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Just ask Metallica’s James Hetfield, who had a rough moment at the 2017 Grammy Awards when his mic failed during a duet with Lady Gaga: Holding a microphone might seem like a simple task, but it ...

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Anagnorisis refers to the moment a character experiences a reality-shifting realization. In Aristotle’s “Poetics”—the earliest scholarship on dramatic and literary theory—the philosopher ...

It was a heated bidding war, but Netflix has officially won the rights to Callie Hart’s fantasy-romance BookTok sensation “Quicksilver.” The novel, as well as the author’s two other ...

IM Casting is seeking talent for an ad campaign for On, the performance running shoe brand, with a range of different male and female profiles sought. It shoots from 13 to 15 January 2025 in ...

Casting is currently underway for “Aiden,” a short modern pop/rock musical to be presented in The Short Play Festival LUV 2025. New York City-based actors, aged 18 and older, are wanted for ...

With their tinselly small-town romances and unabashed holiday spirit, films in the Hallmark Christmas canon are certainly cheesy—but they’re also undeniably charming, as comforting as curling ...

Those eager to see Marvel’s vampire hunter back on the silver screen will have to wait a little longer. The highly anticipated “Blade” reboot has been removed from Disney’s 2025 release ...

Keira Knightley’s character in “Love Actually” may no longer be her best-known holiday role. Her latest project, Netflix’s hit spy thriller “Black Doves,” involves its own Christmas twist.