How strange. “Stranger Things” star Jennifer Marshall has called out Netflix for not having her appear in the hit show’s fifth and final season – especially because her return would’ve helped secure union health insurance as she recovers from a startling battle with skin cancer. “I had cancer, I get it,” the actress, 44, wrote … Read more
NEW YORK — Kimberly Belflower knew “John Proctor is the Villain” needed its final cathartic scene to work — and, for that, it needed Lorde’s “Green Light.” “I literally told my agent, ‘I would rather the play just not get done if it can’t use that song,’” the playwright laughed. She wrote Lorde a letter, explaining what … Read more
Theater review JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN One hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street. The loud title of the Broadway play “John Proctor is the Villain” reads like the rare high-school essay that wasn’t written hours before it’s due. It’s a smart and edgy thesis about … Read more
She’s running up that hill. Sadie Sink, 22, who stars as Max in “Stranger Things,” is opening up about the fifth and final season of the Netflix hit, which doesn’t yet have an announced premiere date. In Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” Max nearly dies. She survives but is left blind and in a coma. … Read more
Everything is right-side-up in the Upside Down world. The cast of “Stranger Things” is back at work on Season 5, expected to be the final season of the hit Netflix series. A photo posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday shows the cast posing together under the caption, “Stranger Things 5 production has officially begun!” … Read more
Brendan Fraser Photo: Tommaso Boddi (Getty Images) The long-overdue renaissance of Brendan Fraser reached a new high point last night at the Toronto International Film Festival, a homecoming in some ways for the Canadian actor. Fraser received one of TIFF’s highest honors, the Tribute Award for Performance, in recognition of his starring turn in Darren … Read more