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Tony Award Productions announced today the lineup of stars set to present at this Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, a roster that includes Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter of the upcoming Waiting For Godot, and Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit of the upcoming Chess.

Other presenters announced today are Adam Lambert, Allison Janney, Ariana DeBose, Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston, Carrie Preston, Charli D’Amelio, Danielle Brooks, Jean Smart, Jesse Eisenberg, Katie Holmes, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Latanya Richardson Jackson, Lea Salonga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Oprah, Rachel Bay Jones, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Samuel L. Jackson, Sara Bareilles, and Sarah Paulson.

Additionally, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be the show announcer.

The 78th Annual Tony Awards will return to the Radio City Music Hall in New York City this weekend. Hosted by Cynthia Erivo, The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards will broadcast live to both coasts on Sunday, June...

The 78th annual Tony Awards has set the performances by casts of the current crop of Tony-nominated musicals and musical revivals for the awards ceremony this Sunday.

Performances will include the casts of Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Maybe Happy Ending, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Sunset Blvd., Just in Time and Real Women Have Curves, along with a special appearance by the 2019 Tony Honor Recipient, Broadway Inspirational Voices.

While neither Just in Time and Real Women Don’t Have Curves received a Best Musical nomination, their respective stars Jonathan Groff and Justina Machado are nominated in performance categories.

As previously announced, the original cast of Hamilton will reunite to celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary. Participating in this performance are Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt,...

“One Life to Live” alum Renée Elise Goldsberry (ex-Evangeline Williamson) and Darren Criss (“Glee”) are set to host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” a live pre-show containing exclusive content available to viewers for free on Pluto TV, the streaming television service owned by Paramount Global.

The broadcast is set to take place from 6:40-8:00 p.m. Et/3:40-5:00 p.m. Pt on Sunday, June 8 with the duo presenting the first round of Tony Awards, immediately preceding “The 78th Annual Tony Awards,” which airs Live coast to coast on CBS from 8:00-11:00 p.m. Et/5:00-8:00 p.m. Pt, hosted by Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Criss earned his first Tony Award nomination this year for his performance as Oliver in “Maybe Happy Ending,” and Goldsberry won a Tony Award for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton.

Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry are co-hosting this year’s Tony Awards preshow.

The Tony Awards: Act One is a live show with exclusive content that will stream on Pluto TV on Sunday, June 8 at 6:40-8 p.m. Et/3:40-5 p.m. Pt.

Tony award winner Goldsberry earned her win in 2016 for featured actress in a musical for her work in Hamilton. Most recently, she’s appeared in All In: Comedy About Love and is also dropping her debut album, Who I Really Am, next month.

Criss received his first Tony Award nomination this year in the leading role in a musical category for his performance in the original musical Maybe Happy Ending. He is up against Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.), Jonathan Groff (Just in Time), James Monroe Iglehart (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical) and Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins.) Criss’ additional...

First-time Tony Award nominee Darren Criss and Tony and Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry will host The Tony Awards: Act One, the live pre-show on Pluto TV June 8.

The pre-show will be available to stream for free at 6:40 p.m.-8 .m. Et/3:40 p.m. – 5 p.m. Pt. The 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo from Radio City Music Hall, will immediately follow, broadcast live to both coasts on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Criss received his first Tony Award nomination this year for his performance as Oliver in the Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending. Goldsberry won a Tony Award for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton. Her debut album Who I Really Am comes out this June. The duo will present the first round of Tony Awards during the pre-show.

Viewers can access Act One on their smart TVs,...

This year’s Tony Award nominations will be announced by previous Tony winners Sarah Paulson (Appropriate) and Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman) on CBS Mornings on Thursday, May 1.

The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry. Weiss will serve as director.

Here’s the livestream:

Several Hollywood heavy hitters could be receiving nominations in 2025, putting them that much closer to Egot status. There are 42 productions eligible for noms in the 24 different categories aross musicals and plays. Find all the details about the 2025 Tony nominations and where to watch them below.

When do the 2025 Tony nominations come out? How to watch the 2025 Tony nominations:

Select nominations will be broadcast live on the morning show at 8:30 a.

PBS’ Great Performances, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Goodspeed Musicals former executive director Michael Price, and cultural non-profit New 42 will receive this year’s Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today.

Established in 1990, the Honors are awarded annually to institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theater but are not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories.

“Our Tony Honors recognize the fact that there are a multitude of people and organizations working behind the scenes who contribute to great theater, making the journey from page to stage, beyond our traditional categories,” said Jason Laks, President of the Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, President & CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “We are thrilled to celebrate these behind the scenes heroes on Broadway’s biggest night.”

This year’s honorees, as described by the...

Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser will be back by Pope-ular demand.

After a highly successful inaugural stint as the ceremony’s 2025 emcee, the comedian will return to host the annual awardsfest, TVLine has learned. The telecast will air in January 2026 on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the United States.

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“Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the...

No stranger to Broadway’s Tony Awards, Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the host of this year’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, broadcasting live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall Sunday, June 8.

The announcement was made today by The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. The 78th Tonys will honor productions from the 2024-2025 Broadway season.

“I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor,” said Wicked‘s Erivo, who won the Tony for Best Leading Actress/Musical for 2016’s The Color Purple. “I am looking forward to ushering the theatre 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.”

In a joint statement, Heather Hitchens, President & CEO of the American Theater Wing and Jason Laks, President of The Broadway League, said, “Through performances on both stage and screen,...

Update: Though Paramount initially reported that 10.1 million average viewers tuned into the Golden Globes using data from VideoAmp — which would have marked a 7% increase from last year’s 9.4 million — industry standard measurement company Nielsen counted a 2% decrease to 9.3 million viewers.

Paramount and Nielsen have been in a contract dispute since September, barring the former from accessing the latter’s data. This is not the first time VideoAmp has recorded inflated viewership of Paramount content compared to Nielsen; Paramount initially reported 11.4 viewers tuned into the “Yellowstone” finale per VideoAmp, while Nielsen measured 8.1 million.

Per Nielsen, the 2025 show hit a 1.8 rating among adults age 18-49, even with 2024.

Previously: Airing on CBS for the second year in a row, the 82nd annual Golden Globes ceremony hit 10.1 million viewers on Sunday night.

That total is sourced from VideoAmp rather than Nielsen, the industry standard, as CBS’ parent company Paramount Global is currently in a...

Exclusive: Notwithstanding a global calamity, Nikki Glaser will be back to host the Golden Globes next year, and the often bawdy comedian will be pulling in some bigger bucks.

The roast queen was paid a bit more than $400,000 for her inaugural Globes hosting stint on last night’s 82nd annual Golden Globes, I’ve learned. That fee will rise “significantly,” a well placed source says if and when Glaser comes back to host the 83rd annual Golden Globes for the third year in the five-year deal the Globes has with CBS.

The UTA-repped FBoy Island frontlady inked a three-year deal last year to host the revamped Globes. In the aftermath of her generally well received and circumspect tour of duty on the more than three-hour Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner produced show, support for bringing Glaser back was already being expressed late Sunday with the option looking soon to be exercised.

Producing an awards show is a difficult job. Balancing the awards (which are kind of the point) with creating a program that viewers at home will find fun and engaging is no small feat.

For this year’s Golden Globes, the production team of Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss once again led the broadcast for CBS, helping first-time host Nikki Glaser navigate the chaos inside the Beverly Hilton while delivering an entertainment show.

The Hollywood Reporter spoke to Weiss and Kirshner Monday to get their reaction to Glaser’s performance, that unscripted moment between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, and trying to bring the party atmosphere of the International Ballroom to viewers at home.

Now that the Globes are over, it’d be great if I can get your next morning thoughts, how you thought things went last night and what you think clicked.

Glenn Weiss: My first thought is,...

It’s been less than 24 hours since the Golden Globes ceremony, but the producers behind the Jan. 5 kudocast are already looking at bringing back host Nikki Glaser for an encore next year. “We absolutely had a great experience with her, and think that she would be great at this in the long term,” executive producer Glenn Weiss told Variety.

So, has she already been asked back? “Perhaps!” Weiss said. “I can’t talk officially for anything. I will say, as someone who produces and directs award shows, she really found her niche here, and I think it really worked out beautifully on this show. And I would love to see it continue.”

Weiss and fellow White Cherry Entertainment partner/exec producer Ricky Kirshner lauded Glaser for providing the proper mood for the show. “Nikki, in my mind, home run,” Weiss said. “She really prepared. She did her homework. She’s...

From inside the ceremony, the writing was on the wall that the Golden Globes 2025 would be a middling telecast when “Moana 2” stars Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson presented the first award with their backs turned to the majority of the audience. There is just no way to sell a comedy bit inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom if you have not captured the attention of the extremely famous attendees lining the stage.

Proof of this was the massive difference in reception between Jo Koy’s ill-fated 2024 monologue, and the one host Nikki Glaser delivered this year. The absolute death knell for the former was that last year’s ceremony had abysmal audio inside the ballroom, giving no incentive for the guests to play along with being lightly roasted.

Meanwhile, the latter comedian’s opening monologue blasted through the speakers all the way up the several tiers of tables,...

On Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton, the 82nd Golden Globe Awards honored stories worldwide. Emilia Pérez, a French film, stood out by winning several important awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Non-English Language Film. The film’s supporting actress, Zoe Saldaña, also won an award for her work.

Again, A24’s “The Brutalist” won the award for best drama. Brady Corbet won the award for Best Director, and Adrien Brody won Best Actor in a Drama. With these awards, The Brutalist is now a strong candidate for more awards.

There were many different shows that won awards, but FX’s Shogun won the most awards for drama. Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada were honored for their roles in the series, which won Best Drama Series.

The comedy series Hacks continued its winning streak by winning the award for Best TV Series—Musical or Comedy. While she was on the show,...

Coming off the teetotaling ceremony of last year, the Golden Globes tonight continued its comeback by popping a cork for the show and pouring out some old-fashioned primetime bubbly.

With host Nikki Glaser providing the watered-down drinks and spicules, the aspirational tone for the 82nd annual Golden Globes was set early on. There were a lot of TV wins that replicated the Emmys, some movie wins that look Oscar bound, but little controversy in a show that used to get down in the dirt and revel in it. Like last year, Sunday’s Globes was associated with the boozy, shambolic and often wonderfully mean-spirited show of yesteryear in name only.

Thing is, awards shows, like everything else, have to evolve or die in today’s media environment, and going upmarket may be the best bet to transform Five Buck Chuck into Dom Pérignon.

Sure there was an awkward casting couch...

The Golden Globes has returned once again to air on CBS, and this year the ceremony will make history with its host.

Multiple Emmy award-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (Wce) run it back for “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” as the ceremony’s executive producing showrunners, and Dick Clark Productions is set to host and produce the event.

The 2025 Golden Globes kick off on Sunday night, and here’s how to watch.

What time does the Golden Globes ceremony start?

The awards show begins at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt on Sunday, Jan. 5.

What channel is the awards show on?

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards will air live on CBS from The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.

Are the Golden Globes streaming?

Yes, you can stream the awards show live on Paramount+, but only if you have a Paramount+ with Showtime subscription.

The 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards is on its way, and TheWrap is here to give you all the details about what time it starts and where to watch.

This year’s ceremony boasts an exciting list of nominations for film and television, including 10 nods for Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez,” seven nominations for “The Brutalist” and coming in third place is Edward Berger’s Vatican potboiler “Conclave” with six nominations. “Anora” and “The Substance” tied with five nominations. Plus, Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe nominated comedian Nikki Glaser will make history as the Globe’s first woman to host solo.

Multiple Emmy award-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (Wce) run it back for “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” as the ceremony’s executive producing showrunners, and Dick Clark Productions is set to host and produce the event.

Check out the...

The Golden Globe Awards announced the exciting news on Tuesday: the presenters for their 82nd annual ceremony have been revealed. This year’s show looks like it will be a star-studded affair with some of Hollywood’s best performers.

The ceremony will take place live from the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, January 5, 2025. It’s a big deal because actress Nikki Glaser will be the first woman to host the award show by herself in its nearly 80-year history.

Well-known stars like Michelle Yeoh, Andrew Garfield, Demi Moore, and Colman Domingo are on the impressive list of presenters. Elton John and Glenn Close are just two icons who will take the stage. Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Vin Diesel, and well-known television stars Jennifer Coolidge and Catherine O’Hara are expected to make cameo appearances.

At this year’s ceremony, two well-known business veterans will be honored. Ted Danson will receive the Carol...

After skewering Tom Brady during his Netflix roast last May, who will comedian Nikki Glaser take to task when she hosts the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who may know the answer before the show even airs.

That’s because Glaser has been practicing her Golden Globes opener at her stand-up shows out on the road and will continue to do so at comedy clubs around Los Angeles this weekend.

“I have I think nine shows between now and Sunday, because I want to keep testing out jokes and I want to keep getting the monologue in the [most] perfect place it can be,” Glaser told The Hollywood Reporter at Thursday’s red carpet rollout for the Globes at The Beverly Hilton. “Not every host does that. I’m lucky enough to be a comedian who can go and find these rehearsal spaces in front of a live audience,...

Comedian and show producers expect to rebound a year after Jo Koy’s rough outing. “We’re going to get the best of Nikki. It’s going to hit really early and really well.”

During the Golden Globe Awards red carpet rollout Thursday, on a sun-kissed morning at the Beverly Hilton, Nikki Glaser — the comedian tasked with taming the perpetually tough room at this Sunday’s ceremony — emerged boisterous and confident despite some grim recent history. It was only last year, after all, that another stand-up comic, Jo Koy, hired just 10 days before the show, lost the audience early in his monologue and never recovered. The reviews savaged him. “Wildly offensive” was one of the milder observations.

“It wasn’t the greatest night for him or us,” Glenn Weiss, who along with Ricky Kirshner are again serving as executive producers and showrunners for this year’s Globes, admits to Gold Derby.

Andrew Garfield, Michael Keaton and Zoe Kravitz to present at the 2025 Golden Globes (Photos Courtesy of CBS/HFPA)

Zoë Kravitz, Andrew Garfield, Michael Keaton, Viola Davis, Ariana DeBose, and Anya Taylor-Joy are among the presenters confirmed for the 2025 Golden Globes, hosted by Nikki Glaser. The 2025 awards show will air live on CBS on Sunday, January 5th at 5pm Pt/8pm Et.

Glaser’s hosting gig marks the first time the Golden Globes have had a solo female host in their 82-year history.

Additional presenters include Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ramos, Aubrey Plaza, Auliʻi Cravalho, Awkwafina, Brandi Carlile, Catherine O’Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Édgar Ramírez, and Sir Elton John. Also confirmed are Gal Gadot, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Coolidge, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, and Michelle Yeoh.

Miles Teller, Mindy Kaling, Morris Chestnut, Nate Bargatze, Nicolas Cage,...

Presenters for 82nd Annual Golden Globes were announced this morning.

The list for Sunday’s show includes Andrew Garfield, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ramos, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana DeBose, Aubrey Plaza, Auliʻi Cravalho, Awkwafina, Brandi Carlile, Catherine O’Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Édgar Ramírez, Elton John, Gal Gadot, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Coolidge, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Yeoh, Miles Teller, Mindy Kaling, Morris Chestnut, Nate Bargatze, Nicolas Cage, Rachel Brosnahan, Rob McElhenney, Salma Hayek Pinault, Sarah Paulson, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis and Zoë Kravitz.

The 82nd Annual Golden Globes airs live this Sunday, January 5 at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Comedian Nikki Glaser will host.

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The presenters set to take the stage at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards have been revealed.

The Golden Globes announced Tuesday the star-studded lineup of presenters for the 82nd annual ceremony airing live Sunday, Jan. 5.

Presenters for this year’s Golden Globes include: Andrew Garfield, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ramos, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana DeBose, Aubrey Plaza, Auliʻi Cravalho, Awkwafina, Brandi Carlile, Catherine O’Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Édgar Ramírez, Elton John, Gal Gadot, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Coolidge, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Yeoh, Miles Teller, Mindy Kaling, Morris Chestnut, Nate Bargatze, Nicolas Cage, Rachel Brosnahan, Rob McElhenney, Salma Hayek Pinault, Sarah Paulson, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis and Zoë Kravitz.

Emmy-nominated comedian, actress and host Nikki Glaser will host the show, making history as the first woman to emcee the Golden Globes on her own.

Emilia Pérez leads the the nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes, which were unveiled live at a press conference at the Beverly Hilton on Monday morning.

The film scored 10 noms, more than any other title in film or TV. That breaks the record previously held by a comedy or musical motion picture, surpassing Barbie, which scored a total of nine noms last year.

Emilia Pérez was followed on the film side by The Brutalist with seven noms, Conclave with six, and Anora and The Substance with five each. The Bear leads the TV nominees with five total mentions, followed by Only Murders in the Building and Shogun with four each.

Overall, Netflix leads all distributors with a total of 26 noms (13 in film, 23 in TV). A24 follows in film with 12 mentions, and HBO/Max comes in second in TV with 14. (Read more about the snubs and surprises as well as in-depth analysis of the noms.

There’s a little election this week that you might have heard about.

The early votes are in and the polls are open for the 2024 presidential showdown between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump. Now we pivot to The Coverage.

There’s no shortage of options for how to watch Election Day – and Night, and probably Week – unfold on broadcast and cable TV and streaming services beginning Tuesday. See a rundown of the various networks and platforms’ plans below.

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Along with the usual suspects of network news divisions, cable news pundits, pubcaster PBS and political outlet C-span comes a new player: Amazon’s Prime Video, which features former NBC News and MSNBC mainstay Brian Williams in his return to the anchor chair.

So read on to decide on how to watch America decide.

Turn on Amazon’s Prime Video on Election Night, and you will see the streaming giant do something it has never done before: live coverage of a breaking news event.

Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who will host Election Night Live, has described the special as the first “new product introduction in the Election Night space since color television.”

In an interview with Deadline, Williams wouldn’t go into specifics but promised a reveal of “our own exclusive IP.” A set built on a Culver City soundstage will be “all LED,” and he will be mobile “between different areas of the studio where analysts and journalists and a historian or two and our data folks are working.”

Related: Deadline’s Live-Updating Election Night Coverage

He said that he has asked Amazon to take no breaks during the special, but “I don’t know if I’ll win that tug of war.

After much speculation as to whether she’d ever make an appearance, Beyoncé finally joined Vice President Kamala Harris at a Houston rally on Friday.

The singer was introduced by her mother, Tina Knowles, and joined onstage by her former Destiny’s Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland. Earlier in the evening, country music’s Willie Nelson performed.

“We are at the precipice of an enormous shift,” Beyoncé told the crowd. “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother, a mother who cares about the world our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided, our past or present or future.”

“We’re all part of something much bigger. We must vote and we need you,” she said. “Let’s do this. Ladies and gentlemen, give a big,...

Beyoncé is making good on all of those rumors.

The Grammy-winning singer is set to join Kamala Harris at a Friday rally in Houston, a source familiar with the planning confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The event, which has not yet been publicly announced, will also see Beyoncé joined by her mother, Tina Knowles, and country music’s Willie Nelson.

A Harris campaign spokesperson said they could not confirm. THR has reached out to a rep for Beyoncé.

The planned appearance ends months of speculation about if Beyoncé would publicly endorse the Democratic party’s presidential nominee, given the impact the 32-time Grammy-winning artist could have on voters.

At the onset of Harris’ campaign, Beyoncé had reportedly granted Vice President Harris approval to use the Lemonade song, “Freedom.” The song, which champions Black women’s empowerment, has since become an anthem for Harris’ 2024 campaign.

There was then so much hype...

Prime Video is officially in business with Brian Williams.

The Amazon-owned streaming platform has set an election night special, Election Night Live with Brian Williams, which will see the former NBC News anchor lead viewers through the returns on Nov. 5.

The special will see Williams joined by “prominent contributors” who will provide insight and analysis across the political spectrum. NBC and CNN veteran Jonathan Wald will be executive producer, with Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner’s White Cherry Entertainment producing the special. Weiss, the veteran of the Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and a slew of other live events, will also serve as director of the special.

Amazon, of course, does not have its own news division, so the special will combine some familiar elements like real-time poll results and commentary, while also referencing third-party news sources across all political affiliations. A politics RedZone, if you will.

The Hollywood Reporter had previously...

Brian Williams is gearing up to hold forth on Election Night, and even though he is no longer with NBC News, seems poised to hold forth from the early evening to the 11th hour during the national spectacle.

Williams, who left NBC News in 2021 after a nearly three-decade run, will lead a one-night special called “Election Night Live with Brian Williams.” The show, which will begin at 5 p.m. eastern on November 5, will be made available to all Amazon customers via Prime Video, regardless of whether they subscribe to the streaming outlet itself.

“After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture,” said Williams, in a statement. “Together we will follow the storyline on election night wherever it leads us.”

Variety reported in late...

Brian Williams is set to host a live election night special on Prime Video beginning at 5 p.m. Et/2 p.m. Pt on Nov. 5, which will see the former NBC anchor share real-time poll results and commentary as the streamer wades into live news reporting.

“After 41 years in the business – from local news to network shows to cable news – this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture,” Williams said in a statement. “Together we will follow the storyline on election night wherever it leads us.”

Williams will be joined by a variety of experts across news and politics who will lend exclusive insights and analysis representing a range of backgrounds and perspectives. Guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

“This non-partisan live special will draw from major news sources and complement the various partner news channels available on Prime Video.

Amazon Prime Video confirmed plans today for an election night special anchored by Brian Williams.

Election Night Live with Brian Williams will mark Williams’ first major appearance since departing MSNBC and NBC News at the end of 2021.

On the special, Williams will be joined by contributors across news and traditional media who will share poll results and commentary, according to Prime Video. They also will reference third-party news sources across the political spectrum.

The special will start at 5 p.m. Et and will be produced by Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, from their White Cherry Entertainment, with Jonathan Wald as executive producer and showrunner. A news business veteran, Wald worked with Williams at NBCU.

Williams said in a statement, “After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture.

This has been a busy day for the Tony Awards. First, we got the announcement of the 62 names on the nominating committee. Now we know a few of the key dates leading up to the 78th annual Tony Awards on June 8, 2025.

The 2024/2025 Broadway season will end on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Expect a flurry of openings in the weeks leading up to this cut-off date. The nominating committee will convene early the following week to deliberate. The nominations for Broadway’s highest honor will be announced on Thursday, May 1, 2025. And final voting will take place throughout the merry month of May.

After two years in other venues (United Palace in Washington Heights and Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side), the Tonys are returning to their traditional home of Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan, just one block from Broadway. The ceremony will run a full three hours on its longtime home of CBS.

The Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall in June, after several years away from the midtown concert hub.

The awards show is set to take place at Radio City on June 8, 2025, in a ceremony celebrating the 2024-2025 Broadway season. CBS remains the broadcast partner for the ceremony, which runs live from 8:00 – 11:00 Pm Et/5:00 – 8:00 Pm Pt on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ for subscribers.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, who recently produced the DNC, are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry Entertainment, which produces the Tony Awards in collaboration with The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. Weiss will serve as director of the awards show. Jack Sussman is also an executive producer. Plans for the pre-show, which typically airs on one of Paramount’s streaming services, have not yet been announced.

While the Tony Awards had been traditionally...

After two years away from its most familiar home, the Tony Awards will return to New York’s Radio City Music Hall for the 2025 ceremony set for Sunday, June 8.

The 78th Annual Tony Awards will air live to both coasts from the legendary midtown venue on CBS, streaming on Paramount+. The three-hour ceremony kicks off at 8 pm Et/5 pm Pt.

The return to Radio City follows two years in which awards organizers experimented with moving the ceremony outside the Broadway theater district, to mixed reviews. In 2023, the Tonys were presented at the then-newly renovated United Palace in Upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, a seven-mile trek north of the Broadway district widely interpreted as the industry’s attempt to broaden its scope and appeal beyond the usual mid-town environs.

Last year, the awards ceremony was closer to the Broadway district with a move to the renovated David H. Koch Theater...

The Tony Awards are officially returning to New York City’s iconic Radio City Music Hall for the 78th installment of the ceremony.

The awards show will be broadcast live from both the East and West coasts on June 8, 2025 on CBS and will be available to stream on Paramount+ for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on-demand the day after it airs.

Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the 2025 ceremony will recognize all of the awards categories and honor the incredible artistry of the 2024-2025 season. Previously, it was held at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.

Last year was a big Tonys for both “The Outsiders,” which won the award for Best Musical, and “Stereophonic,” which won for Best Play. It was also a historic night for the awards show as all eight winners...

Following her successful roast of Tom Brady earlier this year during Netflix’s highly watched special, “The Roast of Tom Brady,” comedian Nikki Glaser has been tapped by CBS to host “The 82nd Annual Golden Globes.”

Scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 5, 2025, Live from 8:00-11:00 p.m. Et/5:00-8:00 p.m. Pt on CBS and streaming on Paramount+*, the Golden Globe Awards marks the official kick off of awards season.

Often referred to as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” the Golden Globes is the biggest awards show in the world when it comes to celebrating the best in both film and television. Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (Wce) are set to return as executive producers and showrunners, with Dick Clark Productions planning, hosting and producing the awards show that remains widely viewed across more than 185 countries and territories worldwide.

“The...

Nikki Glaser‘s year just keeps getting better: The standout from Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady,” nominated for two Emmys for her HBO special, will officially be hosting the 2025 Golden Globes.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front-row seat,” said Glaser in a statement. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so).. It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”

Glaser went on to note that “some of my favorite jokes...

Coming off her standout performance on The Roast Of Tom Brady, comedian and actress Nikki Glaser has been set to host the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat,” said Glaser. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so). It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting...

Nikki Glaser is set to host the upcoming 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards.

The awards show telecast will take place on Jan. 5, 2025 at 8-11 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat,” said Glaser. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so). It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”

“Some of my favorite...

What really happened behind-the-scenes at the Democratic National Convention with Beyonce?

If you don’t know, it was rumored that Beyonce was going to make a surprise appearance at the DNC. On the final day of the convention, the rumor heated up to the point that TMZ even reported that it was real.

Keep reading to find out more…

Now, two DNC execs are speaking out about what went down behind-the-scenes.

The DNC’s executive producer Ricky Kirshner shared with THR, “We never put out anything about Beyonce. We denied it every time the media asked us — even though, by the way, people on my staff didn’t believe me. I kept getting texts from news organizations saying, ‘When is Beyoncé coming out?’ But come on, we have the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president. Why would we overshadow that?”

Director Glenn Weiss added, “This is the Internet taking...

Live-show veterans Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss just came off a very strongly rated Democratic National Convention — more than 26 million people tuned in Thursday night to watch Vice President Kamala Harris accept the presidential nomination.

The Emmy-decorated pair (Kirshner executive produced; Weiss directed) fashioned a four-day event marked by both flash and substance. Though the DNC veterans don’t typically choose the issue-oriented speakers — this year that fell largely to political consultant Stephanie Cutter and her team — Kirshner and Weiss have a huge hand in crafting the show’s feel and influencing the messages that reach us. They also devised that viral Lil Jon roll-call moment.

With the convention over, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the pair on what they’re proud of, what they’d do differently and that Beyoncé rumor that wouldn’t go away.

The DNC felt a little different this year — the energy, the glitz.

Kamala Harris leaves Chicago today with energy and enthusiasm that reached a fever pitch on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, something that would have sounded too-good-to-be-true just over a month ago.

Her speech was biographical, centrist and patriotic, with delegates waving small and large flags on the floor of the United Center. That followed other displays of patriotism throughout the evening, including the appearance of members of Congress who are veterans and the occasional chants of “USA! USA!”

“It was the most Republican Democratic Convention we have ever seen,” Ryan Wiggins, chief of staff of The Lincoln Project, the political action group founded by moderates and conservatives to counter Donald Trump. She compared the exuberance to the GOP convention in 1980 in Detroit, where Ronald Reagan was nominated.

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Trump has spent the week calling Harris a leftist,...

“Simply put, they are out of their minds,” said Kamala Harris about Donald Trump and the Republicans during her acceptance speech Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention.

Taking a strident tone against her Republican rival and the draconian Project 2025, the vice president warned her audience: “Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails.”

“In many ways Donald Trump is an unserious man, but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious,” Harris added in an often blistering 45-minute speech at Chicago’s United Center.

After a nearly week long buildup, Harris took the stage around 7:30 p.m. Pt/10:30 p.m. Et to a near-deafening cheer from the thousands of delegates and chants of “Yes, You Can!” in the Windy City. The roar in the arena hit a pitch so high it briefly pierced the ears for the first Black woman to be...

Exclusive: “The other night we had Michelle and Barack, last night we had Tim Walz, and tonight we got a major headliner,” Democratic National Convention executive producer Ricky Kirshner said Thursday ahead of of Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech later tonight the the DNC in Chicago. “So I say, the closing act is pretty good, so stick around no matter what time it is.”

A multiple Emmy winner and nominee, Hollywood and political event veteran Kirshner is an alum of Super Bowl halftime shows and the Tony Awards (for which he is nominated for in the Outstanding Variety Special category this year), and has been a part of every DNC since 1992 in New York City.

In an election year where almost everything is as unconventional as can be, this week’s DNC is actually a bit of back to the future. Unlike the virtual DNC that Kirshner and team had to...

It’s usually the part of TV convention coverage when even the most zealous political junkies head to the refrigerator for a snack break. The roll call, when each state calls out the number of its delegates voting for a particular candidate, is largely a pro forma, ceremonial procedure, a bit like the Price Waterhouse segment at the Oscars, only maybe even a bit more boring.

Not this time.

At the DNC last night, the Dems turned their roll call into a raucous, jubilant dance party, with record-spinning virtuoso DJ Cassidy laying down special tracks for each state. Arkansas got Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop”; California got a sampling of Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Kendrick Lamar; Montana got Lenny Kravitz’s cover of “American Woman.” And so on, lasting a bit over 75 euphoric minutes.

“I got a call from Ricky Kirshner, the producer of the DNC, and he said,...

Anyone watching last night’s Democratic National Convention surely noticed a new twist: a blue-suited DJ playing songs to accompany each roll call. And with songs ranging from “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Sweet Home Alabama” to “Girl on Fire,” “Despacito,” and “Good Luck, Babe!”

DJ Cassidy, who manned the turntables, isn’t a newcomer to spinning at political events: He’s also DJ’d at Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s wedding and at White House birthday parties for Barack and Michelle Obama. His...

Only a politician as focused and high-minded as Barack Obama can make a joke about Donald Trump’s anatomy and it’s the other guy that looks crass.

That’s what happened tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as the 44th President of the Untied States addressed a fired up United Center on why the insecure 45th Potus needs to be denied a return to the White House by Kamala Harris in November.

“He’s a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he wrote down his golden escalator nine years ago,” Obama said in his classic circumspect style of his Republican successor. “It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually been getting worse now that he’s afraid of losing to Kamala.”

Since being endorsed by Joe Biden when the 81-year-old current Potus announced he was stepping aside in late July,...

The Democratic National Convention will again feature celebrity hosts each night, taking a page from the all-virtual event held in 2020.

Tony Goldwyn will host on Monday night, Ana Navarro on Tuesday, Mindy Kaling on Wednesday and Kerry Washington on Thursday, according to a convention official.

Washington was part of the lineup of hosts in 2020, when an in-person event was canceled due to the Covid pandemic. Stephanie Cutter and Ricky Kirshner, who produced that convention, have returned this year.

The convention also will borrow some elements from the virtual roll call of 2020, as some delegations went viral for their creativity in showcasing their states. The roll call will take place on Tuesday, and it will be ceremonial, as Kamala Harris already has been confirmed as the Democratic nominee in a virtual delegate vote earlier this month. The buzz is that at Tuesday’s event, it will be California, her home state,...