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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'10 Things I Hate About You' Director Weighs in on Broadway Musical Adaptation: 'Don't Hurt My Baby' (Exclusive)
Gil Junger, director of 10 Things I Hate About You, is weighing in on the upcoming Broadway musical, 25 years after the release of the 1999 original While not involved in the production, Junger says he's "so excited to see what" Lena Dunham, who is cowriting the book, "does with this" The musical will also feature a score co-written by pop star Carly Rae JepsenThe director of 10 Things I Hate About You is weighing in on the recently announced Broadway musical adaptation. In a conversation with PEOPLE, Gil Junger says he's "so excited" for the upcoming production based on his hit 1999 teen rom-com of the same name, despite not being directly involved in it. "It's funny because years ago, I was offered [the opportunity to direct a stage production]," says Junger, 70. "That was brought up to me a couple of times over the last 15 years. And I always said, 'Look, if you get your financing together, I'm down.' And they never got back to me." That being said, the show — which will be directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, from a book co-written by Lena Dunham and a score co-written by Carly Rae Jepsen— is something Junger still looks forward to taking in as a viewer. "I'm so excited to see what Lena does with this," he says of Dunham, 38. "She's just so incredibly talented. She has that voice." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. 10 Things I Hate About You follows teen Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles), a high-achieving, sharp-tongued loner who is constantly compared to her perky, popular younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) by their overprotective single dad, Walter (Larry Miller). But Kat's world is soon turned upside down by Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), an edgy new student who challenges her cynical views. PEOPLE confirmed the in-development 10 Things I Hate About You Broadway musical on April 23. Jepsen, 39, is partnering with Ethan Gruska on the score, while Dunham has been tapped to co-write the book with playwright Jessica Huang, according to Billboard. Two-time Tony winner Tom Kitt will serve as music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator, with Mike Bosner producing. Junger admits to PEOPLE that "there's a little bit of 'Don't hurt my baby' " in terms of his feelings about the upcoming show, as he doesn't "want it to hurt the essence" or "legend" of the movie. "I did put a little curse on the guy," he jokes of Wheeldon, 52, who's known for productions like An American in Paris and MJ: The Musical. "No, I wish them great luck with it." And considering the creative team including Dunham and Jepsen, "It's in such good hands," the filmmaker adds. "I'm just excited to see it." Junger isn't out of the 10 Things game completely, though. In fact, he is developing a follow-up film that he is planning to direct, and he is currently writing the screenplay with Naya Elle James. Titled 10 Things I Hate About Dating, the movie will be the first of a planned trilogy, according to Junger, followed by 10 Things I Hate About Marriage and 10 Things I Hate About Kids. Similarly to how the original film was a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's 16th-century comedy The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About Dating will be inspired by Molière's 1666 play The Misanthrope, Junger tells PEOPLE. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! And although it's unclear at this moment how much of the original film will play a part in the new story, the director would love to see some familiar faces in the next iteration, which will be aimed at an audience in the 30 age range as opposed to the first movie's teen target. Asked whether there might be a nod to Ledger, who died in 2008 at age 28, in 10 Things I Hate About Dating, Junger says, "I think that's a beautiful idea, and the answer is now going to be yes. ... He deserves to be loved." An opening date for 10 Things I Hate About You on Broadway has not yet been announced. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Things to do this weekend in Rochester (May 4-5)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The weekend is nearly upon us — if you are looking for something to do in Rochester, there are plenty of events to check out: The Red Wings will continue their match-up against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs into the weekend. First pitch for both weekend games is 1:05 p.m. The Red Wings will continue their Garden Factory Week. On Saturday afternoon, there will be a clean sweep and on Sunday afternoon, the Red Wings will hold 'Kids Run the Bases.' You can buy tickets on the Red Wings' website by clicking here. 'An American in Paris,' inspired by the 1950s film by the same name, will be on stage at the JCC throughout the weekend. Saturday's show will be held at 8 p.m. and Sunday's show will be held at 2 p.m. Tickets can be bought online on RPO's website. The opening day of the International Plaza's Market Days will be held on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be live performances from Alma De Mexico during the ceremony. For those who can't make it, a full list of events can be found here. The annual Kite Flight invites residents of all ages to Ontario Beach Park this Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. The event will start with kids being shown how to make kites, then they will fly those kites at 1 p.m. Afterward, there will be the ROC City Circus. The event is free for all to attend. A pickleball fundraiser 'Pinkleball' will hold a pickleball event in support of the Breast Cancer Confidence Project on Saturday, May 3, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to playing pickleball, there will also be a mammogram unit on-site at Dinkers Pickleball Facility. The cost to enter is $25 per person, $20 for anyone under the age of 12. The Rochester International Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, May 1 at the Dryden Theater, with its final day being on Saturday, May 3. There will be a matinee at 3 p.m. and screenings of short films at 7:30 p.m. Each show will feature a trophy presentation and Q&A with the filmmakers. If you can't make it to Saturday's screening, the Thursday and Friday screenings are at 7:30 p.m. both days. The 6th annual Rochester Renaissance Festivus will be held on Sunday on Atlantic Avenue starting in the afternoon. There will be entertainment for people of all ages, food, and arts and crafts at the festival. If you know of an event happening this weekend, send it to us at WROCDigital@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sydney Morning Herald
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
10 iconic films that are finally streaming in Australia
I have a ritual when a new streaming service launches in Australia: I try to find the oldest movie available. Mostly I am disappointed. Classic Hollywood movies, very broadly from the introduction of the 'talkies' in the late 1920s through to late 1960s, are deeply under-represented in the streaming age (and other cinematic cultures, such as Japan or France, are essentially non-existent). Loading Timeless filmmaking just isn't a priority for commercial streaming services. If you search on Netflix, for example, the oldest movies in their 'classics' section are just two Hollywood releases from the 1960s – the 1966 western The Professionals and the 1969 counterculture salvo Easy Rider. Calling that minute selection tokenistic would be generous. But when Max launched at the start of this month I finally found satisfaction. Among the assets of Max's parent company, Warner Bros Discovery, is Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Launched in 1994 as a cable channel by media mogul Ted Turner, TCM holds the rights to significant Hollywood feature film libraries. TCM has its own hub on Max, debuting in Australia with approximately 100 initial titles and plans to add more. That number is just a drop in the ocean, but it's still a promising start and a terrific collection in itself. Whether you're unfamiliar with classic Hollywood movies or rediscovering the long unavailable works of iconic stars and celebrated directors, there's already much to enjoy on TCM. Here are 10 recommendations to get you under way. An American in Paris (1951) Culminating in a magical 17-minute dance sequence where stars Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron high-step their way through 44 different sets, this stylised Hollywood musical was a best picture winner at the Academy Awards. With Kelly as the expatriate artist caught between a wealthy older woman (Nina Foch) and an ingenue (Caron), the story is familiar, but every technical aspect is inspired, and the stars give off sparks. For fans of: La La Land. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Fresh from Broadway, Mike Nichols captured every lacerating verbal blow in his adaptation of Edward Albee's play about sparring married adversaries (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) who bring a younger couple (George Segal and Sandy Dennis) into their alcohol-soaked world of mutual torment and shattered illusions. Marriage is a crucible in this chamber piece where every edge cuts to the bone. For fans of: Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The film that invented the teenager. 'That's a new disease,' Natalie Wood's high school student Judy notes after meeting James Dean's disaffected fellow student, Jim. Nicholas Ray's potent melodrama turns the coming-of-age tale into a troubled quest to stay afloat amidst parental condemnation and exploitative peers. Dean's brooding performance is the definition of iconic. For fans of: The O.C., Heartbreak High. Dial M for Murder (1954) This knotty crime thriller, which boasts a fascinating and unexpected performance from Grace Kelly, is generally not considered a top-tier Alfred Hitchcock film, but the film's mordant humour and sharply visual storytelling have aged exceptionally well. Ray Milland's cold-hearted former professional athlete plots to have his unfaithful wife (Kelly) murdered to get the insurance money, but his plan goes awry. For fans of: Killing Eve, Fargo. Loading Adam's Rib (1949) Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were one of Hollywood's great screen couples, and this pithy, prescient romantic-comedy about married New York lawyers on either side of a hot-button case involving adultery is a standout collaboration. George Cukor's direction leans into the high-spirited, making for a battle of the sexes that highlights the feisty, fertile dynamic between the two leads. For fans of: LA Law, Suits. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Withdrawn from circulation for decades following controversy about its subject and copycat crimes upon release, Stanley Kubrick's dystopian drama about the criminal journey of a bored British teenager (Malcolm McDowell's Alex) is the director indulging both his cold eye for violence and a satirical approach that is particularly uncompromising. The crime comes with punishment (and plenty of Beethoven), as Kubrick works over the audience's sympathies. For fans of: Fight Club. Gaslight (1944) Yes, it's the movie that inspired the now much-used term. Ingrid Bergman plays a wife psychologically tormented by her gold-digging husband (Charles Boyer), who uses false accusations, conniving interpretations and blanket denials to dislodge her sanity. Marital bliss is a cruel illusion in this mix of noir menace and haunted house unease, and Bergman gives a full-blooded performance as a woman taken to her absolute limits. Ninotchka (1939) This witty, urbane screwball comedy where personal pleasure proves too much for state ideology has a timeless appeal. Greta Garbo, the sternest of Hollywood leading ladies, plays a Soviet commissar sent to Paris to fix a trade deal gone awry. But she comes up against a charmingly dissolute Russian exile (Melvyn Douglas), whose attempts to sabotage her mission turns into a livewire romantic attraction. Loading For fans of: Bridgerton, Gilmore Girls. The Maltese Falcon (1941) In the legendary John Huston's directorial debut, Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade, a San Francisco private eye who gets caught up in the murderous competition between rivals pursuing the priceless titular artifact. It's a tight, coolly executed crime thriller, with a memorable supporting cast of nefarious contenders, each of whom is open to negotiation and a double-cross. Greed's corrupting force has rarely been so entertaining. For fans of: Perry Mason. The Searchers (1956) TCM has some excellent westerns, but I can't go past John Ford's compelling collaboration with John Wayne, which took the leading man's stoic heroism and turned it into vengeful self-loathing. Wayne plays a Civil War veteran whose niece (once again, Natalie Wood) is kidnapped by Native Americans – he spends years in a brutal pursuit, even as his motivation darkens. The final shot is an all-time heartbreaker.
The Age
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
10 iconic films that are finally streaming in Australia
I have a ritual when a new streaming service launches in Australia: I try to find the oldest movie available. Mostly I am disappointed. Classic Hollywood movies, very broadly from the introduction of the 'talkies' in the late 1920s through to late 1960s, are deeply under-represented in the streaming age (and other cinematic cultures, such as Japan or France, are essentially non-existent). Loading Timeless filmmaking just isn't a priority for commercial streaming services. If you search on Netflix, for example, the oldest movies in their 'classics' section are just two Hollywood releases from the 1960s – the 1966 western The Professionals and the 1969 counterculture salvo Easy Rider. Calling that minute selection tokenistic would be generous. But when Max launched at the start of this month I finally found satisfaction. Among the assets of Max's parent company, Warner Bros Discovery, is Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Launched in 1994 as a cable channel by media mogul Ted Turner, TCM holds the rights to significant Hollywood feature film libraries. TCM has its own hub on Max, debuting in Australia with approximately 100 initial titles and plans to add more. That number is just a drop in the ocean, but it's still a promising start and a terrific collection in itself. Whether you're unfamiliar with classic Hollywood movies or rediscovering the long unavailable works of iconic stars and celebrated directors, there's already much to enjoy on TCM. Here are 10 recommendations to get you under way. An American in Paris (1951) Culminating in a magical 17-minute dance sequence where stars Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron high-step their way through 44 different sets, this stylised Hollywood musical was a best picture winner at the Academy Awards. With Kelly as the expatriate artist caught between a wealthy older woman (Nina Foch) and an ingenue (Caron), the story is familiar, but every technical aspect is inspired, and the stars give off sparks. For fans of: La La Land. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Fresh from Broadway, Mike Nichols captured every lacerating verbal blow in his adaptation of Edward Albee's play about sparring married adversaries (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) who bring a younger couple (George Segal and Sandy Dennis) into their alcohol-soaked world of mutual torment and shattered illusions. Marriage is a crucible in this chamber piece where every edge cuts to the bone. For fans of: Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The film that invented the teenager. 'That's a new disease,' Natalie Wood's high school student Judy notes after meeting James Dean's disaffected fellow student, Jim. Nicholas Ray's potent melodrama turns the coming-of-age tale into a troubled quest to stay afloat amidst parental condemnation and exploitative peers. Dean's brooding performance is the definition of iconic. For fans of: The O.C., Heartbreak High. Dial M for Murder (1954) This knotty crime thriller, which boasts a fascinating and unexpected performance from Grace Kelly, is generally not considered a top-tier Alfred Hitchcock film, but the film's mordant humour and sharply visual storytelling have aged exceptionally well. Ray Milland's cold-hearted former professional athlete plots to have his unfaithful wife (Kelly) murdered to get the insurance money, but his plan goes awry. For fans of: Killing Eve, Fargo. Loading Adam's Rib (1949) Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were one of Hollywood's great screen couples, and this pithy, prescient romantic-comedy about married New York lawyers on either side of a hot-button case involving adultery is a standout collaboration. George Cukor's direction leans into the high-spirited, making for a battle of the sexes that highlights the feisty, fertile dynamic between the two leads. For fans of: LA Law, Suits. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Withdrawn from circulation for decades following controversy about its subject and copycat crimes upon release, Stanley Kubrick's dystopian drama about the criminal journey of a bored British teenager (Malcolm McDowell's Alex) is the director indulging both his cold eye for violence and a satirical approach that is particularly uncompromising. The crime comes with punishment (and plenty of Beethoven), as Kubrick works over the audience's sympathies. For fans of: Fight Club. Gaslight (1944) Yes, it's the movie that inspired the now much-used term. Ingrid Bergman plays a wife psychologically tormented by her gold-digging husband (Charles Boyer), who uses false accusations, conniving interpretations and blanket denials to dislodge her sanity. Marital bliss is a cruel illusion in this mix of noir menace and haunted house unease, and Bergman gives a full-blooded performance as a woman taken to her absolute limits. Ninotchka (1939) This witty, urbane screwball comedy where personal pleasure proves too much for state ideology has a timeless appeal. Greta Garbo, the sternest of Hollywood leading ladies, plays a Soviet commissar sent to Paris to fix a trade deal gone awry. But she comes up against a charmingly dissolute Russian exile (Melvyn Douglas), whose attempts to sabotage her mission turns into a livewire romantic attraction. Loading For fans of: Bridgerton, Gilmore Girls. The Maltese Falcon (1941) In the legendary John Huston's directorial debut, Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade, a San Francisco private eye who gets caught up in the murderous competition between rivals pursuing the priceless titular artifact. It's a tight, coolly executed crime thriller, with a memorable supporting cast of nefarious contenders, each of whom is open to negotiation and a double-cross. Greed's corrupting force has rarely been so entertaining. For fans of: Perry Mason. The Searchers (1956) TCM has some excellent westerns, but I can't go past John Ford's compelling collaboration with John Wayne, which took the leading man's stoic heroism and turned it into vengeful self-loathing. Wayne plays a Civil War veteran whose niece (once again, Natalie Wood) is kidnapped by Native Americans – he spends years in a brutal pursuit, even as his motivation darkens. The final shot is an all-time heartbreaker.
