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Broadway’s biggest night will have to wait.Amid a total shutdown of Broadway theaters in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the 74th annual Tony Awards, scheduled for June 7, have been postponed until an undecided date.Earlier this month, the theater industry announced that Broadway venues would go dark through April 12, and as the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down, that date is expected to be pushed back to May or June.Tony Award Productions, the company that puts on the awards show, said on Wednesday that the new date for the Tonys would be announced when Broadway reopened its doors. The production company is a joint operation of the Broadway League and the American Theater Wing; the awards ceremony is regularly aired on CBS, and while not a ratings bonanza, it has proved a reliable draw in a fractured media landscape.The suspension of plays and musicals came at a time when Broadway is usually packed with openings to meet the eligibility deadline for awards. Between March 12, the night that Broadway shut down, and April 23, Broadway had 16 openings scheduled, including “Six,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Take Me Out.”It has already been a devastating few weeks for those working in the theater industry. Coronavirus has cost thousands of people their jobs and has already led producers to close two plays, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Hangmen,” before they even opened.Broadway producers have agreed to pay hundreds of actors, musicians, stagehands and other employees for the first few weeks of the industry shutdown.It is unclear how eligibility rules for the Tony Awards will change in response to the postponement.“We are looking forward to celebrating Broadway and our industry when it is safe to do so,” the company said in a statement. More

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Lamar announced his new show in a video which he posted on his Instagram account over the weekend with Sabrina Parr sharing in the clip that the new show would reveal their ‘true love.’
Mar 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – Wendy Williams returned with a new YouTube video for her online talk show “Wendy @ Home”. On Tuesday, March 24, the 55-year-old TV personality discussed many things including Lamar Odom and his fiancee Sabrina Parr’s newly-announced digital series.
“Lamar and Sabrina, nobody care’s about y’all’s relationship,” Wendy said of the couple’s upcoming show in parnertship with For Us By Us Network that is scheduled to air on Hot New Hip Hop in spring. “Sabrina is a life coach but she’s got a whole bunch of arrest pictures at the police precinct.”
“And Lamar says he’s a sex addict and they say they don’t want to have sex until they get married. You know what, I feel dirty doing the story,” she continued putting the couple on a blast.
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Lamar announced his new show in a video which he posted on his Instagram account over the weekend. Sabrina shared in the clip that the new show would reveal their “true love,” before adding, “[It’s] about imperfect people but the point is we love each other and we fought really hard for this relationship and we’re still here.”
“Come rock with us and watch us put all the speculations to rest. New Series coming Spring 2020 exclusively on @forusbyusnetwork @hotnewhiphop Executive Producers @lamarOdom @Getuptoparr @RobertoRushEvans @sashadelvalle,” Lamar captioned it.

This is not the first time for Wendy to diss Lamar and Sabrina, who announced their surprise engagement in November 2019, much to Lamar’s 17-year-old son’s surprise. “By yesterday morning, Lamar Jr. went on the gram and apologized, saying that he was emotional and caught off guard also that he has nothing but love for his dad,” she said. “But here’s the thing, at the very least you’re supposed to make big announcements about your life to your family, behind the scenes. And then you go in front of the scenes and you talk about stuff. But, these are his two kids.”
Since it appeared that Lamar didn’t tell any of his family members before making the announcement, Wendy felt that Lamar Jr. had all the right to feel upset. “I agree with Lamar Jr., and good for you young man to take it down, but you don’t have to. I understand what you’re saying,” she said. Later on, Wendy gushed over the “beautiful” ring that Lamar got for her now-fiancee Sabrina.

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This starts after Karlie fails to show up to Sierra’s court date to testify to vouch for her amid the latter’s legal trouble as she’s accused of attacking her ex-husband Shooter’s other pregnant baby mama.
Mar 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” season 9 opens with a thick tension between cast members Sierra Gates and Karlie Redd. Sierra was facing legal troubles after she was accused of attacking her ex-husband Shooter’s other pregnant baby mama while at the funeral of Shooter’s teenaged son last year. Karlie promised to testify on the court to defend her, but for some reasons Karlie didn’t show up to Sierra’s court date to testify on her behalf.
It appeared that her car was stuck in traffic when she was on the way to her co-star’s court date. However, someone tipped Sierra off that Karlie never had intentions to come and vouch for her. She confronted Karlie at her party and that ensued an altercation between the two with Karlie threatening to renege on her testimony.
“It’s not about you! This is about me!” Sierra yelled. Karlie then responded, “Keep that same energy because I know that you need me to be there.”
Sierra fired back, “I don’t need you to do a motherf***in’ thing! I got a great lawyer. I’mma keep that energy! Don’t ever think I need you, ’cause that’s where you got me f***ed up! I love you enough to not whoop yo’ a**! Karlie, get yo’ a** up out of here!…I got one case, I don’t wanna catch another one!”
They kept arguing and that only escalated when Sierra started to physically attack Karlie. She put her hand on Karlie’s face. Others were trying to separate them but at one point, Sierra grabbed a handful of Karlie’s hair.

Viewers seemingly were siding with Karlie on this case. “The problem is that Sierra heard sum he say, she say s**t and actually believed it. A real friend would’ve came and talked to their friend to get their side of the story,” an Instagram user said. One other commented, “Sierra did tooooo much. Karlie didnt deserve that.”
Meanwhile, someone believed that Sierra was highly likely to get another case with how her behaved. “So this is how you prove that you didn’t first throw punch at your ex bby mada ok. Let tbe judge see this before n see if you would have been freed of the charges,” another comment read.

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The ‘Roar’ hitmaker tweets that Makayla Brownlee has nothing to be embarrassed about after being moved to tears watching the aspiring singer beautifully covered Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Rainbow’.
Mar 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – “American Idol” judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie rushed to the aid of contestant Makayla Brownlee after she abruptly walked off stage and fell to the ground backstage during her Hollywood Week audition.
During Monday’s episode of the TV talent contest, the singer took the stage for her solo performance in front of the famous trio, but cut her performance short and swiftly left the stage.
After collapsing to the ground, Perry, Bryan and Richie ran over to see what was happening, at which point on-site medical personnel were attending to Brownlee, and ambulances were called as she began to have a seizure.
“In seventh grade, I was diagnosed with vasovagal syncope,” Brownlee explained of the long-term ailment that she’s been dealing with for years, in an interview shot after the incident. “It’s a heart condition that causes me to react to stress differently than other people, and it could cause a seizure.”
“She can’t control it. She’s embarrassed, but physically, she’s 100 percent all right,” her father added. “This opportunity is so important for her. I’d hate to see it inhibited in any way because she’s such a good singer. She works so hard at it.”
Although it was unclear whether or not Brownlee would be able to return to perform, she later made her triumphant return, much to the excitement of the judges.
“Let’s try this again,” a noticeably calmer Brownlee told the judges with a smile, as Perry supportively replied, “You got this!”
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The aspiring star went on to wow the judges with a powerful performance of Kacey Musgraves’ “Rainbow”, with “Roar” star Perry reduced to tears as she explained that Brownlee’s condition really puts things in perspective when it comes to being stressed out or tired, as they put her through to the next round.
“Nothing to be embarrassed about, #MakaylaBrownlee. We all handle stress differently,” the pop star wrote on Twitter as the episode was broadcast. “That was the sweetest performance of ‘Rainbow’ #MakalylaBrownlee. So thrilled you were able to come back and sing for us and give us that perspective we need to be reminded of sometimes.”

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For her portrayal of complicated women, Janet McTeer frequently sends audiences into fits of rapture. That includes the co-chief theater critics of The New York Times: Jesse Green called her “a riveting Shakespearean” (in the title roles of “Bernhardt/Hamlet”); and Ben Brantley wrote that she was “the theater’s timely answer to the Hale-Bopp comet” (for her Tony Award-winning Nora in “A Doll’s House”).McTeer’s television characters are only slightly less formidable, like Helen Pierce, the cartel lawyer in Netflix’s “Ozark.” And she’s slated to play Carolyn Brock, the omnipotent gatekeeper in Showtime’s “The President Is Missing,” whose production has been halted by the coronavirus pandemic.Earlier this month, while hunkered down in her Maine home, McTeer pondered the 10 things — categories, really — she can’t live without. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.1. British HistoryI’m always fascinated about the history of England. When I was at school, it was one of my favorite subjects. I love the fact that Alison Weir writes about women who are often byproducts of men in history — women who were in some kind of power before women were ever supposed to be in power. Hilary Mantel, I just absolutely love her novels. And actually, now that we have this enforced alone-at-home time, I’m going to read “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies.” And then I’ve ordered her new book, “The Mirror and the Light,” and I’m beyond excited to read that.2. The TheaterLife would be very sad if I couldn’t see plays. And not a specific play, because I feel like that takes something away from all the others — because when I say theater, I mean all of it. You know that magical little thing where you go into a place and the lights go down? It never fails to excite me.I took my godson for his 14th birthday to see “Six,” the musical, and it was just so joyful. There were all these wonderful young women onstage, and it was very sort of what I would call post-feminist. I can’t see that that would’ve happened when I was young. It’s so embracing of women — not just women against men, but women regardless of men, just standing up on their own. And they did it with such humor and great skill and these incredible voices, and it was just divine. There’s something so wonderful about any form of art being reinvented. I find that just silly, charming and utterly delightful.3. The First Movies I BoughtWhen I was young, I didn’t have a television. And then eventually I bought a TV and a video machine, and the films that I bought tell you exactly who I am as a person: “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Citizen Kane,” Olivier’s “Henry V,” “The Sound of Music,” “Apocalypse Now” and “The Terminator.” In my avatar life, I’m either an opera singer, a ballet dancer — or Jason Bourne or James Bond. I really have missed my calling.4. My Home in MaineEver since I was young, I always knew I’d have to have a place to escape to, even if it was just for a walk in the countryside. I get very claustrophobic in towns after a while. I love the pace. I love the culture. I love the fashion. I love the coffee. I love the lipstick. I love the people. I love it all. It’s so inspiring and fulfilling and energizing — and then I just get too much. Then I like to be in nature. I’m looking out my window right now at the rain and all of these trees, and you just feel like your brain empties. You clear out everything between characters, between too much stimulus from the world. I find that very, very necessary.When I was doing “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” I learned whole swaths of “Hamlet” sitting on the deck in the sunshine, and it was lovely. When I’m trying to create a character, I need very much to be by myself. And I need to just wander around as that person and say my lines out loud. You can’t do that in the middle of Starbucks. Well, I mean, you can, but you might be arrested.5. DemocracyI find it just so fascinating to watch how different generations change, and how they change other people’s minds, how they change the laws. And the democracy of America is just so extraordinary: the Constitution, the amendments to the Constitution, something that we don’t really have in England in that same way. I’ve always found that interesting, but because I’m doing “The President Is Missing,” it’s even more so. We went to visit [Congress] a couple of weeks ago, and I, like every other tourist, took a lot of pictures. And the picture that is my favorite, that is currently my screen saver, was Nancy Pelosi’s sign on her office door.6. PoetryMy husband, Joseph Coleman, is a wonderful poet. He sees things in a different way than I do, and he writes poems describing things that I would never know or am not party to. It makes me feel like I know him better. And it’s always that wonderful thing when your partner does something that you couldn’t do. There’s always a little bit of distance between you that’s just so kind of thrilling. I also love Billy Collins because he always comes at my brain sideways. I find him very funny because he catches me off guard. Just when you think you know where a poem is going, it turns the other way.7. National Geographic PhotographsI’m not really a social media person. But one of the very few things that I follow on Instagram, apart from my family, is National Geographic. I just love seeing photographs of the natural world, of places that I’ve never been.8. Ballet, Opera and MusicalsI act on the stage, so I know what it’s like waiting in the wings, preparing. But when I go and see opera, when I go and see ballet, when I go and see musicals, I just find them so life-affirming, because they do something I could never do. I went to see Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake” twice in its final week. I saw “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met not that long ago. And “West Side Story” — I loved that one, too.9. The Museum of Modern ArtMy husband works near there sometimes, so we’ll meet there for lunch. And if he’s got a break, we’ll just wander around and see what’s going on. A while ago I saw Song Dong’s [“Waste Not”]. It was the history of his mother’s life with all of her ingredients laid out, and that was one of my very, very favorites. But there’s always something new that gets your eye.10. The Power of WordsWe live in a world where our means of expression are getting shorter with texts and quick emails, and the art of the letter has gone. And I come from a land where you grew up breathing Shakespeare. In the end, words are just so important to me. Words can become emotional tattoos. If somebody says something beautiful to you, you can remember it forever. More