Month: March 2025

Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the host the 78th annual Tony Awards, honoring the best in Broadway. The ceremony will take place on June 10 from the iconic Radio City Music Hall in New York City, airing on CBS and Paramount+. This year’s 2025 Tony nominees will be announced on May. 1.

Erivo, 38, was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Wicked, which is dapted from the Broadway musical and Gregory Maguire novel. She previously won a Tony Award for The Color Purple in 2016.

Erivo said in a statement: “I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor. I am looking forward to ushering the theater community at large through a night that celebrates the wonderful performances we have witnessed throughout the year. I hope I can rise to the occasion.”

Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theater Wing, and Jason Laks, president of the Broadway League, added in a statement: “Through performances on both stage and screen, Cynthia has extended the magic of musical theater to millions of new fans around the globe — and that is exactly the mission of the Tony Awards. Her talent defies gravity and boundaries, and we are beyond thrilled to welcome her home to Broadway for what will be a joyful and inspiring celebration of the theatrical artform. We hope audiences are ready to leap to their feet, cry tears of joy, and maybe even get up and dance.”

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The Duchess of Sussex, also known as Meghan Markle, announced that her Netflix show ‘With Love, Meghan’ is returning for Season 2 on the streaming service.

Meghan, 43, shared news of the renewal on social media in sn Instagram video that included the various sounds of cooking — slicing vegetables, heating butter on the stove, cracking eggs and more, with the caption: “Oh, how I love ASMR! If you’re loving Season 1, just wait until you see the fun we cooked up on Season 2! Thanks for joining the party, and an endless thanks to the amazing team and crew who helped bring it all to life!”

“With Love, Meghan” features Meghan sharing her tips about cooking, hosting, crafting, decorating and more, alongside famous friends joining her in the kitchen and garden –those friends this season included actor/writer Mindy Kaling, famed restaurateur Alice Waters, celebrity chef Roy Choi, makeup artist Daniel Martin and Meghan’s former “Suits” co-star Abigail Spencer.

Shortly after Season 1 of With Love, Meghan debuted on March 4, Netflix announced that sophomore season has already been filmed and will air on the streamer sometime in the fall; a specific date has not yet been shared. The streamer said on its official website:  “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will be back with more tips and tricks this fall.”

Season 1 of “With Love, Meghan” is available to stream now on Netflix.

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Prime Video is teasing the new thriller Holland, starring Nicole Kidman as a woman who discovers the cracks in the foundation of her seemingly perfect life.

Kidman plays Nancy Vandergroot, the “meticulous teacher and homemaker  whose picture-perfect life with her community pillar husband and son in tulip-filled Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale.”

Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen plays Nancy’s husband, and Jude Hill stars as her son, with Gael García Bernal portraying Nancy’s “friendly colleague,” who together “become suspicious of a secret, only to discover nothing in their lives is what it seems.”

Holland begins streaming March 27 on Prime Video; see the trailer – HERE.

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Paramount+ is previewing Guy Ritchie’s new series MobLand, which arrives on the streamer March 30.

The trailer features Pierce Brosnan, who portrays Conrad Harrigan, introducing his character via narration – describing himself as a “family man.” Brosnan says, as the clip cuts to a house exploding: “Name’s Conrad Harrigan. Family man. And if you cross my family — well, you’d better pray. We shake the right hands, break the wrong ones. We don’t ask, we take, and when someone forgets their place, I’ve got a man for that.”

MobLand follows the London-based, Irish crime family headed by Brosnan’s Conrad as they fight for power within a global syndicate. Helen Mirren plays Conrad’s wife, Maeve (“the brains behind the charm”), and Tom Hardy stars as Harry Da Souza, the family’s fixer.   The show’s cast also includes Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Geoff Bell, Daniel Betts, Lisa Dwan and Emily Barber.

The series premieres March 30 on Paramount+ in the United States, Canada, U.K. and Australia.  See the trailer – HERE.

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HBO announced the premiere date for The Last of Us Season 2, set to returns April 13 at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO and streaming on Max. Season 1 concluded March 12, 2023. HBO also dropped the trailer for Season 2 of “The Last of Us” at SXSW, during a panel featuring the cast and series creators.

HBO renewed The Last of Us after only two episodes aired in January 2023.  The seven-episode Season 2 sees the return of series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, survivors of a post-apocalyptic plague. Gabriel Luna (T0mmy) and Rutina Wesley (Maria) also return this season, with new cast members Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Airela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord, Danny Ramirez, and Jeffrey Wright. Catherine O’Hara will be guest-starring.

The Last of Us is based on the video game franchise by Naughty Dog. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann adapted the games, with Season 2 is based on Naughty Dog and Druckmann’s game, “The Last of Us Part II.”  Set five years after the events of the first season, Season 2 will follow Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) “as they’re drawn into a conflict with both each other and a world that’s even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left.”

Season 2 of “The Last of Us” premieres on April 13; see the trailer – HERE.

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