Tony Awards flashback: 5 reasons Daniel Radcliffe could have succeeded if...
It’s official. Onetime “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe is now a Tony winner, for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for “Merrily We Roll Along.” That must make him the pride of the Hogwarts School...
View ArticleTony Awards rewind: 5 reasons why Idina Menzel (‘Wicked’) defied gravity to...
It was a battle of the witches for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 20 years ago. You might say that it was a “Wicked” one. Stephen Schwartz’s musical, which tells the back story of the two...
View ArticleAfter Tony Awards, will Sarah Paulson or Jeremy Strong join the Triple Crown...
To date, there are 24 distinguished individuals (living and deceased) who have won competitive Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards. The Triple Crown of Acting, as it’s known — see the list below. And there’s...
View ArticleBillboard chart flashback: Duran Duran flexed their way to #1 with ‘The Reflex’
“You’ve gone too far this time / But I’m dancing on the Valentine / I tell you somebody’s fooling around / With my chances on the danger line.” Those were the opening lyrics to “The Reflex” by the...
View ArticleOscars flashback: 5 reasons why Grace Kelly won Best Actress for ‘The Country...
“The biggest robbery since Brink’s.” That’s how Groucho Marx described Judy Garland in “A Star Is Born” losing the 1954 Best Actress Oscar to Grace Kelly in “The Country Girl.” (Brink’s was a...
View ArticleOscars rewind: 5 reasons why Peggy Ashcroft won Best Supporting Actress for...
At this year’s Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) emotionally took to the stage to deliver a truly heartfelt and achingly honest acceptance speech....
View ArticleOscars flashback: 5 reasons why Lupita Nyong’o won for ’12 Years a Slave’...
“If you see something, say nothing.” Those are some words of advice displayed on movie posters for “A Quiet Place: Day One.” The apocalyptic horror film has impressed audiences and critics like, and...
View ArticleBillboard chart flashback: ‘When Doves Cry’ by Prince soared to #1 in July 1984
For anyone old enough to remember the summer of 1984, there’s one song that probably comes to mind. “When Doves Cry” by Prince. The lead single from the “Purple Rain” soundtrack, “When Doves Cry” was...
View ArticleHey Scarlett Johansson — Here’s some good Oscar news for you!
Scarlett Johansson can currently be seen as a peppy marketing specialist who becomes involved with the uptight NASA director (Channing Tatum) overseeing the Apollo 11 launch. The film is the period...
View ArticleOscars outrage: How did Jamie Lee Curtis miss a nomination for ‘True Lies’?
It was July 1994. The summer was sizzling. And so were cinemas. That’s truly no lie. James Cameron’s action comedy flick “True Lies” opened in theaters on the 15th of the month, knocking “Forrest Gump”...
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