A hair transplant clinic used by celebrities such as actor Joe Swash and singer Gareth Gates is planning major growth after securing a £7m investment.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In a move certain to shock Los Angeles theatergoers, the Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced Thursday that it is canceling plans for a 2023-34 season at the Mark Taper Forum, one of the most important homes for new plays in the city, if not the country, due to severe financial concerns. The organization’s two other theaters, the Ahmanson and Kirk Douglas Theatres, will continue with their seasons as usual, with 2023-24 programs to be announced shortly, the announcement said. The programming suspension at the 736-seat Mark Taper will begin after a current world premiere musical, “Transparent,” wraps up its run on June 25. Two other shows that had already been announced will have their runs canceled or postponed. The world premiere of “Fake It Until You Make It,” set to begin Aug. 2, is being called off, although the org said “we plan to feature it) in a future season.” Meanwhile, a touring production of “Cambodian Rock Band” set for the Mark Taper has been canceled outright.
Although the announcement did not include any specific news about staffing cuts, the Los Angeles Times reported shortly before the press release went out that CTG will be cutting about 10% of its full-time staff as a result of the funding crisis. CTG’s managing director and CEO, Meghan Pressman, told the Times that the organization’s budget deficit is in the millions of dollars. The release noted that CTG “continues to feel the aftereffects of the pandemic and has been struggling to balance ever-increasing production costs with significantly reduced ticket revenue and donations that remain behind 2019 levels. We are still facing a crisis unlike any other in our 56-year history. It is in
A hair transplant clinic used by celebrities such as actor Joe Swash and singer Gareth Gates is planning major growth after securing a £7m investment.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are about to go their separate ways — well, sorta…
Eric Nam has announced his massive 66-date ‘House on a Hill’ world tour for 2023 and 2024.Eric Nam will kick off his ‘House on a Hill’ world tour with a 39-date trek across the US and Canada that will run form September to the middle of November. It will feature concerts in over 20 states, as well as four shows in Canada.The Latin American leg of the ‘House on a Hill’ world tour will take place in the latter half of November.
Hot off his headlining gig at the Glastonbury Music Festival on Saturday, June 24, Lewis Capaldi announced he won’t be returning to the stage any time soon.
Naman Ramachandran The U.K. will maintain its position as the leading entertainment and media market in Europe over the next four years, ahead of Germany and France, according to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media (E&M) Outlook 2023-2027 report. U.K. E&M revenue is expected to reach £85 billion ($108 billion) this year with growth forecast at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% over the next four years to generate revenue of £100 billion overall by 2027. The report predicts that the next biggest European E&M markets – Germany, which is expected to reach £83.1 billion in 2023 and France, set to touch £54.6 billion in 2023 – will grow to £90.8 billion and £61.1 billion by 2027 respectively.
Alicia Keys is hitting the road again for her most adventurous tour yet. The 42-year-old singer is embarking on her on June 28, and she gave ET's Denny Directo an exclusive first look at the incredible setup she has in store for her fans.«I'm thrilled, I'm so excited,» Keys tells ET about her upcoming tour, gushing about the expansive stage custom-made for her shows. «Honestly, the lights, the content, these big, huge screens and everything is just really artistic, beautiful, powerful and fun.
Queens Of The Stone Age closed out Glastonbury’s Other Stage Sunday (June 25) with a high-energy set and request for fans to “fuck shit up together.” View exclusive photos from NME below.“Hello Glastonbury, my name is Elton John,” joked frontman Josh Homme, a nod to the ‘Rocket Man’ singer headlining the Pyramid Stage at the same time as their set. The singer was met by kind cheers of “we love you Elton” from the crowd.Homme kept the energy high throughout the night as he encouraged the crowd to “fuck shit up together”.
Meghan Markle did not personally conduct interviews on her Archetype podcast have been rubbished and called "insane" by an industry bigwig. The collapse of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's £15million Spotify deal appears to have sparked the reports that Meghan was not actually there for the celebrity one-on-ones, reports The Daily Express US. Bravo executive Andy Cohen told US Weekly: "Of course, I (spoke with Meghan), And she definitely (interviewed me).
Fall Out Boy is on tour for the summer and the set list from their first show has been revealed!
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Prince Aden,” a new drama by Italian directing duo Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, known internationally for their immigration-themed “Seven Acts of Mercy,” is among projects selected by Locarno’s Alliance for Development initiative. The platform, now in its 8th year, is geared towards fostering co-productions between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Inspired by the book “Partigiani d’Oltremare,” by Italian historian Matteo Petracci, the De Serio twins’ new colonial-era film follows the vicissitudes of a 16-year-old Somali named Aden Sicré who in 1935 becomes a soldier in the Italian army that invaded Ethiopia on Mussolini’s orders. In an unexpected turn, he becomes hailed as a war hero by the Fascist regime. Then a few years later Aden and other African fighters play a pivotal role in the partisan struggle against fascism in Europe.
A former staffer from podcast production company Gimlet is setting the record straight about rumours that Meghan Markle didn’t do her own interviews for her now-cancelled “Archetypes” podcast.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In the history of album cover art, only two parties have become arguably almost as famous as some of the bands they shot or designed for: Hipgnosis, in the 1970s, and Anton Corbijn, from the mid-‘80s forward. Those two forces come together with a new documentary, “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis),” directed by Corbijn, about the era of artwork that entranced him, like most music fans, as a youth. Forty years after Hipgnosis ceased to be a going concern as we knew it, the company’s covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and countless others continue to be collected in coffee-table books. And when it comes to the stories behind the sleeves, rock fans still just can’t get enough… to quote a band that Corbijn came to be associated with a little bit later.
The 2023-24 theater season at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum will be halted in July due to what its operators are calling the aftereffects of the Covid pandemic, an economic “crisis unlike any other in our fifty-six-year history.”
Meghan Markle‘s podcast, “Archetypes,” will not be back for a second season despite its initial success as she and Prince Harry leave Spotify behind.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will reportedly miss King Charles III’s Trooping the Colour, the annual public celebration of the monarch’s birthday. People reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not invited to the event, which dates back to the 1700s. The palace and Archewell, Harry and Meghan’s company, had no comment for People and did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Hollywood’s biggest names never miss an opportunity to dazzle Us with their fierce fashion sense. Tracee Ellis Ross, Claire Danes, Brittany Snow and more stars turned heads on the red carpet at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.
For more than 260 years, the Trooping of the Colour has marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign.
would be Waystar Royco’s new CEO in the wake of the death of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). But the highly acclaimed series almost continued.In a new interview in Variety, “Succession” star Kieran Culkin tells fellow actor and longtime friend Claire Danes that the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, considered doing additional seasons. He “pitched an amazing fifth season and then another and another,” seemingly off the top of his head, Culkin said of Armstrong.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Bike Shop in Montecito, Calif., left a sweet present consisting of flowers, a card, balloons and a bike for Archie’s 4th birthday — and the adorable gesture wasn’t forgotten.His parents Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sent the company a thank-you memo for the two-wheeler.The letter — which was posted on the shop’s Instagram account on Thursday — was written by the Sussexes’ assistant, Harrison Colcord.“On behalf of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke, and Duchess of Sussex, please accept their sincere thanks for the thoughtful gift you sent to Prince Archie for his fourth birthday,” the note said.“The bike has brought much joy and is most appreciated by the family. They asked that I convey their gratitude at the lovely surprise.”Business owner Jennifer Blevins and her British co-worker, Martin, were pleasantly surprised at the card, telling People more about the happy ordeal.The bike that the two had chosen to gift the little prince was a specialized kids’ bicycle that had training wheels on it.Blevins explained that Martin traveled to the royals’ Montecito abode to personally deliver the present.However, security had stopped him and did an on-site background check before allowing him to leave the cycle and its other birthday surprises.Martin and Blevins then received the card a month later after a courier stopped by their store and dropped it off.“I was making a joke, I said, ‘It better be a thank you letter,’ and it really was!” Blevins joked.
The Locarno Film Festival has announced the line-up for the 21st edition of its Open Doors program, which will focus on filmmakers from underrepresented countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for the second year running.