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New York City Center chooses a beloved musical to present as part of a two-week star-studded gala concert production each year and 2024′s selection is Ragtime!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Following a breathless medley of hits at the MTV Video Music Awards last week, Katy Perry clutched her gold-plated Moon Person to accept the Video Vanguard trophy. “There are so many things that have to align to have a long and successful career as an artist.

The series premiere of The Golden Bachelorette aired this week and now we’ve learned some alleged troubling details about contestant Gil Ramirez.

Oprah Winfrey opened an in-person and online event for Kamala Harris by speaking to a series of celebrity supporters, including Chris Rock, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez and Meryl Streep.

Lady GaGa is opening up about THAT old rumor… And why she never cared to clarify it!

Is Taylor Swift already preparing for her next era?!

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Are there millions of people hate-watching movies on Netflix? Two of the streaming giant’s original films, sci-fi feature “Atlas,” starring Jennifer Lopez, and romantic comedy “Mother of the Bride,” starring Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove, garnered notably poor reviews and audience-rating scores. But both were among the most popular films on Netflix in the first half of 2024, according to the company’s latest massive data report: “Atlas” registered 77.1 million views worldwide and “Mother of the Bride” had 77.7 million.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events George Clooney and Brad Pitt are finally back on the big screen together in Jon Watts’ crime thriller “Wolfs.” They last worked together 16 years ago in “Burn After Reading” — but it’s not like they didn’t want to reunite. “We’ve been looking,” Clooney told me at the “Wolfs” Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday. “We’ve been trying to find something to do.” They first appeared on screen with each other 23 years ago in the “Ocean’s 11” remake.

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Black Mirror has been announced by Netflix today and it includes Peter Capaldi, Rashida Jones and many more.Season seven of the Charlie Brooker-created show will arrive in 2025 and a cast announcement arrived today via a mysterious ‘date drop’ video, which saw an old PC screen display names of the stars dotted among computer coding.As well as Capaldi and Jones, the lead cast will feature: Awkwafina (Jackpot), Milanka Brooks (Mum And I Don’t Talk Anymore), , Emma Corrin (Deadpool and Wolverine), Patsy Ferran (Firebrand), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Lewis Gribben (Blade Runner 2099), Osy Ikhile (Citadel), Siena Kelly (Domino Day), Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Cristin Milioti (The Penguin).Others announced include: Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Issa Rae (Barbie), Paul G. Raymond (Horrible Histories), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) and Harriet Walter (Succession).The series is currently filming and will return next year with six new episodes, one of which will be a sequel to the classic season four sci-fi adventure opener, USS Callister.In the teaser video, it appears that some cast names could feature underneath possible episode titles, although as yet, this hasn’t been confirmed.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (“120 BPM”) and Spain’s Mona Martínez (“Adios”) play pivotal roles in the international co-production, “Narciso” by Paraguay’s Marcelo Martinessi, whose feature debut “The Heiresses,” (“Las Herederas”) took home two Silver Bears and a Fipresci award at the 2018 Berlinale. Originally titled “Who Killed Narciso?,” Martinessi’s second feature was presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum in 2020.

Colin Farrell is opening up about his new HBO series, The Penguin.

It’s not supposed to be about old Leroy Gibbs — this is about his younger self coming up in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service — but Mark Harmon will appear briefly in the premiere episode of NCIS: Origins.

Beat the Street East Kilbride has launched with more than 8000 people signing up on its launch day - walking, cycling, and rolling their way to more than 6100 miles.

Stephen Robinson insists Charles Dunne is the perfect answer to St Mirren’s defensive injury woes.

For more than 70 years the San Sebastian International Film Festival has been considered the premiere hub for connecting Europe’s film industry to Latin American cinema and filmmaking talent. The festival has long supported the early works of famed Latin American filmmakers ranging from Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles to Argentina’s Daniel Burman whose respective early works Foreign Land and A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas both screened at the festival. 

Sweden has selected The Last Journey as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.  

Ethan Shanfeld That’s that me… eggnog? Sabrina Carpenter will host a holiday variety music special on Netflix, featuring “unexpected duets and comedic guests.” “A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter” will air on the streamer on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m.

Jamie Lang Esther Acebo, best known for playing Stockholm in Netflix’s global smash hit “Money Heist,” has signed on to star in Nestor Ruiz Medina‘s upcoming feature “In the End, Everything Will Be Fine” (“Al Finald Toda va a Estar Bien”). Described as a “critique on today’s society in the vein of Ruben Östlund,” the film will tell five interweaving stories that touch on the “essence of the stupidity of humanity.” Acebo’s credits include “Money Heist,” Prime Video’s “Operación Marea Negra” and “Antes de Perder” on Playz. Her feature film resume includes roles in Ignacio Tatay’s “Jaula” and Joaquín Mazón’s “De Perdidos al Río.” She is currently filming “La Increíble Historia de Julia Pastrana” for Disney+ and the feature “Normas para una Página de Sucesos” by director José Ortuño.

Carolyn Giardina Disney Animation chief creative officer and Oscar winner Jennifer Lee is reshifting her focus back to filmmaking, stepping out of her role as the studio’s CCO to focus fully on writing and directing “Frozen 3″ and “Frozen 4.” Jared Bush, who won an Academy Award for “Encanto” and is one of the writers and executive producers for “Moana 2,” has been named the studio’s CCO. Lee is writing and directing “Frozen 3” and writing “Frozen 4” with Marc Smith — the sequels to Disney Animation’s 2013 “Snow Queen”-inspired cultural hit “Frozen,” for which she served as writer/director.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Metallica has announced that its “M72” world tour will be extended into a third year, with the announcement of 21 North American shows spanning April, May and June 2025. Two-night tickets for the newly announced “No Repeat Weekends” and tickets for the single-night engagements will be on sale September 27 at 10am local time. Fan club pre-sales begin September 23 at 10am local time.