Working With Betty Wright Was a 'Magical Experience,' Recalls S-Curve Records President Steve Greenberg

By Marc Malkin

Last October, Klas Bergling visited the New York offices of suicide prevention organization Vibrant Health.

Breaking the rules! Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) and Justin Bieber’s first kiss may not have gone down the way it did if she listened to her parents.

Looks like quarantine doesn’t mean much to some of your fav celebs, Roomies! Dave East is the latest to be placed into handcuffs while cruising through New York. Video of the incident surfaced online, and Dave can be seen being removed from an SUV and put into handcuffs.

The new series is a collaboration between Audio Up and NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

Coal Country's run at New York's Public Theater has been cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. But Steve Earle is still abundantly enthusiastic about Ghosts of West Virginia, the album that came alongside the production and is premiering exclusively below.

By Variety Staff

Ben Stiller appeared on Tuesday's at-home edition of The Tonight Show and told some of his favorite stories about his late father, Jerry Stiller. For instance, the 54-year-old actor recalled the time his dad helped him chase down a kid who stole his bike.

Saying goodbye. Ben Stiller opened up about his close bond with his father, Jerry Stiller, and being able to be by his side in the end.

Ben Stiller and his sister Amy were by their father’s side during his final moments, the Zoolander actor, 54, revealed in a new interview. And, despite having slowed down a bit, Ben told The New Yorker that Jerry Stiller was his funny self “until the end.” Jerry died of natural causes at the age of 92 on May 11, his son confirmed on Twitter.

Saying goodbye. Ben Stiller opened up about his close bond with his father, Jerry Stiller, and being able to be by his side in the end.

By Marc Malkin

“Battlefield Earth” might finally have some competition for the title of worst movie.

The week of March 21, when Dua Lipa’s second album, Future Nostalgia leaked online, she was supposed to be flying to New York for her appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Instead, because of the ongoing pandemic, Lipa was home in London sharing a tearful Instagram Live about the decision to release her project a week earlier than expected.

When Ben Platt released his debut solo album Sing to Me Instead in April of last year, he’d already won both a Tony and a Grammy for his work in the Broadway smash Dear Evan Hansen. Still, success in the pop sphere wasn’t a guarantee for a performer known best from theater and the Pitch Perfect movies.

Betty Wright, a Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter known for influential hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Where is the Love," died at age 66 at her home in Miami on Sunday. Steve Greenberg of S-Curve Records told the New York Times Wright had been diagnosed with cancer in the fall.