Following an unprecedented year of hardship for the performing arts, the Shubert Foundation announced today that it would award a record $32.1 million in 2021 grants to 575 not-for-profit arts organizations nationwide, as many of the groups continue to struggle under the impact of the 15-month Covid-19 pandemic shutdown. Among the grant recipients are theaters,
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Courteney Cox got Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Brandi Carlisle to sing a ‘Friends’-inspired cover of ‘Tiny Dancer,’ which references the hilarious moment from the series where Phoebe revealed she thought the lyrics were, ‘Hold me closer, young Tony Danza.’ Cox posted the epic moment Sunday morning on Instagram, which was quickly followed by Lisa
Parents can learn about the terms and language they can expect to hear in children’s films and TV shows in a new guide published by the British Board of Film Classification. It comes as a survey carried out on behalf of the organisation showed that while most adults feel comfortable swearing or using strong language
Despite the Covid death last year of its announced co-composer Adam Schlesinger, The Nanny Broadway musical is “almost ready to launch,” Fran Drescher said on The View today. And no, Drescher won’t be taking the stage as her ’90s sitcom incarnation Fran Fine. “I really can’t sing,” Drescher said on today’s episode of ABC’s The
Ben Affleck is reflecting on the way his ex Jennifer Lopez was treated in the early 2000s, saying her critics were ‘so f**cking mean.’ While appearing on The Hollywood Reporter’s Award Chatter podcast Thursday, the 48-year-old actor says there were ‘sexist, racist, ugly vicious s**t’ written about Lopez. Affleck and Lopez began dating in 2002,
Harrison Ford cheekily told a young fan that he was Indiana Jones’s stunt double after he was spotted on set in North Yorkshire. The 78-year-old, who is playing the whip-cracking adventurer for a fifth time, doffed his famous brown hat when he was seen in the North Yorkshire village of Grosmont. The A-lister was noticed
Kendall Jenner played some pranks on her famous family during a game of truth or dare with her sister, Kourtney Kardashian, for the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star’s lifestyle site, Poosh. Not only did Kendall prank call her mom, Kris Jenner, claiming to be pregnant, but she also sent a photo wearing a diamond
Dua Lipa’s songs were played more than anyone else’s in the UK last year, after her multi-award winning album Future Nostalgia shot up the charts during lockdown. The 25-year-old rocketed to fame in 2017 with her track New Rules, and has now enjoyed a stellar year with her disco-pop record winning her critical acclaim, Grammys
Phylicia Rashad will return to Broadway this December in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Skeleton Crew, written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, producers announced today. The show’s opening date also was announced: Skeleton Crew will begin previews at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 21, with an opening night on Wednesday, Jan.
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Actress and comedian Ellie Kemper has apologised for taking part in a debutante ball as a teenager, saying the event had an “unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past” and that “ignorance is no excuse”. The star, who is best known for roles in Bridesmaids, The Office (US) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, has shared a lengthy
Paradise Square, the original musical from a creative team that includes Moisés Kaufman, Bill T. Jones, Craig Lucas and Black 47 singer Larry Kirwan, will begin Broadway previews at the Shubert Organization’s Barrymore Theatre on February 22, 2022, with an opening night set for Sunday, March 20. Producer Garth H. Drabinsky announced the dates today,
Love Island star and influencer Molly-Mae Hague has warned fans about getting fillers, saying it is not right that looks such as “Kylie Jenner packages” have become normalised for young women. The 22-year-old star says she decided to get her own dissolved as she was worried she had started to look like someone featured in
The Covid-postponed Broadway premiere of How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama starring Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse, will begin preview performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, with an official opening on Tuesday, April 19. The new dates were announced today by the Manhattan Theatre Club.
Actress Lisa Banes is in a critical condition after being involved in a hit-and-run on the streets of New York, her manager has said. The 65-year-old, who is best known for roles in Gone Girl and Cocktail, was said to walking on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near the Lincoln Centre on Friday evening
Michaela Coel picked up two gongs at the BAFTA TV Awards for her show I May Destroy You, and urged the industry to do more to keep people safe on set. The BBC Three show, which is themed around consent and sexual assault, won best mini-series, with Coel herself picking up the leading actress award.
Original ‘iCarly’ stars Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor and Nathan Kress chat exclusively to ET about Jennette McCurdy’s absence in the new ‘iCarly’ reboot, and how the revival will address McCurdy’s character, Sam. The all-new ‘iCarly’ premieres June 17 on Paramount+. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
The film and TV sector needs to take more responsibility for abuse in the industry, the chair of Time’s Up has told Sky News. Dame Heather Rabbatts, who is also a non-executive chairman of actor Noel Clarke‘s production company, said the sector “absolutely needs to find ways in which it can take more responsibility”. Clarke,
Fifteen-week-old American bully Zeus was asleep in a makeshift kennel area when RSPCA and police inspectors discovered him among a litter of nine puppies all with cropped ears. The unhealed wounds were red and crusty, the charity said; the scars of a practice it describes as “mutilation” and “barbaric” and which is illegal to carry
Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, have made light of Harry and Meghan’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, implying they were unaware of it. “Oprah who?” Edward joked when asked whether they watched the controversial sit-down chat with the US chat show host, while Sophie responded: “Yes, what interview?” The couple made the