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Greg joined the Deadline staff in 2017 from Bloomberg News, where he was the TV and Film critic. He previously was a staff editor and/or reporter at Variety, Daily Variety and TV Guide Magazine. His features and criticism on arts and entertainment have appeared in the New York Times, Vulture, Slate, Newsweek, Yahoo News and Guitar World Magazine.
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Hot Dog! Patrick Bertoletti Is New Champ At Coney Island Eating Contest, Succeeding The Vegan-Endorsing & Banned Joey Chestnut
To paraphrase George Thorogood and Hank Williams, move over old dog, a new hot dog is movin’ in: Patrick Bertoletti has won the this year’s Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, succeeding the 16-time champ Joey Chestnut who was spit out of the competition after signing an endorsement…
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Buzz Cason Dies: Songwriter Of Pop Classic ‘Everlasting Love’ Was 84
Buzz Cason, the Nashville singer, songwriter and producer best known for “Everlasting Love,” the buoyant Motown-style pop song covered numerous times and appearing in many films since Robert Knight recorded the original in 1967, died June 16 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 84.
His death…
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Broadway’s ‘Suffs’ Disrupted When Activists Unfurl Sign Calling The Tony-Winning Musical A “White Wash”
Last night’s performance of the Broadway musical Suffs, the two-time Tony-winning musical about the suffragist movement written by Shaina Taub that counts Hillary Clinton among its producers, was briefly disrupted when a group of self-identified “radical, anti-racist, queer feminists” unfurled a banner…
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Rusty Golden Dies: Country Musician & Songwriter, Son Of Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden Was 65
Rusty Golden, the son of The Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden who went on to his own successful career as a country and gospel music singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, died July 1, at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He was 65.
A cause of death was not…
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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Set More House Records As Broadway Settles Into Summer
Broadway continued settling in to its post-Tonys summer last week, with box office for most shows slipping at least a bit from the previous week and the total roster trimmed to 30 from 32.
In all, receipts for the 30 productions totaled $34,783,390, down about 7% from the previous week (one of the…
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‘Jackpot!’ Trailer: Awkwafina, John Cena Win A Deadly Lottery In Paul Feig Action-Comedy
Amazon MGM Studios just dropped the trailer for Jackpot!, the upcoming action-comedy starring Awkwafina, John Cena and Simu Liu. Jackpot! debuts on Prime Video August 15.
Directed by Paul Feig, Jackpot! stars Awkwafina as Katie, a wannabe actor who, in 2030, wins the lucrative, multi-billion-dollar…
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Bartlett Sher To Direct Dolly Parton Broadway Musical ‘Hello, I’m Dolly’
EXCLUSIVE: Bartlett Sher, nine-time Tony Award directing nominee and winner for 2008’s South Pacific, will direct the recently announced Dolly Parton musical Hello, I’m Dolly, set for Broadway in 2026.
“How lucky I am to have the great Bartlett Sher direct my Hello, I'm Dolly musical,” Parton said in…
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BET Apologies To Usher For “Audio Malfunction” That Muted Part Of Lifetime Achievement Speech
BET has apologized to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Usher for an “audio malfunction” that muted about five minutes of a 13-minute speech during last night’s live broadcast of the 2024 BET Awards.
In a statement released to Deadline, a BET spokesperson said, “Celebrating global icon USHER on…
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‘Stereophonic’ Launching Pad Playwrights Horizons Names New Managing Director As Tough Economy Lashes Nonprofit Theaters
Playwrights Horizons, the longstanding and prominent Off Broadway theater company that launched the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Stereophonic, has appointed a new managing director as it steers its way through what one exec calls “seismic” economic change for the nonprofit world.
Casey York…
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Delia Ephron’s ‘Left On Tenth’ Starring Julianna Margulies And Peter Gallagher Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue
Left on Tenth, the new play by Delia Ephron starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher, will begin Broadway performances at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Thursday, September 26, with an opening night set for Wednesday, October 23.
As previously announced, the play, based on Ephron’s…
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Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ Announces Alternate Cast Schedule As Eddie Redmayne & Gayle Rankin Shift To Pre-Planned Seven-Performance Weeks
As Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin shift to pre-planned seven-performance weeks for Broadway’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, producers have announced the summer schedule for the alternate performers playing the Emcee and Sally Bowles.
The musical revival will continue playing the standard eight…
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‘Studio 54 The Musical’ In Development For Broadway By Producers Robert Greenblatt & Neil Meron; Sergio Trujillo Directing & Choreographing
EXCLUSIVE: Producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron are developing the Broadway-bound Studio 54 The Musical, a new work with a book by Chad Hodge and set to feature a full playlist of hits from the disco era.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Sergio Trujillo (Ain't Too Proud—The Life…
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