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Mafia Mamma and Knives Out star Toni Collette and Odessa Young (The Staircase, Mothering Sunday, Shirley) have signed to co-star in writer and director Nathan Silver’s twisted revenge thriller The Prima Donna.

Learning about herself. Chrishell Stause revealed how her romance with G Flip taught her more about her sexuality.

Some very personal letters penned by the late Princess Diana are going up for auction very soon!

EXCLUSIVE: John Wells has teamed with Tony-winning theater and opera director Ivo van Hove on Doll, a psychological thriller series set in the ruthless world of a modern music conservatory, which is in development at Warner Bros. Television. Van Hove’s artistic collaborator Jan Versweyveld is set to serve as production and lighting designer on the project, which marks the duo’s first foray into scripted television.

Costume shop workers at the Los Angeles Opera, who are represented by IATSE Local 768, have voted unanimously to ratify a new three-year contract – their first with the Opera. Last September, they leafleted the Opera’s opening night gala in an effort to bring public awareness to their demands for a fair contract.

The long-running The Phantom of the Opera was once again Broadway’s highest grossing show last week, taking in a mighty $2,483,532 for the week ending Jan. 29, outpacing runners-up Funny Girl ($1,872,862) and Hamilton ($1,871,921) by a noticeable margin.

Did Darvel do Celtic a favour when they beat Aberdeen?

Michael B. Jordan made his Saturday Night Live hosting debut and had the female cast members throwing themselves at him throughout the monologue.

Haydn Gwynne, who plays Queen Consort Camilla in The Windsors, has said the royal comedy is planning to shoot a special episode in time for King Charles’s Coronation later this year.

Sylvia Syms has died at age 89. The actress was known for having played dressmaker Olive Woodhouse in BBC soap opera 'EastEnders' between 2007 and 2010 but her children Beatie and Ben Edney confirmed on Friday (27. 01.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci and her one-woman show Maria Callas: Letters And Memoirs hits the stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for one night only on Friday, January 27.The stage show, which marks the star's first time acting in a play, has been an international hit since it began its run with Bellucci as the legendary opera singer at Paris' Théâtre Marigny in 2019.For Bellucci, who made her stage debut with Letters And Memoirs, she never thought the show would go on to become such a global phenomenon.'It was crazy, and we never expected to come to New York,' the native of Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy, 58, confessed to People. 'And it's such a sign that we came to New York because Callas was born in New York in 1923, and we finish the tour in 2023, 100 years later when she was born.

, and she definitely .On January 25, the 58-year-old model—who has been walking in high fashion shows since the '80s—went viral after taking a painful-looking tumble during the show at Paris Haute Couture Week. Dressed in a sheer sparkling gown with an ankle-length pencil skirt and hot pink opera gloves, the model could be seen wobbling in her black pointed-toe heels before succumbing to gravity and hitting the runway knees first.Though members of the audience rushed to help, McMenamy had it covered, taking off the offending pumps and going barefoot the rest of the way.

Leading the pack. Sarah Michelle Gellar is not only a star and executive producer on the new Paramount+ series, Wolf Pack — she’s using her power to make sets better for the next generation of young actors.

The Young and the Restless actress Tracey E. Bregman was presented with an Emmy trophy on Tuesday's edition of The Talk to replace one she lost in the Woolsey Fire more than four years ago.The Germany-born actress, 59, appeared on the CBS daytime show alongside her costar Christian LeBlanc, 64, who portrays her husband on the long-running soap opera.'I would like to present this, an Emmy for Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series,' LeBlanc said to the actress, who plays Lauren Fenmore.

Legendary soap Brookside is making a return after it was announced that all episodes of the Liverpool drama are going to be streamed on STV Player. It's been 20 years since the 13 houses on Britain’s most famous cul-de-sac were boarded up, and iconic families such as the Corkhills, Dixons and Grants said their last goodbyes.

With a slimmed-down roster and many productions offering 2 for 1 tickets during the annual Broadway Week promotion, Broadway box office was down 24% for the week ending January 22, with the 23-show total at $25,835,362. Attendance of 204,847 was off 17% from the previous week when 29 shows were on the boards.

Sarah Michelle Gellar was reminiscing about her co-star Kelly Ripa on Monday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan.The 45-year-old Gellar and 52-year-old Ripa were once co-stars on the soap opera All My Children, but when Gellar decided to quit to move to California, Ripa tried to dissuade her. Gellar was promoting her new TV series Wolf Pack, debuting on Paramount Plus January 26 - reuniting with Buffy the Vampire Slayer star James Marsters at the Wolf Pack premiere, when she opened up about the move in the mid-90s. Reminiscing: Sarah Michelle Gellar was reminiscing about her co-star Kelly Ripa on Monday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan Co-stars: The 45-year-old Gellar and 52-year-old Ripa were once co-stars on the soap opera All My Children, but when Gellar decided to quit to move to California, Ripa tried to dissuade her'When she was on All My Children and leaving, she said, "I’m going out to California,"' Ripa began. 'And I said, ‘What? There’s nothing in California.

Not over it! Kelly Ripa remembers exactly what husband Mark Consuelos said to her while she was giving birth.

A couple of Star Wars alums are responding to whether they'd be open to reprising their respective roles in the epic space opera franchise.Emilia Clarke and Daisy Ridley, who both wrapped up their characters' stories in the films that they starred in, were presented with the question while attending the 2023 Sundance Film Festival that kicked off on January 19.For Clarke, she didn't mince words when she shot back with a quick 'no', while Ridley had a different answer when she confessed she would definitely consider returning.  Star Wars alums: Emilia Clarke and Daisy Ridley responded to the question of whether they would consider reprising their roles in the Star Wars franchise while attending the 2023 Sundance Film FestivalClarke, 36, played the role of Qi’ra, Han Solo's childhood friend and romantic interest, in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).While promoting the new science fiction romantic comedy film The Pod Generation at Sundance, the British actress was asked if her interest in doing more genre films would extend back to a galaxy far, far away. 'I mean… no,' she said with a laugh, according to Indie Wire, adding, 'That would be lovely, that would be very nice.

Stewartry youngsters are in for a fright – thanks to Scottish Opera.

Legendary tenor Placido Domingo is facing a new round of sexual harassment allegations, three years after he stepped down from the Los Angeles Opera over similar claims.