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Alec Baldwin hits Hamptons; virus
woes plague Great White Way
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Andy Cohen’s update
On the Dec. 20 episode of Andy
Cohen‘s SiriusXM radio show, Randy
Andy,
People reports the Bravo producer
talked about his bout with breakthrough
COVID, explaining that he had to separate
from his 2-year-old son Benjamin for
10 days while isolating.
“I quarantined in the house. The fi rst
day was really rough and he was really
upset and he wanted to hug me so badly,”
Cohen told his Radio Andy co-host
John Hill. “Thankfully, what wound up
happening was we tried co-habitating
and he was not getting the message that
he could not come near me and it was
serious. It was really upsetting. And he
wound up going out to Long Island with
his nanny.”
Father and son are have
since reunited.
Baldwin back on L.I.
Alec Baldwin took three of his children
to enjoy a cold beach at the Little
Alberts Landing Beach in the Hamptons
on Dec. 19, reports the Daily Mail.
The family left Manhattan on Dec. 17
after Santa Fe sheriffs issued a search
warrant for Baldwin’s iPhone in their
investigation into the shooting death of
Halyna Hutchins on the set of his fi lm
Rust.
The family has been in East Hampton
since the 17th, when Baldwin was spotted
outside his Manhattan home packing
up his Cadillac Escalade with Christmas
wreaths, bags and presents.
Other news
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc
upon Broadway shows. COVID-19
continues to wreak havoc upon
Broadway shows, especially The Music
Man. Sutton Foster missed the Dec.
24 preview performance of the longawaited
The Music Man revival, which
also stars Hugh Jackman, after testing
positive for coronavirus, according to
multiple reports. The Broadway actress
confi rmed her absence was due to a
positive test on Instagram.
Foster, who also stars on the TV
show Younger, also heaped praise on
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Top left: Andy Cohen. Above: Morena
Baccarin. Left: Sharon D. Clarke.
actress and The Music Man swing
Kathy Voytko, who stepped in for
her in the role of Marian Paroo, so
the performance at the Winter Green
Theater did not have to be canceled.
However, on Dec. 28, The Music Man
announced it has canceled performances
through the end of the year after Hugh
Jackman tested positive just days after
Foster.
According to The Hollywood
Reporter, the revival’s leading man took
to Instagram to share the news of his
breakthrough case.
“I just want you to hear from me
that I tested positive this morning from
COVID. My symptoms are like a cold
– I have a scratchy throat and a bit of
a runny nose,” the actor said in a brief
30-second video. But I’m fi ne and I’m
just going to do everything I can to get
better ASAP and as soon as I’m cleared,
I’ll be back on stage heading to River
City!”
Although a total of 16 plays have had
to cancel performances with Waitress
and Thoughts Of A Colored Man
closing for good due to COVID-19
outbreaks, Caroline, Or Change will
continue its’ limited run at Studio 54
through Jan. 9.
The Roundabout Theatre Company’s
production stars Sharon D. Clarke as
Caroline Thibodeaux, a Black woman
working as a maid for a Jewish family
in 1963 Louisiana, as the Civil Rights
movement is transforming America.
Rapper Rich the Kid seems to be in
the red once again.
According to Page Six, the Queens
born emcee owes almost $41,000 in
back rent to his Manhattan landlord,
East Village 14 Owner LLC. In the
lawsuit fi led in Manhattan Supreme
Court, the landlord claims Rich, whose
given name is Dimitri Rogers, has lived
in the East Village pad for 14 months
and stopped paying rent in August.
This new lawsuit follows Blueprint
Artist Management suing the musician
in 2020, alleging it was owed $3.5
million in fees. TMZ also reported
that Rich the Kid was charged for over
$300,000 for an outstanding rent in
Los Angeles, California.
Rogers was also sued for owing
$230,000 worth of jewelry to Beverly
Hills jeweler Peter Marco. His net
worth is reportedly $10 million.
We hear…
Deadpool actress Morena Baccarin
was seen enjoying the holiday weekend
as she pushed her son nine-monthold,
Arthur, in his stroller through
Brooklyn Bridge Park on Dec. 26,
according to the Daily Mail.
Baccarin shares Arthur and fiveyear
old daughter, Frances, with her
husband, actor Ben McKenzie. The
Gotham co-stars were married in
2017.
Morena has been busy filming a
new TV series for NBC, The Endgame.
Described as a “high-stakes thriller,”
the show starts airing in February
2022 and also stars Ryan Michelle
Bathe’ and Kamal Angelo Bolden.
Domestic doyenne Martha Stewart
attended an Entrepreneurs Holiday
Party in New York City at Shopify on
Dec. 9 where she was spotted chatting
with the e-commerce company’s
president, Harley Finkelstein.
Sightings
Jeff Goldblum waving from a replica
of the Statue of Liberty torch at Rise
NY on Dec. 16.
Tennis ace Naomi Osaka and
boyfriend rapper Cordae sitting
courtside at the New York Knicks
vs Atlanta Hawks game at Madison
Square Garden.
8 December 30, 2021 Schneps Media