Timber Lake Playhouse, Mount Carroll, Ill., will open the long-delayed “Annie” on June 30. Based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie and loosely based on the 1885 poem “Little Orphant Annie” written by James Whitcomb Riley, the popular musical includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre. The musical’s songs “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard Knock Life” are among its most popular numbers.

The Biggest Loser star gained almost 20 pounds Erica Lugo, a former trainer on The Biggest Loser, embarked on a remarkable journey in 2022, facing both mental health challenges and an unexpected battle with perimenopause.  As Erica prepared for her second bodybuilding competition in September 2022, she sensed that something was amiss.  During posing practice, an overwhelming sense of unease washed over her. "I was shaking and felt physically ill,"

A new grant will help the Martin Luther King Jr. Center continue their West End Revitalization projects in Rock Island The Quad Cities Community Foundation Transformation Grant, a three-year, $300,000 grant, will make sure the community-driven initiative can thrive and serve as a model for other neighborhoods and cities. “The Transformation Grant is built by donor contributions to our Quad Cities Community Impact Fund,” said Sue Hafkemeyer, president and CEO of the Community Foundation.

No time for haters. Kelly Ripa delivered a glorious clapback to an Instagram troll who called her husband, Mark Consuelos, short on Saturday, March 10. The Live With Kelly and Ryan host shared a picture of herself and the Riverdale actor on Instagram Friday, March 9. “#fbf 2008 That other time we got fancy,” she captioned the throwback red carpet post. “Too bad he’s short when he tries to look taller. It looks funny. Just be who you are,” one commenter wrote.

Take that! The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik gave Piers Morgan a piece of her mind (i.e., a look at her chest) on Monday, February 8, during an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. The British host brought up a recent spat between Morgan, 50, and actress Susan Sarandon that has been dubbed “#Cleavagegate.” It all started when the reporter tweeted about Sarandon’s bra top at the SAG Awards on Saturday, February 3.