JMG Community

Playbill reports: Tony nominee Adrienne Warren is officially set to return to Broadway this fall in Tina—The Tina Turner Musical. She’ll reprise her star turn as the title rock legend, a role she originated and continues to play in London’s West End through April 13. Official dates and venue for the New York bow—as well as further casting—will be announced …

Rolling Stone reports: In a touching, funny and inspirational conversation with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith, Linda Ronstadt opened up about her battle with Parkinson’s, the disease that robbed fans of Ronstadt’s remarkable singing voice. From the classic rock hits “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” and “You’re No Good,” to the acoustic country of “Telling Me Lies” and “To …

Billboard Magazine reports: This year’s Super Bowl ads are designed to entertain and go down easy, as Stella Artois brings back Carrie Bradshaw and “The Dude” and the Backstreet Boys and Chance the Rapper remix the 1990s classic “I Want It That Way” for Doritos. With ads costing more than $5 million for 30 seconds of media time, advertisers are …

The A.V. Club reports: Breaking the hearts of Maroon 5 fans everywhere—holding out hope against hope that one of America’s fastest-rising rap talents might swoop in tomorrow to save us all from a Cardi-B-free Super Bowl half-time show—the “Bodak Yellow” rapper has confirmed that she won’t be playing at the Huge Game. adding that she turned down “a lot of …

Playbill reports: Warner Music Group’s Arts Music digitally released a cast recording of the current West End revival of Company today. The new album, available to download and stream on various platforms, preserves the newly-revised gender-swapped version of the Sondheim-Furth musical, with performances by two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone (Gypsy, Evita) and West End star Rosalie Craig. A physical release …

Billboard Magazine reports: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have added a new, very modern chapter to their storied relationship: The Muppets faced off in a rap battle on Wednesday’s episode of TNT’s Drop the Mic, with some help from their friends Pepé the King Prawn and Beaker, respectively. In the battle hosted by veteran MC Method Man, Kermit begins …

The Huffington Post reports: If you’re going to get a tattoo in a language you don’t speak, a quick Google search never hurts. Ariana Grande appears to have overlooked this step, falling prey to a common tattoo fail ― inking incorrect Japanese kanji characters on the palm of her hand. The pop star intended to permanently pay tribute to her …

NBC News reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for an unprovoked attack on another man who was dressed as one of the short yellow characters from the “Minions” film. Police said Nihart knocked over and kicked Jamie Roehm on Daytona Beach’s boardwalk. Roehm was dressed as one of the “Minions” characters – who are …

Tampa’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man thought he was being smart when he stole opioids from the medicine cabinet of a home where he was staying. However, Peter Hans Emery, 56, quickly learned he didn’t steal opioids at all. Instead, the laxatives he took sent him running to the bathroom. The Smoking Gun reports Emery was caught on video …

Newsweek reports: A Florida man caused an evacuation at a Taco Bell in Ocala this weekend after telling cops he drove there with a hand grenade he found while magnet fishing. In social media updates yesterday, officials from the Ocala Police Department advised citizens to avoid the area after it was verified that the device was an “authentic WWII hand …

Billboard Magazine reports: Michael Jackson’s estate sharply denounced Leaving Neverland Friday night (Jan. 25), calling it “the kind of tabloid character assassination Michael Jackson endured in life, and now in death.” A statement released by Jackson’s estate calls the men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, “two perjurers”— a reference to sworn statements the men gave when Jackson was alive that …

NPR reports: Get drunk on the local police department’s dime? Sound unbelievable? One Pennsylvania police department is giving three lucky volunteers the chance to help train officers in field sobriety tests, by drinking a lot. Don’t bother applying, though. The Kutztown Borough Police Department posted the Facebook request on Wednesday and was flooded with eager volunteers. On Thursday, the department …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida woman is behind bars after deputies said she threatened an employee and danced naked outside a Pensacola Waffle House. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, an employee told Freedom Ryder Zobrist, 38, of Pensacola, to leave the restaurant Monday because she had been causing trouble. Zobrist fled but returned later, saying she wanted …

Playbill reports: The King of Pop is ready for his Broadway bow, but first, he’s heading to the Windy City. The previously reported Michael Jackson musical, now titled Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, will make its world premiere at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre beginning performances October 29. The musical is slated to open on Broadway in 2020. Christopher …

More gay television history from our pal Matt Baume: The Quantum Leap episode takes place in 1964, at a military academy where a secret gang has been beating up gay men, and it touches on issues about coming out; whether gay people really affect military effectiveness; how the gay community relied on underground newspapers to connect in the 1960s; and …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man’s failed attempt to rob a convenience store last week was an effort to prove to this mother that he is “independent” and can take care of himself, police say. According to Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Alexander Campbell was arrested after attempted to rob a Circle K. After the clerk refused to surrender money …

Billboard Magazine reports: Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of Northridge, Calif.’s 6.7 magnitude earthquake. However, the day also marked a different seismic event for artist Thelma Houston. That’s because the onetime Motown singer was presented with a new Grammy Award to replace her original 1978 statuette that was broken during the 1994 Northridge quake. Thursday night’s presentation — in recognition …

Playbill reports: Who needs bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens when you have breakfast at Tiffany’s and bottles of bubbles? Following her breakup anthem “thank u, next,” Ariana Grande has released her newest single, titled “7 rings.” The track, a celebration of opulence and extravagance as self-care, lifts heavily from The Sound of Music‘s “My Favorite Things.” Grande has …

Newsweek reports: An elderly Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly following a driver towards his home and shooting at him in a bout of road rage, police said. Christino Aquino, 85, was detained on Wednesday evening after allegedly tailing a motorist in Marion Oaks, according to a Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) release. The suspect was captured on …

Clash Magazine reports: Although a stellar live attraction, it’s actually been 12 years since Chaka Khan has released a new full length. All that started to change last year, though, when the disco queen shared brand new material as part of Record Store Day release ‘Like Sugar’. Plans were afoot, with new album ‘Hello Happiness’ set to land later this …