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Julia Louis-Dreyfus began her career in comedy, as so many comedians do, with the Second City, the stalwart and long-lived comedy troupe based in Chicago. She was only 21, but Louis-Dreyfus gave such an impressive performance at a Second City event that she was immediately asked to join the cast of "Saturday Night Live." It seems that NBC talent scouts lurk at Second City performances all the time. She starred on "SNL" from 1982 until 1985, becoming friends with writer Larry David during her tenure. A few years later, David and comedian Jerry Seinfeld created the sitcom "Seinfeld," wherein Louis-Dreyfus starred as Jerry's friend Elaine.

"Seinfeld," once might recall, was something of a hit, lasting 180 episodes over nine seasons. Louis-Dreyfus was nominated for seven Emmys, winning one. She would go on to win another Emmy for her performance in "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and an additional nine Emmys for "Veep," eight of them for acting.

John M. Chu's cinematic adaptation of Wicked adheres closely to the story of the musical, though marketing materials showed early on that the filmmaker had taken some creative liberties with design details. Wicked is the hugely popular Broadway musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz, exploring the lives of well-known characters years before the classic story takes place. The narrative centers around young witches Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande), who travel to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) but along the way, discover a sprawling conspiracy that's eating their society from the inside.

The story of Wicked is a moving and emotional one, adapted from Gregory Maguire's vastly different novel of the same name. The characters of Elphaba and Glinda are younger versions of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz, and Wicked explains...

Universal Orlando Resort will take guests on a visit to Oz when Wicked: The Experience opens to the public on Saturday, November 16. The brand spanking new immersive experience promises to “thrillify” visitors just in time for the November 22 release of the highly anticipated film.

Wicked is based on the stage musical, which is based on the book by Gregory McGuire, which is based on the books (and world) created by L. Frank Baum…are you following along?

Everyone is of course familiar with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, which nearly every child for the past 50 years or more adores. Watching The Wizard of Oz and following Dorothy’s often bumpy journey to Oz before realizing there’s no place like home is practically a rite of passage in one’s childhood.

The film (and Baum’s series of 14 books) are an unusual and thrilling mix of fantasy and some...

Ariana Grande’s appearance on The Tonight Show got off to a rocky start backstage, when she and host Jimmy Fallon found themselves in a heated argument about… the taxonomy of witches in the extended Oz universe.

Ok, not actually. The pair instead did a lip-sync recreation of the classic viral video of two people who actually did have that argument. The one that includes the glorious line, “Her sister was a witch, right? And what was her sister? A princess, the Wicked Witch of the East, bro!”

Grande took the lead in the recreation,...

In a fun bit of classic Hollywood trivia, The Wizard of Oz cut one particular song from the movie, but the movie still made a subtle reference to it as the story progressed. Adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the story depicts the journey of Dorothy Gale, who is transported to the magical land of Oz after her Kansas home is swept up by a tornado. The cast of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie includes Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, and Billie Burke. The movie was a critical success; The Wizard of Oz was praised for its memorable quotes and use of color; it has since been regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.

One of the most memorable aspects of the movie was its music, which won an Oscar for Best Original Score in 1940. The Wizard of Oz soundtrack includes popular songs such as "Ding,...

Four different witches occupy the world of The Wizard of Oz, the film that ultimately inspired Wicked. The new movie in the franchise tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West before she earned her title, when she was a young woman named Elphaba who becomes unlikely friends with a woman named Glinda. Wicked is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, bringing the beloved story to life on the big screen for the first time, and with a brand-new, star-studded cast, Wicked seems set to once again bring The Wizard of Oz to the forefront of public consciousness for the foreseeable future.

Wicked has characters from the original The Wizard of Oz, but their roles are mostly expanded upon when compared to the original. However, one thing that has remained consistent is that there are four witches; the Good Witch of the North, the Good Witch of the South,...

“Get Millie Black” is exactly what it sounds like: Someone is on the run, but who can stop them?

Well, perhaps the ex-Scotland Yard detective of the title. Tamara Lawrance stars as Millie-Jean Black, an investigator who returns to Kingston, Jamaica to work missing persons cases.

Per the official synopsis, Millie “soon finds herself on a quest to save a sibling who won’t be saved, to find a child who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.”

The HBO limited series is created and executive produced by Booker Prize award-winning author Marlon James. Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen co-star.

“Get Millie Black” is produced for HBO and Channel 4 by Motive Pictures. Creator James executive produces along with Jami O’Brien, Simon Maxwell (CEO Motive Pictures), and Leopoldo Gout.

The Wizard of Oz is a key part of cinema history that is still enchanting audiences today. The 1939 movie is about a young girl named Dorothy (Judy Garland) who is caught in a tornado and sent to the land of Oz. With the help of her friends Glinda the Good Witch (Billie Burke), the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the Tin Man (Jack Haley), and the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) Dorothy goes on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz (Frank Morgan), find a way back home, and escape the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton).

A decided classic, The Wizard of Oz's connection to the upcoming movie musical Wicked is more complicated than one might expect. The highly anticipated new film depicts the origins of the Wicked Witch, Dorothy's primary antagonist and the person the Wizard of Oz requests Dorothy kill before he sends her back to Kansas.

Fans of Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta novels were delighted earlier this year when it was announced that theyd be turned into a series for Prime Video with Nicole Kidman in the lead, and Jamie Lee Curtis portraying her sister, Dorothy. Two seasons are now officially in development, and while filming has yet to begin, Kidman recently teased the thriller as being scarier than The Others, her 2001 horror hit that has long been lauded as one of the spookiest ghost stories ever told.

While the two are obviously very different projects, Kidman called the script for Scarpetta "terrifying" in a new interview with Vanity Fair. The series follows Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta as she returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships, both personal and professional including her sister Dorothy with plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover. When asked what about the thriller makes it so scary,...