Three days before Amy Winehouse’s death from alcohol poisoning in July 2011, her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, a 15-year-old singer, finished school for the summer and rushed to the Camden Roundhouse to perform. It was her biggest gig yet, her friends were coming to watch and she was full of excitement. For a young singer dreaming
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Johnny Knoxville and co. are back for what feels like their final film full of pranks, stunts and guest stars, including Machine Gun Kelly and Eric Andre. ‘Jackass Forever’ is out in theaters on Oct. 22. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
A new $100 million tax credit to encourage and support the reopening of Broadway was launched today with an announcement by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “New York is not ‘New York’ without theater,” Cuomo said, in part, on today’s launch of the New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit, a two-year program
Rapper Ghetts has told Sky News the handling of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions for the music industry “doesn’t make sense” and that the government is doing “a terrible job”. The grime star spoke about returning to live music on the red carpet at the Mercury Prize nominations launch as he was named one of
The nominees for this year’s Mercury Prize have been unveiled, with Wolf Alice, Laura Mvula, Arlo Parks, Celeste, Mogwai and Ghetts all in the running. Berwyn, Nubya Garcia, Hannah Peel, Floating Points, Sault and Black Country, New Road make up the shortlist for the award, which celebrates British musicians and recognises the 12 best albums
Love Island has received more than 1,500 complaints following the inclusion of Danny Bibby as a contestant, after he used a racial slur on social media. The 25-year-old plumber and clothing brand owner, from Wigan, reportedly used the n-word in an Instagram post in 2019 which has since been deleted. Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom confirmed it
ET is breaking down all the drama that has occured this week regarding former ‘Glee’ star Lea Michele. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
Andrew Lloyd Webber says he is “determined” to bring his on-pause (at least) Cinderella musical to London, though he can’t provide a timeline, telling a UK newspaper, “who knows when we will open here? 2084?” The composer announced yesterday that he would not open Tuesday night as planned following the positive Covid test on Saturday
If Dolly Parton wants to take part in a Playboy photo shoot, she’s not going to let a little thing like the magazine no longer being in print get in her way. The country music legend decided to make her own cover, recreating one she did for the publication back in 1978, to surprise her
Experts are counting on Jurassic World to bring in $100 million in its first weekend, but if star Chris Pratt is feeling any pressure, you’d never know it.
Lincoln Center Theater’s Flying Over Sunset will begin performances on Broadway a week later than previously announced, with previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater now set to start Thursday, Nov. 11, with an official opening on Monday, Dec. 13. The new dates, which producers attributed to scheduling conflicts, moves the premiere back a week from
Harvey Weinstein has been extradited to California to face more sex assault charges, New York prison officials said. The former Hollywood producer was convicted and sentenced to 23 years in a New York prison last year for rape and sexual assault. He is wanted for trial in Los Angeles, California, on charges of allegedly attacking
Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have been together for nearly two decades, and after all those years the couple still show each other the kind of affection and attention usually reserved for newlyweds.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the indefinite closure of his new West End musical Cinderella a day before its official opening due to what the composer angrily called “the blunt instrument that is the Government’s isolation guidance” regarding Covid-19. In a tweet Monday morning, Webber said the musical, which began performances just last month at
Steps star Ian “H” Watkins has spoken out about the challenges of being a single parent during the pandemic. The singer is father to twin boys Macsen and Cybi, five, who were born via a surrogate in 2016, but says he has been a single parent “virtually from the beginning” after splitting from his former
Spoilers ahead! Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Lee Rodgriguez and Megan Suri chat with ET’s Rachel Smith about Devi’s pick at the end of ‘Never Have I Ever’ season two, streaming on Netflix. Since Paxton and Devi have both hurt each other in the past, Barnet thinks that could influence how their relationship moves forward. Lewison
The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives has postponed its opening night by nearly two weeks due to an onstage injury sustained by its leading man Jacob Ming-Trent. Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy adaptation of Merry Wives of Windsor, currently in previews at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, was to have opened Tuesday,
Cinderella will not be going to the ball for now, after Andrew Lloyd Webber said the “blunt instrument that is the government’s isolation guidance” has forced him to close the show. The show, which has been written by Oscar-winning Emerald Fennell, was due to have a “Freedom Day” performance on Monday evening after the government
Amy Winehouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield has offered a fascinating insight into the late singer as part of a new Sky News podcast. Friday 23 July marks 10 years since Winehouse was found dead from alcohol poisoning in her home in Camden, north London. She was just 27 years old. The five-time Grammy award-winning star made
Tom O’Connor, the comedian, game show host and actor, has died aged 81, his family has said. O’Connor, a “unique comedian who was light years ahead of political correctness” died on Sunday morning in Buckinghamshire, his family confirmed via his agent. His brand of humour, his family said in a statement, “was 100% clean and