Breaking Baz: ‘Rustin’ Star Aml Ameen Plots ‘Boxing Day’ Sequel & Plans to Direct An Ambitious Crime Thriller Movie

Breaking Benjamin announced a co-headlining tour with Staind and special guests Daughtry and Lakeview that will take the four groups to arenas and amphitheaters all over North America this September and October.Midway through the 23-concert run, the hardcore quartet will stop into Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater on Thursday, Sept. 19.That’s not all, though.Breaking Benjamin is also taking off on a solo tour from March through July; as for Staind, they’ll be on the road for a jaunt of their own this spring.Daughtry and Lakeview both have a handful of shows lined up, too.Thankfully, tickets can be secured up for all four bands’ upcoming concerts as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 15, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to tickets can be found here.Midway through their spring tour, Breaking Benjamin is headlining at the annual Welcome To Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, FL.Taking place May 9-12, headliners at the four-day extravaganza include Mötley Crüe, Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Jelly Roll, Limp Bizkit and many, many more.If this sounds like the fest for you, single and multi-day passes can be picked up here.At a number of gigs this year, Aaron Lewis and co.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at actor Ravi Patel (Wonder Woman 1984, Animal Patrol) suited up in Kiss Of The Con Queen, the true crime thriller inspired by the life of accused fraudster Hargobind Tahilramani dubbed the “con queen of Hollywood” after allegedly impersonating movie executives in an elaborate and high profile fraud scheme. 

Greta Gerwig tells me there’s “no resistance” from her about the possibility of Barbie 2.

Celebrity Big Brother star Gary Goldsmith may have only left the ITV house on Friday, but he's already speaking out about his fellow famous housemates.The TV personality, who is the uncle of Kate Middleton, appeared on Big Brother's Late and Live to chat about his time on the show before being eliminated by the public in Friday's episode. When asked whether he thought his fellow housemate, Love Island's Ekin-Su Culculoglu, is playing a game in the competition, Gary said that she "100 percent" is. "It's a very unusual dynamic," he said.

A huge fight broke out in a packed restaurant while families enjoyed a Mother's Day meal yesterday.

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony should be known as the Cannes Oscars, argues Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux.

Sandra Hüller (a Best Actress nominee) and Christian Friedel, stars of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest — nominated for Best Picture, Best International Picture, Director, Sound, and Adapted Screenplay — are familiar with Shakespeare’s famous verse from Hamlet: ”All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players …” That’s because both thespians have been playing the Danish prince on stages around Germany for years.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock had the good sense to arrive early at the Jean-Michel Basquiat Made on Market Street exhibition at the  Larry Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.

How do you capture Jenne Casarotto? She was at the intersection of theatre, film and television. It all, seemingly, swirled around her.

EXCLUSIVE: Louis McCartney describes himself as “a West End baby” because before he was cast to play boyish-looking monster Henry Creel in the Stranger Things stage show The First Shadow, he’d never performed on stage in his life.

EXCLUSIVE: Napoleon star Vanessa Kirby will reunite with The Crown’s Benjamin Caron on a movie based on Willy Vlautin’s 2021 novel The Night Always Comes, about a working-class woman in the Pacific Northwest who embarks on a 24-hour quest to call in old debts and raise enough money to keep a roof over her head. 

She’s been cropping up on Coronation Street for the past three years, and now, actress Vicky Myers reveals her character DS Lisa Swain will be staying for good as she investigates the disappearance and suspected murder of Lauren Bolton, played by Cait Fitton. Becoming a regular on the long-running soap means her character will get backstory, which includes a daughter. She's also single and gay.

She’s been popping up on Coronation Street since 2021, and now, actress Vicky Myers reveals her character DS Lisa Swain will be back on a permanent basis, as she’s been promoted to a regular character. DS Swain has a big case on her hands – the disappearance and suspected murder of Lauren Bolton, played by Cait Fitton. “I was contracted to do eight episodes, so this is really quite something,” says Vicky.

A new trailer for Austin Butler‘s upcoming crime thriller has been released.

EXCLUSIVE: Rebel Moon star Staz Nair is replacing Sacha Dhawan as lead of upcoming Bradford-set BBC crime thriller Virdee.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its transfer from a sold-out season at the National Theatre. This column told you a year ago that StudioCanal’s RED Production company is developing the musical into a TV drama series.

EXCLUSIVE: Tristan Mack Wilds (Swagger) has signed on to star in The Day Before Christmas, a holiday romance being produced and distributed by BET+, with Roger Bobb aboard as director.

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Sessa, the 21-year-old rising star, didn’t win a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA award Sunday night – that went to Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr. – but he did pick up his first post-The Holdovers role that will see him starring with Rose Byrne in director Stephanie Laing’s drama Tow.

EXCLUSIVE: Succession’s Sarah Snook, now the toast of the town for her dazzling one-woman performance playing 26 characters in a breathtakingly innovative staging of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, will likely head to Broadway early in 2025 once she’s had a break, and if she wants to do it.

Festival season 2024 is well underway, Insiders, as our team decamps to Berlin. That and plenty more news to report from around the world to follow. Jesse Whittock with you. Sign up for the Insider newsletter here.