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A ticket to see a play or musical in London’s West End will cost 21% more than before the pandemic, according to new research by theatre publication The Stage . The average ticket price has risen since 2019 from £116 ($142) to £140 ($172), it says, with the average top price for a ticket for a play jumping up by 38% to £114 ($140). Cabaret – the award-winning reprise of Bob Fosse’s extravaganza starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley – is currently the highest-priced for a musical, with its top tier prices set at more than £300 ($368) – although its venue the Playhouse Theatre also makes a few £25 tickets available for every performance. Lower-priced tickets have risen by just 3.3% in that same period, with prices of around £22 ($27). Factors for the increased prices include inflation – around 12% in the UK – but also theatres including the Playhouse having to strip seats out to accommodate pandemic restrictions. A spokeswoman for the Society of London … [Read more...] about London’s West End Ticket Prices See 21% Price Hike In Three Years: New Research

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment PR firm Relevant has promoted Alex Kahn to Senior Vice President, Julia Scorupco to Junior Publicist and has added Alexa Tombs as a Senior Publicist in the New York office. “We are so proud to be expanding our company by both promoting from within, which has always been important to us, and by finding someone new who we feel is a perfect addition,” Relevant’s partners said. “Alex Kahn has been with us from the beginning and shares our unique vision. We are excited for her to continue to grow in her leadership role within the company. Alexa Tombs’ studio background offers a fresh perspective to our strategy, and Julia Scorupco is one of the rising stars in our company.” Kahn, based in New York, has been with Relevant since its inception and has led campaigns for clients including Saoirse Ronan, Margaret Qualley, Murray Bartlett, Jonathan Bailey, Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Zachary Quinto and Michael Gandolfini. She moved to New York in … [Read more...] about Relevant Promotes Alex Kahn To SVP And Expands Teams In Los Angeles And New York

Jessie Reyez is done putting up with a “Fraud” in her first new solo music since the release of her debut album Before Love Came to Kill Us . Reyez makes her directorial debut in the single’s accompanying video alongside co-director Emma Higgins. The vivid clip features Reyez and a group of women who paint the walls red with blood while dealing with a couple of devilish men. They soon find themselves in a lush setting, where flowers bloom, making their own kind of Garden of Eden, free from the evil. “‘Oh, you’re such a fucking fraud,” she sings, calling out the betrayal. “Your lies they go on and on and on.” She laments the lack of loyalty and the pain of loving somebody who doesn’t love you back. While the song marks the return of Reyez’s solo work, she collaborated last year with Grandson on “ Rain ,” which appeared on The Suicide Squad soundtrack. Reyez also made a cameo on Beyoncé’s Black Is King visual album in 2020. Earlier this year, she performed at Coachella, … [Read more...] about Jessie Reyez Calls Out a ‘Fraud’ in New Video

Outfest has announced the complete lineup for its 40th-anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival , which will take place from July 14-24 at multiple locations throughout Los Angeles. More than 200 films, representing 29 countries, will screen as part of this year’s lineup. 42 will make their world premieres, including the doc Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story from Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and Pulse Films; the UK feature Phea , starring Sherika Sherard; Mercedes Kane’s Art and Pep ; and Scout Durwood’s Youtopia. Outfest Los Angeles’ Episodics section will also feature a host of world premieres, including advanced looks at at Shudder’s forthcoming docuseries Queer for Fear ; the comedy special Queer Riot, headlined by Margaret Cho; and writer-producer Des Moran’s series halfsies , as well as a free sneak peek screening of the upcoming Prime Video series A League of Their Own , starring Abbi Jacobson. The fest’s Platinum section, … [Read more...] about Outfest Rounds Out Lineup For Its 40th Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Barsoumian ( The Code) is set as a new series regular on the upcoming sixth season of SEAL Team on Paramount+. Barsoumian will play Omar, a Senior Chief with fifteen years of experience as a SEAL. The son of Syrian immigrants, Omar has a deep understanding of the Middle East, and calls upon that knowledge to help navigate missions in the region. The David Boreanaz -starring SEAL Team follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them. Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., AJ Buckley and Toni Trucks also star. This will be the military drama’s second season on Paramount+ following its move from CBS in May 2021. The series is produced by CBS Studios. Spencer Hudnut, Christopher Chulack, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and David Boreanaz serve as executive producers. Barsoumian was a series regular on the CBS drama The … [Read more...] about ‘SEAL Team’: Raffi Barsoumian Cast As New Series Regular On Paramount+ Series

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime and BET Studios announce the development of The Book of Jose , a pilot about hip hop star Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena. Cartagena ( Happy Feet, Empire ) will executive produce alongside pilot script writer Jorge A. Reyes ( Queen of the South , Kevin Hill ), and Kenya Barris ( Black-ish, We The People ). The Book of Jose is a rags-to-riches story following Fat Joe’s evolution from growing up in the drug and violence-scarred streets of the Bronx to becoming a Grammy-nominee, producer, and actor with a career spanning nearly three decades. The project will follow every phase of Joe’s life and the threats that have come in the form of rivals, addiction, incarceration, and death. All of which showed the artist that resilience and the love of his family are the only paths to success. The Book of Jose comes from Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society in collaboration with Cinema Giants, Buffalo Kid Films, and Artists First. It will be produced … [Read more...] about Showtime & BET Studios Developing Pilot ‘The Book Of Jose’ From Fat Joe, Kenya Barris & Jorge Reyes

Samantha Prabhu's talent as an actor is well proven by the kind of performances she has delivered throughout her career. Her range as an actor too is something that has been spoken about and applauded before. And now, she has managed to be crowned the most popular female star of India. As per a recent research report conducted in India, Samantha Prabhu has topped this list which includes other big names of the film world as well from across India. The result of this research speaks volumes about the shift in the preferences of the audience post the pandemic. This is the new reality of India. Samantha Ruth Prabhu is one of India's biggest actresses today who has captured the entire audience with her charm, uniqueness and talent. Two of her recent performances, the antagonist Raji in The Family Man 2 and the sensuous number from Pushpa , 'Oo Antava' have been the talk of the town. Besides being a popular actress, Samantha is a philanthropist, … [Read more...] about Samantha Prabhu Is The Most Popular Female Star Of India, As Per Recent Research Report

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that it is inviting 397 artists and executives to join the Oscar organizer’s membership ranks. The prospective 2022 class includes 71 Oscar nominees and 15 winners, with 44% of the invitees women, and 37% of the group belongs to underrepresented communities. See the full list below. Among this year’s Oscar winners on the list are Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur , and Kotsur’s CODA writer-director Siân Heder, who has been invited into both the Directors and Writers branches. Among those invited into multiple branches, the new member must pick one. There are a total of 17 AMPAS branches, along with 25 who today received members-at-large invitations. Others on the list include this year’s Oscar Original Song winners Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O’Connell; actors Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jesse Buckley, Michael Greyeyes, Olga Merediz, Jesse Plemons, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Anya … [Read more...] about Movie Academy Invites 397 Members To 2022 Class; Ariana DeBose, Billie Eilish, Troy Kotsur On List

At the request of company members of Broadway ’s The Minutes , producers announced today that audiences will be required to continue masking through the play’s final performance on Sunday, July 24, nearly a month after Broadway at large will shift to a mask optional policy. The Minutes , at the Studio 54 theater, becomes the second production – following American Buffalo – to extend the mask mandate through their closing nights. ( American Buffalo at Circle in the Square closed July 10.) According to recent reports, six of the 11 cast members of The Minutes were out sick with Covid in mid-June. The mask optional policy was announced by The Broadway League, the trade organization representing theater owners and producers, earlier this month. The new policy allows individual productions to set their own protocols. The mask debate comes as New York City’s Covid positivity rates have plateaued or even crept up in recent weeks, with daily cases in late … [Read more...] about ‘The Minutes’ Is Latest Broadway Production To Continue Audience Masking Beyond July 1

Vintage songs are regularly remade, sampled and, most recently, interpolated into new ones . But even in that context, the saga of Leonard Cohen ’s “ Hallelujah ” remains singular. A song that was initially rejected and ignored by the music business in the Eighties has, over the last two or three decades, become a go-to pop hymn for TV talent shows, soundtracks, even a Saturday Night Live sketch. For a long time, “Suzanne” was in the running as Cohen’s leading contribution to the post-rock pop repertoire. “Hallelujah” has now overtaken it: Pick nearly any genre, and you’ll find someone in singing it, whether or not they’re attuned to its knotty, elliptical lyrics. That story is ably unfurled in Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song , co-directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s new documentary on the tune that refuses to go quietly into the night. Inspired by writer Alan Light’s 2012 book The Holy or the Broken , it tracks the protracted origins of the song (Cohen … [Read more...] about How Did ‘Hallelujah’ Become a Classic? A New Leonard Cohen Doc Explains Why.