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Author: Allen Parker

  • Kevin Spacey Gets Rough Night As Tony’s Host

    Kevin Spacey Gets Rough Night As Tony’s Host

    Kevin Spacey opened the Tony Awards show with a boring and not-so-entertaining musical collage that left the audience wondering who ill-advised Spacey as the host to focus on strange music that people are not familiar with. The Sunday night show of Broadway’s annual festivals started on a low key note that the event organizers had difficult figuring out what to do with Spacey.

    Spacey is recognized for his achievements in theater and films including The Usual Suspects, American Beauty and House of Cards on television. He once won a 1991 Tony Award for his concert in the Lost in Yonkers and his 1999 Broadway performance in The Iceman Cometh became one of the most important shows of the year.

    Spacey’s recent performance in the Tony Award show was slammed by some uncomfortable and strange show. However, he saved his evening towards the end of the show when Frank and Claire Underwood made their appearance on the stage to perform the Best Musical award to the Dear Evan Hansen. Their performance uplifted the spirits of the whole show making things to look a bit impressive.

    For years, The Tonys have had problems guessing which audience to target for their events. For instance, the Sunday’s incidence focused on the theater insiders found in the Radio City Music Hall but not for the uninitiated TV watchers. Apart from the celebration turning out to be unimpressive, the three-hour show was also unwelcoming and cold.

    Some suggestions from the participants were that the opening number should have been towards the end of the broadcast. The audience would then have seen a few of the reference from the musical collection performed during the evening. Spacey instead did his own things without thinking out-of-the-box during the evening show.

    Another challenge is that Spacey is not familiar with the music and dance genre of the newest hosts such as the Hugh Jackman and Patrick Harris. The opening ceremony was full of the Spacey’s batch of jokes concerning his insecurity at being the event host. The event should normally start on the right note to set the good mood for the audience.

  • Wonder Woman Looks Forward To Challenge ‘The Mummy’ At Box Office

    Wonder Woman Looks Forward To Challenge ‘The Mummy’ At Box Office

    The Mummy is likely to slump under the feet of Wonder Woman towards the weekend at US box office which concludes on June 11. If the pre-release prediction is correct, the Universal’s film,  The Mummy which features Tom Cruise as the main character, might not attain more than $35 million from the 4,000 plays, a move that has put too much pressure on the movie’s foreign performance.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Mummy reboot is supposed to draw between $35 million and $40 million during the domestic opening at the box office. On June 8, the major tracking service company further lowered The Mummy projections from $35 million to $33 million citing poor reviews ratings from the influencers.

    The modern action film which was directed by Alex Kurtzman cost more than $125 million to build. The film is currently anticipated to perform fairly in the foreign markets for it has previously scaled high in South Korea with about $7 million achieved in a single day. Other stars featured in the movie include; Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Jake Johnson and Courtney B. Vance.

    At the moment, the Wonder Woman that was released last weekend at the box office is expected to break sale record of more than $50 million in the coming weekend. Another film that is likely to perform better is the Captain Underpants which features Kevin Hart’s voice among others.

    Apart from The Mummy, other films opening this weekend include the indie-horror, It Comes At Night featuring Joel Edgerton which is expected to gross between $6 million to $7 million from an estimate of about 2,500 dramas. There is also the true-life war hero play, ‘Megan Leavey’, starring Kate Mara.

    It’s obvious that Wonder Woman will retain the first position in the second weekend with more than $50 million as a result of its popularity among the viewers. It will be a big challenge for The Mummy or another film-maker to surpass Wonder Woman’s prime position for the awaiting three-day period. The audience is eagerly waiting for the turn out of events over the weekend.