• Water may naturally occur as rocky planets form, new study suggests

    Water may naturally occur as rocky planets form, new study suggests

    An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.
  • Virgin Hyperloop completes world's first human test

    Virgin Hyperloop completes world's first human test

    How many hurdles stand in the way of hyperloops becoming a commercial reality?
  • Seven ways to unplug from the social media Matrix

    Seven ways to unplug from the social media Matrix

    I kept clicking and following, and eventually my Instagram became all about fit people, fitness and motivational material, and advertisements. Does this sound familiar?
  • Madonna teases biopic, slams ‘Evita’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Madonna teases biopic, slams ‘Evita’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Madonna’s COVID diaries took a detour on Thursday. The “Vogue” singer, 62, posted a more than hourlong Instagram Live video of herself working with “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody on her biopic. Several times during the video, Cody can be seen surreptitiously giving Jim Halpert-esque looks to the camera a la “The Office.” The meandering video …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts are ‘at point of no return’

    Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts are ‘at point of no return’

    LONDON — “The Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are “at the point of no return,” and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen. Lloyd Webber spoke about the struggles of staging socially distanced shows and making them profitable, …
  • Buddy Krueger’s sexual misconduct case against photog Bruce Weber dismissed

    Buddy Krueger’s sexual misconduct case against photog Bruce Weber dismissed

    Attorney Lisa Bloom suffered another setback this week in the sexual misconduct case against famed photographer Bruce Weber. A judge dismissed her client Buddy Krueger’s suit against Weber because, as a source claims, his recollection of the year that the alleged incidents occurred appeared to be murky. Krueger alleged that fashion shutterbug Weber “used his …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom’ remix of Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ baffles TikTok

    Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom’ remix of Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ baffles TikTok

    Now that’s a mixtape. Andrew Lloyd Webber is puzzling TikTok with a “Phantom of the Opera”-inspired tribute to raunchy rap song “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The musical reimagining, cleverly titled “Phantom of the WAPera” after the Broadway legend’s 1986 musical (and, well, “WAP”), has amassed 1.9 million views. In the bizarre …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber participates in COVID-19 vaccine trial

    Andrew Lloyd Webber participates in COVID-19 vaccine trial

    Andrew Lloyd Webber is doing his part to get the theater community back up and running. “Just completed the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial,” the 72-year-old “Cats” composer captioned a photo of himself receiving the vaccine on Thursday. “I’ll do anything to get theatres large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work.” …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trial

    Andrew Lloyd Webber taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trial

    Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who recently vowed to reopen London’s “The Phantom of the Opera” despite what the show’s producer called a “huge financial hit” from the coronavirus shutdown, has volunteered to get an experimental COVID-19 vaccine “to prove that theatres can re-open safely.” “I am excited that tomorrow I am going to be vaccinated …
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber slams ‘Cats’ movie: ‘The whole thing was ridiculous’

    Andrew Lloyd Webber slams ‘Cats’ movie: ‘The whole thing was ridiculous’

    The movie version of “Cats” may have been released last year, but it is still very much present in our lives. In a recent interview with Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of the original musical, he shared the same sentiment of critics when it came to the big-screen adaptation. In other words, he thought the …