Michael Urie-Produced Adaptation Of Drew Droege’s Off Broadway Hit ‘Happy Birthday Doug’ Sets Streaming Debut

Tyrese Gibson is mourning after the death of his beloved mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson.

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Lori Harvey is dressed to impress! The model, 25, showed up to New York’s Fashion Week in a stunning all-white outfit, ready to attend the Michael Kors show. Lori was all smiles as she walked into the event, sporting a chic, short structured white blazer with nothing underneath and paired the jacket with matching white tailored trousers. Lori accessorized her look with strappy white sandals, a silver clutch bag, a silver necklace, and silver hoops, also sporting a sleek, shoulder-length chop.

The family of the late Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit in Florida’s Orange County attempting to prevent records related to the “Full House” star’s death from being released.

Michelle Dockery and Michael Fox have gone from the sets of  “Downton Abbey” to a recording studio.

Hatchie has shared the title track of her forthcoming album, ‘Giving The World Away’.The new single sees Hatchie meditate on treating oneself kindly through periods of self-doubt and deprecation, above lush, reverb-heavy instrumentation.

Lori Loughlin, 57, was all smiles during her recent Valentine’s Day celebration with Kris Jenner, Kym Douglas, and more! The Full House star hung out at 66-year-old Kris’ house, where the a holiday party was held, and appeared to be having a great time in a lighthearted pic and video clip that Kym posted to Instagram. Kym, whose husband Jerry Douglas sadly passed away in Nov., revealed the party was held for her by her friends because otherwise she would have been spending her first Valentine’s Day alone in 40 years.

Chloe Bailey and Gunna head out together after dinner at BOA Steakhouse on Monday night (February 14) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Bob Saget's family filed a lawsuit Tuesday attempting to block officials from releasing further information regarding the comedian's cause of death "in order to protect" their "privacy," one of the family's attorneys said.  The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County and obtained by Fox News Digital, names Orange County Sheriff John Mina and the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office. "In order to protect the Saget family’s privacy, today on their behalf, I filed for an injunction to prevent the disclosure of any photographs or videos of Mr.

The Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev, has signed with representation.

Vivienne Chow Police in Hong Kong on Tuesday arrested Tommy Yuen, a popular singer and pro-democracy campaigner. Local media and rights groups reported that Hong Kong authorities have also blocked access in the city to a pro-democracy website operated from the U.K.Yuen, a former member of the Canto-pop boy band E-kids, was arrested by national security police over the suspicion of sedition and money laundering.

The CFO of ViacomCBS, soon to be known as Paramount, said Tuesday that the company is looking hard for “efficiencies” at its traditional businesses to divert as much cash it can to streaming, where investment will hit an estimated $6 billion in 2024.

UPDATED, with Allison Gollust comment: Less than two weeks after Jeff Zucker resigned from CNN, the cable newser’s chief marketing exec Allison Gollust is out too.

Zoe Saldana is headed to Paramount+.

Jennifer Aniston is a big fan!

CNN's chief marketing officer, has resigned from the network following a WarnerMedia investigation into «issues associated with Chris Cuomo and former Governor Andrew Cuomo.»WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar announced Gollust's resignation in a memo to CNN staffers Tuesday, following the completion of the company's «comprehensive and definitive» investigation, which WarnerMedia says was performed by «a third-party law firm and led by a former federal judge.»«Based on interviews of more than 40 individuals and a review of over 100,000 texts and emails, the investigation found violations of Company policies, including CNN's News Standards and Practices, by Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Chris Cuomo,» Kilar said in the memo.«We have the highest standards of journalistic integrity at CNN, and those rules must apply to everyone equally,» he continued.Gollust responded to the statement with one of her own, calling WarnerMedia's statement an attempt to retaliate against her following CNN president, Jeff Zucker's resignation just weeks prior.«WarnerMedia's statement tonight is an attempt to retaliate against me and change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks,» Gollust said.«It is deeply disappointing that after spending the past nine years defending and upholding CNN's highest standards of journalistic integrity, I would be treated this way as I leave,» Gollust added.

Bob Saget's family is attempting to block the release of records related to the investigation into the comedian's death in January.Saget was found dead on Jan. 9 in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida. Now, Saget's family is suing the medical examiner's office and the Orange County sheriff, according to multiple reports, seeking an injunction in an effort to prevent the release of records that may contain photos, videos or audio recordings related to his death.The lawsuit states, «Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm in the form of extreme mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress if Defendants release the Records in response to public records requests or otherwise disseminate the Records for any other reason or purpose,»According to the Orange County Medical Examiner's autopsy report, obtained by ET on Feb.

It has been 20 years since Britney Spears’ “Crossroads” hit theatres.

The “SEAL Team” and “NCIS” franchises are expanding.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticCaesar Cordova, a character actor whose long association with Al Pacino included appearances in Scarface and Carlito’s Way, died Aug. 26 of natural causes in Atlantic City.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Jason Sherwood, an Emmy Award-winning production designer for Fox’s Rent: Live in 2019 and the youngest person to design the set for the Academy Awards, has signed with CAA.Sherwood’s set design for the 2020 Academy Awards was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special. At 30, Sherwood was the Oscar’s youngest-ever production designer.Among Sherwood’s stage credits is his 2017 set design for the Off Broadway musical The View Upstairs, which garnered him Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award and American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Award nominations.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEighteen Broadway productions will be eligible for this year’s Tony Awards competition, an awards committee announced today.The number was confirmed, along with several routine nominee determinations, in the final meeting of the The Tony Awards Administration Committee to decide eligibility for the recently announced all-digital 74th Annual Tony Awards.A date and platform have not been announced.Among the decisions announced today, David Alan Grier will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play category for his performance in the large ensemble cast of A Soldier’s Play.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticAuthor J.K. Rowling has returned a 2019 Robert F.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticCathy Smith, the onetime girlfriend of singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot who might have been best remembered for inspiring the hit song “Sundown” had she not met up with John Belushi at the Chateau Marmont on March 5, 1982, died Aug. 18 at the age of 73.Her death was reported by Canada’s The Globe and Mail.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticStephen Colbert didn’t watch a minute of last night’s Republican National Convention, and feels all the better for it.“I know by not watching the RNC I didn’t do my job tonight,” the host of CBS’ The Late Show said in an intense monologue last night (watch it above). “And I just want to say: I feel great about it….Why subject ourselves to their lies that stick to your soul like hot tar? Lies like: Donald Trump cares whether you live or die.”In the intense monologue, Colbert addressed COVID-19 deaths, “Rambo wannabes,” Hurricane Laura, the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the NBA’s strike.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic“Anthony! Anthony!,” the mother shouted from the second floor of a Boston North End tenement apartment building overlooking an urban alley, her voice seeming to carry over numerous city blocks as 12-year-old Anthony runs home for his favorite Prince-brand spaghetti dinner.The image from the long-running television commercial (watch it below) will be familiar to any regular TV watcher of the late 1960 and ’70s, as will the look of happiness on the boy’s face when he arrives home for family dinner.Anthony Martignetti, the 12-year-old Boston kid who starred in the spot, died at 63  in his sleep Sunday Aug. 23 at his home in West Roxbury, Mass.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticIn a lawsuit that offers a glimpse of COVID-19’s economic threat to the Broadway industry, Jujamcyn Theaters, owner of five major Broadway venues, is suing its insurance companies after the insurers offered to pay a mere $250,000 of what Jujamcyn claims should be “tens of millions of dollars” in losses due to the coronavirus shutdown.Jujamcyn, which owns the theaters housing hits Hadestown, The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge and Mean Girls (and, until its recent permanent closing, Disney’s Frozen), filed the suit this week in the U.S.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticLive comedy, or dead? Sides were drawn this week in the debate over the future of stand-up, with a longtime Manhattan comedy club co-owner pretty much writing an obituary for New York City and its cultural nightlife, which in turn got him called “a putz” by Jerry Seinfeld.And while traditional comedy venues won’t be taking reservations anytime soon – Caroline’s owner Caroline Hirsh told Deadline that comedy clubs like hers will likely take their cues from Broadway, and Broadway won’t be reopening until next spring, at the earliest – some comics are finding ways to reach audiences without Zoom.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Broadway and TV writers, actors and directors Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse have signed with ICM for literary representation across all media.Taylor is best known for performances in Broadway’s Spongebob Squarepants musical and Rock of Ages and, on TV, Smash and The Good Wife. Wyse appeared in Broadway’s Waitress and Spring Awakening, and on TV in Iron Fist and The Bold and the Beautiful.The two first partnered as writers on the Emmy-nominated digital series Indoor Boys, with three seasons now streaming at http://www.indoorboys.tv.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticRiley Gale, the lead singer of Texas thrash metal band Power Trip who recently contributed vocals to rapper-actor Ice-T’s “Point the Finger” song and video, died Aug. 24 at the age of 34.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticCastmates of the late Nick Cordero from such stage productions as A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway, The Toxic Avenger, Rock of Ages and Waitress will take part in a special memorial tribute honoring the actor who recently died from COVID-19 complications.The celebration of Cordero’s life is set for Sunday, September 6 at 7 pm ET on BroadwayOnDemand.com.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winning playwright, actor and producer Sarah Jones has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.Jones, who won a Special Tony Award in 2006 for her one-woman Broadway show Bridge & Tunnel (co-produced by Meryl Streep), currently is developing her most recent stage production, 2016’s acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date, into a documentary. She’ll be making her directorial debut with the film.Sell/Buy/Date, a New York Times critics’ pick in its Off Broadway debut, was inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry, and explores the intersection of race, feminism, power, and economics.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticIn an impassioned defense of his beloved and beleaguered New York City, comedian Jerry Seinfeld has some harsh words for a Manhattan comedy club owner who bolted for Florida and recently claimed the Big Apple is “completely dead” with no hope for a rebound.“You say New York will not bounce back this time,” Seinfeld writes in a New York Times opinion column posted today, not naming his target but linking to a LinkedIn post written earlier this month by Stand Up N.Y. comedy club co-owner James Altucher.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticAARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards will expand its categories to include television trophies, with new categories set to include Best Television Series, Best Movie Made for TV or Limited Series, Best TV Actress and Best TV actor.The new categories will be included in the March 4, 2021, awards ceremony.