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EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Roseman is exiting Banijay UK‘s unscripted label Initial to relocate to New York.

Thania Garcia Billie Eilish will host two album listening events ahead of her third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” slated for release May 17. The free events presented by American Express, and produced by Live Nation, will take place on May 15 in New York City’s Barclays Center in association YouTube Music and on May 16 in Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in association Snapchat. Eilish’s forthcoming album will be available on all digital platforms, and in a continued effort to minimize waste and combat climate change; across all physical formats in limited variants on the same day, with the same track-listing and using 100% recyclable materials.

Jared Leto won’t be walking up the iconic steps outside of the 2024 Met Gala in a few days, but he’s still delivering a chic look in New York City.

TikTok is capping off this week of NewFronts in New York with an even larger extravaganza than its first-ever edition in 2023.

Emily Longeretta It was a day of support and encouragement among women — peppered with some hope for change — at Variety‘s Power of Women, presented by Lifetime, on Thursday. The event, which took place at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, honored Shonda Rhimes, Anitta, Mariska Hargitay and Amy Schumer, and was hosted by comedian Amber Ruffin. Before the honorees took the stage, Denise, Dominique and Tanya Brown, the sisters of the late Nicole Brown Simpson, paid tribute to their sister following the debut of the trailer for Lifetime’s upcoming docuseries, “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.” The four-part special won’t linger on the crime or the “trial of the century,” in which Brown’s ex-husband, O.J.

Anne Hathaway only heard crickets when she asked the audience a question during her appearance Monday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”The Oscar winner, 41, was promoting her new rom-com, “The Idea of You,” when she inquired: “Has anybody here read the book?”Spoiler alert: No.The crowd went silent as Fallon interjected, “No, we don’t read. This is ‘The Tonight Show.’ You want to go to Stephen Colbert if you want to get people to read books.

Selena Kuznikov Paul Auster, the acclaimed novelist who also wrote and directed films, died at his home in New York City on April 30. He was 77. Auster’s novels centered around questions of identity, language and personal meaning.

Jude Law steps out in a tight white tee-shirt to do some shopping on Monday (April 29) in New York City.

Deadmau5.While there is some speculation as to the exact origin of his mousy moniker, most have decided it emerged from computer shorthand for “Dead Mouse,” allegedly the chat room username he adopted after discovering an expired rodent in his keyboard years ago — these claims remain unconfirmed.Regardless of the origin story, most of Deamau5’s followers probably associate the slender, tatted-up, 43-year-old music producer with his anomalous onstage appearance. He is often caught bobbing to his beats in a glowing, oversized helmet shaped like a smiling, cartoon mouse helmet.It’s difficult to know exactly what goes through the mind of the six-time Grammy Award-nominated producer who hails from Canada and has survived over a quarter century in one of the most trying creative industries known to man: music.Even more astonishing is how the prodigy has stirred up enough energy to develop his ‘Retro5pective Tour’ that transports fans through time with selections of the greatest hits from his illustrious career, on top of new, unperformed material.“It’s just kind of like an extra long show of me trying to cram in as much as I can from day one to now,” Zimmerman told the New York Post in an exclusive interview, just a couple of days after playing the Hollywood Bowl.The prolific EDM icon is looking forward to putting on potentially even longer sets at the Brooklyn Mirage in New York City on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3.“For the Hollywood Bowl, it’s probably the most unionized, crazy venue in all of America so we’re very constricted to time,” he presumed.

Paul Auster, the celebrated author of nearly three-dozen books — including Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Invisible, The Book of Illusions and The New York Trilogy — screenwriter on Wayne Wang’s Smoke and director of Lulu on the Bridge, has died. His friend, Jacki Lyden, confirmed the news to the New York Times. Auster was 77.

Two of the more anticipated star turns on Broadway this season – Steve Carell making his Broadway debut in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Uncle Vanya and The Sopranos Michael Imperioli returning to the New York stage in Circle in the Square’s An Enemy of The People – got no love from Tony Award nominators today, and the West End hit Patriots, written by The Crown‘s Peter Morgan, barely registered on the roster with only one nom – for lead actor Michael Stuhlbarg.

Julie Seabaugh Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out the new rules of the comedy scene. Live wherever. New York too expensive? Los Angeles too soul-crushing? Austin … too Texas? Touring headliners now regularly hail from more efficient hubs in Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota or anywhere else with Wi-Fi.

Jaden Smith was spotted having a fun time in New York City. The 25-year-old singer was seen skating around Soho wearing a stylish all-black ensemble, which included wide-leg trousers, and a matching bomber jacket.Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith have adorable Coachella reunionJada Pinkett Smith and Valentina Ferrer support Will Smith and J Balvin at CoachellaWillow Smith announces the new release date of her first book “Black Shields Maiden”Jaden was photographed wearing black shoes, a black T-shirt, and a pink beanie. He was all smiles enjoying the day in NYC greeting some of his fans, and taking selfies with them.

Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup was released today by the New York Times.

Selena Gomez included a stunning leather ensemble for her latest business outing. The Hollywood star wore an all-black look for the TIME 100 Summit in New York City at the Lincoln Center, showcasing her sophisticated hairstyle and rocking a soft glam makeup look.Selena Gomez shares makeup-free ‘real’ photoSelena Gomez and Benny Blanco are reportedly in a ‘long-distance’ relationshipSelena Gomez proves pink is her color in her latest red carpet lookThe singer was photographed arriving at the event, where she was chosen as a speaker for the prestigious ceremony.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Any photographer who shoots what’s happening in the gleaming, raw, people-packed carnival of New York City — the stores and walls and towers and alleyways, the celebrities, the endless cross-section of humanity — already has an artistic leg up. But the other leg is what he or she does with it. Weegee shot the violent night world of sin and crime.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music City Parks Foundation has announced the 2024 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, bringing 85 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 13 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. Andra Day, Ethel Cain, Ghostface Killa and Kim Gordon are just four of the artists slated to perform.

it’s all about Taylor Swift.Swift, of course, dropped her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on Friday. The 17-track list is filled with her infamous Easter eggs, songs dedicated to beau Travis Kelce and several lyrical hints about ex-boyfriends Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy and more.But that wasn’t enough for the 14-time Grammy winner.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” in tandem with highlights from the iconic animated series at venues all over North America.New York and New Jersey-based fans of the show are in luck, too.The ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert’ orchestral tour comes to Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on Oct. 8, Red Bank, NJ’s Count Basie Center For The Arts on Oct.

“Bluey” is ending after its supersized Season Three finale were unfounded.A show spokesperson “double-confirmed” to the Australian Broadcasting Company that the popular animated series has “no plans to end the show,” according to the “Today” Show. While fans wait to see what adventures are in store for Bluey, Bingo, Chilli, and Bandit in Season Four, they can catch ‘Bluey’s Big Play’ live on tour all year long.Best of all, tickets for the touring roadshow featuring all of your favorite characters are shockingly cheap.At the time of publication, our team found some seats going for as low as $8 before fees on Vivid Seats.Yes, really.While that price is a bit of an outlier, other shows have tickets starting anywhere from $26 to $370 before fees (to be fair, the show with $370 tickets is also an outlier).New York-based “Bluey” fans are in luck, too.On May 25-26, the show rolls into Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre for four (!) matinee shows that start at 11 a.m.