Kate Hudson on Launching a Music Career, Two Decades Into Acting Stardom: ‘It Would Have Felt Too Vulnerable in My 20s — I Don’t Have That Fear of Rejection Anymore’

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s been just over one year since the Tonys gave the Pasadena Playhouse an award for regional theater, and that honor looks more justified than ever now that the venue is presenting a much-needed production of “Jelly’s Last Jam.” It feels like they’re re-earning that brass medallion, rather than coasting on it, with a fresh production of writer-director George C. Wolfe’s early ‘90s hit, a show that that helped changed the course of stage musicals and helped set a course for jazz consciousness on Broadway, yet can barely get a revival to save its life.

Goldie Hawn wants to work with her famous family on a project and recently revealed she has some ideas about how to make it happen.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The ongoing struggle to elevate animated features to the same level of best-picture recognition as live-action films will undoubtedly resurface by year’s end. This time, the spotlight will be on Pixar‘s highly successful sequel, “Inside Out 2,” a film that could bring joy and success amid a dark cloud hovering around Hollywood studios. With debut director Kelsey Mann taking over from Pete Docter, the second installment follows Riley (Kensington Tallman) during her teenage years.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A lot of bong water has passed under the bridge since “Reefer Madness: The Musical” first premiered at the Hudson Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. in 1998. Like, legalization of the demon weed in most states… plus, about a million more camp musicals that have come down the pike since then, maybe lessening any obvious need to bring back a show satirizing long-bygone pot paranoia.

EXCLUSIVE: Donni Davy, co-founder of beauty brand Half Magic Beauty and lead makeup designer for HBO’s Euphoria, has signed with CAA.

Kate Hudson and her son have made a rare public appearance together. Kate and Ryder Robinson were spotted at the front row seat of as Max Mara fashion show hosted in Venice, Italy.Kate Hudson opens up about her relationship with estranged father Bill HudsonKate Hudson says she and her mom Goldie Hawn can see ghostsRyder, 20, was accompanying his mother and appeared to be having a great time alongside her. The two smiled for the cameras and made faces at each other for various images, with Hudson wearing a black dress with a dip in the chest.

Kate Hudson brought a very special guest to the Max Mara fashion show!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There was no official explanation offered for exactly why Silvana Estrada and Cécile McLorin Salvant were co-headlining a show at Walt Disney Concert Hall — and none was needed, for discerning L.A. audiences who know better than to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, Gabrielle Union, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dever, Alexandra Schipp, Marisa Tomei and Zoey Deutch gathered at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to help Michael Kors celebrate his new store on Rodeo Drive. Guests were greeted at the door by tuxedoed waitstaff offering glasses of champagne. Hors d’oeuvres featured caviar while dinner began with a butter lettuce salad followed by a choice of Alaskan halibut, pan-roasted Jidori chicken or Westholme Australian wagyu.

Stevie Nicks, and revealed that she hopes a biopic will be made about the singer which would allow her to “go method” and embody her.The actor-turned-singer discussed the Fleetwood Mac icon during a new interview with Rolling Stone, where she opened up about her switch to the music industry, 20 years after she first made her acting debut.Hudson, who is the daughter of Goldie Hawn, first made a name for herself on the big screen, starring in Hollywood blockbusters including Almost Famous, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Bride Wars and more.Now, after taking on numerous singing roles as an actor, she has turned her sights to music and shared her debut album ‘Glorious’.According to her comments in the latest interview, however, she hasn’t turned her back on acting, but hopes to see the two worlds collide in the form of a Stevie Nicks biopic.“I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one,” Hudson said. “Her whole life experience and the music.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The void that Crowded House left in the periods of time that the group disbanded a couple of times over the years didn’t exactly get filled in by a lot of other bands with equal facilities for melody, mystery and tightness. Frontman Neil Finn didn’t give up his gift for those things when he was making solo or duo projects in the band’s dormant periods, but something about the Crowded House banner — as well as the constituency of the band itself — lends a focus that leads fans to expect, and get, something so strong.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Ellis (Insecure) is set for a major recurring role opposite Kate Hudson in Mindy Kaling‘s new basketball comedy series Running Point at Netflix.

Jack Dunn Rian Johnson’s whodunnit franchise will soon notch its third installment with the coming production of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” pulling its title from the song by U2. While plot details remain under wraps, Johnson recently announced the return of Detective Benoit Blanc, played by series mainstay Daniel Craig, in a 45-second teaser posted to X. The original “Knives Out”, released in 2019, followed Blanc as he investigated the mysterious circumstances behind the death of mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer).

Benoit Blanc’s next mystery is afoot. Daniel Craig will reprise the role of the famous detective who drove Rian Johnson’s two previous installments, Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

“I Want To Matter: Your Life Is Too Short & Too Precious To Waste,” told Fox News Digital that “it was a surprise” when she received a voicemail from the disc jockey.“Once I listened to it, I said to my kids at the table, ‘Well, pigs have now officially flown.’ [But] I just always believe God can touch anybody’s heart,” she said in an interview published Tuesday. “I’m not allowed to hate anybody that hates me. Once you start praying for people, you can’t hate them.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Dead Forever — Live at Sphere” won’t actually last forever, but the residency is getting an extension on life, as Dead & Company announced Tuesday that its run at Sphere in Las Vegas will be held over into August. Two more weeks’ worth of shows are being put on sale for the engagement in the massive venue. The additional dates are two additional Thursday-through-Saturday blocs, scheduled for August 1-3 and 8-10.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer on most Americans’ calendars, then it makes sense that the real tentpole kicking off tent season for a lot of people is not “Furiosa” or “Garfield” but “The Beach Boys,” a streaming documentary devoted to the least wintery group of all time. The Disney+ film, co-directed by music-doc stalwarts Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, focuses on the first decade and a half, in the 1960s and ’70s, of the career of the rock band that still might rightfully be considered America’s greatest all-time group.

Kate Hudson spilled on her love life during an interview on Call Her Daddy.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic DJ Cassidy had already announced the four hip-hop icons who will join him each night for a “Pass the Mic Live!” residency coming up at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood this summer. Now he’s revealing eight additional stars of equally significant stature who will join the engagement for just one or two nights each: Public Enemy, Akon, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Too $hort and Warren G. These eight are adding their names to a lineup already held down by Cassidy and the quartet of previously named rap legends who are with him for the entire run — Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick and Doug E.

The Voice has crowned it’s next winner!