Hello from JFK – off to LA to interview the director of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. * Hugh Jackman played fabulous host for the Tony Awards – as Bryan Cranston and Neill Patrick Harris, his fellow do-it-all pals, picked up top honours. Cranston’s All the Way scored best play, while A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and A Raisin in the Sun got best musical and best revival, respectively. * Jack White, The Strokes, Skrillex and Vampire Weekend made this past weekend’s Governors Ball a
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Entertainment Express: Maya Angelou, Edge of Tomorrow, Tori Amos, Coldplay, Dr Dre
* Social media has been a lovely place filled with warm tributes to author and activist Maya Angelou, and quotes of the words she gave the world. The poet died at her home in North Carolina on Wednesday at the age of 86, after suffering from heart problems. * Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt did a 3-in-1 premiere, travelling from London to Paris to New York in one day, to promote the Edge of Tomorrow. The unprecedented publicity stunt precedes the big question when the film releases this Friday, as to whether Cruise can launch a new big blockbuster. From the reviews and word-of-mouth I’ve heard so far, the answer may…
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RIP Maya Angelou
She’s one of the greatest voices of our time – her words that have been shared and passed on and treasured and lived by from generation to generation, and now, at the age of 86, Maya Angelou has died. Her longtime literary agent confirmed on Wednesday that she was found in her home in North Carolina, and although no immediate cause of death was given, the author had been sick for some time with heart problems. The poems and novels and memoirs she left behind will be the testimony to her life of service, courage and strength. Her achievements, from her landmark book of 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, to…
