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Jaden Thompson Malachy McCourt, an Irish American author who also appeared on television as the bartender in “Ryan’s Hope,” died in Manhattan on March 11. He was 92. The New York Times received confirmation of his death from his wife, Diana McCourt.

Malachy McCourt, the Irish-American actor, raconteur and author best known to TV audiences for his long-running role as Kevin the bartender on ABC’s soap Ryan’s Hope, died today in Manhattan after battling a heart condition and cancer. He was 92.

Killers of the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Past Lives and Barbie were among the film winners are the 39th Artios Awards, which the Casting Society handed out Thursday in three ceremonies spanning two continents. See the full winners list below.

Vampire Weekend have launched a new podcast called ‘Vampire Campfire’ today (March 7) – check it out below.The podcast, hosted by the band’s Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson,‌ comes ahead of the band releasing their fifth studio album, ‘Only God Was Above Us’, which arrives on April 5 via Columbia. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.A statement about the new podcast series says it will be “released semi-regularly for the foreseeable future” and fans who watch will be “invited behind the scenes into a longstanding and formerly private Vampire Weekend ritual: the frequent campfire chats where Baio, CT and Koenig convene to discuss and brainstorm all things Vampire Weekend – and so much more.”Fans have also been told that there will be Vampire Weekend ‘Easter Eggs’ on the podcast and they will be given “advance insights” into the band’s new album.The statement added: “[Fans] will be invited to witness…the band members reminisce about the past and discuss important matters in the present, ranging from tour openers, set lists and the potential of a future album called ‘The 40-Year-Old Email’, to such controversial topics as the dominant type of taco shell and The Real World vs Road Rules.“Future episodes will see the band delve deeper into the new album and will feature some very special guests.”‌Check out the first podcast episode here:Following on from 2019’s ‘Father Of The Bride’, Vampire Weekend’s first full-length album project in five years was recorded all over the world, from Manhattan to Los Angeles to London and Tokyo.

The criminal case against three men accused of a scheme involving allegedly stolen lyrics to The Eagles’ iconic hit “Hotel California” imploded mid-trial Wednesday after the band’s frontman Don Henley disclosed new evidence that cast doubt on the prosecution.In a stunning turn of events, Justice Curtis Farber dropped the charges faced by rare-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, ex-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinki — finding that Henley “manipulated” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office by failing to turn over 6,000 pages of key evidence until midway through the trial.Henley and his lawyers tried to weaponize their attorney-client privilege to “hide information that they believed would be damaging,” Farber said at a hearing Wednesday morning in Manhattan Supreme Court.The judge signed off on Manhattan prosecutors’ bid to toss the charges in light of the new evidence, which a courthouse source told The Post included emails from Henley that cast doubt on his claim that the handwritten lyrics to “Hotel California” and other valuable merchandise had been stolen.“We are checking out and leaving the courtroom,” said Stacey Richman, Craig Inciardi’s lawyer, on Wednesday — in a reference to the song’s famous line “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”The new evidence surfaced after Henley and Irving Azoff, the Eagles’ longtime manager, repeatedly cited — against prosecutors’ “express and repeated requests” — their “privilege” to keep communications with their lawyers secret while taking the stand as witnesses at the trial, the DA’s office said.But the pair “waived” that privilege in the last few days, leading to “the belated production of

Janice Burgess, who as an executive, producer or creator had a hand in some of the most seminal Nickelodeon animated series of the past 20 years, died Saturday in Manhattan, according to the New York Times. She was 72.

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most celebrated actors of our time, scoring three Oscars over the course of his four-decade-long career.While the 66-year-old retired from the profession back in 2017, is there a possibility he could make a grand return?Not a chance. Director Jim Sheridan — who worked with the performer on films such as “My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father” and “The Boxer” — just confirmed that Day-Lewis is done with Hollywood for good.The filmmaker, 75, told Screen Daily that he desires to work with the “Lincoln” star again.“He says he’s done, I keep talking to him,” Sheridan said.

Caroline Brew editor Janice Burgess, creator of Nickelodeon’s “The Backyardigans,” died on Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the great architects of Nick Jr.

to People that the actor died in Nov. 2023.His cause of death was a “cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail,” Stathis said.The Queens native made his acting debut in Josh and Benny Safdie’s film “Heaven Knows What” in 2014, which he landed shortly after being released from Rikers Island after serving for drug-related charges.Born in Queens in May 1985, Duress went to Robert Louis Stevenson High School in Manhattan.He kickstarted his acting career a decade ago, and appeared in several films including, “Funny Pages,” “Flinch,” “Beware of Dog,” and “The Mountain.”Duress had two more projects slated to be released later this year, titled “Skull” and “Mass State Lottery,” according to his IMDb page, The actor had a long history of legal troubles and had been in and out of jail at least 10 times on charges ranging from heroin possession to identity theft.

Alex Ritman “La Cocina,” the Rooney Mara-starring drama that recently bowed in competition at the Berlinale, has been acquired for most international territories. HanWay Films has closed sales for France (Originals Factory), Australia and New Zealand (Vendetta), Spain (Avalon), Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Scandinavia (Mis.

Eva Longoria is the latest star to join the cast of Only Murders in the Building‘s fourth season.

to a complaint filed Saturday in Manhattan federal court, Santos claims Kimmel duped him into producing over a dozen personalized videos through the video platform Cameo, which Kimmel then featured on his ABC talk show.Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives Dec. 1, a little more than a year after he won the election, despite fabricating much of his personal and professional history, lying about his campaign’s finances and defrauding donors.Among other things, Santos lied about attending prep school, attending Baruch College and NYU, working at Goldman Sachs, his mother dying in the 9/11 terror attacks, employing victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, founding a pet rescue charity and getting mugged.

For a time, it seemed like an auteur war was about to break out over Adam Sandler, with some of America’s most revered directors vying to find the right role for the comedian. It was rumored, but never confirmed, that Quentin Tarantino imagined him a key role while writing Inglourious Basterds, although this might have been wishful thinking from critics who saw the talented Sandler heading in the same direction as John Travolta until Pulp Fiction saved him from a lifetime of Look Who’s Talking movies. In the end, Paul Thomas Anderson got there first, with Punch Drunk Love (2002), although the glow of a bona fide arthouse hit didn’t last long, and Jack and Jill still happened less than ten years later.

The Producers Guild got a jump on its 2024 PGA Awards tonight in Manhattan, revealing winners in its Sports and Children’s categories.

Vampire Weekend just announced they’re heading out their 43-concert ‘Only God Was Above Us Tour’ this spring, summer and fall with special guests Mark Ronson, Princess featuring Maya Rudolph, Ra Ra Riot, Turnstiles, The English Beat and more to celebrate the band’s upcoming fifth studio album, due out April 5.Toward the end of the nationwide run, Ezra Koenig and co. are slated to bring their impeccable indie rock to New York City for two back-to-back gigs at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The biographical musical film, based on the life of the pioneer Reggae singer-songwriter, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, was released on Valentine’s Day. The film opened to a poor Rotten Tomatoes rating and some negative reviews, with The Guardian saying “the reggae superstar deserves a better film than this,” and RogertEbert.com calling it “a flattened biopic devoid of a perspective or originality.”In second place was the suspense thriller “Madame Web,” with $4.3 million in sales.

Expelled ex-Rep. George Santos is suing television host Jimmy Kimmel for allegedly misusing his Cameo clips on his show, The Post has learned.Santos claims Kimmel duped him into producing over a dozen personalized videos through the video platform, which he then featured on his late-night talk show, according to a complaint filed Saturday in Manhattan federal court.

Vampire Weekend has released two songs, titled "Capricorn" and "Gen-X Cops," taken from their upcoming album. Only God Was Above Us will be released on April 5 and was announced earlier this week.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Inspired by Arnold Wesker’s 1959 stage play, “The Kitchen,” Alonso Ruizpalacios’ “La Cocina” dives deep into the bowels of the industrial-size kitchen of a restaurant in New York City’s Times Square where food is churned out to serve throngs of diners, mostly tourists. For Ruizpalacios, whose feature debut, “Güeros,” won the best first feature award at the Berlinale nearly 10 years ago, “La Cocina” (“The Kitchen”) is basically an anti-food-porn movie. “I wanted to show the other side of the food industry where expediency is more important than the quality of the food.

Life & Beth returns for its second season on Hulu this week!

Jennifer Lopez is down to create another love story on screen with husband Ben Affleck.The “Maid in Manhattan” star, 54, and the “Argo” director, 51, infamously starred in the 2003 box office bomb “Gigli.” Despite the rom-com being not-so well-received, it led to the long-time couple’s relationship as they met on set.The “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer looked back on the film and other past roles in a sit-down interview with Variety.“The first time meeting him on that film was at the read-through,” Lopez said.“They did a read-through of the whole thing and I remember kind of just walking in and I think he was outside, smoking a cigarette and I saw him and we just talked for, like, a minute and then I sat down and we did the read-through,” she went on.“I don’t remember a whole bunch more about it, but I remember being on the set with him every day and loving it.” The singer was married to her second husband, backup dancer Cris Judd, at the time.When asked if she would ever make a movie with Affleck again, she revealed she’s “open” to the idea.“I don’t know, in the right thing, maybe, in the right thing. I mean, we love working together and being together, so maybe,” Lopez added.The Martin Brest-directed project chronicled Affleck as a dumb hitman (Larry Gigli) who is tasked with kidnapping the brother of a prominent district attorney.

Actors’ Equity will hand out leaflets outside a workshop of the Broadway-bound Smash musical this week, “warning of the possibility of a strike” in light of ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League regarding compensation for work on shows in development.

Madame Web, and the stars of the film looked stunning on the red carpet. Representing Latinas is Isabela Merced, who plays Anya Corazón.

EXCLUSIVE: HanWay Films has closed a Germany & Austria pre-sale on Berlinale competition title La Cocina with SquareOne Entertainment.

Morbius,” here comes more BS.Sony’s latest superhero mush is “Madame Web,” another of the studio’s dreary “in association with Marvel” movies that make viewers go, “On second thought, ‘Ant-Man’ wasn’t so bad.” The C-list character they’ve sunk their fangs into this time is Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson), a 30-year-old New York Debbie Downer who discovers she can glimpse into the future.Running time: 117 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence/action and language). In theaters Feb.

A former senior executive at Def Jam Recordings is suing the label’s co-founder Russell Simmons, alleging he raped her in 1997 and that was sexually harassed, assaulted and battered during their time working together.

Suri Cruise looked just like her famous mum Katie Holmes during a recent outing in New York City, with the duo being spotted strolling in Manhattan together. Actress Katie, 45, was seen with her lookalike teenage daughter, 17, in the SoHo neighbourhood on Monday, 12 February, and they were both all smiles as they spent quality time together. The mum-of-one looked her usual stylish self, as she sported baggy black trousers and a red knitted jumper as well as an oversized blue denim jacket.

The stars of Madame Web stepped out together for the L.A. premiere!

live auction at Christie’s in Midtown Manhattan on Feb 21.Dubbed “The Collection of Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Road,” the priceless collection of musical history includes everything from a custom Bentley to a pinball machine belonging to the British singer, pianist and composer.Some of the highlights in the lot, which is on public display at the auction house located on Rockefeller Plaza, include his one-of-a-kind accessories like silver leather boots, which are estimated to sell for up to $10,000 dollars, and a pair of Sir Winston sunglasses, which could garner up to $3,000. His Yamaha grand piano is expected to fetch up to $50 million.

, was photographed in Manhattan Wednesday wearing a black button-down tucked into a black leather midi-skirt, a camel blazer, and stark white pointy-toe boots. In her hand, for some reason, she carried her tiny brown and white chihuahua named Pilaf, whom you may recognize as the star of the actor's .This is hardly the first time has carried the pup around like a living fashion accessory. She has .

the Queen of Pop for the first time on 1987 “Who’s That Girl” tour.“I came in at the very end. I had 17 songs to learn, 17 costumes I had to fit in,” Harris, 61, told The Post.

‘Kinda Tour’ which will take James Murphy and co. to Oregon, Washington, Minnesota and Illinois.Prior to the brief run, the electro icons will headline a trio of shows in Mexico and then at Salt Lake City, UT’s star-studded, indie-tastic Kilby Block Party.As of late, it seems like the short tour route has become the group’s modus operandi.Last year, the band played a dozen shows at venues all over New York City hitting Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.“I thought these guys don’t leave New York,” a cartoon disco ball on the tour announcement poster, joked.And now that they finally are, you can grab your tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: In an arguable first for a Disney+ movie, Disney is contemplating a theatrical release for the Daisy Ridley starring, Joachim Rønning directed feature take of Glenn Stout’s Young Woman and the Sea after the picture scored quite well.

an upcoming biopic about Joey Ramone entitled I Slept With Joey Ramone, starring Pete Davidson.According to Billboard, Johnny Ramone’s widow, Linda, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan court on Saturday (January 21), claiming that Leigh – real name Mitchel Hyman – “covertly developed an unapproved and unauthorized Ramones-based biopic” based on his “one-sided recitation of the history of the Ramones”.While the lawsuit does not explicitly name Netflix as a defendant in the case, Linda Ramone’s representatives stated that the film being referred to is based on Leigh’s memoir, I Slept With Joey Ramone, which Netflix announced to be producing in 2021. While the streaming platform then stated that the film had the support of the Joey Ramone estate, Linda’s lawsuit objected to its production unless it also gained her approval.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sony Pictures‘ “Madame Web,” a standalone origin story in the studio’s array of “Spider-Man”-based Marvel characters, has been granted a theatrical release in mainland China. The film will open in the country on March 1 — two weeks after the title’s Valentine’s Day bow in North America and multiple international territories, including the Chinese-language markets of Taiwan and Hong Kong. The release marks a welcome opportunity for Sony, which, along with the other traditional studios faced difficulty in securing theatrical runs in China over recent years.

Madame Web is headed East. Sony said today that its stand-alone origin tale from Marvel will hit China on March 1, two weeks after its North American bow.