Saturday, April 27, 2019
The WHCA will host its annual dinner Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET. President Donald Trump will not be attending the dinner for the third year in a row. American presidents and statesmen biograph…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
Mark Medoff, the playwright who wrote Tony Award-winning play “Children of a Lesser God,” died Tuesday in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 79. His daughter Jessica Medoff Bunchman posted news of …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:07PMMonday, April 15, 2019
Georgia Engel, who played the soft-spoken Georgette Baxter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died Friday in Princeton, N.J. She was 70. John Quilty, Engel’s friend and executor, told the…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04PMSaturday, March 23, 2019
Barbra Streisand has released a statement clarifying remarks she made about the recent allegations of underage sexual abuse against Michael Jackson. “To be crystal clear, there is no situa…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMThursday, February 28, 2019
It appears that the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga romance rumors that sprang into being after the pair’s kinetic performance at the Academy Awards can be put to bed. Lady Gaga stopped by “Jim…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58AMSaturday, February 16, 2019
Three people were injured after mistaken reports of an active shooter at a San Francisco production of "Hamilton" caused attendees to flee the theater. CNN reported that a woman experienced…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PMThree people were injured after mistaken reports of an active shooter at a San Francisco production of “Hamilton” caused attendees to flee the theater. CNN reported that a woman…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PMMonday, February 11, 2019
Ariana Grande’s beef with the Recording Academy appears to be growing despite her win Sunday night for best pop vocal album. In a series of since-deleted tweets, the “Thank U, Ne…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:43AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Little monsters have something to look forward at the 2019 Grammys. Lady Gaga will perform for the 61st edition of the annual awards ceremony. A source close to the situation confirmed the n…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:56AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Ariana Grande has provided material for a thousand memes with the release of the tracklist for her fifth studio album, “Thank U, Next.” According to an Instagram post, the trackl…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22PMSunday, January 20, 2019
Lady Gaga took a short break from singing “Million Reasons” at her Saturday performance of “Enigma” in Las Vegas to slam the president for the continued government sh…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:22PMWednesday, January 2, 2019
Coachella dropped the lineup for its 2019 three-day fest Wednesday evening, revealing that, while Kanye West will not be headlining, the desert carnival found three heavy-hitters to take the…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:43PMMonday, December 3, 2018
Kanye West attended the first night of Broadway musical “The Cher Show” alongside Kim Kardashian West, but it’s up in the air whether he actually got anything out of the pe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:02PMSaturday, November 24, 2018
Andy Blankenbuehler has signed on to choreograph the upcoming Universal-Working Title film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Cats,” Variety has confirmed. Blankenbuehler, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:28PMThursday, November 15, 2018
“Black Panther” took home three prizes at the 9th Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards, clawing past “A Star is Born,” with two wins. Songwriter Diane Warren was the only individua…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:14PMFriday, November 9, 2018
Lady Gaga was honored by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Thursday night alongside Harrison Ford, and took a quick moment to react to Tuesday night’s midterm elections. “There’s 10…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:17AMSaturday, October 13, 2018
Sony’s “Venom” and Warner Bros.’ “A Star Is Born” are set to top the box office in the pair’s second weekend, while a slew of new releases hit multi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:44AMSaturday, October 6, 2018
Sony’s “Venom” is set to smash the previous opening weekend record for October with an estimated $80 million from 4,250 theaters. The film, which stars Tom Hardy as Eddie B…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:40AMSunday, September 9, 2018
“A Star Is Born,” which premiered Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival, follows Lady Gaga as Ally, an unknown singer-songwriter who meets Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), an establ…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PMSunday, August 26, 2018
Legendary playwright Neil Simon died Sunday due to complications from pneumonia at age 91. The "Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park" writer had more than 30 plays mounted on Broadway, a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:38PMLegendary playwright Neil Simon died Sunday due to complications from pneumonia at age 91. The “Odd Couple” and “Barefoot in the Park” writer had more than 30 plays m…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PMSaturday, June 16, 2018
This weekend’s release of the long-awaited “Incredibles 2” has prompted some attendees to caution others via Twitter that the movie has several scenes with flashing lights …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:07PMSunday, June 10, 2018
The 2018 Tony Awards were graced with the drama students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who sang a touching rendition of “Seasons of Love” from the Tony-winning musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52PMThe 72nd annual Tony Awards take place Sunday June 10 at 8 p.m. EST, and will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on CBS with Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban hosting…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMSunday, May 20, 2018
Patricia Morison, who starred as shrewish diva Lilli Vanessi in the original 1948 Broadway production of “Kiss Me, Kate” as well as Anna Leonowens in the 1954 run of “The K…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PMSunday, April 8, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” took home seven awards at the U.K.’s Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London Sunday, winning for best new musical, …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PMSaturday, April 7, 2018
Soon-Tek Oh, a pioneering figure in Asian-American theater who voiced Fa Zhou in two “Mulan” films and acted with Roger Moore in “Man with the Golden Gun,” has died. …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:42PMSunday, April 1, 2018
Fans of “The Room” and “Hamilton” unite! Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced that he will be adapting Tommy Wiseau’s infamous film for Broadway. Just kidding. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMSunday, March 18, 2018
Cirque du Soleil confirmed the death Sunday of Yann Arnaud, a performer who fell during a Tampa, Fla. show on Saturday night, writing in a statement posted to Twitter that although “em…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:10PMThursday, March 8, 2018
Variety announced on Thursday the honorees for its upcoming Power of Women: New York event, which honors philanthropic women across the entertainment industry and the work they’ve achi…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, December 5, 2017
Jimmy Fallon resurrected his Bruce Springsteen impression for another parody cover, this time of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” for Monday night’s episode of “…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09AM 
