It was a big morning for blood-sucking monsters. No, not the teen vampires from “The Lost Boys” — The Tony Awards nominating committee. Oh, what a pack of ruthless killers they are. Tuesday’s nominations for the best of the Broadway season made it plainly clear what the group of 55 voting theater professionals absolutely loathed. … Read more
Theater review THE FEAR OF 13 One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission. At the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 W. 48th Street. It speaks volumes about Adrien Brody’s choice of roles that next to his anguished, Oscar-winning turns in “The Pianist” and “The Brutalist,” his Broadway debut as a wronged man who spends … Read more
Has all the applause gotten out of hand? At this year’s Venice Film Festival, which ends Saturday, three movies so far have received standing ovations reported to last 15 minutes or more. Mamma mia! Donald Pearsall / NY Post Design The wildest responses have gone to “The Smashing Machine,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as … Read more
Conan O’Brien is looking back at this brutally long Oscars speech. On the upcoming April 20th episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, the comic, 61, spoke with Carol Leifer about Adrien Brody winning the Best Actor award for “The Brutalist.” “How to be funny if you’re going to give a speech, the … Read more
Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday. “The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,” O’Brien said in … Read more
I have just woken up from a strange and confusing dream. I dreamt that the 2025 Golden Globe Awards were actually tolerable. But it wasn’t a dream. It was a broadcast! And Nicole Kidman, and Timothée Chalamet, and Angelina Jolie and “Wicked” were there, Auntie Em! Look, it’s still an award show — a genre … Read more
movie review THE BRUTALIST <em>Running time: 215 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, graphic nudity, rape, drug use and some language).</em> In every sense, the extraordinary director Brady Corbet’s period drama about a Jewish architect who emigrates to the US after World War II is mammoth: its decades-long story, titanic set pieces and, perhaps most of … Read more
Adrien Brody says he has PTSD from working on the 2002 Holocaust drama “The Pianist,” owing to the dramatic weight loss he undertook for the film. The star, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman in the Roman Polanski movie, spoke about the experience making the biopic during … Read more
Almost a year after he died, Ray Liotta is still starring in a slate of new movies. The “Goodfellas” actor, whose cause of death at age 67 was revealed by TMZ on Monday to be “pulmonary edema and acute heart failure,” has at least three films completed or in post-production. One will be released as … Read more