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Beyoncé is facing some particularly familiar competition for an Emmy this year: her own husband.

As the 2025 Emmy nominations were announced on Tuesday, both Queen Bey and Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) were listed as nominees in the outstanding variety special (live) category; Beyoncé for her Beyoncé Bowl halftime show for the NFL’s Christmas Day game on Netflix, and Jay as one of the executive producers for Kendrick Lamar’s Apple Music Super Bowl Lix Halftime Show.

It’s hard to track how many times a husband and wife have ever competed against one another in the same Emmy category in the past, though it’s certainly not a common occurrence.

Both Beyoncé and Lamar’s halftime shows were critically lauded and groundbreaking. Beyoncé performed the first-ever Christmas Day NFL halftime show, while Lamar broke records for the most-viewed Super Bowl halftime show of all time with over 133 million viewers.

A father-daughter composing team was nominated, Hans Zimmer could win his first Emmy, and a music supervisor was nominated for three different shows — just some of the surprises among nominations for the 2024-2025 Emmys unveiled Tuesday morning by the Television Academy.

Thomas Newman and his daughter Julia Newman were nominated for their music for Netflix’s miniseries “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” a first in Emmy history for a two-generation, same-family collaboration on a single television score. And in another musical-family story, Oscar and Emmy winner Michael Giacchino’s son Mick Giacchino was nominated for his original music for HBO’s “The Penguin.”

Zimmer, who has two Oscars and four Grammys, has never won an Emmy but could this year with his nomination in the documentary music category for NBC’s “The Americas” (shared with fellow composers Anze Rozman and Kara Talve).

Music supervisor Gabe Hilfer dominated the...

Beyoncé has landed an Emmy nomination.

She was nominated in the outstanding directing for a variety special category for “Beyoncé Bowl.” The Netflix special landed a total of four nominations including outstanding variety special (Live). Co-directors of photography Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel, prosthetics makeup artist Barrie Gower, and songwriter Nicholas Britell were among the industry heavyweights who led the Creative Arts Emmy nominations on Tuesday morning.

Alfonso Cuaron’s go-to cinematographers Delbonnel and Lubezki were recognized for their work on the AppleTV+ limited series “Disclaimer.” Britell scored a nomination for writing “We are the Ghor” (Planetary Anthem) from Disney+’s “Andor.”

Cinematographers behind the oner trend this season were also nominated. Netflix’s four-part limited series “Adolescence” uses one continuous shot per episode to create intense emotion as it follows 13-year-old schoolboy Jamie Miller, played by newcomer Owen Cooper, who is arrested on the suspicion of murdering his classmate.

Broadway's Cynthia Erivo, Jean Smart, Julie Andrews, Michael Urie, Colman Domingo, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have been nominated at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. This morning, Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song announced the nominations from the Academy’s Wolf Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring excellence in national television primetime programming from the past year. The ceremony took place at 8:30 Am Pdt/11:30 Am Edt and streamed live Here. The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live Sunday, Sept. 14 (8:00-11:00 Pm Edt/5:00-8:00 Pm Pdt) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Take a look at the highlights below and check out the full list of nominees Here. Notable Nominees The 77th Annual Tony Awards were nominated for Outstanding Directing For A...

If there is a movie that perfectly fits the term “beloved,” then The Princess Bride is pretty much it. The 1987 comical fantasy adventure by Rob Reiner has been a favorite movie of multiple generations and also has the honor of being a movie that both audiences and critics completely agreed is one of the best movies of all time. However, attempts to expand the franchise to the stage have been in theatrical development hell for almost 20 years, but have taken their first big step forward with the appointment of two very familiar and successful songwriters.

The Princess Bride stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, and an array of comical talent in minor roles, and, of course, Peter Falk and Fred Savage in the wraparound story. For anyone who does not know what The Princess Bride is about, the synopsis (which does not do it justice) reads:

“A...

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the in-development musical stage adaptation of the beloved cult classic 1987 film The Princess Bride, based on the novel by William Goldman.

In development since 2019 – at least this iteration – The Princess Bride‘s then-producer Disney Theatrical Productions was teamed with Tony-winning composer David Yazbek.

Other changes since 2019: director Alex Timbers has come aboard, and Jeffrey Seller is now producing. Still with the project: book writers Bob Martin and Rick Elice and music supervisor Tom Kitt.

It’s unclear exactly when or why Disney Theatrical and Yazbek left the project. Disney Theatrical declined comment; Deadline has reached out to Seller for further information.

The arrival of the new composers, director and producer was made public in an Equity...

Inconceivable! A new Equity casting notice has revealed that Academy Award-winning duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, best known for their chart-topping scores for Frozen, Frozen II, Coco, and Avenue Q, have boarded the upcoming stage adaptation of The Princess Bride. The Academy Award-winning songwriting duo will replace previously announced composer, Tony-winner David Yazbek on the project. They join Tony-winning book writers Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) and Rick Elice, and music supervisor by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) to bring the iconic film to life on the musical stage. According to the audition listing, The Princess Bride will receive a developmental work session this August in New York City, helmed by Tony-winning director Alex Timbers...

For the first time in forever, it’s now possible to watch the live stage version of “Frozen” from the comfort of your own home.

That’s because “Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical” is now streaming on Disney+.

Samantha Barks and Laura Dawkes star as Elsa and Anna, respectively, in the taped West End production of the musical. Craig Gallivan, Jammy Kasongo, Oliver Ormson and Richard Frame also star.

The musical is, of course, based on Disney’s hit 2013 animated film, “Frozen.” Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez returned to write the music and lyrics for the theatrical adaptation, which ran from 2018 to 2020 on Broadway. The West End version then ran from 2021 to 2024.

Friday’s debut echoes Disney’s previous move of streaming a live stage recording of “Hamilton” in 2020. That movie went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).

Elsewhere, “Frozen 3” is currently in...

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical is now streaming exclusively on Disney+. Captured live onstage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s legendary West End, this stage production features Samantha Barks as Elsa, Laura Dawkes as Anna, and the cast of the smash London production who bring the beloved tale of sisterhood, bravery, and self-discovery to life in a new, breathtaking way.

In Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical, Queen Elsa’s hidden powers plunge Arendelle into an eternal winter, and her sister Anna sets out to find her and save the kingdom. As the storm rages on, both sisters must learn that only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart. This is the story you know and love as you’ve never seen it before.

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With 12 new songs written just for the stage by Academy Award winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez,...

After their Oscar-winning Frozen song “Let It Go,” husband and wife team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are used to their songs becoming part of pop culture. But with Agatha All Along, for which they wrote “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” things became a bit more surreal. “They ended up naming the show after our song from WandaVision, and then each episode of the show was named after lyrics from the ballad,” says Lopez. “It’s the most composer service I’ve ever seen.”

Not only did they need to come up with a song for the new series, they had to write it in eight different styles, from ancient folk to ’70s-style pop. “We wrote the ’70s version first, but it had to feel like a hit and have a love song element to it,” says Anderson-Lopez. “Then we could peel back the layers as we wrote different iterations,...

Frozen 3 Release Date Cast And Story Tease ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

“There’s a reason the movie is coming out in 2027. And that is because no one wants to rush this,” says Josh Gad and boom, that’s your headline (via People). Olaf himself just melted the silence around Frozen 3, and it’s not just some icy rehash. According to IMDb Disney’s animated giant returns on November 24, 2027, almost eight years since Frozen 2, and the long gap? It’s not laziness, it’s legacy.

Gad made it clear during The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw podcast that the team’s all in on quality over cash-grab. “They want this to be absolutely worthy of the story we set out to make in 2013… They have something incredible in store.” Now that’s how you build hype without giving anything away.

Frozen 3 Release Date

Originally pegged for 2026, Frozen 3 slid...

Hollywood Insider - Beyond the Spotlight: What Earning an Egot Really Says About a Star

From Audrey Hepburn to Elton John, these icons have claimed the ultimate showbiz honor — but an Egot is more than just a trophy shelf flex. The Most Exclusive Club in Entertainment Winning an Egot — the acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony — represents one of the rarest and most prestigious accomplishments in the world of entertainment. With fewer than 25 stars in history having pulled it off through competitive wins, joining this club is more than collecting awards — it signals an artist’s ability to transcend mediums, reinvent themselves, and remain relevant across decades (explaining Audrey Hepburn’s spot in victory). The latest artists to join the Egot club are Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. They secured their Emmy in September 2024 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ completing their Egot...

Of all the winners (and also-rans) in the 26 competitive categories at the 2025 Tony Awards, 25 results stand out in terms of historical context. So, what were this year’s most interesting facts, records, and milestones?

1. Cole Escola is the third nonbinary performer to win a Tony for acting, following historic victories by Alex Newell (Shucked) and J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot) in 2023. Escola is also the first individual to have won for starring in their own play since Harvey Fierstein (Sunday's Lifetime Achievement Award winner) for Torch Song Trilogy in 1983.

2. In 1973, Julie Harris won Best Actress in a Play for portraying Mary Todd Lincoln in James Prideaux's The Last of Mrs. Lincoln. This year, Escola won Best Actor in a Play for portraying Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!

3. The productions that received multiple Tony nominations, but went home empty-handed, were Boop!, Dead Outlaw, English, Floyd Collins, Good Night,...

When the married composing duo of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe to write the Emmy-winning “WandaVision” banger “Agatha All Along,” it was predetermined that if Disney+ wanted a spinoff series focusing on Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness, the witchy wildwoman neighbor of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), they’d be on call. But what if you were entrusted with not merely writing a song, but coming up with eight different variations on it?

“This song was almost like the MacGuffin and the road map of the whole project,” said Anderson-Lopez of the instant earworm “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” the omnipresent anthem of “Agatha All Along,” the series named after their song from WandaVision. “And we knew we were going to be tasked with adding layers, having different lyrics that mean different things in different episodes, which was so exciting.” The...

When it came to Agatha All Along , it was the songwriters who may have cast the most tantalizing spell.

"The crew was telling us, 'I don't usually say this to songwriters, but wow, I had hairs standing up on the back of my neck,'" Robert Lopez says of the reactions to the cast recording the show's haunting song "The Ballad of the Witches' Road." As the double-egot winner's multiple award-winning partner and spouse Kristen Anderson-Lopez tells Gold Derby, "When Agatha got a spin-off, [creator Jac Schaeffer] knew instantly that she wanted it to be based around a song, and built it into the very fundamental architecture of the show, which was a huge gift to us. We would work with her for the rest of our career if we could, because she understands music and it gave us this chance to do this thing that we love." (Watch our full interview above.

Lee Unkrich, the director of Disney and Pixar's Coco, has paid tribute to Abuelita actress Renée Victor following the news of her death. It was reported over the weekend that Victor, the TV and film actress best known for playing Miguel's grandmother in the 2017 animated feature film and starring as Lupita in Showtime's dark comedy-drama Weeds, among many other roles throughout her decades-long career, had died at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, on May 30 surrounded by her family after a battle with lymphoma. She was 86.

Unkrich honored Victor with a post on Instagram, sharing a side-by-side image of the actress and her fan-favorite character in Coco, who went by the name Elena Rivera, but was often addressed as Abuelita (an affectionate Spanish word for "grandma"). The caption read: "I've just learned the heartbreaking news that Renée Victor, the actress who voiced Abuelita in Coco, has passed away.

Renée Victor, the actress known for voicing Abuelita in Disney and Pixar’s Coco and starring as Lupita in Showtime’s Weeds, has died. She was 86.

Victor died at her home in Sherman Oaks on Friday night surrounded by her family after a battle with lymphoma, her representative told The Hollywood Reporter.

After being born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1938, she moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s where she grew her career as a musician. Victor worked alongside the likes of Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado, who helped popularize Latin music in the States before she and her husband began performing as the duo named “Ray & Renée” from 1963 to 1973.

She began her pivot into television in the 1970s when she hosted Pacesetters, a Ktla program that spotlighted the Chicano movement. Victor went on to be featured in an episode of Masquerade in 1984, Scarecrow and Mrs. King in 1985 and Matlock...

At Tuesday night's 2025 Sports Emmy Awards, Lady Gaga took home her first Emmy. She won for Best Music Direction of "Hold My Hand" for the Super Bowl Lix pregame show. With previous victories at the Oscars and Grammys, that places her just a Tony Award short of Egot.

This marked her fifth try at winning an Emmy following nominations for her variety specials Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!, and One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, plus the special class program Super Bowl Li Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga won her Academy Award for the song "Shallow" from the 2018 film A Star Is Born. She is a 14-time Grammy Award winner, with the first for The Fame and "Poker Face" in 2010 and the most recent earlier this year for...

Part of what makes “Agatha All Along” an interesting character study is picking up with Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) when she’s lost her power and seeing just what she’ll do to get it back, especially when she needs others. Specifically, she needs a group of other witches — and one familiar teen (Joe Locke) — to walk with her down the Witches’ Road, a magical, constructed path, of a sort, that offers deadly trials to those who summon it but also power and the fulfillment of desire to those that survive to its end.

Assembling a creative coven for the Disney+ miniseries wasn’t nearly so difficult for showrunner, writer, and director Jac Schaeffer as it is for her main character. “ We’re doing TV, we’re doing music, we’re doing film. We’re doing different eras. We’re doing different tones. And my true north became witches,” Schaeffer told IndieWire.

Remember when Pixar changed animation forever with the bold, inventive, and otherwise creative "Toy Story?" How about when the studio continued to release original movies that pushed the medium of animation forward while exploring vastly different stories and genres? Sure, there were sequels even in the earlier days, but not only did movies like "Toy Story 2" actually provide something new and different from their predecessors, but they were also balanced out by twice as many original Pixar movies.

Well, say goodbye to the good old days! Pixar, like its parent company Walt Disney Studios, is now all about chasing the mighty and elusive dollar with artistically-dubious sequels that parents will go to movie theaters to see because there is virtually nothing else to entertain kids with at the movies. We already knew Pixar was making not just another "Toy Story" sequel, but also a third "The Incredibles" movie. Now,...

A sequel to Coco is in development at Pixar Animation Studios, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Thursday.

Speaking at Disney’s Annual Shareholder Meeting, Iger announced the title, Coco 2, and said the film is still in early stages of development. The theatrical release is set for 2029.

The sequel will bring back members of the creative team from the original film, including director Lee Unkrichn and co-director Adrian Molina. Mark Nielsen Toy Story 4, Inside Out 2) will produce.

“While the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and adventure, and we can’t wait to share more soon,” Iger said.

Coco was released in 2017, and follows a 12-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a musician, and is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead. While there he seeks out his great-great-grandfather, a deceased musician, to help him convince their...

Joker: Folie à Deuxis infamous for how much it underperformed upon release last year, bombing at the box office and garnering rather harsh reviews. It was even given several Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie), including Worst Sequel along with Worst Screen Combo for Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix.

On Saturday night's episode of Saturday Night Live, Gaga appeared to pull double duty as the show's host and musical guest. In her opening monologue, she took some time to address the Joker sequel coming up short. After sarcastically remarking that people thought the film was "awesome," she then suggested she was happy about her Razzie win, explaining that this will help make her an "Egort."

“I’ve been very diligent about selecting films that would showcase my craft as a serious actor. Films such as Joker 2. Apparently, people thought it was awesome," she said. "Joaquin and I even got nominated for a Razzie,...

Music supervisors behind the songs of “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” led the winners at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards on Sunday night.

On the TV side, the music supervisors behind “Agatha All Along” and “Baby Reindeer” triumphed.

Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. The composer and lyricist performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.”

Oscar nominees Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for best song written and/or recorded for a film. Meanwhile, Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model performed their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.

Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg accepted the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision.

Wicked and A Complete Unknown were the top winners at the 15th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, held Sunday night at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Sing Sing, I Saw the TV Glow, Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, and The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat took home the other movie prizes. See the full list below.

The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards celebrate the best in music supervision and songwriting across different media, including film, television, documentaries, and advertising.

2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners:

Film

Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films

Winner: Maggie Rodford – Wicked

Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films

Winner: Steven Gizicki – A Complete Unknown

Best Music Supervision in Low Budget Films

Winner: Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – I Saw the TV Glow

Best Music Supervision in a Non-Theatrically Released Film

Winner: Robin Urdang – The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for...

Wicked and A Complete Unknown were the top film winners at the 15th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Sing Sing, I Saw the TV Glow, Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary and The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat took the other movie prizes. See the full winners list below.

Honoring the year’s best achievements in music supervision and songwriting, the guild handed its TV hardware went to Baby Reindeer, Agatha All Along, English Teacher, Love Island USA and Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza.

Here are the winners of the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards:

Film

Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films

Maggie Rodford – “Wicked”

Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films

Steven Gizicki – “A Complete Unknown”

Best Music Supervision in Low Budget Films

Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – “I Saw the TV Glow”

Best Music Supervision in a Non-Theatrically...

The music supervisors for “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown” and “I Saw the TV Glow” won the top feature film awards at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which took place on Sunday at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

“Wicked” won in the Best Music Supervision in the Major Budget Films category, “A Complete Unknown” won in the mid-level budget category and “I Saw the TV Glow” won for low-budget films.

“The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” won for non-theatrically released films.

The Oscar-nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing” won in the Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film category — and in a pointed rebuke to the Oscars’ decision not to perform the nominated songs during that show, “Like a Bird” and two other songs were performed at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards ceremony.

Television winners included “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher,” “Love Island USA” and “Agatha All Along.

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While I found it personally surprising that Frozen could even hold a candle to Tangled when I first saw it in theaters, ticket sales proved me wrong. There was a ton the movie could have done better. From its tacked-on feeling villain reveal to its eye-catching opening with plenty of narrative vagueness -- Frozen felt every bit as rushed as it actually was. At least in its final form. And while it's gone on to become one of Disney's biggest hits in its history of animation, I think there's a good chance they missed a creative opportunity to make it even better.

There has been some buzz in recent years about how Disney (and Pixar) have simply done away...

Twisters and The Idea of You are the most nominated films for the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, the nominees for which were unveiled Friday.

Twisters’ Rachel Levy earned a nod for best music supervision among major budget films, while Frankie Pine with the romantic comedy The Idea of You received a nomination for best music supervision in a mid-budget film. And in the best film song competition, the Twisters action thriller got a nod for “Out of Oklahoma,” while The Idea of You will contend in the category with the title song “The Idea of You”.

Music supervisors Steve Schnur, Raphaella Lima, Codie Childs, Mike Ladman and Mara Tacham received the most individual nominations with three each, and Netflix earned the most nominations among major studios with 13 in all.

Other film contenders in the music supervision and songwriting competitions include Wicked, Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist. And on the TV side,...

Many stars set their alarms for nomination day. Not Kathryn Hahn.

The actress was caught unawares when she found out about her Golden Globe nomination for Agatha All Along.

“I had no idea that they were being announced,” Hahn tells Gold Derby. “I just was blissfully not looking up times. I woke up to a bunch of texts, but I had a gyno appointment, and it wasn’t until I was in the car on the way that it started to all click into place.” She continues on, “I was running so late to this gyno but I had to pull over because I was flipping out. I really was taken aback and just so emotional that it was for this particular part in this particular show. I’m taking the win of just that.”

Agatha All Along is Disney+’s highly anticipated spin-off of WandaVision (2021), with Hahn returning in her role of a centuries-old,...

It’s time to update your awards predictions at Gold Derby, because a major TV contender has just announced its strategy for the upcoming 2025 kudos. “Agatha All Along,” Disney Plus’ spin-off of “WandaVision” starring Kathryn Hahn as a centuries-old, sassy witch, will submit in the comedy categories at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and next year’s Emmys, per our sister site Variety. The show was originally designed to be a limited series with a beginning, middle, and end.

Two years ago, Hahn received nominations for “WandaVision” at the Emmys and Critics Choice Awards in the limited series races for playing Agnes The Nosy Neighbor, aka Agatha Harkness. The quirky song “Agatha All Along” by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, which won the Best Music & Lyrics Emmy, told the tale of how Agatha was actually responsible for everything that had happened in the fictional town of Westview.

Hahn’s character...

Warning: Minor Spoilers for the Agatha All Along finale.By many accounts, Agatha All Along has successfully cast its spell over audiences with a two-part finale that concluded its story in epic fashion. Even before the finale, though, the series charmed viewers with a fittingly spooky aesthetic that evoked everything from classic spooky season films to beloved musicalsnotably with a major nod to Wicked in episode 7. Through it all, a musical underscore colored the story with shades of whimsy, horror, and musical theater.

For this, audiences have composers Michael Paraskevas and Christophe Beck to thank. The two composers have worked together on a number of projects prior including Hawkeye and WandaVision and brought elements of the latter to bear in Agatha All Along. The composers also worked on incorporating The Ballad of the Witches Road by Frozen 2 songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Andersen-Lopez into their orchestral score for the series.

If you still haven’t heard the earworm that is the “Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” from Marvel’s Agatha All Along count yourself lucky, because it is catchy. There are even multiple versions of the song, an original masterpiece by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez with various lyrics, which are fun to decipher. For example, Lorna Wu’s version of the ballad contains different verses than the original one sung by Agatha’s ragtag coven. Japanese Breakfast even covered a new pop version of the ballad, produced by Jack Antonoff.

Florence + the Machine’s song “Seven Devils” was used in a teaser trailer for the show. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer even made a musical nod to Dolly Parton’s song “Jolene,” hinting that Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha was the inspiration for that song in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

For all the needledrops in the witchy Marvel series — from...

With the first five episodes now streaming, Disney+ has revealed the new Agatha All Along midseason trailer and key art. Four episodes of the live-action series are left (the final two episodes will be released on October 30).

In the popular series, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell.

Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven and set off down, down, down The Road…

The Agatha All Along cast includes Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, and Okwui Okpokwasili, with Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuPone, and Aubrey Plaza.

Having debuted...

The first season of A24 and Prime Video's smash-hit animated series "Hazbin Hotel" ended on February 2, 2024, and while the creative team is hard at work on season 2, the show's popularity hasn't decreased. "Hazbin Hotel" earned the largest global debut viewership for a new animated title on Prime Video, surpassing other hot commodities like "Invincible" and "The Boys Presents: Diabolical." The series doesn't boast the same recognizable IP as its contemporaries, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a phenomenon. In the months since the season's end, convention circuits have shown that "Hazbin Hotel" has become one of the most popular shows for cosplayers to emulate, fanart floods social media feeds on the daily, but thanks to the death of the monoculture, the popularity often feels like it exists in a vacuum.

I've previously described "Hazbin Hotel" as adult animation, but too edgy for the constraints of something like "The Simpsons.

If you’ve had “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” stuck in your head for weeks, well, sorry, but it’s not going anywhere. In fact, it’s likely going to stick around for awhile because according to the “Agatha All Along” songwriters, there are indeed more versions on the way.

Fans first got a taste of the ballad at this year’s D23 Expo, when series star Kathryn Hahn and her coven performed it live on stage. In Episode 2 of the Marvel series, now streaming on Disney+, we got the full “sacred chant” version, as we learned it’s a spell that literally opens the door to the witches’ road.

Then in Episode 4, we got two more iterations: Lorna Wu’s version and Agatha’s coven’s cover. It’s also worth noting that there is indeed a “true crime version” early on in the season — but yes, there...

The following contains spoilers for Agatha All Along, Episode 4, "If I Can't Reach You/ Let My Song Teach You," now streaming on Disney+.

Agatha All Along's cast and crew are very happy with how the in-universe cover version of its iconic musical number turned out.

In a conversation with Marvel.com, Agatha executive producer Mary Livanos discussed the signature set piece of Agatha's fourth episode "If I Can't Reach You / Let My Song Teach You" and how bringing back WandaVision composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez was crucial to making Agatha Harkness' music scenes work. "We were so lucky to have them, and they brought their magic to the process and really gave the actors even more to hold on to, Livanos said, describing 'The Ballad of Witches' Road' song as "incredibly catchy, and anyone who ends up watching the show ends up singing it. I can't tell you how...

Spoiler Alert: This story mentions plot developments in Season 1, Episode 4 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+.

Although “Agatha All Along” isn’t a musical per se, music serves as the show’s literal plot device, when the coven led by Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) sings “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” together in Episode 2 in order to conjure the titular mystical pathway, all in the hope of making their wishes come true. The importance of “The Ballad” resonates throughout the show; each episode title comes from the song’s lyrics, and, as executive producer Mary Livanos explains to Variety, “the song will continue playing an incredibly significant role in the show.”

Case in point, Episode 4, titled “If I Can’t Reach You / Let My Song Teach You.” Once they reach the road, the coven — comprised of Agatha, Teen (Joe Locke), Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone), Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza...

Marvel may have already revealed the next big death in the MCU in Agatha All Along. Agatha Harkness' solo series opened with two episodes that concluded with Agatha and her cobbled-together coven venturing down the Witches' Road, setting the main narrative thread in motion. Meanwhile, many questions loom over such details as Agatha's relationship with Rio Vidal, the fate of the Scarlet Witch, and the identity of Joe Locke's Teen, whose attempts to elaborate on himself have been seemingly blocked by a spell.

The end of Agatha All Along episode 2 saw the coven open the door to the Witches' Road just as the Salem Seven descended on Agatha's Westview residence. Each of the coven's members has an express reason to tread the Witches' Road, which will grant successful travelers their greatest desire, save for Sharon Davis, whose presence was shoehorned by Agatha in her attempt to avoid Rio Vidal.

When Josh Gad joined the voice cast of Disney's animated movie "Frozen," which came out in 2013, he probably didn't think that he was about to become part of one of the biggest pop culture juggernauts in recent history. Both the original and its 2019 sequel, "Frozen II," made buckets of money at the box office, while the first movie also scored an Academy Award for best original song (thanks to the inescapable earworm "Let It Go"). Plus, Gad's character Olaf, a living snowman who wants to experience summer, became a breakout success on his own. So does Gad have any regrets about his "Frozen" experience? Yes, actually. He wishes he'd changed his voice a little more for the character.

"If I could do it all over again, I would not have lent that snowman my voice. I would've created a different voice," Gad said while participating in an interview at Fan Expo Canada,...

What’s the secret acting trick to nailing a part in a Trey Parker and Matt Stone project? Shut the hell up and say the lines Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote, of course.

When the South Park creators’ long-awaited comedic musical about their favorite friendly religious order, The Book of Mormon, premiered at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in 2011, it was an instant hit. Critics and audiences praised the playwriting and the performances, specifically that of Frozen star Josh Gad in the role of Elder Cunningham. Then, when Gad left the show in 2012, the Book of Mormon producers scrambled to find an actor who could handle the chaotic script from Parker and Stone while most closely imitating Gad’s immaculate performance, hiring future Miracle Workers star Jon Bass to do his best Gad impression.

Very quickly, the creative team of The Book of Mormon realized that no one could...

Marvel Studios' first official entry into the streaming world came with "WandaVision" in 2021. It still stands as one of the better small screen chapters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing a compelling mystery and a meta spin on the television framework that spanned decades of sitcom tropes. In the series, Wanda Maximoff is trying to live a picture-perfect life with Vision, who was believed to have perished in "Avengers: Infinity War." Their relationship plays out across a variety of sitcom styles, ranging from "I Love Lucy" to "Modern Family," and it's in that last chapter where we learn that a powerful witch named Agatha Harkness has been manipulating Wanda.

What made the reveal especially memorable was that it played out musically in the form of a TV theme song and opening credits sequence for a faux show called "Agatha All Along," which is now a real show on Disney+. Written...

Marvel puts centuries-old witch Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) on the road to redemption in “Agatha All Along,” a thoroughly enjoyable if slightly revisionist Disney+ spinoff of its hit 2021 show “WandaVision.”

Wacky neighbor turned black-hearted Wanda antagonist Agatha morphs here into someone who is less evil than simply incorrigible. Smack-talking, self-involved and a natural (yet reluctant) leader, Hahn’s Agatha is a blast to watch as she plays off fellow witches almost as compelling as herself.

Hahn struts through “Agatha” with an impermeable comedic self-confidence that further demonstrates her remarkable versatility. Although Hahn excels at playing searching, insecure women, Agatha’s comedic arrogance suits her even better.

“WandaVision” and “Agatha” creator Jac Schaeffer played with fire — and air, earth and water — by casting Aubrey Plaza as Agatha’s antagonist, a witch named Rio who helps free Agatha from being cursed by Wanda into magic-free anonymity in Westview, N.J. Comic arrogance is Plaza’s bit,...

Marvel’s latest addition to their TV suite, “Agatha All Along,” arrives on Disney+ Wednesday.

The highly anticipated “Wandavision” spin-off follows Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness as she attempts to navigate the witching world, stripped of the powers she once had.

The witch assembled a star-studded coven to accompany her, with the likes of Aubrey Plaza and Patti LuPone to name a few. Produced by Marvel Studios, the series picks up where Agatha was left behind at the end “Wandavision.” Much of the same cast and production team returned for “Agatha All Along,” including Egot musical duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.

Here’s all you need to know to watch “Agatha All Along”:

When does “Agatha All Along” premiere?

The first two episodes will be available to stream on Disney+ at 9 p.m. Et /6 p.m. Pt Wednesday.

Are the episodes released weekly or all at once?

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Heartstopper star Joe Locke opened up about his potential future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Agatha All Along ends its Disney+ run. In the upcoming WandaVision spinoff, Locke will be playing a mysterious character called the Teen, who will be part of Agathas new coven.

During a recent interview with GamesRadar+, Locke expressed how much fun he had working with Marvel Studios on Agatha All Along, revealing that hes very willing to reprise his role if given another opportunity. "I loved working on Agatha All Along and I loved working with Marvel, so I always find its like would you like to come back, duh, of course I would. So yeah, I loved everything about Marvel so I would come back in a heartbeat," he said. "But thats not up to me" In addition, when asked which of the MCU characters he would like to team up with, Locke...

WandaVision is getting a spinoff series with Agatha All Along, the new Disney+ series that brings back Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness. Putting the character into the spotlight may be coming with a redemption story for the villainous Agatha, but going down that road appears to have been a bit of a challenge.

Ahead of the Disney+ premiere of Agatha All Along on Sept. 18, executive producer Brad Winderbaum spoke about the series with Cbr's Kevin Polowy. Winderbaum delved into the creation of the spinoff, explaining what made Agatha deserving of her own show after her debut as an antagonist in WandaVision. Villain or not, Agatha's MCU debut made a big impact with Marvel fans, thanks in part to her iconic song that influenced the title of the spinoff series. Winderbaum confirmed that the fan response to Agatha quickly led to plans to develop a new series centered on the character.

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are now officially members of the Egot club. On Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys, the duo won Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the “Only Murders in the Building” song “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?”, sharing the honor with co-writers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Pasek and Paul are the twentieth and twenty-first people to Egot — and the second and third this year, after Elton John took home an Emmy in January for his 2022 Disney+ variety special “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium.” The 18 other members of the illustrious club include Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, John Gielgud, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Tim Rice, Robert Lopez, Viola Davis, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson.

In the third season Hulu’s “Only Murders,” Steve Martin performs the tongue-twister of a tune as part of “Death Rattle Dazzle,” the short-lived musical...

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are the latest artists to achieve Egot status, winning the Emmy for best original music and lyrics for their Only Murders in the Building composition, alongside Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?.”

The duo, who took home the trophy Sunday, during the second night of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys, beat out fellow nominees Sara Bareilles for Girls5eva‘s “The Medium Time”; the Saturday Night Live team of Eli Brueggemann, Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike Dicenzo and Jake Nordwind for “Mother” from the variety series’ Mother’s Day episode; The Tattooist of Auschwitz‘s Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Walter Afanasieff and Charlie Midnight for “Love Will Survive” and True Detective: Night Country‘s John Hawkes for “No Use.”

The duo previously won the best original song Oscar for “City of Stars” from La La Land and the best musical...

Composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul just won their first Emmy Awards at Sunday night’s Creative Arts ceremony, making them the 20th and 21st people ever to achieve an Egot. They won in the Best Music and Lyrics category alongside Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for their catchy tune “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from “Only Murders in the Building.” They were up against song nominees from “Girls5eva,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” and “True Detective: Night Country.” Enjoy watching our interview with Pasek, Paul, Shaiman and Wittman from earlier this summer.

The duo’s previous Egot wins began in 2016 when they, along with composer Justin Hurwitz, won the Oscar for Best Original Song for “La La Land.” They won the Tony in 2017 for their score from that year’s Best Musical champ, “Dear Evan Hansen.” In 2018 they won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for that same show.

The already-beloved Kathryn Hahn exploded to a new level of stardom in 2021 with her show-stealing turn as the campy ancient witch Agatha Harkness on WandaVision — winking, cackling, and even singing her way to the most enjoyable MCU performance since Robert Downey, Jr. in the original Iron Man. She’s spent the years since taking on very different roles, including her many-layered, Emmy-nominated portrayal of a grieving mom turned advice columnist, Clare, in Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things.

But the whole time, she was also getting ready for her return to the MCU,...

“Frozen 3” will glide into theaters in time for Thanksgiving… of 2027.

Disney has added the third Arendelle-set animated adventure to the film release calendar on Nov. 24, 2027. Both of the first two “Frozen” movies were also released around Turkey Day, on their way to becoming back-to-back $1 billion blockbusters.

The studio also planted a new Pixar movie, “Hoppers,” on the schedule for March 6, 2026. Jon Hamm and Bobby Moynihan will lead the voice cast of “Hoppers,” a body-swap comedy about a young girl who uses technology to understand the inner thoughts of animals.

The original “Frozen” became a massive sensation in 2013, generating nearly $1.3 billion worldwide and winning a slew of awards, including two Oscars. The 2019 sequel was even more commercially successful with $1.45 billion and, until recently, stood as the highest-grossing animated film in history. The movies about the adventures of royal sisters Anna and Elsa (voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel) produced...