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Following a diverse cast in 1950s high school, a fresh reboot of classic musical Grease has already received scathing reviews as 'the prequel that no one asked for'. With new musical figures about white supremacy, family favorites will be re-sung, and the 1950s student body at Rydell High School will be brimming with a diverse blend of LGBT and black high schoolers. Also, the show's characters have undergone a Gen-Z makeover, including a non-binary Japanese American who is trying to integrate with her queer and non-conforming band mates.

At the premiere of their show Grease: The Pink Ladies, Cheyenne Wells, Marisa Davila, Ari Notartomaso, and Tricia Fukuhara posed playful together. The Pink Ladies are a girl group of greasers at a fictional high school in the late 1950s, as shown in the original 1978 film Grease. The current film is a prequel to the movie and follows the formation of the clique in 1954, allowing for the introduction of a whole new line of characters. The Pink Ladies, Marisa, Tricia, Cheyenne, and Ari lead the cast as a quartet of girls named after the colour of their popular bomber jackets. The four of them glowed on the fittingly pink carpet of their new exhibition's premiere as the shutterbugs gnashed away at them.

Hadi Matar, 24, will appear in court charged with second-degree attempted murder after assaulting Salman Rushdie, 75, stabbing him multiple times at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. Matar is due to appear in court at 1 p.m. local time, according to the office of Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt in an email. Since the brutal attack in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday, Rushdie has been hospitalized with serious injuries and may even have lost an eye.