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New York Times
2 days ago
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- New York Times
Broadway ‘Cabaret' Will Feature Billy Porter as One Final Emcee
Billy Porter, who won a Tony Award for the musical 'Kinky Boots' and starred in the television series 'Pose,' will return to Broadway as the Emcee in the revival of 'Cabaret.' And then, that revival is planning to close. Earlier this year, Porter portrayed the Emcee in the London production of 'Cabaret,' opposite Marisha Wallace as Sally Bowles. On Wednesday, the revival's producers announced that Porter and Wallace would reprise their performances in New York, starting July 22 and running until Oct. 19. The show's producers said they plan to end the New York run at that point, though it will continue in London. The New York production opened in the spring of 2024, starring Eddie Redmayne; it was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and won one, for its scenic design. (The August Wilson Theater was converted into a club-like setting with preshow performances in the lobby spaces and rings of seats, some with small cafe tables, around the stage.) The show is a hit in London, and it swept the Olivier Awards there. But the initial reception was much cooler in New York. Reviews were mixed — in The New York Times, the critic Jesse Green called the director Rebecca Frecknall's staging 'misguided.' Although it sold well with Redmayne in the lead role, it has struggled since — its weekly grosses peaked at $2 million in May 2024, but last week they were $763,000. Set in Berlin in 1929 and 1930, it depicts a group of people linked by a nightclub whose livelihoods and lives are threatened by the rise of Naziism. The show has had a succession of performers in the lead roles, starting with Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, followed by Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho; and now Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada. The show is expensive to stage — it cost up to $26 million to capitalize, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission — and has been expensive to run as well. It has not recouped its capitalization costs. With music by John Kander, a book by Joe Masteroff, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, the show is a classic, first staged on Broadway in 1966 and revived three times previously. It was adapted into a Hollywood film in 1972; both the film and the first two Broadway productions starred Joel Grey as the Emcee.
Business Upturn
4 days ago
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- Business Upturn
Is The Day of the Jackal Season 2 releasing in June 2025? Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on June 16, 2025, 18:00 IST Last updated June 16, 2025, 11:15 IST The gripping spy thriller The Day of the Jackal took audiences by storm with its first season, starring Eddie Redmayne as the elusive assassin and Lashana Lynch as the determined MI6 agent Bianca Pullman. Following its record-breaking debut on Sky Atlantic and Peacock, fans are eagerly awaiting news about The Day of the Jackal Season 2. One burning question on everyone's mind: Is Season 2 releasing in June 2025? Here's everything we know. Has The Day of the Jackal Season 2 Been Confirmed? Yes, The Day of the Jackal Season 2 has been officially confirmed! Sky and Peacock renewed the series in November 2024, before the Season 1 finale even aired, due to its massive success. The show became Sky's biggest new series launch ever, drawing 4.5 million viewers in just 26 days after its UK premiere on November 7, 2024. Is The Day of the Jackal Season 2 Releasing in June 2025? As of now, no official release date has been announced for The Day of the Jackal Season 2, and a June 2025 release seems unlikely. Based on the production timeline for Season 1, which began filming in June 2023 and premiered in November 2024 after seven months of production and a 12-month post-production period, Season 2 is more likely to arrive in 2026. Where Can You Watch The Day of the Jackal Season 2? The Day of the Jackal Season 2 will air on Sky Atlantic and stream on NOW in the UK, and on Peacock in the US. Ahmedabad Plane Crash Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: What Frederick Forsyth really thought about Eddie Redmayne's Day Of The Jackal
The shadow of the absent Harry and Meghan looms over Saturday's Trooping the Colour with the Sussexes' latest bid to steal the limelight from the King with an appearance at Los Angeles Natural History Museum where Meghan will be honoured as a 'native Angeleno'. This follows last week's Disney World photo shoot of their children neatly upstaging William's maritime initiative with David Attenborough. Charles's Canadian trip also coincided with Harry's appearance in China, Meghan's lifestyle brand was announced as William was speaking at the Diana Legacy Awards and in April the King's state visit to Italy had Meghan launching her new podcast and Harry's surprise Court of Appeal visit. Fingers crossed there'll be no twerking in Los Angeles. President Emmanuel Macron 's expected address to MPs and peers at Westminster next month provides a potential headache for Sir Keir Starmer in advance of Donald Trump 's state trip later this year. The US President was denied this honour on his first state visit after Speaker Bercow refused to let him in. So with many parliamentarians pressing to keep Trump out again how might the Government avoid a second snub? With September as the likely date, might he be asked to visit in the second half of the month when parliament is in recess? Frederick Forsyth wasn't impressed with Eddie Redmayne in the Sky remake of The Day Of The Jackal, but placated with a consulting-producer credit. 'And I got the royalties,' he told a chum rubbing a thumb against his fingers, making the universal sign of filthy lucre. Sir David Attenborough is unlikely to be on the guest list for Trump's inevitable state banquet in September. The reason? In the run-up to Trump's first election he was asked how to deal with him in The White House. 'Have we any control or influence over the American elections?' Attenborough replied. 'Of course we don't... we could shoot him… it's not a bad idea.' He faced death threats and an FBI investigation for his quip. Feverishly promoting her autobiography, Jacinda Ardern, who had a baby while serving as New Zealand prime minister, reveals that she asked the late Queen whether she had any advice on raising children. 'You just get on with it,' said the monarch. A put-down? HM clearly wasn't one of 'the criers, worriers and huggers' earnest Jacinda dedicates her tome to. Madness warbler Suggs, now slaking his camel's thirst for beer with non-alcoholic potions, provides a progress report on how his wife Anne is coping with his new found sobriety. 'She said she felt it was a bit like those stories recently, when they found out babies had been swapped in the hospital. She thought I've been swapped with somebody else since I stopped drinking.'
Yahoo
10-06-2025
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- Yahoo
‘The Day of the Jackal' Star Eddie Redmayne on Tackling Iconic Characters, Loving ‘The White Lotus' and the How Acting Is the Perfect Front for a Spy
Though Eddie Redmayne currently stars in 'The Day of the Jackal,' one of the most acclaimed new shows of the year, he still has time to check out other television programs – including the buzzy HBO hit 'The White Lotus.' But the Oscar winner isn't throwing his hat into the casting ring for an upcoming season. 'I'm too paranoid about butchering the things I love,' he tells Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast. 'There are some things you don't want to see yourself in because you don't want to ruin it.' Even the fact that the show shoots in beautiful locations isn't enough to convince the actor. 'You say that, but also you have to be topless for the entire thing. And if you're pasty and moley like me…I just don't think the world needs to see my pallid body.' More from Variety YouTube Star Michelle Khare Successfully Petitions to Join Primetime Emmys With 'Challenge Accepted' (EXCLUSIVE) Julianne Hough on 'Dancing With the Stars,' Her Return to Dance and Why She's Hungrier Than Ever 'The Daily Show's' Ronny Chieng on Recently Becoming a U.S. Citizen: 'It's a Weird Time to Do It' On this episode, Redmayne discusses what drew him to that Peacock series. Also, the Roundtable is coming from New York, as Mike and Clayton recount the week's worth of TV upfront presentations – including Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to reinstate the 'HBO Max' name to Max, and also what was Lady Gaga doing at the YouTube upfront event? Listen below! 'Jackal' has already netted Redmayne nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards. The spy thriller based on the Frederick Forsyth novel was previously adapted into a 1973 film starring Edward Fox as the titular assassin. Redmayne had grown up watching the film and, as previously noted, was hesitant to take on something he loved. But when he was sent the first three scripts by showrunner Ronan Bennett, he was quickly actor notes that having come up in the theater, he was somewhat accustomed to taking on roles previously played by others – such as in the film adaptation of 'Les Misérables' or his recent, Olivier Award-winning, Tony-nominated turn as the Emcee in 'Cabaret,' which he cites as the role that 'got me into acting.' In fact, recreating a role is part of a long tradition in the theater. 'But that's the same whenever you play Shakespeare part, you know?' he notes. 'I did 'Richard II' at the Donmar Warehouse and there was literally the Richard II seat where all the other actors who had played Richard – Ian McKellan, Derek Jacobi, Ben Whishaw – would come and sit in the seat. It was always, 'Oh Christ, there's another icon!''Redmayne finds himself in that position now as a producer on 'Cabaret,' which is continuing runs both on Broadway and the West End. He often returns to see the other actors, from Billy Porter to Mason Alexander Park. 'I've taken such joy going back and watching them all,' he said. 'Seeing how every different Emcee and Sally brings their own individuality and own kind of charisma to the part.' Redmayne himself garnered quite the response when he performed the opening number on last year's Tony Awards, as viewers got the see the sinister, marionette-like Emcee in close-up. One comment referred to him as 'my sleep paralysis demon,' which is a testament to how unsettling the character is supposed to be. 'I don't know if that was meant to be taken as a positive, but I took it as a positive,' Redmayne reveals. 'I saw him as a grotesque, and he's meant to make you feel uncanny and uncomfortable. There was a sort of puppeteering quality to him – was he the puppet or was he the puppeteer?'It was actually when Redmayne was doing 'Cabaret' in London that 'Jackal' came to him – and the timing was impeccable, as the actor had been toying with an idea for a series. 'One of the weird things about doing theater is every night, someone extraordinary would come and see the show – politicians or the Royal Family or actors – and you'd meet them,' he recalls. 'And I thought, Wouldn't it be interesting if you had a sort of actor who was sort of a spy, but living in plain sight? And had access to all these people. It was an idea that was germinating. And then this arrived.' Redmayne calls the role 'an actor's dream,' noting 'all the stuff that we all love -getting to change your voice and do accents and do languages and change the way you look – it had everything.' Of all the people who visited Redmayne backstage, he was most caught off guard by Janet Jackson coming to his dressing room, noting that he and the cast were 'completely obsessed.' He adds, 'I think she's such an inspiring performer, and I just couldn't get over the fact that she loved the show and kept coming back.' Variety's 'Awards Circuit' podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each episode, 'Awards Circuit' features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives, discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines, and much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts. 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Yahoo
10-06-2025
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Frederick Forsyth, Author of Thrillers Made Into Movies Like ‘The Day of the Jackal,' Dies at 86
Frederick Forsyth, a British author of thrillers who frequently made the bestseller lists, sold 70 million books and saw his novels 'The Day of the Jackal,' 'The Odessa File' and 'The Dogs of War,' among others, adapted into films, died on Monday at his home in Jordans, England. He was 86 years old. The New York Times confirmed Forsyth's death, which his literary representative, Jonathan Lloyd, said 'followed a short illness.' 'The Day of the Jackal' was adapted into a 1973 film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Fox played the professional assassin known only as the 'Jackal' who is hired to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. The film was a critical and box office success, and was also turned into a series in 2024 starring Eddie Redmayne. More from Variety 'Handmaid's Tale' and 'Day of the Jackal' Producers on Rewriting Literary Worlds With TV Adaptations 'The Day of the Jackal' Star Eddie Redmayne on Tackling Iconic Characters, Loving 'The White Lotus' and the How Acting Is the Perfect Front for a Spy Sky Studios Boss Says 'Pain in Transition' Being Felt Across TV Industry Will Likely Continue 'For a Few More Years' Roger Ebert said of the feature version: 'I wasn't prepared for how good it really is: It's not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking. It's put together like a fine watch. The screenplay meticulously assembles an incredible array of material, and then Zinnemann choreographs it so that the story — complicated as it is — unfolds in almost documentary starkness.' (The film was the inspiration for Michael Caton-Jones' 'The Jackal' (1997), starring Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier and Jack Black. The later movie concerns an assassin nicknamed the Jackal who wants to assassinate a highly significant target, but otherwise shares little with the original story. Forsyth refused to allow his name to be used in connection with it, and director Zinnemann fought with the studio to ensure that the new film did not share the first film's title.) Forsyth's 1972 novel 'The Odessa File' was adapted into the 1974 film of the same name directed by Ronald Neame and starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell. Voight played a young German journalist who stumbles upon the existence of a secret organization of ex-S.S. members called ODESSA; he goes undercover and discovers a plot to send biochemical warheads to Egypt to use against Israel. Andrew Lloyd Webber did the score. 'The Dogs of War' was adapted into the 1980 film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as members of a small, international unit of mercenaries privately hired to depose the president of the fictional African Republic of Zangaro so a British tycoon can mine a huge platinum deposit there. The British-made Cold War spy thriller 'The Fourth Protocol' (1987), adapted from the novel by Forsyth, starred Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. The latter plays a KGB major whose unsanctioned mission in the U.K. is to assemble and detonate an atomic device so that it will appear to be a nuclear accident at a British military base. The aim is to strain British-US relations and strengthen the anti-nuclear movement ahead of an election so the Soviet Union can gain the upper hand. Forsyth's more recent novel, 2013's 'The Kill List,' was at one time in development as a feature, with Lem Dobbs doing the adaptation and Rupert Sanders set to direct, but the project was never realized. Forsyth's 1999 effort 'The Phantom of Manhattan,' a sequel to 'The Phantom of the Opera,' was intended as a departure from his usual work; the author told Larry King in 2000, 'I had done mercenaries, assassins, Nazis, murderers, terrorists, special forces soldiers, fighter pilots, you name it, and I got to think, could I actually write about the human heart?' But while this novel did not achieve the same success as his others, and Forsyth subsequently returned to writing contemporary thrillers, 'The Phantom of Manhattan' served as the basis, at least in part, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2010 romantic musical 'Love Never Dies.' Forsyth also received story credit on a number of TV movies made either in the U.S. or the U.K., including 'Cry of the Innocent' (1980) and 'Code Name: Wolverine (1996); he received story credit and an executive producer credit on TV movies including 'Just Another Secret' (1989), 'The Price of the Bride' (1990), 'A Little Piece of Sunshine' (1990), 'Death Has a Bad Reputation' (1990), 'Pride and Extreme Prejudice' (1990) and 'A Casualty of War' (1990). The 2005 Hallmark Channel TV movie 'Icon' was based on his novel of the same name, and the TNT TV movie 'Avenger' (2006), starring Sam Elliott, Timothy Hutton and James Cromwell, was based on Forsyth's novel of the same name. Frederick Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent, and attended the University of Granada, Spain. At the age of 19, he became the youngest pilot in the Royal Air Force, serving from 1956-58, but then decided on a career as a journalist as 'it was the only job that might enable me to travel and keep more or less my own hours.' After three years as a provincial reporter, he joined Reuters and spent the next four years in Europe, first working in London and Paris from 1961-63, and then as bureau chief in East Berlin from 1963-64. In 1965 he joined the BBC and was sent to Biafra to cover the war raging in Nigeria. What he saw of this brutal and cynical conflict made it difficult for him to toe the editorial line of the BBC's coverage so he resigned and turned freelance, later emerging to publish his highly controversial first book, the nonfiction work 'The Biafra Story.' In 1969 he decided to use his experience as a Reuters reporter in France as the basis for a thriller. Within 35 days he'd completed 'The Day of the Jackal,' which has sold some 10 million copies. Forsyth's autobiography, 'The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue,' was published in September 2015, when he disclosed that he had been working for Britain's MI6 for more than two decades, starting when he was asked to provide information about the Biafran War. The BBC said, 'Fans have long suspected that Forsyth, 77, acclaimed for his highly realistic spy novels, may have been involved with British intelligence.' The author told the BBC that he was not paid for the information he provided. 'The zeitgeist was different… the Cold War was very much on.' Despite becoming an established author with the success of 'The Day of the Jackal,' which earned Forsyth a three-book publishing deal, he undertook missions to Rhodesia, South Africa and, at the height of the Cold War, East Germany. Forsyth was twice married, the first time to model Carole Cunningham. His second wife Sandy Molloy, whom he married in 1994, died in 2024. 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