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“Snow White” star Gal Gadot because of her outspoken support for Israel, according to a bombshell new report. The 39-year-old Israeli actress, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, received an influx of death threats when her “Snow White” co-star Rachel Zegler, 23, shared a pro-Palestinian message on social media, per Variety.In an August 2024 thread on X thanking fans for their support of the unveiled first trailer for the live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated classic, she added, “and always remember, free palestine.” Zegler’s remarks “made the rounds” at Disney, as Variety put it, reportedly leaving many at the House of Mouse shocked that Zegler would infuse a political statement into her promotion of the $270 million film.Concern reached such a fever pitch that an executive at Disney allegedly contacted Zegler’s team to convey their distress, while “Snow White” producer Marc Platt reportedly went to New York to speak with the “West Side Story” actress in person.Death threats against Gadot “spiked” after Zegler’s “free palestine” post, according to Variety, leaving Disney no choice but to pick up the bill for additional security to protect the “Wonder Woman” star.“She didn’t understand the repercussions of her actions as far as what that meant for the film, for Gal, for anyone,” one insider told the outlet of Zegler.The Post reached out to Gadot’s rep for comment.The young actress again found herself in hot water over a social media post following Donald Trump’s election victory in November.

Ben Affleck has been open about his struggles with alcohol and challenges being under the cowl in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016), Suicide Squad (2016). Justice League (2017) and The Flash (2023). But it wasn’t all bad.

Angelina Jolie has passed down her former New York City apartment to her kids!

Primus is pulling double duty this year.In addition to their co-headlining ‘Sessanta Tour’ with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, Les Claypool’s group just announced they’re embarking on their own ‘Onward & Upward Summer Tour’ alongside special guests Ty Segall and MonoNeon.On the solo run, they’ll make a pair of New York stops.First, the “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” band hit Lafayette, NY’s Beak and Skiffle Apple Orchards on Friday, July 18.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Fusion Entertainment has signed actor and producer Sophie von Haselberg for management. Von Haselberg is the daughter of Bette Midler and has performed in television, film, and theater.

have exploded in recent weeks. However, a new report claims outspoken star Rachel Zegler’s social media posts have roiled the House of Mouse internally for months.After Zegler fired off a series of missives that disparaged President Donald Trump, the studio went so far as to hire a “social media guru” to closely scrutinize her online activity, according to Variety.In November 2024 — three months after the 23-year-old actress was criticized for commenting “and always remember, free palestine [sic]” on a trailer for her PG-rated family movie — she piled on, posting “F–k Donald Trump” and “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”Disney did not want to alienate the 49.8% of Americans who voted for Trump that month from seeing its $270 million movie, so it reportedly enlisted an overseer for Zegler.“After a back and forth, she began working with a social media guru paid for by Disney to vet any posts before the film’s March 21 bow,” the report said.The worried studio also implored the “West Side Story” star to take down her Palestine post.

Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed To Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors involved.“I did not own a suit or a tie, so I had to borrow our manager at the time Bill Aucoin’s suit,” Kiss co-frontman Gene Simmons, 75, exclusively told The Post.“He was a much smaller man … So I put on his suit and nothing fits. If you look at the album cover, the sleeves were short, and the pants didn’t go all the way down.”Plus, Simmons had to finagle his footwear from one of his bandmates.“I didn’t have dress shoes,” he said, “so [Kiss guitarist] Ace Frehley had a pair of white clogs that he used to walk around with, and for no reason at all, I put on the clogs that are on the cover.”It all made for a classic album cover in rock history that is revisited on a new audio walking tour of New York spots that shaped Kiss and the group’s third LP, which inspired generations to “Rock and Roll All Nite” after it was released 50 years ago, on March 19, 1975.Along with Simmons and his Kiss co-frontman, Paul Stanley, photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the cover of “Dressed To Kill” — shares his makeup-covered memories in the 60-minute tour that takes you from 23rd and Eighth to Greenwich Village’s legendary Electric Lady Studios, where the LP was recorded.Gruen was shooting Kiss for a Creem magazine story — in which his photos would be used in a comic-book treatment on the band — and ended up taking the album cover pic.“It was just a whim.

thing when she enters a room in her uniform of Concho belts, tinted aviators, and occasionally sequins and leather.You already know this, but Steinem rose to prominence during the 1960s as a journalist writing about fairly novel topics at the time such as contraception and gender parity. In 1963, Show magazine hired to her to go undercover as a Playboy Bunny, which resulted in a two-part expose on the shocking working conditions for women at of the New York cocktail club.

EXCLUSIVE: Assemble Media has appointed Greg Ferguson as Vice President, Executive Editor of Literary and IP. Ferguson will oversee the development, acquisition, and sale of literary properties with strong multi-platform potential.

New insights regarding the controversies surrounding the Snow White film starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot have been released.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter William Earl has been promoted to executive digital director of Variety. He oversees all digital editorial operations for the venerable entertainment business news brand, and he steers Variety‘s coverage of horror and emerging genre fare. Earl is based in New York and reports to Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, Variety‘s co-editors-in-chief.

Tatiana Siegel On Aug. 12, 2024, three days after Rachel Zegler hit the stage at Disney’s D23 fan event to introduce the first official trailer of “Snow White,” she thanked supporters effusively in an X post for driving the teaser to 120 million views in 24 hours. One minute later, she added an afterthought in the same thread: “and always remember, free palestine.” That addendum, which amassed 8.8 million views, nearly four times the number for the the initial post, quickly made the rounds, with many inside the studio expressing shock that the “Snow White” star would commingle the promotion of its $270 million tentpole with any kind of political statement.

walks the red carpet in a white and black-polka-dot ensemble alongside a dog with matching black spots?For the New York premiere of The Friend on March 24, Watts dressed to match her canine costar, Bing the Great Dane, who accompanied her on the carpet. She wore a white Jacquemus ensemble of backless halter top with a white circle skirt adorned with furry black dots that matched Bing's black-spotted coat. She accessorized only with white pointed-toe pumps, and wore her hair in a crisp blonde bob.

Daisy May Cooper has shown off her new engagement ring for the first time, following reports last month that she got 'secretly engaged' to beau Anthony Huggins.The 38-year-old This Country star was snapped in New York with Anthony on Monday, looking loved-up as they strolled to the cinema, Daisy's new diamond sparkler taking pride of place on her ring finger.The rumour mill went into overdrive about Anthony's proposal last month when Daisy, while promoting up her BBC series Am I Being Unreasonable? on Instagram Stories, casually dropped the term 'fiancé' referring to Anthony. She playfully mentioned that her "fit fiance and baby daddy" might pop up on the show.

Japanese Breakfast premiered songs from their new album ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)‘ in New York as part of a concert in a museum.You can view a host of the songs performed live below including ‘Here Is Someone’, ‘Orlando In Love’, ‘Men In Bars’ and ‘Winter In LA’.Following the performance Zauner also took to Instagram to share a host of pictures from the gig.She wrote: “Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make The Melancholy Recital! We had so much fun putting this special event together to celebrate the release of For Melancholy Brunettes (&sad women). We can’t wait to see you on The Melancholy Tour next month!”‘Here Is Someone’‘Orlando In Love’‘Mega Circuit’‘Honey Water’‘Little Girl’‘Leda’‘Picture Window’‘Men In Bars’‘Winter In LA’‘Magic Mountain’‘Kokomo, IN’‘Boyish’‘Lindsey’‘Be Sweet’‘This House’A post shared by Japanese Breakfast (@jbrekkie)Reviewing ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, NME awarded the record four stars and said: “Michelle Zauner’s deliciously nuanced songwriting shines on the indie rockers’ bold, beautifully realised fourth album.”The band are due to hit the road for a world tour which will kick off with their slot at this year’s edition of Coachella in California next month followed by stops in Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Boston, Brooklyn and more before heading over to Europe and the UK.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Incredibly, Mary J. Blige, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and one of the greatest singers New York has ever produced, has never before headlined the city’s most iconic music venue, Madison Square Garden. All of that will change on April 10, when the moment finally arrives for her, for the nearly 20,000 lucky people who will be in the sold-out venue, and for an audience all over the world who will be able to watch on the livestreaming platform Veeps.

Diddy” Combs by his former music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones.In a filing issued Monday (March 24), US District Judge J. Paul Oetken said Jones had fallen short of showing a required injury to his “business or property” caused by a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).Per Rolling Stone, the judge said Jones’ alleged non-payment for his work on Diddy’s 2023 record, ‘The Love Album: Off the Grid’, didn’t count because it lacked a “causal connection” with any purported racketeering activity.The judge’s ruling dismissed the racketeering claims against Combs, his company, Combs Global, and his former chief of staff Kristina Khorram.

Naomi Watts has her family’s support at the premiere of her new movie, The Friend!

Bruce Springsteen is reportedly joining the all-star line-up for an upcoming Patti Smith tribute concert in New York this week.This Wednesday (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall will host the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, featuring an all-star line-up of musicians paying homage to the legendary Patti Smith.Among those previously announced to perform include Karen O, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, Flea, and more. The line-up of performers will be backed by a house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan.A post shared by Alison Mosshart (@amosshart)Now, Consequence has reported that Bruce Springsteen will reportedly be joining the tribute concert, though further details surrounding his performance remain unknown at this time.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer A judge has granted and denied charges brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a $30 million lawsuit from former producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones alleging sexual assault. Jones initially filed his suit against Combs in New York in Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winners John Lithgow (Conclave, Dexter) and Jimmy Smits (Dexter, Sons of Anarchy) are set to reprise their roles of Arthur Miller, the Trinity Killer and Miguel Prado, respectively, in the Showtime original series Dexter: Resurrection. The show has been in production in New York since January.