A margin in the pages of her own life so far, the thwarted 33-year-old work-in-progress played by writer-director-editor Joanna Arnow has a name (Ann), and plenty of interests, notably musicals such as “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Les Miserables.” Her anti-romantic, sentiment-free daily existence pales in comparison.

For nearly a ...Read more

ATLANTA — During the production of Season 2 of “Will Trent,” set and shot in Atlanta, the cast and crew got news every TV show wants to hear: ABC had given them a third season.

“I never had that experience before,” said Ramon Rodriguez, who plays Will Trent, the titular Georgia Bureau of Investigations agent with no shortage of quirks...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Last month, Lenape High School senior Morgan Hann, 18, and a bunch of her friends hopped on a train for a big theater night on Broadway.

But it wasn't just any musical, and Hann and her friends weren't just any girls.

They went to see "Suffs," a musical based on South Jersey's own Alice Paul, a leader in the fight for women's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away ...

Excitement for "Star Wars" is at an all-time high. The first new film in the beloved series that originally concluded with 1983's "Return of the Jedi" is about to be released in 2,970 theaters, with a majority starting their first screenings just after midnight. (Ticket sales opened ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego's four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary Thursday through Sunday with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music styles.

The lineup features Western swing and rockabilly (Deke Dickerson, Rosie Flores), zydeco (Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, ...Read more

NEW YORK — “So it must have been about 11 years ago and I was doing this interview,” says actress Megan Hilty, “and someone asked me, ‘If there was one movie you could turn into a musical, what would it be?’ ‘Death Becomes Her.’ Duh! That is the only movie I can think of that truly has the heightened experiences that warrant ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s “Lovers & Friends” festival in Las Vegas has been canceled, according to a statement posted on the event’s social media accounts late Friday night.

This was to be the third installment of the annual hip-hop and R&B festival at Las Vegas Festival Grounds. It had been sold out.

Headliners for the event were to ...Read more

A man who rushed the stage and attacked comedian Dave Chappelle during a show in 2022 is now suing the venue where the incident took place and the security who failed to stop him.

Isaiah Lee, who served 270 days in jail after pleading no contest to charges related to the attack, is now claiming the Hollywood Bowl’s security brutally beat him ...Read more

Jeff Landry is between a rocker and a hard place.

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger took a jab at the conservative Louisiana governor during the rock band's sold-out performance Thursday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

"We're a welcoming crowd, aren't we?" Jagger said to the thousands of festival attendees, per NBC affiliate ...Read more

CHICAGO — The musical lineup has been announced for the first-time Evanston Folk Festival in September, including Sierra Ferrell, Patty Griffin, Hiss Golden Messenger, Sarah Jarosz and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

The festival will run Sept. 7-8 in the lakefront Dawes Park (1700 N. Sheridan Road, Evanston) with music on three stages. Two-day ...Read more

'Unfrosted'

Those familiar with Jerry Seinfeld's comedy already know that he doesn't just believe that breakfast is the important meal of the day; it's the most important thing, period. So it's no surprise that the superstar has directed, co-written and stars in this fictional take on the invention of Pop-Tarts, treating its origin story as if ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Today” show co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager were shocked to hear Friday from Heidi Gardner that Travis Kelce loves to eat Uncrustables, a morsel his die-hard fans already know.

They also didn’t know that Kelce had pounded several boxes of the little snacks before he got into bed with Gardner last year … for...Read more

Willow Smith has such big feelings about her music career — and perceptions that she's a nepo baby riding on her Oscar and Daytime Emmy winning parents' coattails.

The 23-year-old singer, whose parents are "King Richard" star Will Smith and "Red Table Talk" host Jada Pinkett Smith, revealed in a recent interview that the "nepo baby" label �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kate Pierson, a founding member and singer of the B-52s, has listed her Mojave Desert retreat dubbed Kate's Lazy Desert for $452,000.

The property, located in the unincorporated community of Landers in the Mojave Desert, is made up of six fully outfitted Airstream trailers, according to listing agent Niko Esposito of the Paul ...Read more

Busy Philipps, whose new QVC late-night talk show premieres on May 8, is already talking — this time about receiving an ADHD diagnosis after taking her daughter, Birdie, to be evaluated.

“My older daughter was having some issues in school … and literally in the evaluation, my ex-husband, Marc [Silverstein], we were looking at each other ...Read more

The war between Kendrick Lamar and Drake continues to rage as the former kicked off the weekend by dropping his second Drake diss track this week.

The latest strike from Lamar, 36, came in the form of “6:16 in LA,” which he dropped just days after “Euphoria.”

Just like the latter’s title appears to be a nod to the Emmy winning HBO ...Read more

Ozzy Osbourne has fully embraced modern medicine amid his ongoing struggles with his health.

The 75-year-old Grammy winner revealed this week he’s receiving stem cell treatments after disclosing in November that doctors discovered a tumor on his vertebrae while undergoing his fourth spinal surgery.

“I’ve just come back from the doctor ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears had a fight with her boyfriend at Chateau Marmont this week, resulting in paramedics being called to the vaunted Hollywood establishment and the pop star leaving the hotel with her own security team, The Times has confirmed.

The "Baby One More Time" singer injured her foot and was not treated by medical personnel ...Read more

Selena Gomez, who frequently takes breaks from social media to prioritize mental health, is opening up about disabling her Instagram comments to help maintain healthy “boundaries.”

The “Only Murders in the Building” star and Rare Beauty founder, 31, spoke Wednesday at her company’s 3rd Annual Mental Health Summit about the “fuss” ...Read more

Tiffany Haddish will come for you, if you come for her.

The "Girls Trip" and "Haunted Mansion" star admits that she takes matters of online bullying into her own hands when it comes to her reputation — and sometimes gives her haters a real-world surprise.

Given all the negative talk about the comedian — amid a short-lived but damaging ...Read more