'Pooh,' 'Sun Also Rises' among works going public in 2022

SAN FRANCISCO -- John Adams’ version of “Antony and Cleopatra” will have its world premiere on Sept. 10 on the opening weekend of the San Francisco Opera’s 100th season.Soprano Julia Bullock sings Cleopatra, baritone Gerald Finley will be Antony, tenor Paul Appleby will portray Caesar and music director Eun Sun Kim will conduct, the company said Wednesday.The libretto was adapted by Adams, with additional passages from Plutarch and Virgil.

The family of a U.S. Marine killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan is suing Alec Baldwin for allegedly mislabeling his sister as a participant in the Capitol riot Jan. 6, 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold are set to join Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali in the Netflix thriller Leave the World Behind, with Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail on board to direct and adapt Rumaan Alam’s novel of the same name. Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Charlie Evans are also on board.

Clyde Bellecourt was a Native American civil rights activist who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM).Raised on an Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, Bellecourt co-founded AIM in 1968, after serving prison time for burglary and robbery. It was there that he met co-founders Eddie Benton-Banai (1931–2020) and Dennis Banks (1937–2017) and talked to them about the challenges Native Americans faced, including police brutality. They agreed to start a program to help Native Americans living in cities, which grew into AIM.

NAACP Image Awards is ready to dole out shiny new trophies to honor the trove of Black excellence that made 2021 so special. The annual awards show highlights the achievements of people of color across television, music, literature and film, and the promotion of social justice through their creative endeavors.This year's NAACP Image Awards class is even more of a star-studded list than ever, with nominations for everyone from Megan Thee Stallion to Jonathan Majors, Ariana DeBose, Marsai Martin, Denzel Washington and more.

Gemma Chan, Tony Leung, Flee, Drive My Car helmer Ryusuke Hamaguchi are among the Asian filmmakers and talent receiving kudos for their work in the past year with Gold House and CAPE’s 2022 Gold List.

A pained observation: The only intriguing stories on Hollywood this week consisted of obits – all kinds of obits. There were obits reminding us of the remarkable lives of Sidney Poitier, Peter Bogdanovich and Betty White. Also speculative obits about the Golden Globes, sentimental obits about the extinct 20th Century Fox and even speculative obits about MGM and ICM.

LOS ANGELES -- Nominations for the 28th annual Screen Actor Guild Awards, which will be handed out on Feb.

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1. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)2. “Wings of Fire Graphic Novel: The Brightest Night” by Tui T.

Taking the next step! Colton Underwood and boyfriend Jordan C. Brown have bought a house together one month after they made their relationship official, Us Weekly confirms.

After pivoting to a virtual event for 2021, Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) returns to the mountains in 2022.