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Thursday, May 1

“Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” led the Tony nominees with 10 nominations for the 2024-2025 season’s awards, as announced Thursday by the The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce announced the nominations at Sofitel New York.

The Tony Awards will take place Sunday, June 8 at Radio City Music Hall.

This originally appeared on E! Online.

Michael Bolton is determined to go the distance.

More than a year after the 72-year-old shared his brain tumor diagnosis — which he’s since confirmed to be glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer ­— Bolton is opening up about his journey with the disease.

“It’s Gonna Be May” meme time has arrived — and ‘N Sync’s Lance Bass and Joey Fatone are embracing it.

It’s been 25 years since ‘N Sync released the song “It’s Gonna Be Me” as part of the boy band’s “No Strings Attached” album. In an interview with TODAY.com, Bass and Fatone reflect on the success of the track and the timeless fame it reached, thanks to the internet.

Every year, when April is about to turn to May, fans circulate memes that show a snapshot of fellow band member Justin Timberlake and lyrics he sings in the song, which are tweaked to, “It’s Gonna Be May.”

A cheeky claim made by an X user has quickly turned into a lively debate online: Could 100 unarmed men take on a single gorilla? 

Michael Sherrills, who unintentionally sparked the discourse with his April 24 post, says yes. One hundred men could beat one gorilla, but “everybody just gotta be dedicated,” he wrote in an X post that’s since been viewed over 288 million times.

Within days, the question grew into a dominant topic of conversation across social media, reaching platforms ranging from TikTok to Facebook to Reddit. It’s also been discussed on several podcasts, including sports shows like “Bussin’ With The Boys” and “Pardon My Take.”

Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.

“Aldeas — A New Story” will feature conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese, including what the filmmakers say are the Pope’s final in-depth on-camera interview for a film. The documentary will detail the work of Scholas Occurrentes, a non-profit, international organization founded by the pope in 2013 to promote the “Culture of Encounter” among youth.

Part of that organization’s work has included filmmaking under the Aldeas initiative. The documentary will show young people in Indonesia, Italy and the Gambia participating in Aldeas and making short films.

Originally appeared on E! Online

Gwyneth Paltrow is reflecting on her 2023 ski crash trial.

Two years after winning a lawsuit filed by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson — who accused the Goop founder of causing a 2016 ski crash in which he sustained injuries — she did not mince words while recalling the legal saga.