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“Jeopardy!” fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture.On Thursday’s episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the “Fictional Characters” category. The prompt read: “Boq is one of these fictional people, ‘Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'”Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What is a Lilliputian?”“I’m afraid it’s not the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings told her.Walheim’s competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s classic 1726 novel.Wallace’s answer was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was “almost Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters’ full name.Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” before he crossed the answer out and wrote, “dwarves.” Jennings then informed the contestants that “What is a Munchkin?” was the correct answer.

per People. The get-together came almost exactly 16 years after the final episode of “ER” on April 2, 2009.But while the night may have been about celebrating Clooney and his “Good Night, and Good Luck” adaptation, he was not the only former “ER” star to hit the Broadway stage in recent months.Margulies, 58, appeared on Broadway in the romantic production “Left on Tenth” last year, and she used her experience with the Theater District to give Clooney some advice about the Great White Way.“I just emailed him and said, ‘I’m so proud of you. You don’t have to do this,'” she told People in October.

the Journal of Design History, Betty evolved from a “flapper-secretary-adventurer” to a “middle-class homemaker.” By 1935, gone was the garter, and the shoulder-less dress was swapped for a less revealing frock. Betty was made taller and older with a new hairdo.A 1938 article in the Central New Jersey Home News headlined “Betty Boop Goes Modern” describes the toon’s transformation.“Before swing came, Betty Boop, a product of the ‘jazz age,’ embraced all the qualities of the era — curls, bangs, earrings, bracelets and curves,” it began.“But times have changed and with it Betty’s appearance.

George Clooney has revealed why his wife, Amal, wasn’t at the premiere of his Broadway debut, “Good Night, and Good Luck” in NYC on Thursday.Clooney, 63, told reporters that Amal, 47, wasn’t there because “she’s with the kids.” He did not explain why the couple didn’t hire a babysitter, since that’s presumably what they did in the past when Amal has frequently attended various premieres and events with him. The couple, who share 7-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, moved to New York temporarily to support George during his time in the show.

he allows himself to.Clooney the writer has not been so generous to Clooney the actor. The part is milquetoast, like a sanded-down version of Atticus Finch who speaks with the repetitive calm of a hypnotist.He’s even-keeled and professional to a fault, as if gunning for sainthood.

A ticket to paradise. Julia Roberts journeyed to the Great White Way on Tuesday to attend a preview of her pal George Clooney’s Broadway debut in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which looked more like an opening night than a mere preview.

oh-so-dull “Othello” a block away, the draw is its formidable celebrity cast. The wrinkled suits of these foul-mouthed cheats and backstabbers are worn, this time around, by Oscar winner Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr and Michael McKean.That’s not stunt casting.

A lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court seeks to strip the hit Broadway musical “The Buena Vista Social Club” of its trademarked rights to the name, The Post has learned.The suit, filed Thursday by touring company Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos & His Buena Vista Orchestra, was a counter-attack to cease-and-desist warnings by powerful music agency BMG’s label World Circuit, which licenses its “Buena Vista Social Club” trademark to the Broadway production — and wants the orchestra to drop the similar-sounding title.BMG has controlled the trademark since 1999, but the orchestra’s producers claim in the suit the that the agency used “fraud” to have it renewed in 2023.The orchestra’s suit alleges BMG used “misrepresentations” in its trademark renewal application by saying it was for “live [concert] performances” — though the Broadway show is a stage musical based on a book, or script.The show has played to full houses at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Post critic Johnny Oleksinski praised it as “practically a jumbo jet to Havana” full of “transportive and intoxicating” music.The feud, which began last year, turned into a legal mess when BMG lawyer Jonathan S.

The Original Van Gogh’s Ear Anthology website in 2019.“Ten cents a day delivering groceries after school and Saturday mornings so I made sixty cents a week. Sometimes I’d get a tip from whoever I was delivering to, but that was the beginning of the seeking of work.”After high school, Bruce played football for Wright Junior College and joined a semi-pro team until he was drafted into the US Army for the Korean War in 1953.When the war ended, his football career was on pause after he battled malaria so he tried out for a play in 1955 and began his decades-long career in the entertainment business.“When I came back with Malaria I couldn’t pick up that football scholarship so I had to go back to that junior college where I’d played football and pick up some more college credits,” he told the outlet.

according to The Hollywood Reporter.Revill was born on April 18, 1930, in Wellington, New Zealand, and started working as an accountant before he “abruptly” decided to exchange financial documents for stage scripts.He transitioned into a theatrical actor in his early 30s and made his Broadway debut in the show “Mr. Pickwick” at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (formerly the Plymouth Theater).The versatile performer scored two Tony Award nominations in back-to-back projects in the early 60s.He was first nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his character of Bob-Le-Hotu in “Irma La Douce,” but he lost to Dick Van Dyke in “Bye, Bye Birdie.”Two years later, he was nominated for “Best Actor” for his performance as Fagin in the musical “Oliver!”As the star was building a reputation for himself on stage, including appearing in the BBC’s “Sunday-Night Theatre” episodes, he rounded out his resume by acting in the 1957 television show “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and movies like “Kaleidoscope” and “Fathom” alongside Raquel Welch.Revill returned to the major awards circuit in 1972, when he was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role as Carlo Carlucci in the film “Avanti!”One of the veteran character actor’s most renowned roles hit the big screen in 1980 when he voiced the Emperor in George Lucas’ widely popular franchise film “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back.”Revill delivered the classic line, “There is a great disturbance in the Force.”According to the Dallas Observer, Revill was given three takes to record the film’s iconic line.

star-studded “Othello” on Broadway opening night on Sunday, she revealed on her talk show the next day. “I wanna talk about this unnamed celebrity and what she did to me,” Shepherd, 57, told her live audience.A source told Page Six on Monday that Nia Long was allegedly the celebrity in question. Like Shepherd, Long, 54, took pictures on the red carpet at the opening night show.The Post reached out to Long’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.“I get along with everybody.

new interview with “60 Minutes” that he’s moved on from a certain movie genre.“Look, I’m 63 years old. I’m not trying to compete with 25-year-old leading men. That’s not my job,” Clooney said.

obtained by People. But who exactly the mystery ex-boyfriend is will not be revealed.The touchy topic starts after Hilaria, 41, is asked if she had ever dated an actor before meeting Alec in Feb. 2011.“No,” the yoga guru responds.

Hamilton”-like rap, “Six”-style dance pop and “Billy Elliot”-evoking anthems with broad physical comedy and throws it all onto a hamster wheel.I found the story absorbing; the yuks, abusive.The little-known, weird-but-true tale, which was recently made into a serious film of the same name starring Colin Firth, is itself appealingly warped. Set in 1943, it’s about a real intelligence operation during the Second World War in which the British tricked the Nazis into abandoning Sicily by planting false plans on a corpse disguised as an officer. Such a premise wouldn’t immediately scream “musical!”, but here’s a techno dance number called “Das Übermensch” performed by dancing Nazis.

Two hours and 10 minutes, with one intermission. At the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W 45th St.“Buena Vista Social Club,” the new musical that opened Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is practically a jumbo jet to Havana.So transportive are the intoxicating Cuban music and spirited dance that it’s easy to forgive the show’s rather wispy and cliched book.

Queen of Pop and the Queen of Buttah.That’s what almost happened when Madonna was supposed to pair up with Barbra Streisand on the latter’s 1993 “Back to Broadway” album.The sequel to Streisand’s 1985 “The Broadway Album” was set to feature Madonna on the classic show tune “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” — from the Irving Berlin musical “Annie Get your Gun” — but there was also another superstar diva in the mix: Bette Midler.“[Producer] David Foster created a demo and we said, ‘Well, who could we do this with?’” said Jay Landers, Streisand’s A&R man on the project, in an interview posted on the Madonna Songbook Instagram page. “And we chose Madonna and … Bette.

Appropriate,” which snagged last year’s Tony Award for Best Play and “Purpose,” which opened Monday night at the Hayes Theater.His latest firecracker is unstoppably fierce, funny — and ruthless.I howled all the way through Jacobs-Jenkins’ clever and venomous spin on the story: This particular bombshell-littered house belongs to the Jaspers, a powerful black political dynasty whose controversies and scandals come down faster than the blizzard outside their window.If your family is anything like them, I’d recommend emancipation.The salt-and-pepper-haired dad, Solomon (Harry Lennix), is obviously modeled on Jesse Jackson. He does not orate from behind a podium, though, but fumes behind closed doors.This imposing patriarch is also a famous minister and was an activist alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.

“Othello” opens next Sunday on Broadway. But The Post has decided to review the show a week early after the production rescinded critic Johnny Oleksinski’s ticket because he wrote a column blasting their $921 prices. That’s OK. We bought our own.Two hours and 35 minutes, with one intermission.

Hulu describes as his most personal and introspective one yet. “Drop Dead Years” is Burr’s first hour-long special in three years, and in it, he tackles everything from “male sadness to dating advice” with his signature filterless wit. One might think, what’s bigger than one of the biggest comics in the world dropping a new stand up special?, and you’d be right to think that, but Burr actually did start this week with another major milestone.

Model and entrepreneur Ashley Graham will make her Broadway debut this spring in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that gleefully skewers celebrity culture.Graham, who made Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2017 and Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” in 2016, will play Roxie Hart from April 15-May 25 at the Ambassador Theatre.“I’m honored to make my Broadway debut as the iconic Roxie Hart,” she said in a statement. “I’m deeply grateful to be able to embrace this new challenge and excited to share the stage with this incredible company.”Graham made it into the mainstream when she appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 2016, which led to the cover of Vogue magazine and a gig as a judge on “America’s Next Top Model.”She also wrote the memoir, “A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty & Power Really Look Like” and most recently hosted Roku’s “Side Hustlers” and HGTV’s “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge.”Set in the 1920s, “Chicago” is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals.

Othello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, which sold a mammoth $2.63 million in tickets last week over just seven performances. That’s right — a Shakespeare play took in $1 million more than Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop history hit, and it managed the feat during the post-holiday/pre-spring break period that’s usually the slow season for Broadway.But this is not a triumphant victory for the classics. It’s a war on your wallet.People are paying as much as $921 — that’s $79 less than $1000 — to sit as far back as Row M.