Look Inside the Tony Nominees Luncheon with Rachel McAdams, Sarah Paulson, & More!

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Off a busy main road in the leafy Stockport suburb of Cheadle Hulme, sat a nursery that would become the scene of an unthinkable tragedy. Adorned with flashes of bright green - and portraits of smiling babies - images of the daycare facility would, following the death of an nine-month-old girl, appear on news websites and social media feeds across the UK.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award, an annual honor recognizing a regional theatre company that has displayed “a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally.”

Rachel McAdams and Sarah Paulson showed support for the theater community during their night off from Broadway.

Season three of Bridgerton has dropped and we've fallen in love with the period-era drama all over again. Not that we ever really fell out of love. The latest instalment in the hit Netflix show follows Penelope Featherington ( Nicola Coughlan ) and Colin Bridgerton ( Luke Newton ) as they step into the friends to lovers storyline.

Team GB divers have reportedly turned to OnlyFans to fund their Olympic dreams as they 'make thousands from risque snaps and chats with fans'. In the same week that they were selected for the Olympics in Paris, both Jack Laugher MBE, 29, and Noah Williams, 23, are believed to have posted on the online platform. Users can subscribe for $10 monthly.

Broadway‘s Stereophonic and Hell’s Kitchen were named the season’s Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical by The Drama League, with Sarah Paulson winning the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in the Outstanding Play Revival Appropriate.

EXCLUSIVE: Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2, Molly’s Game, Gossip Girl) has been cast in Aisling Walsh’s Ethel, alongside the previously announced cast of Shira Haas and Sarah Paulson. Bankside Films first launched the title, which is currently in pre-production, earlier this year and has completed a number of international pre-sales in Cannes. 

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor don’t mind a bit of breathing room.

After two years of waiting, Bridgerton’s third chapter is finally here. Released on Netflix on Thursday, 16 May, the series sees Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington’s (Nicola Coughlan) romance take the centre stage and, even better, it’s released in two parts, meaning there’s twice the opportunity to watch their love story play out. But since its first release in 2020, Bridgerton has seen some famous faces take to the screen, including Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor.

Sarah Paulson did not hold back with a story about an actress named Trish Hawkins, who gave her six pages of unsolicited acting notes.

the “Smartless” podcast Monday, the Emmy winner discussed the theater custom of meeting celebrities backstage after a performance with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett.When the “Ozark” actor asked if any of the trio accepts performance feedback from visitors, the “American Horror Story” alum detailed an “outrageous” incident she had in the past.“I did do a play once,” she began. “The last time I was on stage, I did a play called ‘Talley’s Folly’ at the Roundabout, and the actress — and I’m going to say this, and I’m not going to ask you to cut this out, because I don’t f–king care — this actress came to the play.

Sarah Paulson is sharing some rare insight into her relationship with Holland Taylor!

Breitbart News argued the performance “should still be drawing big crowds during Broadway’s peak season – the month before the Tony Awards,” which is right now.The play first opened on Broadway last month, following an Off-Broadway run that started in 2022 in New York City’s “The Public” theater. The musical was by singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, directed by Leigh Silverman, and produced by lead producers Jill Furman and Rachel Sussman, along with co-producers Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai.Breitbart also noted that Vice President Harris’s niece, Meena Harris, is another producer on the stage play.The three-hour-long play brings the women’s suffrage movement of the early 1900s to the stage.

went on a bizarre Twitter rant falsely claiming Chelsea ​Clinton ​is married to George Soros’ nephew​, repeated a false rumor that the billionaire is a Nazi sympathizer​ and made a racist comment about then-President Obama’s adviser, Valerie Jarrett.ABC subsequently fired her, and killed her off — her eponymous sitcom. Barr also proceeded to slam her co-stars, saying that her TV daughter, Sara Gilbert, “stabbed me in the back.” Following that incident, “The Conners” premiered, following the family sans the matriarch.

Charli XCX has shared a brand new single called ‘360’ – you can watch the star-studded official video below.The song serves as the fourth preview of the singer-songwriter’s sixth studio album ‘Brat’, which is due for release on June 7 (pre-order/pre-save here). It follows on from ‘Von Dutch’, ‘Club Classics’ and ‘B2B’.Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the ‘360’ visuals boast an all-star cast of Charli’s friends and collaborators. The clip begins with the pop artist meeting a group of pals at a restaurant, where they attempt to “fulfil the prophecy of finding a new hot internet girl”.“Or else our kind will cease to exist,” warns actor and model Chloe Cherry.

CBS has revealed its 2024 summer schedule, which includes the broadcast debut of the Paramount+ drama Tulsa King, the 26th season of Big Brother and the new true-crime series The Real CSI: Miami.

Anna Wintour is a huge Broadway fan, so the top theatre actors of the year are always in attendance at the Met Gala.

Eddie Redmayne and wife Hannah show off their smiles on the carpet while arriving at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Sarah Paulson and Amanda Seyfried wear two very different looks while stepping out for the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.