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Monday, June 8

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

Lizzo says she is “not afraid of the truth coming out” in her ongoing legal fight stemming from a 2023 lawsuit filed by three of her former backup dancers.

The four-time Grammy Award winner spoke on TODAY June 5 about what message she would give to her fans after facing accusations of sexual harassment, weight-shaming and a hostile work environment in a 2023 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez.

Lizzo called the allegations “false” and “outrageous” in a social media post in August 2023. The case is ongoing. Lizzo’s legal team filed a motion to dismiss in October 2023.

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Would you start your day with a big ol’ bowl of Man Cereal?

The attention-grabbing moniker belongs to a new, allegedly better-for-you breakfast cereal with the tagline, “Serious Nutrition. Un-Serious Name.” The low-sugar cereal comes in four flavors — Cinnamon, Fruity, Salted Fudge and Maple Bacon — with 160 calories, 15 grams of protein and 2.5 grams of creatine per serving.

It’s the first widely available ready-to-eat breakfast cereal formulated with creatine monohydrate, according to its minimalist, sans-serif website, and its protein content places it firmly in the “proteinmaxxing” trend.

The courtside seats in Cleveland will soon have a blank space.

The chair Taylor Swift sat in during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks has been listed for auction.

According to the listing on The Realist, the opening bid was $100 and, after 38 bids as of Sunday, was listed at $6,000. The auction is set to end June 14, per the listing.

Flying vampires. A musical spoof of the megahit movie “Titanic.” Another spoof, this time of golden-age Broadway musicals. And a new “Death of Salesman,” one of America’s most decorated and mournful plays. It’s Tony Awards time.

Twenty-four Broadway shows will hope to nab at least one win Sunday across the 26 Tony categories, which can mean the difference between keeping the doors open and pulling down the curtain.

Grammy Award-winner Pink is the host of the show, which will be broadcast live on CBS and streaming for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S. to both coasts on Sunday from 8-11 p.m. Eastern/5-8 p.m. Pacific.

It’s been nearly 30 years since Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens wrote the music and lyrics for the musical “Ragtime,” an American epic tracking the intertwining lives of three families in New York at the turn of the 20th century.

Staged at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, the musical is in its third run on Broadway — and earned 11 Tony nominations, including for best revival. It’s resonating the most with audiences this time, they said. “Three is the charm,” Ahrens said.

“When we originally did it on Broadway, which was 1998, I think a lot of people, if not most people, were thinking about this piece as a period piece,” Flaherty said. “I think now, people are responding to it as a contemporary story.”