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Winnie Harlow is opening up about her engagement to Kyle Kuzma!

Selome Hailu Jack Black, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim smashed together a reggae track with a parody of the My Chemical Romance song “Welcome to the Black Parade” on “Saturday Night Live” to joke about how goth kids act on vacation. Dressed in exaggerated goth attire, complete with bold eyeliner and a black wig, Black sang, “When I was a young boy / My parents took me down to Jamaica / For my high school spring break / They said, ‘Come to the pool’ but / I stayed in the room with my graphic novels / So I could masturbate.” The song started with the reggae beat alone, with Thompson and Nwodim playing Jamaicans and singing, “When there is war and struggle and pain / How do we fill our souls with joy again? / We look and we laugh at / Goth kid on vacation.” Michael Longfellow played the song’s titular goth kid, sticking out from his happy family in photos, wearing combat boots on the beach, getting his long coat stuck in a hammock, painting his nails black and screaming after getting hit in the head with a beach ball.

death from pneumonia at the age of 65 on Tuesday.“I’m remembering Val Kilmer today with great admiration for him as a man and as a generational talent who left us an enviable legacy of indelible acting performances,” Carrey, 63, said in a statement to The Post on Wednesday.“His greatest artistic achievements were rivaled only by the grace and courage with which he endured his life’s most challenging moments,” Carrey, who recently unretired from acting, added. “Wishing his family so much love.”Kilmer and Carrey both starred in 1995’s “Batman Forever.” Kilmer, who donned a Batman mask in his final Instagram post before his death, starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman while Carrey played the villainous Riddler.The movie, directed by Michael Schumacher, also starred Chris O’Donnell as the sidekick Robin, Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian/Catwoman, and Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar as the characters Sugar and Spice.

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EXCLUSIVE: Burnt Milk, a film project from British-Jamaican filmmaker Joseph Douglas Elmhirst, has been acquired by the Criterion Channel. 

EXCLUSIVE: For the Culture with Amanda Parris has been given a second season at Canada’s CBC, with David Harewood and Monica Wright Rogers guest starring.

Alesha Dixon and her long-term partner Azuka Ononye are reportedly still living together 'for the sake of the kids' following their shock split after 18 years together.The couple were together for almost two decades and welcomed children, Azura, 10, and Anaya, four, before going their separate ways last year. It's now reported that singer and Britain's Got Talent star Alesha, 46, and her former partner, 44, are are still living under the same roof as they navigate their lives post-split.

Call it the King’s Speech, with music.

Taylor Swift tour tickets.The two people were arrested in New York last Thursday (February 27) after stealing over 900 concert tickets and carrying out a criminal scheme that made them $600,000 (£465,700).According to prosecutors from the district attorney’s office in Queens County (via Variety), the two stole close to 1,000 concert tickets to huge tours – including Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’, and dates for Adele and Ed Sheeran.This was done as they worked for a third-party contractor for StubHub in Kingston, Jamaica, and found a way to access already purchased tickets.

While she grossed more than $2 billion on her historic Eras Tour, some Taylor Swift fans were taken for a ride to the tune of $600,000… no private jet involved.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Two individuals have been arrested and arraigned in New York City for stealing more than 900 concert tickets, many of which were for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, and making more than $600,000 in the process. Prosecutors from the District Attorney’s Office in Queens County said that two individuals, Tyrone Rose and Shamara P.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The Dominican Republic’s Jose Maria Cabral, best known for his reality-grounded prison drama “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”), has ventured into documentary filmmaking for the fourth time with his bracing portrait of Santo Domingo’s titular “42nd Street” (“La 42”). He debuts its trailer exclusively in Variety ahead of its SXSW world premiere on March 7.

“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has a new historical drama, “A Thousand Blows,” that focuses on a real-life female-led gang called the Forty Elephants. Knight told The Post that he learned about it while he was doing “research” for his most famous show, “Peaky Blinders,” which follows Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) running a gang in post-World War I era Birmingham, England.“I was reading about all the different gangs around the turn of the century,” said Knight, “and there was this gang of female robbers and con artists who called themselves the Forty Elephants.” Knight continued, “Partly because where they came from is called the Elephant and Castle, but also mainly when they went to Harrods or Selfridges and stole loads of clothes and coats and hats, by the time they left, they looked like elephants because they had so many clothes.”He added, “I just thought it’s irresistible, and I always wanted to do it.”Now streaming on Hulu and renewed for a Season 2, “A Thousand Blows” is set in 1880s London, following a cast of characters inspired by real historical figures.

four Academy Award wins, including Best Picture, in one night. And Paul Tazewell (“Wicked”) became the first black man to accept the trophy for Costume Design.

Al Trautwig, who had a long career as a New York sportscaster and also called national NHL games and Olympics gymnastics, has died. He was 68.

The Notorious B.I.G., has died at the age of 78.The news was reported on Friday (February 21) by TMZ, after Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac announced that she had passed away from natural causes in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she had been receiving hospice care.Wallace had been instrumental in carrying on her son’s legacy and overseeing his estate, following his murder at the age of 24 on March 9, 1997. She established the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation and was a producer on the 2009 biopic Notorious, directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Jamal Woolard.

While Detective Inspectors may come and go in Death In Paradise, Commissioner Selwyn Patterson (Don Warrington) has always been a constant presence on the island of Saint Marie. However, recent plot twists have left fans fearing for his future on the show. Last week, the Chief Commissioner in Jamaica hinted at potential layoffs due to budget cuts, leaving Selwyn's position hanging in the balance.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.‘s mother who kept his legacy alive in the decades following his passing, has died. Wallace was in hospice care at her residence in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, when she died of natural causes.

Aramide Tinubu In his latest series, “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight puts a spotlight on a very different gang from the Irish crime family of that series. An intricate, fast-paced period drama homing in on a slew of characters who don’t usually get the spotlight, Hulu’s “A Thousand Blows” is a story of ambition, desire and violence. The beautifully wielded but brutal narrative follows a band of female criminals, a pair of best friends newly emigrated from Jamaica and a murderous gangster desperately clinging to everything he’s forged.

Fred Sirieix is officially married! The charming maître d' from First Dates has taken to Instagram to announce his marriage to his beloved partner, affectionately nicknamed Fruitcake.The couple said 'I do' amidst the tropical beauty of Negril, Jamaica. Fred shared a heartwarming photo of himself and his bride covered in a shower of petals, both radiating joy on their special day.

Shane Gillis to host the show for a second time alongside musical guest Tate McRae on Saturday, March 1.In his February 2024 “SNL” debut, the edgy comic employed slurs toward mentally handicapped people, impersonated Donald Trump and spoke in a Jamaican patois.“This was like them saying ‘sorry,'” Gillis said in an interview with Joe Rogan. “It was an admission of guilt.”While the 37-year-old stand-up claims to have learned from his “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable” on-air slurs, a 2024 Los Angeles Times article reports that he continues to work cruel stereotypes into his material.Leading up to and after his return to Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Center, Gillis has a handful of stand-up gigs remaining on his tour that began in January.While the “SNL” hosting spot is the only NYC show he has lined up, he does have a pair of upstate performances planned at Albany’s MVP Arena on Friday, May 2 and Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Saturday, May 3.As of now, tickets are available for all of his upcoming spots.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $48 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $50 before fees to $135 including fees.For more information, we have everything you need to know and more about Shane Gillis’ stand-up tour below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn’t noted, will include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or