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Elton John, 74, took to Instagram earlier today to bid a heartfelt farewell to his “favourite venue in the world”.The legendary musician is performing his Farewell Tour as he shared insight into his time at Madison Square Garden.Elton posted several snaps of him earlier today to his 3.9 million followers.The black and white pictures featured him waving goodbye to his fans in the crowd.Another featured him looking up in wonder at the audience.He also showed a drum kit that had been signed by him to mark the occasion.Elton captioned his images: “Quite a moment for me last night playing Madison Square Garden for the last time on tour.“My favourite venue in the world and somewhere I’ve played over 70 times.“Thank you for a magical couple of nights and 52 years of memories x.”He then shared the hashtag “#eltonfarewelltour”.Many of the singer's famous followers and fans replied to the post with their well wishes.Charlie Puth wrote: “So special.

Terry Flores The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is returning after two years with an in-person event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the playwright’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The fest will run from March 23 to March 27.“After a canceled festival in 2020 and a virtual festival last year, we are so happy to be returning to our home at the Hotel Monteleone once again for our five-day festival,” said the event’s executive director Paul J. Willis.

EXCLUSIVE: James Moses Black (Queenpins, Lansky) is the latest addition to the cast of Renfield, the Universal monster movie from director Chris McKay.

Smashing Pumpkins have announced that they’ll hit the road in the US this May for their ‘Rock Invasion 2’ tour.Although the tour – which sees support from Bones – shares the same name with the band’s postponed 2020 trek, many of the original dates have not been rescheduled.The 18-date jaunt will instead see Billy Corgan and co. visit cities such as Tucson, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Birmingham, Greensboro, and Columbus.

Elton John has reportedly been left “shaken” after his private jet was forced to make an emergency landing.Sources say the jet was flying over southern Ireland at 10,000ft, on its way from the UK to New York for a show at Madison Square Garden, when it was forced to land.According to The Sun, the plane took off around 10am UK time yesterday (February 22), but suffered hydraulic issues an hour into its journey and was forced to turn back, eventually landing at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire.An eyewitness commented: “The jet was being buffeted and couldn’t land. It was horrible to see.

student has been declared dead after taking an Uber following a night out with pals.The 21-year-old from the University of New Orleans was dropped off unresponsive at a hospital where she was declared dead.Ciaya Jordan Whetstone attended Mardi Gras parades on Friday and later went out with friend Juliet Orr to a bar.Juliet told the New Orleans Advocate that Ciaya was driven to her boyfriend's house in the suburbs and later took an Uber to check on her dog in the middle of the night.Her roommate, Reese White, said that Ciaya told her she was going with the driver whom she described as a friend to “go find her car”.Reese told the paper: "I tried to convince her not to go."One of Ciaya's other friends, Robert Torres, rang her at around 1.30am on Saturday morning where he heard the driver ask her: "Do you like to party?"Reportedly she told Robert that she will ring him back, but never did.The news outlet reported it was unclear who dropped the girl off at 7am at the hospital.Police said she arrived via “private conveyance”, a term used in cases where an ambulance isn’t involved.Currently it is unclear what the cause of death was.The girl's stepdad shared how "shocked" the family are and how they have "got a tough few days ahead of us".The University officials said that Ciaya was a business administration junior who was due to graduate in 2023.School president John Nicklow said in a statement: “As a University, few things are more challenging than dealing with the sadness of the death of a student. Our thoughts are with Ciaya’s family and friends.“We are offering counselling services to students and employees who need support."Fellow students also shared their worries.

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EXCLUSIVE: David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad), Marin Ireland (Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy), Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box, Mr. Corman) and Madison Hu (Voyagers) have signed on to star alongside Chris Messina and Sophie Thatcher in 20th Century Studios horror-thriller The Boogeyman, based on Stephen King’s 1973 short story of the same name, which has entered production in New Orleans, and will debut in 2023 on Hulu in the U.S., on Star+ in Latin America, and on Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.

Owning her mistakes. Matthew Stafford may be the one in the spotlight, but his wife, Kelly Stafford (née Hall), has found herself in hot water on more than one occasion.

David Debrandon Brown (Lucky Daye) has announced the release date for Candydrip, the follow-up to his 2019 debut LP, Painted. The album drops March 10 via Keep Cool and RCA Records, and today marks the release of "NWA" featuring Lil Durk, which follows September 2021's "Over" and the record's January title track as its third single.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterCBS has ordered comedy pilots from “Jane the Virgin” creator Jennie Snyder Urman and Lonely Island crew Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.The Urman-produced multi-cam project is called “Sober Companion” and follows Eliza, a hot-mess alcoholic who owns a bar with her uncle in New Orleans. She is forced to get her life together when the court appoints her an exhaustingly upbeat sober companion with whom she has to live 24/7.The potential series is based on a story by Urman, Gracie Glassmeyer and David Rosenthal.

CBS is going back into the vault for one of its latest comedy pilots.

Jonathan Cohen Willie Nelson and Family, Japanese Breakfast, Allison Russell, Weyes Blood, Adia Victoria, Delta Spirit, Charlie Crockett and Chuck Prophet & Mission Express lead the lineup for the 10th anniversary edition of Luck Reunion, to be held March 17 on Nelson’s 500-acre ranch about 30 miles north of Austin. With a capacity of 3,500, the Southwest Airlines-sponsored event is already sold out, but a handful of tickets are traditionally made available closer to the date.Luck Reunion takes place in and around structures first built on the property in 1985 as sets for the Nelson-starring movie “Red Headed Stranger,” making it one of the most unique festival experiences in the United States amid a concert industry dominated by large corporations.

Manori Ravindran International EditorDavid Duchovny (“Californication”) and Ron Livingston (“A Million Little Things”) round out the cast of Signature Films’ inheritance battle comedy “The Estate.”The actors join a star-studded cast that includes leads Toni Collette and Anna Faris, alongside Kathleen Turner, Rosemary DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso. Production is currently underway in New Orleans.Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer.

Jessica Simpson gave her 5ft3in stature a big boost wearing Moschino's Timberland-style platform boots while out and about in Los Angeles on Tuesday.The 41-year-old clothing mogul paired her sky-high footwear with a heavily-ripped red hoodie, black skinny jeans, and a matching studded bag.Back in 2019, Jessica famously shed 100lbs of baby weight off her 240lb-frame in six months with help from fitness trainer Harley Pasternak. Teetering: Jessica Simpson gave her 5ft3in stature a big boost wearing Moschino's Timberland-style platform boots while out and about in Los Angeles on TuesdaySimpson was last seen Saturday in an Instagram post wearing a leggy black slip dress with strappy platform heels for a hot night out.Missing from the platinum-blonde Texan's side was her second husband Eric Johnson and their three children - daughter Maxwell Drew, 9; son Ace Knute, 8; and daughter Birdie Mae, turning 3 next month.

Actor John DiMaggio has spoken out about his decision not to reprise his signature voice role as foul-mouthed robot Bender and an assortment of other characters in the upcoming revival of cult animated series Futurama for Hulu.

Emily Longeretta Paramount Plus and CBS are expanding their reality TV lineup. On Tuesday, the streaming service announced the renewals of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” “Queen of the Universe,” “The Real World Homecoming” and “The Challenge: All Stars,” as well as multiple new series.“The Challenge: All Stars,” which landed a Guild of Music Supervisors Award nomination for best music supervision in reality TV, will launch its third season on May 11, Chris McCarthy, chief content officer of unscripted entertainment at Paramount Plus, announced on on Tuesday’s ViacomCBS’s Investor Day event, sharing that the universe is expanding across broadcast and cable channels.Internationally, the streamer will launch “The Challenge: Argentina,” “The Challenge: Australia” and “The Challenge U.K.” Each will be available to stream on demand in their respective markets.

ViacomCBS is supersizing reality competition franchise The Challenge.

Soul, it’s titled “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure,” and it’s latest stop is in NYC at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem to celebrate our past heroes. 

Emiliano De Pablos Spanish media giant Atresmedia is joining forces with Portocabo, the production outfit behind Movistar Plus hit series “Hierro,” for a remake of Showtime drama “Your Honor,” starring Bryan Cranston.The Spanish redo is currently at the script stage and initiating casting.With an undisclosed number of episodes, the project production is scheduled to kick off this year.The TV series release date is still unknown. But it would be logical for it to launch on platform Atresplayer Premium before airing on Atresmedia’s free-to-air channel Antena 3 primetime, a windowing strategy usually followed by the group with its new fiction releases since Atresplayer Premium bowed in 2019.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAMC Networks dropped a teaser during Super Bowl LVI Sunday featuring the first look at its Anne Rice series “Interview with the Vampire,” along with footage from the sixth and final season of “Better Call Saul,” the middle third of the 11th and final season of “The Walking Dead” and upcoming anthology “Tales of the Walking Dead,” the fourth and final season of “Killing Eve” and several other shows coming to AMC, streaming service AMC Plus or BBC America this year.A longer 60-second version of the TV spot was released online, which teased the upcoming series “61st Street,” “Dark Winds,” “Moonhaven” and “That Dirty Black Bag.”AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire,” adapted from Rice’s iconic novel of the same name, centers on the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (played by Jacob Anderson) as he relates the story of his life to a reporter, in particular how he was turned into a vampire and then mentored by Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid). The show is currently in production in New Orleans.