• Broadway ‘Wicked’ star Amanda Jane Cooper marries Andrew Bell over Zoom

    Broadway ‘Wicked’ star Amanda Jane Cooper marries Andrew Bell over Zoom

    Broadway star Amanda Jane Cooper and Andrew Bell made the best out of their canceled wedding. Cooper, 31, and Bell, 30, were supposed to get married on April 25 in Pennsylvania but moved their nuptials up to April 4 in light of the coronavirus lockdown so they could start their lives together. “My husband and …
  • Spotify adds 6 million subscribers but warns of coronavirus hit

    Spotify adds 6 million subscribers but warns of coronavirus hit

    Music streaming giant Spotify added another 6 million paying customers in the first quarter but lowered its revenue forecast as ad sales got hit by the economic fallout of the pandemic. The global health crisis began to slam Spotify’s business in late February, the Stockholm-based company said Wednesday, with steeper declines in hard-hit markets such …
  • Surprise! Why ‘Cats’ wasn’t the biggest box office bomb of 2019

    Surprise! Why ‘Cats’ wasn’t the biggest box office bomb of 2019

    Deadline’s annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year’s most profitable films. For a third year in a row, we decided to look at the ones that amounted to a big swing and a miss. Here are the movies our experts said posted the worst losses of 2019. X-Men: Dark Phoenix 20th …
  • ‘Diana’ star Judy Kaye talks Broadway shutdown, Queen Elizabeth

    ‘Diana’ star Judy Kaye talks Broadway shutdown, Queen Elizabeth

    Actors know the show must go on. But how about when the show mustn’t go on. Previewing in Broadway’s Longacre was “Diana.” The musical glorifying the late Princess of Wales — the first Mrs. HRH Charles the future King of England, mother of Princes William and Harry, coulda woulda been mother-in-law of me-me-me-Meghan. The opening …
  • Johnny Depp performs John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ for benefit

    Johnny Depp performs John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ for benefit

    Actor Johnny Depp showed his musical prowess during a livestreamed festival this Sunday, performing a cover of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero.” The 56-year-old sang the track, off Lennon’s 1970 album “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band” and accompanied himself on acoustic guitar for the Pathway to Paris virtual festival, honoring Earth Day’s 50th anniversary. The event …
  • Rolling Stones top charts with ‘Living in a Ghost Town’

    Rolling Stones top charts with ‘Living in a Ghost Town’

    The legendary Rolling Stones got some satisfaction with a new chart-topping song, their first No. 1 hit on iTunes. On Thursday, the band released  “Living in a Ghost Town,” with an accompanying video, and the track jumped to the top of the iTunes’ song chart, besting recent efforts by Drake, Travis Scott, The Weeknd and Justin …
  • Musical sensation ‘Six’ releases worldwide video

    Musical sensation ‘Six’ releases worldwide video

    While the queens of ‘Six’ may not be reigning on Broadway or the West End, they managed to find a way to inspire their pandemic-panicked fans — by enlisting them in a music video. A couple of weeks ago, the ‘Six’ Instagram account asked fans to sing part of a song that would be featured …
  • Prince’s legacy at center of feud between Sheila E. and Apollonia

    Prince’s legacy at center of feud between Sheila E. and Apollonia

    Prince is at the center of a feud between former paramours Sheila E. and Apollonia, four years after his death. Apollonia, band members, and sources, who worked with the “Purple Rain” legend are accusing Sheila E. of cashing in on his legacy. They even claim Prince was estranged from the singer, and a source told …
  • NYC artist Vice Verses honored after death with massive Zoom conference

    NYC artist Vice Verses honored after death with massive Zoom conference

    Heavyweight hip hop MC Jason Williams, known by the name Vice Verses, is being honored with a massive teleconference after his death last week. “Jason ‘Vice Verses’ Williams passed away last week and an entire, worldwide community is mourning … and celebrating. Celebrating the life of someone whose flowers will come attached with words like …
  • Insane Clown Posse cancels Gathering of the Juggalos due to coronavirus

    Insane Clown Posse cancels Gathering of the Juggalos due to coronavirus

    They may be crazy but they’re not stupid. Controversial rap duo Insane Clown Posse showed they aren’t clowning around when it comes to the coronavirus epidemic — as they canceled their wild yearly fan festival called the Gathering of the Juggalos. “Bottom line is simply that we REFUSE to risk even ONE Juggalo life by …