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It’s been nearly two years since 1923 first introduced us to the early struggles of the Dutton family, who lived in a bone-dry, plague-stricken area of Montana in the early 20th Century. The family faced drought, internal conflict, and rising tensions between sheep and cattle farmers, as well as external threats from rivals salivating over their land.

Finally, after way too long of a wait, the hit western returns with more struggles as the Dutton family saga continues. Season 1 wrapped up with plenty of drama involving land disputes, heartbreak, and life-or-death journeys that are sure to shape the future of the ranch and its inhabitants. Now, with 1923 set to return this weekend, here are six things to remember about season 1 before season 2 arrives.

1. The narrator

1923 is narrated by Elsa Dutton (Isabel May), who narrates key moments in the series and reflects the family’s tragic legacy. In case you don’t recall,...

Tripped Up is an upcoming comedy from Decal, featuring Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter, and Sasha Fox as aspiring chefs who embark on a madcap adventure at a food festival. The film emphasizes female bonding, struggles, and the idea that struggle can be the secret ingredient to success. Leah Lewis, known for her roles in Elemental and The Half of It, is a rising star who recently gained recognition for her performance in the successful Pixar film.

Get in loser, we’re going tripping with this exclusive from the upcoming comedy, Tripped Up. The footage features the three leads, Leah Lewis (Elemental), Ariel Winter (Modern Family), and Sasha Fox (One Fine Christmas), with Tripped Up following an aspiring chef who sets off with her three best friends to compete in the prestigious Saucy Food Festival. Cue all manner of escapades, bonding, and misadventure. You can check out our exclusive clip from...

A trip with friends, food, and a cooking contest at a festival — what can go wrong? A lot, apparently, according to the first trailer for Tripped Up, the upcoming comedy from Decal starring Elemental's Leah Lewis.

With only four feature films in her filmography, Leah Lewis is already one of Hollywood's next big promises. After conquering teenage audiences in Netflix's queer drama The Half of It, and doing the same with family audiences thanks to Pixar's latest film, the actress stars in Shruti Ganguly's directorial debut.

Tripped Up follows the story of an aspiring chef who travels with her friends to participate in a cooking competition. But what seemed like a calm trip for professional purposes turns into absolute chaos, leading the friends to strengthen their bond despite adversity.

Decal has released the official trailer for the movie, which is coming to theaters on October 20, and...

Netflix and other streaming services are finally starting to make more LGBTQ+ movies available, and have even produced originals with LGBTQ+ stories at the center — but the best LGBTQ+ movies on Netflix stand out for both their groundbreaking narratives and the boundaries they break. Netflix has romantic comedies that focus on LGBTQ+ characters like Alex Strangelove and The Half of It as well as several more dramatic yet romantic movies like Brokeback Mountain and Carol.

Netflix has also produced several documentaries about the LGBTQ+ community that delve into lives and events such as the prominent figure Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall Riots and beloved comedian Tig Notaro. There are definitely some great LGBTQ+ movies to watch on Netflix during Pride month this June. From teen musicals and Christmas movies to strong dramedies, Netflix has much to offer the LGBTQ+ community and its allies, as the best LGBTQ+ movies in the Netflix library show.

1923 star Brandon Sklenar recently revealed a possible ghost encounter while filming the Yellowstone prequel series. Sklenar stars as Spencer Dutton, a professional hunter who spends the bulk of the season journeying back to Montana to help save his family from murderous sheepherders and greedy businessmen. After overcoming various obstacles to secure passage back to the United States, Spencer and his new wife, Alexandra "Alex" (Julia Schlaepfer), find themselves on the Rms Majestic ocean liner. Filming for the Rms Majestic scenes took place on the Queen Mary, a ship-turned-hotel that is said to be haunted.

Speaking with The Wrap, Sklenar detailed a possible ghost encounter he had while on the 1923 ocean liner set. The 1923 actor revealed he was shown a ballroom photo, capturing a ghostly figure playing the piano. Read what Sklenar said below:

"Someone took a photo, which I have on my phone, of the ballroom where we shot a...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for 1923 season 1 finale.Following the 1923 season 1 finale, star Brandon Sklenar teased changes to Spencer Dutton in season 2. After bumping into Alex's (Julia Schlaepfer) ex-fiancee Arthur (Rafe Soule) before boarding a steam liner, the couple did their best to avoid a confrontation with the scorned British elite. However, after Alex demands to dine in the main hall, Arthur challenges Spencer to a duel with swords. The clash leaves Arthur dead, Spencer removed from the ship, and Alex alone.

Speaking with TV Guide, Sklenar teased how Spencer will be changed in 1923 season 2. The actor explains the effect season 1 finale's dramatic conclusion will have on Spencer, driving his actions on the next leg of his journey home. Sklenar addressed the compounding "guilt" Spencer feels and how that will dictate what he does next. Read what the actor said about his character in 1923 season 2 below:

"Oh, completely fractured. Yeah, the effect...

New images for 1923's season 1 finale show that Spencer and Alexandra still have not made it home. The Yellowstone prequel series centers on Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara Dutton's (Helen Mirren) effort to defend the Yellowstone ranch from desperate ranchers and wealthy businessmen. After learning of the brutal attack on his family in Montana that left his brother dead and his uncle severely wounded, Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) and his wife Alexandra "Alex" (Julia Schlaepfer) embark on a long perilous journey back to the United States that takes half of the season.

Paramount+ recently released images of 1923's season 1 finale that show Spencer and Alexandra still far from home. Check out the 1923 season 1 finale images below:

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The couple appears on another ship, inching their way back to Montana. Meanwhile, on the Yellowstone ranch, tensions are high with Jack Dutton (Darren Mann) standing armed with a rifle facing off against an unseen foe.

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In third grade, I practiced holding my hand in a bowl of ice water, training myself to endure pain for the coming concentration camps. After learning about Anne Frank and the horrors of the Holocaust in my synagogue’s Sunday school, I became terrified that black-booted Nazis would come stomping down the hallway.

I have grown up with Kanye West, now referred to as Ye. I awkwardly danced to his music in the school gym in the seventh grade, blasted it through open car windows when I got my driver’s license, and attempted to rap his lyrics at college parties. And as someone who considers himself creative, I admired the range he allowed his creativity to extend, breaking unexpected ground in music and fashion.

Throughout the past few years, as obvious signs of his troubled behavior have escalated, I’ve done my best to defend Ye.

“There is indeed a place for us,” Ariana DeBose said on the Oscar stage back in March. As the first Afro Latina and the first openly queer woman of color to win, she addressed her acceptance speech—for her role of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story—to those who have ever questioned their identity and find themselves in “the gray spaces”. In the audience that night the 90-year-old Rita Moreno was in tears. Having played Anita 60 years earlier, she had been the first Latina ever to win an acting Oscar.

And now DeBose carries that torch forward. A woman who set aside her fears and told Spielberg “no” to reading at the first West Side Story audition because she hadn’t had adequate time to prepare, she was Tony-nominated for her role in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, lauded for her work on the original cast of Hamilton,...

As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for WeCrashed, Pachinko, Life & Beth and Cheaper by the Dozen.

SXSW

The annual music, tech and film festival returned to Austin this year, kicking off on March 11 and running until March 20, with premieres of Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, along with debuts of upcoming shows Dmz, Halo, Swimming with Sharks and The Girl From Plainville.

Pachinko Global Premiere Event

Apple TV+ hosted a starry premiere for its global series on Wednesday at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, where the cast, including Yuh-jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, Minha Kim, Anna Sawai and Jimmi Simpson, was joined by guests Natalie Portman, Damon Lindelof, Ashley Park,...

Point Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) scholarship fund, will launch the Point Honors New York 2021 virtual event on May 22, 2021.

The event is being hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Punkie Johnson. Actors Ariana DeBose and Jo Ellen Pellman (Netflix’s The Prom) will be presented with the Horizon Award. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick will be honored with the organization’s Leadership Award and there will be a special performance by Joey McIntyre.

“We’re thrilled to honor Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon and Ariana DeBose and Jo Ellen Pellman for their leadership and activism in support of LGBTQ youth” said Jorge Valencia, Executive Director and CEO of Point Foundation. “We’re also honored and excited that our event will be hosted by Punkie Johnson, the first out, queer, black woman to ever join the cast of Saturday Night Live. In addition, our longtime friend and supporter,...

Hollywood and Broadway stars are teaming up on Monday, May 17th to celebrate the resilience of the young people experiencing homelessness at Covenant House, the international charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness.

In a special virtual concert sponsored by Kia, titled Night of Covenant House Stars, powerhouse performers from Hollywood to Broadway are uniting to sing and share a message of inspiration.

The concert will be co-hosted by six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and CBS “60 Minutes” Correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors. The theme of the gala is, ‘Stand Up, Stand Strong,’ and will recognize and celebrate the resilience of young people experiencing homelessness and the heroism of frontline staff working 24/7 to keep them safe during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Night of Covenant House Stars will be streamed on CovenantHouse.org, Amazon Prime Video, Broadway On Demand,...

Glenn Close will welcome Demi Lovato to Bring Change to Mind’s virtual event “A Conversation Starter,” which will be held on May 23 at 8 p.m. Anderson Cooper, who lived through the tragedy of losing his brother to suicide, will be moderating the event.

Mental health advocates Lovato, Close and Cooper will all share courageous stories of resilience and honest revelations relating to mental health. They share the belief that having open discussions about disorders in the brain, personal vulnerabilities, how a diagnosis affects a family and ways to ask for help are all essential ways to save lives. The goal of the conversation will be to encourage attendees to either help themselves, support a loved one or continue this dialogue within their own communities.

Close co-founded Bring Change to Mind in 2010 to encourage dialogue about mental health and raise awareness, understanding and empathy. The idea for the nonprofit organization...

Night of Covenant House Stars is filling up with more stars.

Jon Hamm, Morgan Freeman, Jon Bon Jovi, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, Ben Platt, Zach Braff, Chita Rivera, Marlon Wayans, Charlie Day, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Dionne Warwick, Tony Shalhoub, Amanda Kloots, Ana Villafañe, Denée Benton, Jeremy Jordan, Alex Newell, Stephanie J. Block, Laura Osnes and Jason Ralph have joined the lineup for the May 17 event.

Sponsored by Kia, the event will also feature previously announced participants like Meryl Streep, Dolly Parton, Ryan Reynolds, Robin Roberts, Stephen Colbert, Rachel Brosnahan, Ariana Debose, Vanessa Williams, Sara Bareilles, Capathia Jenkins, Jo Ellen Pellman, Kelli O’Hara, Laurie Metcalf,...

Night of Covenant House Stars is filling up with more stars.

Jon Hamm, Morgan Freeman, Jon Bon Jovi, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, Ben Platt, Zach Braff, Chita Rivera, Marlon Wayans, Charlie Day, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Dionne Warwick, Tony Shalhoub, Amanda Kloots, Ana Villafañe, Denée Benton, Jeremy Jordan, Alex Newell, Stephanie J. Block, Laura Osnes and Jason Ralph have joined the lineup for the May 17 event.

Sponsored by Kia, the event will also feature previously announced participants like Meryl Streep, Dolly Parton, Ryan Reynolds, Robin Roberts, Stephen Colbert, Rachel Brosnahan, Ariana DeBose, Vanessa Williams, Sara Bareilles, Capathia Jenkins, Jo Ellen Pellman, Kelli O’Hara, Laurie Metcalf,...

This past weekend, the Hollywood Critics Association (which includes Daily Dead Managing Editor Heather Wixson) held their 4th Annual Hca Film Awards, with an eclectic set of genre films among the winners, including Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman, Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, and Jayro Bustamante's La Llorona.

We have the official press release with the full list of winners below, and to learn more and watch highlights from the 4th Annual Hca Film Awards, visit their official website, YouTube channel, Twitter page, and Facebook page!

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA -- – The Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) announced today the winners of the 4th Annual Hca Film Awards Ceremony including Promising Young Woman winning Best Picture, Best Female Director to Chloé Zhao for Nomadland, Best Male Director to Darius Marder for Sound of Metal, Best Actor to Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods and Best Actress to...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective

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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:

Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical)

Updated: Feb. 24, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed...

Meryl Streep is set to make history at the 2021 Golden Globes by extending her nominations record to a whopping 33 career bids thanks to Netflix’s “The Prom.” Streep may not stop there, though, as she’s also eligible this year for the HBO Max film “Let Them All Talk.” Will the film legend, who has a record eight Globe victories to her name, extend her nominations haul with not just one but two citations this year?

In our exclusive odds, which are based on the combined predictions of our users, Streep leads the Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress category for “The Prom.” In Ryan Murphy’s big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, Streep plays stage actress Dee Dee Allen, a hilarious narcissist who rounds up her circle of fellow fading theater stars to go to Indiana in support of high school student Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman...

Meryl Streep is predicted to extend her Golden Globes record with a 33rd nomination for her star turn in the Netflix musical “The Prom.” She plays a Broadway diva down on her luck who seizes on the plight of a high school senior (Jo Ellen Pellman) prevented from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Streep shines in the musical numbers and has some lovely quieter moments as well. Not surprisingly, this favorite of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. sits atop our Best Musical/Comedy Actress chart.

Streep has won a record eight Golden Globes from her 32 nominations to date. Seven of those victories have been for films (her single TV win came for her leading role in the 2003 HBO limited series “Angels in America”). Her first time to the podium was way back in 1980 for her supporting role in “Kramer vs. Kramer.” She went on to win her first Oscar for that featured performance.

Long before Jo Ellen Pellman was cast in the starring role of Emma in Ryan Murphy’s movie adaptation of “The Prom,” she saw the original production of the Broadway musical.

“I’m only 25, yet I still wish I had this story growing up,” Pellman says on Tuesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”

“The Prom” is about a group of theater stars from New York who try to drum up some positive publicity for themselves by traveling to an Indiana town to help high school student Emma (Pellman) fight for her right to bring her girlfriend Alyssa (played by fellow queer actor Ariana DeBose) to prom.

Pellman has always been out about being queer. “That’s something that I do not take lightly; that I have the choice of whether or not to come out to someone, that I am white, cis-passing and able-bodied,...

We are predicting that Meryl Streep will have to make more room on her already crowded mantle as she is tipped to take home her ninth Golden Globe for her star turn in the Netflix musical “The Prom.” Streep sits atop our Best Musical/Comedy Actress chart for her role as a Broadway diva hoping to revitalize her career by promoting the plight of a high school girl (Jo Ellen Pellman) who is prevented from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Streep dazzles in a string of song-and-dance numbers and has some lovely quieter moments too.

Seven of Streep’s record eight Golden Globe victories have been on the film side (her single TV win was for her leading role in the 2003 HBO limited series “Angels in America”). Her first time to the podium at these kudos put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was for her supporting role...

When director Ryan Murphy saw the musical The Prom on Broadway a couple of years ago right after it opened, he quickly scooped up the rights, took it to Netflix where he has a deal, and got a film version in motion in record time with an all-star cast including Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Kerry Washington. It is an old-fashioned musical comedy in the best sense (Murphy wanted to channel Singin’ in the Rain as a template), but with a relevant contemporary story about a small-town Indiana high school student barred from the prom because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.

The impressive cast lined up quickly to be part of it. Four of them — Jo Ellen Pellman, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key and Ariana DeBose — joined Deadline for the film’s panel at the Contenders Film awards season event to talk about why.

“It was a joy from start to finish.

The second day of Deadline’s Contenders Film kicks off Sunday at 8 a.m. Pt, returning after a big Day 1 on Saturday to complete a slate of 49 films from 16 studios and distributors, one that features a hugely impressive lineup of talent numbering 150 speakers over the course of the weekend for our annual awards-season event.

Click here to register and join the livestream, and follow along all day with coverage on Deadline as well as on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram via @Deadline and #DeadlineContenders. See the full schedule of panels below.

Due to obvious health and safety reasons, and following guidelines about gatherings set by the CDC, Contenders is going virtual, after success doing so starting with Contenders TV in the spring and then again with Contenders International and Contenders Documentary. It has boosted the global reach of the event, and although we miss seeing everyone in person, it has been...

It has been over a month since the onscreen adaptation of the Broadway musical, The Prom, made its debut on Netflix. Over the holiday season, movie buffs and musical theatre fans crowded around their screens to enjoy the Ryan Murphy directed story about Emma Nolan (played by newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman), a teenager from a small Indiana town, who fights for her right to attend her high school prom with her girlfriend. With the help of a band of Broadway misfits played by Meryl Streep (as Dee Dee Allen), James Corden (as Barry Glickman), Nicole Kidman (as Angie Dickinson), and Andrew Rannells (as Trent Oliver), it is filled with dazzling toe-tappers and tear-inducing ballads.

Related: James Corden's 10 Best Roles, According To IMDb

While the songs are cleverly crafted and arranged, the music is only one part of the mosaic that makes up The Prom. Here is a ranking that’ll...

Over recent weeks and months, Gold Derby has revealed the toughest category decisions faced by campaigners for the 2021 Golden Globes. All of these choices are reflected in our Golden Globe Awards predictions center event, so jump in today and make your picks for all of the races before nominations are announced on February 3.

Many film placements are easy calls for the studios and Hollywood Foreign Press voters. It’s not borderline at all that “Nomadland” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are dramas or that “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “The Prom” are in the comedy/musical categories. Here is our complete guide to the drama and comedy selections plus the lead and supporting decisions made by campaigners or the HFPA that weren’t as simple to determine.

“Ammonite”

Kate Winslet is drama lead; Saoirse Ronan is supporting

“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”

Maria Bakalova is comedy lead at the Globes (but...

James Corden connects with his co-star from 'The Prom' Jo Ellen Pellman who has been quarantined with loved ones since the start of the pandemic, causing her to miss the fanfare of her first film being released. James asks Jo Ellen about her nerves working with stars like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman in her first film, and Jo Ellen tells James about her work creating the Unruly Hearts Initiative to help connect LGBTQ with resources to help.

A version of this story about Ryan Murphy and “The Prom” first appeared in the December issue of TheWrap magazine.

This was supposed to be a year when the musical part of the Golden Globes Best Musical or Comedy category would really mean something. Three large-scale stage musical adaptations of Broadway shows were due to be released — Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Jon Chu’s “In the Heights” and Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom” — making this the first time in 13 years that musicals might outnumber comedies among the nominees.

But “West Side Story” and “In the Heights” were both moved from their 2020 release dates to 2021 because of pandemic restrictions on the theatrical business. And that means that “The Prom” has to carry the standard for musicals by itself, unless the Disney+ version of “Hamilton” is deemed eligible (likely) or Will Ferrell’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga...

Monday, Dec. 21

“First Cow” Declared Best Picture with Florida Film Critics Circle

The Florida Film Critics Circle awarded its top prize to “First Cow,” and the film’s John Magaro also received a nod in the Best Actor category as a runner up.

Current Oscar frontrunner and festival darling “Nomadland” also landed two wins, Best Director for Chloe Zhao and the Best Actress to Frances McDormand.

The complete list of 2020 winners is below:

Best Picture

“First Cow”

Runner up: “Nomadland”/”Trial of the Chicago 7″/”Minari”

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”

Runner up: John Magaro, “First Cow”

Best Actress

Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”

Runners up: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”/Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”

Runner up: Brian Dennehy; “Driveways”

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”

Runner up: Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

Best Ensemble

“Mangrove”

Runner up: “The Trial of the Chicago 7...

With 2020 coming to an end, the Hollywood Critics Association (which includes Daily Dead Managing Editor Heather Wixson) has announced the first wave of honorees for their 4th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards, including Dante Spinotti, Aubrey Plaza, Jo Ellen Pellman, Paul Raci, Nicole Beharie, Cristin Milioti, Sidney Flanigan, Kiera Allen, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross.

Below, we have the official press release with additional details on the first wave of honorees who will be recognized at the 4th Annual Hca Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles on March 5th, 2021.

To learn more about the Hollywood Critics Association, be sure to visit their official website.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) announced today their first wave of honorary awards for the 4th Annual Hca Awards Ceremony taking place in Los Angeles on March 5, 2021.

Each year, the Hca presents a series of honorary awards highlighting actors, filmmakers, and...

The Prom (Netflix)

Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Chamberlin, Mary Kay Place, Kerry Washington, Jo Ellen Pellman.

Directed by Ryan Murphy

I’d wade through waist-deep slush to see a dream cast like this. Luckily I had to do no such thing, as The Prom , with all its glorious pomp and surrender, arrived at my doorstep. A full-blown musical where everyone speaks in shrill excitement and every frame is punctuated by an exclamation, this is an old-fashioned musical with a new-age twist.

And the cast helmed by the one-and-only Meryl Streep digs its high heels deep into the funscape about bunch of on-the-skids Broadway stars who look for a ‘cause’ to ignite their flickering career. The ‘cause they choose is Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman) a fresh-faced dewy-eyes highschool ingenue in a small town who is not allowed to participate...

Since the Netflix movie musical “The Prom” started screening for press, Meryl Streep‘s odds in the Best Actress Oscar race have been rising. Could she receive a record-extending 22nd nomination?

See‘The Prom’ costume designer Lou Eyrich on heightened style of Ryan Murphy musical: ‘Like reality, but with a little kick’ [Exclusive Video Interview]

Streep plays a vain but washed-up Broadway actress trying to revitalize her career by latching onto a political cause, specifically the plight of a teenage girl (Jo Ellen Pellman) whose school community tries to stop her from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Streep gets to show off her song-and-dance skills in a number of musical numbers, and it wouldn’t be her first Oscar nomination for a musical performance: she earned a Best Supporting Actress nom for the Sondheim adaptation “Into the Woods” (2014), and she contended for Best Actress for pretending to sing badly in “Florence Foster Jenkins...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Flight Attendant, The Stand, Station 19 and Mom!

1 | How badly do you want The Handmaid’s Tale to do a flashback episode in Season 4 or 5, just so The Prom‘s Jo Ellen Pellman can play a young June?

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2 | Blue Bloods is simply inviting everyone over for Sunday night dinner now,...

Exclusive: CAA has signed Jo Ellen Pellman, the breakout star of Ryan Murphy’s The Prom.

Pellman stars opposite Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Kerry Washington and Ariana DeBose in Netflix film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical. Even with all the star power involved in the film, Pellman more than holds her own, both on the acting and singing front.

She, along with DeBose, has launched Unruly Hearts Inititative, which strives to connect a young audience with trusted organizations that advocate for the LGBTQ+ community through resources for Housing Insecurity Solutions, Mental Health Access & Mentorship, and Education Access.

Pellman continues to be represented by Principal Entertainment LA and Peikoff Mahan.

WGA Confirms CAA Franchise Agreement, Ending Their Long-Running Battle – Read The Terms...

Lou Eyrich calls herself one of the “luckiest designers in town.” The Emmy-winning costume designer and producer is part of Ryan Murphy’s go-to team when it comes to creating the look of his shows.

Eyrich worked on Murphy’s recent “Hollywood” and “Ratched,” as well as “The Boys in the Band” and “The Prom,” which is now streaming on Netflix.

The film stars Meryl Streep as Dee Dee, Nicole Kidman as Angie, Andrew Rannells as Trent and James Corden as Barry. Together they are a group of down-on-their-luck Broadway stars who find a cause to support in the hope that it will boost their star power. They end up in small-town Indiana helping out Emma, played by Jo Ellen Pellman, who just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.

Eyrich breaks down the looks of “The Prom,” contrasting the bold and bright colors of Broadway against the neutrals...

The 2018 Broadway musical The Prom has always had a somewhat shaky premise, combining a quartet of narcissistic Broadway stars looking for a way to be relevant again with a lesbian couple’s (Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose) simple wish to attend their prom in Edgewater, Indiana. The two threads collide when the prom gets blown up into a civil rights issue. However, the stage show reconciled these seemingly disparate elements into a heartwarming tale of self-acceptance for all involved: straight or gay, closeted or out, aging star or varsity cheerleader.

Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation for Netflix, by contrast, is less successful. The awkward space between these two stories is more pronounced, with the Broadway portions plagued by puzzling lighting and editing choices. Combine that with some truly head-scratching casting among three of the four adults, and it distracts from the intent of basically half the soundtrack.

However, when...

When it comes to Netflix’s star-studded production of The Prom, one thing’s universal: this movie is a lot of fun. And mostly for the right reasons!

Based on the short-lived Broadway musical, The Prom tells the story of Emma (newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman), an Indiana high schooler who isn’t allowed to attend the dance with her girlfriend Alyssa (Hamilton‘s Ariana DeBose). Well, that’s part of the story, at least. The movie is mostly about a quartet of washed-up actors — Dee Dee (Meryl Streep), Barry (James Corden), Trent (Andrew Rannells) and Angie (Nicole Kidman) — who decide...

As a cisgender, heterosexual Black woman who went to an all-girls high school in New York City, there isn't much that I can presumably relate to in the Broadway musical The Prom. Much like the live show, Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the musical follows four down-on-their-luck Broadway stars who set out to help a high schooler after discovering that she's banned from taking her girlfriend to prom. Though the four only plan to help Emma to give their self-centered images a charitable boost, they find themselves emotionally invested in her story, and when it backfires, genuinely fighting to give her a night she won't forget.

It's impossible not to fall in love with Jo Ellen Pellman's endearingly earnest Emma, but I found myself connecting with Ariana DeBose's Alyssa. The West Side Story actress plays the popular girl in school with a chip on her shoulder in the form of her mother,...

Cinematographer Matthew Libatíque has become known for his signature use of anamorphic lenses and working with light to add realism to his images.

But for Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom,” the screen adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical that premieres Dec. 11 on Netflix, he changed the approach. This time, he went with spherical lenses because he felt he was starting to repeat himself — and Murphy went along with the cinematographer’s preference.

Libatíque used large-format lenses to capture Meryl Streep’s Dee Dee Allen, a Broadway actor whose star is beginning to fade after her latest show flops on opening night. When she and fellow actor Barry Glickman (James Corden) decide they need to revive their image by latching onto a good cause, Barry, Dee Dee and a few other down-on-their-luck Broadway stars travel to Indiana to help Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman), a teenager who’s barred from the prom because she’s a lesbian.

This latest from Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy, about lesbian teenager Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman), who finds herself frozen out of her school prom when the PTA committee get wind that she wants to bring her girlfriend, puts the broad into Broadway and no mistake. Despite its welcome progressive themes of inclusivity, there's an air of pastiche about the songs that feels strained, while the big and blousy staging is oddly dated.

Before things get out of hand in terms of direction and lack of editing, there's an interesting idea, about the way stars jump on a bandwagon, often unthinkingly - something that has become self-parody in recent months on Twitter with one or two ill-judged lockdown "collaborations". And, yes, Imagine, I'm looking at you. So when Broadway stars Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Corden) find their latest show is a flop, they decide its time.

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There's a fine line when it comes to straight actors playing LGBTQ+ roles. When it's an important public or historical figure, there's no question they should be portrayed by someone from the LGBTQ+ community. When it's a fictional role like Barry Glickman from The Prom, there's more of a gray area. That said, James Corden should not have been cast as Barry in Netflix's adaptation of the Broadway musical due to his over-the-top and, at times, offensive portrayal.

While The Prom features a heartwarming story about a girl just wanting to take her girlfriend to prom with the help of a few down-and-out Broadway actors, Corden's casting taints the message it's trying to say.

The issue with Corden's casting isn't his talent level; he's a Tony Award-winning actor who can sing and act. The issue is that Corden takes the role of Barry, who is...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on December 10th, 2020, reviewing the new film “The Prom,” streaming on Netflix starting December 11th.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

“The Prom” is a musical adapted from the New York stage about a group of Broadway actors who invade a small Indiana town after they hear the local school won’t put on their prom if they have to include a lesbian couple, petitioned by one half of that couple named Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman). Her Principal Tom (Keegan-Michael Key) is on her side, but the head of the PTA (Kerry Washington) is not.

“The Prom” will stream on Netflix beginning December 11th. Featuring ames Corden, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington and Jo Ellen Pellman. Screenplay adapted by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Rated “PG-13”

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The Prom starts with a bad review. Well, technically, Ryan Murphy’s bells-and-whistles (and-klaxons-and-sirens-and-fire-alarms-and-jackhammers) adaptation of the 2016 musical that ended up on Broadway in 2018 kicks off with an inciting act of intolerance: Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman), a senior at James Madison High School in Edgewater, Indiana, wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. The head of the P.T.A., Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington), isn’t having it. She leads the organization in a vote to cancel the dance entirely, much to the dismay of Emma, Principal Tom Hawkins (Keegan-Michael...

“Small Axe” director Steve McQueen and “The Prom” director Ryan Murphy will each be honored at the 2020 Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Awards, the 30th annual ceremony that will be held on January 11, 2021.

McQueen will receive the Director’s Tribute and Murphy will receive the Industry Tribute in the virtual awards ceremony. The Gotham Awards recently announced that Chadwick Boseman would posthumously be recognized by the voting body, as would his “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” co-star Viola Davis.

“Steve M​c​Queen is a force within the industry, directing one of most impactful and influential films of the year. His bold, masterful storytelling has riveted audiences for the past decade making him one of the most iconic filmmakers today,” Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of IFP, said in a statement. “Ryan Murphy has created some of the most cherished and acclaimed television series and films in recent years. Ryan across his many...

After the gigantic success of the musical dramedy series Glee, producer and filmmaker Ryan Murphy has gone all out with The Prom, an exuberant Netflix musical that features some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. In a press conference for the film, Meryl Streep revealed she was under the impression she would not have to dance too much, based on her knowledge of the Broadway play which inspired the film. But the actress turned out to be sorely mistaken.

"I'm the oldest person in the cast and I have the most dancing, which didn't make sense to me. I noticed that the leading lady didn't do a lot of dancing [in the Broadway show], so I was very encouraged [Laughs]. And all hell broke loose when I got to Los Angeles and they laid out for me what it was. So it was a lot of dancing and I got in shape.

Meryl Streep was always on Ryan Murphy’s bucket list of people he wanted to work with, but the prolific producer and director didn’t have a role for her until he went to a Broadway performance of the musical “The Prom” in January of 2019. But when he saw the show by Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, Murphy immediately wanted to turn it into a film, and to cast Streep in the lead role of Dee Dee Allen, a fading Broadway star who cynically tries to revive her career by heading to Indiana to lobby for a teenage girl who was barred from taking her girlfriend to the high school prom.

“I went to see it as a fan and walked out of there saying, ‘Wow, I really want to make this,'” Murphy told TheWrap. “So I came up with a murderer’s row of people I...

Star-in-the-making Ariana DeBose is ready to redefine what it means to be Latino, or how she identifies as Afro-Latina.

“You cannot just boil down what it is to be Latino in one thing,” she says. “Observing the industry…Rita Moreno, my Queen, she’s been the standard and it’s a very specific look, which hasn’t necessarily allowed for what this is — to be considered Puerto Rican.”

DeBose, starring in Netflix’s “The Prom,” talked to Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast about the film, identity and much more. Listen to the latest episode below:

Imagine this: your first three film roles are the stage filming of the Tony-winning “Hamilton,” an all-star adaptation of “The Prom” by Emmy-winner Ryan Murphy, and playing the role that won Rita Moreno an Oscar, now in an upcoming remake of “West Side Story” from Steven Spielberg. DeBose still has a hard time believing it all came true.

Every now and then a film comes along with its heart gaudily emblazoned on its sleeve, waggling jazz hands of neediness and plaintively pleading to be loved. A film which shoots for the moon but putters out like a spent firework before it has cleared the treetops. A film like The Prom.

Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) is a smalltown high school student making a big stand. Or, more accurately, forced to stand up and demand her right to bring the person she loves to the prom, just like everyone else. Emma’s sexual orientation isn’t a problem for her principal Mr Hawkins (Keegan-Michael Key) but the PTA – led by inflexible tiger mom Mrs Greene (Kerry Washington) – would rather cancel prom entirely than embrace inclusivity.

The decision leaves Emma isolated at school and the target of a particularly bitchy clique. Popular cheerleader Alyssa Greene (Ariana DeBose) is the only one to empathise and try,...

Some freedoms are still able to be celebrated this year, as more teenagers are securing the right to bring the person they truly like to the biggest dance of their high school experience in the upcoming musical film, ‘The Prom.’ Up-and-coming actress Jo Ellen Pellman plays the comedy’s strong-willed young protagonist, Emma Nolan, who determinedly […]

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As we recover from whatever Thanksgiving celebration we were able to safely put together in these strange times, there is something reassuring about the fact that December is here and 2020–a challenging year on every level–is almost over.

While December is normally packed with theatrical releases that range from buzzy awards contenders to end-of-the-year blockbusters and holiday-themed comfort films, this year is not business as usual. Sure, Oscar hopefuls abound, such as Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Nomadland, but two of those three will be on Netflix. As for the tentpole contingent, well, only Wonder Woman 1984 is still opening in theaters–and you can also watch that on HBO Max right after opening your presents on Christmas morning.

In other words, there are plenty of new movies coming out this month, and more than one way to watch them. That’s not the worst thing in...

It’s every teenage girl’s dream: The high school PTA has just announced they’d rather cancel prom than let you bring your girlfriend, when a gaggle of garishly dressed Broadway stars you’ve never heard of storms in singing, “We are gonna help that little lesbian…”

Although these colorful coastal elites cause quite a stir while managing to muddle everything up, they give you a mall shopping spree, a sequined shoulder to cry on — and some killer song and dance routines. That’s “The Prom.”

Aside from its impassioned overtures for LGBTQ+ rights, “The Prom” has all the makings of a classic Hollywood musical: Haughty urbanites descend reluctantly on a small provincial town seeking validation and instead find love, connection, and renewed life’s purpose. It’s like if the strivers from “The Philadelphia Story” went to Allentown to help Peggy Sawyer find her way to “42nd Street.