Megan Thee Stallion to make Broadway debut with 'historic' role in 'Moulin Rouge!'

It's about to be a Broadway girl spring forMegan Thee Stallion.

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The"Hot Girl Summer" rapper, 31, is set to make her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," joining the stage show for a limited eight-week engagement from March 24 through May 17.

The Grammy winner will star as nightclub impresario Zidler, and the production noted she will become the first female-identifying performer to play the role. In a statement, Megan Thee Stallion said it's an "absolute honor" to join "Moulin Rouge" and noted it will be a new creative challenge for her.

"I've always believed in pushing myself creatively and theater is definitely a new opportunity that I'm excited to embrace," she said. "Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling, but I'm up for the challenge and can't wait for the Hotties to see a new side of me."

Megan Thee Stallion attends the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York.

Based on the jukebox musical film of the same name, "Moulin Rouge!" has won 10 Tony Awards, including best musical, best lead actor in a musical for Aaron Tveit and best featured actor in a musical for Danny Burstein, who played Harold Zidler.

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The Broadway production is set to end its run on July 26.

<p style=Bad Bunny and "Wuthering Heights" have dominated the month of February, as the march to the 2026 Oscars continues.

Stars have been stepping out this month at movie premieres and awards shows, including the Grammys and the Independent Spirit Awards. Plus, New York Fashion Week 2026 is underway, featuring appearances by Rihanna and Anne Hathaway.

Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga performing during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Keke Palmer attends the Film Independent Spirit Awards at Hollywood Palladium on Feb. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Kirsten Dunst, left, and Jesse Plemons

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Glen Powell attends a screening of "How To Make a Killing" on Feb. 14, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Margaret Qualley

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Charli XCX attends the premiere of "The Moment" during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 14, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Callum Turner, left, and Dua Lipa attend the "Rosebush Pruning" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 14, 2026.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Haley Lu Richardson attends the "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 13, 2026.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bella Ramsey attends the "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" red carpet during the Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 13, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Isabel May attends the "Scream 7" x TikTok Stab House Experience on Feb. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> A$AP Rocky, left, and Rihanna attend A$AP Rocky's AWGE New York Fashion Week show on Feb. 13, 2026, in New York. <p style=Neil Patrick Harris attends the "No Good Men" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival on Feb. 12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Timothée Chalamet attends a screening of "Call Me By Your Name" hosted by Cinespia on Feb. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Hudson Williams attends the Hennessy Gold House Lunar New Year Celebration at Chinese Tuxedo on Feb. 12, 2026, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Margot Robbie attends the "Wuthering Heights" Australian premiere on Feb. 12, 2026, in Sydney, Australia.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Jacob Elordi

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Neve Campbell attends a screening and Q&A for "Scream" on Feb. 10, 2026, in Paris.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Camila Mendes attends the premiere of "Idiotka" on Feb. 5, 2026, in New York City.

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Meanwhile, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are continuing to step out on red carpets for "Wuthering Heights." February will also see the return of New York Fashion Week, plus the premieres of highly anticipated movies like "Scream 7" and TV shows like ABC's reboot of "Scrubs."

Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny attending the Grammys on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.

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See Halle Berry, Bad Bunny in the best celebrity photos of February

Bad Bunnyand "Wuthering Heights" have dominated the month of February, as the march to the 2026 Oscars continues.Stars have been stepping out this month at movie premieres and awards shows, including the Grammys and the Independent Spirit Awards. Plus,New York Fashion Week 2026is underway, featuring appearances by Rihanna and Anne Hathaway.Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga performing during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California.

Producer Carmen Pavlovic said Thursday it's a "thrilling moment" to welcome Megan Thee Stallion, a "true global superstar," into the production and teased that there will be a "hint" of some of the rapper's own music in the show.

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Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gold House 4th Annual Gold Gala at The Music Center on May 10, 2025, in Los Angeles.

"This historic casting is a major part of our closing celebrations: our farewell gift to Broadway audiences and one of our biggest announcements in the history of 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical,'" the producer said. "We want our show to go out with a spectacular bang, and Megan is the force of nature to lead us there. And yes, there will be a hint of music from her own iconic catalogue. It's an unmissable moment for both Megan's fans and ours."

Megan Thee Stallion has had a limited number of acting roles during her career, previously starring in the comedy film "Dicks: The Musical" and making cameos as herself in the movie "Mean Girls" and Marvel show "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."

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Kate Middleton Accepts an On-the-Spot Challenge from Young Fans in the Rain During Wales Visit

Kate Middleton played rock, paper, scissors with children during a rainy walkabout in Powys, Wales

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  • The visit celebrated the community ahead of St. David's Day, with the royals wearing daffodil pins for Welsh pride

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Kate Middletonbraved a game in the rain during her visit to Wales withPrince William!

On Feb. 26, Princess Kate, 44, tried her hand at a few rounds of rock, paper, scissors with children during her visit to Powys.

As seen in a video shared toXby Emily Ferguson of theDaily Express, the Princess of Wales eagerly played the children's classic with two young boys during a walkabout in the downpour.

"Let's do it again. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Aw!" Princess Kate expertly said, as the first young boy's "paper" gesture topped the "rock" she made with her hand.

The royal mom of three then turned to the second youngster, and they played three speedy rounds, before his "rock" beat her "scissors."

Kate Middleton in Newtown, Wales on Feb. 26, 2026.Credit: Ben Birchall - WPA Pool/Getty

The game in the rain brought a smile to Kate's face, and she seemed to congratulate the second winner. She then waved to a little girl who held a drawing of the Welsh flag and said, "Nice to meet you."

The Princess of Wales, who is nicknamed the Children's Princess for her warm way with kids, has three children of her own at home:Prince George, 12,Princess Charlotte, 10, andPrince Louis, 7.

Her game play at the walkabout wasn't her only cute interaction with kids on Thursday. Anothervideoshowed Princess Kate giving three big hugs and a few handshakes to a group of little girls holding Welsh flags — a few who bounced with excitement to meet the princess.

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Kate Middleton in Newtown, Wales on Feb. 26, 2026.Credit: Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty

She also accepted a necklace from a young girl at the Oriel Davies art gallery, graciously letting the child help fasten the handmade creation!

Powys is the county with the most volunteers per capita in the U.K. and William and Kate visited to celebrate community ahead of St. David's Day, the national holiday, on March 1.

Kate Middleton in Wales on Feb. 26, 2026Credit: Phil Noble / POOL / AFP via Getty

The Prince and Princess of Wales poignantly pinned on daffodil pins in homage to the upcoming St. David's Day, when daffodils (Wales' national flower) or leeks (St. David's personal symbol) are traditionally worn as a symbol of Welsh pride.

William and Kate have a strong connection to Wales, living there as newlyweds and after the birth of Prince George. Following the death ofQueen Elizabethin September 2022,King Charlesannounced that his eldest son and daughter-in-law were now thePrince and Princess of Wales, bestowing William with the highly prestigious title reserved for the male heir to the throne.

Kate Middleton and Prince William in Newtown, Wales on Feb. 26, 2026.Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty

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Their stops on Feb. 26 included visits to The Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes, Oriel Davies public art gallery in Newtown and Hafan yr Afon community hub in the same village.

Prince William and Princess Kate's away day in Wales coincided with the final day ofPrince HarryandMeghan Markle's humanitarian trip to Jordan,creating a rare moment of overlapwhere both couples were conducting public outings.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Powysone week after the historic arrestof William's uncle, the formerPrince Andrew, on Feb. 19.

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Epstein hid computers in storage units in Palm Beach County and beyond

By the time Palm Beach, Florida, police raidedJeffrey Epstein'smansion, the evidence they sought was gone. Three computers were missing from the home, leaving only loose wires and keyboards behind.

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Newly surfaced documents indicate that Epstein had private investigators remove the computers and lock them in storage units across Palm Beach County and beyond. Epstein continued making monthly payments to one such Royal Palm Beach storage facility until 2019, the year he died by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.

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When asked on Feb. 24 whether it had searched any of Epstein's storage units or recovered the computers hidden in 2005, the FBI referred all inquiries to the Department of Justice, which did not respond to a request for comment. Stephen Kiraly, the private investigator whose Pinellas County firm handled the computers, declined to comment.

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"I apologize, but under state law I can't divulge any information without written consent from the client or his estate," Kiraly said.

Epstein's team fought to keep computers from FBI

The FBI believed a private investigator near Miami named Paul Lavery took the three computers and gave them to Bill Riley, a private investigator with the firm Riley Kiraly. An email from Riley to Epstein confirmed it.

"Over the weekend I learned that plaintiff's counsel are looking to get from me the computers and paperwork I took from Jeff's house prior to the Search Warrant," Rileywrote, the emailamong the thousands recently produced by the DOJ. "I have them locked in storage and would like to know what to do with them."

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Lavery, when asked what he removed from the home, said he "took the items that were given to me," according tohandwritten notes from a 2007 interview. He said he delivered the computers to Riley's office and had "never seen the equipment again."

Prosecutors suspected the computers contained evidence relevant to Epstein's sex-trafficking operation, including emails arranging encounters with underage girls, digital records documenting payments and surveillance camera footage generated inside Epstein's mansion.

By 2007, a federal grand jury had issued subpoenas ordering the private investigators to appear before the grand jury and produce all computer equipment removed from Epstein's Palm Beach residence, any computers ever owned by Epstein and records documenting the relationship between Epstein and the investigators.

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Although the subpoenas were directed at the private investigators, Epstein's attorneys – who, on paper, hired the investigators – moved quickly to intervene. They asked a federal judge to quash the subpoenas, arguing that forcing investigators to turn over the computers would violate Epstein's constitutional rights and pierce the confidentiality of his legal defense.

Epstein said the computers, if they existed, were part of his defense preparation and could contain attorney‑client communications or attorney work product. Turning them over would effectively force him to incriminate himself and let prosecutors rummage through private materials unrelated to any crime.

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While federal prosecutors fought to recover the computers, Epstein's legal team was moving to copy them.

According toan unsealed court record, a computer forensics expert named David Kleiman contacted a deputy he knew at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in July 2007 and asked whether he could use the agency's hard drive duplication device. Kleiman said he had been hired by Epstein's attorney, Roy Black, to make three copies of each of the three computers.

Kleiman said the job needed to be done as soon as possible, with someone standing by while the process was completed. The deputy declined to provide the equipment as the "machine he wanted to use was not reliable," but he relayed the conversation to the FBI.

Epstein paid for storage units for more than a decade

Billing records show Epstein paid a storage company known as Uncle Bob's more than $370 per month from at least 2003 until 2015, with a final payment in 2016. A separate unit in the Royal Palm Beach area cost him about $140 monthly and appears to have been active until just before his death.

The FBI has not confirmed whether any of the storage units were ever searched. Following raids on Epstein's properties in 2019, the bureau said it seized dozens of electronic devices but found no evidence that Epstein had either maintained blackmail material or recorded the abuse of victims.

The records don't indicate whether the materials inside those lockers were ever destroyed, moved, or retained by Epstein's estate following his death.

Hannah Phillips is a journalist covering public safety and criminal justice at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her athphillips@pbpost.com.

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