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Three-time Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks brought the late eighties/early nineties glam to the Los Angeles premiere of Call Jane, which was held inside the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday.The Massachusetts-born 48-year-old looked elegant in a strapless black cocktail dress, featuring a thigh-high slit, with matching opera gloves and pumps selected by styling duo Wendi & Nicole Ferreira.Banks (born Mitchell) finished off her retro look with side-parted blonde waves, disco ball-style earrings, and a bright red pout. Turning heads: Three-time Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks brought the late eighties/early nineties glam to the Los Angeles premiere of Call Jane, which was held inside the Skirball Cultural Center on ThursdayElizabeth stars as 1968-era Chicago housewife Joy, whose life-saving abortion introduces her to an underground feminist group called the Jane Collective, in Phyllis Nagy's drama hitting US theaters October 28 and UK theaters November 4.'I really hope that when people watch this film it opens up their sense of empathy for a road that they might never have to travel, but have a little less judgment for those who do,' the Press Your Luck host said on the red carpet.

Kelly Ripa shared in a new interview that she was originally led to believe she was 'just filling in for the day' when she first co-hosted her future talk show with Regis Philbin.The 52-year-old talk show host and actress claimed on Tuesday's episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she was told Philbin — who died in July 2020 at 88 — wasn't even looking for a co-host at the time.'He certainly didn't need me there,' she said of the legendary entertainer, even though she said she eventually came to feel like she had established her place on what came to be called Live! with Regis and Kelly. Carrying on: Kelly Ripa, 52, said Regis Philbin didn't need her as a co-host and could have carried on solo after Kathie Lee Gifford's departure in an interview published Wednesday for the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast; seen in 2011 in NYCAlthough she was sometimes uncomfortable in her early days on the show because she didn't feel as if she belonged, Kelly defended Regis' alleged aspirations to host the show on his own.'When you're a new person joining a well-established show and a well-oiled machine, and if you read the book [her memoir Live Wire], you know this.

Broadway box office held steady at $28,621,480 last week as a slate of new productions began or continued previews (Almost Famous and Kimberly Akimbo filled more than 90% of their seats), MJ and Leopoldstadt set house records and The Phantom of the Opera was once again standing room only as the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical heads toward its Feb. 18 closing.

Caroline Polachek has today (October 17) shared a new video for her latest single, ‘Sunset’ – check it out below.The song was co-produced by Polachek with Sega Bodega; Polachek also co-directed the song’s Barcelona-filmed video with Matt Copson. She had previously teased the track’s release on Instagram earlier this month.The single follows on from ‘Billions’, which arrived earlier this year and comes just weeks after the musician shared a track written for Kurt Cobain-inspired opera Last Days.Oliver Leith’s Last Days opera is based on Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name, which was inspired by the missing five days between Cobain absconding from a rehab facility in Los Angeles and killing himself in an outbuilding of his Seattle home.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In what plays like Singapore’s answer to “About Schmidt,” never-too-late-to-live dramedy “Ajoomma” follows a widowed housewife as she steps out of her comfort zone by making a solo trip to South Korea. This upbeat debut from director He Shuming — whose title is the Korean equivalent of all-purpose Asian term of respect “Auntie” — offers longtime TV actor Hong Huifang (“Housewives’ Holiday”) a chance to shine in the title role, which has already netted her a Golden Horse Award nom. Selected to rep Singapore at the Oscars, affable “Ajoomma” is more of a dark horse in that race, albeit one with art-house sleeper potential. Mrs. Lim’s life is light on excitement. What it lacks in drama, she fills by binging on Korean soap operas — a not at all uncommon obsession among Asian women (and a growing number of Americans, thanks to services like Kocowa and Viki). “Auntie,” as most of the other characters call Hong’s character, fusses a bit too much over her only son, who long ago agreed to accompany her on a special tour of Seoul. Now, mere days before they’re to depart, he backs out for a job interview in New York — one that would put some much-needed distance between the closeted young man and his overly suffocating mom.

Broadway held fairly steady at the box office last week, with recent arrivals Leopoldstadt and The Piano Lesson leading the pack of fall newcomers with grosses of $758,988 and $704,051, respectively.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that David Neilson is a legend of Coronation Street. The actor has spent an incredible 27 years playing the ITV's soap's much-loved Roy Cropper. The cafe owner made his debut on the cobbles back in July 1995.

After two-plus decades of marriage, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have never stopped having the hots for each other — and they want the world to know!

Kelly Ripa revealed that the chapters about her late co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire were the 'hardest' to write while promoting it Thursday on a talk show.The 51-year-old daytime talk show host, while wearing a short black-and=white polka dot dress, discussed Regis, who died at age 88 in 2020, while appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Bravo. Andy, 54, said he was blown away over details in the book about her contract restrictions when she first joined the live morning show with then host Regis in 2001. New book: Kelly Ripa revealed that the chapters about her late co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire were the 'hardest' to write while promoting it Thursday on a talk show'You couldn't bring your own hair and make up team, ' Andy said. There was no budget for wardrobe.

David Benedict There is an opera of “The Crucible.” Written by Robert Ward, it won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize. But this is not the opera… or is it? Lyndsey Turner’s grandiloquent National Theatre production of Arthur Miller’s imperishable 1953 classic is so overloaded with singing from the opening period-style choral folk song to a final major-key angelic chorus — not to mention a permanently portentous soundscape — that you could be forgiven for mistaking it for the opera. While some 69-year-old plays need dramaturgical assistance to be successfully revived, this is not one of them. Turner’s decision to “assist” the play is also there in her equally operatic visual response. In 2016, she and designer Es Devlin transformed the naturalism of Brian Friel’s masterpiece “Faith Healer” at the 250-seat Donmar Warehouse by encasing the three-sided stage with a curtain of pouring rain lit so that the water gleamed like a cage of hard, white light. It was a fitting metaphor for Friel’s fictional village. Now reused for “The Crucible” in the 1,029-seat Olivier amphitheater, opening and closing the play and punctuating the scene changes, it seems less metaphorical, more an over-displayed effect.

After two years of online productions, suddenly the Monklands Light Opera will be gnashing their talented teeth on stage once again with their take on classic musical Little Shop of Horrors .

Hayden Panettiere opened up about her postpartum depression and seeking treatment in a new interview. Panettiere, who gave birth to her daughter Kaya in 2014, used alcohol to numb her depression, the actress revealed during an interview with "Red Table Talk." "Some people thought it was a personal choice, that being depressed at all was a personal choice, and that I could just snap my fingers and choose one day, ‘I’m not going to be depressed anymore.

Six-time Daytime Emmy winner Kelly Ripa admitted to using cosmetic injectables and thanked a New York plastic surgeon for 'restoration from the neck up' in her new book, Live Wire.The LIVE with Kelly and Ryan producer-host - who turns 52 this Sunday - initially started using Botox in her armpits for excessive sweating, which she dubbed 'pit-tox.''For me, it was just more of my comfort level,' Kelly said in her People cover story, which hits newsstands Friday. She had work done: Six-time Daytime Emmy winner Kelly Ripa admitted to using cosmetic injectables and thanked a New York plastic surgeon for 'restoration from the neck up' in her new book, Live Wire (pictured Tuesday)'If I worked off camera, I would not wash my hair with regularity or wear makeup but when I started to see things that I didn't like, I thought, well, the next turtleneck is going to have two eye holes.

As Mrs Doubtfire comes to the end of its huge four-week run at Manchester’s Opera House this week, it will make way for a jam-packed months of theatre, musicals and comedy throughout October in the city. Between Palace Theatre and the Opera House, there’s a whopping 10 productions to choose from - including The Lion King, Jersey Boys and Ru Paul’s Drag Race tour.

A slew of stars including Brooke Shields, Sigourney Weaver and Molly Ringwald lit up the red carpet at the Metropolitan Opera's latest opening this Tuesday.Acclaimed soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is playing the title role in a production of the 18th century opera Medea by Luigi Cherubini.Brooke, 57, emphasized her sleek frame in a strapless black jumpsuit with a diamond-shaped pin, accessorizing with a matching clutch. On the town: A slew of stars including (from left) Brooke Shields, Sigourney Weaver and Molly Ringwald lit up the red carpet at the Metropolitan Opera's latest opening this TuesdayShe lent a splash of sparkle to the ensemble with a pair of gleaming bejeweled bracelets and a set of hoop earrings.Sweeping her silky locks back with a pair of sunglasses pulled up over her head, she accentuated her features with a slick of scarlet lipstick.

Selome Hailu Hannah Gadsby has entered a multi-title deal at Netflix, under which they will tape their a new stand-up special for the streamer, in addition to hosting and producing another multi-comic special featuring gender-diverse comedians. Gadsby’s new hour-long special will premiere in 2023 and comes from the Australian leg of their most recently world tour, titled “Body of Work.” Taped at the Sydney Opera House with assistance from the Sydney Opera House trust, it will be Gadsby’s third piece of stand-up comedy for Netflix, following on the specials “Nanette” — which became a phenomenon in 2018 — and “Douglas” from 2020. The multi-comic special will be taped next year, with premiere timing yet to be announced. Along with spotlighting performers of various gender identities, the cast will also be chosen from several countries.

the finishing touch of the moment is a little more unexpected: opera gloves. No longer relegated to TV costumes and Disney princesses, elbow-length gloves add old-school glamour to basically any outfit, which is exactly why they won’t stop popping up on red carpets, runways, and your FYP.  At first glance, the trend feels like it’s coming out of nowhere, but the resurgence of the opera glove was inevitable.

Christopher Vourlias Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon has acquired world sales rights excluding Switzerland for Laura Kaehr’s first feature documentary “Becoming Giulia,” which has its world premiere Sept. 23 in the Focus competition at the Zurich Film Festival. Produced by Point Prod, the outfit behind Elie Grappe’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize winner “Olga,” in partnership with SRG SSR, the film is an intimate and committed look at the journey of a woman who reclaims her body and herself to return to the stage. Shot over three years, “Becoming Giulia” opens with prima ballerina Giulia Tonelli returning to the main stage at the Zurich Opera House after an 11-month absence due to her first pregnancy. The film offers a sensitive portrait of an artist at the top of her craft, moving from rehearsals to opening nights to everyday life in the home, even as Tonelli juggles the competing demands of work and family. Along the way, the viewer also meets her family and collaborators, including upcoming Zurich Opera director and celebrated choreographer Cathy Marston.

EXCLUSIVE: Vince Marcello (The Kissing Booth trilogy) is set to showrun and executive produce Diva, a new drama series inspired by the exploits of real-life French heroine Julie d’Aubigny, from iGeneration Studios. Marcello co-created the series with Max Benitz — who will serve as its head writer — and will also direct a portion of its episodes.

Rumors are swirling that The Phantom of the Opera is closing on Broadway.

Liza Foreman He died alone and abandoned, and today few people know his name, but in the second half of the 18th century Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781), the son of a Czech miller, broke family ties, and left Prague for Venice to become one of the go-to composers of opera of his time. The award-winning Czech director Petr Václav (“The Way Out”) has created a sumptuous period piece, rich in costume and the sounds of live music recorded for the film by the Czech ensemble Collegium 1704. Not to mention performances by real-life opera stars. Soloists from the music world include French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, Hungarian soprano Emöke Baráth, Italian soprano Raffaella Milanesi, Slovak soprano Simona Šaturová, and opera singers Juan Sancho, Krystian Adam, and Sophie Harmsen.