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Playbill reports: Hamilton Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. has partnered with bipartisan election advocacy organization RepresentUs to release a new music video performance of Hamilton’s “Wait For It,” encouraging citizens to believe in the efficacy of elections and to wait for their officiated results. The video is released on Election Day 2020 in an election cycle that has been marked …

The New York Times reports: The first polls will close at 6 p.m. Eastern time in parts of Indiana and Kentucky. Then there will be a steady stream of poll closings, every hour and sometimes every 30 minutes, until the last polls in Alaska shut down at 1 a.m. Eastern time. In a normal year, results would start flowing in …

Nearly 100 million Americans had cast their ballots by the time polls opened this morning for in-person voting. If you’re voting in person today, tell us how things went. If you hear about issues in places other than your own polling station, tell us about that too. We’ll have another open thread this afternoon and likely several tonight after the …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Presidential candidate Kanye West isn’t evidently pinning too many hopes on winning the election after setting an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The rapper will feature on the ABC late-night show on Wednesday November 4. West has qualified for ballot access in 12 states but his run hasn’t been particularly smooth as he lost appeals in five …

Playbill reports: There are few things we can count on in these uncertain times, but this we know to be true: If John Mulaney is hosting Saturday Night Live, there will be showtunes. The comedian and Oh, Hello star/co-creator did not disappoint Broadway enthusiasts as emcee of the Halloween episode, bringing musicals back to life in a Times Square souvenir …

New from our pal Matt Baume: Why do all these homosexuals keep kissing Roseanne? That’s the question on everyone’s lips, but there was only one thing on Roseanne’s lips in 1994 and that was Muriel Hemmingway, on one of the most controversial TV episodes of the decade. The sitcom Roseanne featured way more queer characters than other shows of the …

Variety reports: Taylor Swift approved her song “Only the Young” for a pro-Joe Biden advertisement, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The song, from the Netflix documentary “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” appears in a new Biden ad that made the rounds on social media on Friday, four days before the 2020 election. California’s Democratic representative Eric Swalwell …

Variety reports: Here comes another price hike for Netflix customers in the U.S.: The streaming giant is raising the price of the Standard two-stream HD plan, its most popular package, by about 8% — going from $12.99 per month to $13.99. In addition, Netflix’s Premium tier (with four streams and including 4K Ultra HD content) is going up by $2, …

Variety reports: MGM has delayed “Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, by seven months from Jan. 15 to Aug. 13 in the latest shuffle of a major title amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The studio also announced Tuesday that it has removed “Tomb Raider 2,” starring Alicia Vikander, from its March 19 release date. “Respect,” titled after Franklin’s …

Variety reports: Netflix’s “The Midnight Sky,” an apocalyptic sci-fi drama starring and directed by George Clooney, offers insight into a possible future where unspecified destruction renders the earth uninhabitable. In a trailer released on Tuesday, Clooney’s character is searching for a way to warn other survivors against returning to Earth after a global catastrophe. The film, based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s …

Deadline Hollywood reports: The near final numbers are in and 60 Minutes‘ election edition looks to have taken down Sunday Night Football, the World Series and pretty much everything else on TV since the Oscars. With 17 million viewers, the sit-downs with Lesley Stahl and Norah O’Donnell (and one petulant POTUS walk-off) with Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Adele made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut last night, but instead of bringing her musical talent to the Studio 8H stage, the Grammy-winning singer brought it to The Bachelor mansion. In a skit inspired by the ABC dating series, Adele joined a number of cast members a potential matches for Beck Bennett’s bachelor. “I’m here because …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie has announced on Facebook that he is retiring after a 50-year career of performing and acting. Guthrie said ill health caused by a series of strokes led him to acknowledge that he was no longer up for the road. The pandemic and its cancellations also played a part in his decision to hang things …

Playbill reports: The teaser trailer for The Prom on Netflix has dropped—and it’s full of “Zazz” with stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, and newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman. As previously announced, the film adaptation of the Tony-nominated musical debuts December 11 on the streaming giant. Directed by Ryan Murphy, the movie features Streep as Dee Dee Allen, …

Deadline Hollywood reports: A holiday musical featuring country and pop music superstar Dolly Parton is set for a November 22 bow on Netflix, and the first trailer is now out to pave the way. In Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, a rich and nasty woman, Regina Fuller, returns to her small hometown after her father’s death to evict everyone …

Playbill reports: Check out Taylor Iman Jones, Ashley de la Rosa, and more stars from the various national tours of Hamilton singing “The Schuyler Sisters” to rally the vote below. Rounding out the group of performers are Angelicas Marja Harmon, Sabrina Sloan, and Ta’Rea Campbell; Elizas Zoe Jenson, Victoria Ann Scovens, and Joanna A. Jones, and Taylor Iman Jones and …

Variety reports: The state of California has set strict guidelines for reopening Disneyland and other large theme parks in the coming months. California’s director of health and human services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, announced on Tuesday at a news conference that large California theme parks will be able to open at 25% capacity when their counties reach the lowest, yellow, tier …

Variety reports: The Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday’s Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of “Sabotage” accompanied a spot for the Joe Biden presidential campaign. It wasn’t just any campaign spot, but one that focuses on how the COVID-19 shutdowns have decimated the …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Grammy and Oscar winner Adele will make her hosting debut on the October 24 episode of Saturday Night Live. The English singer-songwriter previously served as musical guest on the NBC sketch program on October 18, 2008, also on the eve of a Presidential election, and on November 21, 2015. Adele will be joined by H.E.R. who will …

Variety reports: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that movie theaters outside of New York City will be allowed to open beginning Oct. 23. During a press briefing on Saturday morning, Cuomo said that movie theaters not located in the city can open at 25% capacity with a limit of 50 people per screening if they meet state safety …