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It’s been a long journey for Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name since its rapturous response at Sundance Film Festival nearly nine months ago. There’s now only one month left until the theatrical release of the year’s finest romance, but first, the gorgeous soundtrack will arrive, and now we have the full tracklist. Set for an early November release, it features two new tracks from Sufjan Stevens (and one reworked one), as well as cuts from The Psychedelic Furs, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and more. We also have four clips from the film, one of which has already enjoyed full memeification.

Before for that, however, there’s a few new details on Guadagnino’s upcoming projects. He recently opened up about a potential sequel to his Armie Hammer- and Timothée Chalamet-led film, and his main trio said they’d be interested. “If I paired the...

Thurgood Marshall deserves a miniseries on the scale of John Adams. His story is remarkable and even if Reginald Hudlin’s Marshall had been a great movie, it still wouldn’t be enough to contain the litigator and Supreme Court Justice’s many achievements. As it is, Marshall feels like it’s only skimming the surface of its title character’s legacy, serving at best as an introduction but by no means the robust biopic its towering central figure deserves. If anything, Marshall’s story is reduced down to half the tale and his purpose seems to be as a …...

On Saturday morning, Zach Adams, who was found guilty of first-degree murder and the aggravated rape of Holly Bobo, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Adams, 33, was found guilty on Friday and defense and state prosecutors worked together to arrive at a plea agreement which allowed Adams to avoid the death penalty, reports CBS News.

Lawyers reached the plea deal early Saturday morning before jurors in Hardin County were brought in for sentencing, according to News Channel 5.

As part of the agreement, Karen Bobo, mother of Holly Bobo, was allowed to deliver a statement before the jury, reports Wsmv.

Zach Adams, one of the men accused of kidnapping, raping and killing Holly Bobo, was found guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated rape on Friday.

Adams, 33, will be sentenced on Saturday, where a jury will reconvene to decide if he will be give the death penalty, according to The Jackson Sun. He was found guilty of all eight charges against him.

Bobo, a 20-year-old Tennessee nursing student, was found dead in the woods in 2014, 3 ½ years after she was taken from outside of her family’s semi-rural Decatur County home on April 13, 2011.

Adams is the first of three men to go...

“Feud: Bette and Joan” scored 18 Emmy nominations, the most of any limited series this year. These are spread across 14 categories, which means that this Ryan Murphy period piece could go one better than the current record holder among limited series. “John Adams” won a record 13 Emmys in 2008. Sign Up for Gold […]...

The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon on the man Liev Schreiber portrayed in Tom McCarthy's Oscar-winning Spotlight: "You do not mess with Marty Baron!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Kirk Simon has assembled a grand cast (Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, and Liev Schreiber) plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers (including Paula Vogel, Toni Morrison, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, John Adams, Carl Bernstein, Nicholas Kristof, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas Friedman, Michael Cunningham, John Adams, Michael Chabon, Martin Baron, Junot Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, Robin Givhan, Sheri Fink, John Filo, Nick Ut, and Robert A. Caro) who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.

In The Pulitzer At 100, Helen Mirren has a Long Day's Journey Into Night with Eugene O'Neill Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...

(See previous post: Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year.) On the evening of the Fourth of July, besides fireworks, fire hazards, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, if you're watching TCM in the U.S. and Canada, there's the following: Peter H. Hunt's 1776 (1972), a largely forgotten film musical based on the Broadway hit with music by Sherman Edwards. William Daniels, who was recently on TCM talking about 1776 and a couple of other movies (A Thousand Clowns, Dodsworth), has one of the key roles as John Adams. Howard Da Silva, blacklisted for over a decade after being named a communist during the House Un-American Committee hearings of the early 1950s (Robert Taylor was one who mentioned him in his testimony), plays Benjamin Franklin. Ken Howard is Thomas Jefferson, a role he would reprise in John Huston's 1976 short Independence. (In the short, Pat Hingle was cast as John Adams; Eli Wallach was Benjamin Franklin.) Warner...

President Donald Trump launched a deeply personal attack on Morning Joe cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough Thursday morning.

“I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me,” Trump tweeted. “She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”

I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came.

Ali Aldrich was 38-and-a-half weeks pregnant with her first child when she says she was doing anything possible to bring on labor.

“I was very pregnant. I was pretty big and swelling a lot, so I was really ready to go,” Aldrich, of Charlotte, North Carolina, tells People.

The now mother of two tried a foot massage and nothing happened. But then her husband suggested the Buffalo Wing Pizza – a pie with a kick to it – from Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar in Charlotte.

“I had always heard spicy foods could do it, so we ordered the pizza at 6 p.

Actor William Daniels is opening up about being the victim of child abuse.

The two-time Emmy winner -- best known for playing kindhearted teacher Mr. Feeny on the '90s sitcom Boy Meets World and brilliant surgeon Dr. Mark Craig on the '80s medical drama St. Elsewhere -- writes in his new memoir that he didn't realize he'd suffered from child abuse until he was an adult.

According to the 89-year-old actor, he was forced into becoming a child actor by his mother, who pushed him into auditioning for roles at a very young age, and was made to sing, dance and act alongside his sisters, Jacqueline and Carol, for hours on end without having any say in the matter.

Watch: Ali Larter Reveals Why She Won't Let Her Kids Be Child Stars

In his new memoir, There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, Kitt & Many...

“Boy Meets World” actor William Daniels has published a new memoir in which he shares that he was abused as a child actor — something he only realized years later. In his book, “There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, Kitt & Many Others,” he discussed how his mother dragged him to auditions at a very young age and forced him to dance, sing and perform on stage. Sometimes, he would work crazy morning hours and on weekends, while children received very little pay. Daniels, now 89, was a child performer during the...

It wasn’t until William Daniels was an adult that he realized he was abused as a child actor.

The Emmy-winning actor,who starred in Boy Meets World, Knight Rider and St. Elsewhere, shares in his new memoir the painful memories of being forced into performing as a child by his mother.

Daniels, 89, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927 — two years before the Great Depression hit in 1929 — to his bricklayer father, Charles, and his telephone operator mother, Irene.

Daniels recalls in There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, Kitt & Many Others...

Although William Daniels played arguably the most beloved character on Boy Meets World, the longtime actor almost didn’t star in the dramedy.

In his new memoir There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, Kitt, & Many Others, Daniels explains his initial hesitation about taking on the role — and what finally convinced him to portray the iconic high school teacher-turned-principal.

“At a meeting with the show’s author and executive producer, Michael Jacobs, already an established playwright and sitcom creator, as well as movie producer, I told him I didn’t want to...

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Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.

Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...

Conan O'Brien offered an optimistic take on the 2016 election Wednesday, praising America's tradition of peaceful elections and the transfer of power while taking a stab at unity with a classic cheap visual gag.

A self-described history buff, O'Brien noted America has had bitter, contentious elections for 200 years, listing Thomas Jefferson versus Aaron Burr, John Adams versus Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln versus Stephen Douglas and, of course, Alien versus Predator.

"This is our thing, and the optimist in me chooses to be happy that we have fair and free elections at all,...

Doctor Strange and I go way back. He was the first superhero Stan Lee asked me to write when I was a fuzzy newbie, just beginning a long stretch of years in the comic book business, working as an editorial assistant at Marvel. Maybe there’s some synchronicity here: I’d fooled around with magic as a kid and here I was writing about a magician. And more: this conjurer lived in Greenwich village, notorious hotbed of art and creativity and nonconformity, all of which were of powerful interest to me.

And now, more than 50 years later, along comes the Doctor Strange movie, and a satisfying afternoon in the multiplex it is, not least because one of my favorite actors hits all his marks. It is also, no surprise here, a box office success, the fourteenth in a row for the Mighty Marvel Movie Manufacturers.

But, for the moment, let...

In a Drunk History Election Special on Comedy Channel, Steve Berg joins Derek Waters as they tell stories about Abraham Lincoln’s career as a lawyer and the election campaign between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. With the election 2016 campaign now over, Berg and Waters head to a hot tub in Daytona Beach and look back at some former presidents with some interesting stories you might not know about. Lincoln became president in 1860 but prior to this had experienced a hard life working on the family farms. After marrying he decided to become a lawyer and taught himself the subject before being admitted to the bar in...read more...

There are so many reasons to love Halloween: parties, gratuitous amounts of sugar and the opportunity to wear absolutely anything you want.

But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.

Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it’s an un-missable goldmine of comedic and spooky potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 11 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.

Today in 1997, the first Broadway revival of 1776 opened at Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 333 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972.

Five family members, including a 2-year-old girl, were found dead in their home in Pennsylvania in what authorities are describing as an apparent murder-suicide. According to a news release posted on the Berks County District Attorney Facebook page, officers were sent to the Sinking Spring Borough home of the Short family after a family member reported that Megan Short failed to appear for a scheduled lunch date on Saturday afternoon. Upon entering the home, officers discovered the bodies of Megan, her husband Mark, their three children and the family's dog, all of whom died from gunshot wounds, according to police.

Five family members, including a 2-year-old girl, were found dead in their home in Pennsylvania in what authorities are describing as an apparent murder-suicide. According to a news release posted on the Berks County District Attorney Facebook page, officers were sent to the Sinking Spring Borough home of the Short family after a family member reported that Megan Short failed to appear for a scheduled lunch date on Saturday afternoon. Upon entering the home, officers discovered the bodies of Megan, her husband Mark, their three children and the family's dog, all of whom died from gunshot wounds, according to police.

While there’s been a lot of attention paid to the fact that this year is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, not a lot is being been said about a movie that came out 10 years before which inspired the series. In honor of its 60thanniversary, Cinelinx looks at the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet.

Star Trek is one of the most popular and enduring sci-fi franchises ever made. If it wasn’t for the influential 1956 film Forbidden Planet, we might never have had Star Trek. If you examine Forbidden Planet closely, you’ll see the creative aspects that inspired Gene Roddenberry while he was creating his TV masterpiece, which debuted in 1966. According to ‘Star Trek Fact Check’, Gene Roddenberry once wrote a letter asking “Would it be ethical to get a print of the film and have our people make stills from some of the appropriate frames?”

Forbidden Planet—which...

As America celebrates its 240th Birthday today, let's talk about what is probably one of the greatest musicals ever written, and it only came about 46 years before Hamilton. 1776 dramatizes the story of how John Adams was able to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence as well as signing the Declaration of Independence. While the musical does dramatize the most important event in American history, the story behind the musical is probably just as interesting.

Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon play one of history’s oddest couples in this entertaining account of the day Presley arrived unannounced at the White House

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If Oliver Stone and Peter Morgan ever decided to team up for a larky look at the darker conspiratorial currents of pop culture during the Nixon presidency, it might look like this entertaining, lenient reimagining of the most bizarre unofficial summit meeting in Us history, drenched in retrospective irony and postmodern absurdity. This was the encounter of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley in 1970 in the Oval Office, commemorated with an official handshake photograph. Maybe Stewart Lee could create an opera based on this, like John Adams’s Nixon in China.

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Memorial Day is that time Americans set aside each year to remember and honor the sacrifices of our fallen military veterans. But it's also a day off from work, and for those who want to spend the day in front of their TV without feeling unpatriotic or ungrateful — relax, we've got you've covered. We've scoured the streaming services and digital rental outlets, and we've found nine movies (and one mini-series) that'll fill your entire holiday with thoughtful, provocative, appropriate entertainment. By the time you're done, our nation's fighting forces may...

Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1217 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972 and was revived on Broadway in 1997.

The remake of Dario Argento’s psychedelic 1977 horror film Suspiria seems to still be moving forward. This film has been in development for years. It started off with David Gordon Green at the helm, and then when he dropped out, a director by the name of Luca Guadagnino stepped in to take his place. He previously talked about the film:

"The film by Dario Argento was a very indicative moment of growing up for me because I saw it when I was 14. I think it changed me forever. I was obsessed [with Argento] through all my adolescence. [My version] is going to be set in Berlin in 1977. It’s going to be about the mother and the concept of motherhood and about the uncompromising force of motherhood. It’s going to be about finding your inner voice – the title is very evocative on these grounds."

The most recent news I’ve seen confirms the...

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is busier than George R.R. Martin, but somehow more productive, stopped by The Late Show last night to gab it up with Stephen Colbert and to try out a sample of a his musical about the very real Button Gwinnett. In addition to watching Stephen Colbet don a wig and toss off a few John Adams disses, you're also going to want to watch his full interview with Miranda, if only for the chance to watch the pair sing a few bars from The Man of La Mancha (skip to 7:20 in the video below to see that, though it's worth it to watch the whole thing).

Follow the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. as they forge their anger and inner-city frustrations into the most potent weapon imaginable: their music. In Straight Outta Compton: Unrated Director’s Cut fans can follow N.W.A.’s electrifying lyrics and unique sound, which introduced a truth that no one had heard before and exposed life in the hood igniting a social revolution that still reverberates today.

The culturally relevant and explosively entertaining biopic is coming to Digital HD on January 5, 2016 and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand January 19, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray and Digital HD versions include the exclusive Unrated Director’s Cut that gives fans more of the N.W.A. story with 20 additional minutes of the film. Directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Friday), Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of five young rebels from South Central Los Angeles who, armed with only their lyrics,...

The Bones/Sleepy Hollow crossover, like any TV “event,” was one heck of a trick to pull off. Good thing it was also — particularly its second hour — quite the treat.

The Sleepy side of Fox’s Halloween-themed evening was a solid episode that entertained, stayed true to its characters, caused a few laughs and even managed to forward the season’s overarching story. What more could a Hollow heart want? (Well, maybe Ichabod in a slightly more inventive costume…)

Let’s put it in the sweet terms of this holiday season: The crossover was a full-size Twix bar in a...

There are so many reasons to love Halloween: parties, gratuitous amounts of sugar and the opportunity to wear absolutely anything you want.

But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.

Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it's an un-missable goldmine of comedic potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 10 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.

Parks and Recreation...

Love & Mercy is one of the best films of 2015. The wonderful film, available on Blu-ray and DVD, features fantastic performances and an impressive score from composer Atticus Ross.

To celebrate the music and DVD release of the film, Brian Wilson performed on Monday night at Vibrato Jazz Grill in Beverly Hills for an intimate crowd where he and his wife, Melinda Wilson, were joined by actors Paul Dano and Elizabeth Banks, who portrayed them in director Bill Pohlad’s musical biopic.

They were joined by about 150 guests consisting of members of the Academy, industry insiders, friends, family members and press.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk) and producer Bonnie Arnold were there for the celebration.

Wilson performed an eleven-song set, including his original song from Love & Mercy as well as Beach Boys favorites “California Girls” and “Good Vibrations”, and was joined on stage by Paul Dano with the actor singing “You Still Believe in Me.

“We don’t go up there. They ain’t supposed to come down.”

That’s the guiding principle of Wgn’s upcoming drama Outsiders, a gritty look at the Farrell Clan’s centuries-long struggle to defend its home — and way of life — atop Shay Mountain from those in the Kentucky town below.

The action series stars David Morse (Treme) as Big Foster, a powerful man who’s next in line to lead his family.

Related The 100‘s Davina Porter Joins Wgn America’s Slavery Drama Underground

The ensemble cast also includes Joe Anderson (The Divide) as Asa, who’s looking...

Today in 1997, the first Broadway revival of 1776 opened at Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 333 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972.

Could "Olive Kitteridge" repeat the Emmys success of "Angels in America"? Easier said than done. "Angels" pulled off a typically unthinkable sweep on Emmy night in 2004, taking Best Miniseries, as well as writing, directing and all four acting prizes. Added to its four Creative Arts wins, that brought "Angels" to 11 victories total, at that point tying the record set by "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976) for the most wins for any program in a single year. (That record was later broken by the miniseries "John Adams" in 2008). -Break- Now "Olive Kitteridge" is nominated in all seven categories that "Angels" won during the 2004 telecast, and according to our current predictions, it's the frontrunner to win almost all of them. We give it best odds for Best Limited Series, Movie/Limited Actress (Frances McDormand), Movie/Limited Supporting Actor (Bill Murray), Movie/Limited Writing and Movie/Limit...'...

Make some room, True Detective cast: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are the next movie stars taking over HBO.

PhotosTrue Detective First Look: Season 2 Posters Deliver an Ominous Message

The pay cabler has given a straight-to-series commitment to Big Little Lies, a limited series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Deadline reports.

David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, The Crazy Ones) will write and executive-produce the project, described as a subversive comedy about three mothers of kindergartners whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

RelatedViola Davis to Play Harriet Tubman in...

If the eyes really are the windows to the soul, then is it possible the protagonists of True Detective‘s second season have theirs boarded up?

VideosTrue Detective Season 2 Trailer Is Here!

HBO on Friday unveiled four posters for the upcoming incarnation of its acclaimed drama (premiering June 21 at 9/8c) — focusing on from-the-nose-down images of stars Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn, along with the tagline “We get the world we deserve.”

RelatedViola Davis to Play Harriet Tubman in HBO Film From John Adams Scribe

Season 2 of True Detective, which will consist of eight one-hour installments,...

We knew Oberyn Martell’s daughters were going to be badasses. The much-missed Dornish prince (sniff!) put forth such a deadly sexy combination of swagger and combat skills, it makes sense that his kids inherited both his hotness (and his hot-headedness). In this week’s Game of Thrones, we get to see exactly how badass Martell’s offspring — known as the Sand Snakes — are.

Elsewhere, Melisandre is still hella shady, two of Daenerys’ closest advisors might not be long for their jobs (or their lives), and the High Sparrow now has an exuberant army.

That last one is no cause for worry at all,...

As bizarre a headline as that is, it’s true – three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney, best known for her powerhouse parts in films such as Mystic River and TV series like HBO’s John Adams, has become the latest star to board Paramount’s big-budget sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

The nature of Linney’s role is, at least for now, a closely guarded secret.

Megan Fox and Will Arnett will reprise the roles of reporter April O’Neil and cameraman Vernon Fenwick, while the sequel will also see Arrow actor Stephen Amell, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry and supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio join the cast as the heroic Casey Jones, archvillain the Shredder, scientist Baxter Stockman and an unspecified love interest for Vernon, respectively. As with Linney’s involvement, news of Perry’s casting was met with surprise followed by mild amusement.

Of late, Linney’s filmography has largely included period flicks and prestige dramas,...

HBO has reached a verdict in the case of its upcoming TV movie Confirmation, casting Wendell Pierce (Treme, The Wire) as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, per The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor will star opposite Scandal‘s Kerry Washington in the project, which chronicles Thomas’ controversial appointment to the court in 1991.

RelatedViola Davis to Play Harriet Tubman in HBO Film From John Adams Scribe

As previously reported, Washington will play lawyer Anita Hill, who famously testified at Thomas’ confirmation hearings about reports he had sexually harassed her.

Pierce, who currently co-stars on CBS’ The Odd Couple reboot, has previously...

Dominic Cooper, who will be taking on the lead role of Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher

AMC has cast the lead role in its upcoming series Preacher. The adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic series has formally signed Dominic Cooper as the titular preacher Jesse Custer, as confirmed by executive producer and co-developer Seth Rogen.

We have Jesse Custer! @dominiccoop is gonna save our souls. #Preacher

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) April 17, 2015

This is not Cooper’s first foray into the world of comic books, as he has also played Howard Stark, father to Iron Man Tony Stark, on both the big and small screen. Cooper, whose formal signing comes after weeks of talks, joins a cast that already includes Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Ian Colletti, and Lucy Griffiths. A premiere date for Preacher has yet to be announced.

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HBO made a number of moves over the past week. Key among...

Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1217 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972 and was revived on Broadway in 1997.

A group of unlikely acquaintances unite to take down a common enemy in History’s Revolutionary War drama Sons of Liberty, and — to paraphrase a famous quotation from the era — it’s a time that tries even the most patient TV viewer’s soul.

The opening installment of the cable channel’s scripted miniseries, which premiered Sunday and continues through Tuesday, covers one of the most exciting epochs in American history: the years right before the colonies turned against British rule and decided to go to war for independence.

It was a time of great unrest, violence and intrigue… so...

The ad campaign for Sons of Liberty makes it look like The Avengers in powered wigs. Jason O'Mara is… George Washington! Michael Raymond-James is… Paul Revere! Dean Norris is… Ben Franklin! They face the viewer, heads slightly inclined, glowering joyously: a secret society of early American heroes, fanning out across the Colonies, taking the fight to the Crown. At first this three-part History Channel series, which debuts tonight, seems like it'll live up to its ad campaign, to its detriment, and dumb history down into spectacle and action for action's sake. It gets better and slightly deeper as it goes along, but never to such an extent that you wouldn't rather be re-watching HBO's John Adams, or maybe 1776. In the prologue, set in 1765, future founding patriot Sam Adams (Ben Barnes) escapes tax assessors who're irked that he's letting his pals take a payment raincheck and leads them on a foot...

American history heroes like John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, and others will come to life in History Channel's latest miniseries Sons of Liberty, which follows these patriots on their quest to make history and win American independence. Ahead of the premiere on Sunday, star Ben Barnes will be on hand Saturday for a Q&A on EW's Facebook page. The Chronicles of Narnia star plays "instigator" Sam Adams in the Revolutionary War-drama. In this version, Adams is a natural born leader with a penchant for "mischief." The Facebook Q&A starts Saturday, Jan. 24 at 3 p.m. Et, with...

The winners of the Toy Fair Best New Toy Awards were announced for the seventh year this morning at the annual Toy Fair, predicting some of the top new toys for 2015. Winners range from household names such as Hasbro with their Nerf Rebelle Arrow Revolution Bow and Lego with their Disney Frozen: Elsa’s Sparkling Ice Castle to impressive new tech toys such as the Quadcopter “Rayvore” from Revell or the I-Que Intelligent Robot from Vivid.

The twelve categories, which produced 36 winning toys, from 26 different toy companies – were unveiled this morning by the London Toy Fair organisers, the British Toy & Hobby Association. The Toy Fair Best New Toy Awards are voted for by a panel of independent toy retailers as the 2015 Toy Fair products with the most potential to make a mark on retail throughout the year and beyond.

London Toy Fair is taking place 20-22nd January 2015 at London’s Olympia.

The History channel isn’t above dropping some very famous names as it drums up buzz for Sons of Liberty, its three-night Revolutionary War-era miniseries.

Airing January 25, 26 and 27 at 9/8c, the mini follows a group of radical young men — Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren included — as they secretly conspire to change the course of history and make America a nation.

The key art posters revealed below tout the Adamses, Revere and Hancock — played by Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia), Henry Thomas (E.T.), Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time) and Rafe Spall (Prometheus...

Warning: The following contains spoilers from Thursday’s season premiere of White Collar.

White Collar‘s final season debut on Thursday delivered some unexpected news for Peter and Elizabeth: They’re going to be parents!

As delighted as the couple was by the discovery, the bundle of joy will also place “a little different strain” on the husband and wife, creator Jeff Eastin tells TVLine.

Related White Collar Creator Reveals Scrapped ‘Broken Hearts’ Revenge Plot

Meanwhile, Neal struck a deal with his FBI mentor: He’ll help Peter take down the notorious Pink Panthers in exchange for his freedom. That plan,...

Shy bladder group protests DirecTV ad starring "Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe" The ad featuring “Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe” unable to pee at a urinal is in poor taste, says the CEO of the International Paruresis Association, which estimates that some 7% of Americans have some form of “shy bladder syndrome.” Members of the group have asked DirecTV to pull the ad, but the satellite company says the ads are staying put. Plus: DirecTV unveils “Crazy Hairy Rob Lowe." A 2nd “Phantom of the Opera” TV series is in the works -- from the director of "Amelie" Two weeks after ABC and “Desperate Housewives” honcho Marc Cherry announced their “Phantom of the Opera,” Endemol announced it is remaking the classic French tale with Tony Krantz and “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Watch George R.R. Martin eat a hamburger on a 1987 episode of “Beauty and the Beast” The “Game of Thrones” honcho recalled his...

Adams, Hancock, Revere…Their Rebellious Story of America’s Fight for Freedom Told in…TV Picks: Sons of Liberty is a three-night scripted miniseries premiere coming Sunday, January 25 at 9 p.m. Et on History®The miniseries, Sons of Liberty comes January 25, 26 and 27 at 9 p.m. The three-night, six-hour event follows a defiant and radical group of young men – Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren – as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. These Sons of Liberty lit the spark that ignited our revolution. […]...