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Daily Record
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Outlander star looks unrecognisable as she stuns at glitzy event
Outlander fans couldn't believe their eyes as the actress attended the Tony Awards ceremony last week Outlander actress Laura Donnelly looked sensational as she graced the red carpet alongside some star-studded showbiz faces. Hollywood legends such as George Clooney and Sadie Sink were also nominated at the Tony awards. Laura, famed for her role as Jenny Fraser in the early seasons of the hit Starz show, was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in The Hills of California. And the Irish-born actress looked stunning, with many fans complimenting her on the night earlier this week on Monday, June 9, saying she looked almost "unrecognisable". "Did anyone notice Laura Donnelly as one of the presenters on the TONY awards. She looked so different," quipped one Outlander fan. "If they hadn't posted her name, I would not have known that she was 'our Jenny'," said another. Laura's performance, in which she plays two roles, was described by the New York Times as a 'blur of skittery emotion'. Although she didn't walk away with top gongs, she certainly got everyone talking at the event hosted in New York on June 9. The 78th Tony Awards, which were hosted by Cynthia Erivo, recognises excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. Jamie Fraser's (played by Sam Heughan) older sister Jenny Murray was a key character of the Starz drama for the first three seasons of Outlander. In the show, Jenny decided to leave with Jamie for America after her husband Ian Murray (Steven Cree) died, believing there to be no reason to stay in Lallybroch. However, fans were unaware at the time that this would be the final time they would see Laura in the role. She left the historical drama due to having various other commitments. She was performing The Ferryman on Broadway at the time and was pregnant with her second child. Not bringing Donnelly back as Jenny wasn't for a lack of trying though, as executive producer Maril Davis told Entertainment Weekly in 2018. She explained: "We had every intention of having a Brianna and Jenny [moment] but we waited and we kept dragging our feet, quite honestly, because we thought we could convince her and the schedules would change. "We could move our schedule and accommodate her but at the end of the day, it just didn't work out so we scrambled to come up with another story.' Donnelly herself also said following her departure that a comeback was unlikely as she thought Jenny would be old and so 'I think that's probably me out'.
News18
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Tony Awards 2025 Full Winners List: Sarah Snook Is Best Actress, Stranger Things Dominates
Last Updated: Stranger Things The First Shadow won Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Sound Design of a Play at the Tony Awards 2025. Broadway's biggest night lit up New York City on Sunday as the 78th Tony Awards were held. Cynthia Erivo led the celebrations as host. One of the evening's standout moments came when Succession star Sarah Snook bagged the award for Best Actress in a Play for her stunning solo act in The Picture of Dorian Gray. History was made too when Kara Young became the first Black artist to win back-to-back Tony Awards. Stranger Things won big as well. This year's nominees, spread across 26 competitive categories, were earlier revealed on May 1. Check out the full winner's list below: Best Play (English) The Hills of California John Proctor is the Villain Oh, Mary! Purpose- WINNER Best Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending-WINNER Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Revival of a Play Eureka Day- WINNER Romeo + Juliet Thornton Wilder's Our Town Yellow Face Best Revival of a Musical Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd.- WINNER Best Book of a Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!- WINNER Jon Michael Hill, Purpose Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Harry Lennix, Purpose Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray – WINNER Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending-WINNER Andrew Durand, Dead OutlawTom Francis, Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff, Just in Time James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.-WINNER Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Glenn Davis, Purpose Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain Francis Jue, Yellow Face – WINNER Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Tala Ashe, English Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Marjan Neshat, English Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Kara Young, Purpose – WINNER Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein, Gypsy Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical – WINNER Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Joy Woods, Gypsy Best Scenic Design of a Play (English) The Hills of California The Picture of Dorian Gray Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER Good Night, and Good Luck Best Scenic Design of a Musical Swept Away Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER Buena Vista Social Club Death Becomes Her Just in Time Best Costume Design of a Play Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray – WINNER Rob Howell, The Hills of California Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Costume Design of a Musical Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her – WINNER Catherine Zuber, Just in Time Best Lighting Design of a Play The Hills of California Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER Good Night, and Good Luck John Proctor is the Villain The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Lighting Design of a Musical Sunset Blvd. – WINNER Buena Vista Social Club Floyd Collins Maybe Happy Ending Death Becomes Her Best Sound Design of a Play Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER John Proctor is the Villain Good Night, and Good Luck The Hills of California The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Sound Design of a Musical Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER Sunset Blvd. Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Floyd Collins Best Direction of a Play Knud Adams, English Sam Mendes, The Hills of California Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!-WINNER Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Direction of a Musical Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending-WINNER David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. Best Choreography SMASH Gypsy Death Becomes Her BOOP! The Musical Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER Best Orchestrations Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Floyd Collins Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER Sunset Blvd. First Published: June 09, 2025, 09:40 IST
Hindustan Times
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Tony Awards 2025: Sarah Snook is Best Actress, Stranger Things wins big; check out full list of winners
The 78th annual Tony Awards was hosted by Cynthia Erivo on Sunday in New York City. Succession star Sarah Snook took home the Tony Award trophy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her work in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Kara Young became the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively. The nominations across 26 competitive categories were announced on May 1. (Also Read | Tony Awards cap a record-breaking post-pandemic Broadway season) English The Hills of California John Proctor is the Villain Oh, Mary! Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Eureka Day Romeo + Juliet Thornton Wilder's Our Town Yellow Face Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Real Women Have Curves: The Musical George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! Jon Michael Hill, Purpose Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Harry Lennix, Purpose Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff, Just in Time James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Glenn Davis, Purpose Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Tala Ashe, English Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Marjan Neshat, English Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein, Gypsy Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Joy Woods, Gypsy English The Hills of California The Picture of Dorian Gray Good Night, and Good Luck Swept Away Buena Vista Social Club Death Becomes Her Just in Time Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck Rob Howell, The Hills of California Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending Catherine Zuber, Just in Time The Hills of California Good Night, and Good Luck John Proctor is the Villain The Picture of Dorian Gray Buena Vista Social Club Floyd Collins Maybe Happy Ending Death Becomes Her John Proctor is the Villain Good Night, and Good Luck The Hills of California The Picture of Dorian Gray Sunset Blvd. Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Floyd Collins Knud Adams, English Sam Mendes, The Hills of California Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. SMASH Gypsy Death Becomes Her BOOP! The Musical Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Floyd Collins Sunset Blvd.
Chicago Tribune
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
2025 Tony Awards: Steppenwolf Theatre's ‘Purpose' wins best play
NEW YORK — 'Purpose,' a drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that was commissioned and first produced by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the Tony Award for best play at the awards ceremony at Radio City Musical Hall. The play, with a stort loosely based on the family of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, was nominated alongside 'The Hills of California,' 'John Proctor Is the Villain' and 'Oh, Mary!' The win is a major victory for the famed Chicago company that last wowed New York theater with Tracy Letts' 'August: Osage County' in 2008. Actress Kara Young, who was added to the Chicago cast of 'Purpose' for the Broadway production, also won a Tony for best featured actress in a play. In accepting the award, Glenn Davis, Steppenwolf's co-artistic director and a cast member and Tony nominee himself, had the chance to remind New York and the television audience of Steppenwolf's accomplishments over the years. Playwright Jacobs-Jenkins thanked 'the city of Chicago for making this show what it was.' He also said Chicago had 'the best actors in America.' The 2025 Tony Awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League in a ceremony Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, hosted by 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo and broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.PHOTOS: Tony Awards 2025: Red Carpet Arrivals
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Is that about me?' Seth Rogen loves how ‘The Studio' keeps Hollywood guessing
Ever since viewers — especially those working in Hollywood — fell in love with The Studio, the series' creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have gotten accustomed to people at cocktail parties leaning in confidentially and asking, hushed, 'How did you hear that story about me?' 'The people who it's actually based on don't think it's based on them, and the people who it's not based on want to think it's based on them!' Rogen told Gold Derby at Apple TV+'s FYC celebration at the Hollywood Athletic Club, erupting into his signature chuckle. 'It's a funny pattern.' More from GoldDerby 'The Hills of California' star Laura Donnelly on having to revamp her character in 10 days: 'I had a minor panic attack' 'Beatles '64' director David Tedeschi on working with Martin Scorsese to create something 'that has never been seen before' 'Lilo & Stitch' set for massive opening, making 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' settle for 2nd 'When someone thinks it's based on them, it's best to let them,' Goldberg added. 'So many people have been like, 'I know where you got that idea!'' laughed costar and writer-producer Ike Barinholtz. 'Because I don't want to offend anyone. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's a lot of different ideas...' But I'm very touched when people see a little bit of themselves or something they recognize. To me it makes it resonate more with them.' Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images It's just one of the increasingly familiar aftereffects rippling toward Rogen, Goldberg, and their cast and creative team ever since The Studio found an appreciative mass audience and became required viewing for anyone working in Hollywood — both for the guessing game of Who inspired that? and the shock of recognition when the seemingly outrageous, high-stress behind-the-scenes scenarios hit a little too close to home. Some of it can be a little PTSD-triggering — or as Goldberg suggested, without the 'post,' because many of them 'are living it right now, every day.' Discovering the show was leaving showbiz insiders more than a little shook has actually been validating for Rogen. "A real fear I had was, 'The people we are truly discussing and analyzing — will it resonate with them? Will they think it's bullshit? Will they think we missed it?' But no! I'm actually friends with a few executives, who after every episode — I get several texts from them, literally, where they were just like, 'I can't believe you went there. How dare you? How dare you go there?'' 'I was on a call not too long ago with a friend of mine who works in casting, and it was right after the casting episode came out,' said Barinholtz, recalling the episode that depicted the constant, culturally sensitive landmines the show's film execs kept nearly stepping on while casting the Kool-Aid movie. 'She was like, 'I feel a little weird talking to you right now,' just because of that. It was too meta.' Barinholtz's beleaguered film executive Sal Saperstein has emerged as something of a cult hero following the uproarious Golden Globes episode in which he's repeatedly, unexpectedly thanked from the awards show stage as a running gag — something that's coming to life as Barinholtz is getting strangers offering shout-outs of 'Thank you, Sal Saperstein!' in his everyday life. Even Questlove quoted the line on social media, to the actor's disbelief. "If and when Adam Scott wins Best Actor for Severance, I hope he thanks Sal Saperstein," he said. "I'm trying to will that to happen, but it has definitely exploded a little bit. And whether it's Instagram commentators or people at a function I'm at, people want to come up and thank Sal Saperstein, and I'm here for it.' During the rollicking panel discussion — moderated by Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum — Rogen, Goldberg, Barinholtz were joined by costars Catherine O'Hara, Chase Sui Wonders, Dewayne Perkins, and Keyla Monterroso Mejia. Goldberg revealed that the creators have actually received unsolicited 'studio notes' from seemingly helpful executives. Getty Images 'We got a note that the Matt character doesn't understand responsibility enough and tries to be liked too much,' said Goldberg. 'And we were like, 'Yeah — that's his character. That's the point of the show!'' He chalked up the blind spot in their thinking to over-identifying with Rogen's character, Matt Remick. 'I think these executives see themselves in him and think, 'I don't do that, so he can't do that!' ... They're trying to 'solve' the show.' 'Yeah, they're trying to fix it — to fix my guy,' laughed Rogen. 'The show's not funny anymore if you fix my guy.' ''He should be more likable,'' Rogen quoted the execs' criticism. 'So should you!' One executive who showed a sense of humor was Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. He made a cameo in the Golden Globes episode and, when asked to react from his table as if he had just been thanked on stage, displayed just how well-practiced he is in real life. As for the confrontational scene in the men's room at the urinals, Rogen says the Hollywood titan was just as unfazed. 'He didn't blink at that — actually, he wanted it,' Rogen (maybe) quipped. Currently planning the second season of the show, Rogen and Goldberg told Gold Derby they're 'very much' looking to find ways to employ more distinctive cinematic techniques and technical toolkits, in the way the episode The Oner utilized the long, masterful one-shot takes made legendary in films like The Player and Goodfellas. 'There's all sorts of technical things we want to play with,' said Goldberg. 'We've also actually geared our thinking more towards real-time episodes,' Rogen added, 'because I think those are the ones that people seem to sort of engage with the most, and the more condensed timeline, the more people seem to enjoy it. That's something that we've also talked a lot about.' Apple TV+ But what matters most to the duo is that, underneath all the comedy and beyond all the weary and frustrating professional war stories, their unabashed love of the industry comes shining through. 'The show's written from our perspective, and that is how we approach every episode: as people who genuinely have faith overall that this industry is one that can provide great work and has people in it who are pursuing that,' said Rogen. 'We have amazing lives from this industry, and in general, we've gotten to do what we want. I look back to the things we've made and we're very proud of it. So we write from a place of appreciation and hope for the industry.' 'At times we've been beaten down by it and disappointed in it and aggravated by it, but at the end of the day, then we got to make a show about all that!' he added. 'So it's hard to be too down on it overall.' Goldberg hopes their enthusiasm is contagious. 'If I was in the audience at the end of the last episode,' he said, 'I would get up and chant 'Movies!'' Best of GoldDerby 'The Pitt' star Tracy Ifeachor thinks about Collins and Robby's backstory 'all the time': 'It just didn't work out because it's not the right time' How Eddie Redmayne crafted his 'deeply unflappable' assassin on 'The Day of the Jackal' TV composers roundtable: 'Adolescence,' 'Day of the Jackal,' 'Interview With the Vampire,' 'Your Friends and Neighbors' Click here to read the full article.
