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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWhen the coronavirus lockdown began in March, WME partner Richard Weitz found himself stuck like so many parents trying to find a way to celebrate his daughter 17th birthday amid the onset of quarantine conditions.Weitz, a lifelong music buff, called a piano player friend from Chicago to serenade Demi and a group of her friends via a Zoom call.
On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Demi and Richard Weitz explain how that birthday
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Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today confirmed 37 new deaths and 2,770 new cases of COVID-19. To date, the department has identified 153,041 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 4,084 deaths.Of the 37 deaths, 25 people were over the age of 65, nine people who died were between 41 and 65 years old and two people who died were between the ages 18 and 40.
here.Trump told Wallace that Chicago and New York are “liberally run” and “stupidly run,” which he blames for a recent increase in shootings and other forms of violence.When Wallace pointed out Democratic politicians have been running American cities for decades, Trump countered, “poorly.”Watch the “Fox News Sunday” preview clip above, via Fox News.
Knighthood ceremonies have been postponed due to the pandemic, but Queen Elizabeth II made one very special exception.
Tori Roloff hasn’t shied away from slamming multiple mom-shamers while raising her two kids.The Little People, Big World star and her husband, Zach Roloff, welcomed son Jackson and daughter Lilah in May 2017 and November 2019, respectively.
Juice WRLD’s new single ‘Wishing Well’, in which the late rapper is resurrected as an animated character, has been released.The track features on the Chicago rapper’s posthumous album ‘Legends Never Die’, which was released on Friday (July 10).The KDC Visions-directed clip begins with a cartoon Juice WRLD tipping his feelings out of a cardboard box into a wishing well.
recently reopened in Chicago after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been delighting animal-lovers from home with videos of their birds waddling around the wildlife habitat.Now, two of the adorable critters have broken out from their aquatic campus.Penguin pair Izzy and Darwin recently spent some time cruising around Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, reconvening with some long lost prehistoric relatives: SUE the T. rex and Máximo the Titanosaur.
Approximately seven months after Juice WRLD collapsed in the Chicago International airport and subsequently died, the rapper’s record label and estate just dropped a posthumous project. Fans of the rising star know that he died at 21-years-old, and since then, his fans and his estate have done everything in their power to preserve his memory.
, the smash Tony Award-winning musical by composer, playwright and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda landed on Disney+ on July 3 in a production recorded at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original 2016 cast, which includes Miranda, as well as Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and more.Up 'til now, non-theatergoers have only been able to experience it via the official soundtrack, which you can stream on Spotify and on Apple Music right now.To watch on Disney+, which is
Stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Keegan-Michael Key joined a host of artists for a virtual music video to raise money for the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund, helping artists in Chicago who have been struggling with the affects of COVID-19. The six-and-a-half-minute video showcased the artists in various split-screens singing "Sweet Home Chicago" from their respective locations amid stay-at-home mandates.
Kim Richard’s surgery was a success. The former star on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills recently had both of her breast implants removed, and her sister Kyle Richards, 51, gave an update on how her sister was feeling post-operation while appearing on the July 8 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home.
Tim Chan Broadway may still be shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but fans hoping to catch the hit musical Hamilton can stream it online now on Disney+.The streaming service has released a a special filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail.
, the smash Tony Award-winning musical by composer, playwright and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda is making its way to Disney+ on July 3 in a production recorded at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original 2016 cast, which includes Miranda, as well as Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and more.The drop will be complemented by an in-depth virtual roundtable hosted by ESPN+ and The Undefeated with the cast and creative team, , which will also launch July 3.As Broadway
Cute alert! Khloe Kardashian just posted the most adorable clip of the KarJenner kids playing together on a trampoline. The Good American fashion mogul took to her Instagram Story on July 3, the first day of the long weekend, to share three video of the youngsters laughing and bouncing around together.
Porridge Radio vocalist Dana Margolin has teamed up with Chicago-based artist Lala Lala for a new lockdown collaboration.‘Good For You’, which is out today (July 2), was written and recorded entirely in lockdown – listen to the new track below.Speaking of the new track with Lillie West, Margolin says: “‘Good For You’ landed on me one morning early on in lockdown when I was eating breakfast.
It’s good news for Elton John fans!
Hamilton is heading to Disney+ soon, and there’s a new preview!