Karla Burns, Tony-nominated ‘Show Boat’ star, dead at 66

Naman Ramachandran The BBC has pounced on the keenly anticipated reboot of iconic drama “Gossip Girl” as a U.K. premiere.The show will be available on BBC One and streamer BBC iPlayer later this year.

Jordan Moreau Elizabeth Banks’ upcoming movie “Cocaine Bear” has added several A-list cast members.Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, O’Shea Jackson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Alden Ehrenreich have joined the film about a real-life 175-pound bear who died of an apparent cocaine overdose.

A new series about the American AIDS epidemic and ACT UP New York (from 1987-1993) is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Weekend,” “Looking“) will showrun “Let The Record Show,” based on a new novel that covers New York activism surrounding the AIDS crisis.

Lea Michele attended the Alice + Olivia Pride “Prom” event at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, benefitting the Ali Forney Center. Katie Holmes attended the 25-year anniversary screening of Julian Schnabel’s remastered film presented by Chanel at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of the culmination of Tribeca Film Festival and Chanel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Art Awards. Nikki Reed teamed up with LOCI to create a collaboration of sustainable sneakers.

EXCLUSIVE: Let The Record Show, written by Sarah Schulman, has been called the most comprehensive political history of American AIDS activism and ACT Up.

Start spreadin’ the news: The nominations are in for the 64th annual New York Emmy Awards.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she never fancied finding love on a dating app, and yet ended up meeting the new man in her life, American baseball star Cole Tucker, over Zoom."I still cannot get over the fact that it happened. I remember during quarantine I was single, and I thought I'll go on a date.

Dog Show last weekend, but Oliver wanted to tweak a few of the prize pooches’ names a little. Both “And Now, This” bits in Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight” episode were about the dog show, which took place June 12 and 13 in upstate New York.

Jean Smart is looking back at having her husband, Richard Gilliland, die while filming season one of “Hacks”.

Angelique Jackson UTA has signed Emmy-nominated host, writer, creator and author Baratunde Thurston for representation in all areas.Thurston, best known as the executive producer and host of the hit podcast “How to Citizen With Baratunde,” as well as the author of the New York Times bestseller “How to Be Black” will work with the agency to expand his profile across unscripted and scripted television, news, podcasts, speaking, books, brands and comedy.Now in its second season, “How to Citizen,”

Karla Burns, an actress and singer whose acclaimed performance as Queenie in the musical Show Boat earned an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination, died June 4 in Wichita, Kansas, following a series of strokes. She was 66.

NEW YORK -- "Schitt’s Creek" star Annie Murphy's new AMC series “Kevin Can F Himself" presents itself as one of those traditional multicamera comedies with a laugh track and corny jokes. Viewers will quickly learn it’s actually much darker.Murphy stars as Allison, an overwhelmed wife who does all the work at home and puts up with her husband’s immature antics.

Gone Girl star Lisa Banes has died at the age of 65 after a tragic hit-and-run. The talented actress has passed away after suffering severe injuries when she was struck by an electric scooter in New York on June 4.

Jim Fassel, whose bold guarantee of a playoff bid late in the 2000 season seemingly catapulted the New York Giants to a spot in the Super Bowl, has died. He was 71.

Bruce Springsteen is returning to Broadway.