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Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shut
Read full article: Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shutScott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britains Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night, Oct. 25, 2020 - most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)LONDON โ Andrew Scott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britainโs Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night โ most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. McKellen won a special Olivier โ his seventh โ for his one-man 80th birthday tour of the U.K., staged before the pandemic as a fundraiser for regional theaters. A handful of theaters have reopened to reduced, socially distanced audiences, but many are still shut and relying on emergency funding from the government to stay afloat. Olivier organizers say the next awards ceremony will likely not be until 2022, because so little work has been staged this year.
An all-star cast and a killer clown hit movie theaters this weekend
Read full article: An all-star cast and a killer clown hit movie theaters this weekendThis week's "Reel Talk" brings a movie with frightening scares, a killer "clown", and some of Hollywood's most popular actors. Jason Carr sits down with Greg Russell to talk about the highly anticipated "It: Chapter Two", starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hadar. This movie focuses on the "Losers Club", 27 years after their first encounter with Pennywise the Clown. The movie hits theaters Septemeber 6th. You can check out the list of movie times at our partners at mjrtheaters.com.