Uncut Gems is different than anything Idina Menzel has previously done, and that is why the singer/actress, who is best known for her roles on Broadway in Wicked and both Frozen movies, was pleased that brothers Benny and Josh Safdie were interested in her for the non-singing role […]
Idina Menzel currently has two hit movies in theaters. She’s reprising her role as Princess Elsa in the family-friendly “Frozen II” and starring opposite Adam Sandler in the gritty dramedy “Uncut Gems,” playing his exasperated wife. She seized the chance to work with Sandler and directors Benny and […]
There’s been a lot of buzz around the Safdie brothers’ latest film, Uncut Gems. Most of it surrounds the star, Adam Sandler, and rightfully so — the actor best known for playing lazy, schlubby manchildren excels in his dramatic role as Howard Ratner, a sleazy, gambling-addicted Jewish diamond district […]
Idina Menzel is having a moment. Hand over heart and eyes slightly misty as she breathes in the waves of adoration from the sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall, the expression as she smiles is one of gratitude but also slightly of disbelief. The moment (this time) has […]
At Seth Speaks, my SiriusXM radio show, I sat down with married couple and writing team Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez whose new film Frozen 2 is doing fabulously! They met at BMI, the writing workshop, and Bobby immediately asked her out. Kristen had a teaching fellowship in […]
Idina Menzel is basically the Queen of the Holidays this year, with her brand-new album Christmas: A Season of Love out now, not to mention another bombastic turn as Elsa in the blockbuster Disney sequel Frozen II in theaters. So she’s the perfect guest for a special holiday episode of […]
With Frozen 2 now playing in theaters, I recently sat down with Idina Menzel to talk about making the highly anticipated sequel. During the wide-ranging conversation, Menzel talked about why making the sequel was a team effort, how the film doesn’t have the typical villain to contend with, […]
Idina Menzel is a Broadway legend as she soared to stardom when she played Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked. She went on to have several roles in TV shows including Glee and now most people know her as the voice of Elsa from the hit Disney […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel’s professional career is busier than ever. She reprises her role as the voice of Elsa in Disney’s “Frozen 2,” and stars in “Uncut Gems,” a drama/comedy, which opens Christmas Day. “Adam Sandler plays a jeweler who gets rappers and athletes all this crazy bling,” […]
Despite the majestic arc of Elsa’s “Into the Unknown,” the conditions in which Idina Menzel first rehearsed her “Frozen 2″ power ballad were remarkably unglamorous. Songwriting duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez first heard the “Wicked” alum belt the movie’s flagship track in her dressing room backstage at […]
AVALANCHE is, well, a strong word. Snowball is, too. Yet both powerful weather wonders — one instantly explosive, one steadily expansive — describe the storm that blanketed the world when, six years ago, Disney’s animated musical Frozen made landfall. Two Oscars, two Grammys, two short films, a Broadway […]
The wait is over: six years after Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen took the world by (ice) storm in a way that no one, not even the studio, saw coming, the adventures of royal sisters Elsa and Anna continue in Frozen II. Loosely inspired by a story from fairy […]
“It’s still a revolutionary thing, to this day, to say, ‘That perfect girl is gone.’” Billboard is celebrating the 2010s with essays on the 100 songs that we feel most define the decade that was — the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period — with […]
Welcome to a special edition of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast. I’m calling it “Frozen 2” Day because the new episode features interviews with the stars of the Disney sequel, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Evan Rachel Wood as well […]
Once upon a time in New York City, two young talents set off on a near-impossible quest: a successful Broadway career. Since childhood, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell had focused on their quest with a ferocious drive — and learned to avoid the trolls. In Long Island, Menzel, […]