4/5/25: Last News

Anita Rachvelishvili was contracted to perform various shows at the legendary Manhattan opera, including “Aida,” “La Gioconda,” “Carmen” and “Don Carlo” from 2022 to 2025 — a deal worth upwards of $400,000.But instead of using her “sonorous voice” to belt out the famed works, the opera cancelled her remaining performances in January 2023, accusing Rachvelishvili, 40, of “deterioration of vocal quality,” she said in court papers.Rachvelishvili, who gave birth to her daughter in November 2021, admitted she was “temporarily limited in her very highest vocal range” after becoming a mom but said there was never an impact on her work.“She was nonetheless at all times ready, willing and able to perform the roles for which she was contracted,” she said in court papers, noting she has since “recovered her full vocal range.”She claims the Met and the union discriminated against her because she was pregnant.“I loved performing on the Met stage and looked forward to returning after the birth of my first child. I was shocked that I was not given a chance to recover and all of my contracts for the next two years were immediately canceled without pay,” she said in a statement.“After supporting the Met throughout the pandemic, I am disappointed, to say the least, at this harmful treatment.”Rachvelishvili, who hails from the former Soviet republic of Georgia and now lives in Tbilisi, was once heralded as the “greatest dramatic mezzo-soprano” by her Metropolitan Opera boss, Peter Gelb.

Before Tina Louise found herself stranded on a tropical island, she was plagued with loneliness as a child in boarding school.The actress, who found fame as the glamorous Ginger Grant on the sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has recently released the audio version of her 1997 book, “Sunday: A Memoir.” The star said that, for the first time, she finally felt free to discuss her painful childhood in depth.“I didn’t live with my mother until I was 11,” Louise told Fox News Digital. “I had a whole period of life without her… I kept all of that inside of me. And then, I developed anger.

Elton John is getting candid on his health situation.The musician, 78, suffered from an eye infection which has left him with irreparable damage. “I can see you, but I can’t see TV, I can’t read,” John told the Times of London on Friday. “I can’t see my boys playing rugby and soccer, and it has been a very stressful time because I’m used to soaking it all up.”The “Your Song” artist, who shares sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish, called his current situation “distressing.”“You get emotional, but you have to get used to it because I’m lucky to have the life I have,” continued John.

reportedly interviewing replacements. But this weekend the pair have finally notched a box-office hit — “A Minecraft Movie,” a piece of dismal video-game mush starring Jack Black. Their very own “Kool-Aid.” Still, the duo isn’t in the clear yet.

Kylie Minogue by to ever headline Madison Square Garden.After all, on her last US tour — way back in 2011 — the Aussie diva “only” played Hammerstein Ballroom, which is not even as big as Radio City Music Hall.But while heading into her mid-’50s — an age at which most veteran pop stars are on the inevitable decline — the singer reached the unlikeliest of career peaks with “Padam Padam,” which won Minogue a new generation of fans in the US. Expanding her loyal base in the gay community, the song of summer 2023 song even won Minogue her second Grammy — a show of respect for the bubblegum girl whose biggest hit had been her cover of Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion” released way back in 1988.And 37 years after she began her music career, “Padam Padam” finally brought her all the way to Madison Square Garden on Friday night for the first of two shows on her Tension Tour at the Big Apple’s big daddy of arenas.“This is New York City!” a giddy Minogue exclaimed to rapturous applause that led into “Kylie” chants.

Gayle King’s uncensored moment.During Thursday’s episode of “CBS Mornings,” Matteo Lane, an openly gay comedian, appeared on the show, which promoted the host, 70, to repeat a joke he used in his routine. “Let’s talk about the stand-up [special]. Can I just say one joke? I hope I don’t get in trouble,” King said.