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Taylor Swift explains her ‘Cats’ transformation: hissing, barefoot crawling and Jellicle School

December 20, 2019 at 2:02 p.m.

Taylor Swift attended "cat school" to learn what Jellicles can and Jellicles do. To prepare for "Cats," the big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, Swift and her co-stars...

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: Martin Scorsese attends 'A Tribute To Martin Scorsese' at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 15, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for AFI)

Golden Globes once again nominate only male directors

December 9, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

In a year distinguished by a record number of hit movies directed by women, from "Hustlers" to "The Farewell," the Golden Globes once again nominated five men in the best...

Jelany Remy as Simba in the Broadway musical "The Lion King."

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ joins a list of ’90s movies transformed Into Broadway musicals

October 26, 2019 at 10:51 a.m.

"Mrs. Doubtfire," one of Robin Williams' most successful comedies, is headed to Broadway. Last week, Variety learned there will be a stage musical based on the 1993 movie about a...

Jennifer Aniston attends the LA premiere of Netflix's "Murder Mystery" at Regency Village Theatre on June 10, 2019 in Westwood, Calif.

Jennifer Aniston on how #MeToo (and Matt Lauer) influenced Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’

October 8, 2019 at 10:03 a.m.

It's been 15 years since Jennifer Aniston signed off as Rachel Green on "Friends." In that time, she's received plenty of other offers to star in a TV show, but...

Claire Danes, and Wilson Cruz recall ‘My So-Called Life’

June 25, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

When "My So-Called Life" debuted in 1994, there weren't many portraits of gay teenagers on television. But Wilson Cruz changed that with his depiction of Rickie, a proudly rebellious high...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Golden Globes nominations: 21 biggest snubs and surprises

December 17, 2018 at 5:56 p.m.

On Monday morning, the Golden Globes reinforced the notion that Hollywood is still a boy's club. The organization, made up of about 90 foreign journalists, seemed to go out on...

Jimmy Kimmel is considering retiring from late-night TV

June 5, 2018 at 9:09 p.m.

For the last 14 years, Jimmy Kimmel has spent 70 hours a week toiling away on his ABC late-night talk show. He rewrites his own monologues and extensively researches guests....

‘The Birth of a Nation’ star Nate Parker addresses college rape trial

June 10, 2018 at 9:08 a.m.

When Nate Parker's "The Birth of a Nation" premiered at Sundance in January, scoring a $17.5 million sale from Fox Searchlight -- the biggest in the festival's history -- its...

Actor George Clooney, winner of the Best Actor Award for "The Descendants" poses in the press room during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium on January 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

George Clooney on Oscar nominations: ‘We’re moving in the wrong direction’

May 25, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

Last week, for the second consecutive year, the Oscars nominated 20 white actors as the best performances of the year, a decision that generated widespread controversy. Twitter erupted in a...

Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film, "The Revenant."

Leonardo DiCaprio opens up about eating raw bison liver during ‘The Revenant’s’ brutal shoot

June 16, 2018 at 9:37 a.m.

Leonardo DiCaprio went to such great lengths as a method actor on "The Revenant" that he devoured a raw slab of bison's liver. Although the props department had constructed a...

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