intentions have a way of leading to not-so-great places in "Paradise at Mother's Feet," a sweet but ultimately arduous road movie about a mother and son from Kyrgyzstan who set out to reach Mecca...
Stephen Saito Nov 23, 2024

‘Wicked: The Soundtrack’ Album Review: Stephen Schwartz’s World-Beating Song Score Gets Its Due, and So Do the Divas Who Deliver It
When the sing-along screenings of "Wicked" go down beginning Christmas Day, I'll be there - but not because I have any intention of personally raising my voice in song. (Or maybe I'll join in just wit...
Chris Willman Nov 23, 2024

‘All God’s Children’ Review: A Brooklyn Synagogue and a Church Seeking Unity Offer an Edifying Parable for Our Time
One of the more engaging figures in Ondi Timoner's 2022 documentary, "The Last Flight Home" - about the decision of her 92-year-old father, Eli Timoner, to use California's end-of-life option - was th...
Peter Debruge Nov 23, 2024

Bowen Yang Says His First ‘SNL’ Screen Test Was a ‘Disaster’ After Lorne Michaels Interaction: ‘I Pandered to His Canadianness’
Bowen Yang’s initial screen test for “Saturday Night Live” did not go well following an interaction with creator Lorne Michaels, according to the comedian. During a recent inter...
Andrés Buenahora Nov 23, 2024

‘My Sweet Land’ Review: Withdrawn From Oscar Consideration, Jordanian Doc Focuses on Kids Raised in Disputed Region
What is it like to come of age under constant threat of war? Director Sareen Hairabedian's poignant documentary "My Sweet Land" follows an ethnic Armenian youngster named Vrej Khatchatryan from the sm...
Alissasimon Nov 23, 2024

‘Wicked’ Star Ethan Slater on His ‘Dumb’ Self-Tape Audition for Boq and How Therapy Is Helping Him Get Through This ‘Crazy Ride’
Ethan Slater is trying to get used to the attention he's receiving for both his professional and private lives. He's making his big-screen acting debut as the lovesick Boq in Jon M. Chu’s "Wicke...
Marcmalkin Nov 23, 2024

‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ Review: Little-Known Pacific War Tragedy Deserves Better Than This Lumbering Doc
On Oct. 1, 1942, a Japanese freighter carrying over 1,800 British POWs captured during the Battle of Hong Kong was torpedoed by an American sub. The chaos that followed - wherein members of the Japane...
Manuel Betancourt Nov 23, 2024