Patti Newton forced to miss opening night of Grease the Musical after being struck down with COVID

Patti Newton has missed the opening night of her new musical in Melbourne after she was struck down by COVID. On New Year’s Eve, the 78-year-old shared a photo to her Instagram followers of herself lying in bed under a blanket, slipper-clad feet poking out the end. “Happy New Year, hope it’s a wonderful 2024,” … Read more

Rossi hints Quo will only rock the world one more time | Music | Entertainment

Rock icon Francis Rossi, 74, has been enjoying his one-man show called Tunes And Chat. And he has now confided to friends that he is unsure whether the group, which started out in 1962 and began having hits from 1967, will carry on beyond their tour in 2024. The Quo had continued to perform worldwide, … Read more

Nick Carter Shares Family Vid in First Post Since Bobbie Jean’s Death

Nick Carter returned to Instagram a week after his sister Bobbie Jean Carter‘s shocking death to share a sweet family moment. On Dec. 30, the Backstreet Boys singer, 43, shared a video of his and wife Lauren Kitt Carter‘s eldest son Odin, 7, golfing. After the child swings and hits a ball, Nick tells him, “Great shot!” Nick, who also … Read more

Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97

LOS ANGELES — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97. His widow, Marie Musso Green, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her … Read more

Strictly’s Amy Dowden: ‘I feel I was robbed of the year I had planned’

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has said she feels “robbed” of 2023 following her cancer diagnosis. The 33-year-old Welsh dancer has had a mastectomy, chemotherapy and fertility treatment throughout this year and is looking forward to being “fit and healthy” in 2024. She also hopes to win the BBC celebrity dance competition’s Glitterball trophy … Read more

Tom Wilkinson obituary | Tom Wilkinson

A prolific actor and reluctant star, Tom Wilkinson, who has died aged 75, possessed many of the qualities of a favourite raincoat: he was unflashy, steadfast and could usually be relied upon when conditions were unfavourable. The director Richard Eyre noted his “moral authority” and a tendency to bring “a sense of gravity and detail … Read more

‘Finally!’: Fans go wild as Zac Efron receives his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Zac Efron has joined some of the biggest names in show business by getting his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The major career milestone saw his Iron Claw co-star Jeremy Allen White and good friend Miles Teller talk about Efron’s achievements from his early days as a High School Musical heartthrob to … Read more

Next James Bond odds – The bookies’ favourites to replace Daniel Craig as 007 | Films | Entertainment

As 2023 comes to a close, could 2024 be the year of the next James Bond announcement? Considering the three-year gap between the release of Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day (2002) and the casting of Daniel Craig (2005), will it be the same after No Time To Die (2021), which is on ITV1 this evening? … Read more