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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Charles Osgood, the witty CBS News journalist who shepherded “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades — a longer tenure than the show’s original host, Charles Kuralt — died Tuesday at 91 years of age after living for a period of time with dementia, according to CBS News. He also hosted a durable radio-news segment, “The Osgood File,” between 1971 and 2017.

IU aka Lee Ji-eun is headed to North America.From July 15 through Aug. 2, the K-Pop star will wrap up her sprawling, multi-continent ‘H.E.R.

Bon Jovi is getting the whole band back together for a new docuseries that has been picked up by Hulu.

Avril Lavigne just announced her massive summer 2024 ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ featuring special guests Simple Plan, All Time Low, Girlfriends and Royal and The Serpents on select dates.Along the way, the Canadian pop-punk princess will make a few stops in the Northeast.First up, she’ll swing into Buffalo’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Tuesday, Aug. 20.After that, Lavigne hits Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Friday, Aug.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Camila Cabello swapped the Grammy and VMA stages for the snowy streets of Park City to promote her new indie drama “Rob Peace,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. In the movie, Cabello plays the girlfriend of Rob Peace (“Tulsa King” actor Jay Will), a promising Yale student who grew up in a crime-ridden New Jersey neighborhood. But his bright future dims after he’s forced to sell drugs to support his incarcerated father’s legal battles.

The Doobie Brothers are “takin’ it to the streets” once again.From June through August, the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will tour all over North America as part of their ‘The 2024 Tour’ with Steve Winwood and Robert Cray on select dates.That includes concerts at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center, New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Saratoga Springs’ Saratoga Performing Arts Center.“We’ll be playing all the iconic songs that we know you want to hear, as well a few new tunes, and deep cuts that will make this a show to remember,” guitarist Pat Simmons told USA Today. “We…can hardly wait to rock out Doobie style!”And if you’re itching to rock out “Doobie style” with them this year, you can grab tickets to see the “Jesus Is Just Alright With Me” FM radio Gods live as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Tate McRae and Will Arnett have been named team captains for the upcoming NHL All-Star Game.Yesterday (January 21), the NHL took to Instagram to announce the team captains for their upcoming All-Star Game, which takes place at the Scotiabank Arena on February 3. Four teams have been announced for the game, namely Team Matthews, Team McDavid, Team MacKinnon and Team Hughes.A post shared by NHL (@nhl)Team Matthews will be led by Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Justin Bieber, with the team’s defenseman Morgan Rielly as assistant captain.

An moved and moving River Gallo thanked a full and cheering house for turning out to the premiere of Ponyboi. The intersex actor starred in film, which is both a crime thriller and exploration of gender and identity.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival prides itself on being a place of innovation and discovery, and this year’s 40th anniversary celebration has an entry that could well check both boxes – “Ponyboi,” a genre-blending road movie featuring writer and star River Gallo. Gallo plays the titular Ponyboi, an intersex sex worker hustling to survive in New Jersey. His days are spent with pregnant best friend Angel (Victoria Pedretti) working a strip mall laundromat; his nights with his secret lover and aspiring pimp, Angel’s baby’s father Vinnie (Dylan O’Brien).

Teresa Giudice is looking back on her stint behind bars!

Todd Rundgren just announced his 38-concert ‘Me/We Tour’ that will send him to theaters, performing arts centers, casinos, auditoriums and bowls all over North America from April through July.Over the course of the four-month run, the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will spend quite a bit of time in New York and New Jersey.As of now, the 75-year-old former Nazz frontman has lined up shows in North Tonawanda, NY (April 30), Englewood, NJ (May 2), Atlantic City (May 3), Port Chester, NY (May 5), Hackensack, NJ (May 9) and Patchogue, NY (May 11).And while fans can likely expect to hear the hits — “I Saw The Light,” and “Hello, It’s Me” to name just a few — Rundgren also likes to mix in classic Motown and R&B covers as well.For those that can’t wait to get their hands on tickets, you’re in luck.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan. 19, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Shockingly, Rundgren doesn’t just stick to the songs fans know and love at live shows.According to Set List FM, here’s what he brought to the stage at his final U.S.

, , and are all on board.The got its start last October when TikTok user and self-described “mob wife CEO” posted a video on the basics of the aesthetic. (In short: black leather, vintage fur, messy updo, gold jewelry, .) But it really started taking off in the first week of 2024, when TikTokker honed in on the glamorous, messy appeal of teased hair, smoky makeup, and the-bigger-the-better outfits.It is ’90s supermodel glamour mixed with the cheeky, pattern-mixing excess of the early 2010s.

CNN will premiere the six-part series United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper on Feb. 18.

Bleachers have released their new single ‘Tiny Moves’, backed by a music video directed by Jack Antonoff’s wife, Margaret Qualley.The clip, co-directed by Qualley and Alex Lockett, depicts Qualley stopping in front of a car parked by the Hudson River at dawn before launching into a dance sequence which she also choreographed. At the end of the clip, Qualley walks over to the driver of the car – Antonoff himself – and the pair embrace as the sun rises over New York City.The track itself features an upbeat rhythm marked by stabs of guitars and synthesisers, building towards a shout-along chorus which appears to be Antonoff’s tribute to Qualley: “The tiniest moves you make / Watching my whole world shake / Watching my whole world change“.Watch the video for Bleachers’ ‘Tiny Moves’ below.‘Tiny Moves’ marks Bleachers’ latest preview of their upcoming self-titled album, which arrives in March and marks the band’s first studio album under Dirty Hit and Jamie Oborne’s management.

Margaret Qualley is showing off her dance moves in Bleachers‘ new music video!

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind and Hootie and the Blowfish are all going on massive nationwide tours.Now you can add British rock legends Bush to that exciting list of throwback Clinton-era legends.Frontman Gavin Rossdale’s group just announced their 31-concert ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ with special guests Candlebox and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains.“I want to honor all the years of music that you’ve loved,” Rossdale shared on Instagram.On the summer run, Bush will make three stops in New York and New Jersey.First, the “Gylcerine” band is scheduled to swing into Lewiston, NY’s Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater on Saturday, Aug. 17.After that, they’ll hit Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Wednesday, Aug.

The Motion Picture Association has renewed chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin‘s contract for another three-year term.

Footloose, has died, aged 78.Marta died on January 11 at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. She had reportedly been treated for cancer in the months prior to her death.The New-Jersey born actor was best-known for playing the aunt of Kevin Bacon’s character (Ren) in the film, Lulu Warnicker.Marta was born on October 30, 1945 in Somerville, New Jersey and was the youngest of two daughters. She began her career on the teen dance programme The Lloyd Thaxton Show and later on episodes of Gidgit and The Monkees before an 18-episode stint on Love, American Style.Her cinematic breakthrough came after being cast in 1972’s Joe Kidd, which was directed by John Sturgess.

The Hollywood Reporter that Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer.Survivors include her sister, MJ, and her cat, Mr. Peaches, the outlet reports. The Post has contacted a rep for Marta for comment.

Janet Jackson just announced a second ‘Together Again Tour,’ this time with special guest Nelly.Last year, the “Rhythm Nation” singer toured with Ludacris from April through June 2023; in 2024, she’ll hit venues all over North America from March through July.That includes stops at Darien Center, NY’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Friday, July 5, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, July 9 and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, July 10.“She still dances with the type of effortless, sweat-free ease that’s made her such a standout in all eras of her career,” Rolling Stone raved in a review of last year’s tour.And if you want to see the famed pop icon rock like it’s 1989, you can grab tickets for all 39 concerts on her 2024 calendar as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan. 19, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.In 2023, the 57-year-old pop legend went all out at shows putting on ambitious four-act concerts complete with encores.For a closer look at what she played, check out all the tacks that made the set list at her Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has taken North America on Flipside, a new documentary from filmmaker Chris Wilcha, which world premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival. Exec produced by Judd Apatow, the film is slated for release in theaters this year.

Sum 41 just announced that their forthcoming double album “Heaven :x: Hell” and global ‘Tour of the Setting Sum’ will be their last.“Once I heard the music, I was confident enough to say, ‘This is the record I’d like to go out on,’” frontman Deryck Whibley explained in a statement. “We’ve made a double album of pop punk and metal, and it makes sense.

IU has announced her 2024 ‘H.E.R.’ world tour, featuring dates in Asia, Europe and the US.IU’s newly announced 2024 ‘H.E.R.’ world tour will kick off on March 2 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea, where she will play four shows over two weekends. During the same month, the singer will also perform two shows at the Yokohama Arena in Japan.The K-pop idol’s upcoming world tour will then head to other countries and regions across Asia, including two shows in Taipei, Singapore and Jakarta in April, followed by two Hong Kong shows in May.In June, IU will host one concert in the Filipino capital of Manila, alongside two concerts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

channel’s most-watched show, by “Game of Thrones.”In honor of the show’s 25th anniversary, the network just dropped behind-the-scenes footage from the show that equals five hours of new content and 15 deleted scenes. Ahead of their reunion at the Emmys, creator David Chase, Bracco, Vincent Pastore, Kathrine Narducci, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt and Steve Schirripa, among others, gathered to celebrate the major milestone at New York City’s Da Nico Ristorante.Two of the show’s major players were missed: late stars Gandolfini and Tony Sirico.

Attorney Leon Wildes, who stood next to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in court, in public and on TV during the early 1970s as the famous couple successfully fought unrelenting deportation attempts by the Nixon Administration, died Monday, January 8, at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 90.

Caroline Brew editor Alec Musser, an actor known for “All My Children” and the 2010 comedy film “Grown Ups,” has died. He was 50. His fiancée Paige Press confirmed his death on Saturday via Instagram stories.

Showbiz 411, the E-street band leader, 74, was allegedly hired by “Black Mass” director Scott Cooper, who is also known for his 2009 film “Crazy Heart” starring Jeff Bridges. Springsteen’s sixth studio album was lauded as an introspective turn for the “Born To Run” belter, turning a bout of depression into artistic inspiration.As the story goes, the New Jersey-born musician intended to rerecord the raw, emotional demo tracks that would comprise the forthcoming “Nebraska,” but eventually decided to release the songs as they were. The stripped-down album is also said to have given rise to Springsteen’s 1984 hit, “Born in the USA.”Little is known about the upcoming film aside from the fact that Cooper, 53, is slated to direct.

told TMZ. According to the outlet, the last surviving member of the hit television show had been in hospice care at the time of her death and was unable to walk. The Michigan native, who was born in 1924, got her acting start when she moved to New York City in 1950 to star in a Broadway show called “Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath” before moving into TV.

eclectic wardrobe from the upcoming of viral novel . Seriously, though, fans are .“Every photo that’s released just keeps getting worse and worse,” one fan commented on the now-infamous from May 2023, while another wrote, “This feels like a prank now.”The film's release date has been pushed to this summer.By Fortunately for nay-sayers, it appeared as if the fashion choices were moving in a more relatable direction as production picked back up in the new year.

Joe Flacco got the Cleveland Browns into the playoffs with his stellar play for the team after taking over as the starting quarterback.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are filming their upcoming romance movie!

Lynn Yamada Davis, who some called the internet’s grandmother for her presence on the Cooking with Lynja streaming show, died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey. She was 67 and had esophageal cancer according to her daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet.

Beloved social media personality Lynn Yamada Davis, best known to fans as Cooking With Lynja, has passed away. She was 67.

Melissa Gorga isn’t too happy with her husband, Joe Gorga!

Anthony Rodia, 43, is midway through his ongoing nationwide ‘Totally Relatable Tour’ and making many, many stops in the northeast along the way.That includes dozens of shows in New York where he’ll play Nyack, Rochester, Albany, Verona, Port Chester and Huntington venues.The first generation Italian-American New York is also slated to headline a pair of gigs in New Jersey this year, too.As of now, he has shows lined up in both Morristown and Red Bank.And if you want tickets to see the rapidly rising comic that may remind you of Sebastian Maniscalco and Joe Gatto, you can grab them for all 25 of his upcoming headlining spots today.You won’t have to break the bank, either.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $30 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $38 to $147 before fees.Curious how much Rodia tickets will cost for the show closest to you?You’re in the right place.Our team has everything you need to know and more about Anthony Rodia’s 2024 ‘Totally Relatable Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(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 platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic During the Cold War, we had “I Married a Communist” and “I Married a Monster From Outer Space” — two predicaments that the era’s paranoias rendered basically the same thing. In recent years, however, a more common screen fantasy might be summarized as “Whoops, My Significant Other Turns Out to Be an International Spy/Assassin.” There have been numerous efforts in that vein, of variably intentional absurdity.