Mayor Eric Adams lifts vaccine requirement for New York City concert venues

NEWLY single ALAN CARR has begged David Gandy to set him up with his “chubby chaser” model mates. The comedian, who split from husband Paul Drayton in January, is awaiting his divorce to be finalised.

KIND Tom Parker secretly supported a woman who passed away from a brain tumour just weeks before his own death. The Wanted star became close friends with Amani Liaquat after discovering they shared the same terminal diagnosis.

KATIE Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler has taken a swipe at her by making her former pal his baby son's godmother. Dad-of-three Kieran and fiancée Michelle Penticost announced PR expert Kirsty Shaw-Rayner is one of Apollo's godparents at The Rankin Family Foundation launch.

TARON Egerton has quit West End play Cock due to 'personal reasons'. The A-list star, who has been replaced by understudy Joel Harper-Jackson, has had a torrid run of luck since the show launched last month.

AS hard-nosed copper DCI Frank Burnside in The Bill, actor Chris Ellison was famous for his terse one-liners. But now Chris, 75, has been cast into a twilight world with the same speech debilitating illness as Hollywood action movie Bruce Willis.

Another Rock has spoken out regarding Slapgate; Chris Rock‘s brother, Tony Rock. Defending the most infamous moments of the Oscars 2022, when Will Smith slapped Chris across the face after a joke he made about Jada Pinkett-Smith‘s hair. The slap heard around the world has continued to cause reverberations, and Tony didn’t hold back when he discussed the moment in a new stand-up routine.

IT’S been two years since Sam Smith put out a record, but we can reveal that the superstar is back with an upbeat new single. The velvet-voiced singer is releasing Love Me More, which promises a party, celebratory sound and should guarantee a return to the charts.  They’ve been spotted out letting their hair down on the dance floor lately as the post-pandemic London club scene gets back up and running and it seems they’re bringing the vibe to the track’s video.  We’re told Sam wants to recreate the same bashes they’ve been to at queer hotspot The Vauxhall Tavern, in the capital, celebrating freedom and love.  A pal said: “Sam is super excited to be making a long-awaited comeback and feels the time is ripe.  “They’re all about love, laughter and being able to go out and dance again and want that to reflect in their music after a heavy few years.

DANCING On Ice star Matt Evers has dished on his former dance partners including his least favourite. The pro skater, who was partnered with Corrie's Sally Dynevor in the competition this year, opened up about the challenges of partnering up with famous names.

SHAMED Hollywood star Will Smith will chill out at a plush retreat to recover from stress following the backlash over his slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars. The 53-year-old will visit a high-end US sanctuary to take a work break after the shock on-stage assault.

A FRESH faced Molly-Mae Hague told fans she was enjoying a "rare day off" by pampering herself at home. The former Love Island star took to her Instagram to explain she was making the most of the "first Saturday in ages she had nothing to do".

CORONATION Street actor Simon Gregson was asked to leave a club after taking off his shirt and dancing topless on furniture at a co-star’s leaving do. And the fun-loving soap star raged at bouncers who tried to boot him out.

Emeli Sandé has revealed the identity of her new partner after recently revealing she'd fallen in love with a woman. The singer, 35, shared a gorgeous photo of herself embracing pianist, Yoana Karemova, in an Instagram posting debuting her girlfriend to the world.

In the warmup to this weekend’s WrestleMania 38, the WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox pile-drived the competition, topping the demo with an 0.5. The two-night WrestleMania takes place tonight and Sunday from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, streaming live on Peacock.

Sharon Osbourne sparked a major reaction on Saturday when she shared a bedroom selfie from her hotel room.MORE: Carrie Ann Inaba celebrates her friendship with Sharon Osbourne with emotional postThe mom-of-three shared the snap which saw her in black lingerie and loose white cover up as she lay in bed next to her pet dog Wesley. She captioned the snap: "About last night...

With such a great controversy as the Oscar slap, consequences and reprisals are sure to come in the aftermath. While Will Smith has side-stepped some punishments from the Academy by quitting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences—though an inquiry will still go forward regardless, and there could still be further penalties applied—others in Hollywood are still considering their options.

Camila Cabello is speaking out after photos were taken of her at the beach this weekend.

Oops! Naomi Watts completely forgot about the first time she was nominated for an Oscar!

Tom Parker's wife Kelsey has set up a donations page following his heartbreaking death.Tom, 33, died after a battle with brain cancer earlier this week and Kelsey shared her thanks for the support. "Words can’t express how much all of your love and support means right now," she began.

Still working on it. Kanye West is trying to focus on a ‘healthy relationship’ with estranged wife Kim Kardashian.

The £11.6 million lottery jackpot for Saturday has been shared between multiple ticketholders after no one scooped the money. The winning Lotto numbers for the 'must be won' draw were 22, 24, 27, 30, 52, 57 – and the bonus number was 20.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorSydney Sweeney says her favorite meme from Season 2 of “Euphoria” is the one from Cassie’s bathroom meltdown scene in episode three. “I would have to say it’s the ‘I’ve never ever been happier’ meme. I love that meme,” she told Variety on Saturday at the Canneseries TV festival, being held on France’s Côte d’Azur.Asked what part of Cassie’s personality or backstory she would like to see explored in the next season of the show, she mentions a trait that was exposed in episode four of Season 2.

Barrie Youngfellow, who starred on the ’80s sitcom It’s a Living, died on Monday night, according to her family. She was 75.

Ice-T, 64, is sharing a healthy dose of self love for his physical appearance in his latest social media post! The rapper shared a new mirror selfie on Twitter on Apr. 2 and it showed him shirtless while wearing only black pants and showing off his toned torso. “I just walked by my mirror and said ‘Hold up, not bad for 64…’ if I say so myself! Lol,” he happily captioned the pic.

her opinion piece published in the newspaper of record lamenting what she claims is an increase in “self-censorship” on college campuses.“Even as a liberal who has attended abortion rights protests and written about standing up to racism, I sometimes feel afraid to fully speak my mind,” Camp says.But Emma Camp isn’t just any University of Virginia senior. Despite claiming to be “a liberal,” she’s a writer at the libertarian outlet Reason and a former intern at the right-leaning Koch-funded Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

COVID to gain entry to live events.As the office of New York City mayor Eric Adams confirmed on Friday (March 4), the ‘Key To NYC’ vaccine mandate was removed today (Monday, March 7).From now on, people visiting indoor venues – including restaurants, fitness facilities, and entertainment establishments – don’t need to show that they are protected against the virus before being admitted.However, such settings “will still have the flexibility to require proof of vaccination or masking indoors if they choose” to do so. You can see the thread of tweets below.BREAKING: NYC is lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools K-12, starting Monday, March 7.Masks will be optional in indoor settings & will be available for anyone who wants to wear one.Masks will continue to be required for all settings with kids under 5 years of age.

actor Antony Starr was arrested over the weekend in Alicante, Spain, and handed a suspended 12-month sentence, according to multiple reports.Starr — best known for his role as the secretly sinister superhero Homelander on Amazon's — was arrested in the early morning of Wednesday, Mar. 2, for allegedly assaulting a chef outside a Costa Blanca pub.Chef Bathuel Araujo, 21, claimed that Starr was intoxicated and had punched him twice before smashing a glass in his face.

many COVID-19 mandates starting Monday.“Our current guidance is through April 30, and we are scheduled to update that guidance on April 1,” Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin said in a statement.

The parade organizers of the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — scheduled for today March 6, 2022 — firmly maintained their ban on LGBTQ participants, according to a report in the New York Times.When executive director of the Staten Island Pride Center Carol Bullock attempted to hand in the center’s application during the parade’s registration, president of the parade committee Larry Cummings immediately threw her application in the “rejection pile,” seemingly without a second thought.This outright refusal to allow LGBTQ individuals or groups from marching in the parade has long been held by the Staten Island St.

New York City is opening back up amid the pandemic.

The world is watching in horror as Russia invades Ukraine, with one of the largest armies on the planet killing innocent citizens and destroying countless buildings and homes with each passing day. While governments impose financial sanctions aimed at hurting the aggressor’s leader and its wealthy ruling class, many ordinary people feel hopeless.Now, a Russian musician known around the globe for political activism has utilized her platform and popularity to raise millions for the Ukrainian defense — and she did so using a sexy new technology that ensures the money is going where it’s needed without delay.Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the members of Russian rock band Pussy Riot, set up an organization named UkraineDAO in order to sell an NFT for a good cause.The digital-only artwork sold for a whopping $6.7 million, and all the proceeds are going to Come Back Alive, a non-profit that was founded in 2014 and that calls itself “the largest foundation providing support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”In just three days, as many as 3,200 individual donors spent digital cryptocurrency to own some of the NFT, which was nothing more than an image of the Ukrainian flag.

Broadway’s mask-and-vaccine policy will remain in effect at least through April despite New York City’s just-announced easing of Covid rules.

which hits theaters today, citizens attend a political rally at Gotham Square Garden and the Gotham Gazette has been redesigned to mimic your morning New York Post. Thank you, Warner Bros. We look forward to our cut of the box office receipts.That’s all cute enough.

notes the protests “are 100% student led. We did not organize them.”Nadine Smith, Equality Florida’s executive director tweeted: “The @GOP censorship and intimidation agenda knows no bounds.