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Music is a growing presence at film's biggest night, and this year seems to have a larger piece of the broadcast than ever before. Beyond the Academy Awards’ traditional Best Original Song presentations, this year's Oscars have a few "special" performances, highlighted by Billie Eilish, fresh off her Grammy majors…

It is hard to believe, but the new sure-to-be holiday blockbuster Frozen II is the first theatrical sequel to a Disney animated musical, and fans have been waiting six years for this event. So does it live up to the hype and the expectations? Well, pretty much. It is always hard to top an original as enormously…

EXCLUSIVE: Tony and Grammy winning actress Idina Menzel we hear is in talks to join Sony’s musical Cinderella directed and written by Kay Cannon, and starring Camila Cabello. Menzel is poised to play Evelyn, the evil stepmother. Yesterday news broke that Pose Emmy winner Billy Porter is in negotiations for the role of…

After making its debut at Telluride and the Toronto International Film Festival, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie’s crime thriller Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler became the talk of the town with its tale of a charismatic New York City jeweler who is actively on the lookout for his next big score. The film, written by…

In 2013’s $1.28B worldwide grossing Oscar winner Frozen, Queen Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. Now, in Frozen 2, she must hope they are enough. Disney just dropped a new trailer for the sequel (check it out above) wherein the answer to why Elsa was born with those powers is calling her — and…

NBC’s love affair with Broadway isn’t limited to Christmas and Easter seasons: just in time for trick or treat, the network will broadcast A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway, a concert-style special of songs and stars from the stage hit about life in Oz pre-Dorothy. The special, reuniting…

EXCLUSIVE: Singer and actress Idina Menzel (Frozen) is joining Adam Sandler, Eric Bogosian, Lakeith Stanfield and Judd Hirsch in the cast of the Safdie Brothers’ A24 movie Uncut Gems. Set in the Diamond district of New York City, Sandler will star as a jewelry store owner with a gambling addiction who is juggling two…

The CBS veteran reality hit Undercover Boss has been conspicuously absent from its summer schedule, and now we know why. The network today announced Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition, a spin on the series that will premiere on Monday, May 11. Check out the promo above. The new take — which got a two-episode tryout in…

Warner Bros Records released the soundtrack for Lifetime’s remake of Beaches today on iTunes in advance of the movie’s January 21 debut. Beaches features new takes on songs “Wind Beneath My Wings” and “The Glory of Love” as well as “I Can Hear the Music,” “I’ll Stand by You,” and “Last Time” recorded for the…

We’re getting a look at the first full trailer for Beaches, Lifetime’s telefilm remake of the 1988 feature. Allison Anders directs the contemporary remake, which follows two young girls who meet by chance on the Venice Boardwalk and, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on a lifelong friendship. CC (Idian Menzel)…

Lifetime today announced a January 21 premiere date for its telefilm remake of Beaches and also released a promo and first-look photos. The pic stars Idina Menzel and Nia Long in the respective roles played by Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in the 1988 feature. Check out the new photos above and below and the promo…

A Garry Marshall film classic is coming to the small screen. Lifetime has greenlighted a contemporary remake of the 1988 feature Beaches, toplined by Broadway and Frozen star Idina Menzel. She will play the role of CC, originated by Bette Midler in the movie, and will take on the iconic songs “Wind Beneath My Wings&#8221…