Waitress, the hit Broadway musical that played more than 1,500 performances during its 2016-2020 run, will return for a limited, four-month engagement this September, with composer Sara Bareilles in the lead role, producers announced today. Bareilles will star as the pie-making Jenna Hunterson when the show begins performances Sept. 2 at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre,
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Everyone seems to know the score, they’ve seen it all before… Except this time, maybe, they haven’t. Clean sheets. More and more goals as the tournament has progressed. Could football (whisper it) actually be coming home? We have David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie to thank for that central refrain now
The hotly-anticipated Paddington 3 will begin production next year, its studio says, in the third cinematic outing for the marmalade-loving bear. Confirmed to be going ahead in February, the film will follow on from the critically and audience-acclaimed Paddington 2, regarded by some as one of the greatest movies of all time. The announcement of
Company, Marianne Elliott’s reimagined production of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone, will begin Broadway performances a month earlier than previously announced, with the new preview date now set for Monday, Nov. 15. The official opening night is now Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, a full
Richard Donner, director of hits such as Superman, The Goonies, and Lethal Weapon, has died aged 91. Warner Brothers studio confirmed his death but did not give a cause. The New York-born director started his career in TV in the 1960s, taking charge of episodes of shows such as The Man from UNCLE, The Twilight
The Talk co-host Amanda Kloots, wife of the late Broadway actor Nick Cordero, shared an emotional message on Monday marking the one-year anniversary of her husband’s death due to complications from Covid-19. He was 41. The Tony-nominated Cordero appeared in stage productions of A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway, The Toxic Avenger, Rock of Ages
The famous tune Football’s Coming Home has been around for a quarter of a century. Ian Broudie is still enjoying the enduring love affair between England football fans and his 25-year-old lyrics. “People walk past my window late at night singing it, it just makes me smile,” he said. The Lightning Seeds frontman, who produced
The Prince of Wales has revealed a selection of his favourite tracks, including Givin’ Up, Givin’ In by The Three Degrees which he says used to give him “an irresistible urge to get up and dance”. Speaking on a pre-recorded hospital radio show to be aired at noon today, dedicated to volunteers of the Hospital
Stephen Dorff was just a teenager when he landed his first major film role in the 1987 horror The Gate. Since then he’s gone from child star to leading man, and his career has seen him play a range of characters including a vampire overlord in Blade, the fifth Beatle in Backbeat, and one of
It’s taken seven series of Love Island – and a considerable amount of coaxing from viewers – for the producers to cast a contestant with a disability. In 2019, ITV bosses responded to questions I had asked about disability by referring to the costs of adapting the villa. Richard Cowles, the show’s producer, has also
ET caught up with ‘Framing Britney Spears’ director Samantha Stark moments after Britney gave a testimony in court. Stark recaps some of the most shocking statements Britney made during the nearly 20 minute call. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
It’s got impressively scary aliens, time travel and huge amounts of fire power, but Chris Pratt says it’s family relationships that are at the heart of his new film. In The Tomorrow War the actor plays a former military man turned school teacher who’s drafted, along with many others, to travel into the future to
It’s been a quarter of a century since the Spice Girls first zig-a-zig-ahhed into our lives, making the message clear from the start. “If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends,” was their sing-song warning to the boys, in a song about friendship and, of course, girl power, that paved the way
A source tells ET that Paris Hilton is ‘not offended’ by Britney Spears mentioning her in her conservatorship testimony. In fact, the 40-year-old heiress publicly declared ‘Free Britney’ during a recent DJ set in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Paris’ mom, Kathy Hilton, and sister, Nicky Hilton, previously appeared on Bravo’s ‘Watch What Happens Live With Andy
Reality star Stephen Bear has appeared in court accused of sharing a secretly recorded sex tape of a woman without her consent. The 31-year-old, who has appeared in shows like Ex On The Beach, has been charged with voyeurism, two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress, and an
Actors’ Equity says that fully vaccinated theater companies now can dispense with masking and Covid-19 testing mandates. The live-theater union’s newly updated protocols will remain in effect through the end of September. “The health and safety of our members comes first,” said Equity president Kate Shindle. “We are heartened by the declining infection rates nationwide,
The wealth management firm that was set to become a co-conservator of Britney Spears’ finances has said it does not want to be part of the arrangement. Bessemer Trust had been approved as co-conservator of Spears’s $60m fortune last year. But after the pop singer told a court that the legal arrangement was abusive, the
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are ready to move forward with their relationship after the pop star shocked fans with her bombshell statements against her conservatorship on Wednesday. According to our source, the couple feels they have been living ‘under a curfew’ and Britney is ready to ‘love freely on her own terms.’
Love Island “bombshell” contestant Chloe Burrows has received “vile” abuse and death threats after just three days in the villa, her family and friends have said – in a statement reminding viewers to “be kind”. Chloe, 25, arrived in the Love Island villa in Majorca a few hours after the original 10 contestants had coupled
A judge has denied Britney Spears’s request to remove her father as her conservator. The singer, 39, gave an emotional court testimony last week, describing the controversial arrangement as “abusive” and likening it to being “sex trafficked”. Britney‘s father Jamie has been her conservator – giving him control of most of her personal and financial