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Funny Face Bakery is serving up sugar cookies that look just like the Hell’s Kitchen native, who is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.”They named it the “Freewheelin’ Heartthrob,” a nod to the title of Dylan’s second album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” whose cover famously features the singer and his girlfriend Suze Rotolo, played in the film by Elle Fanning, walking arm in arm on Jones Street in the West Village.Janelle Morillo, who was friends with Chalamet at LaGuardia High School, from which they graduated in 2013, loved seeing the sugary replica, which retails for $15.“This is both amazing and hilarious,” she told The Post.“I’m very happy he’s being recognized and celebrated because he has dedicated his life to his art and he truly deserves it.”The out-of-the-box bakery — which has two locations, one on Lafayette Street in NoHo and the other on Fulton Street in the Seaport — also handed out the sweet treats at the Chalamet lookalike contest, held in Washington Square Park on Oct. 27, where the actor made an appearance.The 29-year-old actor, who received his first Academy Award nomination at 22 for “Call Me by Your Name,” has another connection to the bakery — his girlfriend Kylie Jenner’s mother was its first celebrity customer.“In our early days, Kris Jenner helped put us on the map when we gifted cookies to all of her grandkids,” said Funny Face’s head of growth Olivia Nickel.“We were even featured in the final moments of the ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ series finale.

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned into chaos last night (February 28).The two leaders met in Washington D.C. with the intention of securing a minerals and defence deal.

Claudia Winkleman is all set to fill in for Graham Norton on his BBC chat show tonight.The host of The Traitors will be bringing her charm to the penultimate episode of the series, where she'll be chatting with stars Chris Pratt, Toby Jones, Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Rob Beckett on the iconic red sofa. But fans are wondering, why is Claudia stepping in? Well, earlier this month, Graham revealed he'd be taking a week off to tour Australia, sharing the news while Claudia was visiting his show.

Lazarus, the anticipated new anime series from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe, will premiere Saturday, April 5 at midnight on Adult Swim during the network’s Toonami action/anime block. The network also released the official trailer, which you can watch above.

God Of War and Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, has announced a London headline gig.McCreary has also written music for Call Of Duty: Vanguard, The Walking Dead and Godzilla: King Of The Monsters while last year, he released “epic rock concept” album ‘The Singularity’ which featured collaborations with Slash, Corey Taylor, System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian and many more.He’s now confirmed details of a European ‘Themes And Variations’ tour. The run of shows will see McCreary “bring selections from the last twenty years of his career to the stage,” with the help of a six-piece band.Bear McCreary’s ‘Themes And Variations’ tour will kick off with a gig at London’s Indigo At The O2 on April 18.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Playing “The End” on the “SNL50” special hardly marked the end of what fans will be hearing or seeing from Paul McCartney this year. He announced Wednesday that he will release a book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” tracing the history of the group he helmed through most of the 1970s after the Beatles’ breakup. It comes out Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: Finn, the children’s musical that opened to great reviews at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. last year only to have its national tour canceled by the venue’s new Trump-led regime, will be performed by a cast of Broadway stars for a one-night-only show to be livestreamed from New York’s Town Hall next month.

Jeff Bezos is exerting more influence over the content of The Washington Post opinion pages, as he announced that the editorials will now focus on “defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jeff Bezos is shaking up the Washington Post again. The billionaire owner of the newspaper said he will change the focus of the opinion section to focus on “support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” According to Bezos, he offered editorial opinion page editor David Shipley “the opportunity to lead this new chapter.

Circle in the Square on Feb. 16.Now, a little over a week later, the celebrated playwright’s timeless 1603 tragedy “Othello” has opened at the Barrymore Theatre with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.Shows will run from February until Sunday, June 8.At all performances, Washington, 70, takes on the iconic Othello role while Gyllenhaal, 44, will inhabit the scheming Iago.

Nirvana perform live and expressed his regret that Kurt Cobain was never able to meet their grandson.Tony Hawk and Nirvana have a shared history, with the legendary skater having seen the iconic Seattle grunge band perform back in 1991. Beyond that, Hawk’s son Riley would go on to marry Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean, with the couple welcoming their son Ronin Walker in September last year.Now, Tony Hawk has reflected on the “transformative” experience he had watching the band and spoken about Kurt after coming across a 1991 ticket stub from Nirvana’s Washington concert.In a now-expired Instagram Story – which has since been captured and posted onto Reddit – Hawk wrote about the 1991 gig: “Went straight from S.U.A.S [Shut Up And Skate] event at Houston Skatepark to this concert in 1991.

EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 12 years as Manager/Producer at the NYC-based Washington Square Films, Jennifer Konawal Brady has joined the recently launched Amplified in the same role.

the SAG Award for Best Actor Sunday night, he stunned the A-list room into silence.In a moment of pure New York bravado, the 29-year-old star controversially announced, “I want to be one of the greats.”The megawatt names that the “A Complete Unknown” star desires to be spoken in the same breath as? “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps,” he said.Well, then.That recitation of his vision board was the latest move in one of the strangest — and most hypnotically watchable — awards campaigns in memory. No staid Arts & Leisure profiles for this guy.

There will be more Dark Winds on AMC.

revealed she had ALS in late 2022.The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release at the time. “But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.”The 2022 release also said that the famous singer and pianist “plans to stay active in her musical and creative pursuits” through her eponymous foundation and other avenues.Flack was born in North Carolina.

Amid Donald Trump-imposed tariffs, Apple has announced what it calls its largest-ever spending commitment, more than $500 billion over four years, to expand facilities, build a new factory in Texas and hire 20,000 more people Stateside for R&D.

EXCLUSIVE: Three years ago today, Russia launched its hellish full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an unprovoked assault that has killed and injured more than 40,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the UN.

Tatiana Siegel Is Hollywood becoming MAGA friendly? In the wake of CAA adding former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to its client roster, UTA quietly signed Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council co-chair CJ Pearson. Pearson, a media savvy political strategist and Gen Z activist, played a key role in mobilizing young conservatives during the 2024 election.

A Day To Remember, Silverstein and Motion City Soundtrack are among some of the new names added to the line-up for the Vans Warped Tour 2025.The iconic punk and rock festival is back this year for its 30th anniversary, six years after the previous edition, and will be coming to three cities over three weekends. Other names that have been announced as performers so far, include the likes of 3OH!3, Bowling For Soup, Beauty School Dropout, 408, Fever 333 and Of Mice & Men and Avril Lavigne.The first weekend of the festival will take place at the RFK Campus in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, before it comes to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California, on July 26 and 27.

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