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Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden attracted 5.7 million viewers on CBS, making it the fourth most-watched special of the year. Only the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes had higher viewership. The Sundance Film Festival is seeking...
Apr 18, 2024
'Crazy Rich Asians' Will Be Adapted Into A Broadway Musical
The popular film Crazy Rich Asians is set to be adapted into a Broadway musical, with Jon M. Chu, the film's director, also directing the stage adaptation. The musical is a collaboration between Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kevin Kwan, the author ...
Apr 18, 2024
Paramount+ Announces New Episodes Of 'Behind The Music'
Paramount+ is set to release new episodes of Behind the Music next month, featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Trace Adkins. The docuseries, produced by MTV, will premiere on May 1st in the US and Canada, and on May 2nd in several other co...
Apr 18, 2024
Bill Maher Blasts 'Pussies' Who Won't Work With Woody Allen
Bill Maher defended Woody Allen in an episode of his podcast, stating that he doesn't believe the director sexually abused Dylan Farrow. Maher was skeptical of Mia Farrow, suggesting that she had vindictive motivations, and doubts the credibility of th...
Apr 18, 2024
Barbra Streisand To Release Her First-Ever Song For A TV Series
Barbra Streisand will release her first-ever recording for a TV series, singing "Love Will Survive" for the upcoming show The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Streisand's rendition, backed by the London Symphony Orchestra, will be released on April 25 ahead of ...
Apr 18, 2024
Martin Scorsese And Leonardo DiCaprio To Make Frank Sinatra Biopic
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up again, this time for a new biopic about Frank Sinatra. Variety reported on the project, revealing that Jennifer Lawrence is also being considered to play Sinatra's second wife, Ava Gardner. The film ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Blake Griffin retired from basketball after 13 years, expressing gratitude on social media. Drafted first in 2009, he earned Rookie Of The Year honors, became a key player for the Clippers, and later excelled with the Pistons. The Department Of Justic...
Apr 17, 2024
'Sesame Street' Writers Approve WGA Strike Authorization Vote
Writers employed by Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, have voted unanimously to support a strike authorization vote from the Writers Guild of America. Negotiations between the 35 writers and the production company have been ongoing since ...
Apr 17, 2024
Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor To Make Broadway Debuts In 'Romeo + Juliet'
Broadway is set to welcome Rachel Zegler, star of West Side Story, and Kit Connor, breakout of Heartstopper, for their Broadway debuts in a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Directed by Sam Gold, with music by Grammy-winning produc...
Apr 17, 2024
Pamela Anderson To Star With Liam Neeson In Remake Of 'Naked Gun'
Pamela Anderson has been cast opposite Liam Neeson in Paramount Pictures' as-yet-untitled remake of Naked Gun, the crime spoof comedies from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Directed by Akiva Schaffer, the film will see Anderson in the role of the love ...
Apr 17, 2024
The Black Keys #1 On Rock And Alternative Album Charts
Following last week's release of Ohio Players... The Black Keys are #1 on the Current Rock Album and Alternative Album charts in the U.S. It's also the highest debut of the week on Billboard's Top Rock Albums Chart and Top Alternative Albums Chart, deb...
Apr 17, 2024
Extreme And Living Colour Will Tour North America Together
On September 4, Extreme will kick off their North American tour in Billings, Montana. The Thicker Than Blood tour has them teamed with Living Colour as their opening act. Their extremely tight schedule has them stopping in 15 cities in a span of 24 day...
Apr 17, 2024
Future & Metro Boomin Announces ‘We Trust You’ North American Tour Dates
Future and Metro Boomin are hitting the road for their "We Trust You" tour, in support of their recent albums "We Don't Trust You" and "We Still Don't Trust You." Presented by Cash App and Visa, and produced by Live Nation, the six-week North American ...
Apr 17, 2024
Ariana Grande's Grandma Makes History As Oldest Person On Hot 100
Ariana Grande's grandmother, Marjorie Grande, 98, also known as Nonna, has made history by becoming the oldest person to have a song on the Billboard Hot 100. This achievement was made possible by Ariana's track, "Ordinary Things," from her album Etern...
Apr 17, 2024
Shakira Announces Dates For 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour'
Shakira is set to kick off her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour," with dates announced following her surprise appearance at Coachella with Bizarrap. The 14-date trek begins on Nov. 2 in Palm Desert, California, and includes stops in several major c...
Apr 17, 2024
Notorious B.I.G., Green Day, More Selected for National Recording Registry
The Library Of Congress announced its annual list of 25 significant recorded music pieces to be archived in the National Recording Registry. Among the notable albums chosen are Green Day's Dookie, The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, and Blondie's Para...
Apr 17, 2024
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Keanu Reeves will voice the character Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The movie also stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik. The first two films earned a combined $725.2 million at the box office. Suits will make its broadcast synd...
Apr 16, 2024
Hannah Waddingham Slams Photographer For Telling Her 'Show Me Leg'
Hannah Waddingham stood up for herself on the red carpet of the Laurence Olivier Awards on Sunday, where she addressed a photographer's demand for her to 'show me leg.' In a video captured by a Twitter user, the Ted Lasso star is seen confronting the p...
Apr 16, 2024
CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert After 'Piano Man' Debacle
CBS announced it will re-broadcast Billy Joel: The 100th - Live At Madison Square Garden after parts of Sunday night's concert special were cut off during the performance of his signature song "Piano Man." The broadcast ended two minutes early in the E...
Apr 16, 2024
'Rust' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer involved in the accidental shooting on the set of Rust that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. The shooting occurred when actor/producer Ale...
Apr 16, 2024
Ryan Reynolds Pulls Epic 'Titanic'-Themed Prank For Rob McElhenney's Birthday
Ryan Reynolds celebrated his friend and Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob McElhenney's birthday with a hilarious prank video inspired by the movie Titanic. In the video, Reynolds jokingly claimed to finance an expedition to retrieve Wrexham Lager from the Titan...
Apr 16, 2024
Former Guns N' Roses Bassist Duff McKagan Announces Solo Tour
Former Guns N' Roses bassist, Duff McKagan has announced a solo headlining UK and European tour for this fall. He'll start off in Dublin on September 30 and travel to Paris, Munich, Milan, Stockholm and London. In total... he'll play 15 cities in 11 di...
Apr 16, 2024
Will Smith Joins J. Balvin At Coachella For 'Men In Black' Performance
Will Smith surprised the audience at Coachella on Sunday night by joining J Balvin on stage for a performance of the Men In Black theme song. The actor appeared in his iconic Men In Black suit and sunglasses and even used the famous memory-erasing "Neu...
Apr 16, 2024
Queen Concert To Stream On Disney+ Next Month
Following the record-breaking success as the biggest IMAX exclusive event release ever, Queen Rock Montreal, will make its global streaming premiere on Disney+, May 15th. The digitally remastered and restored concert film, presents Freddie Mercury, Bri...
Apr 16, 2024
Gene Simmons Reveals More Details About KISS Avatars
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is giving more details about their avatars. In an interview posted by Blabbermouth.net, he said: "There will be movies, cartoon shows, all kinds of things, but the avatars are the future of KISS." He went on to say th...
Apr 16, 2024
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Like That’ Leads Hot 100 For Third Week
"Like That" by Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar holds the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third consecutive week. It's also the first song to clear 40 million streams in its first three weeks since Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" in early 2023...
Apr 16, 2024
Donald Glover Announces Final Childish Gambino Album Will Be A Soundtrack
Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, announced that he'll be releasing two new albums, with the second marking his final release under the Childish Gambino name. During an Instagram conversation, he shared that the first album will be a finis...
Apr 16, 2024
Uma Thurman Offers Drake Her 'Kill Bill' Suit Amid His Rap Beefs
Uma Thurman waded into the ongoing feud between Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and J. Cole. In response to Drake's track responding to Lamar's taunts, Thurman shared a photo of her iconic Kill Bill jumpsuit on Instagram, tagging Drake with the caption, "Need t...
Apr 16, 2024
CrunchLabs: Mark Rober
As one of the most successful creators on YouTube, Mark Rober doesn't see what he does as a business. Instead, it's a way to celebrate science in the most joyful way possible. While working as an engineer at NASA, he made his YouTube debu...
Apr 15, 2024
'Civil War' Debuts With $25 Million At The Weekend Box Office
Civil War, the dystopian thriller about a divided America, earned $25.7m in debut. That's the biggest start for an R-rated movie this year. Box office holdovers comprised the rest of the top five. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire remained in second plac...
Apr 15, 2024
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Selena Gomez denies dating John Schlossberg, JFK's grandson. Gomez commented on an Instagram post, dismissing tabloid rumors about an affair between 2020 and 2021. Gomez is currently dating producer Benny Blanco. Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard shared ...
Apr 15, 2024
‘Golden Bachelor’ Couple Gerry Turner & Theresa Nist Split After 3 Months
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, also known as The Golden Bachelor couple, have announced their decision to divorce just three months after their televised wedding. In an appearance on Good Morning America, Turner shared that they had mutually agreed to ...
Apr 15, 2024
'The Talk' Ending At CBS After 15 Seasons, Finale Set For December
CBS is ending the long-running daytime chat show, The Talk. It will have an abbreviated final season this fall before concluding with a celebratory sendoff in December. Speculation about the show's end has been circulating for months, and CBS confirmed...
Apr 15, 2024
Josh Gad To Direct Chris Farley Biopic Starring Paul Walter Hauser
A biopic about Chris Farley is in development, featuring Paul Walter Hauser (I, Tonya, Richard Jewell) as the legendary comedian. Directed by Josh Gad, the film will be based on the book, The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts, written by Far...
Apr 15, 2024
Chris Stapleton Joins Slash To Cover Fleetwood Mac Song
Slash of Guns N' Roses has released "Oh Well," a collaboration with Chris Stapleton. It's a bluesy folk-infused cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic. About working with Stapleton, he said: " It was one of the songs that I was trying to figure out who wou...
Apr 15, 2024
David Lee Roth Drops New Song On YouTube
David Lee Roth recently been teasing a new song and has now dropped the full version of "Scotch And Sofa," on YouTube. In the past couple of years, he's released nearly 20 tracks including remakes of Van Halen songs. In other Van Halen news... Alex Van H...
Apr 15, 2024
The Black Crowes Joined On Stage By The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood
Over the weekend, The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood joined The Black Crowes on stage in Los Angeles for a surprise performance. He played guitar as they sang "Stay With Me," a song Wood and Rod Stewart did with Faces in 1971. Lead singer, Chris Robinson ...
Apr 15, 2024
'Saturday Night Live' Sets Dua Lipa As Host And Musical Guest
Dua Lipa will host and perform as the musical guest on the May 4 episode of Saturday Night Live. Her upcoming album, Radical Optimism, will be released the day before. This marks her third appearance on the iconic show, but her first as host. She has b...
Apr 15, 2024
Coachella Kicks Off With Lana Del Ray, No Doubt, Special Guests
Coachella 2024 began with a bang as Lana Del Rey surprised fans by bringing out Billie Eilish during her headlining set to duet on "Ocean Eyes" and "Video Games" on Friday. Meanwhile, Shakira thrilled the crowd by announcing a new world tour during Biz...
Apr 15, 2024
Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' Remains At No. 1 For A Second Week
On the latest Billboard 200 chart, Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" enjoys its second week at No. 1 with 125,500 equivalent album units. J. Cole's "Might Delete Later" arrives at No. 2, while TOMORROW X TOGETHER's "Minisode 3: TOMORROW" debuts at No. 3. Futur...
Apr 15, 2024
Drake Responds To Rick Ross' Nose Job Claim, Calls Him 'Loopy'
Drake has fired back at Rick Ross' claims that he underwent a nose job, calling the rapper "loopy." Responding to Ross' diss track "Champagne Moments," Drake took to Instagram to share a text exchange with his mother, who questioned the allegations abo...
Apr 15, 2024
Sammy Hagar To Open A Tropical Poolside Oasis In Vegas
Sammy Hagar continues to grow his brand of the tropical lifestyle. It started with his flagship, Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico, that opened in 1990. Now there's Sammy's Island at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. Promoted as a tropical poolside oasis, yo...
Apr 12, 2024
Former Journey Bassist Ross Valory Releases Solo Album
Former Journey bassist Ross Valory has been playing on records since the late 60s, but he finally releases his first solo album ever on Friday, April 12. "All of the Above" features eight songs, including covers of Santana's "Incident at Neshabur" and ...
Apr 12, 2024
Collective Soul Streams New Song And Video
Collective Soul dropped a lyric video for "Mother's Love," the first single from their upcoming album, Here To Eternity. Special guests on the record include Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship, Sheryl Crow's bandleader Peter Stroud, as well as Paul Mc...
Apr 12, 2024
Kendrick Lamar's Comedy Film With 'South Park' Creators Due Out In 2025
Kendrick Lamar is joining forces with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker for an upcoming live-action comedy film. The as-yet-untitled project will be distributed by Paramount Pictures and is set to drop on July 4th, 2025. The comedy explore...
Apr 12, 2024
Maggie Rogers Announces North American Arena Tour Dates
Maggie Rogers is set to embark on her first arena tour in the United States in 2024. Building on the success of her in-person ticketing program from last year, Rogers aims to combat scalpers by offering fans a chance to purchase tickets directly at box...
Apr 12, 2024
AI is smarter than you think with Shane Legg of Google DeepMind
For decades, Shane Legg has anticipated the arrival of "artificial general intelligence" or AGI. In other words: an artificial agent that can do all the kinds of cognitive tasks that people can typically do, and possibly more...Now as the...
Apr 11, 2024
Aerosmith To Continue Their Final Tour
After abruptly coming off the road last year, Aerosmith announced that they will return to the their Peace Out tour this September. Their final show is now scheduled for February 26, in Buffalo, New York. The four-time Grammy-award winning band, kicks ...
Apr 11, 2024
Mythical: Rhett and Link
Best friends Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal started out as "comedians for Christ," and grew their partnership into one of the most successful YouTube platforms in existence. During college they created silly videos and songs for Christian even...
Apr 08, 2024
Listen Now: Business Movers
Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heights. From Wondery, Business Movers brings you the tru...
Apr 05, 2024