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A star-studded summer! As the weather gets hotter, so do celebrities’ must-haves. What are A-listers buzzing about this week?

NEW YORK -- Playwright and author Thornton Wilder is being honored in multiple ways during 2022, with new productions of his plays, the first-ever staging of an unfinished script and new editions of his works being published to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth.Wilder (1897-1975) earned three Pulitzers during his career. The first was in 1928, for his novel “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” and the third was in 1942 for the play “The Skin of Our Teeth.” He is perhaps best known for the 1938 Pulitzer-winning play “Our Town,” about the preciousness of life’s everyday moments.A highlight of the anniversary year will be the release of a new short documentary film, “Thornton Wilder: It’s Time,” on April 27 as part of an evening celebrating Wilder at Lincoln Center Theater, where his play “The Skin of Our Teeth” is being revived on Broadway this spring and opens April 25.There are also “Our Town” revivals at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida, ending March 26; Center REPertory at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, California, from April 15-May 7; Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., from May 12-June 11; and South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, from May 7-June 4.Wilder's unfinished play “The Emporium” will be staged in June by the Alley Theatre in Houston, adapted by Kirk Lynn and directed by Rob Melrose, artistic director of the Alley Theatre.

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On the move! Jamie Otis and husband Doug Hehner are looking to buy a new home after moving into an RV full-time in October 2021.

Brian Laundrie’s parents have made moves to gain control of his estate, including the ample amount of cash stored in his bank account, just weeks after his remains were found.

body was found in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port, Florida. The Sarasota County Medical Examiner's Office had been called out there after the remains were discovered.

Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman is revealing how they think Brian Laundrie died.

The County Sheriff in the local Gulf Coast-area county of Florida where Brian Laundrie‘s remains were found earlier this month is opening up a bit about the investigation into the young man’s death.

The Sarasota County medical examiner’s office and a cadaver dog have been dispatched to a Florida park after authorities found several items belonging to Brian Laundrie, CNN is reporting.

Mick Jagger purchased a home in Florida late last year and now he’s finally spending time in the U.S. as the Rolling Stones have kicked off their tour.

Right Side Broadcasting Network’s website on Friday, “YouTube has suspended RSBN from live streaming and posting content to their YouTube channel on the eve of President Donald Trump’s Save America rally in Sarasota, Florida. YouTube has also deleted all of RSBN’s coverage of Trump’s June 26 rally in Wellington, Ohio, along with his June 5 speech to the North Carolina GOP convention.”According to RSBN, the suspension will last seven days.

The Bachelor‘s Caila Quinn is married!

Newlywed bliss! Bachelor alum Caila Quinn and Nick Burrello tied the knot on Sunday, May 30, during a ceremony in Sarasota, Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Carla Wallenda, a member of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe's founder, has died at the age of 85.Her son, Rick Wallenda, said on social media she died Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, of natural causes.

Dale Moss is no stranger to facing ups and downs — and navigating his split from Clare Crawley has been no different.

A Florida woman savagely hacked a man with a machete in his own bedroom during a psychotic attempt to convince his wife to run away with her, authorities said. Alana J.

AC/DC is still plugging away with a new LP, “Power Up,” out Friday.The secret to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s staying power is hardly rocket science, though.“It’s the honesty of the band, it’s the honesty of the music,” lead singer Brian Johnson, 73, told The Post over a Zoom call from Sarasota, Florida.

A 3-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was run over by a sightseeing tram in a Florida state park earlier this week, according to officials and reports.   The child was with her parents at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota County on Saturday afternoon when tragedy struck, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.

With the holiday season approaching and plenty of need as the coronavirus pandemic lingers, a food bank in Florida is hoping to be able to provide thousands of families with a proper Thanksgiving meal.  The All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota has set a goal to hand out 9,000 turkeys to families in need in time for Thanksgiving.

A cat protected by the locked door to a Florida residence seemed unimpressed with the large alligator pressing its belly against the frame on the other side in an image captured earlier this month.  A Sarasota resident took a photo of the encounter that appeared to show the reptile scaling the door and shared it with friends.  "We have friends in Sarasota FL that heard noise at their front door," Illinois resident Ed Werdell wrote in an Oct. 3 Facebook post.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeRobert Smigel has figured out what disgraced morning anchors Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer are up to: They’re co-hosting a midday talk show in Sarasota, Fla., and making their guests very uncomfortable.That was one of the many gags on Smigel’s half-hour Fox special “Let’s Be Real,” which featured puppets parodying Rose and Lauer, as well as Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Kanye West and Nancy Pelosi.

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterSaloon Media, a Blue Ant Studios company that produced the award-winning documentary “9/11 Kids,” announced on Friday it will be awarding a new annual scholarship to a high school student at Emma E. Booker School in Sarasota, Fla.“9/11 Kids” chronicles the lives of a group of second-graders — mostly African American children — from Emma E.

Siesta Key is no stranger to drama, strong mixed drinks and lots of half-naked young adults. Filmed around the gorgeous island community in Sarasota County, Florida, cast members are experts at perfecting their swim style.

Terrence McNally, the openly gay, multiple-Tony and Emmy Award-winning playwright, died at age 81 on Tuesday, March 24 in Sarasota, Fla., due to complications from the coronavirus, or COVID-19.

NEW YORK -- Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman," has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81.

Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81.