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Billy Joel performing at Madison Square Garden.On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee returns to his home venue in Manhattan for the 138th time.However, he won’t be playing there forever.Joel, 74, announced that his decade-long residency will come to a close in July 2024 with his 150th performance at MSG earlier this year.Since the announcement, ticket prices have unilaterally risen across the board for Joel’s MSG residency concerts since fans know there’s only a handful of performances left.Want to catch the “Piano Man” live before ticket prices get too crazy for the final ten concerts?We’re here to help.Our team found last-minute tickets for the upcoming gig starting at $145 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.There is a hack though.If you wait until the very last minute, you may find that prices drop.Based on our findings with Taylor Swift stragglers, day-of tickets are typically much cheaper than they were even the day before the concert.Therefore, we recommend refreshing this link up until showtime if you’re looking for a deal.Who knows?You just might end up saving a lot and end up looking like a “Big Shot.”Looking for more information about Joel’s upcoming concert?Keep reading, “Uptown Girls” and “Piano Men.”We’ve got all the details you need and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best upper, lower and floor-level seats for the July 24 Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Garden can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing

Austin-based talent management company Night, which represents such digital creators as MrBeast and Dream, has announced the acquisition of LFM Management, a New York-based content creator managing firm for global brands.

The man who rushed the stage at a New York City panel event featuring Drew Barrymore Monday was arrested today after being detained Thursday near the star’s home in Southampton, Long Island.

Yikes! Drew Barrymore‘s stalker tried to track her down AGAIN! As Perezcious readers may have heard, the talk

And we couldn't help but wonder, what exactly is going on in Manhattan? The season 2 finale of the reboot,, was more vague and open-ended than Anthony's Italian boyfriend's poetry career. It started off on a good note with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) taking a delightful phone call from her former bestie, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall). The previously teased exchange was light and fun, with a little reference to a past bit.

This is Day 114 of the WGA strike and Day 41 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. 

Producers of the struggling A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical are hoping for better attendance by breaking with a long-held Broadway tradition: Beginning next month, the musical will play four weekly matinees rather than the usual three while cutting the number of evening performances to four from the traditional five.

Lauren Pazienza, who deliberately and randomly shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern to the ground on a Manhattan sidewalk in 2022 causing the elderly woman’s death, changed her plea from not guilty to guilty and will be sentenced to eight years in state prison.

engagement at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Monday evening.In a video with more than 4 million views and captured by the @vidsofceleb TikTok account, Barrymore can be seen talking with event host and “Sex Lives of College Girls” star Reneé Rapp — and then suddenly being whisked away from the stage as an alleged stalker began to approach her. “Drew Barrymore!” the man can be heard yelling out in the crowd as she is talking.“Oh my God, yes — hi,” she said into the microphone as she scanned the crowd.The man proceeded to identify himself as “Chad Michael Busto,” per Variety, yelling out, “You know who I am.

Drew Barrymore was quickly ushered offstage during a New York panel event with singer-actor Reneé Rapp when a man rushed toward the stage and loudly demanded to speak with Barrymore.

is unmistakably the show of the summer, with a whopping 3.14 billion minutes of streaming watch time during the week of June 26 to July 2, according to Nielsen.Fast forward to now, the Aaaron Korsh-created show has become one of the top 10 shows on Netflix and, according to, now has an estimated 18 billion minutes of watch time on the streaming giant. To put that in perspective — enjoyed similar success in July 2022.

previously claimed she’d be “lying” if she said sorry for her fraudulent behavior — sat down for an in-depth interview with Variety where she admitted that she has “not made great choices.”Sorokin served almost two years behind bars after being found guilty of bilking banks and hotels out of an estimated $275,000 by posing as a wealthy heiress named Anna Delvey.“I regret a lot of decisions I’ve made in the past. I have not made great choices,” Sorokin told the publication in a piece published Tuesday. “My mistakes are very public, and I will have to live with it forever.”“It gets thrown back into my face every day pretty much,” the con artist added.

This is Day 106 of the WGA strike and Day 33 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

“The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear” (Citadel), it could have called for its own exorcism. The same kind of crazed scenes were happening nationwide at almost two dozen theaters where thousands would turn out for the premiere of what was being billed as one of the most frightening horror movies ever made — and accurately so.As Segaloff puts it, when the film opened, “the bedlam began.”At the Savoy Theater in Boston, “People were running up the aisles and into the lobby, some of them making it out to the street before vomiting, while others did it en route.”“I couldn’t imagine people being affected like that.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America strike reaches its 100th day on Wednesday, equaling the duration of the last strike with no signs that labor or management is about to back down from hardened positions that have fueled the contract impasse. The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) had their first meeting in three months on Aug. 4.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dan Ackerman, editor in chief of tech news site Gizmodo, alleges Apple TV+ film “Tetris” illegally copied from his book on the popular video game, in a lawsuit he filed seeking at least $4.8 million in damages from Apple and others. Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World,” published in 2016, is about the game’s origins in the former Soviet Union and the fight for its global licensing rights. The lawsuit touted the book as a “literary masterpiece” and described it as “in the style of Cold War spy thriller.” According to the lawsuit, Ackerman sent a pre-publication copy of the book to the Tetris Co.

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Another victim linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killer case finally has been identified more than two decades later.

Buddy Valastro is opening up about his upcoming shows with A&E!

nose best. New Yorker Alexandria Linton never much cared for the picture-perfect, pink-loving plaything.

This is Day 94 of the WGA strike and Day 21 of the SAG-AFTRA strike

Jonathan Majors will have a few more weeks before he has to return to the courtroom.

There’s been a big update regarding Jonathan Majors‘ upcoming trial.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter The domestic violence trial of Jonathan Majors has been delayed to September. The 33-year-old actor returned to court on Thursday for what was supposed to be the start of the trial, but the prosecution said it was not ready because it’s still obtaining discovery. Majors, wearing a grey suit, entered the courtroom holding hands with girlfriend Meagan Good.

Sophia Scorziello editor “Dicks: The Musical,” the first film musical from A24, has everything: Megan Thee Stallion, a “Parent Trap” plotline, a pair of twins singing penis euphemisms, Nathan Lane and a cage full of mutant sewer boys. The independent banner released the first trailer for the R-rated comedy on Thursday morning, shortly following the announcement by the Toronto International Film Festival that the film will play in the event’s Midnight Madness section.

Marvel fans have shared reactions to the Loki season two trailer, notably the inclusion of Jonathan Majors.The actor, who plays the role of Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was arrested in March on multiple charges of assault and aggravated harassment after a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. She was later taken to a local hospital in Manhattan “with minor injuries to her head and neck”, according to police.

Los Angeles County has temperatures in the 90s, but officials are asking the public to stay out of the water at a dozen Los Angeles County beaches.

Fashion influencer Arielle Charnas’ apparel brand, Something Navy, has been in trouble for a few years.

Does Drake have beef with Anna Wintour?

The nominations are out for the 44th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and CNN leads the way with a commanding 45 noms ahead of Vice (30) and ABC and PBS (26 each). See the list of nominees in all 62 categories below or click here.

It’s still hot out there in much of the country, and SAG-AFTRA told its members today that picket lines in New York City have been canceled for the next two days.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Award-winning scenic designer David Korins calls his work on Broadway’s newest sensation “Here Lies Love” the “most ambitious piece of theater I’ve ever done.” And that’s a high bar: Korins counts The Oscars, “Beetlejuice” and “Hamilton” among his credits. Set to throbbing beats from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, “Here Lies Love” centers on the Philippines’ controversial former First Lady, Imelda Marcos. The idea was to make the show as immersive as possible and turn a Midtown Manhattan theater into a disco ballroom.

” Four years later, she’s been spotted in Manhattan in another bra top—albeit one that feels much more aligned with her recent sk8er-girl style.She was a sk8r girl.After popping out in , the Dawson’s Creek alumna wore a sports bra and jogging bottoms, both by Alo Yoga, to run errands. It’s an outfit that looks straight out of a ’90s work-out video, or something you might spot in a skate park.Holmes in the viral “bradigan.”Upping the retro feel of her look? A pair of sporty Adidas trainers, ‘90s clear-frame sunglasses and layers of gold chain necklaces.

Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg, 67, made a serious fashion statement as she debuted a pair of shoes filled with disembodied Barbie doll heads, encased in the platforms of her sky-high heels.The shoes appear to be the same ones made in 2013 by popular designer Jeffrey Campbell, which retailed for around $265 at the time, per StyleCaster. The pair that Goldberg was sporting featured a white leather base with a clear wedge heel, making the decapitated doll heads fully visible to any passersby.

just Allan” now.Much like the “Barbie” box office sales, eBay prices for Mattel’s Allan dolls have soared to the hundreds.Played by Michael Cera in the Greta Gerwig plastic spectacular, Allan was manufactured as Ken’s best bud in 1964, inspired by Barbara Handler’s husband, Allan Handler.But Allan’s selling point — that he could fit in all of Ken’s clothes — seemed to suggest to pearl-clutching parents that the plastic dolls had a queer relationship, according to Attitude.Thus, he was discontinued.Despite seemingly being revived in the ’90s as Alan — one “L” — the husband of Midge, Barbie’s pregnant BFF who was also discontinued in the early aughts, Allan’s character never really stuck.That is, until “Barbie” hit theaters.

Drew Barrymore, whose honors include a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award, will be presiding over a more literary ceremony this fall.