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Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer SZA has long been known to make fans play the waiting game, which is why the release of “Saturn,” the single that she debuted in a Mastercard commercial during the Grammy Awards, is a welcome if not unexpected surprise. The singer-songwriter, who’s famously spoken about her perfectionism in creating music, has been careful to release new projects and singles throughout her career.

André 3000 has been added to the lineup of this year’s Big Ears festival. He will perform five times across the festival's four days, with pass holders requiring additional tickets for each show.

Paul Giamatti is our real-life Brad Pitt,” declares actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Giamatti’s Oscar-nominated co-star from “The Holdovers.” And she’s not joking. After all, as Randolph points out, “We can’t all be Brad Pitt, and I mean that in the most positive way.” The actor argues that Giamatti, in roles ranging from Revolutionary War heroes and Depression era boxing coaches to, in “The Holdovers,” a cranky New England boarding schoolteacher, has displayed a talent for always seeming natural on screen. Just as Pitt blazes on screen, Giamatti draws audiences in.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Usher is on a roll. Following a high-energy halftime performance at the Super Bowl, where the R&B star performed for the biggest audience of his career, and the release of his ninth studio album “Coming Home,” Usher will embark on his “Past Present Future” tour this summer.

Gina Rodriguez recently attended a photo call for Netflix’s “Players” at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood. In the upcoming movie, Rodriguez plays the role of New York City sportswriter Mack, who has a habit of creating “plays” with her friends to win over potential hookups on nights out.As the story progresses, Mack develops feelings for a war reporter, Nick, played by Tom Ellis. She realizes that she wants more than just a casual relationship with him.

Internationally renowned Israeli-born photographer Rafael Fuchs has always used his art to push boundaries and highlight the absurdities of modern life — even during wartime.Called to serve in Lebanon in 1983 while he was still an art student at Jerusalem’s prestigious Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design brought his avant-garde style to the battlefield.“I started taking picture showing how ridiculous war is,” Fuchs told The Post in Brooklyn on Wednesday.Fuchs began subverting the war photography genre by taking a series of self-portraits, in typical battle scenes, donned in Japanese Butoh-inspired theatrical makeup to highlight his anxiety about serving.“Where does it say in the Israeli army rule book that a soldier cannot perform his duties with makeup on?” Fuchs had asked his then-commanding officer.Following graduation and a stint in Paris where he was noticed by the eminent curator Francois Hebel, Fuchs emigrated to New York, where he was immediately enchanted by the city’s “spontaneity.”“It was hot. It was May 1st.

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“Puppy Bowl,” the annual event that happens on Super Bowl Sunday before the big game.(It will be simulcast 2 p.m. Feb. 11 across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+.) “The most challenging part of the job is coming up with different ways to say the same thing,” Schachner, who is based in Brooklyn with his wife and teen sons, told The Post.

Madonna‘s team are hitting back at a new lawsuit filed against her amid her Celebration Tour.

Madonna‘s management and her tour producers have responded to a recent lawsuit filed by two New York City men who weren’t happy that one of the shows for her “Celebration” tour began roughly two hours after the start time listed on their tickets.

Madonna has responded to a recent lawsuit filed by two fans over late start times at her ‘Celebration’ tour dates in New York City’s Barclays Center.Last week (January 17), Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, two fans who bought tickets to the December 13 date of Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ tour at the Barclays Center, filed a lawsuit against Madonna for starting the concert more than two hours past the stipulated 8:30PM start time. The lawsuit accused her of not only breaching contracts with ticket buyers, but also of “false advertising, negligent representation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices”.Now, Madonna’s representatives and Live Nation have issued a joint statement, expressing their intentions to “defend this case vigorously”.

hung up on a recent lawsuit filed by two fans after she took to the stage at her Dec. 13 “Celebration” tour concert not 4 minutes but closer to two hours after the promised start time printed on their tickets.The “Material Girl” and tour company Live Nation issued a statement following the complaint from Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of The Bronx, who were livid at her tardiness because they had to report to work early the next day.“Madonna’s just completed, sold-out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe received rave reviews.

“The View” co-hosts won’t be attending any Madonna shows any time soon — especially if they start two hours late. The women of the daytime talk show voiced their opinions Friday on the lawsuit filed by two New York men upset that Madonna, 65, took to the stage at her Dec.13 “Celebration Tour” concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn two hours after the time printed on their tickets. “I personally wouldn’t wait two hours to get a hot oil massage from George Clooney, much less a concert by anybody,” panelist Joy Behar spearheaded the conversation.

“And Just Like That …” for being a “waste of airtime” as widely unpopular character Che Diaz.The non-binary actor, 48, implied on Instagram Tuesday that they were being fired from the Max series because of their pro-Palestinian politics, including their participation in several pro-Palestinian marches.“While they give awards away, casting directors and agents are making blacklists of actors and workers who post anything in support of Palestinians in Gaza to ensure they will not work again,” they wrote, in part.Ramirez recently participated in a Palestinian protest in Brooklyn, waving a transgender flag, and also took part in the Jan. 13 March for Gaza in Washington, DC.But a source close to “And Just Like That …” told the Daily Mail that Ramirez was “on the chopping block since last season” because of Che, a comedian and podcast host who was in a relationship with Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) that busted up Miranda’s marriage to Steve Brady (David Eigenberg).Che and Miranda later split in Season 2 of the Max series.“Sara was not fired because they support Palestine and the cease fire,” the source told DailyMail.com.“Sara was fired because Che brought nothing to the show anymore.

express themselves. Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of the Bronx are suing Madonna for starting her Brooklyn concert two hours later than advertised because they had to report to work early the next day.The two men filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, which states their tickets for the Material Girl’s Dec. 13 “Celebration Tour” concert at Barclays Center said the show would start at 8:30 p.m.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Not much is funny about those terrifying early days of COVID, when the world was cloaked in an apocalyptic doom and the president was telling us to drink bleach. But in “Stress Positions,” Theda Hammel miraculously finds the funny side of lockdown, mining the masks, Purell and social distancing that defined that unhappy era for physical comedy. “Those gestures are like balloons, and they’re filled with the sense of danger and a sense of peril,” Hammel says of the Sundance-bound film that she directed and co-wrote.

Peter Schickele, whose comedic parodies of classical music overshadowed his own strengths as a serious composer, died Tuesday at his home in Bearsville, N.Y. at 88. His daughter confirmed the death and attributed it to a series of infections that damaged his health.

is hinting they may have been canned from the Max series due to their pro-Palestinian stance.“Our industry is so duplicitous” Ramirez, 48, wrote Tuesday on Instagram, the night after the 75th Emmy Awards. “While they give awards away, casting directors and agents are making blacklists of actors and workers who post anything in support of Palestinians in Gaza to ensure they will not work again,” they continued.“While they lift up some of their own clients who have spoken up against this genocide, they are firing and letting others who have smaller platforms go.”Ramirez recently participated in a Palestinian protest in Brooklyn waving a transgender flag and also took part in the Jan.

Stuart Miller Sean Durkin doesn’t typically think about actors while writing a screenplay, but while he was working on “The Iron Claw,” his movie about the tragedy-riddled pro wrestling Von Erich family, he checked out the David Fincher series “Mindhunter.” “When I saw Holt I thought immediately, ‘I want this guy,’” Durkin recalls of Holt McCallany, who plays the domineering patriarch, Fritz Von Erich, whose signature move from his time in the ring was the Iron Claw, and who oversees a brood of four sons each of whom follows him into the wrestling ring. “If I didn’t get Fritz right the whole movie would fall apart and Holt had the presence and an intensity we needed.” McCallany knows fighting, but a very different sport: he played boxing trainer Teddy Atlas in “Tyson,” appeared in “Fight Club” and starred as a heavyweight champion in the FX series “Lights Out.” He even did some amateur fighting.

Reputation-coded look. Unlike the ensemble she wore to dinner with Blake Lively earlier this week, the pop star dressed for the chilly winter weather in an The exact zip-up she's wearing is sold-out online, but the same print is still available in The rest of Swift's casual ensemble is more or less what you'd wear if you were running errands: a green T-shirt, black leggings, beige sneakers, tortoise shell sunglasses, small drop earrings, and a pendant necklace.Something notable about the studio ‘fit is that adds fuel to the fan theory that Swift is intentionally wearing a lot of animal print to hint at the release of Reputation (Taylor’s Version).

Gina Rodriguez is back with a Netflix rom-com. The actress is starring in “Players,” a movie following the love affair between a sportswriter and a war reporter who start spending time together as a part of a play.Gina Rodriguez looks stunning in new maternity photo shoot: ‘Just the three of us’Gina Rodriguez reveals name of her baby boy and gives first glimpseRodriguez stars as Mack, a sportswriter in New York who’s developed a habit with her friends of making up “plays” to hook up with people.

another green dress—but that's not the detail on which fans are fixated.Swifties honed in on the singer's thigh-high from Jimmy Choo's collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier ( is also a fan), which feature “tattoos” of snakes at the knee.Blake Lively and Taylor Swift at a private party at Lucali Pizza restaurant in Brooklyn on January 10.The boots, which are meant to look like tattooed skin, also feature tattoo-inspired images of chains, a crown of thorns, and intricate, almost tribal patterns, making them one of the most edgy pieces in Swift's wardrobe. The 34-year-old singer kept the rest of her outfit more tame, opting for a long-sleeve crushed velvet minidress, sheer black tights, and a black leather top-handle bag.If you're keeping track, this is Swift's third green dress of the week, following her lime green Gucci gown at the and Tuesday night's Taylor in New York City on Tuesday, January 9.Naturally, fans immediately jumped to conclusions—namely that Ms.

arrested on March 25 after he and Jabbari got into a domestic dispute while taking a taxi home from a bar in Brooklyn.The altercation began when Jabbari saw Majors getting a text from another woman, saying, “I wish I was kissing you,” she testified in court.Jabbari, a 31-year-old dancer from England, accused Majors of slapping her, fracturing her finger, twisting her arm, and striking her right ear, causing her to bleed, while she held onto the cellphone.The disgraced actor conceded mistakes in his relationship with Jabbari, including not ending it sooner when it was clear it was not working.However, he maintained that he did not beat her, saying he “wished to God” he knew how she got her injuries.“I was reckless with her heart. Not with her body,” he told “GMA.”“I was not the best boyfriend all the time — but never hit a woman.

Herman Raucher, whose Oscar-nominated Summer of ’42 screenplay became one of Hollywood’s best-loved coming-of-age tales, has died of natural causes at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT. He was 95.

The Celebration Tour, which is playing to packed crowds. The concert was delayed earlier this year after the singer fell ill and was hospitalized.

BreAnna Bell “The Gilded Age” will return for a third season at HBO. “We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and ‘The Gilded Age’ family have achieved. From the costumes to the production design and performances, the show has captivated so many week after week.

Travis Scott had a scary run-in with a prop during his concert on Tuesday night!

they can find, to remind us all that a classic straight leg jean is always a wise option. The supermodel was photographed in Brooklyn on December 19 wearing an outfit that can best be described as the : Straight blue jeans, heeled black boots, wide belt, and a blazer.Hadid's black blazer is corduroy and slightly oversized, emphasizing the vintage feel of the look.

Kenny DeForest has tragically died at the age of 37.

succumbed to a “brief illness” earlier this week.Braugher’s death on Monday (December 11) was confirmed by his longtime rep Jennifer Allen. Braugher was best known for playing Captain Raymond Holt in the hit NBC comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine among other roles. He was 61.Now, it has been revealed that Braugher died of lung cancer, per his publicist’s confirmation to Variety.

Madonna’s “Celebration Tour” has lived up to its name — in honor of her 40th anniversary in music — one of the most fun parts has been seeing which surprise guest will take the judge’s seat alongside the Queen of Pop during “Vogue.”Since the tour opened in October at the O2 Arena in London, so far everyone from her oldest children Lourdes Leon and Rocco Ritchie to designers Donatella Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier to FKA Twigs and M’s longtime friend Debi Mazar has taken that seat of honor during the ballroom scene. And to kick off the US leg of her tour at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday night, Madonna could’ve certainly had her pick of celebs to bring it back to where it all began, in New York.

Madonna kicked off her highly-anticipated Celebration Tour in the US last night — and it got off to a VERY rocky start!

“Bedtime Story” that only Madonna could tell.In the true tradition of her notoriously late concert starts, the Queen of Pop kept her loyal subjects waiting until almost 11 p.m. before taking the stage to kick off the US leg of her “Celebration Tour” at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday night. Due to the tour’s postponement — after a serious bacterial infection sent Madonna to the ICU in June — local fans already had to wait four months since the original New York dates in August were rescheduled.So what’s another couple of hours?Although the tickets had a scheduled 8:30 p.m.

Jonathan Majors did not commit assault against his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a March 25 car ride in Manhattan, but he is on trial for it because police and prosecutors decided against all the evidence that the woman accusing him was the real victim, a defense lawyer told jurors in the first closing argument at the Marvel actor’s domestic violence trial in New York City. 

due to an unknown illness. The “Because the Night” songstress, 76, was discharged Wednesday night after “a short period of observation in emergency.” According to the Local Health Authority of Bologna, per the Los Angeles Times, Smith is “in good health conditions” and is expected to return to the stage after “an appropriate period of rest.”The Post reached out to Smith for comment. In accordance with her doctor’s wishes, Smith has reportedly cancelled her performance in Venice Thursday night and her upcoming Milan show.

Jack Black made a surprise appearance at the Jonas Brothers‘ concert in New York last night (December 9), to perform ‘Peaches’ from The Super Mario Bros. Movie.The track, which is sung by Black’s character Bowser in the movie, entered the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year.During the intermission at last night’s show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Black came onstage dressed as Bowser and sang Peaches live.