ATEEZ reach new peak on Billboard 200 with ‘The World Ep 1: Movement’

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentEboni K. Williams is launching a new season of her podcast with Interval Presents, the new in-house podcast network from Warner Media Group, Variety has learned exclusively.Williams — an attorney, journalist, TV host and author — recently starred on “The Real Housewives of New York City,” becoming the first-ever Black cast member to be cast on the Bravo show.“Holding Court with Eboni K.

Rage Against The Machine have announced that, thanks to fans buying charity tickets to those shows, they’ve raised a total of $1million (£829,400).The political alternative metal outfit performed five shows at Madison Square Garden last week, delivering anthems like ‘Bulls On Parade’, ‘Killing In The Name’ and ‘Guerrilla Radio’ to an estimated 100,000 fans.10 percent of tickets to these shows – and all others on their North American ‘Public Service Announcement’ tour – were sold with “charity pricing”, whereby higher fees were implemented, partly in an effort to deter scalpers, with all additional funds generated being diverted to local charities.Rage announced their feat on social media overnight, assuring followers that the $1million raised by New Yorkers would be distributed between three non-profit organisations.

Rage Against The Machine performed their 1992 track ‘Fistful Of Steel’ live for the first time since 1997 in New York City over the weekend – you can watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.The four-piece played the final show of their five-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night (August 14), bringing a premature end to their 2022 tour plans after they cancelled their UK and European tour last week due to frontman Zack de la Rocha’s foot injury.During Friday’s MSG show (August 12), RATM added ‘Fistful Of Steel’, which featured on the band’s 1992 self-titled debut album, to their setlist. The performance marked the first time since 1997 that the band had performed the track live (via Setlist.fm).You can watch fan-shot footage of RATM playing ‘Fistful Of Steel’ in New York below.Earlier on in their North American tour, RATM performed ‘Born Of A Broken Man’ live for the first time in 14 years and ‘No Shelter’ for the first time in 15 years.The band also invited their support act Run The Jewels to join them on stage a number of times during the tour to perform ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)’.Announcing the cancellation of their forthcoming UK and European tour dates last week, RATM said in a statement: “It is with great disappointment that we announce this cancellation.

The Iranian government has denied any involvement in Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie and laid the blame at the feet of The Satanic Verses author and his supporters.

Padma Lakshmi is breathing a sigh of relief for ex-husband Salman Rushdie.

Rage Against The Machine have been forced to cancel their forthcoming UK and European tour dates.The band returned to action only last month after an 11-year absence, kicking off a North American tour with Run The Jewels which had originally been due to start in March 2020.However, during the second show of the rescheduled tour in Chicago on July 11, frontman Zack de la Rocha injured his leg mid-performance. De la Rocha has since continued the tour with RATM, though he has been seated on stage while performing during each subsequent gig.This afternoon (August 11) RATM have confirmed that, due to “medical guidance”, de la Rocha has been advised not to proceed with performing beyond their run of dates at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, which conclude on Sunday (August 14).This means that RATM’s forthcoming UK and European tour dates, which included a pair of headline slots at Reading & Leeds next month, have been cancelled.A post shared by Rage Against The Machine (@rageagainstthemachine)“It is with great disappoint that we announce this cancellation,” the band said in their statement.

Aubrey Plaza wore an all white outfit to discuss her new film, “Emily the Criminal,” in a screening in New York. She was wearing a crop top, a long skirt, and some sunglasses, a perfect outfit that adapted to the city’s heat.Aubrey Plaza will star in the second season of ‘The White Lotus’Watch Aubrey Plaza be weird in Italy in ‘Spin Me Round’ trailerPlaza was photographed having some coffee as she headed to the SAG-Aftra Foundation.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUtopia and Showtime have acquired the North American rights to Pulse Films’ “Meet Me in the Bathroom,” a documentary about the explosion of rock ‘n’ roll that helped define the early 2000s in New York City and ushered in a new generation of musical talent. The film, which is directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Angelica Ross is set to become the first transgender actress to play Roxie Hart in 'Chicago'. The 41-year-old 'Pose' star will make her Broadway debut in the long-running musical later this year, playing murderous vixen Roxie for eight weeks from September 12. Actresses who have previously played Roxie include Pamela Anderson, Melanie Griffith, Christie Brinkley, Marilu Henner, Brooke Shields and Lisa Rinna.

Chris Rock isn’t planning to reconcile his friendship with Will Smith — at least not yet.

New York Times said on Sunday that Football's Coming Home — a 'wry anthem trotted out by England fans every time its team get a whiff of a title' — had been booming out of the Wembley speakers. 'Everyone, you will not be surprised, knows the words by heart,' a writer observed. The $64,000 question for the new European champions now is whether they can reach the Holy Grail and beat the USA at next summer's World Cup.

SEVENTEEN have reached a new peak on the Billboard 200 chart with their new repackaged album ‘Sector 17’.On July 31, Billboard announced that the 13-member boyband’s repackaged album ‘Sector 17’ had debuted at Number Four on the weekly album chart, marking their highest-charting entry yet.‘Sector 17’, which dropped on July 18, had earned a total of 34,000 equivalent album units, according to Billboard. Among these, 31,000 comprise album sales while the remainder comprise streaming and track equivalent units.The album was a re-release of SEVENTEEN’s fourth studio effort ‘Face The Sun’, and saw the addition of lead single ‘World’, pre-release track ‘Cheers’, B-side ‘Circles’, as well as a Korean-language version of their 2020 Japanese single ‘Fallin’ Flower’.‘Face The Sun’ itself had debuted and peaked at Number Seven on the Billboard 200 following its release in June, making ’Sector 17’ the act’s second Top 10 entry of 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Rick Gonzalez (Arrow, Coach Carter) and Brent Antonello (Pam & Tommy, A Jazzman’s Blues) have joined the cast of NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime for Season 3. The duo will portray NYPD detectives assigned to the Organized Crime unit.

a CNN report of a U.S. offer to exchange American citizens detained in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S.

It’s been four months since Oscars Night 2022 when Will Smith infamously slapped host Chris Rock on, as Rock called it, “the greatest night in the history of television.” But Rock and Smith have barely addressed the incident since it happened. So that makes Rock’s comments about the slap during a recent stand-up set in New Jersey all the more intriguing.