Jenny Offill talks about how long it takes her to write books, falling down climate change apocalypse rabbit holes and what skills she thinks children should learn.
Elizabeth Debicki talks about working with Mick Jagger in The Burnt Orange Heresy, filming in Lake Como, Italy and the secretive Guardians of the Galaxy production.
ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.075 million Total Viewers, 356,000 Adults 25-54 and 267,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of Feb. 24, 2020, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” defeated CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.055 million, 356,000 and 237,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+20,000), Adults 25-54 (+79,000) and Adults 18-49 (+29,000), leading the CBS program in both key Adult demos for 10 th week in a row.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has decisively won the late-night ratings week of Feb. 24-28 versus the ABC and CBS competition, hitting a six-week high in the key demographic of adults 18-49, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Last night, PEN America spotlighted diverse voices and bestowed $330,000 of transformative support to writers and translators at the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards, hosted by Late Night's Seth Meyers at The Town Hall, the biggest venue in the Awards program's 56-year history. The show demonstrated the evolution of the Awards in recent years from a modest auditorium event for winners and their families into a preeminent gathering of writers and publishing luminaries, stars of the stage and screen, and passionate book lovers-or, as Meyers referred to it, 'The Oscars for books.'
When I recently interviewed Lisette Ororpesa, just before her first Violetta at the Met, she told me that people are always asking her “Isn't TRAVIATA an opera for three different sopranos? One soprano per act?” and her answer is: “Yeah, if you want to look at it that way...' She proved that she didn't need any help from a doppelganger in pulling off all the varied aspects of Verdi's courtesan, with a stellar performance.
Elisabeth Moss talks about guilting her best friend into attending the premiere of The Invisible Man, getting pranked at a press junket and season four of The Handmaid's Tale.
Multiplatinum Bryce Vine has shared his hotly anticipated new single a?oeBaby Girl.a?? Inspired by a night out in Miami, a?oeBaby Girla?? was produced by the GRAMMY-winning legend Chad Hugo [of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D.] alongside Bryce Vine's longtime collaborator Sir Nolan [Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Alec Benjamin]. Also dropping today is the video for a?oeBaby Girla?? a?" directed by Malia James [Halsey, Tove Lo, Green Day], the vibrant visual transports you into an old school block party.
Nick Jonas reminisces on his day-drinking adventure with Seth and talks about joining The Voice as a coach and the Jonas Brothers' Las Vegas residency.
Florida Repertory Theatre's 2019 PlayLab Festival of New Works kicks off April 30 with readings of six new plays, including one commissioned by Florida Rep for its popular Education Conservatory Program. The Festival also includes a Playwrights' Panel, where the festival playwrights talk about their craft and take questions from the audience.