At a recent rehearsal of a musical with a constellation of big stars, a wiry man in sweatpants with one leg rolled up stood up, stopped the action and made his way to the stage.
"OK," Savion Glover said calmly, as the dancers gathered around. "Listen to what I'm doing here."
Full StoryDiane Lane will be going back to something familiar on Broadway — "The Cherry Orchard."
The Roundabout Theater Company said Tuesday that the "Unfaithful" and "Man of Steel" star will headline their revival of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece this fall.
Full StoryFans of English lower-league football club Doncaster Rovers reacted angrily on Tuesday after One Direction star Louis Tomlinson won an online competition to design their new away shirt.
Tomlinson, who hails from Doncaster, entered the competition on the club's website and his all-black design topped a public poll with 33.7 percent of votes.
Full StoryU.S. entertainment giant Walt Disney Corp said Monday that chief operating officer Thomas Staggs, viewed as the likely successor to chief executive Bob Iger, will step down next month.
Staggs, who previously served as chief financial officer and head of Disney's important parks and resorts division, had been seen as the frontrunner to replace Iger, who is scheduled to retire in two years.
Full StoryCaitlyn Jenner is joining the cast of the acclaimed Amazon streaming series "Transparent."
The show's creator and executive producer Jill Soloway called the news "a dream come true" in an interview Saturday at the GLAAD Media Awards.
Full StoryFor the second year in a row, the iHeartRadio Awards became the iHeartTaylorSwift show.
Not only did Swift claim three prizes, including album of the year, but her bestie and her boyfriend took home trophies, too.
Full StoryThe folk singer Donovan has a secret plan for world peace. It involves ukuleles, meditation and his old friends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
"We are helping a great guy who is getting Israeli and Palestinian children together to play ukuleles for peace," he told AFP on a visit to the French capital.
Full StoryCanadian-based Cirque du Soleil is suing American pop superstar Justin Timberlake, alleging that his hit song "Don't Hold the Wall" illegally borrows from one of the troupe's original musical compositions.
A 10-page complaint filed in New York alleges that Timberlake illegally used parts of the song "Steel Dream," taken from Cirque du Soleil's 1997 album "Quidam."
Full StoryDavid Bowie had many faces -- the attention-grabbing glam rocker, the inward-looking experimentalist -- and for a tribute to his life, leading names in music celebrated him by embracing his eclectic spirit.
Nearly three months after the shock of Bowie's death from an undisclosed battle with cancer, some of the many musicians influenced by the rock legend honored him with two sold-out nights in New York.
Full StoryThe long-awaited Guns N' Roses reunion got off to a surprise early start Friday, with the band playing a show at a small Los Angeles club where the rock legends were first noticed.
Before a lucky 500 fans packed into the Troubadour in West Hollywood, singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash performed for the first time together in public for more than two decades.
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