Last New Year’s Eve, Billy Porter was working in New Orleans. This year he’ll still be working — but in New York City.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFormer Spotify head of music Nick Holmsten has unveiled a plan to create a “playground for artists” in New York’s Times Square, where musicians will be able to perform concerts, meet fans, sell merch and create other experiences. Plans call for the development, which will include a street-facing stage and a retail space, to open in 2022, pending pandemic-related restrictions.
Last New Year’s Eve, Billy Porter was working in New Orleans. This year he’ll still be working — but in New York City.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“CBS This Morning” could get a new sunrise perch.CBS is contemplating a move that could harness a cavernous studio facility in the New York headquarters of its corporate parent, ViacomCBS, for use by CBS News — in particular its A.M.
Major media outlets are often accused of downplaying atrocities of socialist regimes, and nowhere is that clearer than with the treatment of former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) by The New York Times and others, say those with personal experience in the former federation. Fox News took a look at some of the most over-the-top examples: In 1931, New York Times Moscow correspondent Walter Duranty reported that “there is no famine...
Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner stand in the middle of Times Square while filming a scene for their upcoming Hawkeye television series on Monday (December 7) in New York City.
Jeff Vasishta Though he’s not as wealthy as his billionaire friend Warren, with whom he shares a surname though not DNA, Jimmy Buffett hasn’t done too poorly from epitomizing the lifestyle of an escapist beach bum — as best described by his still-in-rotation 1977 hit “Margaritaville.” With a business empire based largely on his Margaritaville Café restaurant chain and its numerous merchandising spins-offs, Buffett’s net worth is currently stacked to over $550 million, according to Forbes.So the
Harry Styles, 26, and Florence Pugh, 24, were back on set of their upcoming film Don’t Worry, Darling after a temporary shutdown of production due to one crew member testing positive for COVID-19, and they were looking gorgeous! The singer and actress were seen filming an outside scene in Palm Springs, CA on Dec.
Florence Pugh follows Harry Styles outside of their house on Tuesday (December 1) in Palm Springs, Calif.
Tekashi 6ix9ine pal was sentenced Tuesday to 4 1/2 years in prison in connection to a brazen Times Square shooting.Kintea McKenzie, a recording artist who goes by the name Kooda B, was the last of a dozen defendants indicted alongside Tekashi for their roles in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods criminal enterprise.The gang was responsible for numerous shootings, robberies, assaults and narcotics trafficking in Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to federal prosecutors.Tekashi, aka Daniel Hernandez,
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Delray Beach Police in Florida teamed up with a group of local nonprofits to give away free turkeys to more than 100 senior citizens. "Normally, we would have had a big dinner for the senior citizens in-person at Pompey Park," Chief Javaro Sims said in a statement to Fox News.
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos are right now announcing that Netflix will boost its presence in the state by expanding its ABQ Studios and committing to an additional $1 billion in production spending.The Studio expansion will add 300 acres to the company’s existing studios, located in Albuquerque’s Mesa Del Sol area.
Scooter Braun just had a big payday. Nearly a year a half after Braun acquired the master rights to Taylor Swift ’s first 6 records, the music executive and entrepreneur has sold them to a private investor.
Dave McNary Film ReporterMexico has chosen Fernando Frías de la Parra’s drama “I’m No Longer Here” as its official entry for the Best International Feature Film to the 93rd Academy Awards.“I’m No Longer Here” premiered in the 2019 edition of the Morelia Film Festival, where it was awarded the Feature Film Competition Award and the Audience Award. Netflix acquired worldwide rights in 2018 and released it in May.
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are celebrating Diwali in London. The couple took to Instagram on Saturday to commemorate the festival, which, over five days, symbolizes new beginnings and light over darkness. The couple is used to celebrating Diwali from all over the world.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFor four years on the CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Rachel Bloom mined some of her own life, including her journey with mental health, for her fictional character of Rebecca Bunch.
Pink Friday, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up, and The Pinkprint have each sold at least 5 million units—and those are just a few of her albums.
Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Bad Bunny is joining Season 3 of Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico,” and Disney Plus exclusively shared a trailer for “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” with Variety.Netflix announced that Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino and Bad Bunny (née Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) have been cast in Season 3 of “Narcos: Mexico.” The crime drama series shares the story of the war on drugs through Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna), who led the