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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Allison Russell had one of the most acclaimed records of 2021 with her solo debut, “Outside Child,” in spite of — or because of — the fact that reviews described just how tough much of the subject material was. But she’s taking a break from “harrowing” with her second release, “The Returner,” which has just been announced as coming out Sept. 8. With its increased twin focus on grooves and celebration, it might not be inaccurate to call the album a party, albeit with the understanding that the celebration is a hard-fought party. “I thought about returning, and what that means to me,” Russell tells Variety, offering a preview of what to expect from the end-of-summer release. “And I thought about survivors’ joy, and how we don’t talk about that enough.”

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.

Matt Rife is heading out on a massive comedy tour that will last for over a year!

It is starting to become much more clear as to what investigators are looking at in the tragic case of the University of Idaho student murders from last November.

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced a 2023 North American tour titled ‘The End Is Nero’ that kicks off in August.The 28-city-date tour will commence in Sterling Heights, Michigan at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre. From there, the band will make stops in Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New York, Atlanta and more.

Cultural Currents Institute, Google searches for questions such as “Am I gay?” “Am I lesbian?” “Am I trans?” and “how to come out,” as well as searches for “nonbinary” have jumped by 1,300 percent since 2004.The analysis suggests that more politically conservative states are the “most closeted,” with Utah, Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia, and New Hampshire leading the list of top states where Google users have searched “Am I gay?” For “Am I lesbian?” the top states were: Utah, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, and Colorado.For “Am I trans?” the top states were: Utah, Kentucky, Colorado, Michigan, and Washington.For the term “how to come out,” the states with the most searches were: Oklahoma, West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky.“The regional differences highlighted below are significant, offering a geographical landscape of self-questioning and discovery across America,” Cultural Currents’ analysis reads.“Utah, a state with traditionally conservative social values, surprisingly tops three out of five search term categories.

A24 follows You Hurt My Feelings last weekend with dual-language romance Past Lives, starting a platform release on four screens in New York and LA including Q&As led by talent who have been champions of the film, including Steve Buscemi, Jodie Turner-Smith and Lulu Wang. Expanding this month.

Cam For A Cause benefit took place in Los Angeles on Thursday. Last Sunday would've marked the Daytime Emmy Award winner's 24th birthday had he not tragically died, age 20, in 2019 from a severe epileptic seizure. Sofia brought along her younger sister Paulina Char and they made sure to pose with Dove as well as Cameron's parents Victor and Libby, who run The Cameron Boyce Foundation.

The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Pierson Fodé could be the latest name in the running for the role of Superman/Clark Kent.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Back in April, James Gunn told me what he was looking for in the new Man of Steel for “Superman: Legacy.” “The next Superman has to be someone who has all the humanity that Superman has, but he’s also an alien,” he said. “It’s gotta be somebody who has the kindness and the compassion that Superman has and be somebody who you want to give a hug.” He added, “We have some really great choices, which I’m excited about.” Could former “The Bold and the Beautiful” star Pierson Fodé be on Gunn’s list? I hear that the 31-year-old actor could be in the running for the coveted role. Sources tell me that Fodé sent in a self-tape, which included a montage of footage showing his very Clark Kent-like childhood on a farm in the small town of Moses Lake, Wash. I’m told Gunn liked what he saw.

Janelle Monae is hitting the road!

Kate Beckinsale confessed she had a wardrobe malfunction, and Keanu Reeves was there to save the day. During the 46th Cannes Festival, the "Serendipity" actress shared her fashion mishap that occurred at "the biggest red carpet" of her life.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, has died.The news was broken to The Hollywood Reporter by Gary’s son, Chris Kent. He died on Thursday (May 25) at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas.Born in 1933, in Walla Walla, Washington, Kent’s first acting role came in 1959, and while he appeared in a handful of acting roles across the decades that would follow, his most memorable and notorious work came as a stuntman.Over the years, he suffered a host of serious injuries while at work, and gave up the work in 2002 after damaging his leg on set for Bubba Ho-Tep.From then until close to his death, he continued to work as a stunt co-ordinator. His last credit came on 2019’s Sex Terrorists On Wheels.

Gary Kent, an actor, director and, most notably, stuntman whose career is thought to have been an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, died Thursday at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas. He was 89.

 finished its second season on Friday, completing a nine-episode installment of everyone's favorite soccer team-turned-survivalists. Co-created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Showtime's mystery-thriller series follows a 1996 girls soccer team whose plane crash lands in the Canadian wilderness while en route to a tournament in Seattle, Washington. The group was left stranded for 19 months, forced to endure harsh weather and dwindling options for sustenance.

become a red-carpet fixture (including most recently in a bustier slip dress at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival), serving as a brand ambassador for everyone from Miu Miu, Tory Burch and Frankies Bikinis to Armani Beauty and Laneige. The in-demand actress spent the last year filming Marvel’s “Madame Web” with Dakota Johnson and the rom-com “Anyone But You” with Glen Powell in Australia.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor It’s the big launch day for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max — and the newly revamped streaming service appears to encountering some technical problems right off the bat. On Wednesday morning, subscribers took to social media to complain that they were having logging in to Max, which is replacing the three-year-old HBO Max service. As reported by users, the issues spanned the Max.com website as well as mobile apps including iOS and connected-TV apps on Roku and Samsung TV. Of course, there are bound to be some problems in migrating millions of customers over to a new streaming platform. A Warner Bros. Discovery rep declined to specify how widespread the issues that users are encountering may be. The May 23 conversion from HBO Max to Max covers only the U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Max, Warner Bros. Discovery’s bulked-up and revamped streaming service that takes the place of HBO Max, makes it U.S. debut on Wednesday (May 23). Max makes several subtle enhancements aimed at making the service easier to use and more engaging — while execs say it should also be more stable than HBO Max. According to the company, a “large portion” of HBO Max subscribers will have their apps automatically updated to Max — while in some cases, users will be prompted to download an updated Max app. If all goes as planned, HBO Max subscribers will have their previous plan (including their username, password and billing information), profiles, avatars, and settings including “Continue Watching” and “My List” items migrated over to the new Max.

The man accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students last November allegedly broke into a female colleague’s home months before the awful tragedy. As readers will no doubt recall, forme

A signed guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for nearly $600,000, Billboard reports. The black Fender Stratocaster was initially listed at $60,000 but bidding on the memorabilia was fiercely contested, pushing the price up way beyond expectations.

When queer people travel, we must always consider our safety. There are 195 countries in the world, each with its own cultures and legal systems, many of which can be homophobic and transphobic. In order to celebrate our authentic selves abroad and fully enjoy our vacations, LGBTQ travelers must be aware of which countries are welcoming to us. The good news is that there are countless places around the world that are safe for us to visit! Following are seven queer-friendly travel destinations to consider for your next holiday.

EXCLUSIVE: The Exchange has added Bill Pohlad’s Dreamin’ Wild starring Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe and Zooey Deschanel to its Cannes slate.

Axios reported Monday, citing an internal memo.In the note to staff, editor-in-chief Jon Kelly thanked Purzycki and hailed him as “incredibly gifted at operationalizing start-ups during the incredibly fraught zero-to-one stage.” He added that the company is seeking a new chief executive to lead Puck through its “next phase of execution.”Purzycki co-founded Puck with Kelly and Max Tcheyan in September 2021, aiming to cover what it called the “four centers of power”: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Washington and Wall Street. It raised $7 million in Series A funding and will begin pursuing another round, Axios reported.Purzycki “will remain as an advisor to the company in the coming weeks as we transition,” Kelly’s memo said.

Kate Middleton is gearing up for King Charles III's coronation festivities.While visiting Dog & Duck Pub in Soho with Prince William to hear how the tavern is preparing for Saturday, a well-wisher exclusively told  that Kate admitted she was nervous ahead of the crowning ceremony — but their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are not.«I asked if the kids were excited about the coronation, and she said, 'They're very excited. They had their rehearsal yesterday, so they knew what they'd expect,'» Mandy Leifheit of Seattle, Washington, told of the outlet.«She said she's more nervous than the kids are since it's such a big event for the kids to be part of.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s reported migrant busing plan. According to reports, destinations include Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C.

Shania Twain has officially kicked off her Queen of Me Tour and you can check out the full set list right here!

Garbage have shared their cover of Siouxsie And The Banshees’ ‘Cities In Dust’ on streaming services – check it out belowThe cover originally featured on Garbage’s Record Store Day exclusive EP ‘Witness To Your Love’ alongside a remastered version of the rare 2008 title track and two previously unreleased tracks from the sessions for Garbage’s 2021 album ‘No Gods, No Masters’.‘Cities In Dust’ was originally released in 1986 as part of Siouxsie And The Banshees’s seventh album ‘Tinderbox’. Garbage shared an official video for ‘Cities In Dust’ yesterday (April 28) alongside the message “With love from all of us to Siouxsie And The Banshees”.Check out the video below and stream the entire EP here.Garbage are currently gearing up to head out on a North American tour alongside Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds.The tour will kick off in Auburn, Washington on June, 2, 2023 – release day for Gallagher’s new album ‘Council Skies’ – followed by stops in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, Tampa, New York and many more.The run of shows ends in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 15.

Chris Pratt has gone through some tough auditions in his acting career, but it sounds like nothing was worse than trying out for a strip club.

Jimmy Kimmel.The talk show host, 55, asked the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star, 43, if his Marvel auditions were the “toughest” tryouts he’d ever had to endure, to which the actor offered a surprise response.“I mean, in my career as an actor maybe, but I had an audition once when I was 18 years old in Edmonds, Washington, at a strip club called Mr. Pattywhacks,” Pratt revealed. “It was in the middle of the day, and the place was nasty,” he added, explaining that he danced for “one dude” to the song “Pony” by Ginuwine, which he said was “too slow” for him to feel comfortable.

Shania Twain is revealing the secrets to her fit figure. The 57-year-old country music star adheres to a mainly liquid diet that includes protein shakes filled with greens. Twain normally sticks to one meal a day and sometimes adds a snack of peanut butter or dark chocolate, according to USA Today.

Before Chris Pratt became a successful Hollywood actor, the 43-year-old admitted he stripped down for a different kind of audition.  Pratt confessed one of his "toughest" auditions was at a male strip club called Mr. Paddywack’s in Edmonds, Washington, when he was 18 years old.  "It was in the middle of the day, and the place was nasty," Pratt began his story. Pratt then revealed his strip club audition song that he prepared for his risqué audition.  "I put on the song "Pony" [by] Ginuwine…way too slow," he quipped during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The "Guardians of the Galaxy" star detailed his experience and said he was awkwardly dancing for only one guy during his audition.

Well, this is yet another unexpected wrinkle…

Sleep Token have released a characteristically emotional new single, ‘DYWTYLM’ – check it out below.The track, whose title evidently stands for ‘Do You Wish That You Loved Me?’, is the sixth single from the mysterious masked collective’s upcoming sixth album ‘Take Me Back To Eden’, following ‘Chokehold’, ‘The Summoning’, ‘Granite’, ‘Aqua Regia’ and ‘Vore’.The song represents a hairpin turn for the band sonically, leaning much further into pop than any of the tracks from ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ so far. The album is due for release on May 19.Check out ‘DYWTYLM’ below:As per press release, ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ is promised to be “an hour-plus of music across 12 distinctive tracks”, serving as the third instalment of a trilogy comprised by their other two albums, 2019’s ‘Sundowning’ and 2021’s ‘This Place Will Become Your Tomb’.The anonymous band have also just announced their debut headline run of shows in the US, all of which sold out in a matter of days.

What the f**k is going on with gun owners in America?? On Saturday night, a homeowner in the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kate Bolduan’s next shift on CNN hasn’t started quite yet, but she’s acting as If it has. A group of cameras is flocking around the news anchor in a New York studio that has recently been updated, and she presses producers to let her rehearse a story she needs to have mastered by the time she gets on air. “We don’t want to get this half right,” she tells those listening to her. Neither does the news network. Bolduan and five of her on-air colleagues, along with dozens of crew members and producers working in New York, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, are taking part in a major TV-news experiment that is going to play out each weekday for the foreseeable future at CNN. The question the Warner Bros. Discovery network is trying to solve: How to keep viewers watching TV news when they have video alternatives that are often faster paced, less formal and fueled by social media?

It's the  wedding that left many viewers shocked. After Chelsea Griffin said yes to her fiancé, Kwame Appiah, at the altar, he too said «I do,» despite the Netflix series showcasing the various issues within their relationship. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with both Kwame and Chelsea prior to the finale episode airing, where they discussed the status of their relationship, how they've adapted to the challenges of marriage and where they are today. One major pitfall in the couple's romance was the fact that Kwame's mother refused to acknowledge their relationship or meet Chelsea.