Mar. 15, 2025
Cole Escola in ‘Oh, Mary!'.Photo:Emilio Madrid
Emilio Madrid
Betty Gilpin’s playing the role now.Tituss Burgessis set to take it on in March. But on Tuesday, April 8, playwright and original starCole Escolawill be back on the boards in the title role of ‘Mary Todd Lincoln," the center of the hit Broadway comedy,Oh, Mary!
News of Escola’s return was announced on Tuesday, Feb. 25. It’ll be a homecoming for original cast membersConrad Ricamora(‘Mary’s Husband’) andJames Scully(‘Mary’s Teacher’) too, the pair reprising their roles in the production beginning that day as well.
Mar. 15, 2025
Cole Hauser smiling with his wife, Cynthia Daniel, and their kids.Photo:Cynthia Hauser Instagram
Cynthia Hauser Instagram
Cole HauserandCynthia Danielprioritize family time with their three kids.
Hauser and Daniel, who began dating in the 1990s and wed in 2006, have welcomed three children in their over 25 years together: sons Ryland and Colt and daughter Steely Rose.
“I am pretty good about compartmentalizing working and family. They are two of my biggest passions,” he explained.
Mar. 15, 2025
Australian musician Colin Petersen, circa 1967.Photo:Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty
Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty
Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen, best known as the original drummer of Bee Gees, has died. He was 78.
TheBest of the Bee GeesFacebook page announced his death on Monday, Nov. 18. The page did not disclose when Petersen died or his cause of death.
“It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen,” began the heartfelt message.
Mar. 15, 2025
Colin Farrellis spending quality time with his youngest son, Henry, at the New York premiere of his HBO seriesThe Penguin.The father of two, whose eldest sonJamesdid not attend, is larger than life as he reprises his role as the Gotham City villain, which he previously embodied in 2022’sThe Batman.The limited series is a spinoff of the 2022 film, and it traces back to the Penguin’s roots — tracking his beginnings as a power player in Gotham City’s crime world.
Mar. 15, 2025
Colin Farrellconfessed how “weird” it was to transform into the comic book villain The Penguin during the Tuesday, Sept. 17, New York City red carpet premiere for the series centering on the character he first played inThe Batman.Farrell, 47, called catching a glimpse of his transformation into Oz Cobb startling during a red carpet chat with PEOPLE and other outlets.“Do you ever see cats looking at themselves in the mirror? How they recoil and they just don’t know [it’s them]?