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Theater tickets are notoriously pricey.When “Hamilton” first hit the Great White Way, some tickets were going for more than $40,000 according to Financial Planner LA.However, this fall, you can finally forgo that pesky barrier to entry.Vivid Seats is offering two free tickets to the performance of your choice with a value up to $2000.All you have to do is show off your love of the theater by playing Broadway Trivia daily in the Game Center section of the Vivid Seats app which can be downloaded by clicking this link and scrolling to where it says “Free to join.”If you win, you’ll be awarded two free tickets to the performance of your choice according to Vivid Seats.The show doesn’t have to take place in NYC either. Plays or musicals in your town — as long as its on Vivid Seats — are eligible as well.Best of all, you can play as many times as you want in order to win.With all that being said, good luck and we hope to see you at a show sometime very soon!One prize winner will receive two theater tickets from vividseats.com, up to a $2,000 combined value (inclusive of taxes and fees). Visit the Game Center in the Vivid Seats app for Official Rules and add’l restrictions. The contest ends Sunday, Sept. 10.Not sure which show to go to?Here are just five of our favorite musicals you won’t want to miss live these next few months.• “New York, New York”• “Merrily We Roll Along”• “Six The Musical”• “& Juliet”• “Sweeney Todd”

Hilary Duff has called out a How I Met Your Father hater.

How I Met Your Father EP Craig Thomas bid farewell to his colleagues and supporters today via an X post, noting that cancellations are a part of TV life.

How I Met Your Father” was canceled by Hulu came down on Friday. Viewers who watched the first two seasons of the series were excitedly waiting for Season 3. However, now everything is up in the air.

“How I Met Your Father” won’t be returning for a third season.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “How I Met Your Father” has been canceled after two seasons at Hulu, Variety has confirmed. The Hilary Duff-led “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff concluded its second (and now final) season July 11 without revealing who Duff’s character, Sophie, ended up having a child with.

There will be no third season for How I Met Your Father. Hulu has canceled the Hilary Duff-led sequel series after two seasons, Deadline has confirmed.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers through Episode 2 of “One Piece,” now streaming on Netflix. When Marc Jobst came on as director and executive producer of “One Piece,” Netflix and Tomorrow Studios’ adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s iconic pirate manga, he had a clear connection to the gig early on, as he had directed multiple episodes of the high-seas drama “Black Sails.” That show, which ran for four season on Starz, features several of the ships that Netflix commandeered to refashion into the bright and colorful ones used in “One Piece.” While the series’ crew was handling that overhaul, Jobst (who has also directed episodes of “The Witcher,” and an episode of “Luke Cage” that was written by “One Piece” co-showrunner Matt Owens) was working to create an overall aesthetic for the “blue skies” adaptation of “One Piece” that also allowed for the natural incorporation of the manga’s darkest elements, including villain Buggy the Clown (Jeff Ward). Buggy is a nemesis that teenage aspiring pirate king Monkey D.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent It’s no secret that it’s taken decades of twists and turns in Hollywood to get Michael Mann’s anticipated “Ferrari,” which makes its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival Aug. 31, to the big screen. But what’s less known is that the journey of this biopic about Italian sports car builder and racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari originated with Italy’s storied Cecchi Gori Group before the company went bust.

Nick Cannon’s brother Gabriel Cannon is confused about his children. The father of twelve, eleven of whom are still living, has inspired diagrams and charts for the public to understand what children belong to each of the six baby mamas.

Nick Cannon’s brother Gabriel is thankful he has Google as a reminder when it comes down to naming his many nieces and nephews.

Nick Cannon a proud brother on. In an interview with ET's Denny Directo, the winner of the second season of the hit ABC competition series revealed how his famous brother reacted to him joining the show.«At first, Nick is like, 'A reality show?' You see the eyebrow raise. He wasn't sure.

David Ayer feels done in by the “Fast & Furious” franchise.

Reading & Leeds and environmental campaigners have spoken to NME about the festival’s fight against climate change – and what music fans can do to help.Returning this weekend, the twin-site festival will see headline performances from Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender, Imagine Dragons, Foals and The 1975 – with the likes of Loyle Carner, Central Cee, Wet Leg, Inhaler, Holly Humberstone, Arlo Parks, Rina Sawayama, Becky Hill and many more also appearing. Check out the full line-up and stage times here.Victoria Chapman, head of sustainability at R&L owners Live Nation, explained how the festivals were making practical efforts to stride towards their aim to a 50 per cent reduce in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, increasing renewable energy use and reducing single-use plastics – as well as spreading the green message among festival-goers.“We’re seeing the impact that artists can have at all levels of touring, and how they really inspire fans, the industry and each other towards positive change,” Chapman told NME.

The Maccabees’ Felix White has spoken about how Johnny Marr helped steer the direction of new music with his comeback band 86TVs.The group – comprising Felix’s brothers Hugo and Will (the latter formerly of mid-noughties indie band Talk Taxis and his solo project BLANc) and The Noisettes’ drummer Jamie Morrison – recently released their debut single ‘Worn Out Buildings’.Speaking to NME in a recent interview about writing post-Maccabees and the direction of the new band, Felix explained how The Smiths guitarist and songwriter gave them some important advice for their new material.The band recalled that for the first year of the project, “it was completely instrumental and we were writing music we thought could be a soundtrack or we’d get someone else to sing on”.However, eventually they were convinced by Marr to sing on the tracks themselves.“I think The Maccabees had just split up, but I’d read Johnny Marr’s autobiography, which I loved, and it was a really striking time to read it because a lot of his life has been about reinvention and change,” Felix recalled.He continued: “So there was a correlation in my head at that particular moment in my life with what Johnny’s book had said. I bumped into him at the NME Awards and said, ‘Can I send you some music? We’ve just been doing some instrumental music and we don’t know if it’s good’.

Andrew Barnsley.Based on the eponymous memoir of Canadian comedian/actor Mark Critch, Newfoundland is miles away, thematically, from the onscreen work of British acting legend Malcolm McDowell (“A Clockwork Orange,” “Caligula,” “Star Trek Generations”), who co-stars as crusty grandfather Patrick “Pop” Critch.McDowell loves the show so much that he agreed to speak to The Post about “Son of Critch” — until the SAG-AFTRA strike put the kibosh on that.Barnsley, however, can talk about the series, and about how McDowell jumped at the chance to co-star as “Pop,” who shares a small bedroom with his 11-year-old grandson, series protagonist Mark Critch (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) who, when the series opens, is anxiously entering a new school where he doesn’t know anyone.The ensemble cast includes Mark Critch as Mark’s earnestly goofy dad, Mike — a reporter at the local radio station next door to their house — Claire Rankin as Mark’s mother, Mary and Colton Gobbo as Mark’s annoying older brother, Mike Jr. It will return for a second season on The CW.Critch is an executive producer along with Barnsley, Tim McAuliffe and Allan Hawco.Barnsley said he was “as shocked as you are” that McDowell, 80, agreed to a leading series role in “Son of a Critch,” which airs Mondays at 8 p.m.

Warning: This post contains spoilers from “Big Brother” season 25, episode 7. 

Randall Park is speaking out about Barbie.

Netflix’s The Chosen One follows a boy with Jesus-like powers in the heart of Mexico.Based on the comic book series American Jesus by Mark Millar and Peter Gross, the fantasy series follows the struggles of 12-year-old boy Jodie (Bobby Luhnow), who suddenly discovers he has the abilities of Jesus Christ.A synopsis for the series reads: “Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy from Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, after surviving a freak accident, discovers that he has Jesus-like powers: He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk and perhaps even raise the dead.“How will he deal with his destiny and lead the world through a conflict that’s been thousands of years in the making?”The series spans six episodes in total, which were all released on August 16.All six episodes were directed by Everado Gout, while Everado, Leopoldo Goult, Jorge Dorantes, Kevin Rodriguez, Iturri Sosa and Tina de la Torre wrote the series.A trailer for the series was released in June – check it out above.Other cast members include Dianna Agron, Tenoch Huerta, Lilith Amelie Siordia Mejia, Juan Fernando Gonzalez Anguamea, Jorge Javier Arballo Osomio, Patricio Serna Meza, Carlos Bardem, Alfonso Dosal and Sofia Sisniega.The Chosen One is available to stream on Netflix.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a recent interview with Rolling Stone to promote his directorial effort “Shortcomings,” actor and comedian Randall Park criticized Hollywood for taking the wrong lessons from a massive blockbuster like Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” The Margot Robbie-led comedy has earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, but Park said making more movies about toys should not be the industry’s takeaway. “I feel like, just in general, this industry is taking the wrong lessons,” Park said. “For example, ‘Barbie’ is this massive blockbuster, and the idea is: Make more movies about toys! No.