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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAfter 140 years, the Actors Fund is getting a new name. The charitable organization will rebrand itself as the Entertainment Community Fund, which it says better reflects the work that it does to help industry professionals from a vast array of jobs and disciplines.“One of the challenges we have always faced is that we are not just for actors, we are here to work with everybody in show business,” says Tony Award-winning actor and Fund Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:  Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, The Actors Fund, the 140-year-old organization that offers emergency financial assistance and other support service to workers in the the performing arts industries, has distributed more than $26.8 million in emergency financial assistance – rent, groceries, medicine, health insurance premiums -.to about 17,900 individuals. The pandemic-era distribution represents more than 13 times the amount of assistance typically provided by the Fund in an average year.

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are stepping out for a good cause!

NEW YORK -- A hit-and-run driver pleaded guilty Friday in a suburban New York a suburban New York crash that killed the father of Nicki Minaj and was promised a year or less in jail, disappointing prosecutors and the hip hop star's mother.In state court in Long Island's Nassau County, businessman Charles Polevich admitted leaving the scene of the February 2021 accident that fatally injured Robert Maraj as he walked along a road in Mineola.Polevich initially got out of his car and looked at the injured man on the ground, but then drove off, didn't call 911, garaged his car and covered it with a tarp, authorities said. Polevich pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence by concealing the car.Maraj, 64, died at a hospital the next day.Judge Howard Sturim said Polevich would get “no more than one year in jail,” along with community service and a suspended license.

Neil Patrick Harris smashes a bouquet of roses into a trash can in the first look at his new Netflix series, Uncoupled.

according to a statement.The documentary will be directed by award-winning filmmaker Alison Ellwood and is being made in partnership with the “Time After Time” singer. “Like many people, I assumed when Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene in the early ’80s that she was another young star experiencing a meteoric rise to fame and success thanks to MTV,” Ellwood said.“But as it turns out, her story is one of hard knocks, hard work and dogged determination. Cyndi wanted her voice not just to be listened to, but a voice to be heard.“The documentary will be a full portrait of Cyndi Lauper – her true colors shining through,” the director added, a reference to her 1986 hit song.The New York native holds titles as singer-songwriter, actress, activist and best-selling musical composer.

We don’t recommend the swordfish tonight. How about sword swallowing? New York City nightclubs are raising their game this spring as they look to revive the post-pandemic scene with over-the-top entertainment that includes sword swallowers, belly dancers, magicians and “next-level pole dancing.” Wonderland, a nightclub and “adult” venue that opens this Wednesday in the Flatiron District, is beckoning guests with a human blockhead to go with their charcuterie plates and Wagyu cheeseburger sliders. Jewel Thief, a speakeasy in Manhattan’s NoMad District, is offering up belly dancers to electric violinists.

Naomie Harris shines in a lime green dress while arriving at the premiere of The Man Who Fell To Earth held at Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday night (April 19) in New York City.

Jerry Seinfeld couldn't have asked for a better TV mom. The 67-year-old comedian took to Twitter on Friday to pay tribute to Liz Sheridan following her death. She was 93.The host posted a black and white picture of him and Sheridan on the set of his hit NBC sitcom.

LOS ANGELES -- Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday. She was 93.Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes, five days after her April 10 birthday, said Amanda Hendon, her longtime representative and friend.

Jerry Seinfeld's mom on the comedian's classic NBC sitcom, has died. She was 93.According to multiple reports, the veteran actress died early Friday morning in New York City.

Liz Sheridan has sadly died.

Over on Twitter, social media users are still wondering if those Rihanna and ASAP Rocky breakup rumors are true after unverified reports of a split began circulating on the platform. Now, it seems we finally know what’s really going on here.

The Kills are set to celebrate the 17th anniversary of their album ‘No Wow’ this summer with a special deluxe reissue.Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart’s second LP came out in 2005 and the new reissue will land on June 3.The new edition of ‘No Wow’ features the original album alongside a full album mix by Grammy-winning producer Tchad Blake.Ahead of the album’s release, Blake’s mix of the title track from ‘No Wow’ has been released, alongside a new video directed by Sally Walker-Hudecki, incorporating footage from the original, Kenneth Cappello-directed visual from 2005.Pre-order the new edition of ‘No Wow’ here and watch the new video below.The band are set to play ‘No Wow’ in full at two recently announced shows in New York City and Los Angeles, which will be their only headline gigs of 2022.Due to demand, the pair have added second gigs in each city of their run, which will see them supported by BODEGA in New York and LA Witch and Slaughterhouse in Los Angeles. You can purchase tickets here.The dates are as follows:JUNE 20226 – Los Angeles, The Mayan7 – Los Angeles, The Mayan10 – New York, Brooklyn Steel11 – New York, Brooklyn SteelBack in 2020, The Kills spoke to NME about their career-spanning B-sides and rarities album ‘Little Bastards’ and how the pandemic paused their plans to record their first studio album since 2016’s ‘Ash And Ice’.“We were in the middle of making a new record when lockdown happened,” Hince told us.