showbiz411.com / .showbiz411-com / Page 6

Broadway had a great week last week. Box office receipts were up about $5 million from last week. But they were also a notch behind last year on this date even though there were more shows. For some reason, "The Lion King" zoomed up about $800,000 to ...

There are a shocking 16 titles from Kanye West's new "Bully" album on the new Billboard Top 100. How is that even possible? In the rest of the music industry, "Bully" tracks are barely making a dent. For example: On iTunes, there are two Kanye titles ...

Poor Kanye West. The UK has blocked him from performing there. His Wireless Festival has been canceled. Bad press is finally catching up to him. Social media is full of posts recalling his heyday -- just last year -- supporting Hitler and Nazis, ...

A lot of people, including yours truly, would like the Oscars to move back to February. This year, the show took place on March 15th. All the nominated movies were long gone from theaters. Interest in them had waned significantly. The result was a .. ...

Usually no one on Broadway can agree on anything. But the Broadway debut of "Becky Shaw" last night has brought everyone together. There are no negative or even mixed reviews. Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo's multi-layered comedy is ...

Reports are everywhere but I've confirmed: On April 11th, the Stones will drop a new single, called "Mr. Charm." It's the lead track from a new album, possibly the last one, called "Foreign Tongues." Since a tongue is the Stones logo, it would be ...

"Hacks" was an inspired idea when it started: Jean Smart of "Designing Women" fame finally gets her due in a comedy about a Joan Rivers-like comedian over 60 trying to keep her career alive. The main character, Deborah Vance, is a star in Las Vegas, ...

The last time Anna Wintour pushed herself into a movie, it was a failure. Remember "Ocean's 8," the all female version of that series? It went down like the Titanic with Wintour as the captain. Now the empress of Conde Nast has put HERSELF on the ...

All is not forgiven. The British government has banned Kanye West from entering their countries. The Wireless music festival is cancelled. Kanye was set to play three shows in London in July at the Festival. But once the announcement was made, all .. ...

This summer's Pepsi Wireless Festival in London is no more. Now it's just the Wireless Festival as Pepsi's name has been removed. All other sponsors' names have been pulled as well. But the Wireless Festival is still advertising Kanye West for three ...