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A musical inspired by the life of Alicia Keys and a play that loosely draws on the story of Fleetwood Mac — Hell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic, respectively — cleaned up at the 2024 Tony Awards nominations. Both received 13 nominations, more than any other show this year. Hell’s Kitchen was …

“Guys, please watch this insane ad I got on TikTok,” the caption of a viralthread on X (formerly Twitter) read last month. The thread, which has more than 20 million views, contains clips from a film titled Forbidden Desires: Alpha’s Love, about a college professor named Adrian who falls in …

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has been very publicly processing her journey through finding a new normal following her release from prison in December 2023 after serving a seven-year sentence. In the time since, the 32-year-old has taken social media by storm, only to later delete her accounts. She’s boasted about living …

For more than three decades, Anita Hill has served as an advocate for workplace rights and a vocal figure in supporting victims and survivors of sexual assault. In the days since a New York appeals court overturned the rape conviction of disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, Hill has been thinking more …

The beloved sitcom Seinfeld was famously never canceled, because co-creator Jerry Seinfeld and his fellow cast members decided they should walk away after nine seasons, leaving viewers wanting more. But for about a decade, Seinfeld has continuously complained that “political correctness” is stifling comedy of the kind that made him …

“Isn’t it crazy that this is how I relax?” Mae Martin and I are in a dark room styled to look like a suite in an old hotel, fumbling as we try to open every cabinet, drawer, and door with a key we’ve just found. Lamps flicker as clattering and …

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Friday just a day after a New York appeals court overturned the rape conviction against the disgraced producer. Prior to the the New York Court of Appeals’ 4-3 decision nullifying the 2020 conviction, Weinstein was serving time his 23-year sentence at a Rome, New York prison. …

Over two months after King Charles III revealed he had been diagnosed with a still-unspecified form of cancer, the monarch has announced he will return to “public-facing duties” in the coming weeks. Outside of a few public appearances — including greeting well-wishers outside of an Easter Sunday church service last …

Twenty-three year old Elijah McClain was stopped by police while walking home from a convenience store in Aurora, Colorado, on Aug. 24, 2019. Someone had called 911 and said he was wearing a ski mask and looked “sketchy.” When officers arrived, they pulled him to the ground and placed McClain …

Four years after Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape in New York, a victory for the #MeToo movement, the disgraced film mogul’s conviction has been overturned. On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals reached a 4-3 decision to overturn the conviction. In a 77-page decision, the majority of …