NEW YORK — “The Great Gatsby: A New Musical” still is what many people think of when they ponder a big Broadway night out: A familiar yet glamorous title from the Jazz Age; a star tenor like Jeremy Jordan; lush, string-heavy orchestrations; songs of passion, obsession and resolve, and a massive art deco set from Paul Tate dePoo III ...Read more

ATLANTA — The darkly atmospheric, often comedic Netflix series “Dead Boy Detectives” is, in Atlanta native and co-showrunner Steve Yockey’s words, a bit like “‘The Hardy Boys’ on acid.”

“For anybody who has seen my plays, this is very much up my alley,” Yockey said in a recent Zoom interview with The Atlanta Journal-...Read more

NEW YORK — Sufjan Stevens’ hipper-than-thou music defies easy categorization. It goes by chamber pop, folk pop, electronica and numerous other descriptions inadequate for its lushly orchestrated romanticism, as topped by lyrics at once esoteric and emotionally intense.

Stevens always had a fervent fan base, increased of late by the ...Read more

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Considering that he has devoted much of the past 60 years to his career as the lead singer in the Who, you wouldn't expect to hear Roger Daltrey laughing uproariously over the apparent demise of the band long synonymous with his name. Especially not just a day after Who co-founder Pete Townshend stated in a podcast he...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Eric Slick has spent 15 years drumming for Philadelphia-bred band Dr. Dog and toured with Waxahatchee and Kevin Morby.

Since moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2018 with musician wife Natalie Prass, he’s also been a busy session musician. He’s played on songs by Courtney Love and Taylor Swift — on the "Fearless (Taylor’...Read more

The summer movie season is upon us.

Bring on Batman! Bring on Spider-Man! Bring on Darth Vader!

Wait, what’s that? No Spidey? No Bats? No visit to a galaxy far, far away?

Come to think of it, Godzilla and Kong have already smashed into theaters, and those shape-shifting robots won’t return until the fall with the animated “Transformers ...Read more

CHICAGO — There’ll be more than one story to write about Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024, coming to town June 28-30. A sort of pop-up import, sponsored by the Chicago Film Office and city tourism bureau Choose Chicago, Sundance Institute x Chicago is the power of branding incarnate. The event will consist of a modest four-screening ...Read more

Zendaya's tennis drama "Challengers" scored the top spot in the domestic box office this weekend, bringing in $15 million, as movie theaters are still struggling to match last year's ticket sales.

"Challengers" outgrossed its closest competitor, faith-based drama "Unsung Hero," which generated $7.75 million, according to Comscore estimates. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Paramount Global Chief Executive Bob Bakish is expected to be ousted from the company, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Bakish’s departure comes as Paramount’s future hangs in the balance.

The company is currently in a 30-day exclusive negotiating period with tech scion David Ellison, whose Skydance Media ...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are fighting to dismiss claims raised in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against the music mogul, arguing that he can’t be sued under laws that didn’t exist at the time of the alleged incident.

In a motion filed in a New York court Friday, Combs’ legal team requested that claims made in a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rose McGowan is not taking the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction sitting down.

The “Jawbreaker” actress — one of more than 50 women who accused the disgraced movie mogul of rape and sexual assault — is calling on her fellow survivors to “stand up” against the “evil” she said “sticks together, as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For Ellen DeGeneres, toxic workplace allegations that clouded her long-running daytime series marked the end of an era. This week, the comedian’s public fallout became comeback material.

Two years after “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” aired its final episode in 2022, its 66-year-old host reentered the spotlight with a Thursday ...Read more

NEW YORK — Kim Petras has pulled the plug on her previously scheduled festival appearances this summer.

The 31-year-old singer, the first openly trans person to win a Grammy Award, cited health problems as the reason for the cancellation of her upcoming plans.

“My buns, I’m devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some ...Read more

NEW YORK — Playwright Paula Vogel has written a deeply personal play about life with one’s mother, and her late mom, Phyllis Rita, would surely have been delighted to have her Broadway appearance played by no less than Jessica Lange, an actress fully capable of turning her into a boozy but sympathetic hybrid of Mama Rose in “Gypsy,” Joan...Read more

If you thought Emma Stone was Emma Stone’s real name, you are sorely mistaken.

The two-time Oscar winner shared this week that she would like to be called by her given name — Emily Stone — despite her many years in show business using that other moniker.

In a joint interview with“The Curse” co-star Nathan Fielder, Fielder said that ...Read more

Jeannie Mai and Jeezy’s ongoing custody battle and divorce is growing even more contentious as new legal documents reveal allegations of domestic violence, verbal abuse and child neglect by Mai against the “Put On” rapper.

In a response filed Thursday in Georgia’s Fulton County Superior Court, the former “The Real” talk show ...Read more

Sophia Bush finally feels like she can breathe after coming out as queer and opening up about her long-rumored relationship with soccer star Ashlyn Harris.

"When I take stock of the last few years, I can tell you that I have never operated out of more integrity in my life. I hope that's clear enough for everyone speculating out there," the "One...Read more

'Rather'

This documentary on Dan Rather hits all the high notes with the former CBS News anchor waxing nostalgic on the tenacity he brought to reporting on everything from the civil rights movement to the White House. But when it comes to the stumbles, like walking off the set when a tennis match went long, the legendary broadcaster goes ...Read more

Poppy Harlow, the journalist who co-hosted CNN's ill-fated morning program, has decided to leave the news network.

Harlow announced her departure Friday in a note to colleagues. She has been off the air since February, when the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network scrapped the format of her program, "CNN This Morning"

Harlow, 42, has about 18 ...Read more

Billie Eilish is so sick of talking about her Oscar winning "Barbie" song.

The singer, who co-wrote "What Was I Made For?" with brother-collaborator Finneas for Greta Gerwig's movie, finally has time to talk about how tiring it was to promote the song and attend all those awards ceremonies.

"Bro, nobody can get enough of me," she told Rolling ...Read more