After more than 18 months, Dakota Wesleyan University’s performing arts programs will once again be singing, playing and acting for live audiences. The Ron and Sheilah Gates Department of Music debuted their 2021-22 season as [Read More…]
Beck Bennett, Lauren Holt out at ‘SNL’, Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman added to cast
Will Heath/NBC Saturday Night Live is making some cast changes before its upcoming 47th season: Beck Bennett, who joined the cast in 2013, and Lauren Holt, who was made a featured cast member last season, are out. The Emmy-winning sketch show also announced the addition of new featured cast members Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman. Meanwhile, Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman — both of whom, …
Vaxxed ‘Dancing with the Stars’ pro Cheryl Burke quarantines after positive COVID-19 test
ABC/Maarten de Boer (NOTE LANGUAGE) Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke announced on her Instagram that although she’s vaccinated, she tested positive for COVID-19 and as such won’t appear on tonight’s show — and likely the following week’s, either. She says learned the news on Sunday, and admitted she’d “been feeling progressively worse” before she got tested. “I feel so …
“It was a mistake of some sort”: ‘The View’ co-hosts Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro COVID-19 negative after on-air scare
ABC/Lou Rocco — ABC/Nick Agro On Monday’s The View, Joy Behar explained Friday’s dramatic episode, in which co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro were unexpectedly pulled out of the studio ahead of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. “It was a mistake of some sort,” Behar said at the show’s open Monday. “I’m happy to report that Sunny and Ana’s Friday results turned out to …
Will Smith discusses his open marriage with Jada Pinkett-Smith: “Jada never believed in conventional marriage”
Credit: Renell Medrano/GQ Will Smith is speaking candidly about his unconventional marriage with wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. In a new GQ magazine cover story, which includes excerpts from Smith’s upcoming memoir, Will, Smith reveals that he and Pinkett-Smith didn’t always practice monogamy in their marriage. “Jada never believed in conventional marriage…Jada had family members that had …
How Lee Pace got into godly shape for Apple TV+’s sci-fi epic ‘Foundation’
Apple TV+ When one is playing a god-like character, it’s safe to say you say you can’t prepare by sitting around with Pringles and Netflix. Lee Pace certainly didn’t do that to play the magnificently fit emperor of the galaxy in Apple TV+’s Foundation. “We started shooting before the pandemic and and I was lifting a whole lot …
Netflix’s ‘TUDUM’ global fan events provides peeks of returning favorites and new series and films
Netflix Netflix unfurled its “global fan event” TUDUM over the weekend, and as one would guess with a three-hour run-time, there was lots to talk about — including video peeks at new and returning series, and premiere date anouncements. The event began with an action scene in which the streaming giant’s celebs like Lilly Singh, Army of the Dead‘s Matthias Schweighöfer, Stranger Things stars Galen Matarazzo and Millie …
“I got my a** kicked for speaking up”: Katherine Heigl supports union by revisiting controversial comments
Heigl in “Firefly Lane” – Netflix Former Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl is speaking out again, in a social media post in which she revists past comments that branded her “difficult” to work with. In a lengthy post emblazoned with the logo of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the strike-bound showbiz union representing tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes workers, Heigl threw …
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ and ’A Christmas Carol’ win big at 74th annual Tony Awards
Mary Kouw/CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The 74th annual Tony Awards celebrated pre- and post-pandemic era Broadway Sunday night by honoring productions that went live during the 2019-2020 season. The ceremony was delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and, ultimately, resulted in a cumulative four-hour broadcast that was simulcast on CBS and …
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ dominates box office for fourth straight week
Marvel Studios Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continued its hold on the top spot at the box office for the fourth straight week, earning an additional $13.3 million. That brings its total domestic box office gross to $196.5 million, eclipsing MCU sibling Black Widow‘s $183.6 million to become the highest-grossing film of 2021. Shang …