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Monique Samuels and husband Chris Samuels are going their separate ways.

TWO summer tours.And that’s exactly what indie rock super group Boygenius have going this year.First, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker are taking part in the star-studded Re:SET Concert Series alongside fellow headliners LCD Soundsystem and Steve Lacy up until June 25.That includes a stop at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium with special guests Clairo and Dijon on Saturday, June 17.Then after that mini-tour wraps, the three best pals will tour on their own from June 20 through Aug. 23 flanked by big name opening acts like Carly Rae Jepsen, Broken Social Scene, Bartees Strange, Claud and Illuminati Hotties.Finally, they’ll join forces once again to end their long summer at Columbia, MD’s All Things Go Festival on Oct.

Lana Del Rey fans recently got their wish when Taylor Swift bumped up her vocals on the track “Snow On The Beach.”And if “Gangsters” want to heat the lush track live, you can this year.Del Rey, 37, has six major concert and festival appearances lined up around the globe these next few months (and she takes requests!).That includes overseas stops at London, GB’s Hyde Park on July 9 and Mexico City, MX’s Foro Sol on Aug. 15.She’ll also lends her vocal chops to Chicago’s Lollapalooza on Aug.

The 1975 have announced their ‘Still … At their very best’ 2023 North American Tour. check out the complete list of dates below.The tour will see the band perform in arenas across North America and Canada throughout autumn.

Their time to shine. Sadie Stanley and Lexi Underwood opened up about making a statement with their Cruel Summer debut — and offered a glimpse at the conversations that took place between them and the season 1 cast.

Pride Bar Crawl DC (www.crawlwith.us/washingtondc/pride), a 6th annual self-guided bar-hop to five centrally located, primarily non-LGBTQ venues, organized by Crawl With Us, which pledges that 20 percent of this year’s event proceeds will go to the Capital Pride Alliance.From 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, bar crawlers will enjoy exclusive drink specials, plus one or two complimentary drinks, and select food specials as they go, at their own pace and in whatever order they choose among participating venues including Chinatown’s Howl at the Moon and Tom’s Watch Bar-Capital One, Dupont Circle’s Ghost Dupont Diner and Phantom Lounge, plus a fifth venue TBA.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has issued an executive order declaring the state a safe haven for transgender people seeking out gender-affirming health care.The order, issued by Moore on June 6, during an Annapolis Pride celebration, aims to protect people who travel to Maryland seeking out gender-affirming care, which may be banned or restricted in their home states.

“I tell folks, when they ask why to choose Baltimore Pride over other cities’ Prides, is that attending Pride in other cities requires lots of money and can be very pricey,” says Tremor Wilson, senior director of advocacy and community engagement at the Pride Center of Maryland, which organizes Charm City’s annual celebration. “If you go to New York City Pride, for example, hotels are $500 minimum and up, so it’s not affordable to the average person.“With Baltimore Pride, we partner with local hotels to offer affordable rooms that are cheaper than what they’d regularly cost,” Wilson continues.

Metro Weekly that he felt flying the Pride flag above the center of county government was the most meaningful event on the schedule. “When we raised the Pride flag four years ago, there was a lot of hate and anger not only in our community but across the country for the actions we were taking,” Glass says. “We continue to raise the Pride flag every year because we are not backing down to haters and bigots and homophobes.

Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play the title character in The Wiz revival when it lands on Broadway in spring 2024, producers announced today, with Doom Patrol’s Alan Mingo Jr. (Kinky Boots) taking the role during many of the production’s pre-Broadway tour dates.

Even if you haven’t watched CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts, chances are pretty good that you’d recognize Utkarsh Ambudkar — the actor-rapper best known for his breakout role as one of the Treblemakers in Pitch Perfect and as Mindy Kaling’s younger brother in The Mindy Project. But playing Jay Arondekar — the unseeing husband of Rose McIver’s Sam who can see the spirits who live inside their hotel — is his biggest achievement yet, and a job that should keep him busy for a long time. Here, the Maryland native talks about his start in rapping and acting and what’s so brilliant about playing a guy who can’t get spooked by spooky roommates.

As the US military conducted air defence drills, the sound of a huge explosion was heard in the area surrounding Washington DC, according to reports.

DC Young Fly is mourning the tragic loss of his beloved girlfriend and the mother of his three children.

At the center of the mystery. Lexi Underwood is making waves as Isabella LaRue in season 2 of Freeform’s anthology series Cruel Summer.

Live concerts can be unpredictable, no matter how much a musician prepares. Stages and instruments can break, fans get rowdy, and there’s always the risk of taking a tumble.  Zach Bryan recently made headlines when he had a fan kicked out of his concert in Albany, New York. Bryan, 27, was walking through the crowd, followed by security, when a fan attempted to grab the guitar out of his hands.

EXCLUSIVE: Adrienne Banfield-Norris has signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation in all areas.

Lana Del Rey has officially kicked off sad girl summer! On Saturday, the «Pretty When You Cry» singer took the stage at the MITA festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Bringing the drama, Lana donned a blonde wig — channeling Marilyn Monroe — and a black dress suit.

Twitter Spaces launch of his presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has unwittingly walked right into another message-disrupting tech fail, this time on conservative cable news channel Newsmax.Appearing Thursday to promote his campaign, at one point DeSantis was on a tear about the travel advisory the NAACP issued for Florida that cited numerous DeSantis policies it says “erase Black history” and “restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.” And as he delivered a whataboutist spiel about gun violence in Baltimore, Maryland, the television video feed — and only the video feed — froze.The audio was unaffected, as was the newscrawl at the bottom of the screen.

A Maryland father was savagely beaten to death last week after a school fight was brought to his doorstep. Last Friday, Christopher Micha

Louis Tomlinson's career has truly soared to new heights since he wrapped up his first-ever solo tour last year. In November 2022, he secured his first solo Number 1 album with Faith In The Future, going on to give fans a raw insight into his life in the Charlie Lightening-directed documentary All Of Those Voices.

Coronation Street - but since then, Suranne Jones has took over our screens, with acclaimed roles in the likes of Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster. This week, the Manchester-born 44-year-old returned to ITV, launching a new drama Maryland, which has won rave reviews from critics and viewers alike after its debut episode on Monday. Starring alongside Eve Best, the three-part series - which concluded last night - sees two polar opposite sisters, Becca (played by Suranne) and Rosaline (played by Eve), reunited when their mother is found dead on a beach on the Isle of Man.

Metro Weekly, citing his priorities.“I got to the legislature, and, right off the bat, delivered on major legislation to address the mental health crisis, the fentanyl overdose epidemic, and the surge in hate crimes,” he says of his legislative triumphs, which were aided by the state’s Democratic majority and an amenable ally in Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.  “We got big things done right away.

Multi-award-winning actress and Grease icon Stockard Channing has surprised viewers by appearing in new ITV series Maryland.

Suranne Jones is back with a star-studded drama on ITV, which was inspired by her dreams.

Suranne Jones returns to our screens this evening (Monday, May 22) with brand new drama Maryland on ITV.

Her two cents. Gayle King chimed in on the debate surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s car chase in New York City.

Race: The Movie: The Play, I was skeptical. What could possibly be said about racial-harmony movies like Green Book and Django Unchained that hasn’t already been said in snarky Tweets? Anyway, Green Book was released five years ago now, and it seems like even more of a relic in a post-COVID world.

K.J. Yossman Bitpix TV and Myco have partnered on a feature film development fund. Open to filmmakers worldwide, the fund, which was launched on Friday at Cannes, aims to support three films a year each with a budget of up to $2 million per feature. Bitpix TV is the official streaming arm of HollyShorts Film Festival while Myco is a decentralized content ecosystem. A number of short-form genre films will be showcased on Myco’s streaming platform where viewers can vote on their favorites, which will be selected for feature film development with the fund’s help. Among the package of help available is funding, consulting, mentorship, and production support from finance and production company Goldfinch.

Navigating the frenzied Cannes Film Festival scene can prove perilous for a first-timer, even if he’s boss of the Oscars.

With “Nimona,” what started as a webcomic for cartoonist ND Stevenson became a graphic novel sensation. After HarperCollins published a print edition of Stevenson’s comic, it won a Cybils Award and an Eisner Award, two of the highest accolades for graphic novels; it also got nominated for a National Book Award.

Suranne Jones says the idea for her new drama, Maryland, was inspired by her dreams - and that she 'manifested' working with a film star from 70s musical hit Grease on the project.

Star of Doctor Foster,Vigil , and Gentleman Jack , Suranne Jones is known for the clever, gutsy and determined women she plays on screen. However, in ITVX drama Maryland she plays against type as the messier and more submissive of two sisters. “I felt like I wanted to play a younger sister, someone who was kind of dragged along or felt stuck rather than had things all clued up and ran the show,” says the 44-year-old actress.

Bad blood was percolating in the Philadelphia stratosphere at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour on Saturday night. Performing her second of three shows at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Swift's lively concert was interrupted by a disturbance off-stage. While performing her hit song "Bad Blood," Swift could be heard yelling at an unknown individual, "She's fine.

call out a security guard while she was in the middle of performing. Swift could be heard yelling out, “She wasn’t doing anything,” at a security guard, while concert-goers alleged that the bouncers were being a bit forceful when trying to get people to move off of the barricade.Swift also said, “Hey! Stop!” and “She’s fine!” during the moment.

The little things! Chase Stokes proved he and Kelsea Ballerini are still going strong by sharing a rare photo of the twosome getting cozy.

EXCLUSIVE: LAIKA’s Chief Marketing Officer David Burke has added Chief Operating Officer to his responsibilities at the Oscar-winning studio.