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Details: Written by MORGAN LEE and WALTER BERRY Associated Press; Published: 22 October 2021

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Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer on “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday in the desert on the southern outskirts of Santa Fe. Authorities are investigating what happened.

Details: Written by 13 Fanboy LLC; Published: 18 October 2021

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After 12 years without a “FRIDAY THE 13TH” film, fans are hungry for new blood.

Details: Written by By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer; Published: 14 October 2021

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Lashana Lynch was in stunt training when she found out she was going to play a 00 agent in the James Bond film “No Time to Die.”

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 October 2021

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The show, opening Friday, October 8, tells the true-life story of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, a pioneer of tap dance and civil rights

Details: Written by By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press; Published: 05 October 2021

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A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit, a project the Kremlin said will help burnish the nation’s space glory.

Details: Written by By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer; Published: 05 October 2021

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Film and television production in North America is in jeopardy of coming to a standstill after its behind-the-scenes workers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 21 September 2021

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Broadway is reopening, and for the first time in its 270+ year history, every new play is by a Black writer

Details: Written by By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer; Published: 20 September 2021

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Many of Broadway's biggest lights — including Kristin Chenoweth, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chita Rivera and Idina Menzel — will make appearances at Sunday's TV celebration of Broadway’s return.

Details: Written by By Michael Hernandez, Entertainment Reporter & Texas Metro News Columnist; Published: 09 September 2021

Since 1992 one word has struck fear in us like no other word, Candyman

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 01 September 2021

(Photo/ Camillea Brown via Instagram)

Camille A. Brown is making history as the first Black woman to direct and choreograph a Broadway show in 65 years

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