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Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo and Hozier will headline the 2025 edition of Governors Ball, New York City’s biggest music festival. Gov Ball — which featured an iconic performance from Chappell Roan last year — will make its return to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on June 6-8, once again aligning with New York Music […]

Tony Slattery, a British actor and comedian known for his improv skills on Channel 4’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” died on Tuesday. He was 65. Slattery’s longtime partner, Mark Michael Hutchinson, confirmed the news to the BBC and said the cause of death was a heart attack. “It is with great sadness we must […]

Mandy Moore and her family were taken in by fellow actor Hilary Duff and her husband Matthew Koma after their home burned down in the L. A. fires, Moore’s brother-in-law Griffin Goldsmith revealed in a heartfelt Instagram post (via People). Duff and Koma also helped launch the GoFundMe campaign for Goldsmith’s family after they lost their […]

Neo Sora, the filmmaker and artist behind “Happyend,” has signed with Cinetic Media. The move comes after “Happyend,” which Sora wrote as well as directed, premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. It went on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival, earning positive reviews […]

Rashida Jones, a respected news operator who has led MSNBC for four years, will leave the NBCUniversal cable outlet to pursue other opportunities, she informed executives and staffers Tuesday. She will be replaced on an interim basis by Rebecca Kutler, a veteran news executive with a long track record of managing talent and devising innovative […]

A new true-crime podcast about the theft of iconic Austrian empress Sisi’s diamond in the 1990s is set to launch on Curiouscast later this month. Written by Emma Jane Kirby and hosted by Seren Jones, “A Most Audacious Heist” will introduce listeners to Daniel Blanchard, who in 1998 stole the Star of Empress Sisi, a […]