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Buzz Feed
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
57 Hilariously Bad Design Fails
This art shop should've gotten a second opinion from an outside source before launching. This, too. They really didn't think this one through, huh? Or this one. This is *maybe* not the best place for this decor. Someone messed up here. Yeah, sure, let's pretend those are flames. these supposed to be side by side? Am I the only one who read "Boobless America" at first? My mind went there, too. C'mon, music today isn't THAT bad. going on here? "The is the kitchen home heart of the" or "The kitchen is the home heart of the"? are they gonna do when they all have homes??? How did no one notice this??? "DIS GON B GUD" is gonna unironically join my vocabulary. "Please don't drive, block the way!" "Don't Get Shot: The Flu, at CVS." Something's off here... Why am I licking my trash bin again? They definitely did this on purpose. This one, too. Nice. Hmm... Finally, a wedding shop for Alexis from Schitt's Creek. What does this even mean? "DIE for success!" sounds like a motto for 'Murica. The Tim WHAT use??? This must be a very impressive toothbrush if it can give my cat teeth like THAT. And this is why you don't use AI to design your logos, folks. This is just a monstrosity. I don't think this illustrator has ever seen a hand before. Let me know if you see what I see here, or if I just have a dirty mind. Same with this one. And this one. The irony of this being from an architecture and design conference... Oh look, an advertisement for Beetlejuice! How to Who designed this mannequin??? Have they never seen a human before? You really gotta be careful with putting people's pictures on cars. Case in point. I see the vision, I guess? What's even the point of writing the name like this? This off-brand really thought no one would notice anything off about this Lightning McQueen knockoff. Elsa? Anna??? You What is this even supposed to say? it is not. ...What? Why would anyone design a bacon Band-Aid in the first place??? ...Amen. It took me a full minute to figure out how to read this. I' sure what I'm looking at here. Actually, I'm pretty sure I do, but it's obscene. "PEEEEEE!" I actually feel bad for laughing at this one. Anyone else think this looks like a bomb vest? And finally, this Photoshop job could've used a second set of eyes. H/T: r/CrappyDesign
ABC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Eddie Perfect shares how Beetlejuice the Musical came back from the dead
Eddie Perfect doesn't mince words: in 2019, he says, Beetlejuice the Musical was "going to die". The show — with music and lyrics by Perfect, and book by Scott Brown and Anthony King — opened on Broadway in late March that year to reviews calling it "dismal and gross", "over-caffeinated, overstuffed and virtually charmless", and "absolutely exhausting". By June, ticket sales had tanked. "There was a bit of a vibe about the show that it was dead on arrival," Perfect, an actor, writer and composer, says. Perfect didn't feel angry about the show's apparent failure. And despite the negative reception, Beetlejuice was nominated for eight Tony Awards that year, including best musical. For the performance at the ceremony, Perfect rewrote the opening number, 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing', to be about poltergeist Betelgeuse/Beetlejuice crashing the Tonys, incorporating jokes about the awards, Broadway, and even actors in the audience. When the performance — led by the original musical Beetlejuice, Alex Brightman — was uploaded online, it quickly reached millions of views. "People loved the chaos of it," Perfect says. "They were like, 'What is this insane show, with Beetlejuice yelling at Adam Driver for killing Han Solo?'" In the same month, a just-released cast recording also went viral, this time on TikTok. "[TikTok] allowed people to take these frenetic, wild songs with really strong characters and interpret them in their own way," Perfect says. That's when Beetlejuice the Musical's fortunes started to turn around. While in April 2019, the show's weekly ticket sales were just $US600,000 ($900,000), by November, they had reached $US1.48 million ($2.3 million). By the end of that month, Beetlejuice had broken its venue's weekly box-office record. But the change was in more than just dollar figures. Audiences started to turn up wearing stripes in the style of the titular character, or entire wedding dresses like Lydia Deetz, the show's teenage protagonist. The cast and crew started to receive fan art by the crate-full, which they'd plaster over the walls, backstage. "The difference between the first two weeks, and then what it became, was [audiences] walked in totally primed to love the show," Perfect says. "They knew the music, they knew the characters, they were obsessed with it. Beetlejuice the Musical wound up closing at the same time as every other show in New York, with the onset of the pandemic. It triumphantly reopened on Broadway two years later, in 2022, ultimately closing after a successful run of nearly 700 performances. "You have to f***ing fail at the beginning, I think," Perfect says. "Then, people have to discover it, and discover you, and come back and find their own way to you. "I don't feel vindication or anything. I feel relieved I get to stay in the great sandpit of Broadway because, if it had failed, I don't know if anyone would ever have asked me back." Now, the show — and its potent fandom — has finally arrived in Australia, with Perfect in the role of Beetlejuice. Perfect wasn't allowed to watch Beetlejuice when the Tim Burton movie, starring Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Michael Keaton, came out in 1988. Aged just 11, he remembers desperately wanting to see it. It's the story of the recently deceased Maitlands (Baldwin and Davis), who try to wrench their home back from nouveau riche interlopers the Deetzes (Catherine O'Hara and Jeffery Jones), with a little help from their teenage daughter, Lydia (Ryder), who can communicate with the dead. It wasn't until Perfect was a teenager in the 90s, browsing his local video store in Mentone, in Melbourne's south-east, that he finally had the chance to rent it on VHS. "What I remember was the incredible visual language of that film," he says. "It was so interesting and magical and wonderful. "And I remember feeling afraid and repulsed by the character of Beetlejuice. As a kid, he represented a decaying, decrepit, gross old man." The gothic aesthetic and attitude of Ryder as Lydia and the suburbia of the world of the Maitlands also felt familiar to Perfect. "It sort of felt like a battle between tastes: suburbia versus a more modernistic view of life and art and culture. "But I don't think I could tell you really what it was about as a kid or what the story was about." About 20 years later, in 2014, the composer started working on the score for the Beetlejuice musical from the back of his home in Brunswick in inner-city Melbourne. He didn't yet know if he had the job but had managed to convince the production company, Warner Bros, and the director, Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), to give him a chance. He wrote two songs — one for Beetlejuice, another for Lydia — free of charge. "I'd been going back and forth between New York [and Melbourne], knocking on the door and not getting anywhere," Perfect recalls. They were 'Dead Mom' for Lydia, inspired by 90s grunge, and what became the musical's opening number: 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing' — whose music bounces wildly between genres, from polka to death metal to jazz, mirroring Beetlejuice's rapidly changing personality. Perfect worked so hard on them, not only because he'd finally got a shot on Broadway, but because a musical adaptation of Beetlejuice felt like a perfect fit for him. He started out writing and performing his own cabaret shows, before he featured as multiple characters in Casey Bennetto's Keating! the Musical, and as the titular cricketer in his first musical, the award-winning Shane Warne: The Musical. "When it comes to my writing, naturalism is not where I go," Perfect says. "I go to extremes. I love big stories, wild stories, shocking, surprising, dark and funny stories with an emotional centre." Making Beetlejuice the Musical is the kind of opportunity Perfect doesn't think he could've found in Australia at the time. "In Australia, I feel like every musical is an anomaly," he says. "Every musical is an exception to a rule. "A musical comes up because somebody has the motivation to make it happen — usually the writer or the creator. They have an idea, they want to get it made, and then they go and find a way to make it. "I find that that's changing a little bit. I think the attitude to musical theatre is starting to change, especially now that more Australians are participating in creating work that's either travelling overseas or working with creative teams overseas." Months after sending off his two songs, Perfect found out he had the Beetlejuice job, and uprooted to New York, where he also wrote a new score for the critically panned King Kong musical. By this time, he had a better sense of what Beetlejuice was about — especially the musical version written by Brown and King, which re-centres the story around Lydia and her grief at the loss of her mother. During the workshop stage, the collaborators made the choice to avoid easy narrative beats — like, for instance, Lydia reuniting with her mother in the Netherworld. "That's just a fantasy invention; that's a deception for anyone that's suffered grief," Perfect says. "The defining characteristic of grief is that there are no answers. Any advice, comfort, resolution you might get dies with that person. That's why grief is so hard because it is just a silence at the other end." Instead, Perfect says, the only way out of grief is through it — you have to feel it and then honour loss by "living life as f***ing well as you can and as full as you can". All of that is in the musical — along with wildly funny moments (and sand-worm puppets). "[Beetlejuice] allows people to crack open and laugh at that thing that scares us the most," Perfect says. As Beetlejuice, Perfect emphasises the character's loneliness, drawing on what he recalls of his teenage desperation to be both seen and liked. "I just want everyone on stage to like me," he says. "And when you want people to like you, it's quite a vulnerable place to be, and vulnerability makes the character likeable." Taking on the role of Beetlejuice also draws on the skills Perfect developed doing stand-up comedy and cabaret through his 20s — like talking directly to an audience. "It's all about the one-on-one relationship with an audience and guiding people through discomfort into comfort, through danger into safety," he says. "All that stuff I think makes comedy really exciting has all found a home in Beetlejuice." Beetlejuice the Musical is at Regent Theatre, Melbourne, until August 31.
The Advertiser
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
A fine vintage: Nine of the most influential stars born in 1958
They've lit up our screens and stereos during times when music was bought on vinyl and films were rented at a video store. Several stars who have shaped popular culture were born in 1958, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and Jamie Lee Curtis. What was it about that particular year that brought so much talent? We've selected nine who have left an impact, but know there are many more. If there's anyone from that year who you think deserves a mention, drop their name in the comments below. Read more in The Senior The filmmaker and producer has produced several films that have made us laugh, wince and be in suspense. He came to prominence with Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) and captured our imaginations with Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001), among others. Musicals also took a twist in his productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). More recently, he's directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday and directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2024. Showing that girls can rock, Carlisle co-founded The Go-Gos, who had hits including Our Lips Are Sealed, and then went on to have a successful solo career with hits including Heaven Is a Place on Earth, I Get Weak, Leave a Light On and Summer Rain. She toured Australia in 2024 and is preparing to release her new album Once Upon a Time in California this year. The American actor and film producer has moved us for decades in a plethora of movies and TV shows. His long list of credits includes Beetlejuice (1988), The Cooler (2003), Along Came Polly (2004) and two Mission: Impossible Films, plus a highly successful run on the series 30 Rock. Today he's starring in The Baldwins, a behind-the-scenes TV show of his family's life with wife Hilaria and their seven children, which can be streamed on Binge. Author, actor and producer Jamie Lee Curtis has proven her versatility as a performer, skipping across genres from horror to comedy and more. She's scared us out of our wits in films including Halloween (1978) and Blue Steel (1990). On the funnier side, she made us laugh in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying Helen Tasker in the comedy action film True Lies (1994). Today, she's gearing up for a sequel to Freaky Friday, which she starred in alongside Lindsay Lohan in 2003. Freakier Friday will be released in Australian cinemas on August 7, 2025. The King of Pop charmed us as a talented kid as part of the Jackson 5, before becoming a successful artist in his own right. Among his hit albums were Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous, and his infamous moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean became legendary. His music took a socially conscious turn in the 1990s with songs including Black or White and Earth Song in the 1990s. Passing in 2009, his memory lives on with MJ The Musical, which centres around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour. It's showing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in August and will move to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne in September. The Material Girl has had us vogueing, wearing numerous bracelets and dancing since 1983 when her first big hit, Holiday, broke into the charts. Among her biggest albums have been Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dancefloor, plus she's starred in movies including A League of Their Own (1992) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). She completed The Celebration Tour last year and will release Veronica Electronica, a remix album of songs from her 1998 record Ray of Light, on July 25. Pfeiffer has had a stellar career with roles including Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983), starring alongside Al Pacino, plus playing Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) and LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds (1995). While she's taken career breaks over the years, she's kept in the public eye, with roles including Janet van Dyne in Marvel's Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). More recently, she has been announced to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Margot's Got Money Troubles. Her hands and footprints were memorialised in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in honour of her work. The skilled musician kept us hooked with his incredible songwriting skills, androgynous looks and unmistakable falsetto. The prolific musician produced 39 albums and delivered anthems including Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette and Raspberry Beret, to name a few. He famously changed his stage name to a symbol in the 1990s. Passing in 2016, you can visit his estate, Paisley Park, just out of Minneapolis and walk through where he recorded some of his music, plus see selected instruments, awards and clothes. Sweetie, darling, the comedian Jennifer Saunders has made us laugh with a slew of shows and films. She was one half of the sketch show French and Saunders alongside Dawn French, and kept us giggling as Edina Monsoon in the hit series Absolutely Fabulous, which spawned a feature film. She'll be making a guest appearance on the upcoming Netflix series Too Much. Share your thoughts in the comments below, or send a Letter to the Editor by CLICKING HERE. They've lit up our screens and stereos during times when music was bought on vinyl and films were rented at a video store. Several stars who have shaped popular culture were born in 1958, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and Jamie Lee Curtis. What was it about that particular year that brought so much talent? We've selected nine who have left an impact, but know there are many more. If there's anyone from that year who you think deserves a mention, drop their name in the comments below. Read more in The Senior The filmmaker and producer has produced several films that have made us laugh, wince and be in suspense. He came to prominence with Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) and captured our imaginations with Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001), among others. Musicals also took a twist in his productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). More recently, he's directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday and directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2024. Showing that girls can rock, Carlisle co-founded The Go-Gos, who had hits including Our Lips Are Sealed, and then went on to have a successful solo career with hits including Heaven Is a Place on Earth, I Get Weak, Leave a Light On and Summer Rain. She toured Australia in 2024 and is preparing to release her new album Once Upon a Time in California this year. The American actor and film producer has moved us for decades in a plethora of movies and TV shows. His long list of credits includes Beetlejuice (1988), The Cooler (2003), Along Came Polly (2004) and two Mission: Impossible Films, plus a highly successful run on the series 30 Rock. Today he's starring in The Baldwins, a behind-the-scenes TV show of his family's life with wife Hilaria and their seven children, which can be streamed on Binge. Author, actor and producer Jamie Lee Curtis has proven her versatility as a performer, skipping across genres from horror to comedy and more. She's scared us out of our wits in films including Halloween (1978) and Blue Steel (1990). On the funnier side, she made us laugh in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying Helen Tasker in the comedy action film True Lies (1994). Today, she's gearing up for a sequel to Freaky Friday, which she starred in alongside Lindsay Lohan in 2003. Freakier Friday will be released in Australian cinemas on August 7, 2025. The King of Pop charmed us as a talented kid as part of the Jackson 5, before becoming a successful artist in his own right. Among his hit albums were Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous, and his infamous moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean became legendary. His music took a socially conscious turn in the 1990s with songs including Black or White and Earth Song in the 1990s. Passing in 2009, his memory lives on with MJ The Musical, which centres around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour. It's showing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in August and will move to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne in September. The Material Girl has had us vogueing, wearing numerous bracelets and dancing since 1983 when her first big hit, Holiday, broke into the charts. Among her biggest albums have been Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dancefloor, plus she's starred in movies including A League of Their Own (1992) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). She completed The Celebration Tour last year and will release Veronica Electronica, a remix album of songs from her 1998 record Ray of Light, on July 25. Pfeiffer has had a stellar career with roles including Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983), starring alongside Al Pacino, plus playing Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) and LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds (1995). While she's taken career breaks over the years, she's kept in the public eye, with roles including Janet van Dyne in Marvel's Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). More recently, she has been announced to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Margot's Got Money Troubles. Her hands and footprints were memorialised in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in honour of her work. The skilled musician kept us hooked with his incredible songwriting skills, androgynous looks and unmistakable falsetto. The prolific musician produced 39 albums and delivered anthems including Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette and Raspberry Beret, to name a few. He famously changed his stage name to a symbol in the 1990s. Passing in 2016, you can visit his estate, Paisley Park, just out of Minneapolis and walk through where he recorded some of his music, plus see selected instruments, awards and clothes. Sweetie, darling, the comedian Jennifer Saunders has made us laugh with a slew of shows and films. She was one half of the sketch show French and Saunders alongside Dawn French, and kept us giggling as Edina Monsoon in the hit series Absolutely Fabulous, which spawned a feature film. She'll be making a guest appearance on the upcoming Netflix series Too Much. Share your thoughts in the comments below, or send a Letter to the Editor by CLICKING HERE. They've lit up our screens and stereos during times when music was bought on vinyl and films were rented at a video store. Several stars who have shaped popular culture were born in 1958, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and Jamie Lee Curtis. What was it about that particular year that brought so much talent? We've selected nine who have left an impact, but know there are many more. If there's anyone from that year who you think deserves a mention, drop their name in the comments below. Read more in The Senior The filmmaker and producer has produced several films that have made us laugh, wince and be in suspense. He came to prominence with Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) and captured our imaginations with Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001), among others. Musicals also took a twist in his productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). More recently, he's directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday and directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2024. Showing that girls can rock, Carlisle co-founded The Go-Gos, who had hits including Our Lips Are Sealed, and then went on to have a successful solo career with hits including Heaven Is a Place on Earth, I Get Weak, Leave a Light On and Summer Rain. She toured Australia in 2024 and is preparing to release her new album Once Upon a Time in California this year. The American actor and film producer has moved us for decades in a plethora of movies and TV shows. His long list of credits includes Beetlejuice (1988), The Cooler (2003), Along Came Polly (2004) and two Mission: Impossible Films, plus a highly successful run on the series 30 Rock. Today he's starring in The Baldwins, a behind-the-scenes TV show of his family's life with wife Hilaria and their seven children, which can be streamed on Binge. Author, actor and producer Jamie Lee Curtis has proven her versatility as a performer, skipping across genres from horror to comedy and more. She's scared us out of our wits in films including Halloween (1978) and Blue Steel (1990). On the funnier side, she made us laugh in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying Helen Tasker in the comedy action film True Lies (1994). Today, she's gearing up for a sequel to Freaky Friday, which she starred in alongside Lindsay Lohan in 2003. Freakier Friday will be released in Australian cinemas on August 7, 2025. The King of Pop charmed us as a talented kid as part of the Jackson 5, before becoming a successful artist in his own right. Among his hit albums were Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous, and his infamous moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean became legendary. His music took a socially conscious turn in the 1990s with songs including Black or White and Earth Song in the 1990s. Passing in 2009, his memory lives on with MJ The Musical, which centres around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour. It's showing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in August and will move to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne in September. The Material Girl has had us vogueing, wearing numerous bracelets and dancing since 1983 when her first big hit, Holiday, broke into the charts. Among her biggest albums have been Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dancefloor, plus she's starred in movies including A League of Their Own (1992) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). She completed The Celebration Tour last year and will release Veronica Electronica, a remix album of songs from her 1998 record Ray of Light, on July 25. Pfeiffer has had a stellar career with roles including Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983), starring alongside Al Pacino, plus playing Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) and LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds (1995). While she's taken career breaks over the years, she's kept in the public eye, with roles including Janet van Dyne in Marvel's Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). More recently, she has been announced to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Margot's Got Money Troubles. Her hands and footprints were memorialised in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in honour of her work. The skilled musician kept us hooked with his incredible songwriting skills, androgynous looks and unmistakable falsetto. The prolific musician produced 39 albums and delivered anthems including Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette and Raspberry Beret, to name a few. He famously changed his stage name to a symbol in the 1990s. Passing in 2016, you can visit his estate, Paisley Park, just out of Minneapolis and walk through where he recorded some of his music, plus see selected instruments, awards and clothes. Sweetie, darling, the comedian Jennifer Saunders has made us laugh with a slew of shows and films. She was one half of the sketch show French and Saunders alongside Dawn French, and kept us giggling as Edina Monsoon in the hit series Absolutely Fabulous, which spawned a feature film. She'll be making a guest appearance on the upcoming Netflix series Too Much. Share your thoughts in the comments below, or send a Letter to the Editor by CLICKING HERE. They've lit up our screens and stereos during times when music was bought on vinyl and films were rented at a video store. Several stars who have shaped popular culture were born in 1958, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and Jamie Lee Curtis. What was it about that particular year that brought so much talent? We've selected nine who have left an impact, but know there are many more. If there's anyone from that year who you think deserves a mention, drop their name in the comments below. Read more in The Senior The filmmaker and producer has produced several films that have made us laugh, wince and be in suspense. He came to prominence with Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) and captured our imaginations with Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001), among others. Musicals also took a twist in his productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). More recently, he's directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday and directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2024. Showing that girls can rock, Carlisle co-founded The Go-Gos, who had hits including Our Lips Are Sealed, and then went on to have a successful solo career with hits including Heaven Is a Place on Earth, I Get Weak, Leave a Light On and Summer Rain. She toured Australia in 2024 and is preparing to release her new album Once Upon a Time in California this year. The American actor and film producer has moved us for decades in a plethora of movies and TV shows. His long list of credits includes Beetlejuice (1988), The Cooler (2003), Along Came Polly (2004) and two Mission: Impossible Films, plus a highly successful run on the series 30 Rock. Today he's starring in The Baldwins, a behind-the-scenes TV show of his family's life with wife Hilaria and their seven children, which can be streamed on Binge. Author, actor and producer Jamie Lee Curtis has proven her versatility as a performer, skipping across genres from horror to comedy and more. She's scared us out of our wits in films including Halloween (1978) and Blue Steel (1990). On the funnier side, she made us laugh in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for portraying Helen Tasker in the comedy action film True Lies (1994). Today, she's gearing up for a sequel to Freaky Friday, which she starred in alongside Lindsay Lohan in 2003. Freakier Friday will be released in Australian cinemas on August 7, 2025. The King of Pop charmed us as a talented kid as part of the Jackson 5, before becoming a successful artist in his own right. Among his hit albums were Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous, and his infamous moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean became legendary. His music took a socially conscious turn in the 1990s with songs including Black or White and Earth Song in the 1990s. Passing in 2009, his memory lives on with MJ The Musical, which centres around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour. It's showing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in August and will move to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne in September. The Material Girl has had us vogueing, wearing numerous bracelets and dancing since 1983 when her first big hit, Holiday, broke into the charts. Among her biggest albums have been Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dancefloor, plus she's starred in movies including A League of Their Own (1992) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). She completed The Celebration Tour last year and will release Veronica Electronica, a remix album of songs from her 1998 record Ray of Light, on July 25. Pfeiffer has had a stellar career with roles including Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983), starring alongside Al Pacino, plus playing Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) and LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds (1995). While she's taken career breaks over the years, she's kept in the public eye, with roles including Janet van Dyne in Marvel's Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). More recently, she has been announced to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Margot's Got Money Troubles. Her hands and footprints were memorialised in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in honour of her work. The skilled musician kept us hooked with his incredible songwriting skills, androgynous looks and unmistakable falsetto. The prolific musician produced 39 albums and delivered anthems including Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette and Raspberry Beret, to name a few. He famously changed his stage name to a symbol in the 1990s. Passing in 2016, you can visit his estate, Paisley Park, just out of Minneapolis and walk through where he recorded some of his music, plus see selected instruments, awards and clothes. Sweetie, darling, the comedian Jennifer Saunders has made us laugh with a slew of shows and films. She was one half of the sketch show French and Saunders alongside Dawn French, and kept us giggling as Edina Monsoon in the hit series Absolutely Fabulous, which spawned a feature film. She'll be making a guest appearance on the upcoming Netflix series Too Much. Share your thoughts in the comments below, or send a Letter to the Editor by CLICKING HERE.
New Paper
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New Paper
Broadway hit Beetlejuice The Musical debuts in Singapore in January 2026
Eight-time Tony Award-nominated Beetlejuice The Musical will arrive in Singapore in January. Based on American film-maker Tim Burton's Oscar-winning 1988 film Beetlejuice, the musical follows Lydia Deetz, a gothic teenager who summons a demon to scare away her insufferable parents. It stars Andy Karl as the demon Beetlejuice. He has been nominated at the Tony Awards three times: for Best Actor in a Musical for Rocky (2014) and Groundhog Day (2017), and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for On The Twentieth Century (2015). The production includes the original Broadway set design and costume designs, and special effects that transform the stage into a hilarious and horrifying netherworld. Beetlejuice The Musical will play at the Esplanade Theatre from Jan 15. Tickets go on sale from July 3, with pre-sale access available. Pricing details have not been announced. The production is from Michael Cassel Group and Warner Bros Theatre Venues, which also brought to Singapore the musicals Hamilton and The Lion King. Karl said in a statement: "Beetlejuice is not your typical leading man - unless your typical leading man is a hilarious, fast-talking demon with an attitude and worse fashion sense. He's wildly inappropriate, totally unhinged and, yet, somehow... weirdly lovable?" After the film became a hit, a spin-off animated television series (1989 to 1991) - also developed by Burton - introduced new characters and settings. Beetlejuice was subsequently adapted for the stage in 2018, premiering at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., before heading to Broadway in 2019. Beetlejuice The Musical Where: Esplanade Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive When: From Jan 15 Admission: Tickets go on sale from July 3, with pre-sale access available via Ticketek Singapore ( and for Esplanade&Me members
Straits Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Broadway hit Beetlejuice The Musical debuts in Singapore in January 2026
Broadway's Beetlejuice The Musical will premiere in Singapore in January 2026. PHOTO: MICHELLE GRACE HUNDER Broadway hit Beetlejuice The Musical debuts in Singapore in January 2026 SINGAPORE – Eight-time Tony Award-nominated Beetlejuice The Musical will arrive in Singapore in January 2026. Based on Tim Burton's Oscar-winning 1988 film Beetlejuice, the musical follows Lydia Deetz, a goth teenager who summons a demon to scare away her insufferable parents. It stars Andy Karl as the demon Beetlejuice. He has been nominated at the Tony Awards three times: for Best Actor in a Musical for Rocky (2014) and Groundhog Day (2017), and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for On The Twentieth Century (2015). The production includes the original Broadway set design and costume designs, and special effects that transform the stage into a hilarious and horrifying netherworld. Beetlejuice The Musical will play at the Esplanade Theatre from Jan 15. Tickets go on sale from July 3, with pre-sale access available. Pricing details have not been announced. The production is from Michael Cassel Group and Warner Bros Theatre Venues, which also brought to Singapore the musicals Hamilton and The Lion King. Karl said in a statement: 'Beetlejuice is not your typical leading man – unless your typical leading man is a hilarious fast-talking demon with an attitude and worse fashion sense. He's wildly inappropriate, totally unhinged, and yet somehow... weirdly lovable?' After the film became a hit, a spin-off animated television series (1989 to 1991) – also developed by Burton – introduced new characters and settings. Beetlejuice was subsequently adapted for the stage in 2018, premiering at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., before heading for Broadway in 2019. Book it/ Beetlejuice The Musical Where: Esplanade Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive When: From Jan 15 Admission: Tickets go on sale from July 3, with pre-sale access available via Ticketek Singapore and for Esplanade&Me members. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
