Author: Eleanor Stanford / Source: New York Times
Hugh Jackman and company in a scene from “The Greatest Showman.” Niko Tavernise/20th Century Fox
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Awkwafina is getting her own half-hour Comedy Central show! Since she was the best part of “Ocean’s 8” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” this is very good news.
As is the fact the show is called, simply, “Awkwafina.”1. Taking ‘Showman’ on the road
“The Greatest Showman” is the critically panned fan-favorite movie that just chugs on. (When we asked readers why they loved the movie, we got over 1,200 responses.) Now Hugh Jackman is taking the show on the road, or at least some of it: He’ll be singing songs from the record-breaking “Showman” soundtrack as well as from “Les Misérables” on a world tour next year. Prepare yourself.
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