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Jennifer Aniston, 55, was seen getting coated in oil while filming Season 4 of her Apple TV+ hit, “The Morning Show,” in Manhattan on Sunday. She was photographed getting splashed in the sticky tar-like substance, looking angry as her white shirt and slacks got destroyed. The “Friends” star appeared to be filming a scene where her character, Alex, was surrounded by protestors who flung the oil at her.

Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth is no longer.

Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel sang about “The River of Dreams” —the doo-wop-meets-Afro-pop ditty that became his last Top 10 single to date in 1993.It was easily the cheesiest song of the night, but hey, a hit is a hit.On this special Thursday evening, when Joel was saying goodbye to his house after 10 years, 104 sold-out shows and 1.9 million tickets scanned, it took on a sentimental significance for the 75-year-old local legend, who described the residency as “a dream come true.”Indeed, the Bronx-born, Long Island-bred Piano Man reminisced about going to the old Madison Square Garden — located further uptown in Manhattan on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th streets — “when I was, like, a 4-year-old to see the circus and watch Gene Autry sing ‘Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’“And now,” he marveled, “here I am doing this.”The resident “Big Shot” — sorry to the Knicks and the Rangers — was pinching himself that he has ruled the big daddy of all arenas, even without basically not releasing any new pop music since last millennium. (Save for the great new piano ballad “Turn the Lights Back On,” which he dropped five months ago but didn’t perform last night.)Let that sink in for a second.But after saying “Welcome to Madison Square Garden” for the umpteenth time as if he owned the place — and really, he does — Joel announced what we already knew: “This is our last night in the residency that we’ve been doing here.”Moans and groans from his ever-adoring audience were met with: “I know, I know, we don’t wanna go either, but it’s time.

Happy Traum, a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s who recorded with Bob Dylan, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 86.

J. Michael Cline, a founding investor and former chairman of online ticketing service Fandango, died Tuesday after falling from the window of a high-rise hotel in midtown Manhattan.  

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor James Michael Cline, the finance executive who founded the Fandango movie ticketing service in 2000 and remained with the company until 2011, died Tuesday morning of an apparent suicide in Manhattan after jumping from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel. He was 64. The NYPD said in a statement that officers responded to the hotel on 50th Street at 10:19 a.m.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are not spending their second wedding anniversary together.

Timothée Chalamet has signed up to appear in Josh Safdie’s upcoming new film about a famous ping-pong player.Chalamet is due to star in and produce Marty Supreme, a new original movie from Safdie and A24.As per Variety, the film is set to be inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman.Reisman who was known as the “wizard of table tennis” began his career hustling in Manhattan, playing ping pong for bets and prize money. From 1947-2002, he played professionally, winning 22 ping pong titles and five bronze medals at the World Table Tennis Championships.

Timothee Chalamet has lined up his next movie role!

Ethan Shanfeld Get ready to rally with Chalamet. Timothée Chalamet is set to star in and produce “Marty Supreme,” an original movie from Josh Safdie and A24. Sources close to the film say “Marty Supreme” is a fictionalized story, while Variety hears the film is inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman.

Ruth Westheimer, the superstar sex therapist known to millions as “Dr. Ruth”, has died aged 96.Westheimer died Friday at her home in Manhattan, her publicist Pierre Lehu confirmed. No cause of death was announced.

Women’s Wear Daily that White died Wednesday, June 26, in hospice care at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. The cause of death is still unknown.

Tony-winner Jonathan Groff is set to star in a staged reading next month of a new musical about Bobby Darin, the 1950s-’60s-era singer who scored hits with “Mack the Knife,” “Dream Lover” and “Beyond The Sea,” Deadline has confirmed.

A Hollywood landmark is temporarily changing cuisines. Gone is roast beef. In are Sicilian pizza slices.

Joseph Hardy, the stage director who introduced the enduring charmer You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, won a Tony Award for 1970’s Child’s Play and, as an executive producer in daytime drama, attempted to rescue the fading serial Ryan’s Hope with some of the most controversial changes in soap history, has died. He was 95.

Beastie Boys are suing the owner of Chili’s for using their song “Sabotage” in social media ads.The hip-hop and rock group filed a complaint in Manhattan federal court accusing Chili’s owner Brinker of copyright infringement and unfair competition from using significant portions of the 1994 track without a license.“Use of the ‘Sabotage’ sound recording, music composition and video was all without permission,” the group’s attorneys wrote in the lawsuit on Wednesday, obtained by the Post. “The plaintiffs do not license ‘Sabotage’ or any of their other intellectual property for third-party product advertising purposes, and deceased Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch included a provision in his will prohibiting such uses.”Yauch’s estate, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz are all listed as plaintiffs in the suit.

Content warning: this article discusses rape and sexual assaultHarvey Weinstein is facing a new investigation over alleged “additional violent sexual assaults”, prosecutors in New York have said.At a hearing in New York State criminal court earlier this week (July 8), prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said they’re looking for a new indictment, explaining that the alleged additional assaults were still within the statute of limitations to be charged as crimes.The former movie producer was found guilty on February 24 2020 after being convicted of first-degree and third-degree rape, and was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison.However, in April, The New York Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for rape, deeming that the judge at the trial gave improper rulings. Weinstein has denied having non-consensual encounters with anyone.Speaking on Tuesday (July 9), Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala said it was unfair for prosecutors to seek to add additional victims to the case after the conviction had already been overturned.He added: “Once again we have a hotline: ‘1-800 Get Harvey”.Weinstein has remained in jail because he was also convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape.

Renauld White, who helped forge greater diversity on designer runways and later spent two years on soap opera “The Guiding Light,” died June 26 at age 80.

Renauld White has sadly died.

It looks like Justin Timberlake is traveling a lot on foot nowadays!

Mondaire Jones won his Democratic primary, setting him up for a general election showdown against Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Lawler in a district covering New York City’s northern suburbs and exurbs in the Hudson Valley.Jones, who is gay, was first elected to Congress in 2020.