Actor Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony Award

Donald Pippin, a celebrated and prolific musical director for Broadway and New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the last living recipient of the long-discontinued Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director – which he won for 1963’s Oliver! – died June 9 at the age of 95.

Fans can expect a sequel — not a reboot — to the 1980s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”.

Selome Hailu “Tokyo Vice,” the crime drama series based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir of the same name, has been renewed for a second season at HBO Max.The series stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, an American journalist who reports on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ‘90s, descending daily into the underbelly of the city. Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also starred in Season 1.“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max.

has publicly battled Alzheimer’s disease since 2016, appeared to be relaxed and in good spirits, sporting a blue tracksuit and escorted by an aide near some of the park’s many horses and carriages. No stranger in paradise, the Queens-born entertainer, who has lived in a sun-drenched, penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park for 25 years, was seen walking without a wheelchair in April with Benedetto, 55, on Easter Sunday, taking selfies with fans — who recognized the star even with a face mask on. On Wednesday, the “Stranger in Paradise” singer proudly expressed his support for Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, smiling in a purple plaid shirt alongside Benedetto and holding up a sign that read #EndAlz in a post shared with his 170,000 fans on Twitter. “Susan and I are going purple with the @alzassociation to raise awareness for a disease that is impacting our family and many of yours. We hope you join us and #GoPurple,” the musician shared. June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month.

EXCLUSIVE: Zero Gravity Management has signed actor Shane Johnson (Power, Power Book II: Ghost) for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Tackaberry, the veteran former CEO of Cash Cab producer Lion Television US, has launched a new production outfit and tied with Blue Ant Studios on a first-look deal and creative partnership, Deadline can reveal.

Tony Dokoupil is opening up about his family story, and the painful reality of how it came to be.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe CBS news anchor previously opened up about his unexpected family history in his 2014 memoir, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana, in which he reminisces about his childhood with a father who was a drug dealer.However, his latest post to Instagram reveals the terrifying coincidence that allowed his family's legacy to continue, a story not even one of his own family members, Robby Dokoupil, knew about.WATCH: Tony reveals his New York City homeMORE: Tony Dokoupil shares emotional message from family of AR-15 inventorThe Memorial Day tribute shares the story of his grandfather, Rudy, who the star recounted: "Flew 33 raids over Nazi-occupied Europe as the engineer on a B-24 named Bodacious."He shared a picture of his grandfather with who appears to be his grandmother, both clad in traditional, perfectly tailored suits of the era.Alongside the sweet photo, he also included one of Rudy posing alongside the nine other airmen he worked with during the war, each wearing matching leather bomber jackets.His grandfather's tragic storyTony went on to detail the unfortunate future those men faced, and how his own grandfather's life was saved by sheer luck.MORE: Tony Dokoupil celebrates son's birthday with delivery room photosMORE: Tony Dokoupil shares rare family video with wife from his impressive New York homeHe explained: "Rudy was sick before the 34th raid and stayed on the ground.

Jack Black will receive the award for Comedic Genius at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.Set to be hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the ceremony will honour the actor, comedian and musician when it airs live on Sunday June 5 in the US.Past recipients of the award include Sacha Baron Cohen, who won the title last year, Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell.After forming the band Tenacious D with Kyle Gass in 1994, Black has gone on to have a successful acting career. He’s best known for roles in 2000 film High Fidelity, School Of Rock in 2003 and more recently, the reboot of the Jumanji franchise.He also voiced lead character Po in the Kung Fu Panda films and released musical fantasy comedy, Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny, all about the rock duo in 2006.Black’s upcoming roles include some film adaptations of games.

EXCLUSIVE: Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter behind such titles as Hoosiers and Rudy, is looking to complete a trifecta of iconic sports films with an upcoming title centered on automotive entrepreneur Carl Graham Fisher and the inaugural 1911 running of the Indianapolis 500, which Justin Escue will direct for Above The Line Productions, Diverse Media Group, T-Minus Productions and his company, My First Bike Productions.

A Strange Loop,” R. Jackson’s meta-musical about a young, gay, black musical theater writer who creates the very show audiences are watching, has been in the lead for weeks — buoyed by strong reviews in late April. But sources said the race is now neck and neck between “Loop” and “MJ,” the musical about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Broadway’s legendary Angela Lansbury will receive the 2022 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAngela Lansbury will receive the Tony Award for lifetime achievement at the 2022 ceremony. In a career that spans over 75 years, Lansbury has already won five competitive Tonys. After first breaking into movies, Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957 in “Hotel Paradiso.” Over the decades, she’d go on to star in “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Mame,” “Dear World,”, “Gypsy” and Sweeney Todd.

They may have been runners-up to Hear’Say in the Popstars TV, but Liberty X went on to have phenomenal chart success following the TV talent contest back in 2001.Together Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young recorded three albums, scored ten consecutive top ten singles in the UK and sold three million records across the world.Their biggest hit, Just A Little, shot to number one in 2002 and the five-piece toured extensively, winning a huge army of fans across Europe as well as winning two Brit Awards for Best British Single and Best British Breakthrough Artist. The group called it a day and went their separate ways in 2007, reuniting occasionally for one-off shows.  After reforming for ITV2’s The Big Reunion in 2012, they went on an arena tour with fellow pop artists including Atomic Kitten, Five and B*Witched.

Gang Of Youths have shared a surprise four-track EP titled ‘Immolation Tape’, featuring new takes on three songs from ‘Angel In Realtime’, as well as their cover of Wilco’s ‘Shot In The Arm’.Released today (May 20), the effort was minted as part of SiriusXM’s Spectrum Sessions series, for which the Australian band performed back in March. It’s a largely acoustic affair, centring reverberant grand pianos, dryly plucked guitars and soaring violins.Gang Of Youths’ cover of ‘Shot In The Arm’ was released on its own after the March session.

Ew, boys! Scandal’s Kerry Washington got hot and heavy on screen with costars Scott Foley and Tony Goldwyn for six years, but it turns out she wasn’t a fan of her character’s steamy scenes.

K.J. Yossman Bobby Cannavale is set to star in comedy drama “Inappropriate Behavior” from “Conviction” director Tony Goldwyn.