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The residents of Erinsborough are given some sad news in the week ahead’s episodes of Neighbours, as it is announced that a family member has passed away off screen. Following the death of actress Joy Chambers last September, her iconic character Rosemary Daniels has now been killed off in the Australian soap.

Selena Kuznikov “Twisters” executive producer Steven Spielberg didn’t want Anthony Ramos to use a Southern accent for his role, according to the actor. Ramos, who plays storm chaser Javi in “Twisters,” said in an Entertainment Weekly interview that he originally thought his character should have a Southern accent. “Then I heard Steven [Spielberg] was like, ‘No, I want him to do it in his dialect,'” Ramos recalled.

Mary J. Blige knows how to rock too.So don’t tell her she doesn’t belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where she will be forever enshrined after being announced as one of the 2024 inductees last month.The nine-time Grammy winner has actually always had a soft spot for some rock.“When I was growing up….

Stuart Sucherman Edward L. Scanlon was the ultimate insider. The long-serving NBC executive was a hugely influential player in the life of the network during the decades when it was owned by RCA and later General Electric. Scanlon was involved in everything from corporate recruiting and personnel vetting to labor negotiations to high-level M&A activity during his 44 years with RCA, Hertz and NBC. He was a close confidant of GE chairman Jack Welch. But Scanlon never courted the spotlight, preferring to stay behind the scenes. In 2001, as Scanlon prepared to retire from NBC, the New York Times published a rare profile that described him as “NBC’s Negotiator and Fixer.” Here, veteran media consultant and corporate recruiter Stuart Sucherman pays tribute to his longtime friend and colleague. Scanlon died March 17 in Naples, Florida, one day before his 90th birthday. The role that Ed played at NBC for 30 years is hard to define.

Ellise Shafer For “Doctor Who‘s” more than six-decade history, each lead has had their own uniform of sorts: Tom Baker’s scarves, Christopher Eccleston’s leather jacket and David Tennant’s tie-and-vest combo, for example. But with 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa taking the helm on May 10, the sci-fi series’ fashion is also getting a revamp — instead of having a signature look, Gatwa’s Doctor will consistently change outfits throughout the show.

Scott Stapp and his wife Jaclyn are ending their marriage.

A pair of pug lovers who joked about opening a pug café so they could adopt more dogs are set to launch their third site in California.

Tenacious D launched into a spontaneous cover of Travis’ ‘Turn’ on stage in Glasgow this week, and now the Scottish band have shared their reaction. Jack Black broke into the soaring chorus of the 1999 song at the intro of ‘Double Team’, the closing song in their main set at the OVO Hydro on Thursday (May 9). A day later, Travis posted the clip, alongside an old photograph of themselves alongside Black and his Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass.

Eric Schlosser knows food. Not in the way Bobby Flay or Giada De Laurentiis does, but in a scholarly manner that knows its affects on the health of anyone who eats.

Dakota Johnson is enjoying some downtime on set with her big brother!

EXCLUSIVE: Succession star Sarah Snook plays her final performances Saturday night at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket in the enthralling, award-winning play The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the actress now has signed on take it to Broadway for a season in the spring of 2025.

Soap operas always have actors coming and going and we’re bringing you all of the latest casting shakeups on General Hospital.

Jennifer Lopez just stepped out in the baggiest jeans we've seen since the JNCO heyday, and they’re belted with a shoelace. Casual!Lopez wore the look during a leisurely stroll around Paris (looks like someone went shopping at Hermès) and paired the denim with a boxy cropped white T-shirt, another wardrobe staple. Jeans and a white tee is just about as American as you can get, and we appreciate that Lopez stayed true to her country while abroad.She accessorized with the J.Lo signatures: large sunglasses, hoop earrings, a designer bag, and plenty of bling.

With support from the Nancy P. & Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation and Resonance Philanthropies, DocPitch 2024 has awarded five independent documentary filmmakers cash awards totaling $100,000 to help them complete their feature documentary film projects currently in development or post-production.

Thania Garcia Nigeria-based singer, songwriter, and producer Tems is heading out on her first headlining world tour in support of her debut album, “Born in the Wild,” slated for June 7. The Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated artist will start the global trek on June 12 in London at Eventim Apollo, with additional stops in major markets across Europe including France, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. The “Born in the Wild World Tour” will start a North American leg on Aug.

It may have made its TV debut nearly 13 years ago, but Suits is finally making its way to the BBC. Having acquired all nine seasons of the hit American legal drama, which stars the likes of Meghan Markle, Patrick J Adams and Gabriel Macht, one of the most-streamed shows of all time will be available to watch on BBC One from Friday, 9 May as well as on BBC iPlayer.

Jaden Smith took a tumble after walking the Met Gala red carpet. He was recorded at some point after the event concluded, riding his skateboard while his security guard jogged behind him. Willow Smith turns heads in gold chain dress at the 2024 Met Gala afterpartyJaden Smith is all smiles skating in New York City in stylish outfitThe video shows the photographers slowing down and recording Smith as he skateboarded through the streets of New York.

Morgan Wallen is headlining two back-to-back nights at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium along with special guests Parker McCollum, Lauren Watkins, Nate Smith.As fans may recall, these shows were originally supposed to take place back in 2023 but Wallen had to postpone due to a six-week vocal rest mid-tour.Now that he’s back on the road, the bad boy of country has regularly performed 22-24 songs at all ‘One Night At A Time World Tour’ concerts including hits like “’98 Braves,” “Last Night” and “You Proof.”For fans who have yet to secure seats, we’re happy to report last-minute tickets are available.Based on our findings, the lowest price we could find for the two MetLife nights was $144 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.Floor seats start at $323 before fees.Still need more details?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Morgan Wallen’s MetLife Stadium concerts below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A breakdown of all the best ticket prices by section at Lucas Oil Stadium for the two concerts can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

a little vintage?For her 21st birthday, Carys Zeta Douglas, the daughter of Catherine Zeta-Jones, picked her mom’s pink, silk and lace slip first worn on the 1999 MTV Movie Awards red carpet. Meanwhile, Busy Philipps lent her daughter, Birdie Silverstein, the velvet Betsy Johnson frock from the premiere of “The Green Mile,” which the teen wore at an Olivia Rodrigo concert.And last year, Gwyneth Paltrow shared a snap of her daughter, Apple, sporting her black Alexander McQueen gown worn at the 2002 Academy Awards, while Salma Hayek let her daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, borrow her fiery red Isaac Mizrahi gown to attend the Oscars.Brooke Shields has also handed down many of her archival pieces from red carpets of yore, as has Angelina Jolie, whose daughters Shiloh and Zahara have borrowed dresses from their famous mother’s closet.As someone who is also the lucky recipient of many ’90s staples from my mom’s walk-in, there is a priceless sentimentality that accompanies each garment that you can’t buy at the department store — and, arguably, it’s better than any designer item.“If you are saving things for your children, save them because they have sentimental meaning to you or because you find the design exceptional,” fashion historian Ruby Redstone told The Telegraph.But clothing storage is much more complex than just hanging the pieces in your closet.

EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto and her Freeboard Films Entertainment label have boarded Kiranmala & the Kingdom Beyond, the animated kids TV show we first told you about earlier this year.

Steve Martin and Martin Short news this year would be all the special guests they’ve lined up for Season four of Hulu’s “Only Murders In The Building.”(For the record, Molly Shannon, Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, and Zach Galifianakis are joining the ensemble).However, that’s not all the funnymen have planned for this year.Martin and Short just announced they’ve added ten shows to their ongoing ‘Dukes Of Funnytown Tour.’The newly added gigs will take place from September through October and includes a night at Brookville, NY’s Tilles Center Concert Hall on Saturday, Oct.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “I’m really busy.” This is the first thing Busy Philipps tells me as we sit down to chat. When I tell her I’m impressed with her jam-packed schedule, she immediately agrees: “I’m impressed as well.” Philipps and I are sitting in a bare-bones Chelsea loft on an early afternoon in March.

Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe will star in the Off Broadway world premiere of Mario Correa’s new play N/A this summer, playing congresswomen of different generations in a production directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer History? They just made some. A long anticipated sequel to the hit 2023 romantic comedy “Red, White & Royal Blue” is officially in development at Amazon MGM Studios, with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez set to return.

Joan Crawford, the legendary Oscar-winning actress who appeared in over 80 films during a remarkable 45-year Hollywood career, died on this day in history, May 10, 1977. Born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1904, in San Antonio, Texas, Crawford reportedly grew up with little means, and was raised by her mother and stepfather in Oklahoma before relocating to Kansas City, Missouri. Amid the jazz-age flapper movement, she was in search of a dance career until she was discovered while performing in a New York chorus line in 1925 by MGM, according to Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

The fourth season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan is on the way!

Travis have shared a new single featuring Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers.The song ‘Raze The Bar’, which is the second track to be lifted from the band’s forthcoming album ‘L.A. Times’, tells the story of the closure of New York’s much loved Black & White Bar. You can listen to it below.The Greenwich Village haunt attracted lots of famous bands and scores of local creatives over the years, from The Strokes to graffiti artist Richard Hambleton but it was shut down during the pandemic.Healy told NME: “Everyone went there, because it was near Irving Plaza and all the bands would always go there.

Chrissy Teigen, Andy Cohen, the cast of The Valley and numerous Real Housewives will be celebrating today after Bravo unveiled its latest programming slate.

Camila Cabello is teasing new visuals for her upcoming album, getting fans excited about her new songs, and new aesthetic for her latest hyperpop era. After going platinum blonde and showing off her new looks, Camila is preparing for the release of her album on June 28, which has been described as a love letter to Miami, and includes edgy outfits and incredible choreography.Karol G wore the highest heels ever worn at the Met GalaCamila Cabello was all smiles with Charles Leclerc at the Miami Grand PrixCamila Cabello was holding a real block of ice as a purse during the 2024 Met Gala“Constant change is the solution,” Camila previously said during an interview with Nylon, when asked about her new transformation for her new era.

Todd Longwell Georgia’s base 20% transferable tax credit isn’t that impressive when compared to the tax credits in other top production hubs such as California (20%-25%), New York (30%) and New Mexico (25%-40%). What sets the state’s film and TV production incentive apart is the 10% bump it gives projects for including its Peach State logo in their credits.