It’s not every day that a play seems to call for a recommended reading list or prompts flashbacks to writing essays for high school English class. But if the idea of such things grabs you, you’ll feel right at home at the Classic Stage Theater’s production of Dead Poets Society, even if the play feels like a SparkNotes version of the 1989 movie on which it’s based. The production, directed by John Doyle, hits the same beats as the film version of Dead Poets (written by Tom Schulman, who adapted his screenplay for the stage incarnation).
In a symbolic acknowledgment of cross-network camaraderie, Jay Leno will be the last guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Ferguson will sign off from the show on Friday, Dec. 19. Perennial guests who hold the record the most appearances on the show, Tim Meadows, Thomas Lennon, Betty White, and Henry Winkler, will also guest on the show for one final go-around. Other notable guests will include Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, Kristen Bell, and Steve Carell.
Jeff Beck, the English guitarist, innovator, and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, died on Tuesday. He was 78. Beck's family announced that the legendary musician died after contracting bacterial meningitis. "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck's passing," a statement read. "After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.
Jeff Goldblum, who has long exuded an otherworldly air of authority and wisdom, will become a god amongst men for his next role. But what else is new for the actor who, even when he's not voicing the actual character of God, is often playing characters with god-like traits. EW can confirm that Goldblum will now play Zeus in the upcoming Netflix series Kaos, making him the latest in a long line of actors to play the Greek god of thunder.
After tonight’s episode ended, I called Doc Horowitz and said, “I gotta get in to see you. I think something is wrong with me. I think I’m losing my edge. Going soft. Can you run a test or something, see what’s what?” He asked me for my symptoms. I said, “I felt badly for Randy getting played at tribal council like a banjo at a small town country fair. (Yes, I know, bad analogy and small town and country fair are probably redundant.
Man oh man. If you have any kind of a heart, you have to be feeling for Foa Foa. It’s been a long time since a tribe has performed this poorly. You’d have to go all the way back to Survivor: Palau when Stephanie’s tribe was decimated week by week until she was the only person left in her tribe. I have to stand up for all of the Survivors from this season.
Jeffrey Jones avoided a possible three-year prison term on Tuesday, pleading no contest to charges stemming from his alleged hiring of a 14-year-old boy to pose for lewd snapshots. A Los Angeles judge sentenced the 56-year-old ”Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” star to five years probation and ordered him to undergo counseling and to be placed on a registry of sex offenders for the rest of his life. Jones, best known as high school principal Ed Rooney in ”Bueller,” was targeted in the same 2001 kid-porn probe that also led to charges against fellow Tim Burton regular Paul Reubens.
Jena Malone, who starred as Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games franchise, says she was sexually assaulted during the production of one of the films. The actress, who made her debut in 2013's Catching Fire, opened up about the experience for the first time in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Captioning a picture of herself standing alone in a sun-drenched field, Malone wrote, "This photo was taken right after I wrapped Mockingjay: Part Two and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set.
Little did Jennie Garth know that a scene from the fifth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 would have such an enduring afterlife. In an interview with chef Curtis Stone from his Getting Grilled show, Garth reflects on how her "I choose me" line became an iconic moment and a guiding light in her life. "The beautiful woman that wrote that line, Jessica Klein, nor myself had any idea of the real impact of that line, I don't think — on just girls, women [and] people,"
You might think that a cocktail inspired by Baby Yoda couldn't possibly capture the adorable Star Wars sensation in all its petite, green, wide-eyed, big-eared cuteness. You would be wrong, sir. Thanks partly to Jennifer Aniston, who posted the drink on her Instagram stories, the world is getting introduced to this creation, below, made by a restaurant in Belfast: Drink it, you must! The cocktail was made by Michael Young, co-owner of the restaurant Vault in Banbridge.