Idina Menzel Admits Playing Lea Michele’s Mom In ‘Glee’ ‘Wasn’t Great For The Ego’

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based Latido Films has unveiled a slew of sales during the summer, led by standout deals reached on Daniel Calparsoro’s thriller “All the Names of God” and Gerardo Herrero’s comedy “Under Therapy.” The announcement comes as the 20 year-old company Latido disclosed early sales deals to Javier Fesser’s “Championext,” the sequel to his comedy blockbuster “Champions”- which has become Spain’s biggest box office hit of 2023, scoring €7.52 million ($8.08 million) and 1.2 million tickets sold through Sept. 3, three weekends after its Aug. 18 release.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Entertainment, sports and brand licensing firms WildBrain CPLG and WildBrain Ltd. have brokered location-based entertainment (LBE) deals on behalf of Peanuts Worldwide for “Peanuts,” “Teletubbies” and “In the Night Garden” with China’s Max-Matching Entertainments. These are expected to lead to the opening of family entertainment centers and IP-themed hotel rooms for each brand in Beijing, in Zhongshan City, Guangdong and a third city yet to be announced.

Israel has signed a filmmaking cooperation deal with Russia. The deal, which is understood to have been in the works for fifteen years, was inked by Israel’s Russian ambassador Alexander Ben Zvi and Russian culture minister Olga Lyubimova. “Now colleagues from Russia and Israel can exchange experiences, create films together, and work with film archives,” Lyubimova said in a post on the social network Telegram.

Prince William gets on "brilliantly" with Kate Middleton's younger sister, Pippa who has shown her loyalty and discretion to the Royal Family, a royal expert said.The Middleton sisters, Kate and Pippa are known to be "extremely close" and "talk about everything" as often as they can and it's no surprise when they're just a year and eight months apart in age. But the close bond goes deeper in the family as royal expert Jennie Bond spoke exclusively to OK! and said the Prince of Wales " gets along brilliantly with Pippa".The journalist and TV presenter continued: "She [Pippa] has proved a loyal and discreet sister-in-law.

Miley Cyrus has reflected on the day she decided to divorce Liam Hemsworth.The pair announced their split in August 2019, less than a year into their marriage. They had been together for 10 years and got engaged in 2012.During a recent instalment of her ‘Used To Be Young’ video series on TikTok, Cyrus said: “I just want to slow down because this is actually serious.” She went on to recall her performance at Glastonbury 2019, which was when she decided to break up with Hemsworth.“The day of the show is the day that I had decided that it was no longer going to work in my life to be in that relationship,” Cyrus remembered.The singer explained that while her and Hemsworth’s initial commitment to being married “came from, of course, a place of love”, it also came from a place of “trauma” and the need “to rebuild as quickly as [they] could” after losing their Malibu home the Woolsey fire in 2018.Looking back on her set on Glasto’s Pyramid Stage, Cyrus said: “That was another moment when the work, the performance, the character came first.

Pitbull has responded to the viral rumour circulating on social media, and denied that the musician is the father to 21 children.The claim has been making the rounds across TikTok recently and alleges that Mr Worldwide has had over 20 children with multiple women, who are all located across 13 different countries.As highlighted by Rolling Stone, the viral claim stems back to a video shared last month by an account going by the handle ‘Pat Williams Comedy’, which made a compilation of famous faces across the entertainment industry who have a large number of children.Titled the Celebrity Baby Mama Hall Of Fame (Part Two), the content creator listed off some of the big names who have brought numerous children into the world, and while some were pretty accurate – including Clint Eastwood and former NBA star Shawn Kemp – others seemed to be a little too extreme to be true.The video named Pitbull as a “Hawaiian island volcano”, adding that he has fathered “21 kids with 18 different women in 13 different countries. He sees them all twice a year, and he’s never missed a child support payment.”Crown Em’ – BBM HOF Part 2 #celebrity #money #satire #parents ♬ original sound – Pat Williams Comedy Although the video by Williams was posted with the hashtag “#Satire” and has amassed over four million views since it was posted in mid-August, it looked like few bothered to fact-check the figures quoted by the page.

People in parts of Greater Manchester will be able to catch a glimpse of the Red Arrows on Friday.

Latrice Royale is the latest Drag Race alum to join the cast of We’re Here!

An abusive thug who was described as a 'brilliant dad' sent a video to his girlfriend showing him smashing her perfume bottles before claiming he was trying to "Get the gaff smelling banging for the chicks."

Dundee United are set to land Jordan Tillson from Ross County.

A keen swimmer on a mission to raise awareness of addiction will brave a six mile open water sea swim in memory of her ‘soulmate’.

Millions of households across Great Britain are at risk of becoming ill because they are not switching on their heating when it is cold, a consumer watchdog has warned. A Which? survey of 4,000 people found high energy bills had led to almost nine in 10 households (85%) trying to cut back on their energy usage, while nearly half (46%) said they had not turned their heating on when it was cold last winter.

Scott Arfield has slammed criticism of the mentality of Rangers' defence as "extremely unfair."

A divided Huntington Beach City Council voted Wednesday to seek a ban on universal mask and Covid vaccine mandates in the city.

Hollywood legend Al Pacino is understood to have parted ways from his significantly younger girlfriend Noor Alfallah, just three months after the duo welcomed a baby together. According to The Blast, Noor, 29, has also filed documents in Los Angeles for full physical custody of their little boy, Roman Alfallah Pacino, but insisted that his 83 year old actor father will have "reasonable visitation".

Princess Andre has been compared to Barbie after sharing new snaps from a beauty event she attended with famous mum Katie Price. The 16 year old, who recently ruled out having plastic surgery despite mum Katie's numerous procedures, enjoyed a day out at Doll Beauty's 'Gimme Tan' launch event at Neighbourhood in Liverpool, where she was joined by Katie, 45, and her on-off boyfriend Carl Woods, 34.

As a showbiz journalist, the National Television Awards are the biggest night in the calendar, with the biggest celebs from soaps, reality and more gathering at London's O2 Arena.This year was full of poignant moments, from EastEnders star and son of the late Jade Goody Bobby Brazier winning the award for rising star to Danielle Harold scooping Best Serial Drama for her portrayal of Lola Pearce in the soap. Sarah Lancashire was also the star of the night as she was awarded for Best Drama Performance in Happy Valley and given a special recognition gong.

The latest series of Love Island may have only been over for a month, but talk has already turned to future seasons. On the back of former contestants Adam Collard and Kady McDermott re-entering the Love Island villa, earlier this week it was announced that Love Island All Stars would be launching on our screens.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ukrainian director Anna Buryachkova, awaiting the Venice premiere of her new film “Forever-Forever,” will soon turn to documentary “Will We Feel Again,” she revealed to Variety in Italy. The film will see her reunite with Natalia Libet, producing for 2Brave Productions. “In Ukraine, this is the time when you make documentaries, obviously.

A young Lockerbie couple cancelled their holiday to Rhodes – and climbed Criffel instead.

Former Dumfries and County player Connor Syme got some Swiss bliss with his best finish of the season on Sunday.

A Dumfries homeless support charity has been forced to close its town centre shop.

Athletes will descend on Crossmichael this weekend for the Beltie Triathlon.

An Annan restaurant has scooped an honour at the Scottish Bar and Pub Awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indonesian production firm is setting its sights on becoming a diverse studio operation with the injection of high-profile management and the acquisition of a significant new animated series “Nussa.” It will also display its credentials at next month’s Busan International Film Festival where two of its feature films are selected. Its “24 Hours with Gaspar,” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen, will compete for the Kim Jiseok Award.

Sort Your Life Out host Stacey Solomon has revealed that she and her husband, Joe Swash, were "told off" on the red carpet at the National Television Awards.The couple were at the awards on Tuesday, 5 September, as Sort Your Life Out was nominated for the first time in the Factual category, but they sadly lost out to Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs. However, before the ceremony kicked off, the couple had to walk the red carpet, which was surrounded by fans, journalists and photographers.

Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Michael B. Jordan, and Sofia Coppola have been named this year’s honorees for the Academy Museum Gala to be held on October 14.

FX has revealed the release date for the next chapter of American Horror Story. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s horror anthology series will launch its 12th season, titled AHS: Delicate, on Wednesday, September 20, the network shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Idina Menzel wasn’t so thrilled about one aspect of her role on Glee! And it’s not what you might think!

Idina Menzel can't seem to let it go. The 52-year-old Broadway veteran and star reflected on her role as Shelby Corcoran on the hit series during a recent interview.

Dahmer – Monster: A Jeffrey Dahmer Story, has explained how she edited certain scenes so audiences wouldn’t feel sympathy towards him.Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the Netflix series follows the life and crimes of the American serial killer, played by Evan Peters.Speaking to Variety, Filo detailed how a scene in episode four, where Dahmer returns home from the army to have Christmas dinner with his parents, was altered to reduce the chance of it gaining a sympathetic reaction from viewers.“That used to play as one full scene, but it felt too heavy on their family dynamic,” Filo said.In the final version, the scene was intercut with other events to provide further context for his crimes. She added: “That intercutting and seeing the weird things he’s been up to helped give context to the horrific things that were happening instead of having a guy just hanging out with his parents.”In a scene from episode eight where victim impact statements are read, Filo said she felt a responsibility to ensure she was being respectful to those involved.

Idina Menzel made her Glee debut in the hit show’s first season playing Lea Michele‘s mom. Now, she revealed how the role really made her feel.

“Let It Go.”Idina Menzel is speaking out about playing Lea Michele’s mother on the hit Fox series “Glee,” saying it “wasn’t great for the ego.”The Broadway diva, now 52, was just 38 when she was cast as Shelby Corcoran —the mother of Michele’s character, Rachel Berry. Menzel is just 15 years older than Michele and had only just given birth to her own baby when she made her “Glee” debut in 2010, so playing the mother of a teenage character was jarring.

Olivia Rodrigo‘s music video for “Bad Idea Right?” is on everyone’s mind — and not only because of the not-so cryptic lyrics.

Funny Girl, the Broadway revival with one of the strangest casting histories in recent theatrical memory, has recouped its $16.5 million capitalization, producers announced today.

Netflix’s head of U.S. and Canada scripted series executive Peter Friedlander just gave an insightful interview with Variety where he covered numerous topics that subscribers might be interested in.