There are so many good offerings coming to the Hallmark Channel!
14.02.2024 - 23:25 / variety.com
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Broadway is coming to Santa Monica. Jenna Ushkowitz (“Glee”) and Merle Dandridge (“The Last of Us,” “Station 19”) are teaming up and gathering their singer friends to raise money for Harvest Home L.A., a non-profit for unhoused pregnant women. “Jenna, Merle, and Friends: A Night of Song” will feature pop and Broadway tunes performed by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”), Cheyenne Jackson (“American Horror Story”), Katie Lowes (“Scandal”), Kevin McHale (“Glee”), Austin Mackenzie (“Spring Awakening”), Adam Shapiro (“Never Have I Ever”), Tracie Thoms (“9-1-1”), Carly Thomas Smith (“Rent”) and Kim Dawson (“Sing Off”).
The evening takes place on April 21 at The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica. “As a new mother, I felt compelled to support and serve other mothers in need within my local community,” Ushkowitz said in statement Thursday. “Some wonderful friends, who are also moms, introduced me to Harvest Home.
The organization’s mission and dedicated work resonated deeply with me. And I feel privileged to contribute a small part in the work they do.” Dandridge added, “The women at Harvest Home are a constant inspiration. The courage, the spirit, and the joy that erupts while embarking on motherhood during the toughest of circumstances…well, it puts the enormous heart-capacity and ferocious fire of being a woman on full display.” Musical direction will be by Seth Rudetsky (Disaster! The Musical) and James Wesley (Stars in the House), with staging by Lee Martino (Les Girls).
There are so many good offerings coming to the Hallmark Channel!
In classic Olly Murs comedian-style he has outdone himself with an epic baby shower of gigantic proportions - portions of baked pastries that is.The 39 year old popstar and The Voice judge joined forces with baker Greggs to treat his wife, Amelia Tank - who is expecting their first baby this year - to a memorable, and delicious, baby shower to remember.The hilarious 'Preggs' theme featured an iconic bakery van in the store's infamous blue and yellow colours, covered in pun-tastic phrases like 'What's in your oven?' and celebratory signs saying 'Congratulations Olly & Amelia.' Fans couldn't contain their excitement at the hilarious way to celebrate the impending birth of their first baby, which Olly captioned: "When Greggs do Baby Showers" followed by a baby emoji. One fan saying: "You two know how to cater a party." Another said this was "the best thing I've ever seen" and another added the scene was "Iconic" and that they hoped he's now the proud owner of a Greggs gold card.
“Modern Family” reunion at last week’s SAG Awards after several fans thought he was dead. “Honestly, on that night, we were all busy,” Ferguson, 48, said during an appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” “Sofia Vergara was supposed to be doing press, I was supposed to be here in New York, Julie Bowen was shooting a show, Ed O’Neill had a glass of wine to drink,” Ferguson continued.“And so we all canceled those very important things, and we figured out a way to come together because the last time we had a reunion, Ty Burrell wasn’t able to come, and so we posed with a photo of Ty … and then the internet thought he was dead.”According to Ferguson, the rumors about Bruelle’s presumed death began in November 2023 when the entire “Modern Family” cast reunited without the actor. In a video uploaded to Instagram by Vergara, 51, several cast members can be seen gazing at a photo of their missing castmate.
The cast of Modern Family reunited onstage at the 2024 SAG Awards a week ago, and we’re still not over it!
Katie Price and her new beau JJ Slater have caused a stir with their latest cosy photo. Katie, who is a mum to five kids, has been linked to the 31 year old star of Married At First Sight UK since last month. While the duo haven't been dating for long, it seems he's already part of her close-knit group as he recently supported her while she spoke on a live podcast.
Austin Butler and Timothée Chalamet have opened up about their obsessions with Radiohead and The Beatles.The two Dune co-stars sat down with NME to discuss Dune: Part 2. The actors were asked if there were any current albums that they were currently obsessed with at the moment to which Butler replied with Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ and Chalamet with The Beatles’ 2023 reissue of the ‘Blue’ album.“It’s an old faithful that I have listened to more than any other album. But ‘In Rainbows’ by Radiohead.
Alex Ritman Well-established Italian producers Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli — who left their Fremantle-owned banners, Wildside and The Apartment, respectively, earlier this year — are returning to the growing TV and film powerhouse with their new scripted outfit. The duo — who co-founded “The Young Pope” and “My Brilliant Friend” production house Wildside in 2009 before Mieli exited to set up The Apartment, which was behind the recent hit “Priscilla” — are yet to reveal details of their new company.
The View when he took aim at the lockdowns that forced children across the United States to study from home due to health concerns.Speaking about his new book, We’ve Got Issues, Dr Phil was asked about how children should deal with social media platforms.“In, like, ’08, ’09, smartphones came on, and kids started, they stopped living their lives and starting watching people live their lives, and so we saw the biggest spike and the highest levels of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and suicidality, since records have ever been kept, and it’s just continued on and on and on,” Dr Phil said, the Independent reported.He then pivoted to criticise the lockdown orders.“… then Covid hits 10 years later, and the same agencies that knew that, are the agencies that shut down the schools for two years.“Who does that? Who takes away the support system for these children? Who takes it away and shuts it down?“And by the way, when they shut it down, they stopped the mandated reporters from being able to see children that were being abused and sexually molested and in fact sent them home and abandoned them to their abusers, with no way to watch, and referrals dropped 50 percent to 60 percent.”American lawyer and The View host Sunny Hostin interjected: “There was also a pandemic going on…”Her co-host, actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg also pushed back by stating that the lockdowns were an attempt to “save kids’ lives”.“Remember, we know a lot of folks who died during this,” she said.Dr Phil retorted: “Not schoolchildren” before clarifying that children were the “safest group”.“They were the less vulnerable group and they suffered and will suffer more from the mismanagement of Covid than they will from the exposure to Covid.“And that’s not
Ariana Grande has shared the full tracklist for her new album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, and revealed that one of the songs will feature an appearance from her grandmother.The songs are set to be released as part of the pop star’s long-awaited album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, which is her first new LP in four years and the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Positions’.Set for release next week (March 8), Grande has only released one song from the album so far – lead single ‘Yes, And?’, which debuted atop the Billboard 100 last month. Following the success of the single, which took aim at her doubters, the singer has confirmed she has no plans to share any more tasters of the project until its release.That being said, Grande has unveiled the titles of all 13 songs on her seventh studio album via a new video on Instagram.In the clip, the ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tracklist is shown handwritten on a piece of paper, with what seems to be lyrics jotted around the border.
Miranda Kerr has welcomed her fourth child into the world!
Love Island star Hannah Elizabeth has shared a look inside her welcome home party after returning home from South Africa where she filmed for the All Stars series. Hannah got glammed up after checking into an apartment suite at the Philharmonic Hotel in Liverpool, where she was joined by Luis Morrison, another original cast member of Love Island and fellow All Star. Showing her Instagram followers around the luxury ‘party pad’, Hannah was welcomed with foil balloons that spelled out 'Love Island', with six beds and a huge jacuzzi bath.
K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s Film and TV Charity has been liaising with Muslim, Arab and Jewish screen industry workers following the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and the subsequent war against Hamas.
The battle between Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix over their shared home continues to heat up!
A mum is home-schooling her own children to give them 'lessons in life', by teaching them how to pay bills, do DIY, clean the house and cook their own meals in order to 'prepare them for the real world'.
Only Murders in the Building costars, who are both in their seventies, were spotted leaving dinner with friends in tow in Santa Monica, California. opted for black pants, a pink button down, and a red jacket whereas Short dressed up a little in a gray sweater and black sport coat.Talk of a budding romance began after Streep and Short were seated together at the 2024 Golden Globes.
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Everyone could use a good cry now and again. And what better way to get those tears flowing than watching a movie? Variety caught up with this year’s Oscar nominees at the Academy’s annual nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton to find out the last time they cried at the movies. “I cried at ‘Parallel Mothers,’” said “Oppenheimer” star Emily Blunt.
Bat For Lashes has announced her sixth studio album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ and shared its title track, as well as details of a UK tour – listen and find all the details below.The London singer-songwriter and producer – real name Natasha Khan – is due to release the 10-song record on May 31, marking her first project since signing with acclaimed label Mercury KX. Pre-order/pre-save here.Arriving today (February 22), the ethereal single ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ – which will open the upcoming LP of the same name – tackles the artist’s experience of motherhood. It is described as being “part pagan invocation, part celestial synth epic”.Khan explained in a press release that the track was “the manifesto of the album”, adding: “It’s like a spell being cast.
Caroline Brew editor Jay Pharoah, known for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Blackening,” will host “The Quiz with Balls,” a new Fox game show. Each episode will feature two families competing for $100,000 in a “battle of the balls,” combining a high-stakes quiz show with a large-scale physical competition. “When I got hit up about hosting an epic face-off between big brains and even bigger balls, I was like … ’I got this,’” Pharoah said in a statement.
A couple who have hosted more than 100 marriage proposals and honeymoons at their Airbnb holiday lets, "setting the scene" with rose petal messages on the bed and fairy lights, have said they love creating "magical" Disney-esque settings to allow romance to blossom.
What’s, like, the complete opposite of a couple’s post showing off your love on Valentine’s Day?? Just ask Sean Evans!