Meta is bringing its AI Studio to the U.S., allowing creators and Instagram users to build their own AI characters. With the tool, users with the creator account on Instagram can create …
A new chapter in the world of literary adaptations is under way. From a mom falling for a boy band member with The Idea of You starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine to Natalie Portma…
Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin and Ruthie Ann Miles have joined the Broadway cast of McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.  On Monday, the production also announced that "a highly realisti…
The Queen of Versailles, a new musical based on TV personality Jacqueline "Jackie" Siegel, is scheduled to come to Broadway in the 2025-2026 season. The musical, which features a score b…
Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be part of the cast of Twelfth Night, which is set to reopen the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The production…
Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as "a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adv…
Vince Vaughn is set to become a majority stakeholder of the pickleball team the Coachella Valley Scorpions. The team, which was co-owned by Kim Jagd, launched in May, and is one of 12 teams …
Podcasting company Lemonada Media is launching a publishing imprint with Simon & Schuster. Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, is partnering with the podcasting network to…
Hasbro swung to a profit in the second quarter as revenue fell 18 percent due to the divestiture of eOne. The gaming company reported a profit of $138.5 million, after posting a loss of …
Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho will take over the lead roles in Cabaret this fall from Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin. The two will begin performances, as the Emcee and Sally Bowles, …
Cher's highly anticipated memoir is finally getting a release date and cover reveal. Dey Street Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins Publishers, announced on Wednes…
Growing up in Mexico City, Eugenio López Alonso's path was preordained: He was destined to become the fruit juice king of Latin America. As the only child and sole heir of beverage billio…
Hannah Gadsby is bringing their stand-up show, WOOF!, to New York City this fall following its run in Australia and across the United States. The Australian comedian, who rose to fame with t…
Workers at Disneyland reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday, averting the immediate possibility of a strike for 14,000 workers. The workers, which are part of the Master Service…
Ike Perlmutter has sold his entire stake in Disney after he and activist Nelson Peltz lost a proxy fight. Perlmutter, the former Marvel chairman, had banded with Peltz to try to win two …
The winner of five Tony Awards (including best revival of a musical), the latest production of Company arrives at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre on July 30, with Britney Coleman starring…
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The union's backing comes after a unanimous vote of the U.S. mem…
Cole Escola's comedy Oh, Mary! broke the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre last week, grossing $1.05 million and besting the record held by 2022 best musical winner A Strange Loop. Las…
Spotify hit 246 million paying subscribers in the second quarter of 2024, up 12 percent year-over-year. The total number of paid subscriber additions, up 7 million, was 1 million above g…
IATSE is endorsing Kamala Harris for president of the United States. The union, which represents more than 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in Hollywood and across the enterta…
Writers Guild of America East members at Pineapple Street Studios ratified their first collective bargaining agreement, gaining a three-year contract with protections against AI and increase…
Podcast and media executive Geoff Isenman has been named the new CEO of Campside Media, home to the popular podcast franchises, Suspect and Chameleon. With the appointment, Campside co-found…
IATSE has been organizing workers Off-Broadway in a push for greater benefits and a say in the changing theater landscape. Thus far, workers at commercial productions of Titanique and Little…
A tentative new trial date has been set for Harvey Weinstein in New York, following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction. In a hearing Friday, Judge Curtis Farber estimated that j…
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola is retiring from the philanthropic nonprofit organization after 36 years. Viola will retire at the end of 2024 and will be …