This July 4th might be America’s 247th birthday, but it’s also the birthday of many famous stars!
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Emily Longeretta After more holiday movies on TV than ever before, five have been selected to enter the Emmys race for TV movie — so far. Although Hallmark Channel had 40 holiday movies this year and Lifetime had 26, neither network have submitted any of their festive films for the Emmys. (Lifetime did, however, submit “Reba McEntire’s The Hammer,” in which the country singer portrays a new judge in Nevada.) Great American Family debuted 18 holiday movies in 2022, while UpTV released 17 and BET+ dropped 10.
Many other networks and streaming services — both big and small — entered the holiday TV movie race, including NBC, Netflix, HBO Max, Discovery+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Freevee and Roku, among others. A few of those did submit for the Emmys, as the television movie category currently has 46 entries. A few holiday movies have been in the TV movie race in the past.
Last year, Roku’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was submitted and landed a nomination. The year before, Netflix’s “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” entered the race and took home the Emmy. So it’s no surprise that Parton’s NBC special, “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” has been submitted this year.
The last NBC movie to be nominated in the category was in 2017 — “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.” Both The CW and Freevee are entering the category this year for the first time, submitting “A Waltons Thanksgiving” and “Hotel for the Holidays,” respectively. Scroll through the list below for more information on the five holiday films submitted. (Whether or not they’re officially on the ballot won’t be released until voting opens on Thursday.) Parton has become a holiday staple and this year’s NBC special featured Tom
.This July 4th might be America’s 247th birthday, but it’s also the birthday of many famous stars!
I have just two words for producer Lawrence Turman, who died Saturday at 96. “Thank you.”
The 1975 have shared the stage times and support acts for their forthcoming show at Finsbury park. Check it out below.The band’s show at London’s Finsbury Park will mark their biggest UK headlining show to date.
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EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the dramatic feature film Waiting For The Light To Change — the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival ‘Grand Jury Prize’ winner for ‘Best Narrative Feature.
From Studio Ghibli leading the charge for the expansion of anime to BTS and BLACKPINK topping the music charts to TV series and films such as “Squid Games,” Parasite,” “Minari,” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” dominating the awards circuit, the popularity of Asian culture and media has surged recently in the United States in recent years.
The Beach Boys will perform back-to-back-to-back concerts with John Stamos, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and fireworks at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl for their July 4 Spectacular.Sounds like quite the festive way to ring in the summer holiday.At the trio of shows, fans can expect timeless hits like “Good Vibrations,” “Surfin’ USA,” “I Get Around,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and “Kokomo” from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.And if you want to hear all of the above and more live from Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and the Boys, you can still scoop up last-minute seats.They won’t cost you an arm and a leg either.At the time of publication, we found seats going for as low as $50 before fees on Vivid Seats.Want to jam out with the iconic band AND John Stamos live?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about The Beach Boys’ 2023 July 4 Spectacular below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar of The Beach Boys’ three July 4 Spectacular gigs at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl including dates, start times and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.
Yungblud has announced that he has dropped the ticket prices for his upcoming North American tour to make it affordable for fans.The Doncaster pop-punk star took to social media to share that he will be offering a limited amount of tickets to his forthcoming North American tour for the price of $20 (£15.70), which includes fees.His decision to offer the discounted tickets was to provide a way for as many people as possible to be able to come to the upcoming leg of his world tour this summer.A post shared by YUNGBLUD (@yungblud)In a video posted to his official social media accounts, Yungblud – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – shared: “I know a lot of you out there right now can’t afford tickets to live shows, and I see it and I read it every day, and it breaks my heart.”“I don’t want some one to not be able to come to a show because they can’t afford it,” he continued. “That just hurts, so I just said to myself I’ve got to try my best to do something about it,” he added.He continued: “I know a lot of you out there have paid full price for tickets, but I want to let you know that every single penny I have earned from this tour I have put back into you guys and put back into this so we can make tickets available for this price.”“I am not making anything off this tour now, because this is what it’s about.
The 2023 BET Awards — also known as Culture’s Biggest Night — kicks off on Sunday, June 25.
Elton John has revealed that he has developed a “brand new show” for his set at Glastonbury 2023.The singer-songwriter announced the update in a new interview with BBC Radio One — where he admitted that he has already planned for the upcoming set to be unlike any of his past performances.He is set to take to the stage on Sunday for the final night of the 2023 instalment (June 25), and will perform on the Pyramid Stage as part of the music icon slot. The gig will also mark the final date of his mammoth Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which has spanned over 350 dates across the course of five years.Originally, the farewell tour was set to draw to a close in 2021 — allowing the now-76-year-old to spend more time with his family — however, this was later rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later by a hip injury he sustained last year.Now, according to the new interview, it seems that the ‘Rocketman’ singer is looking to end his live shows with a bang, and has planned for the Sunday set to feel like a “brand new show”.“I’m starting with a song I haven’t played for about 10 years, so we’ll see how it goes,” he began.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed.” The film, which recently world-premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight section and is executive produced by Sean Baker, is a comedy about a 30-something New York woman, who is played by Arnow. It follows her as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship and low-level corporate job, and chronicles her quarrelsome Jewish family. Critics liked Arnow’s witty and fresh take, with Variety calling it one of the festival’s true discoveries and hailing the filmmaker as “a raw, intimate and more importantly extremely funny new talent.“ The film is Arnow’s narrative feature film debut following shorts including “Bad Dancing,” which won the Berlinale Silver Bear, “Laying Out,” and the feature doc “I hate myself:).”
Angela Bassett is a force of nature in Hollywood. Her talent, strength, and longevity in an industry known for its fleeting moments of fame speak to her relevance and influence. Her rise as a distinguished African American actress in Hollywood has had an impact on the entertainment industry and the representation of Black talent. Bassett’s breakthrough role came in 1993 when she played Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination. This performance was instrumental in breaking away from the tropes that plagued Black actresses in Hollywood, demonstrating that they could carry films of prestige.
Carlos Santana is showing an impressive amount of forgiveness years after a horrible series of acts altered his life. The legendary guitarist is the focus o
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Diana Ross fans keeping them from seeing the singer live on her ongoing 2023 ‘Music Legacy Tour.’Ticket prices shouldn’t be a problem either.After review, our team found that seats for some shows to see the 79-year-old R&B legend were going for as low as $34 before fees on Vivid Seats.While tickets aren’t quite as cheap to see the former Supremes lead singer live in the Big Apple — prices start at $103 before fees for her Radio City Music Hall gig on June 29 — it’s hard to put a price tag on catching one of the 20th century’s greatest legends IRL.And as an added bonus, the show looks like a blast too judging from Ross’ recent Instagram posts highlighting her first few gigs on the summer run.Always had seeing the “I’m Coming Out” Rock and Roll Hall of Famer live on your bucket list?Here’s how you can catch her live before it’s too late this year.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all 12 tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available for all upcoming Diana Ross shows can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.
Amber Heard has been enjoying her time away from the industry in Madrid, Spain, but she’s gearing up to be back in the spotlight. Deadline revealed on June 11 that the actress will appear at the 69th Taormina Film Festival for the world premiere of In The Fire.The festival takes place June 23-July 1, 2023, in Sicily, with the film’s premiere June 24 at the Teatro Antico di Taormina.
Golf lovers, it's time to par-tee because the 123rd U.S. Open Championship starts this week.From June 15-18 2023, 156 players will descend on the green at the Los Angeles Country Club's North Course for the Open, where the ultimate prize is 17.5 million—the biggest of the four major championships. For those with a cable package, parts of the U.S. Open Golf Championship will be aired on NBC and USA networks.
Green Day fans.First, the bad news — there is no official Green Day tour in 2023 (as of now).Sorry about that.However, the good news is that the legendary band will be headlining at three major festivals from July through October this year.To kick off their string of summer dates, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will lend their talents to Milwaukee, WI’s Harley Davidson Homecoming on July 14-15.After that, Billie Joe Armstrong and co. head north to perform at Quebec’s annual 11-day Festival d’ete de Quebec on the fest’s last day, July 16.Finally, the punk heroes will wrap their brief 2023 run with back-to-back performances at Las Vegas’ When We Were Young Festival on Oct.
Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, an annual showcase that brings films and filmmakers from Greece, Cyprus and other countries in the region to the United States, announced the winners of its 2023 Orpheus Awards at a ceremony on Sunday night at the Silver Screen Theatre in the Pacific Design Center. Toplining the honors: “Listen,” directed by Maria Douza, which won for best fiction feature film. “Iman,” helmed Corina Avramidou and Kyriakos Tofarides, took home the special jury award for best film, and Panos Koutras won the best director award for “Dodo.” Spiros Jacovides won an honorable mention for best director for “Black Stone,” and Efthalia Papacosta was awarded the best performance trophy for “Listen.” “Black Stone” also won the audience award for feature film, and an honorable mention for best performance went to Stephanie Atala for “Iman.”