Actor Cynthia Erivo tops the list of reasons the first part of a two-part film adaptation of the musical “Wicked” likely will extend the good fortune that has paved this story’s road from the beginning. It’s quite a zigzag lineage: From L. Frank Baum’s “Oz” adventures to MGM’s 1939 movie musical to Gregory Maguire’s ...Read more

Former Bee Gees drummers Colin “Smiley” Petersen and Dennis Bryon, who played with the quintessential disco group in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, have died within days of each other.

The death of Petersen, the bestselling group’s original drummer, was announced Monday in a post on the Best of the Bee Gees Facebook page.

“It is ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is sharing a jail housing unit with fallen hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Daily News has learned.

The two rappers are both housed on the same dorm-style floor at MDC Brooklyn, where they’re sharing space with big-time crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, 6ix9ine’s lawyer confirmed Tuesday.

The ...Read more

It's an autumn day in New York, which prompts Cynthia Erivo to start singing the opening lines of the jazz standard of that name because, as I learn through our hour together, it does not take much prodding to get Erivo to break out in song. She serenades me with Marvin Gaye, Kate Bush and — wait, what's that? Mike and the Mechanics?

"I did ...Read more

“Wicked” doesn’t need a movie adaptation to be relevant — it’s already a cultural phenomenon, even before the behemoth two-part film adaptation hits theaters. The beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical is adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” a revisionist history ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Two Philly-region short queens are working together.

When Sabrina Carpenter debuted a trailer for her upcoming "A Nonsense Christmas" Netflix special Monday, it featured a cameo from Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson.

Brunson can be seen participating in a sketch with Carpenter, marking a meeting of two Philadelphia-region ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Earlier this year, Kansas City native Heidi Gardner got to show off her hometown to the cast and crew of a new TV talent show that filmed here.

The “Saturday Night Live” star served as one of three celebrity judges on “Second Chance Stage,” which debuts next week on Thanksgiving night.

The trailer for the show, ...Read more

It may be the start of the holiday season, but for many movie lovers, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: awards season. While the awards shows themselves proceed from January (the Golden Globes) to March (the Academy Awards), the fall and winter is the time to catch up on the contenders, whether in theaters or streaming.

Streaming this...Read more

Is Netflix a universal language?

The entertainment giant is counting on it as the company seeks to extend its lead in the global streaming business. On Monday, Netflix showcased its latest slate of international original programs, which are a key part of its strategy to attract and retain subscribers around the world.

The list includes the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Sammy Hagar was assembling a new telescope on Sunday afternoon. He had the glasses on, instructions out, wrench in hand, immersed in the challenge and admitting, “I’m so not a rock star right now.”

Hagar is still an analog guy on this digital assignment. But no matter the equipment, he’s looking into the galaxy with his ...Read more

DETROIT — Post Malone has an announcement. A Big Ass announcement, to be more specific.

The multi-genre hitmaker will perform at Ford Field on May 18 as part of his "Big Ass Stadium Tour," the singer announced Tuesday.

He'll be joined by fellow rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll, who earlier this month told an audience at Little Caesars...Read more

Kelsey Mann was scanning some old photos when he came to a series of pictures from his childhood birthdays and was struck by what he saw.

“I was 5, and it’s my birthday, and I’m sitting there in front of my cake … I think it was the smile and the joy on my face that made me stop,” says the director of “Inside Out 2.” “I’m like...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

NOVEMBER

19: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

19: Godzilla Minus One

19: Speak No Evil

19: Reagan

19: The Killer's Game

19: God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

19: Skincare

19: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

19: A Sudden Case of Christmas

19: Dead ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — From the moment Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham started to sing and play at the Troubadour one night at the end of September, the audience listened in rapt attention.

The occasion? One of the first full performances of the two singer-songwriters’ new collaboration, the album “Cunningham Bird,” a track-by-track ...Read more

A British historical drama boasting a strong cast tops the DVD releases for the week of Nov. 19.

"The Critic": Lesley Manville, Gemma Arterton and Ian McKellen star in this film set in the London theatrical world in which a critic becomes embroiled in a murderous web involving a blackmail scheme.

ALSO NEW ON DVD NOV. 26

"Attachment": Danish ...Read more

CHICAGO — “A hundred or more hidden things”: That’s how the director Vincente Minnelli described the elusive secrets to any memorable scene in a movie, or even a single shot. Or the single second it takes to move from one shot to another.

How a movie’s footage is cut together falls to the editor. The editor sets a film’s heart rate ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As Tears for Fears toured behind its 2022 album “The Tipping Point,” singer-bassist Curt Smith says he and his longtime musical partner Roland Orzabal started thinking about documenting these shows that they considered among the best performances the group has ever done.

“The live show after ‘The Tipping Point’ for...Read more

After Martin Scorsese saw success with a run of acclaimed films leading up to his first Oscar winner "Raging Bull" in 1980, the director thought he could take some time to pursue a topic that fascinated him since childhood.

"I thought why not go to the stories of saints?" Scorsese said at a recent panel discussion in New York. At the time, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What's most surprising about the excellent Geffen Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," starring Rainn Wilson ("The Office" and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show," "This Way Up"), is how subdued the clowning is from two actors known for their offbeat comic talents.

The revival, which opened at the Geffen ...Read more