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Grammy-nominated recording artist Masego has signed on to produce the original score for N LITE’s upcoming anime fantasy film Mfinda. This makes Masego, who is said to be an anime aficionado, the first Black composer to score an anime theatrical film, according to N LITE, a Black-owned media company and anime studio based in the…
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[This story contains spoilers from Wicked: For Good.] In “No Good Deed,” Elphaba’s big solo number in Wicked: For Good, Cynthia Erivo is shown flying through flames and flying monkeys while belting out the spellbinding song. In reality, Erivo was doing this while singing live in a harness, with actual flames surrounding her, and being…
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Andre Provencher, a giant of Quebec media in TV, publishing, radio and digital media, has died. He was 76. “He passed away surrounded by his loved ones, without too much suffering. It’s a big loss for us,” Provencher’s wife, Rachel Martinez, told La Presse, the leading Quebec newspaper, after her husband died on Jan. 1…
Emmy Awards Analysis: How ‘The Pitt’ Beat ‘Severance,’ and ‘The Studio’ and ‘Adolescence’ Dominated
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Why Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Dad Told Son Not to Perform ‘Hamilton’ Song at White House Event
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s father is recounting the time he told his son not to perform a song from Hamilton at the White House. Luis A. Miranda Jr. recently told People magazine that he initially encouraged the Tony winner to perform something “we know works,” specifically a song from his Broadway musical In the Heights, at the…
Rian Johnson Goes Off on AI as He Looks to His Post-Knives Out Future
It’s an unusually chilly November evening in Savannah, Georgia, but you can feel the heat of the crowd inside the Trustees Theater. The marquee outside highlights Rian Johnson as the night’s big honoree for his new movie, Wake Up Dead Man, closing out the 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Wearing a crisp navy suit, he’s…
