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Among the 18 celebrities competing on season 6 “The Masked Singer” season 6, the Bull has one of the best voices. He has been tipped as a frontrunner to win the Golden Mask since he made his debut as part of Group A on the September 22 premiere. Back then, he nailed his cover of Train hit “Drops of Jupiter,” which closed out the show. Since then he has sung “What Hurts the Most” by Rascal Flatts on episode 2, “Circus” by Britney Spears on episode 4, the Bob Dylan classic “Make You Feel My Love” on episode 6, the Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande duet “Rain on Me” on episode 8 and “Straight Up” by Paula Abdul on episode 9. We are in no doubt as to the true identity of the music man inside the Bull costume. Keep reading for all “The Masked Singer” spoilers including the answer to the question, “Who is Bull”?

The Bull is Todrick Hall.

Multi-faceted digital star Todrick Hall is celebrating the release this week of his debut documentary, Behind The Curtain -- an AwesomenessTV-produced project chronicling the 32-year-old's ascension to fame as well as a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of his Straight Outta Oz visual album (which was also the name of a subsequent tour).

Hall will be attending the premiere of Behind The Curtain tonight in his home state of Texas, though the film -- which was directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright (Call Me Kuchu) -- officially bowed yesterday on digital platforms, including iTunes and Amazon. "The amount of opportunities that I was right to audition for were so small, being an openly gay African-American man in the industry,” Hall told Billboard of conceiving Straight Outta Oz. “I just felt that I needed to get these things out in a way that didn’t make me seem like a victim or an angry black man.

Todrick Hall wrote and recorded an entire album, Straight Outta Oz, and prepped a nationwide tour in mere weeks -- all of which is documented in Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall. And in this clip, debuting on Et, he reacts to his record hitting No. 2 on the charts. "Further up the charts than we ever could have imagined," he tells Et.

The artist at No. 1? Beyoncé. "To say Beyoncé has inspired and influenced me is an understatement, so to be second on the charts only to my idol was one thing," Hall says, calling it "one of the most incredible moments of my life." "But to see the love and support of my fans was just a dream come true."

Behind the Curtain had its premiere at South by Southwest earlier this year, and Et spent the day with Hall ahead of a screening at Outfest this summer. "I sometimes think, Do people find this...

Todrick Hall is giving fans an intimate look into his life — and his rise to fame.

The 32-year-old singer and actor documented the making of his visual album Straight Outta Oz in Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall. The documentary, directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright (Call Me Kuchu) offers a look into his hectic schedule and most important relationships, like his mom.

“I am so excited to be sharing this beautiful, vulnerable, heartwarming film with my family, friends and most of all my fans,” Hall tells People. “I have spent my YouTube career encouraging others and trying to be a trailblazer...

"I sometimes think, Do people find this interesting?" Todrick Hall shrugs. "Because this is my life every day and, you know, people could do this if they wanted to."

We are standing just backstage at the historic Theatre at Ace Hotel immediately following the Outfest screening of Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall, a documentary that followed Todrick as he wrote and recorded a full-length visual album, Straight Outta Oz, then turned that album into a stage show and toured nationwide to perform it. From our vantage point behind the velvet curtain, we can watch the attendees -- hundreds of fans, friends and other industry folk -- filing out under the glimmering mirrored ceiling into the Broadway Theater District of Downtown L.A. I've asked Todrick if this all feels as glamorous to him as it seems.

"I thought at one point I would get to a certain place and I would be like, Ok, now I'm...

Inception 2 isn’t likely to happen – not now, and perhaps not ever, according to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

When quizzed about the possibility of a sequel by one curious Twitter user (via Screen Rant), Gordon-Levitt laughed off the suggestion that Christopher Nolan was planning to get the crew back together for another mind heist.

First released in 2010, Inception is arguably one of Nolan’s greatest achievements – a fiercely original piece of work that is so meticulously crafted, it demands to be viewed multiple times in order to parse its labyrinthine plot. Dazzling viewers with intricate storylines is a common trait of Nolan’s, as is the director’s natural tendency to avoid retreading old territory. With the exception of The Dark Knight trilogy, ‘Christopher Nolan’ and ‘movie sequel’ are two terms that you’re unlikely to find nestled in the same sentence, so by that logic alone, Inception 2 has always been considered an unrealistic proposition.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to direct and star in a musical comedy for Universal, Variety reports. Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum are already attached to star in the R-rated film, currently titled “Wingmen.”

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Gordon-Levitt and “21 Jump Street” writer Michael Bacall reportedly pitched the idea in 2016, starting a heated bidding war among several studios.

The story centers on two pilots who crash-land in Las Vegas. Sources told Variety the movie will be in the vein of “Pitch Perfect” and “The Book of Mormon.” Other filmmakers who were considered to direct the project included James Bobin, Seth Gordon and “The Book of Mormon” director Casey Nicholaw.

Marc Platt Productions’ Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce alongside Tatum’s Free Association and Gordon-Levitt’s HitRecord Films. Universal senior VP of production Kristin Lowe will oversee the project for the studio.

Brace yourself. The annual multi-pronged South By Southwest Conferences and Festivals — SXSW, of course — is hitting Austin, Texas later this week for days and days of fresh film offerings (and music and interactive stuff, too, but we can only do so much here). With it comes the promise of a brand new season of festival-going, along with a slew of films to get excited about finally checking out (and, because it’s Austin, lots of tasty barbecue to enjoy).

From SXSW regulars like Bob Byington and Joe Swanberg to rising stars like Nanfu Wang and Laura Terruso to marquee names like Terrence Malick and Edgar Wright — and just about everything in between — this year’s SXSW Film Festival is offering up its most robust slate yet. We’ve picked out a baker’s dozen of worthy new features to add to your SXSW schedule.

Check out 13 new films from this...

Just last night, Todrick Hall officially joined the Broadway company of Kinky Boots as 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical, where he remains through March 5, 2017. Hall, an internationally known YouTube personality and Broadway actor who just finished a sold-out national tour of his show Straight Outta Oz, succeeds the Award-winning Alan Mingo, Jr. in Kinky Boots, now in its 4th smash year at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre 302 West 45th Street.

With his soulful vocals and penchant for pop-music mashups, Todrick Hall has won over millions of fans, found a crew of A-list pals and now snagged the spotlight on Broadway.

On Tuesday, the singer stepped into a pair of sequined heels to play Lola in Kinky Boots, a role he’ll he’ll take on eight times a week at the Al Herschfeld Theatre in New York City. Dressing up in drag and baring his soul are par for the course these days for Hall, but the singer wasn’t always so comfortable in his skin.

Growing up playing with dolls,...

AwesomenessTV, the Gen Z-leaning digital media brand and multi-channel network, has added a host of new names to its talent arsenal. With these latest signings, the company says, it will add a total of 3.7 million subscribers to the Atv Network -- the name of its McN division.

First up are Todrick Hall and Mikey Murphy -- two bold-faced creators with 2.3 million and 900,000 YouTube subscribers respectively. Hall, who is currently working with AwesomenessTV on a documentary about the national tour of Straight Outta Oz -- his latest The Wizard Of Oz-inspired visual album -- also recently announced that he would he hitting Broadway in November to star in the acclaimed musical Kinky Boots. Murphy, an aspiring filmmaker, most recently co-starred in Lionsgate’s Dirty 30, a feature comedy headlined by YouTube’s ‘Holy Trinity’.

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If you have "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift, you have "Bad Blood" with the #squad. Sunday night, Kim Kardashian West posted videos on Snapchat of a private phone call between husband Kanye West and Swift, implying the pop star approved the rapper's song lyrics calling her a bitch and taking credit for her fame in his new song "Famous." Shortly after, Swift took to Instagram to slam the reality TV couple, and friends including Selena Gomez and childhood Bff Abigail Anderson came to her defense on social media. And they're not the only ones sticking up for Swift: Pal Todrick Hall...

If you have "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift, you have "Bad Blood" with the #squad. Sunday night, Kim Kardashian West posted videos on Snapchat of a private phone call between husband Kanye West and Swift, implying the pop star approved the rapper's song lyrics calling her a bitch and taking credit for her fame in his new song "Famous." Shortly after, Swift took to Instagram to slam the reality TV couple, and friends including Selena Gomez and childhood Bff Abigail Anderson came to her defense on social media. And they're not the only ones sticking up for Swift: Pal Todrick Hall...

Plus: AwesomenessTV begins ‘Straight Outta Oz’ shoot; and more…

Hot Docs has established the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund with a $1m gift from the Rogers Foundation.

The grant follows a $4m gift from the Rogers Foundation to purchase the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, the century-old theatre in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood that Hot Docs has operated, managed and programmed for the past four years.

Named after the late philanthropist and president and CEO of Rogers Communications, the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund will provide financial support to Canadian documentarians.

“Documentaries provide an urgently needed reflection of our society – warts and all,” said Hot Docs president Chris McDonald. “The Rogers Foundation’s generous support for doc makers recognises the depth of talent in this country, and provides them critical resources to tell their stories.”

AwesomenessTV has begun production on a behind-the-scenes film following Todrick Hall’s upcoming North American Tour titled Straight Outta Oz. The feature...