• New ‘Hamilton’ movie trailer is here to hype Disney+ launch

    New ‘Hamilton’ movie trailer is here to hype Disney+ launch

    Do not throw away your shot because the “Hamilton” trailer is here. Launching on Disney Plus on July 3, the minute-long trailer shows off footage from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical. The film features footage with the original cast, including Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos, Jonathon …
  • Max Tuerk, former NFL lineman, dead at 26

    Max Tuerk, former NFL lineman, dead at 26

    Max Tuerk, the former NFL offensive lineman and USC standout, has died at 26, the Trojans announced Sunday. The cause of death was not disclosed by the college, though he website 247Sports reported Tuerk had collapsed while hiking. Tuerk was a third-round draft pick by the Chargers in 2016 but never played a regular-season game …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: UK government wants musicals ‘without any singing’

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: UK government wants musicals ‘without any singing’

    Next time you go see “The Phantom of the Opera,” if British officials have their way, you might listen to the small-talk of the night. Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. …
  • Netflix plans Juneteenth musical by Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams

    Netflix plans Juneteenth musical by Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams

    EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in talks with “Black-ish” and “BlackAF” creator Kenya Barris and “Happy” singer Pharrell Williams to develop a feature-length musical about Juneteenth – the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Deadline understands that the streamer and the pair are in the early stages of working up a plan for …
  • Rio Tinto launches board review of blasts that destroyed ancient caves

    Rio Tinto launches board review of blasts that destroyed ancient caves

    Rio Tinto on Friday launched a board-led review into how the miner destroyed two ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves in Western Australia, stepping up its response to the blasts after weeks of public criticism and shareholder dismay. With state government approval, the world’s biggest iron ore miner destroyed two caves at Juukan Gorge, one of …
  • Hertz seeks bankruptcy loan of up to $1B after stock sale nixed

    Hertz seeks bankruptcy loan of up to $1B after stock sale nixed

    Hertz Global Holdings is in talks for a bankruptcy loan of up to $1 billion to fund its business reorganization after suspending its plan to sell new shares, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The car rental firm halted its plan to sell up to $500 million in …
  • Suicide of young Robinhood trader exposes dark side of small-investing boom

    Suicide of young Robinhood trader exposes dark side of small-investing boom

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  • Meet the Meryl Streep of cats

    Meet the Meryl Streep of cats

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  • ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ film heads to HBO with director Spike Lee

    ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ film heads to HBO with director Spike Lee

    HBO has landed the Spike Lee-directed version of Broadway show “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” The film will launch on the premium cable network later this year and comes after Deadline revealed the filmed version of the show in January. The Broadway production, which opened October 2019 and ran through February 16 at the Hudson Theatre, …
  • The racist royal who almost lived next door to Meghan Markle

    The racist royal who almost lived next door to Meghan Markle

    The nation was riveted last week when a  “Karen” in Arizona was slapped across the face for telling a Native American woman to “go back to Mexico.” While many cheered the slap, it brought back traumatic memories for one New Yorker. Nicole Young, a TV personality and the founder of the lifestyle site The Beautiful …