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Perth Now
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Musical theatre stars are out in force for the Tony awards
The biggest stars of Broadway were celebrating their craft at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards this morning. It was a strong start for Australian talent, Sarah Snook took home the trophy in the best actress category, in what entertainment insiders considered a highly anticipated win. Host Cynthia Erivo of Wicked! and The Color Purple fame took down the house with a stunning performance of her original number 'Sometimes All You Need Is Song.' Leading the charge in the nominations are productions Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending each with ten nominations. The awards show has been going since 1947 and this year's broadcast will feature a performance by the cast of Hamilton to celebrate ten years since the show emerged on Broadway and dominated the scene. Hamilton still leads as the musical production with the most nominations in Tony history with 16. Actors, actresses and performers seen stunning the red carpet include Keanu Reeves and Bill and Ted costar Alex Winter, Glenn Close, Adam Lambert, Bryan Cranston, George and Amal Clooney, and Katie Holmes. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Katie Holmes attends The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor Tony Awards Productions) Credit: Cindy Ord / Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: (L-R) Glenn Close, Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho attend The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor Tony Awards Productions) Kevin Mazur Credit: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: (L-R) Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter attend The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor Tony Awards Productions) Kevin Mazur Credit: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: (L-R) Bryan Cranston and Daryl Roth attend The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage) Arturo Holmes Credit: Arturo Holmes / WireImage NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Dylan Mulvaney attends The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor Tony Awards Productions) Mike Coppola Credit: Mike Coppola / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Leslie Odom Jr. (L) attends The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor Tony Awards Productions) Mike Coppola Credit: Mike Coppola / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
Forbes
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Madonna Announces A New Album Dropping Next Month
Madonna announces Veronica Electronica, a remix album of Ray of Light era tracks, arriving July 25 ... More and led by 'Skin (The Collaboration Remix Edit).' NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) For several months now, Madonna has been teasing the next chapter of her musical career. The superstar revealed on social media not long ago that she's working on a follow-up to her album Confessions on a Dance Floor, which she is currently referring to as Confessions 2. There's no word yet on when fans will get to hear anything from that project. But they won't have to wait long before they can listen to new tunes from the icon, as she has announced a completely separate full-length that's set to arrive in only a few weeks. Madonna has announced a new album titled Veronica Electronica. The full-length remix set is expected to drop on July 25. The first tune from the project, "Skin (The Collaboration Remix Edit)," was shared at the time of the announcement. Veronica Electronica features seven previously unreleased and rare remixes of songs from her album Ray of Light. The tracklist includes smashes like "Frozen," "Nothing Really Matters," and, of course, the title track, as well as several other cuts. Fans who pick up a copy of the album will also be treated to a never-before-shared demo of the song "Gone, Gone, Gone," which wasn't originally featured on Ray of Light. According to a press release announcing Veronica Electronica, the album was apparently conceived back in 1998 during her Ray of Light era. When the full-length took off and became hugely successful—perhaps more so than some in her camp were expecting—the remixes were put aside and never revisited until now, more than a quarter-century later. It's now been almost six years since Madonna released a new studio full-length. Madame X, her fourteenth project, dropped in the summer of 2019. The Grammy winner has reportedly already played Confessions 2 for some people, but when it comes to the general public, she's remaining quiet about the set. Madonna is also currently busy prepping a Netflix miniseries about her life, which was once meant to be a feature-length film, but which appears to have shifted mediums, perhaps in order to fit more story in.
Forbes
5 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Michael Jackson's Hugely Popular Collection Reaches A Landmark Figure
Michael Jackson's The Essential hits 208 weeks on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart, joining ... More Thriller, Off the Wall, and Number Ones in achieving that feat. VARIOUS, VARIOUS - JUNE 25: **IMAGE RESTRICTED - NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE IN A NORTH AMERICAN MAGAZINE COVER UNTIL JULY 11, 2009** Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1995. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Michael Jackson's collection of hit singles is so vast and so popular – even to this day – that at least one of his albums remains a fixture on the charts in the United Kingdom. While the specific title that appears may change over time, it's often one compilation or another that earns a spot, as it's typically powered by streams of his many smashes. Several of these collections have managed lengthy stays on the Official Albums chart, and this week, one of his most successful releases reaches a special milestone. The Essential — one of the countless hit-packed sets released by Jackson and his estate over the years — has now spent 208 weeks on the Official Albums chart. The tally ranks the most consumed full-lengths of any kind in the U.K., whether they be traditional studio LPs or compilations, and it's where Jackson can almost always be found. This frame, The Essential dips slightly from No. 17 to No. 20, which is an impressive placement for a project that has now spent four full years on the roster. The Essential is the fourth Jackson release to reach that milestone on the main albums chart in the U.K. The gathering of beloved tunes trails far behind another compilation, Number Ones, which leads all of Jackson's efforts, with 587 frames spent on the Official Albums ranking. In between the two compilations are Thriller and Off the Wall, with 261 and 225 weeks on the tally, respectively. Streaming activity is largely responsible for keeping The Essential going strong. While the set doesn't appear on any of the U.K.-based lists of top-selling albums, it does climb on the Official Albums Streaming chart. This week, it rises from No. 14 to No. 11, nearly reentering the top 10. Just a few weeks ago, it celebrated 10 years — a full decade — on the list of the most-streamed collections in the nation. Originally released in the summer of 2005, The Essential shot to No. 1 in the U.K. and is one of Jackson's 10 chart-topping projects in the country. It's the go-to release for many fans in the country whenever they want to hear one of his timeless tunes, and like a handful of other superstar projects, The Essential may always have a space on the ranking — at least unless it's eventually replaced by another compilation.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
"Kids Are Not Your Political Pawns": 24 Tweets Calling Out The Ridiculousness Of Politics This Week
Editor's Note: While we can't endorse what X has become, we can bring you the worthwhile moments that still exist there, curated and free of the surrounding chaos. American politics is chaos right now, but I find it comforting to know I'm not alone in thinking the world has gone bananas. So, here are 24 of the best, most relatable, and sometimes funny political tweets from the last week: 1. 2. 3. 4. NCN / Twitter: @NoLieWithBTC 5. 6. ABC / Twitter: @RepSwalwell 7. TACO stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. Related: 18 Major Global Events That American Media Is Ignoring Right Now, And Why They Actually Matter To Us 8. 9. 10. 11. Related: "MAGAs Are The Dumbest People On This Planet": 26 Tweets About The Sad State Of Politics This Week 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. MeritTV / Twitter: @pdmcleod 21. Kevin Mazur/ACMA2017/Getty Images for ACM / Twitter: @bjoewolf 22. 23. 24. And finally: Skyline Report / Twitter: @SkylineReport See you next week! For more political tweets, check out our most recent roundup: "This Is Why Oklahoma Is 49th In Education": 21 Tweets Calling Out The Absolute Chaos Of Politics This Week Also in In the News: An Ad Against Far-Right Voters Is Going Viral For Being Both Terrifying And (Kinda) Accurate Also in In the News: Miss USA's 2024 "National Costume" Has Been Revealed, And It's Obviously An Interesting Choice Also in In the News: One Body Language Expert Spotted Something Very Telling When Donald Trump "Held His Own Hand" At His Recent Press Conference
Forbes
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Madonna's Life Is Coming To The Small Screen — And Her Music Is Back On The Charts
Madonna's 'Erotica' and 'Like a Prayer' return to U.K. charts amid excitement over her new album ... More Confessions 2 and a just-announced Netflix miniseries. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 04: Madonna performs onstage during "The Celebration Tour: at Copacabana beach on May 04, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation) There's a lot of excitement around Madonna at the moment. In the first half of 2025, she began teasing that she is working on a new album, and there are even reports that she has played it for some people. There's no word yet on when Confessions 2 — apparently a sequel to her Grammy-winning Confessions on a Dance Floor — will arrive, but the mere mention that she is back in the studio is thrilling to many of her longtime fans. A new Netflix miniseries around her life has also recently been announced. Again, there isn't a solid timeline, and hopefully this doesn't end up like her feature film, which went through several starts and stops and may now be dead in the water as she pivots to a series. Amidst all of this excitement, fans in the United Kingdom have also recently returned to buying some of Madonna's biggest hits — the ones that turned her into the global superstar she is today — sending multiple cuts back to different tallies as they keep buying in various formats. Two of Madonna's songs appear on the charts in the U.K. at the moment. There's no overlap in terms of which rankings they appear on, and both of them only find space on one list apiece. Between the two, 'Erotica' is the top performer. That track reenters the Official Physical Singles chart at No. 75. The cut debuted on the list in 2017 and was last seen in the second-to-last position in December. 'Like a Prayer' is also a bestseller again, but only barely this frame. It breaks back onto the Official Singles Downloads chart at No. 97. The classic only debuted on that tally in May of last year and was a consistent bestseller for months. It's only been a few weeks since 'Like a Prayer' last appeared on the downloads-only list. Both 'Erotica' and 'Like a Prayer' have reached the top 10 on their respective tallies, but neither one has hit No. 1, despite ranking among her most familiar tunes. Coincidentally, the two have spent exactly 36 weeks each on the rosters where they currently reside. Of course, the tracks have been around for decades and are still relatively new to these rosters, but they enjoyed major success on the Official Singles chart — the ranking of the most-consumed songs in the nation — many years before they debuted on either of these two lists. Madonna also enjoys a similar performance on the albums rankings, as two projects appear on one list apiece. The Immaculate Collection jumps almost 50 spaces on the Official Album Downloads chart, surging from No. 93 to No. 47. At the same time, Finally Enough Love drops just four spots to No. 96 on the Official Albums Streaming tally.
