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Amber Ruffin appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to mock the reason given by the White House Correspondents’ Association for dropping her from their upcoming dinner on April 26.

Sian Barbara Allen, a Golden Globe-nominated TV actress who appeared in such hits as The Waltons and L.A. Law, died today at the age of 78 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s Disease.

Rylee Arnold is giving fans an update on her recent injury.

The numbers are in regarding Snow White‘s performance at the box office.

Kenan Thompson is the first Saturday Night Live cast member to address musical guest Morgan Wallen‘s early exit from this past weekend’s episode.

Viola Davis has responded to the “beautiful” Timothée Chalamet acceptance speech shout-out that he gave her recently.Last week (March 27), Davis attended the premiere of her new action drama G20 and spoke about Chalamet’s comments during his acceptance speech when winning Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year.Chalamet won for his performance in Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown and during his speech, shouted out actors whose work he admired and hoped to replicate in his own career.He said: “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps. I wanna be up there so I’m deeply grateful to that.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender.

Karen Bliss It was a bittersweet night for Tate McRae at the 54th annual Juno Awards in Vancouver, as the singer won four out of the five awards for which she was nominated but missed the event because she was thousands of miles away — in Brazil, already committed to playing Lollapalooza. However, she was the night’s big winner, taking album (“Think Later”), pop album, single (“Exes”), and artist of the year.

Tool meme which saw the phrase “TOOL mosh pits” emblazoned across a photo of men in suits playing chess.In a now-deleted TikTok from the show, the young fan pulled out a small chessboard while in standing in the front row and initiated a short game of chess. The clip also had the phrase “MIKE Moshpit” overlayed on it in white text.A tweet of the TikTok that was captioned “I hate this so much,” ended up going viral and led the kid to share an apology for his actions that were intended as a joke.

Scottish DJ and radio presenter George Bowie is set to perform at the Relay For Life Ayrshire this summer.

Cast members of children’s musical Finn made an unexpected return to the Kennedy Center stage when rock band Guster invited the young singer-actors to join the band in a song Friday night.

CinemaCon, the annual exhibition-industry trade show, Variety spoke to various theater owners about the ups and downs of working in a sector of the movie business that just can’t seem to catch a break. Regal filed for bankruptcy in 2022 and emerged from Chapter 11 in 2023. What did that do for the company? We came out of bankruptcy with a very strong balance sheet.

Saturday Night Live this weekend from his forthcoming album, I'm the Problem, and it seems some viewers seem to think Wallen is the problem after he abruptly walked off the stage at the end of the show.Typically the SNL host—Oscar-winner —the cast, and the musical guest linger on stage after the final sketch for some chit-chat and side-hugs while the credits roll. It's a sweet, if sometimes awkward, tradition that Wallen apparently wanted no part of.After said her thank you's and a farewell to the audience—"I had a wonderful time!"—Wallen leaned over to whisper something in her ear before bounding down the front steps of the iconic Studio 8H stage, jogging past the cameraman like he was double booked and running late to his second appointment.Later that night, on his Instagram Story, he shared a photo of a private plane with the caption, “Get me to God's country.” (He apparently lives in Nashville, though it's not clear if that's where he was headed.) According to , he skipped the SNL afterparty.Musical guest Morgan Wallen performs "I'm the Problem" on Saturday, March 29, 2025.It was difficult for some fans to read his behavior as anything other than disrespectful to both New York City and the institution that is Saturday Night Live, especially given his history with the show.Back in 2020, Wallen was from SNL after he was caught breaking the show's COVID-19 quarantine protocol by partying with college students at the University of Alabama.

Naman Ramachandran Filipino superstars Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino have proven their chemistry translates to theatrical gold with their debut film pairing “My Love Will Make You Disappear,” which pulled in approximately $500,000 during its opening weekend across North America. The ABS-CBN Star Cinema romantic comedy, released by Abramorama, is now tracking for a projected $1.3M-$1.5 million theatrical run, positioning it among the top five highest-grossing Filipino films in North America since the pandemic.

Anora while on the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live.The newly-crowned Oscar winner made her hosting debut on March 29, when she was joined by Morgan Wallen as the musical guest. During her opening monologue, she talked about the dancing scenes for her character, a stripper who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn).“I performed all my own stunts for the film, including all the dancing,” Madison continued, “So, it does kind of bother me when people assume it wasn’t actually me on the pole, cause it was, and I can prove it right now”. Approaching a pre-prepared pole to the side of the stage, she tells the audience “I haven’t done this in a minute, but here goes”.

Morgan Wallen sparked controversy yet again this week when he opted to abruptly walk off the stage at “SNL” before the show went off the air. The country music superstar was tapped as the musical guest alongside host Mikey Madison for the March 29 episode. He sang two of his new songs, and did so in a very matter-of-fact way.

Singer-songwriter Chris Brown will perform in Birmingham over the summer as part of his world stadium tour.

Singer-songwriter Chris Brown will embark on a huge world tour later this year that will see him play 10 dates in Europe including the UK.

Naman Ramachandran Gower Street Analytics has increased its 2025 global box office projection to $34.1 billion, up from its original December forecast of $33 billion, largely due to the fiery performance of Chinese animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2,” now the fifth highest-grossing film of all-time globally. The revised numbers, released just as the film industry gathers in Las Vegas for CinemaCon (March 31-April 4), project a 13% year-on-year increase from 2024 and a marginal 0.5% increase from 2023. Despite the upward revision, the forecast still sits 13% behind the average of the last three pre-pandemic years (2017-2019) at current exchange rates.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country superstar Morgan Wallen performed two songs from a forthcoming album that is expected to be one of the year’s biggest blockbusters on “Saturday Night Live,” but it wasn’t the music that stirred up the most chatter after the episode ended. It was his abrupt walk-off during the usual group hugs at the close of the show, followed by a social media post that suggested he was in a hurry to get out of New York, both creating speculation about whether or not Wallen was sending signals that his “SNL” experience was not a happy one.

Patrick Schwarzenegger is opening up about his career.