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Celine Dion is top of producers’ wish list to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, when it will take place in Switzerland, where the superstar won the competition as a young performer 37 years ago.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Even if Heart were to be proven incapable of delivering the goods in 2025, and even if the infrequency factor of how little touring they’ve done in recent years weren’t something to keep in mind, this is a group whose live appearances ought to compel a mandatory pilgrimage. Attention, as they say, must be paid — paid out of a lingering feminist appreciation for the Wilson sisters’ contribution to changing the landscape back in the stone-age 1970s… or out of the undying crush felt by most of the male and part of the female populations of a certain age… or just out of deference to one of the great rock song catalogs from that original era.

Thania Garcia Blackpink member Jennie played the first of her four “intense but intimate” concert dates at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday night, taking the stage at practically the moment her first full-length solo album, “Ruby,” was released. When the red curtains split, Jennie‘s vision became clear: a ballerina, nimble and delicate and draped in white, pranced across the stage, disappearing only when the K-pop superstar emerged, powerful and statuesque, in an oversized fur coat and baby blue stockings, to sing “Start a War,” a song about loving someone so ferociously that you’d go to war for them.

A huge Bollywood celebration will be taking place in Manchester later this year.

Teddi Mellencamp has revealed that doctors have found more tumors in her body.

The hits keep comin’ to the Pantages. The fabled Hollywood Boulevard venue today revealed the schedule for its 2025-26 Broadway in Hollywood series, featuring tours of recent hits from the New York stage — including last year’s Tony winner for Best Play — along with revivals of three stage classics and a pair of previously announced special added productions. See the full schedule below.

Alex Ritman Emerald Fennell has cast her young Heathcliff and Cathy — and young Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie — in her upcoming all-star star adaptation of Emily Brönte’s “Wuthering Heights.” Variety understands that Owen Cooper, the British actor who is already making waves for his debut performance in Netflix’s limited series “Adolescence” even before its launch, is to play the teenage Heathcliff, the tortured antihero and one of the literary world’s most famous characters. Meanwhile, Charlotte Mellington, who recently starred as Lavender in the hit West End production of “Matilda the Musical,” will play the teenage Catherine Earnshaw, whose passionate and dysfunctional relationship with Heathcliff ends in tragedy.

Justina Machado will be back on Broadway this season in the new musical Real Women Have Curves and we have photos from the rehearsal process!

Andrew Scott will be back on the New York stage this spring and he visited the theatre this week!

Baywatch actor Pamela Bach has died, aged 62.According to a Variety report, Bach died on Wednesday (March 5) at her Los Angeles home, with county medical examiners disclosing that her cause of death was suicide. Variety reports that she died after a self-inflected gunshot to the head.Bach’s ex-husband David Hasselhoff wrote on social media following the news of Bach’s death: “Out family is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Pamela Hasselhoff.

A post shared by DJ Slugo (K.O.G.H) (@djslugomusic)DJ Funk’s death comes after a long battle with stage four cancer. His family had launched a GoFundMe campaign on February 25 to seek financial aid for a funeral service and a fitting tribute to the Chicago icon.The campaign read: “DJ Funk, a talented artist who has brought so much joy and inspiration to so many through his music, is now facing the heartbreaking reality of planning for his final farewell.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Production management workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have officially ratified their first union contract with the studio. This agreement comes after an intense organizing effort that saw a supermajority of production workers vote to unionize in February 2023. The agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by the unit with 96% voter participation and ratified with 93% support.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Filmmaker and USC alumnus Jason Reitman is slated to receive the Jack Oakie and Victoria Horne Oakie Master of Comedy Award at the seventh edition of the USC Comedy Festival, set for March 28-30 at the campus. The three-day festival aims to examine the role that comedy plays in shaping popular culture and social movements.

UK pop-rock group The 1975 and U.S. singer-songwriter and actress Olivia Rodrigo will headline Glastonbury this summer alongside previously announced Heart of Gold legend Neil Young, organisers announced on Thursday.

Justin Bieber, and the family they’ve made together. Sources are claiming that as rumors of Justin’s alleged mental health struggles and possible drug use are swirling, Hailey has completely cut off her family and wants nothing to do with them at this time.The latest print edition of NE reveals that Hailey Bieber has officially cut ties with her family.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia‘s General Entertainment Authority, has forged a multi-year boxing promotion partnership with U.S. sports and entertainment conglomerate TKO and Saudi sports marketing company Sela in what is being touted as a landmark deal. Alalshikh – who has long been a driving force behind Saudi’s rise as a global hub for sports and entertainment – is known to be a big boxing fan and one of the most influential figures in this sport.

Naman Ramachandran British actor Tom Burke has been spending a lot of time with Cate Blanchett lately. Burke (“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”) is currently starring alongside the Oscar winner in a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic “The Seagull” at London’s Barbican, and the two also worked together on Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming espionage thriller “Black Bag.” In “The Seagull,” Blanchett stars as Arkadina, a celebrated actress whose larger-than-life presence dominates both the stage and her personal relationships.

Alex Ritman Fresh from her much-celebrated cameo in Universal’s big screen adaptation of “Wicked,” Kristen Chenoweth is set to lend her vocals — and songwriting skills — to an altogether different movie. The Tony and Emmy-winning stage and screen star will sing an original end title song during the closing credits on “The King of Kings,” the upcoming animation based on the life of Jesus Christ from Angel Studios, the distributor of 2023 hit “The Sound of Freedom.” The song “Live Like That,” described as a sharing a “story of yearning for a childlike faith,” has also been co-written by Chenoweth, alongside Kellys Collins, Tim Nichols, Matt Wynn and was produced by Keith Thomas.

The Love Is Blind season eight is coming to an end!

EXCLUSIVE: The stage adaptation of musical movie The Greatest Showman, which starred Hugh Jackman portraying the early life of entertainer P.T. Barnum, will have its world premiere in the British West Country city of Bristol, around March 2026, ahead of its launch in the West End and on Broadway.

In paid partnership with Priority from O2LCD Soundsystem have confirmed an eight-night residency at London’s O2 Academy Brixton – and if you’re an O2 or Virgin Media broadband customer, you can get Priority Tickets right now ahead of general release.After teasing the gigs with a series of mysterious projections across London last month, the New York band have confirmed they’ll be playing a string of headline gigs in the city this summer. The first show of LCD Soundsystem’s residency will take place on June 12 while two Sunday matinee shows have also been announced as part of the run, with doors opening at 5pm and finishing by 9pm.LCD Soundsystem will play:JUNE12 – O2 Academy Brixton, London13 – O2 Academy Brixton, London14 – O2 Academy Brixton, London15 – O2 Academy Brixton, London**19 – O2 Academy Brixton, London20 – O2 Academy Brixton, London21 – O2 Academy Brixton, London22 – O2 Academy Brixton, London**** matinee showsTickets for LCD Soundsystem’s O2 Academy Brixton residency go on sale this Friday (March 7) at 9am GMT but Priority Tickets for the new gigs are available right now here.The band are currently working on a follow-up to 2017’s ‘American Dream’.