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The New York Daily News reports: In the recently launched “Talking Statues at Christopher Park” project, multi-hyphenate actor J. Harrison Ghee gives life to the tiny piece of land in the heart of Manhattan’s West Village that has been an integral part of queer and trans life in the city both before and after the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Four other …

Deadline Hollywood reports: “The world’s most notorious game becomes reality.” That’s how Netflix is describing its new competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge that’s dropping in November. The streamer didn’t reveal much about the game based on its runaway hit Squid Game, other than to show how they transformed a massive warehouse into a spot where 456 players will compete …

Variety reports: “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” has had the biggest debut of any documentary series ever produced by Amazon Studios, Variety has learned. The limited series investigates controversies surrounding the Duggar family, best known for TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” including Josh Duggar’s conviction for possession of child pornography and the family’s connection to the Institute in Basic …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Sony’s biggest hit of the summer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, won’t be getting a release in the United Arab Emirates, Deadline has confirmed. The pic was set for release on June 22 in the Gulf region. Apparently, the point of contention has to do with Gwen Stacy, and whether the character is trans. One of the frames …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Kevin Spacey is feeling optimistic about making a career comeback if he’s cleared of the sexual assault allegations brought against him in London. In a recent interview, the House of Cards alum said that he has people interested in working with him. “I know that there are people right now who are ready to hire me the …

Variety reports: Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who endured decades of obscurity and poverty before film versions of “All the Pretty Horses,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The Road” brought him a wide readership and financial security, died Tuesday in Santa Fe, N.M. His publisher, Penguin Random House, said his son John McCarthy announced his death from natural …

Variety reports: Big changes are afoot for the Golden Globe Awards now that Dick Clark Productions and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge have acquired the assets of the nonprofit Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which will shutter as the awards franchise moves into a new era. The new owners will use the assets and the cash on hand from the HFPA to establish …

The New York Times reports: The 76th Tony Awards are taking place tonight at the United Palace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. The broadcast will be preceded by a special segment at 6:30 p.m., hosted by Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin and streamed …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Makers of The Crown have reportedly decided to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in the hit drama’s final season. The Sun newspaper – which has previously been on the money with its scoops as to which actresses will play the monarch – suggests that producers have decided to recruit all three actresses – Claire …

Billboard Magazine reports: Country music star Garth Brooks is sticking by Bud Light amid the backlash over its LGBTQ-themed marketing, saying that his new Nashville bar will be serving the brand. “Yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer,” Brooks told Billboard Magazine. “We just are. It’s not our decision to make. Our thing is this, if you [are …

Deadline reports: The Tony Awards broadcast this Sunday will feature performances from the casts of Tony Award nominated best musicals and revivals including Camelot, Into The Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Parade, Shucked, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. And Funny Girl. Though that 2022 musical revival starring Lea …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Just hours after Broadway star Jodie Comer left the stage of the hit one-person show Prima Facie due to breathing issues caused by New York City’s poor air quality today, Actors’ Equity is urging its members to contact their union reps with safety concerns. Equity, which represents stage performers and stage managers, also offering guidance to employers …

Deadline reports: Prince Harry has inflamed his war with Piers Morgan by personally attacking the TalkTV and Fox Nation presenter in explosive court testimony. The Duke of Sussex was in the witness box today for the phone hacking trial he and other British celebrities are bringing against Mirror Group Newspapers, where Morgan worked as Editor of The Daily Mirror for …

Variety reports: Apple took the wraps off Vision Pro, an expensive pair of goggles the company promises will unlock a new universe of magical new virtual- and augmented-reality apps. The headset will be priced starting at $3,499, available starting in early 2024 in the U.S. (with other countries later in the year). Disney CEO Bob Iger made an appearance during …

Variety reports: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” webbed up a stellar $120.5 million in its domestic box office debut. Sony’s animated sequel is benefiting from great reviews and positive word-of-mouth, as well as goodwill from its predecessor, 2018’s Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Initial ticket sales were significantly higher than the first film, which introduced audiences to Miles Morales and the …

Deadline reports: The Associated Press style guide – which sets the agenda for how most major media uses its words and phrases in reporting, thus shaping society views – has come out with new guidelines on gender. The AP now instructs journalists to respect LGBTQ subjects’ preferred pronouns and to avoid terms like “biological sex.” The new guide also suggested …

Variety reports: In his upcoming memoir “Pageboy,” Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page reveals he was once confronted by a homophobic actor at a birthday party in Los Angeles. The year was 2014, shortly after Page publicly came out as gay during a speech made at a Human Rights Campaign conference. “I’m here today because I am gay,” Page told the crowd. …

Billboard Magazine reports: We’re celebrating the Disney Century with our list of the 100 greatest songs from the Wide World of Disney — any composition, from pop numbers to showtunes to instrumental scores, that was specifically written for a Disney property. That means no pre-existing songs that have come to be commonly associated with Disney works (sorry, Sorcerer’s Apprentice fans) …

Variety reports: Danny Masterson, the former star of “That ’70s Show,” was convicted Wednesday on two counts of forcible rape. The jury could not reach a verdict on a third rape charge, deadlocking with a vote of 8-4 in favor of conviction. Masterson faces a potential sentence of 30 years to life in prison on the two charges. Shortly after …

Variety reports: Family audiences turned out in force, propelling Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” to the top of the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. The film, a live-action remake of the 1988 animated favorite, earned a splashy $117.5 million over the four-day holiday. It ranks as the fifth largest Memorial Day debut — last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” set …