Jill Sobule Tribute Shows, Dubbed 'Jillith Fair,' Set for Around the Country, With Artists Including Margaret Cho, Tom Morello, John DoeNew Foto - Jill Sobule Tribute Shows, Dubbed 'Jillith Fair,' Set for Around the Country, With Artists Including Margaret Cho, Tom Morello, John Doe

Eleven tribute concerts paying homage to Jill Sobule have been announced for late May through early September, most of them under the banner of "Jillith Fair," with cities from L.A. to Northampton, Mass. all set to celebrate the lauded singer-songwriter, who died May 1 at age 66. The shows begin May 31 with a concert in Northampton, Mass. hosted by Erin McKeown and featuring such guest artists as Marshall Crenshaw, Syd Straw and Madeleine Peyroux. Other cities picking up the banner for Sobule through Sept. 6 include L.A., New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Additionally, the announcement of the shows notes that other cities will be coming on board with yet-unannounced concerts down the line, including Nashville, Minneapolis and New Orleans. More from Variety Watch Jill Sobule's 'Underdog Victorious' Video, From the Musical Completed Before Her Death, 'F*ck 7th Grade' Jill Sobule, Singer-Songwriter of Groundbreaking 1995 Song 'I Kissed a Girl,' Dies in House Fire Mojo Nixon's Annual SXSW Party Goes on Without Him, as a Last Testimonial to the Rocker-DJ's Wild Mayhem Los Angeles is doing double-duty in saluting Sobule. An initial tribute concert is set for McCabe's June 1 and is already sold out, with Dan Navarro hosting a lineup that includes Margaret Cho, Tom Morello, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Perla Batalla, Willie Aron, Amy Engelhard, Kay Hanley & Michelle Lewis, Lisa Loeb & David Poe, and Jesse Lynn Madera. The house band will be led by Steve Postelll and include Leland Sklar, stars of the recent documentary "Immediate Family." Then, exactly one month later, a second L.A. tribute will take place at a slightly larger venue, Largo, this one hosted by Jim Turner. Cho will also appear at that one, and be joined by John Doe, Sara Watkins, Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin of the Go Go's, and other artists to be announced later. The New York gig will take place July 20 at Joe's Pub and feature a lineup that includes Joan Osborne, Richard Barone, Antigone Rising with Julie Wolf, Tracy Bonham, Julian Hornik, Matt Keating, Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby, and the show's host, Marykate O'Neil. See the full information for these shows below, along with concerts taking place in Seattle, Evanston and the San Francisco area. The link for all tickets can be foundhere. The shows will benefit the It Was A Good Life Foundation, which will disperse proceeds to the ACLU "and other causes Jill cared about." For those wanting to hear Sobule songs from the horse's mouth, two posthumous releases are on the way on June 6, one fresh, one historical. Her self-titled 1995 album — the one that included the landmark single "I Kissed a Girl" — is being released on vinyl for the first time that day, on red wax, from Rhino Records. The same day, her own Pinko Records label will release "F*ck 7th Grade — Original Cast Recording," allowing fans to hear all the songs from her oft-workshopped stage musical. The announcement about the tribute shows promised that many more celebrations are in the works, including the preparation and issuing of unreleased recordings, reissues of out-of-print LPs and a documentary film. Beyond this summer's tributes, her team is also hoping to have similar all-star shows on her birthday, Jan, 16, and beyond. A full (for now) lineup of the summer salutes: 'Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule' Shows^= A Pride Month Event Saturday, May 31^Northampton, MA @ The Iron HorseJillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Hosted/MC'd by:Erin McKeown Featuring:Marshall CrenshawKris DelmhorstJulian FleisherErin McKeownHeather MaloneyJune MillingtonThe Nields – DuoMadeleine PeyrouxGretchen PhillipsWesley Stace aka John Wesley HardingSyd StrawWinterpillsFinale (all) ("A Good Life" & "Underdog Victorious") Sunday, June 1^Cambridge, MA @ Club PassimJillith Fair – Loving Jill SobuleThis show will be streamed live (www.passim.org) Hosted/MC'd by:Matt Smith and/or Michael Busack Featuring:Catie CurtisAntje DuvekotVance GilbertAmanda Palmer Sunday, June 1^Santa Monica, CA @ McCabe's Guitar Shop (SOLD OUT)Jillith Fair – Loving Jill SobuleAdditional tickets may be put on sale in the late afternoon on show day Hosted/MC'd by:Dan Navarro Featuring:Willie AronCindy Lee BerryhillPerla BatallaMargaret ChoAmy EngelhardtKay Hanley & Michelle LewisLisa Loeb & David PoeJesse Lynn MaderaTom MorelloDan NavarroSteve PostellEnsemble "I Kissed A Girl" (Women trading lines) House Band:Steve PostellPhil ParlapianoLeland SklarMichael Jerome Saturday, June 7^Evanston, IL @ SPACESPACE presents…Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Hosted/MC'd by:Paul McComas Featuring:Gerald DowdThe Empty PocketsHeather & Paul McComasLeslie NussNikki O'NeillIke ReillyGabrielle Schafer & Aaron ResterAnna VogelzangTommi Zender Saturday, June 14 ^Oyster Bay, NY @ Planting Fields Festival (not a Jillith Fair event)A Pride Month event dedicated to the memory of Jill Saturday, June 21 ^Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe LoungeWXPN Welcomes & World Cafe presents…Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Hosted/MC'd by:Jim Boggia Featuring:Marissa Levy LererTara MurthaMore TBD Tuesday, July 1Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the CoronetLargo presents…Jillith Fair – for the love of Jill – a tribute to our Sunshine Gal Hosted/MC'd by:Jim Turner Featuring:Charlotte Caffey & Jane Wiedlin (The Go Go's)Margaret ChoJohn DoeSara Watkins (I'm With Her/Nickel Creek/Watkins Family Hour)More TBD Wednesday, July 2Seattle, WA @ Triple DoorJillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Featuring:TBD Sunday, July 20New York, NY @ Joe's PubJillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Hosted/MC'd by:Marykate O'Neil Featuring:Antigone Rising w/ Julie WolfRichard BaroneTracy BonhamJulian HornikMatt KeatingMarykate O'NeilJoan OsborneMartha Redbone & Aaron WhitbyMore TBD Friday, August 8Albany, CA @ Ivy Room(San Francisco Bay area)Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Hosted/MC'd by:Julie Wolf Featuring:TBD Saturday, September 6Pittsburgh, PA @ Club CafeJillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule Featuring:TBD Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. 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Jill Sobule Tribute Shows, Dubbed ‘Jillith Fair,’ Set for Around the Country, With Artists Including Margaret Cho, Tom Morello, John Doe

Jill Sobule Tribute Shows, Dubbed 'Jillith Fair,' Set for Around the Country, With Artists Including Margaret Cho, Tom Morello, John...
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Ana de Armas Says She's 'Obviously' Just Working with Tom Cruise, Admits Training with Him Is 'Crazy'New Foto - Ana de Armas Says She's 'Obviously' Just Working with Tom Cruise, Admits Training with Him Is 'Crazy'

Bryan Bedder/Getty;Ethan Miller/Getty Ana de Armas acknowledged that she's working with Tom Cruise on future film projects TheBallerinastar called Cruise and directors Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie "so lovely and a great team" Training and working with theMission: Impossibleactor on "a couple other things" is "so much fun," de Armas added Ana de Armasis "obviously" enjoying time with future costarTom Cruise. In an interview withWomen's Wear Dailypublished Thursday, May 22, theBallerinaactress, 37, confirmed that hermany sightingswith theTop Gunactor, 62, involve "working on something with [directors] Doug Liman andChristopher McQuarrie," Cruise's regular action film collaborators. "Obviously, everyone knows I'm working with Tom Cruise," de Armas acknowledged. Liman (who directed Cruse in 2014'sEdge of Tomorrowand 2017'sAmerican Made) and McQuarrie (writer-director of severalMission: Impossiblefilms including the newFinal Reckoning) "are unbelievable at everything they do. And they're so lovely and a great team, and the process we're having is amazing," she said. "And of course I'm doing crazy training, as you do when you're working with Tom," added the Cuban actress. "It's another level that just keeps setting the bar higher and higher. But it's so much fun." In addition to "working on that thing that we're training for," de Armas teased there are "also a couple other things too" on her and Cruise's plates. "We just got excited." The Oscar-nominatedBlondestar leadsJohn WickspinoffBallerinaopposite franchise leadKeanu Reeves. In the lead-up to promoting that film, she has been spotted with Cruise in London at dinners, walks in the park and evenon helicopter ridespiloted by the action star himself. The two actors,a source has told PEOPLE, have nothing romantic going on. When they were first spotted on anight outin February, the insider said they were at dinner with their agents "discussing potential collaborations down the line." Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In herWWDinterview, de Armas reflected on working with Reeves, another action legend. Accepting a role in theJohn Wickfranchise "was a big deal," she said. "As much action as there was on the page, I could see the heart too." Her character, assassin Eve Macarro, "has such a beautiful journey," theKnives Outstar added. "The emotionality of the character is so important in the film, I was just like, 'oh, I have to do this.' " Cruise'sMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, that franchise's eighth installment, is in theaters now.From the World of John Wick: Ballerinais in theaters June 6. Read the original article onPeople

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May 22, 2025

Ana de Armas Says She's 'Obviously' Just Working with Tom Cruise, Admits Training with Him Is 'Crazy'

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Erin Andrews reveals surrogate suffered miscarriage: 'I have dealt with this before'New Foto - Erin Andrews reveals surrogate suffered miscarriage: 'I have dealt with this before'

Sportscaster Erin Andrewsis sharing an intimate story of loss. During a May 22 episode of "Calm Down with Erin and Charissa," the podcast she co-hosts with fellow sports journalist Charissa Thompson, Andrews revealed that the surrogate who was carrying her second child had suffered a miscarriage. Andrews,who sharesa son, Mack, 2,with husband Jarret Stoll, told listeners that she was at first hesitant to share the news but decided it might be therapeutic. "I have dealt with this before," she said, "but things were going really, really well. And her little heartbeat and her numbers were really good – so much so I even told you guys (her podcast team) a couple weeks ago because we thought we had such good news." Erin Andrews responds to ageistcomment that she's 'too old' for sportscaster role "I've been trying really hard to pay attention, I've just been tearing up the whole time and trying to stay focused," she said of the podcast episode. "But I'm also really, really good at suppressing my feelings and work really helps me with that. "I kind of made a promise to myself … that I was just going to be honest with people," she said, revealing this is not the first time a surrogate for her and Stoll had suffered a miscarriage. "When I was first dealing with all these infertility issues and loss … I just wanted to let other people know that we're dealing with them, that I get it and I understand,"Andrewscontinued. "And I'm going to do that again. This really, really sucks but so many people are dealing with it, so if you feel alone and you feel like a failure, I do, too. But you're not the only one." Erin Andrews opens up about new baby,'10 years of hell' battling infertility She admittedshe "didn't want to be back here in the loss column," but pressed the importance of sharing her journey and others feeling emboldened to do the same. The loss has also made her more grateful for her son Mack, Andrews said, who was also delivered via surrogate. Surrogacy,which has become more common in recent years, refers to the practice of a woman, contracted by a couple or individual, carrying an embryo to term that they do not have a biological relationship to. The processhas grown in popularity as the conversation around fertility struggles breaks from a whisper to an outspoken roar andas celebrities like Andrewsshare their experiences with surrogacy. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Erin Andrews reveals surrogate suffered miscarriage

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Erin Andrews reveals surrogate suffered miscarriage: 'I have dealt with this before'

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Paul Mescal says it's 'lazy and frustrating' to compare his new gay romance "History of Sound" to "Brokeback Mountain"

Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Paul Mescalis calling out the repeated comparisons betweenBrokeback Mountainand his new gay romance film,The History of Sound. During a recent press conference at theCannes Film Festival, theAll of Us Strangersstar spoke out againstreviewsthatdraw connectionsbetweenthe two films, calling them "lazy and frustrating" and denying any similarities. "I personally don't see the parallels at all withBrokeback Mountain, other than we spent a little time in a tent," Mescal quipped in video footage of the event. "[Brokeback] is a beautiful film but it is dealing with the idea of repression, and this film is fundamentally pointed in the opposite direction." "So, to be honest, I find those comparisons relatively lazy and frustrating," he continued, "but for the most part, I think the relationship I have to the film is born out of the fact that it's a celebration between these two men's love and not a film about their repressed relationship with their sexuality." Oliver Hermanus'The History of Soundfollows two musicians who travel to New England during the summer of 1919 to record folk songs. Mescal stars alongsideJosh O'Connoras Lionel and David, respectively, who meet while attending the Boston Music Conservatory in 1917 and decide to travel together after World War I. Alongside Mescal and O'Connor, the film stars Chris Cooper, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Emma Canning, Briana Middleton, and Gary Raymond. Fair Winter LLC Ang Lee's critically acclaimedBrokeback MountainstarsHeath LedgerandJake Gyllenhaalas two cowboys who form a secret romance in 1960s Wyoming, despite eventually meeting and marrying two women (Michelle WilliamsandAnne Hathaway). At the time of its release,Brokeback Mountain's nuanced portrayal of queer romance was hailed as one of the best films on the subject, by bothcritics and audiences alike. So it's no surprise thatHistory of Soundis drawing comparisons to the award-winning film considering the emphasis on connection and the complexity of romantic relationships. Both films are also adapted from short stories. That focus on love is what drew Mescal to the script, which he recalled first reading when he was 24 years old — four years before they would eventually shoot the film. "Love is a very complicated — what's the thing, Andrew Scott's speech inFleabagabout love at the end at the wedding. That's what I think about," Mescal said. Kimberly French/Focus Features Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. "It's a very hard thing to pin down," he continued. "What I found so moving about the screenplay is that it's never really described in words, it's described in actions and things you don't see ... That's something I've learned in my own life, kindness is wildly underrated in romantic relationships and should be celebrated." Watch Mescal's full comments onBrokeback MountainandThe History of Soundin the video above. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly

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May 22, 2025

Paul Mescal says it's 'lazy and frustrating' to compare his new gay romance “History of Sound” to “Brokeback Mountain”

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Jana Kramer Teases 1st Wedding Anniversary Surprise for Husband Allan RussellNew Foto - Jana Kramer Teases 1st Wedding Anniversary Surprise for Husband Allan Russell

Paras Griffin/Getty On the May 22 episode of herWhine Downpodcast, Jana Kramer told husband Allan Russell that she's got plans for their first wedding anniversary The couple exchanged vows during an intimate ceremony in Scotland on July 13, 2024 Kramer also stressed the importance of going on dates and doing things, asking Russell if they could go out more together Jana Krameris ready to celebrate her first wedding anniversary with husband Allan Russell, and she's got some secret plans in the works! The 41-year-old actress and country music starexchanged vowswith the 44-year-old soccer player on July 13, 2024 during an intimate wedding at Carnell Estate in Scotland. As the first anniversary of their special day approaches, Kramer teased Russell by revealing that she already has plans for them during the Thursday, May 22 episode of herWhine Downpodcast. "I have something planned for you for our one-year wedding anniversary that you have no idea about. I have planned it. I have booked it," she told Russell. Jana Kramer/Instagram She continued, noting that she had one worry about their secret event — that work would get in the way. To counteract that, she said, "I'm about to send an email out to my agents and be like, 'No matter what comes up, they're gonna have to move around these three dates.' " TheOne Tree Hillalum noted the importance of spending time together and romance, saying that things have been too busy for them to really do so in 2025. Recalling a conversation with her makeup artist, she said, "I don't want to say [we've fallen into] a bad pattern, but I don't feel like we prioritize it the way that we should because we're so... I get it, we're so busy." Kramer added that her "favorite" sort of date that they do is an at-home one where it's romantic and peaceful."But I also think in a way, it's kind of... I don't wanna say an easy way out because I really love [that] you make it so sweet, and it's so thoughtful," she said. However, she added that they didn't have their first real date night out in 2025 until March. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. She continued, saying, "And I feel like I would like to do more of that because I felt better and more connected to you that night." Russell agreed, jokingly telling her that they'd figure out another night out "by the end of the year." On top of their secret anniversary plans, they do have something else in the books — a trip to Paris. "I'm really excited because I wanna go somewhere new with you. And I know you've been to this place before, but we're going to Paris in October for theOne Tree Hillconvention," she said, adding that they were arriving early so that they'd have time to explore. Elyse Jankowski/FilmMagic Kramer said that she was looking forward to it, adding, "You're my best friend. I love to just have fun, and that's how I feel like we connect really well." For her, the outings didn't have to be intense; they could be as simple as playing tennis during the day. "Let's do that at least once a month or something," she proposed, adding, "This is what is important for me: For us to be able to connect so that you're not at the end of the year going, 'Man, we didn't really prioritize us, and we are the glue that holds everything together.' " The loved-up couple dated for just over six months beforeannouncing that they were engagedin May 2023. On an episode of her podcast, Kramer recounted the sweet story of Russell's proposal, which took place in front oftheir children— her daughter Jolie, 9, and son Jace, 6, Russell's teenager Troy and their son Roman, 1. Craig and Eva Sanders Photography "We just both started crying, and it felt very sentimental given the front porch of the new house, new beginnings. It just felt right," she said. "It was perfect. We were actually supposed to be in Jamaica, but something happened with the resort, so we ended up staying here, but honestly, that's exactly what I would have wanted, was at the house. I don't need the roses and the whole glam setup." Their wedding was attended by only 35 guests, keeping it small and meaningful. "We're getting married in Scotland, so the background is already stunning as it is. I just want to marry him, and I want my closest friends there. That's all that truly matters to us and our family," she told PEOPLE at the time. Read the original article onPeople

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May 22, 2025

Jana Kramer Teases 1st Wedding Anniversary Surprise for Husband Allan Russell

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