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VIDEO: Disney+ Shares THE MANDALORIAN Season Three Featurette
by Michael Major - Feb 1, 2023


The series stars Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Amy Sedaris, Emily Swallow and Giancarlo Esposito. The directors of the eight-episode Season 3 include Rick Famuyiwa, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers, Peter Ramsey and Bryce Dallas Howard. Watch the new video trailer now!

Angela Bassett to be Honored at 10th Annual MUAHS Awards
by Michael Major - Jan 17, 2023


ANGELA BASSETT is an actress, director, and executive producer known for captivating, emotionally tinged performances full of dignity in treasured films such as Waiting To Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It, for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

VIDEO: Disney+ Debuts STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN Season Three Trailer
by Michael Major - Jan 17, 2023


The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. The series stars Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Amy Sedaris, Emily Swallow and Giancarlo Esposito. Watch the new video trailer now!

See Marylin Maye, SWINGIN' SONDHEIM & More at Birdland in January 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 28, 2022


Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this January with a full slate of nightly performances! See the lineup, how to get tickets, and more!

Cinema Audio Society To Honor Alejandro González Iñárritu With Filmmaker Award At 59th Annual CAS Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 29, 2022


Alejandro González Iñárritu will receive the Cinema Audio Society's Filmmaker of the Year honor at the 59th CAS Awards on Saturday, March 4, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel.

A VICIOUS CIRCLE Will Have an Industry Reading Next Week
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022


A new play about the decades-long, tempestuous friendship between Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley will receive an industry reading on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

VIDEO: Apple TV+ Reveals First Look at PREHISTORIC PLANET
by Michael Major - Apr 4, 2022


Apple TV+ revealed a glimpse at its highly anticipated natural history event series “Prehistoric Planet,” from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (“Planet Earth”), and narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The five-episode groundbreaking series will transport viewers 66 million years in the past.

Sacred Heart University Community Theatre Announces April Film Screenings
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2022


The SHU Community Theatre presents a month of film programming in April.

Disney+ Sets South Africa Launch Date
by Michael Major - Mar 29, 2022


With exclusive original content and thousands of episodes and movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and general entertainment from Star, Disney+ is the streaming home for some of the world’s most beloved stories.

Meet the Cast of AMERICAN BUFFALO
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2022


American Buffalo officially begins performances tonight, March 22, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Opening night is set for April 14. Learn more about the cast bringing this show back to Broadway!

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Announces Award Winners
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 20, 2022


The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 9th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Awards, presented by HASK Beauty, in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater. The gala was held on Saturday night, February 19, 2022, before a live audience at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was also livestreamed to an audience of millions worldwide.  

Honeysweet Creative Team to Produce 9th Annual MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 19, 2022


Produced and directed by Erick Weiss and his Honeysweet Creative team, the 9th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) awards, presented by HASK® Beauty, will take place LIVE on February 19, 2022, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, as well as be streamed to thousands worldwide on YouTube and Vimeo. The MUAHS awards gala, honoring outstanding achievements of both make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater, is co-produced by Honeysweet Creative and IngleDodd Media. 

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Volume Two Soundtrack Now Available
by Michael Major - Feb 11, 2022


The Book of Boba Fett Volume 2 (Chapters 5-7) Original Soundtrack is available today.  Volume One and Volume Two both feature music themes by Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson (“The Mandalorian,” “Tenet,” “Black Panther”) and score by Joseph Shirley (“Bad Trip,” “The Mysterious Benedict Society,” “Fairfax”).

Melissa Peterman To Host The 9th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards 
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2022


Actress and comedian Melissa Peterman, known for portraying 'Barbra Jean' on the television series “Reba” and currently on CBS #1 Comedy “Young Sheldon” as 'Brenda Sparks,' will host the 9th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) Awards, presented by HASK Beauty, bringing her humor and talent to the star-studded event.

MUAHS to Honor Jon Favreau with Distinguished Artisan Award
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2022


Jon Favreau, Academy Award-winning filmmaker best known for his creative, innovative work in the Star Wars, Iron Man and Avengers series, among many others, will receive this year's Distinguished Artisan Award at the 9th Annual  Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706), presented by HASK Beauty.

POD SAVE AMERICA Comes To The Boch Center Wang Theatre Friday, April 15
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2022


The acclaimed podcast Pod Save America is hitting the road as Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor record a show live at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston on Friday, April 15.

Disney+ Releases 'The Book of Boba Fett Vol. 1 (Chapters 1-4)' Soundtrack
by Michael Major - Jan 21, 2022


The soundtrack features music themes by by Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson (“The Mandalorian,” “Tenet,” “Black Panther”) and score by Joseph Shirley (“Bad Trip,” “The Mysterious Benedict Society,” “Fairfax”). Listen to the new soundtrack now!

VIDEO: Disney Shares 'Ming-Na's Dream Role' BOOK OF BOBA FETT Featurette
by Michael Major - Jan 4, 2022


The Book of Boba Fett, a new Star Wars adventure teased in an end-credit sequence following the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian, finds bounty hunter Boba Fett and Fennec Shand navigating the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.

VIDEO: Disney+ Shares 'Being Boba Fett' BOOK OF BOBA FETT Featurette
by Michael Major - Dec 29, 2021


Join filmmakers Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, and star Temuera Morrison, as they take a look at the Boba Fett character and what Morrison brings to the role of the mysterious bounty hunter in the new featurette, “Being Boba Fett.” Watch the new teaser trailer now!

Disney Releases THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Main Title Theme
by Michael Major - Dec 29, 2021


The Book of Boba Fett Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4) Original Soundtrack will be released on Jan. 21, 2022 and will be followed by The Book of Boba Fett Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-7) on Feb. 11, 2022. Both soundtracks feature music themes by Göransson and score by Joseph Shirley (“Bad Trip” “The Mysterious Benedict Society,” “Fairfax”).

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