Andrea McArdle pulls out of upcoming Annie Live! on NBC due to family illness after originating role

BTS will be holding the South Korean leg of their ‘Permission to Dance On Stage’ tour next month.In a statement posted to the fan community app Weverse earlier today (February 16), Big Hit Music announced that the septet will be performing at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium on March 10, 12 and 13. The upcoming shows will mark the group’s first in-person concerts in South Korea after two and a half years, following their ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself (The Final)’ world tour in October 2019.Notably, their March 10 and 13 shows will be streamed online simultaneously, while their March 12 show will be available for “live viewing” in theaters worldwide.

Seth Rogen is taking a not so fond trip down memory lane!

Coachella and Stagecoach just made some big announcements about their upcoming music festivals.

Lizzo looks radiant in red during a date night out in Los Angeles on Monday night (February 14).

Brand new images from HBO’s The Time Traveler’s Wife series have been released.

Kate Hudson‘s son Ryder Robinson is going Instagram official with his new girlfriend!

Ralf Rangnick says Manchester United's wingers were told to attack Brighton's centre-backs in the second-half in a tactic that resulted in the dismissal of Lewis Dunk.

Paul Pogba's knack for effecting games off the bench continued in Manchester United's 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton.

Blake Lively might start wearing her director's cap more often!ET spoke to the 34-year-old actress on the red carpet at Michael Kors' Fall-Winter 2022 show at New York Fashion Week Tuesday night where she spoke about her recent Academy of Country Music Awards nominations and showing up for the beloved designer.«Academy of Country Music was not on my vision board,» Lively admitted about two ACM nominations for producing directing the music video for Taylor Swift's track, «I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version).»As far as what or who she'd like to direct next, Blake's undecided, though she might have another Queen B in mind.«Oh my gosh, I don't know, I don't know. Tell Beyoncé to stop calling me!» Lively joked.On a more serious note, Blake, who attended the show with her sister, Robyn, shared why it was so important for her to be at Kors' show.«I mean honestly, Michael was the first person to invite me to any fashion event, and he always shows up for me, so, I think that's one of the best things you can do in life for people, show up,»  star shared.Blake wowed in a powder blue sequined two-piece bra and skirt set which she paired with a matching blazer jacket, powder blue heels and metallic white clutch. She wore her long, blonde locks down and in loose waves, only breaking her monochromatic look to rock a bold, red lip.It was an important show for Robyn, too, who said she last attended Kors' show three years ago on Valentine's Day.«I couldn't miss it, is just so special for me because I don't get to do this very often, but I did come with you how many years ago, I think it was like three years ago,» she said.

SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major plot points from Tuesday’s Season 1 finale of ABC’s Queens.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorIn their last outings as leaders of ViacomCBS, the executive team led by Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish finally started to sound like they have a solid plan to compete in streaming.On the day ViacomCBS unveiled its corporate rebrand to Paramount, starting as of Feb. 16, the company put on a nearly three-hour virtual presentation for investors that demonstrated how much its operations have been turned inside out to focus on streaming growth opportunities.

J. Kim Murphy Original “Futurama” cast member John DiMaggio, who has long voiced the chain-smoking robot Bender on the show, has given an update on his tentative position on returning for the animated series’ upcoming revival on Hulu.DiMaggio shared his thoughts on Twitter on Tuesday evening, clarifying that he believes that the original “Futurama” voice cast should be paid more for returning for the revival.“I’ve been thinking about everything that’s been going on these past months and just to be clear, I don’t think that only I deserve to be paid more.

Charles Barkley sees his television career as a basketball commentator coming to an end.

UPDATE 2/15/2022: Allison Gollust is stepping down from her position as Chief Marketing Officer for CNN, the network announced on Feb. 15. Jason Kilar, the CEO of the network’s parent company WarnerMedia, made the announcement of Allison’s resignation in a memo to the staff.

sisters broke out at Disney World after one slipped on the other's vomit.The brawl broke out at the Orlando Florida theme park last October according to Disney blog WDWNT.The two sisters were tourists from New Jersey and were having dinner at Disney Springs before enjoying drinks at an Irish pub, according to recent details in Florida circuit court papers.The sisters aged 29 and 31 were heading back to their non resort hotel when their phone died.A Disney security guard helped the pair call an Uber, however the driver refused to take the sisters due to them being too drunk.The security called the pair a taxi but as they were waiting they started to argue.According to court papers, the eldest sister called her sibling a "bad mum" and slapped her.The youngest retaliated and threatened to punch her.Police from the Orlando County Sheriff’s Office arrived around 12:40am to find the younger sister stripped down to only her underwear and sandals as she screamed and cried near Cirque du Soleil.The sheriff's report said: “After attempting to calm the situation, [the security manager] said one female slapped the other in the face.“At that point, both females began punching, slapping, and pulling each other’s hair.“Once separated, both sisters ran at each other, slipped in [the younger sister’s] vomit, then fell into the bushes while still fighting."According to the security guard, the younger sister: “Ran a few feet away and took off her dress, exposing her breasts. Shortly after, they began to punch each other again.”After, the pair were separated and arrested for misdemeanour domestic violence, battery, and disorderly intoxication.The state’s attorney’s office declined to pursue criminal charges.

Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid gear up for their Round of 16 Champions League contest, we take a look at some of those who will be cheering them on.Indeed, today marks the first day of European football in 2022 - and one of the biggest matches on Tuesday night in the first knockout game of the Champions League is between these two elite sides.But who could forget the WAGS? The ladies will surely be in the stands at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night as the pair face off in their first leg of the tie.Here we take a look at some of the most notable WAGS out of Real and PSG.Marco Asensio started dating Sandra Garal at the beginning of 2019 . While the official announcement that they were a couple occurred at the wedding of Sergio Ramos and his wife, Pilar Rubio (more on them later).It’s thought that Garal was working in a nightclub when the pair met.David Alaba’s other half is the daughter of the German chef Frank Heppner, someone who was worked at of the most luxurious hotels around the globe.Shalimar Heppner started dating Alaba in 2017 - and the model welcomed their first child in 2019.It was 2021 when Thibaut Courtois went public with Mishel Gerzig, his stunning girlfriend.The Real Madrid shot-stopper has been with the Israeli model for some time though.But, speaking with publication LaIsha, she said that she has some issues around being so famous."I cannot say that I did not want to be famous before.

Scarlett Johansson, 37, is looking amazing in her latest ad pics! The actress posed as one of David Yurman’s first celebrity ambassadors for the jewelry brand’s “Come Closer” campaign and showed off her sexy side while she was at it. In one of the eye-catching photos, she is in bed with nothing but a white sheet wrapped around her as she stares into the camera with a serious look.

Britney Spears found a new dancing buddy! The 40-year-old introduced fans to her adorable new puppy Sawyer with one of her signature Instagram videos. Her video started off with a closeup of her adorable new pup. Sawyer laid down and gave his best puppy dog eyes to the camera. “Geez …. can you have two loves of your lives because he comes in second !!!!  I’m introducing the new edition to my family,” she wrote in the caption. “his name is Sawyer and he’s a white Australian shepherd with blue eyes !!!!! I found him in Maui like a dream and took him home with me immediately.”

axed “Game of Thrones” spinoff series, which was set to star Naomi Watts, spent a hefty $30 million making one episode, according to former WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt. “They had spent over $30 million on a ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel pilot that was in production when I got there,” Greenblatt tells James Andrew Miller in the journalist’s new oral history of HBO, “Tinderbox.” “And when I saw a cut of [the pilot] a few months after I arrived, I said to [HBO head of content Casey Bloys], ‘This just doesn’t work and I don’t think it delivers on the promise of the original series.’ And he didn’t disagree, which actually was a relief.”The proposed series was from Jane Goldman, who wrote the “Kingsman” film series, and was to take place

Andrea McArdle will not be participating in NBC’s Annie Live! anymore.

Andrea McArdle, Broadway’s original Annie, is stepping away from her role as Eleanor Roosevelt in NBC’s upcoming Annie Live! special due to a family matter.