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Tony Awards: Cyndi Lauper Wins Best Musical for “Kinky Boots,” Starts a Rock Concert Tour on Wednesday

It was Cyndi Lauper's night at the Tony Awards. Her "Kinky Boots," created with Harvey Fierstein, won Best Musical. Lauper won for Best Score....

“The Purge” Makes 12 Times Its Budget In Opening Weekend, Didn’t Even Have a Premiere

Box office: "The Purge" made $36.9 million in its opening weekend, or roughly 12 times its budget. The Ethan Hawke starring thriller didn't even...

Tony Awards: Bloomberg Snubs Pre-Awards, But the Real Actors Are There

Mayor Mike Bloomberg was too busy on Saturday evening to pick up his Tony Award "honor" at the annual night before cocktail party. That's...

Box Office: Big Budget Google Movie “The Internship” Trounced by Low Budget $3Mil Horror Thriller

The movie going audience didn't want to see "Wedding Crashers II" set on the Google campus. Last night's box office shows that "The Internship"...

May Finally Ends: Coming Back After Cannes, World War Z, Mel Brooks and More

I am finally back in New York, and home. May was a long, long month that began on the 10th, when I left for...

Will Smith: “After Earth” Bad News Keeps Getting Worse

"After Earth" is quickly losing its orbit. The Will Smith movie, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, was a dud upon release last Friday. But...

Mel Brooks: Working on “Blazing Saddles” Musical for Broadway, and “Young Frankenstein” to London

The great Mel Brooks told me last night at his AFI tribute that he still has lots of plans for stage shows. Brooks said...

Paris Jackson May Stay in Hospital “A Couple of Weeks”

Sources tell me that Paris Jackson may stay in the hospital a bit longer than the required 72 hours. It sounds now like she...