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ABC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Your chance to win ABC Radio Sydney's Golden Ticket
Want tickets to some of Sydney's biggest events and experiences? Well, ABC Radio Sydney has you covered because our Golden Ticket is back! We are giving two lucky listeners the chance to win a fantastic prize package across the first 2 weeks of June. Our Golden Ticket includes: Tickets to see LeAnn Rimes at the ICC Sydney Theatre on Saturday September 13 Tickets to see LeAnn Rimes at the ICC Sydney Theatre on Saturday September 13 Tickets to see Cats at the Theatre Royal plus a VIP meet and greet after the show Tickets to see Cats at the Theatre Royal plus a VIP meet and greet after the show Tickets to see Coriolanus at the Nielson Nutshell with drinks and cheese platter included Tickets to see Coriolanus at the Nielson Nutshell with drinks and cheese platter included Tickets to see The Australian Ballet's Prism at the Sydney Opera House How to enter: Listen to 702 ABC Radio Sydney across the day for code words and the cue-to-call. You'll get the chance to enter the draw on Breakfast with the cue to call at 7.30am, Mornings with the cue to call at 10.30am, Afternoons with the cue to call at 2.30pm and Drive with the cue to call after 5.00pm. How to listen: You can listen on-air on 702 AM or on the ABC Listen app. Good luck! Competition terms and conditions apply.
Khaleej Times
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
'Basic Instinct' actor Denis Arndt has died, confirms family
Tony Award-nominated veteran actor Denis Arndt has died. He was 86. According to Deadline, his family confirmed his passing in an obituary, remembering him as a talented and passionate individual who lived life to the fullest. Arndt's remarkable career spanned over five decades, with notable performances on stage and screen. Born on February 23, 1939, in Issaquah, Washington, Arndt served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, earning two Purple Hearts. According to Deadline, after the war, he began his acting career in Seattle, eventually moving to regional theater and later, Broadway. His regional theatre credits include productions at the Seattle Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where he performed title roles in King Lear and Coriolanus. In 2017, Arndt received a Tony nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Alex in Simon Stephens' Heisenberg, opposite Mary-Louise Parker. Arndt's screen career began in the 1970s, with appearances in popular TV shows such as Murder, She Wrote, CSI, and Grey's Anatomy. He also had notable film roles, including the interrogation scene in Basic Instinct (1992) and a part in Undisputed (2002) alongside Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames. In their heartfelt obituary, Arndt's family remembered him as a charismatic and passionate individual who lived life on his own terms. "In his own way, Dad lived his life as a full and generous performance... His legacy, both on and off stage, will live on in the hearts of family, friends, and community members." According to Deadline, Arndt's family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, people follow their passion and live life to the fullest, as he did.
USA Today
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Othello' review: Jake Gyllenhaal is electrifying with Denzel Washington
'Othello' review: Jake Gyllenhaal is electrifying with Denzel Washington Show Caption Hide Caption Denzel Washington's 'Othello' breaks Broadway box office record "Othello," now playing on Broadway and starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, achieved a weekly gross of more than $2.8 million. Cheddar NEW YORK – 'Othello' has fast become Broadway's most impossible ticket, although it's easy to see why. The play, which opened March 23 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, is a formidable showcase for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, even if the uninspired production around them leaves much to be desired. The first Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's tragedy in more than four decades, 'Othello' follows a venerated Marine Corps general (Washington) who is driven to jealousy and rage by his conniving junior officer, Iago (Gyllenhaal). Incensed when he is passed over for a promotion, Iago sets out to poison Othello against his virtuous young wife, Desdemona (Molly Osborne), claiming she is having an affair with the handsome lieutenant Cassio (Andrew Burnap). The cast is uniformly excellent. Osborne painfully conveys Desdemona's distress and confusion over her husband's unfounded accusations, while it's impossible to take your eyes off the tremendous Burnap, who brings pathos and magnetism to the caddish Cassio. Kimber Elayne Sprawl also wows as Iago's defiant wife Emilia, who becomes increasingly jaded over the ways in which women are oppressed and degraded. Washington, 70, has established himself as one of America's most vital Shakespeare interpreters, having starred in both stage and screen iterations of 'Coriolanus,' 'Macbeth,' 'Julius Caesar' and 'Much Ado About Nothing.' He starts 'Othello' on somewhat unsure footing: at times garbling his words, racing through dialogue and listlessly ambling in and out of scenes. But he settles in as the play goes on, capturing Othello's creeping insecurities over both his race and old age. And as the action hurtles toward its inevitable bloodshed, Washington places the audience in a ferocious chokehold that never lets up. The two-time Oscar winner is fearsome and towering, for sure, although this production ultimately belongs to Gyllenhaal, 44. Despite being one of Hollywood's most recognizable names, the actor has always felt somewhat underappreciated: Outside of a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for 'Brokeback Mountain' in 2006, he has somehow never won a major industry prize. But here, Gyllenhaal mesmerizes in a career-best performance that taps into the infinite well of his talent, portraying Iago's scorching resentment, guile and humor. Even when he is quietly stewing on the edge of the stage, you can see his eyes blazing with bitter vengeance. With an ensemble as mighty as this, it's a shame that director Kenny Leon's prosaic staging feels like such an afterthought, given his artful recent work on "Our Town" and "Purlie Victorious." An opening title card announces that the story is set in a vague 'near future,' where the men dress like Murray Hill bros, while the women look as if they stepped out of a Talbots catalog. (And please, dear God, it's time for a moratorium on army fatigues in modern Shakespeare productions.) Derek McLane's scenic design is frustratingly rote – mostly consisting of moving columns – although lighting designer Natasha Katz manages to create some stunning silhouettes as the violence ramps up in the second act. One could argue that the staging is deliberately spare, so as not to pull focus from the performances. But after similarly muddled productions of 'Macbeth,' with Daniel Craig, and 'Romeo and Juliet,' with Rachel Zegler, is it too much to ask for a Shakespeare revival with something more to say? 'Othello' is now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 W. 47th Street) through June 8, 2025.
