62-year-old actress Jamie Lee Curtis will be honored at the 78th annual Venice International Film Festival. Organizers announced in a press release that Curtis will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the film festival. The award ceremony will take place Sept. 8 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema. The event will be followed by the out-of-competition screening of Curtis’ film Halloween Kills.
Paramount Pictures shared the trailer for the new film Clifford the Big Red Dog, featuring David Alan Grier as the voice of Clifford. Clifford the Big Red Dog is based on the Norman Bridwell children’s book series of the same name.
Filmmaker Kevin Smith shared the first official trailer for his upcoming animated series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Smith tweeted, along with the 2-minute preview: “THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE UNIVERSE starts now! See the story trailer for our @MastersOfficial #REVELATION animated series, only on @netflix July 23rd! (Please send lots of love to our @powerhouseanim directors @PatrickStannard & @ProbablyAcon for all the Powerful visuals!)”
Plaza Suite, starring real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, will return to Broadway in 2022. Producers announced on social media that the revival of the Neil Simon play will begin previews Feb. 22 at Hudson Theatre in New York, and officially open March 28. Tickets are available now at the link: here.
Harry Connick, Jr., has joined the cast of the NBC special Annie Live! Connick, 53, will play Daddy Warbucks in the TV musical. NBC announced earlier this month that Empire actress Taraji P. Henson will play Miss Hannigan.
