Tenor Jonas Kaufmann takes on Tristan, opera’s voice killer

The last time we saw Dr. Frasier Crane, he was landing at a Chicago airport in the series finale of NBC’s Frasier. As we await the Paramount Plus revival of the Emmy-laden sitcom, its once and future star gave a few hints about the upcoming series that follows the man Kelsey Grammer calls “the George Bailey of Television.”

Luke Wilson almost wasn’t cast as Emmett in Legally Blonde, and the role could’ve been played by Paul Bettany!

Comedian Chelsea Handler revealed she's over her crush on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he was accused of sexual misconduct.

said NABJ president Dorothy Tucker.

NEW YORK -- Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera planned to return to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year.Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) said its full membership will vote July 18 on the agreement that was reached last weekend."As a result of an overwhelming majority of the Met’s stage and shop crew members voting in favor of submitting a positive

PHOENIX -- ESPN has replaced Rachel Nichols as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following a report detailing critical comments she made about Black colleague Maria Taylor.The network announced Tuesday that Malika Andrews would handle that role for the series between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks.Nichols, who is white, has been the sideline reporter for its top national games this season and for last year's NBA Finals.

NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic.The agreement was reached early Saturday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Going strong! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez jetted off to the Hamptons one day after taking their kids to Universal Studios in Hollywood.

A new series about the American AIDS epidemic and ACT UP New York (from 1987-1993) is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Weekend,” “Looking“) will showrun “Let The Record Show,” based on a new novel that covers New York activism surrounding the AIDS crisis.

EXCLUSIVE: Let The Record Show, written by Sarah Schulman, has been called the most comprehensive political history of American AIDS activism and ACT Up.

Lady Gaga is, perhaps, one of the few people bearing the New York heat wave while still managing to look as flawless as always (good genes, they say).RELATED: Lady Gaga makes major announcement leaving fans shookThe singer managed to get her fans raving as she posted a couple of selfies on her Instagram, showing off her pretty-in-pink ensemble for her NY-bound journey.WATCH: Lady Gaga and Kacey Musgraves donate music gear to girl power auctionGaga wore a pink shirt and shorts combo from Petals

EXCLUSIVE: Insecure star Jay Ellis is behind a new podcast series that will aim to give voice to formerly incarcerated young authors.

convicted last year of rape and a forcible sexual act. “There are conversations about taking it somewhere off the beaten track in New York, but it is very early days still,” Conor Mitchell told the New York Post on Saturday.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants star Amber Tamblyn recently voiced her support for pop icon Britney Spears, who shared her heartbreaking struggles from her conservatorship in public recently.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSir Edmund Hillary’s family will ascent the mountain that made their grandfather a household name in a new documentary being launched in Cannes.Directed by Ben Webster, one of the world’s top expedition leaders, “Everest: Legacy” is currently in pre-production and will be shopped to buyers by New York-headquartered documentary sales firm Cargo Film & Releasing, which has picked up world rights.The film follows Hillary’s son Peter and his grandchildren, along

Britney Spears has shared the harrowing details of her conservatorship which she been under for over a decade. She appeared in court this week to ask to be released from her father, Jamie Spears control.

We’re finally hearing Sydney Chase’s response to Tristan Thompson and Khloé Kardashian’s breakup. The Instagram model—who claimed Thompson had an affair with her prior to his breakup with Kardashian—took to social media to share a cryptic message about how “funny” life is “at this point” shortly after reports of their split.