Fantasia Barrino Opens Up About Losing It All & Attempting Suicide By 2010, Starting Over & How Life Feels Like 'American Idol' Again

Elvis Costello joined Billy Joel live on stage at the latter’s show in New York last night (December 19) – check out the footage below.Joel was performing at the latest gig of his ongoing monthly concert residency at Madison Square Garden in NYC when Costello made a surprise appearance mid-set to assist on two tracks.The pair played a collaborative rendition of Costello’s 1978 song ‘Pump It Up’ before teaming up on a live version of Joel’s 1982 classic ‘Allentown’. For the first cut, Costello provided vocals while Joel played piano.

“Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” opens at New York City’s August Wilson Theatre and will run well into 2025.The classic musical, featuring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee and “Perry Mason” star Gayle Rankin until August 2024, takes place in 1929-30 Berlin and tells the story of American writer Clifford Bradshaw and his relationship with English cabaret star Sally Bowles.“This is it. This is the one.

has already been renewed for a second season. Everybody try to contain yourselves.“I am beyond thrilled that My Life With the Walter Boys has been renewed for a second season,” series creator Melanie Halsall told .

Thania Garcia Edgar Barrera is a Grammys rarity: The Mexican-American, Texas-born producer and songwriter is the only (and first) Latin act up for songwriter of the year at the 2024 awards. Less happily, he is also the only Latin act to appear in a Grammy category that isn’t Latin music-specific. Be that as it may, those feats speak to his towering achievements: He has become the go-to songwriter for top-charting acts looking to expand their musical range (he’s responsible for pairing Bad Bunny with the Tejano band Grupo Frontera) and shares songwriting credits with Madonna, Ariana Grande, Maluma, Karol G, Shakira and Peso Pluma, among numerous others.

There are so many stars in attendance at the opening night of Appropriate on Broadway!

The Color Purple,” is accusing her Airbnb host of racial profiling.“My stomach is so uneasy this morning as I’m riding back to my home in the cold and rain,” Barrino, 39, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. “I don’t say much when people do me wrong, but I can’t stay quiet on how my family and I were just treated from a host with @Airbnb @airbnbhelp trying to kick my kids and I out at 12:00 midnight.” According to the “American Idol” alum, the host accused them “of having a party with loud noises outdoors because they saw balloons being dropped off and a game truck with no generator in the early part of the day.” The singer noted that there were no additional guests brought onto the property nor did the website state that they “weren’t allowed to have any company over.” “It’s evident from the sayings on the wall, to the outdoor fire pit/jacuzzi and a well equipped game room in the garage/poker table that people host parties and/or gatherings here on the lake often as there were weights with balloon ribbon left in the garage from a previous party at the house,” the “Lose to Win” singer continued.

according to a video obtained by TMZ on Friday. During this outburst, he shouted, “Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye! Sponsor that!”He also made the antisemitic claim that Zionist Jews own all the banks, hospitals and private schools in Los Angeles.“It’s 60 million of us in America, 60 million Jews in the world,” he falsely told the crowd, later stating: “I don’t give a f–k.”According to the outlet, he allegedly made a reference to “my daughter” — presumably North West, 10, since she was with him in Vegas.

Andrew Dice Clay, 66, has seven huge shows lined up from December 2023 all the way up until April 2024.That includes a pair of New York gigs for the Brooklyn native.First up, “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane” star will headline at Huntington’s Paramount Theater on Sunday, Dec. 17.Then, two months later, the leather jacket wearing comic head straight to the heart of the Big Apple when he swoops into Carnegie Hall on Thursday, Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has picked up psychological crime drama Murder in a Small Town, starring Rossif Sutherland (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), for the 2024-25 season. The network has acquired U.S. rights to the series, based on the “Karl Alberg” books by L.R. Wright,, which hails from head writer Ian Weir (Edgemont), director Milan Cheylov (The Cleaning Lady) and Canada’s Sepia Films in association with Fox Entertainment and Future Shack Entertainment, the company of former USA Network President Jeff Wachtel.

A bunch of A-List celebs gathered to honor everyday people who are doing extraordinary things to help the lives of others!

Variety as she recounted her joyous reaction before hopping on a private plane chartered by none other than Oprah Winfrey. “I would tell young Fantasia, ‘You did it. Job well done.’ I don’t want to cry no more,” she said, choking up.

In response to her Golden Globe nomination Monday for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy in The Color Purple, Fantasia Barrino starts the conversation with gratitude as she swore, after playing Celie on Broadway in the musical adaptation, she would never play the character again. 

The topics covered on Bill Maher‘s Real Time on Friday were no laughing matter – inflation, crime, the suppression of free speech, the war in Ukraine, antisemitism on campus.

the Jonas Brothers hit the ultimate home run when they opened their 2023 North American trek, simply called The Tour, with two sold-out shows at Yankee Stadium in August.But for another local sibling act that has been opening for the JoBros — Lawrence, fronted by Clyde Lawrence and his younger sister Gracie — there were mixed emotions about making their stadium debut at the home of the Bronx Bombers.“It was definitely pretty crazy to play a New York staple like that,” Gracie told The Post. “On the other hand, we are diehard Mets fan, so it felt borderline wrong.”Still, the Manhattan natives were able to put aside their Big Apple baseball allegiances — at least for two nights — to set the stage for the “Sucker” trio.“I mean, not only is it such a famous venue and such a big deal as New Yorkers, but with it also being the first shows of the tour and by far the biggest crowds we’d ever played to … it felt like the first day of school times a million or something,” said Clyde.Following two nights at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Clyde, Gracie and the rest of their soul-pop octet — which just released the new single “23” — will be rounding back to home base for the final US date on the Jonas Brothers tour Saturday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.“It’s gonna be awesome,” said Clyde.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director As soon as news hit in November that Nintendo and Sony Pictures were joining forces for a live-action movie based on the The Legend of Zelda video games, many fans started to predict the the studios had the next “Lord of the Rings” on their hands. Not so fast. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the film’s director Wes Ball said he’s long envisioned a Zelda movie not as a “Rings”-like epic but as a live-action Hayao Miyazaki movie.

Meghan Markle and Princess Catherine pretty much started fighting right from jump street — and it turns out one big reason they don’t get along? They didn’t want to share passion projects!

a recent interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace, Adam Driver was asked about the fact that he doesn’t “look like the typical movie star” — and whether that’s helped or hindered his career in Hollywood. The “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” actor, 40, seemed taken aback by the turn the interview took, but he replied, “I look how I look.

So many stars stepped out for the opening night of ChainFEST, the world’s first gourmet chain food festival!

Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir has made history at the 20th edition of Morocco’s Marrakech Film Festival as the first local director to win its top prize with her hybrid documentary The Mother Of All Lies.

Bruno Tonioli, who first graced our screens in Elton John's music video for "I'm Still Standing", has had quite the journey since his Strictly days. The 68 year old professional choreographer became a household name in 2004 when he joined the judging panel on the new BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. After eighteen years of entertaining us with his bubbly personality and flamboyant remarks, Bruno made a dramatic exit from the show.