DAVID BYRNE

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"David Byrne's American Utopia" Reopens on Broadway FILE - Musician David Byrne performs at the Broadway reopening of "David Byrne's American Utopia" at the St. James Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in New York. “They're thrilled, just completely thrilled, to be in a theater, seeing a show, hearing music,” he said. Some of the change in the audience composition might be due to Spike Lee's filmed version of “American Utopia,” which streamed while the live show itself was dark. Byrne has committed to a different theater project in Denver, Colorado, next summer, so it won't go on indefinitely. Just as importantly, “American Utopia” doesn't feel dated upon its return, he said.

As he brings “American Utopia” back to Broadway following the pandemic pause, David Byrne says it's evident how thrilled people are simply to be enjoying live entertainment again.

Tony Awards - Moulin Rouge This image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows the cast in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie, has danced away with the best new musical Tony Award. ___MORE ON THE TONYS— 'Moulin Rouge!' The actor won for best actor in a featured role in a musical for playing the ingratiating nightclub host Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! Sunday’s show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a “Broadway’s Back!” celebration for the second half, including the awarding of the top three trophies — best play revival, best play and best musical.

74th Annual Tony Awards Leslie Odom Jr., left, and Nicolette Robinson arrive at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in New York. In a surprise to no one, Aaron Tveit has won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical. The red carpet for the Tony Awards is underway and stars are praising the return of live theater. Now it’s time for the Tony Awards, celebrating an art form that really needs the boost — live theater. Sunday’s show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a “Broadway’s Back!” celebration for the second half, including the awarding of the top three trophies — best play revival, best play and best musical.

74th Annual Tony Awards A view of the red carpet at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Evan Agostini)The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times local):___8:38 p.m. The actor won for best actor in a featured role in a musical for playing the ingratiating nightclub host Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! Now it’s time for the Tony Awards, celebrating an art form that really needs the boost — live theater. Sunday’s show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a “Broadway’s Back!” celebration for the second half, including the awarding of the top three trophies — best play revival, best play and best musical.

Tony Awards - The Inheritance This image released by Polk & Co. shows Kyle Soller, from left, Paul Hilton, and John Benjamin Hickey in "The Inheritance." The red carpet for the Tony Awards is underway and stars are praising the return of live theater. ___5 p.m.“Jagged Little Pill” goes into the Tony Awards telecast on the defensive, dogged by two controversies. Now it’s time for the Tony Awards, celebrating an art form that really needs the boost — live theater. Sunday’s show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a “Broadway’s Back!” celebration for the second half, including the awarding of the top three trophies — best play revival, best play and best musical.

74th Annual Tony Awards Lois Smith arrives at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in New York. David Alan Grier was the night’s first winner, taking home the featured actor in a play Tony for “A Soldier’s Play.”6:35 p.m. The red carpet for the Tony Awards is underway and stars are praising the return of live theater. ___5 p.m.“Jagged Little Pill” goes into the Tony Awards telecast on the defensive, dogged by two controversies. Now it’s time for the Tony Awards, celebrating an art form that really needs the boost — live theater.

74th Annual Tony Awards Leslie Odom Jr., left, and Nicolette Robinson arrive at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Evan Agostini)The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times local):6:35 p.m. The red carpet for the Tony Awards is underway and stars are praising the return of live theater. ___MORE ON THE TONYS— Tonys: Broadway hopes to razzle-dazzle its way out pandemic— Tonywatch: Aaron Tveit rides a roller coaster of a year___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:5 p.m.“Jagged Little Pill” goes into the Tony Awards telecast on the defensive, dogged by two controversies. Now it’s time for the Tony Awards, celebrating an art form that really needs the boost — live theater.

The red carpet for Sunday's Tony Awards has started and stars are praising the return of live theater after the pandemic shuttered theaters for more than a year.

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Special Tony Awards This image released by HBO shows David Byrne, foreground, in a scene from "David Byrne's American Utopia." The American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League announced Tuesday that "David Byrne's American Utopia" will receive a Special Tony Award, (HBO via AP) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — The Tony Awards may be months away, but three groups can already celebrate: The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” and Lin-Manuel Miranda's ”Freestyle Love Supreme" are getting special awards. The American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League announced Tuesday that the three groups will win Special Tony Awards, given to productions or organizations that don’t fit in competitive categories. The Broadway Advocacy Coalition is an arts-based advocacy nonprofit dedicated to building the capacity of individuals, organizations and communities to use storytelling to dismantle the systems that perpetuate racism. They did not provide free tickets for Tony voters and weren’t eligible for competitive awards.

The Tony Awards may be months away, but three groups can already celebrate: The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Freestyle Love Supreme” are going to get special awards.

“Hadestown,” the brooding musical about the underworld, has set its Broadway reopening date on Sept. 2, jumping ahead of such megahits as “Hamilton” and “Wicked” to position itself as the first show to welcome audiences on Broadway since the pandemic.

NEW YORK – The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called “Twyla Moves.” In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. AdGiven all that, it would seem obvious that something like a global pandemic wouldn't force Tharp off course, or keep her on the sofa binge-watching Netflix. Tharp explains it simply: "Part of the adventure for me has always been a physical challenge." In one old clip, TV host Dick Cavett asks Tharp what she does to relax after a long period of work. Tharp didn’t want the film, directed by Steven Cantor and part of the American Masters series, to feel like a biography.

The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, voted Kelly Reichardts Western fable First Cow the best film of 2020. (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)NEW YORK – The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday voted Kelly Reichardt's Western fable “First Cow” the best film of 2020, while also giving special honors to Spike Lee and the art-house distributor Kino Lorber for their roles in a movie year deeply marred by the pandemic. The film critics, assembling virtually, gave its top award to “First Cow,” a delicate tale of friendship and capitalism in mid-1800s Oregon Territory. The critics pointedly said the honor was for a service “designed to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.”The New York Film Critics Circle Awards are usually part of a wave of critics group honors that can occasionally influence awards season. Other NYFCC picks include: “Time” for best non-fiction film; “Bacurau” for best foreign language film; “The Forty-Year-Old Version” for best first film; “Wolfwalkers" for best animated film; and the five-film anthology “Small Axe” for best cinematography.

on Aug. 31, 2020, actor Chadwick Boseman in character as T'Challa in "Black Panther" and 10-year old twins Lenny, left, and Bobby Homes paying tribute to Boseman at their home in in Mesa, Ariz. on Aug. 31, 2020. (Takiyah Dupas, Marvel Studios, Annalie Homes via AP)And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture…. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 — highbrow and lowbrow — to satisfy varied and sometimes conflicting needs: Distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope. A Broadway star serenaded health workers from his apartment window, and ballet dancers performed “Swan Lake” from their bathtubs. The world mourns an actor of immense talent who, like many of his characters, radiated a regal sense of dignity.

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Frances McDormand in a scene from the film "Nomadland" by Chloe Zhao. Here are our picks for the best movies of 2020:JAKE COYLE1. “David Byrne’s American Utopia”: Spike Lee’s fiction films make more noise but he’s quietly one of the best documentary filmmakers we have. He may have made the best film of the year in his short film “New York, New York,” a tribute to an undefeatable pandemic-stricken city. It's also, with a glorious rendering of Harlem, one of the best New York movies in years.

FILE - This JuNe 9, 2019 photo shows a view of the stage prior to the start of the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York. Nominations for the American Theatre Wings 74th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on Thursday, Oct. 15. Nominations for Tony Awards will be announced Thursday with just 18 eligible plays and musicals making the cut, a fraction of the 34 shows the season before. One category — best musical revival — has no eligible shows at all. The 2020 Tony Awards ceremony will be broadcast digitally and take place this fall, at a date still to be announced.

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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. — Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns' “Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America” was, unfortunately, always going to be of the moment. — Rocker Tommy Lee is in a collaborative state of mind on his new album, “Andro,” out Friday. Sundance Now’s true crime drama “Des” stars David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) as Dennis Nilsen, a serial killer who targeted young men, including the homeless. The three-part “Des,” debuting Thursday on the streaming service, was a recent U.K. TV hit and drew raves for Tennant’s performance.

This image released by the Toronto Film Festival shows David Byrne in a scene from "David Byrne's American Utopia, a documentary of Byrnes concert musical, directed by Spike Lee. The film opened the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 10. (Toronto Film Festival via AP)NEW YORK – In a film festival season that’s been turned largely virtual, Spike Lee’s “American Utopia,” a documentary of David Byrne’s concert musical and the opening-night film of the Toronto International Film Festival, has nevertheless supplied the giddy rush of live performance in a packed house. “American Utopia” is full of plenty darker realities of American life, touching on police brutality (with her endorsement, he performs Janelle Monáe’s 2015 protest song “ Hell You Talmbout "), immigrant rights and the 2020 election. Byrne: The film is going to be in the New York Film Festival and at drive-in screenings.

This year, three of the four major fall film festivals, including Venice, are going forward despite the pandemic. This year, three of the four major fall film festivals all but Telluride, which had to cancel are going forward despite the pandemic. For a season predicated on badge-wearing throngs and marquee movies, its meant rethinking what a film festival is. A situation like this forces you to assess what is fundamental, says Dennis Lim, director of programming for the New York Film Festival. Anyone in Canada will be able to buy tickets to TIFF screenings, and New York Film Festival films will be briefly available nationwide.

This combination photo shows actor-director Werner Herzog, left, and actress-director Regina King. The Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup featuring the directorial debut of Regina King and the latest documentary from Herzog. Toronto, which is set to run Sept. 10-19, has plotted a largely virtual 45th edition due to the pandemic. In normal years, TIFF is the largest film festival in North America. Some of the films will play first at the much smaller Venice Film Festival the week prior in September.

NEW YORK The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will be a much diminished event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it has an opening-night film. Spike Lee's filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway theatrical concert American Utopia will kick off the largely virtual fall festival. TIFF's Toronto headquarters currently remain closed. The former Talking Heads frontman's American Utopia played at New York's Hudson Theatre from October 2019 through February 2020. With David Brynes American Utopia, he brings Byrnes classic songs and joyous stagecraft to the screen just when we need it.

As a lifelong sports enthusiast and Washington Wizards fan, Byrne started BrightLights after reading countless stories about athletes losing millions of dollars to schemes and con artists. The self-proclaimed "financial detective" previously worked as a financial advisor and became a financial regulator after the 2008 stock market crash. Now he combines the knowledge from both professions as a private consultant detecting fraud in the finances of top NBA players. While he can't disclose the names of his clients, he says they include top NBA rookies and veterans. ET, to watch David Byrne discuss ways to avoid investment fraud with Scott Wapner and the Halftime Report Traders.

The U.S. Secret Service gave CNBC surveillance video from two incidents that showed people attacking ATMs in broad daylight. These are two alleged criminals that dressed up as ATM workers to attack an ATM, according to the U.S. Secret Service. And there was pedestrian traffic," said Greg Naranjo, a Secret Service assistant to the special agent in charge of the Miami field office. Greg Naranjo is a Secret Service special agent in charge from the Miami field office. "When that street thug walks away with the money from an ATM, they're gone forever."