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The Masked Dancer wrapped up its first ever season by crowning the first champion!

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine The Masked Dancer draws to a close on Wednesday night, after weeks of hugely entertaining television. MORE: Who has been revealed on The Masked Dancer so far?The wacky and wonderful FOX series, which features judges Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green, and Ashley Tisdale on its judging panel, has seen a number of amazing - and surprising - celebrity dancers exposed already.

Beck Media & Marketing has elevated former Hulu and Warner Bros. executive Tom McAlister to president and named him as its first partner. Beck founder and CEO Todd Beck made the announcement today.

The Masked Dancer just unmasked its latest celebrity and it’s not who anyone was expecting!

Elizabeth Hurley, 55, is living her best life! The actress may be locked down in London, but on Instagram she’s taking a “pretend” vacation. She shared a short clip to social media on January 30, in which she rocked a beige bikini and a leopard print top. “Day 3 of my #pretendholiday and I’m having a wonderful time frolicking on the beach,” she captioned the clip, which was a throwback to her stay at the Cheval Blanc Randheli resort in the Maldives.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine The Masked Dancer has certainly got fans hooked. The wacky The Masked Singer spin-off show, which features Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green, and Ashley Tisdale on its judging panel, sees a number of disguised celebrities take to the stage to show off their impressive dancing skills.

NEW YORK – After successful “Love is Love” Competitions in Austin and Boston last February, OUTAthletics will host an individual virtual competition beginning February 4, 2021.

Hailee Steinfeld) is at the center of creator Alena Smith’s Apple TV+ comedy,, she’s surrounded by several pivotal characters who also see their world expand and are challenged in season 2.

Adding to its arsenal of incognito reality competitions, Fox on Sunday treated audiences to the series premiere of The Masked Dancer. Hosted by Craig Robinson and featuring judges Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green and Ashley Tisdale, the new series topped the night in non-sports fare, delivering a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.12 million viewers. The numbers will likely be adjusted in finals due to NFL overrun.

hit reality series “The Masked Singer” has a new spinoff: “The Masked Dancer.”The series premiered Sunday and will see its regular winter time slot premiere with its second episode on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Vanessa Rubio (Cobra Kai), Austin Pendleton (My Cousin Vinny), Alexander James Rodriguez (Missing Link), Jeremy Luke (This is Us) and Anthony and James Gaudioso (The Duke) are among the talking heads set for documentary Content Is King, about how actors have adjusted their outputs during the pandemic.

Gravitas Ventures has nabbed the worldwide rights to Thomas F. Mazziotti’s The Mimic, a comedy that stars Thomas Sadoski, Jake Robinson, Austin Pendleton and Gina Gershon.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Dylan McDermott and Phylicia Rashad will headline a streaming performance of the Tennessee Williams classic The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann and benefitting the Actors Fund.A presentation of La Femme Theatre Productions, the pre-recorded performance will stream December 2-6 and feature McDermott as Reverand Shannon and Rashad as Maxine.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn case you haven’t gotten your share of guessing what celebrities are hiding underneath elaborate costumes on “The Masked Singer,” Fox has you covered with the first look at a few key costume reveals from the upcoming spinoff, “The Masked Dancer.”In a promo for the show released on Tuesday, which you can watch above, series panelists Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green and Ashley Tisdale offer their best guesses on who is gyrating across the

Over the past several weeks we’ve seen America come together to fight the coronavirus pandemic. From my constituency in Austin to New York City and to Seattle, our nation’s first responders and medical professionals have performed above and beyond the call of duty under grueling and stressful circumstances.

Manori Ravindran International EditorCalifornia resident Tyler Tompkins booked a plane ride to see “Tenet” weeks before movie tickets to Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi epic even went on sale.The round-trip flight from Los Angeles to Austin, a three-hour Spirit Airlines journey in time for the Sept. 1 screening, set him back $220.

Dan, who shares baby Austin with his wife, former Home And Away star Zoe Ventoura - welcomed baby Austin in December 2019. As previously reported on LifeStyle, fans were surprised to learn the happy couple had done so - and were only made aware of the happy news after they were spotted carrying their bub in April this year.

via Instagram that he will be holding a July 4 throwback concert in Austin, Texas — one of the states currently seeing a rise in coronavirus cases.Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Matthew Van Winkle, said that the concert will feature hit songs from the 90s.“The 90s were the best. We didn’t have coronavirus, or cell phones, or computers.

Austin Daboh joining Atlantic Records UK, Apple Music has briskly moved to fill the role of head of editorial in the key UK and Ireland markets. Replacing Daboh is Ryan Newman, who joined the music streaming giant in mid-2018 as a music manager before rising to head of artist relations in January 2019."MASSIVE congratulations to Ryan Newman who has been made Head of Editorial for Apple Music," tweeted Daboh on Tuesday.

Heather Graham is enjoying the sun and sand amid the COVID-19 lockdown in California. The Austin Powers actress, 50, shared a smiling photo alongside pal Odessa Rae on Monday, that showed them standing near the ocean. “Today feels like the first day of summer,” she captioned the photo from their “beach day,” adding a sun and wave emojis.

Debby Ryan is married! Amid much speculation from fans, the Disney alum has confirmed that she tied the knot with Twenty One Pilots star Josh Dun. The former Jessie actress confirmed the marriage news in Vogue, released on Thursday, revealing that they planned their New Year's Eve ceremony, set in Austin, in just 28 days.

Soulmates on and off the screen! Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton have taken 2019 awards season by storm with their sweet and stylish red carpet moments.

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Over two dozen students have tested positive for coronavirus from the University of Texas after going to Mexico for spring break.

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The Strokes have announced new tour dates around the release of The New Abnormal, their first album in seven years. Following a series of shows this month (including U.S. stops featuring support from Alvvays and King Princess), they’ll play in New Orleans, Austin, and Houston in May. Check out their itinerary below and find tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Tove Lo has announced a tour. The worldwide dates span through August. They also include a new run of shows in the United States, beginning in Austin in May and wrapping up the following month in Cleveland. Scroll down to see her itinerary, and purchase tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Following her first appearance at Coachella in April, Jessie Reyez will embark on her spring headlining tour in Europe. The Before Love Came to Kill Us tour will make stops in Italy, France, Belgium, Germany and more before Reyez makes her way to North America.

Ian Bonhôte, a double BAFTA nominee for the feature documentary “McQueen,” has attached as the director on narrative feature “Faithfull,” about the singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull. Altitude has acquired worldwide sales rights.

On NBC's The Good Place, the actual Good Place (heaven, if you will), occupants can live out all their dreams. They can travel anywhere, they can eat anything, it's what makes the dead person happy. For Eleanor (Kristen Bell), there's endless margaritas and a bedpan used by Stone Cold Steve Austin in a WWE fight. For Kristen Bell? Well, her Good Place is a little different.

British R&Beats synth duo Snakehips is coming Stateside for a spring club tour that'll have you falling in love on the dance floor.It's going to be a nine-night blitz from Los Angeles to Austin and everything in between, bangin' the duo's smooth jams including "Don't Leave," "All My Friends" with Tinashe and Chance The Rapper and "Cruel" with Zayn.To get you in the mood, Snakehips flipped its hit "Money On Me" with Anderson .Paak into a beach-side disco bop steamy enough to make sundresses work

Kesha will hit the road this spring with special guest Big Freedia for the North American High Road tour. The tour will kick off on April 23 in Sugar Land, Texas at Smart Financial Centre and continue through Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Chicago and more.The High Road tour will be in support of the Jan.