$47M James Earl Jones Theatre sets opening event for EGOT namesake

Encouraging her fans and fellow Broadway-goers to spread the hashtag “The Majestic Is Fit For A Prince,” TV and stage icon Carol Burnett has launched a social media campaign to get Broadway’s Majestic Theatre renamed for legendary producer and director Harold Prince.

Thania Garcia Lil Baby will be honored with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at the second annual Music in Action Awards Gala, hosted by the Black Music Action Coalition and taking place Sept. 22 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The ceremony will celebrate artists, executives, businesses, entrepreneurs, activists, and companies that have utilized their platforms to effect social change over the past year, according to BMAC. Lil Baby will be honored for his contribution to racial and social justice inside and outside of the music industry. Recently, the Atlanta-born rapper hosted his third annual “Back to School Fest” at Atlanta’s West End Mall. In partnership with Goodr, the event provided over 3,000 local children with music, games, carnival rides, food, backpacks, school supplies, and haircuts. Additionally, Lil Baby worked with Atlanta restaurateur Lemont Bradley to offer 100 jobs to young adults and established the $150,000 “My Turn” scholarship program for students at his former high school. Previous recipients of this award include the Weeknd and H.E.R. who both received the award at the inaugural Music in Action Awards Gala in 2021.

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Michael Appler In 1958, an unknown actor spoke just one line from the stage of the Cort Theatre on Broadway: “Mrs. Roosevelt, supper is served.” Then, a 27-year old James Earl Jones could barely make it through his five words. His stutter had yet to smooth into a defining voice. On Monday afternoon, in a ceremony attended by Samuel L. Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen and Mayor Eric Adams, that same theater was rededicated in honor of the now 91 year-old actor. “I spoke my first line ever on Broadway in this theater,” Jones said in a video played during the ceremony, taped when Jones and his family toured the renovated theater privately. “I was a kid,” he said from the stage, looking out to an empty audience.

Lily James had to be sewn into her custom-made Versace dress, the actress reveals to ET. “I am sewn into it at the back and it’s corseted,” she tells Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the red carpet at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.James adds, “They designed it for me.

Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan starred in 1984’s, the two actors reunited during Disney’s D23 Expo over the weekend. “Indiana Jones and Short Round reunited after 38 years,” Quan captioned two photos of him and his former co-star together on Instagram. “It was incredible,” Quan later told ET’s Will Marfuggi, adding that Ford, who is now 80 years old, “looked just as good as ever.” “I love that man,” the actor continued. A post shared by Ke Huy Quan (@kehuyquan)Fans of  will remember that a 13-year-old Quan appeared in the second installment of the film franchise as Short Round, Indy’s teenage, orphaned sidekick.

EXCLUSIVE: A new group of senior Latinx executives has been created to help Hollywood fill senior roles across the TV industry with more diverse faces.

Sam Fender has announced a second date at Newcastle United’s St. James’ Park stadium next summer.The singer-songwriter confirmed details of his first hometown show at St.

Rio Ferdinand said he hopes reports that Erik ten Hag has banished Phil Jones from Manchester United's dressing room are wide of the mark.

Thania Garcia During his annual Maestro of the Movies concert at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Friday, John Williams debuted a new piece of music called “Helena’s Theme,” part of the original soundtrack for the upcoming fifth “Indiana Jones” film. Although the fifth Harrison Ford-starring entry doesn’t arrive in theaters until next June (and doesn’t have an official name yet), Williams introduced the track by discussing its title — in reference to actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character in the film — and added that he had recorded music for the James Mangold-directed film one week ago. Williams described the character as “an adventuress, and also a femme fatale… she’s many, many things… She has a kind of lyrical music, like an old movie star.”

Sam Fender has announced his first ever stadium show at Newcastle’s St James’ Park – read Fender’s interview with NME about the 2023 gig below and find ticket details here.The singer-songwriter will play the huge hometown show at the home of his beloved Newcastle United on June 9 next year, becoming the first Geordie band to headline the venue.“It’s been a running joke since we started the band,” Fender told NME this week of his long-running desire to play a gig at the venue. “We used to be like, ‘Ah, imagine if we headlined St James’ one day!’ Now that it’s happening, it’s a little bit bizarre.“I think we manifested it by accident,” the singer added, saying that he and his bandmates “used to take the piss” and discuss the idea of playing a headline show at the famous football ground.Fender continued: “No actual Geordie band has ever done it.

Broadway’s Cort Theatre will officially become the James Earl Jones Theatre in an official renaming and dedication ceremony on Monday, Sept. 12, the Shubert Organization announced today.

Hallmark with six new original movies in October! ET can exclusively reveal the latest additions to Hallmark Channel's «Fall Into Love» programming lineup and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' upcoming romances, featuring three film premieres on both networks. The new fall movies will be led by headliners Tamera Mowry-Housley, Taylor Cole, Aimee Teegarden, Hunter King, Teri Hatcher, James Tupper and James Denton, among others.ET also premieres an exclusive first photo from Denton's music-centric film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, (see above), where he shares the screen opposite Sherri Saum (). The and alum is back in the Hallmark fold for the movie, where he plays Jack, the best man to Saum's maid of honor, Barrett, in their friends' nuptials. Over on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, October brings double the trouble when fraternal twin sisters who couldn't be more opposite, played by King and Rhiannon Fish, are forced to reunite when they inherit a detective agency in .