Happy Feet is dancing its way to Broadway. The Oscar-winning animated film is being adapted into a brand-new stage musical. This production will be based on the Warner Bros. movie directed by George Miller. Tony Award-winning director Michael Arden is set to helm the show from a book written by Douglas Lyons. Happy Feet will feature the hit songs from the movie, as well as a new lineup of chart-toppers that audiences will know and love, according to a press release …
The official trailer for Backrooms has arrived. A24 is set to release the upcoming film in theaters on May 29. It’s based on a series of viral found-footage videos from the movie’s director, Kane Parsons. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell star in the horror movie …
Jane Austen fans, rejoice. The trailer for The Other Bennet Sister is here. This TV series is a spinoff of Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice. It focuses on Elizabeth Bennet’s often overlooked sister, Mary Bennet. Ella Bruccoleri stars as Mary in the series, which also features Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma and Tanya Reynolds as part of its ensemble …
A graphic for the upcoming ‘Dreamgirls’ Broadway production. (Sonia Friedman Productions)
Jennifer Hudson’s got another job.
During her daytime talk show Wednesday, the EGOT winner announced she’ll be helping to produce a revival of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. Jennifer starred in the award-winning movie based on the 1981 musical, which she said “changed my life.”
“Twenty years ago, my life changed forever because of a film called Dreamgirls,” Hudson said in a press release. “I am beyond honored to join the extraordinary producing team behind this special, newly reimagined Broadway revival, and to help bring Dreamgirls back to the stage through the visionary direction and choreography of Camille A. Brown. This fall cannot come soon enough.”
Brown, a five-time Tony Award nominee, will direct and choreograph the Broadwayrevival alongside producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner and John Johnson.
“There’s going to be so much more to share, in time,” Jennifer said to her audience. “But I’ve been having so much fun working with this amazing team and I cannot wait to share the incredible production this fall.”
While no ticket information has been released about the show, fans can subscribe to an email list for future announcements.
Stacey Dash as Dionne Davenport and Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz in ‘Clueless”, written and directed by Amy Heckerling and released on July 21, 1995, by Paramount Pictures. (CBS via Getty Images)
The Library or Congress has announced the 25 films it has selected to join the National Film Registry in 2025.
Its selections for last year, which were announced on Thursday, span from the silent film era to iconic Hollywood movies from the last 50 years. Among those selected for the registry are Clueless, The Karate Kid, Inception, Before Sunrise, The Truman Show, The Incredibles and Philadelphia.
WesAnderson‘s The Grand Budapest Hotel is the most-recent film joining the collection, having debuted in 2014. The Library of Congress notes that making The Grand Budapest Hotel “included meticulous historical research at the Library of Congress” in order to create its visually striking scenery.
Some of the classic Hollywood selections include the 1954 musical White Christmas and the Bing Crosby, FrankSinatra and Louis Armstrong-starring musical High Society, which features Grace Kelly in her final film.
There were four documentaries selected: Ken Burns’ Brooklyn Bridge, Nancy Buirski’s The LovingStory, George Nierenberg’s Say Amen, Somebody and Danny Tedesco’s The Wrecking Crew.
The public submits nominations to be considered to join the archive. Over 7,500 submissions were made this year, and the Library of Congress chose 25 of them based on their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.
“When we preserve films, we preserve American culture for generations to come. These selections for the National Film Registry show us that films are instrumental in capturing important parts of our nation’s story,” the acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen said.
Here are the 25 films selected for the 2025 National Film Registry: The Tramp and the Dog (1896) The Oath of the Sword (1914) The Maid of McMillan (1916) The Lady (1925) Sparrows (1926) Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926) White Christmas (1954) High Society (1956) Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Say Amen, Somebody (1982) The Thing (1982) The Big Chill (1983) The Karate Kid (1984) Glory (1989) Philadelphia (1993) Before Sunrise (1995) Clueless (1995) The Truman Show (1998) Frida (2002) The Hours (2002) The Incredibles (2004) The Wrecking Crew (2008) Inception (2010) The Loving Story (2011) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
In the new trailer for Focker-In-Law, the latest installment in the Meet the Parents movie franchise, Ariana Grande has one mission: to stop Ben Stiller’s Greg Focker from holding her fiancé, Henry — Greg’s son — “emotionally hostage.”
In the trailer, Ariana’s character, Olivia Jones, tells the family that she was trained as an FBI hostage negotiator and plans to use her skills to “free” Henry from his co-dependent relationship with Greg. Much to Greg’s dismay, she’s got Robert De Niro’s Jack Byrnes on her side. The two get along great — even Jack’s dog loves her, and Greg is crushed when Jack says he’s going to invite her into the “circle of trust.”
This sets up an adversarial relationship where confident Olivia and a very threatened Greg go head-to-head throughout the trailer.
“I thought this would be an opportunity to get to know me. To bond,” Olivia tells Greg during a family weekend together.
“How do you bond with an emotional puppeteer?” Greg asks Olivia. “I won’t be your little Pinocchio, Geppetto. Evil Geppetto. I’m a real boy!”
