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76th annual Tony Awards, Lea Michele and the cast of delivered a show-stopping rendition of «Don't Rain on My Parade»live on stage at the United Palace Theatre in New York City. The performance comes 10 months after Michele took over as Fanny Brice from Beanie Feldstein in the 2022 Broadway revival. Michele's performance closed out Broadway's biggest night and after she belted the musical number she was met with a standing ovation from the Tony Awards crowd. Barbra Streisand is somewhere watching Lea Michele do Funny Girl #TonyAwardspic.twitter.com/C981o6WAh7Since taking the stage in the lead role, Michele has earned critical acclaim for her performance, with many feeling that she was deserving of awards recognition even though replacements do not qualify for most stage and theater honors. The Tony Awards performance also marks the final stretch for Michele and, which is slated to close on Sept.

Life is gleefully imitating art for Lea Michele, who will perform at the Tony Awards with the Broadway revival of Funny Girl on Sunday, June 11.

When Ellen Pompeo sees Katherine Heigl before our photo shoot, she offers a greeting worthy of Barbra Streisand. “Hello, gorgeous!” Pompeo exclaims, giving Heigl a hug. And suddenly, it’s like no time has passed since “Grey’s Anatomy” premiered as a midseason replacement in 2005 — after ABC executives considered not airing the show at all — in the time slot after “Desperate Housewives.” Ultimately, these two women somehow not only surpassed the ladies of Wisteria Lane, they redefined pop culture. Throughout this reunion, we seriously take you back to the first days of TV’s longest running primetime medical drama. As “Grey’s Anatomy” became an overnight sensation, Pompeo and Heigl were launched into the stratosphere of fame together, for better and for worse. On the plus side, the Shonda Rhimes-created series revolutionized television, with women and actors of color leading the show. Yet the sudden, sometimes toxic attention — as well as spending those long days and nights on the infamously grueling set during the early years — taught both of them hard-won lessons. “If you cannot stand up for yourself in this industry, very few people will stand up for you,” Heigl says to Pompeo. “So you’d better learn how to, and you’d better be OK with them not liking you for it. ”

Beyoncé, Rihanna and Taylor Swift all appearing on the rundown.For a sixth year in a row, the list is topped by building supply distributor Diane Hendricks, with a $15billion (£12billion) net worth while the countdown also features women who work in insurance, jewellery, pharmaceuticals, entertainment and hospitality.Taylor Swift appears at number 34 in the countdown, with an estimated net worth of $740million (£594million). Last year, Swift became the first artist in Billboard history to simultaneously hold the top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100 while “unprecedented demand” for her ‘Eras’ stadium tour crashed Ticketmaster and caused an government-led investigation into the company.

With the publication of Forbes‘ list of America’s richest self-made women this year, superstars Rihanna, Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have topped the charts.

Lea Michele has been bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Donna Summer fans might wish for a more comprehensive documentary bio than HBO’s Love to Love You, Donna Summer (★★★★★), but it’s hard to imagine a more intimate portrait of the woman, artist, mother, and hit-making Queen of Disco than this fascinating music-filled odyssey.Co-directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and actress-director Brooklyn Sudano, the middle of Summer’s three daughters, Love to Love You is framed as the family’s attempt to, as Brooklyn puts it, “figure out the many pieces of who Mom really was.”Summer, who succumbed to lung cancer in May 2012, provides the filmmakers key pieces to the puzzle by way of her songs and performances, recorded interviews, and footage she shot herself with her treasured Sony movie camera.At the height of her ’70s fame as pop’s First Lady of Love, Summer bought the camera because she loved making movies — and to entertain herself and the crew while on tour, according to her sister Mary Ellen, who sang backup. The video skits and home movies reveal the singer to be an unapologetic goofball, far from the gyrating diva of so-called Sex Rock that her label Casablanca Records was selling.Sex siren was merely a role she played, Summer explains in an interview voiceover.

Plenty of decisions surrounding King Charles‘ coronation just seem like the typical compromises when planning a huge event. It was “slimmed down” but still massive, Prince Harry was invited but played no role, that kind of thing. One thing we still can’t quite understand? The booking of the concert performers!

Lea Michele isn’t going anywhere!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Lea Michele’s run in “Funny Girl” doesn’t end until Sept. 3, but she’s already plotting her return to Broadway. In fact, the actor-singer tells me she has her next gig lined up. “I already know what it is,” she teases. But Michele is being tight-lipped on details. “You know it,” she says, hinting it could be a revival of some sort. “It’s very different musically,” she adds. Michele made a triumphant return to the stage in September when she replaced Beanie Feldstein in the first revival of “Funny Girl” since Barbra Streisand originated the role of Fanny Brice in 1964.

Lea Michele continues to pay homage to Barbra Streisand. The Funny Girl star shared photos of the EGOT winner on her Instagram Story, which inspired her look at this year's Met Gala in New York City. Michele debuted a bob haircut and stunning gown that mirrored the inspiration she took from Streisand. The 36-year-old actress wore a custom Michael Kors Collection silver tulle cutout dress with hand-beaded mirror sequins, dégradé fringe, and a matching bow. Requiring over 1,440 hours to hand-embroider, the gown was adorned with 11,700 mirrored sequins and 10,100 individually stitched crystals scattered across the base.

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84.Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital.

Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a Toronto hospital at 7:30 p.m. More info to come..Posted by Gordon Lightfoot on Monday, May 1, 2023Lightfoot’s death comes less than a month after he announced the cancellation of his 2023 United States and Canada tour.

Gordon Lightfoot, often called Canada’s greatest songwriter and known worldwide as one of the founding fathers of folk-rock, has died at age 84, a representative for his family said Monday.

the view.James Brolin, 82, appeared Wednesday on “The View” to discuss his long career and his role narrating the new season of the Netflix series “Sweet Tooth.” Things took a turn, however, when producers displayed an enlarged print of a photo his son Josh Brolin, 55, posted Saturday on Instagram sans clothing. “Oh my God!” the elder Brolin yelled as he turned away from the photo of his nude son.

. During a previous stop by Andy Cohen’s talk show, the Beau Is Afraid star made headlines for calling mediocre in the Evita movie, famously saying the pop star was a  (LuPone, of course, originated the role of Eva Peron on Broadway; she won her first of three Tony Awards for her performance.) This weekend, during her most recent WWHL appearance, LuPone set her sights on a different superstar who’s about to grace the screen: .During a game called “Do! They! Give a Damn!?” Cohen asked LuPone and fellow guest John Leguizamo whether they cared about different cultural news items. LuPone didn’t give a damn about Barbra Streisand’s memoir being over 1,000 pages long, nor did she give a damn about —but she certainly gave a damn that the second-eldest in the 12th season of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, subtitled Delicate. “Yes.

Lana Del Rey has shot straight to Number One in the UK albums chart with ‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’.The singer-songwriter beat off competition from Depeche Mode‘s 15th full-length effort, ‘Memento Mori’ to score her sixth chart topping album, tying herself level Arctic Monkeys, Blur and Radiohead on the list of acts with the most UK Number One records to their name.Del Rey also ranks as the female solo artist with the fifth-most chart topping albums in the UK after Madonna (12), Taylor Swift (9), Kylie Minogue (8) and Barbra Streisand (7).She previously hit the top spot with ‘Born To Die’ (2012), ‘Ultraviolence’ (2014), ‘Lust For Life’ (2017), ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ (2019) and ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ (2021).‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’ also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, proving the most popular record of the week on wax, and is the week’s most-purchased LP in independent record shops, too.Reviewing Del Rey’s album, NME wrote: “As she steps into new lyrical territory here, so too does Lana enter new sonic worlds.

Lana Del Rey is the latest artist to achieve six Number 1 albums in the UK.

Lana Del Rey nets a sixth UK Number 1 album with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd today, scooping the fastest-selling LP of 2023 so far. 

Call the Midwife and Sanditon are back, while the Versailles-set Marie Antoinette makes it debut. It's the perfect way to spend your Sunday evening and will only get you more excited for the in May, followed by .Speaking of charming British characters, Ted Lasso airs its second episode this Wednesday. After last week's episode (my heart sank for Ted in the final few minutes), the show keeps raising the stakes and I'm loving it.Meanwhile, is back for an epic season two adventure while Daisy Jones & the Six wraps up its run, giving you all the answers you want to know.

Lea Michele is currently bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Danette Herman was one of the key staff members of the Academy Awards ceremonies from the 1970s into the 2010s, beginning as a production assistant and rising through the ranks to become the show’s executive in charge of talent and coordinating producer. One of the few women to serve in key positions at the Oscars, she was with the show during the years of its highest ratings and largest cultural impact.As the Academy prepares for the 95th Oscars ceremony, Herman asked TheWrap if she could share some memories of past shows, from an encounter with Katharine Hepburn in 1974 to a pair of anniversary shows in which she assembled historic groups of past winners.

Kathy McDonald Everyone goes home with an Oscar at the Governors Ball — a chocolate one dipped in gold leaf. The treat is one of the many classics on the menu created by chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur Wolfgang Puck, who will be behind the stove for an unprecedented 29th time at this year’s post-Oscars Governors Ball. While Puck himself will probably not be crafting the evening’s signature spicy tuna-filled sesame cones (more than 2,500 are made) or the Oscar-shaped matzo cracker topped with smoked salmon, he’s there to greet the anticipated 1,500 international attendees who are ready to eat and expecting their favorites.

Lenny Kravitz has been chosen to deliver the “In Memoriam” performance at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Chaka Khan is backtracking on her comments over Rolling Stone‘s Greatest Singers list and apologizing.

won’t rain on Lea Michele’s parade.Broadway’s “Funny Girl” announced Thursday that the musical will take its final bow later this year — despite seeing a massive boom in ticket sales following the casting of the “Glee” alum.The show revealed the news on Instagram. “Hey, gorgeous! We’re having so much fun with you on Broadway, we’re sticking around until September 3rd,” reads the post.Michele, 36, will continue to star as Fanny Brice — a role made famous by Barbra Streisand in the original 1964 production — through the end of its tenure at the August Wilson Theatre.

Chaka Khan was just made aware of where she ranked on the controversial Rolling Stone list, “The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time,” and she’s not happy.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Life in the the-a-ter is coming to a close for the company of “Funny Girl.” The Broadway revival has extended its run, but the show will play its final performance on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Its closing date is almost exactly one year after Michele joined the cast, though the revival of “Funny Girl” first opened in April 2022 led by Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice. But she and Jane Lynch, who was replaced by Tovah Feldshuh as Fanny’s mother, departed the production in August after the production was plagued with poor reviews and lackluster turnout. “Funny Girl” might have closed sooner without the casting changes. But box office fortunes have been on the upswing since last September and seats at the August Wilson Theater have remained well-stocked, even setting multiple house records. By the time the cast, including Ramin Karimloo as Nicky Arnstein and Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, takes its final bow, the Broadway revival will have played 599 performances and 30 previews.

Funny Girl, Broadway’s riches-to-rags-to-riches smash hit, will close on Sunday, Sept. 3, with stars Lea Michele, Ramin Marmloo, Jared Grimes and Tovah Feldshuh extending their planned runs to see the show through to its final date.

Katheryn Winnick is best known for playing shield maiden Lagertha in “Vikings” and the Canadian actress is now embracing a new role: ambassador for United24, the global initiative to support Ukraine, launched by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Fran Drescher is the current president of SAG-AFTRA and she was in attendance at the 2023 SAG Awards to give an update on the initiatives moving forward in the organization.

Thania Garcia Lyricist and composer Paul Williams will be honored by the 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors awards with the 2023 Icon award at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5. The awards show will also be posthumously honoring former Sony Pictures Entertainment senior VP and music supervisor, Pilar McCurry. Williams’ standards have been recorded by such decorated artists as Ray Charles, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, the Carpenters, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross and Willie Nelson, among others. He’s previously been recognized with six Oscars, nine Grammys, six Golden Globes, and two Emmy nominations.

“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” in her Tony-winning role as Effie White in “Dreamgirls,” Jennifer Holliday is still here, folks.But now her signature number has a completely different meaning for the 62-year-old diva, who has overcome weight struggles, career setbacks and a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1999.“When I first sang it, I was 19 going on 20 years old,” Holliday told The Post. “And as I became a young woman and then a real woman and then a grown-ass woman, the song took on different meanings. It’s a song of survival today.

posted last Monday and has been viewed 884,000 times, shows Rivers at a 2013 event claiming the late Princess of Wales “didn’t know when the good times were with her.”“Watch the gay men get quiet,” Rivers said at the time. “You can never say anything to gay men either about Barbra Streisand being ugly or Princess Diana.” “I hated her,” Rivers, who died in 2014 at the age of 81 after a complication during throat surgery, added.“You know why I didn’t like her? Because she didn’t know when the good times were with her.

Lea Michele is currently bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

In a first-time first-person account of her life and career, legendary singer, actress, director and producer Barbra Streisand will publish her memoir, My Name is Barbra, on November 7, 2023 via Penguin Random House imprint Viking. The Penguin Group made it official on Tuesday, calling the tome “engrossing and delightful.” There have been dozens of books written about the now 80-year-old artist, but this will be the first to tell her story in her own words.