Celebrity Bulletin , July 31 2026

The rising pop artist, producer, songwriter, and creative director IZZA is in NYC today, Friday, July 31 & Saturday, Aug. 1 and available for quick 5 minute meetings. Her new EP, A Night at the Ballet: Act I (out now) draws inspiration from her dance background and studies at Central Saint Martins in London, exploring ambition, confidence, competition, and female empowerment through a cinematic, fashion-forward lens.

The actress is expected to join co-star HANNAH EINBINDER, and director JANE SCHOENBAUM for promotional activities in support of their horror comedy, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI), which will hold a Aug. 5th NY Premiere before opening in theaters on Aug. 7th. The film's cast includes PATRICK FISCHLER, JACK HAVEN, DYLAN BAKER, and ZACH CHERRY, among others.

The actress will join bestselling author, publisher, and literary tastemaker ZIBBY OWENS  for a live conversation following a screening of the documentary, TOVAH, directed and produced by DAVID SERERO, presented by Guild Hall & the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on Thursday, Aug. 6, 7 PM–8:30 PM at East Hampton's Guild Hall.

The actress is conducting promotional activities/ talk show rounds in support of her role in Universal Pictures' One Night Only starring CALLUM TURNER, MONICA BARBARO, KING PRINCESS, and MIKE BIRBIGLIA. Directed & produced by WILL GLUCK, the film will hold its invite-only NY Premiere at the SVA Theatre on Monday, Aug. 3 before opening in theaters on Aug. 7th. *Red Carpet at 6:30 PM / Screening 7:30 PM

The Drama Desk Award-winning theatrical poster designer whose second mystery novel, Sanity Claus, the second in the Retro Broadway Mystery Series from Camel Press, was published on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 (available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and from fine booksellers everywhere) will launch the book on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at The Men Event's Networking Party TIMES SQUEER SOCIAL at Planet Hollywood NYC (136 W. 42nd St. – 3rd Fl) from 6 PM-9 PM. VERLIZZO will be in attendance, and books will be available for sale and autographs. The event is free to attend.

The actress is expected to conduct NY promotional activities in support of her co-starring role in the coming-of-age dramedy, Don't Say Good Luck. Also starring SUNNY SANDLER and MAX GREENFIELD, the Netflix film is set for an invite-only Monday, Aug. 10th NY Premiere before its Aug. 14th release.

The Outer Critics Circle Award acting nominee for Classic Stage Company's (CSC) Assassins and director of CSC's upcoming production of CLIFFORD ODETS' Waiting for Lefty, will be honored alongside veteran theatrical press agent ADRIAN BRYAN-BROWN at CSC's 2026 Gala on Monday, Nov. 16 at City Winery. TheCLIFFORD ODETS' Waiting for Lefty, with original music and arrangements by YELLER TOOTH (SAHAR MILANI and CAMERON SCOGGINS), choreographed by SUSAN MISNER will run Oct. 15–Nov. 22, 2026 at CSC's Lynn F. Angelson Theater (136 E. 13th St.) with Opening night set for Nov. 2. The show will feature Tony Award nominees TALA ASHE & CONRAD RICAMORA, RAFFI BARSOUMIAN, ADAM CHANLER-BERAT, GREG HILDRETH, SAHAR MILANI, THOM SESMA, and others.

Ten years after the show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre to rave reviews in October 2016, the entire original cast of Lincoln Center's acclaimed revival of Falsettos will reunite for a one-night-only celebration of WIILIAM FINN and JAMES LAPINE's beloved musical on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 at 7 PM at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The revival's stars, Tony Award winners STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, CHRISTIAN BORLE & BRANDON URANOWITZ, Tony Award nominees ANDREW RANNELLS & BETSY WOLFE, and Emmy Award nominee TRACIE THOMS will all reprise their roles, with a special guest appearance by ANTHONY ROSENTHAL (the revival's original 'Jason'). VADIM FEICHTNER  returns as Music Director and Conductor, conducting a band that includes most of the revival's original musicians. This special evening will benefit The BroadwayEveryDay Foundation and Family Equality.

The filmmaker joins CLARA WU TSAI, owner of the New York Liberty, Brooklyn Nets, and Barclays Center, to present the inaugural Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party, taking place Nov. 6-7, 2026 at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). The two-day festival includes screenings of repertory films by LEE and others, conversations with some of Brooklyn’s most celebrated cultural icons, pop-up activations, a free street fair, and more. Co-hosted by WU TSAI and LEE, the festival is being produced by filmmaker NICHOLAS MA, in association with BAM and in collaboration with celebrity guest curators TBA.

The Australian playwright's international hit, Inter Alia, starring Golden Globe, Emmy Award-Winning, and BAFTA, Academy Award-nominee ROSAMUND PIKE reprising her role as 'Jessica Parks' as she makes her Broadway debut, will begin preview performances on Nov. 10, before opening on Dec. 1, 2026, at The Music Box Theatre. JUSTIN MARTIN directs.

The Tony Award® winner will be joined by Tony®/Emmy Award nominee JESSICA HECHT, Tony Award® nominees JEREMY SHAMOS & MICAELA DIAMOND, WILL PULLEN, and others in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of CLIFFORD ODETS' Awake and Sing! Performances begin Dec. 15, 2026 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ahead of a Jan. 7, 2027 opening.

The Tony Award nominee will co-star as VIRGINIA GALILEI alongside four-time Tony Award nominee RAÚL ESPARZA in the title role of Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of GALILEO GALILEI. JEREMY KUSHNIER co-stars as Cardinal MAFFEO BARBERINI. With a book by DANNY STRONG, Music & Lyrics by ZOE SARNAK and MICHAEL WEINER, and direction by MICHAEL MAYER, preview performances begin Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Shubert Theatre with Opening night set for Sunday evening, Dec. 6, 2026.

The Academy Award–winning actress will receive the TIFF Special Tribute Award, presented by CHANEL at the annual TIFF Tribute Awards, celebrating outstanding contributions to cinema and serving as the kick-off to awards season. The annual awards gala will take place on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel Toronto.

The producer will be in Scotland to appear on-stage in an EIFF Industry Talk during the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) running Aug. 13-19, 2026.

The BAFTA winner and multi-Golden Globe nominee Irish actor produces & stars as the late actor IAN CHARLESON in director SIMON STONE's biographical drama, Elsinore, which makes its European premiere as the Opening Night Gala at the 70th BFI London Film Festival (Oct. 7-18, 2026) at the South Bank Center's Royal Festival Hall on Oct. 7, 2026 with cast expected to attend. Oscar winner OLIVIA COLMAN, BILLIE PIPER and JULIET STEVENSON are among the cast members in the film, which has a screenplay by STEPHEN BERESFORD, and will be released by STUDIOCANAL in cinemas UK wide on Jan. 29, 2027.

UPDATED: The Academy Award nominee will star alongside Emmy Award winner STEPHEN DILLANE and Olivier Award nominee LUKE THOMPSON in FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK's The Lives of Others, written and directed by Olivier Award-winner ROBERT ICKE and based on the Oscar-winning 2007 film. The production will play its world premiere limited run at London's Adelphi Theater Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 through Saturday, Jan. 9, 2027 with Press Night Oct. 29.

The Television Academy has named the celebrated actor, author and philanthropist as the recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in recognition of his transformative contributions to Parkinson's disease research and advocacy. The distinguished honor will be formally presented to FOX at the 78th Emmy Awards telecast live from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, (8-11 PM EDT/5-8 PM PDT) on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The five-time Emmy Award-winning actor has also received his 19th Emmy nomination this year for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" for "Shrinking."

The producer-writer will receive The Impact Award from the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) at its 8th Annual AAFCA TV Honors, taking place Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at City Club LA in Downtown Los Angeles. 

The music icon will be performing his '60 Years of The Monkees,' on Saturday, Sept. 12 at LA's United Theater On Broadway, celebrating the exact day 60 years ago that the Emmy Award-winning show first appeared on NBC in 1966. DOLENZ is also releasing an EP, Timeless, on Sept. 4, containing the single "Terri," via Friday Music.

San Francisco's alternative metal artists will offer a live concert to open the marketing festival, Jupiter Festival Miami, at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

The Gold Medal and USA HOF Olympian—one of the greatest Olympic track and field athletes of all time—will join Wilder Side of Sports as an autograph guest at the Myrtle Beach Collectors Expo. BEAMON will be appearing/signing on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, from 11 AM to 2 PM.

Super Bowl LXI returns to the Los Angeles on the heels of Super Bowl LVI just five years ago in 2022, with the championship game to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA on Feb. 14, 2027. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN & ABC.