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'Poetry in Motion' singer Johnny Tillotson has passed away at 86, his wife Nancy has confirmed.The beloved American singer succumbed to complications from Parkinson's disease, as Nancy shared in a heartfelt Facebook post. In a touching message on the platform, Nancy revealed yesterday that the cherished singer-songwriter had passed away surrounded by family at his Los Angeles residence. "It is with a broken heart that I write to let you know that the sweetest, kindest man I ever met Johnny Tillotson, left earth for Heaven yesterday," she penned.

HBO show, this time on the picturesque island of Koh Samui in Thailand. With the updated resort location and its very stylish visitors comes a whole season’s worth of luxe swimsuits. For Season 3, costume designer Alex Bovaird pulled pieces from global luxury houses, local designers and vintage racks.

Whitney Cinkala Variety has added additional programming to its 2025 Entertainment Marketing Summit, Presented by Deloitte, on April 24 in Los Angeles. Jennifer Storms, Chief Marketing Officer, NBCUniversal Television & Streaming; JP Richards, President, Worldwide Marketing, Lionsgate Films; Martha Morrison, Head of Marketing, Pixar, 20th Century Studios, Walt Disney Animation; and Michelle Hooper, EVP Head of Marketing, Searchlight Pictures have now joined the Entertainment Marketing Chief Keynote Roundtable, also including Dwight Caines, President, Domestic Marketing, Universal Pictures and Christian Parkes, Chief Marketing Officer, Neon.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As the deadline nears for TikTok‘s Chinese parent to cut a deal to divest controlling ownership of the app or face a U.S. ban, new bidders are coming out of the woodwork. Among the interested investors in TikTok is Tim Stokely, founder of OnlyFans — the opt-in social media platform known for hosting sexually explicit content.

Adam Aron, chief executive of AMC Entertainment, said there’s more agreement around extending exclusive theatrical windows than one might think given the tensions bubbling among the exhibitor community and pretty much exploding at CinemaCon this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Wachsberger and Legendary Entertainment’s nascent sales and production JV 193 has set its first international sales title in the shape of Peter Dinklage starrer The Toxic Avenger, which it will be screening and shopping at next month’s Cannes market.

Sparks have shared new single ‘Drowned In A Sea Of Tears’ and spoken to NME about how it’s becoming impossible not to be influenced by global politics, as well as sharing their hopes of collaborating with The Last Dinner Party.With Russell and Ron Mael preparing to release new album ‘MAD!’ on May 2, lyricist Ron has admitted that Donald Trump’s re-election as US President has been part of a trend in Sparks’ music that saw them title a song ‘Please Don’t Fuck Up My World’ on 2020’s album ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’.“We have beliefs about certain things, but we don’t express them in explicit ways,” said Ron. “We don’t want to be lecturing or sloganeering, but if it can be done in a way that’s a little more subtle? Those events are hard to avoid everywhere in the world now, but especially in the US.“You can’t escape that kind of feeling.

Val Kilmer sadly passed away just before an event where he was set to walk the red carpet at the 2025 Beverly Hills Film Festival.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “Bob’s Burgers” have locked in massive four-season renewals at Fox, Variety has learned. In addition, “American Dad” is officially returning to Fox, likewise with a four-season renewal.

President Donald Trump is reportedly prepping his inner circle for the departure of Elon Musk.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Okema T. Moore’s “Laundry” and Ian Phillips’ “Reconciliation” were among the winners of this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), presented by Nice Crowd. The 29th annual ABFF will return to Miami Beach from June 11 through June 15, and is dedicated to elevating the stories of Black men as fathers and leaders within their communities.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic North America will be “Mad!” about the boys when Sparks embarks on a U.S. and Canada tour this summer, which the duo is announcing today on the heels of previously announced overseas dates for 2025. Also new to global Sparks fans today is a fresh single, “Drowning in a Sea of Tears,” the third song to come out as a teaser for the group’s “Mad!” album, due May 23.

Donald Trump has told his cabinet members that Elon Musk will be leaving his top US government role 'soon', according to sources.

Naman Ramachandran “Game of Thrones” veteran Iain Glen‘s latest role is portraying Major General Leonard Wood in “Quezon,” the upcoming historical drama from acclaimed Filipino director Jerrold Tarog. In an interview with Variety from the film’s set in the Philippines, Glen discussed his preparation for inhabiting the role of Wood, who served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1921-1927 and was instrumental in Manuel L.

EXCLUSIVE: Seven documentary projects are getting an important boost from the AXS Film Fund, an initiative launched in 2020 to support nonfiction creators living with disabilities from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Ice Nine Kills have announced a UK and European tour with Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada.The metalcore Boston band will be hitting the road for their ‘A Work Of Art Tour’ this winter kicking off in Milan on November 19 with dates running through to December 12, when they will conclude their run with their biggest headline UK show to date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.Creeper and The Devil Wears Prada will be supporting them on all the dates. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (April 4) and can be purchased here for the UK.Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas said of the tour (via Stereogum): “We’ll be playing to more psychos across Europe than ever before, so we’ve sharpened our axes and dusted off our raincoats in preparation for the bloodiest gigs yet.

Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin revealed in a podcast that he hasn’t spoken to his father in over three decades.At the age of 15, Macaulay petitioned a court to remove his father Kit Culkin and mother Patricia Brentrup as his legal guardians, blocking them from his $40million trust fund. The trust was then managed by his family’s accountant until he was 18.Having remained out of the spotlight for much of his teens and early adulthood, Culkin has emerged recently as podcaster and online presence, reprising his role as Kevin Macallister in an advert for Google.He has also embraced his past with various viral videos nodding to his child fame, as well as returning to acting with a role in 2019 film Changeland, TV show American Horror Story: Double Feature, and the forthcoming second season of Fallout. He grew up with six siblings, including newly-crowned Oscar winner Kieran Culkin.In past interviews, he has described his father as abusive, which led to his separation as a teen.A post shared by Sibling Revelry (@siblingrevelry) Appearing on the Sibling Revelry podcast with Oliver and Kate Hudson, the actor said of his father: “I haven’t spoken to him in about 30-something years.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The venerable “CBS Evening News” has, for many of its viewers, been something consumed along with dinner. In recent weeks, the show has served up reports that could stop someone in mid-bite. Correspondent Nikki Battiste recently traveled to New Jersey, where CBS News cameras were allowed into the bedroom of an ALS patient on the day she had chosen to die.

the release of her new lifestyle brand, As Ever, have slammed the “logistical nightmare” the business venture has turned out to be.On Wednesday, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, celebrated the official launch of her very delayed money-making project by sharing several videos on social media of her products.But despite the “Suits” alum’s visible enthusiasm in her videos, it appears as though Netflix staffers are experiencing completely different emotions behind the scenes.“There is so much drama surrounding them once again that internally the team are over it before it’s even launched,” a source told the Daily Mail.“It’s been a logistical nightmare and the buying team are having an issue as they can’t work out what the demand will be, if any.”Insiders told the outlet that the former working royal has lined up her famous friends to “plaster social media” with her newly-released products.“People will be posting their jars of jam — they’ve seeded it to lots of influencers to get it out there and to plaster social media with ‘good vibes’ on launch,” the source added.What’s more, Markle’s decision to ditch the company’s initial American Riviera Orchard moniker at the eleventh hour has proved to trigger a slew of logistical troubles for the team.Insiders told the outlet that Markle also allegedly had her team sign NDAs so that they won’t reveal where As Ever’s products, including her “fruit spread,” are being produced.The Post has reached out to Markle’s reps for comment.Still, Markle was confident that her company’s partnership with Netflix was going to be the “perfect match.”“Frankly, I was building out a very different business plan at the outset,” Markle told Inc.

died at 65 from pneumonia following a decade-long health battle.The actor was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and subsequently underwent chemotherapy, radiation and two tracheotomies that permanently affected his ability to speak and breathe naturally. While Kilmer was eventually declared cancer-free, he spoke publicly about the lasting effects of the illness and its treatments on his health.

Perez Hilton would’ve probably called you a cheater for taking a weight loss drug like Ozempic. Fast forward to today, and the notorious gossip blogger is all in on the GLP-1 craze. In fact, he’s now teaming up with telehealth company FuturHealth to spread the word to his millions of followers.“I probably would have been very against it back then,” Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, told The Post.