‘The Act’ Star Joey King Says She Had a ‘Private Conversation’ With Gypsy Rose Blanchard After Prison Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events The cast and crew of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are still waiting to hear what their creative team has in store for Seasons 2 and 3. “We have no idea,” Dallas Liu, who stars as Prince Zuko in Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name, told me Wednesday night at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s pre-Oscars party, Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood, at Bar Marmont. “We have literally zero details.

Zendaya, your TV mom needs you!

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Guy Ritchie’s limited Netflix series adaptation of his movie of the same name shot at the Duke of Beaufort’s Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire, England. “The family was there looking very disapprovingly at us running around in chicken suits and saying ‘cunt’ a lot,” star Theo James told Variety at a special screening of the show at the Tudum Theatre in Hollywood. “They were not impressed.

Nika King, star of Euphoria, says she has not paid her rent in six months as production for Season 3 of the HBO series continues to be delayed.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Getting Hugh Jackman to reprise his role as Wolverine in the third “Deadpool” movie had been in the works long before Ryan Reynolds made the official announcement. In fact, Karan Soni, who plays Dopinder in all three movies, says he wasn’t shocked when Jackman joined franchise. “When we were making the second one, Ryan was plotting back then,” Soni told me Monday at the South Asians at the Oscar party on the Paramount lot.

The Act.”Now that “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei knows the difference between late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and convicted felon Gypsy Rose Blanchard, has the latter reached out to the reality star?“No, she has not,” Graziadei, 28, told The Post in a recent interview. “I have not been looking for it, but as far as I know, she is not.”The tennis pro faced the wrath of social media last month after he unknowingly mixed up Ginsburg and Blanchard, 32, during a now-viral round of the Betches game “How Online Are You?”When a picture of Blanchard — who spent eight years in prison for the murder of her mother — flashed on the screen, the ABC lead confidently exclaimed, “I do know who this person is!”“Is it Ruth?” he asked. “It’s Jinsburg or Ginsburg or something like that.

Euphoria star Nika King has revealed the impact that season three’s delay is having on her life.King has appeared in both seasons of the HBO show, and plays Leslie Bennett, the mother of Rue (Zendaya) – a teenager struggling with a drug addiction.The third instalment of the series, which also stars Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney, has been eagerly awaited by fans, having been delayed for several reasons.During a stand-up comedy performance in Los Angeles, King shared the repercussions of the show’s postponement. “Season three is coming out, I don’t fucking know. Don’t ask me, I don’t know,” said the actor.“People are like, ‘We need season three’, and I’m like bitch, I need season three.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Elton John’s touring life may have come to an end last year with his five-year, 330-concert worldwide Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, but the work continues, including recording new music. “He’s been working away,” says his husband and manager David Furnish. “I don’t think you’re going to have to wait too long [for new music].

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As Hollywood gets ready to gives its final bow of awards season, parties and events fill the days and nights leading up to the 96th Oscars. From Zendaya and Cate Blanchett at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards and Essence celebrating Danielle Brooks and Halle Bailey to Elton John holding court at his annual viewing dinner, here’s a look at this year’s Oscar party calendar. March 4 South Asians at the Oscars PartyCo-hosted by Kal Penn, Lilly Singh, Hannah Simone, Tan France, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rupi Kaur, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Anita Chatterjee, Shruti Ganguly, and Archana Misra Jain, with a musical performance by Ankur Tewari.Paramount Pictures Studios, Los Angeles7-10 p.m.

Lifetime‘s two-night documentary special Where is Wendy Williams? has set a new ratings record for the network. The documentary averaged 1.2 million total viewers over the two nights in Nielsen Live+3, and 6.2 million total viewers across linear and digital platforms to date.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events After months of speculation, Ryan Gosling will officially perform “I’m Just Ken” live at the Oscars. Sources tell Variety that the actor will sing the Academy Award-nominated song from “Barbie” during the 96th annual ceremony on March 10. The Academy declined to comment.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “I don’t know if you guys know this, but I just turned 21,” Olivia Rodrigo told her audience during the opening show of her 2024 tour Friday night. (They knew.) “I’m really fucking excited about it — big birthday.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and EventsFebruary kicked off with a slew of Grammy pre-parties before the big awards night, which included a Miley Cyrus performance, a surprise appearance by Celine Dion and Variety cover star Victoria Monét going home with multiple statuettes.At about the same time, “Rustin” star Colman Domingo was in New York City being honored by the Human Rights Campaign and Selena Gomez joined her friend, first-time director, Nicola Peltz-Beckham at the premiere of “Lola” in Los Angeles.Despite the torrential downpour clobbering Los Angeles, Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton premiered their new Zelda Williams-directed horror comedy, “Lisa Frankenstein,” at the Hollywood Athletic Club after a location change from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery due to the bad weather.Keep checking back here all month long for the best February celebrity pics from Hollywood, New York and beyond.Olivia Rodrigo kicks off her Guts World Tour at Acrisure Arena on Feb. 23 in Palm Springs, California.“Kung Fu Panda 4” star James Hong at his Hand and Footprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on Feb.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Danielle Brooks is tired. For a very good reason. She’s in Los Angeles for the SAG Awards after a 13-hour flight from New Zealand, where she’s spent the last month shooting the movie adaptation of the popular video game “Minecraft” with Jack Black and Jason Momoa.

The murder trial of Harmony Montgomery continues with another witness against the accused murderer. This time a friend of Adam Montgomery, the father accused of murdering the 5-year-old, took the stand to reveal more disturbing details of the alleged abuse the child faced. According to the Associated Press,

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Everyone could use a good cry now and again. And what better way to get those tears flowing than watching a movie? Variety caught up with this year’s Oscar nominees at the Academy’s annual nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton to find out the last time they cried at the movies. “I cried at ‘Parallel Mothers,’” said “Oppenheimer” star Emily Blunt.

Coronation Street's Joel Deering (Calum Lill) might be hiding another secret about his real plans for Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) on the ITV soap. Fans think there's more to the story after Joel’s lies started to unravel in the latest episode. Dee-Dee was heartbroken when she discovered what her new boyfriend had been keeping from her.

The mother of Audrii Cunningham feels like she “failed” her daughter.

Emma Stone has said that she will never make a Taylor Swift joke again after the backlash she received following the Golden Globes.In a new interview with Variety, the Poor Things actor addressed the moment in which she made a joke about Swift during a backstage press conference after winning the award for Best Actress In A Musical Or Comedy.During the press conference, Stone was asked about Swift, who was cheering her on. Stone went on to joke about the ‘Bejeweled’ singer saying, “What an asshole, am I right?” Though it was a joke, fans of the pop singer took it to heart and were offended.Speaking about the moment with Variety, Stone said: “I definitely won’t make a joke like that again, because I saw headlines that really pulled it out of context.” The actor then proceeded to point at her self and say “What a dope.”Taylor Swift reacts to Emma Stone winning her Golden Globes.

Joey King is keeping in touch with Gypsy Rose Blanchard!