NBC poaches Sawyer as top anchor amid salary talks
Veteran NBC News hire Forrest Sawyer leaves ABC after salary dispute reportedly around 2 million. NBC will pay mid six figures and use him on MSNBC The News With Brian Williams. Also noted are film and TV project updates including Busta Rhymes joining Paramount remake and Samuel L Jackson co-starring, plus Jay Gatsby TV adaptation plans with Oliver Platt and Dick Wolf.
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Idle Joins NBC Sitcom Suddenly Susan Cast
Ex Python Eric Idle will join NBCs Suddenly Susan in September as an eccentric publisher who buys the magazine Brooke Shields character works at. Idle discusses work ethic, Monty Python, his novel The Road to Mars, and his life in Hollywood with wife Tania and daughter Lily.
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Pratt's perilous musical journey at Skaneateles Festival
Conductor pianist Awadagin Pratt headlined a star studded Skaneateles Festival program pairing solo piano with a chamber orchestra. The performance mixed bold experiments with mismatched Mozart and Beethoven readings, drawing a standing ovation but leaving the reviewer uneased by uneven tempos and unidiomatic choices.
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Hugh Grant in Mickey a light mob farce with sharp cast
Review notes Hugh Grant delivering comic missteps in Mickey Blue Eyes as he tangles with mobsters led by James Caan and James Fox while Jeanne Tripplehorn and Burt Young provide key clashes. The piece contrasts Grant's charm with pointed mob humor and insists the film stretches its simple premise.
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