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David St. John, an executive producer on such popular reality TV series as America’s Next Top Model and I Am Jazz, died December 19 of pancreatic cancer at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. He was 56.

The singer-songwriter‘s mother, Valerie Anne Matthews, has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89.Valerie passed away on Sunday, Feb. 9, at her home in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to her online obituary published Tuesday.“Val’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild were able to gather around her in the days leading up to her death,” the obituary revealed.

Eclipse, a sculpture invitational now on display at The Athenaeum in Northern Virginia. “You look at a painting, but you react and interact with sculpture.”The show features a stunning, imaginative assortment of works by eleven area artists, including Michael Enn Sirvet, Carol Prusa, Michael Price, Murat Sener, and Tim Tate, a gay artist known for his elegant work with glass. Its mission, according to the gallery statement, is to examine “light and shadow, liminal space, and the passage of time.”“I found the whole experience really quite wonderful,” says Sigethy, who had never curated a show before.

Lumineers fans this year.The “Ho Hey” folk-rockers just announced they’re embarking on the ‘Automatic World Tour’ in support of their forthcoming fifth studio album with the same name due out Feb. 14.To kick off the North American summer run, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Frates will headline Saratoga Springs’ Broadview Stage on Thursday, July 3.After that, they’ll swing into the five boroughs and hit Queens’ Citi Field on Friday, July 11.

The former star of Dublin Wives, Jo Jordan, has tragically passed away at the tender age of 51. A beloved reality TV icon from Ballymun, Jo was found deceased by a family friend at her abode in Ratoath, County Meath, on Friday 7th February. Remembered for her "kind" and "generous," nature, Jo shot to fame through her appearance in TV3's series Dublin Wives, which offered an insight into the lives of five Dublin women along with Danielle Meagher, Lisa Murphy, Roz Flanagan, and Virginia Macari-Smurfit.

claims the five school districts are violating President Donald Trump’s recent executive order preventing schools that receive federal funds from affirming trans students’ gender identities.The group says that if all five jurisdictions are found to have violated Title IX and still refuse to end their gender-affirming policies, then those school districts should be stripped of all federal funds. “In each of those school districts, a ‘gender expansive or transgender student’ has access to the sex-segregated common restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex because it is consistent with their ability to be safe and comfortable in their subjective sense of ‘gender identity,'” the complaint reads.“But when other students whose ‘gender identity’ is the same as their biological sex object on the grounds that they now feel unsafe and uncomfortable in the common sex-segregated restrooms and locker rooms that have traditionally been designated exclusively for their sex, those students’ only option is to use a private restroom or an alternative that ‘minimize[s] the loss of instructional time.’“In other words, the relevant policies provide greater rights to students whose ‘gender identity’ does not match their biological sex than it does to students whose ‘gender identity’ matches their biological sex.

Golden, the movie musical based on the childhood of Pharrell Williams, has been scrapped in post-production.Originally titled Atlantis, the project was to be directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), with a theatrical release from Universal Pictures reportedly pegged for May 5. Its long list of stars included Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott, Quinta Brunson, Anderson .Paak and Jaboukie Young-White.Back in November, Williams offered the first and only glimpse of the film in an interview with Empire, where he distinguished the film from Piece by Piece, the LEGO biopic of his life, directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville and complete with cameos from Daft Punk, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and more.“’Piece By Piece’ is about my life, whereas ‘Golden’ is about a neighborhood that I grew up in.

Pharrell Williams and director Michel Gondry are shelving their upcoming movie musical Golden.

Golden (fka Atlantis), Michel Gondry‘s movie musical on the childhood of musician Pharrell Williams, has been scrapped in post-production, Deadline has confirmed.

defamation trial against Amber Heard. Benjamin Chew appeared on “Law & Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber” Tuesday and weighed in on the “It Ends With Us” lawsuit — including Baldoni’s move to launch a website with an amended version of his $400 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, as well as a timeline of events relevant to the case.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, My Cousin Vinny) and Fall star Virginia Gardner have been set to lead rom-com F*ck Valentine’s Day, which is due to begin production in Malta next month.

had kept in contact with Epstein for longer than he initially let on.The new information has sparked fresh calls for a criminal probe into Epstein’s close relationships.“He is terrified if he goes to America, he could be arrested, face civil action or be subpoenaed,” a source told the Sun.“He used to be Air Miles Andy but he’ll never risk going to America again,” the insider went on. “Since the whole thing blew up, he’s only been to Bahrain, where he has friends.”“There hasn’t been a single golf trip to Spain or holiday abroad,” they added.President Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, has vowed to “do everything” he can to expose those who were involved in Epstein’s network.Spencer Kuvin, the attorney representing Epstein’s victims, has since said the UK government should “turn [Andrew] over” for questioning, adding that the Firm should be distancing itself from the duke.“The British monarchy should be embarrassed.

had kept in contact with the late serial sex trafficker for longer than he initially led on — and royal experts claim that Charles has simply had enough.Several prominent royal experts have since told Fox News that the Firm is waiting “with bated breath” to see if more bombshells will land on the House of Windsor.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony has picked up most international rights to one of the hottest horror projects in the market, A24‘s Bring Her Back, the next film from Talk To Me filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Super Bowl commercials and popular celebrities go together like peanut butter and chocolate. So how come there’s no famous face putting a spotlight on Reese’s candy during the Big Game? A new Super Bowl ad for the Hershey’s-backed treat will show fans taking extreme measures at the site of an active volcano to taste lava, clearly confused after the introduction of a new version of Reese’s that has chocolate lava.

a photo of him with then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre emerged, a court has heard.Andrew initially claimed that he had cut ties with the late financier — who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking and federal conspiracy charges — in December 2010, shortly after the duo was pictured taking a stroll through Central Park.However, in late February 2011, the scandal-scarred royal wrote to the convicted pedophile, “Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon.”Epstein and Peter Mandelson, the newly-appointed British Ambassador to the US, remained in close contact until at least August 2012, records show.The emails, seen by Bloomberg, were read aloud in a London courtroom as part of a filing by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is defending an appeal by Jes Staley, former Barclays bank honcho, to the Upper Tribunal.Staley was blocked from all senior management positions until 2023 after it emerged that he lied about his relationship with Epstein.He claimed to have cut all ties with the billionaire “well before” he landed the CEO role at Barclays bank, however, emails disclosed in court proved otherwise.Emails showed that the pair stayed in touch until at least 2015.In one exchange, Epstein invited Andrew to spend time with him and Staley.In his response, the former working royal said he and Staley were due to meet up for dinner in London’s posh Mayfair area the following night.Epstein responded to Andrew on Feb.

Emily Longeretta It’s that time of year again. Season 48 of “Survivor” is set to debut with a two-hour premiere episode on Wednesday, February 26, at 8 p.m., airing on CBS and streaming live on Paramount+.Following the premiere, 90-minute episodes will air weekly beginning March 5.

Luke Bryan is hitting the road.

UPDATE 1/24/25: Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. In addition to the principal cast, previously announced, the 34-member cast will include Janie Brookshire, Kelsey Anne Brown, Malcolm Callender, Ta’Rea Campbell, Juan Carlos as Bob Newby (replacing Nicholas Eldridge), Antoinette Comer, Robert T. Cunningham, Ayana Cymone, Tom D’Agustino, Victor de Paula Rocha, Ian Dolley, Dora Dolphin, Nya Garner, Logan Gould, Shea Grant, Rebecca Hurd, Ted Koch, Timothy Lawrence, Jamie Martin Mann, Patrick Scott McDermott, Stephen Wattrus, Maya West, Eric Wiegand and Graham Winton.

Donald Trump signed an executive order today to release more records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as those related to the killings of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) claimed that the measure should be defeated because it does not address the ability of religious clergy to decline to perform marriages.However, last year, the House and Senate passed a law, signed into effect by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, that protects the right of same-sex couples to marry and allows any religious clergy or organizations to refuse to perform or participate in a same-sex wedding.