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nail artist Jenny Bui received a nightmare text message.A neighbor next door to her new Throgs Neck salon, Cianna Creations Nails & Spa, said that it was on fire.“I thought it was a joke,” said 54-year-old Bui, who is based in the Bronx and has been doing Cardi’s iconic, long, blingy talons for a decade. “I drove so fast I almost got into a car accident.

Despite high waters in Brooklyn and Queens causing the Alamo Drafthouse house New York City circuit to close as well as National Amusements Showcase in the Bronx, big chains AMC and Regal are expected to stay open, particularly in Midtown.

A toddler is dead and multiple others were rushed to the hospital after a fentanyl exposure incident at a daycare in New York City. According to multiple media reports, last Frida

The pipeline from music video to feature film director isn’t discussed enough. Many beloved filmmakers started with music videos and commercials from Spike Jones to Gus Van Sant to David Fincher.  Joining the ranks now is Aristotle Torres, who is known for beginning his career as the creative director for his college classmate J.

A baby has died and three other children are currently fighting for their lives after reportedly eating fentanyl at a nursery.

Jennifer Lopez is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the best possible way. The successful star is looking back at her journey during a recent visit to her hometown in the Bronx, meeting with Latina entrepreneurs from her Limitless Labs Grameen American program, who have benefited from JLo’s partnership with Grameen America to help businesswomen achieve their dreams.JENNIFER LOPEZ ANNOUNCES NEW STUDIO ALBUM AFTER ALMOST A DECADEJENNIFER LOPEZ SLAYS THE FRONT ROW AT COACH’S NYFW SHOW IN A QUINTESSENTIAL LOOKThe actress met with 20 Latina entrepreneurs, including Bella Shique owner Lissette, and shared her experience after listening to the challenges and successes of the women at the special event.“It’s always inspiring to come back here and see what we’re doing together and how people are getting the opportunity to do and show what they can do with their lives.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In 2008, the writer-director Azazel Jacobs made a small but vivid splash with “Momma’s Man,” a Sundance comedy about a troubled dweeb hiding out in the cocoon of his parents’ downtown Manhattan apartment. The parents were played by Jacobs’ own (the avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife Flo), and the movie turned their overstuffed bohemian pack-rat museum of a loft into a tiny city of its own. “Momma’s Man” showed extraordinary promise, and in the 15 years since I’ve been waiting for Azazel Jacobs to make good on it.

Jennifer Lopez is out and about in New York City!

Wu-Tang Clan and Nas are taking off on their hotly-anticipated Big Apple-themed ‘N.Y. State of Mind Tour’ starting Sept.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and artists, including Salma Hayek, as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, who portrayed a desperate undocumented pregnant immigrant in “Maria Full of Grace” (2004) and Demián Bichir, who played an undocumented worker in Los Angeles in “A Better Life” (2011).

, the record exec — who along with his business partner, Herb Alpert, turned A&M into one of America’s leading independent record labels — died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air.«They truly don't make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun. The twinkle in his eyes as he approached every moment ready for the next adventure,» his family said in a statement to the Associated Press.In a statement to ET, Alpert said, «I never met a nicer, honest, sensitive, smart and talented man than my partner Jerry Moss.»Dionne Warwick, who wasn't an A&M artist, but had been close to Moss ever since he helped promote her music in the early 1960s also released a statement, calling him one of the «kindest gentlemen» and her «dear friend.»«Another of my dear friends has made his transition.

Chuck D has narrated a new audio docu-drama series about the rise of hip-hop, which is available to listen to now.The American rapper and Public Enemy frontman recounts the story of hip-hop’s birth in the Bronx, New York during the late 1960s and early ’70s on new series Can You Dig It? A Hip-Hop Origin Story.Across five 30-minute episodes, the hip-hop pioneer retraces the genre’s rise through a blend of “immersive reenactments, oral history and expert discussion”, according to the show’s summary notes.“How did hip-hop happen? To understand that, we have to go back to before the birth’ of the culture,” the description reads.It continues: “It wasn’t a given that the Bronx of the late 1960s and early 1970s would be the birthplace of an American art form. Urban renewal had left the borough neglected and in crisis.

A.D. Amorosi Hip-hop may belong to the world now, but there’s little question that the sound and culture that took over the world had its start in the New York City borough of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, where DJ Kool Herc and others held neighborhood block parties — mixing, scratching and rhyming over records. In observance of that anniversary, Run D.M.C.

YouTube has announced that they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year by launching the FIFTY DEEP campaign.This month marks 50 years since DJ Kool Herc performed at a party in the Bronx and showed off his DJing invention of scratching records to extend the instrumental breaks in the song. This revelation was the cornerstone for hip-hop as people could dance longer (evolving into breakdancing) and aspiring MCs could rap during song breaks.In honour of the musical milestone, YouTube has launched FIFTY DEEP, “a cultural campaign on YouTube that salutes how far [the genre] come.” Director of Black Music & Culture Tuma Basa wrote a blog post on the new campaign, saying that the mission “is for every generation to dig into the gems of YouTube’s archival treasury of Hip Hop.”They plan to fulfil their mission by collating a visual library of 2,000 videos that “have changed the game” for hip-hop music, having a custom Yoodle (YouTube’s version of the Google Doodle) to pay homage to the phenomenon of type beats, and creating a Google Arts & Culture Hip Hop Hub to collate “a wide range of cultural institutions’ collections and curated stories.”FIFTY DEEP will kick off this Friday (August 11) with a live stream of Hip-Hop 50 Live on Mass Appeal’s official YouTube channel.

Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas stopped by for ET's «Spilling the E-Tea» to discuss their upcoming tour… and it's burnin' up! Together, the Jonas Brothers are set to kick off The Tour this weekend with two sold-out shows at the iconic Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. Not only is the venue bigger, but so is the set list, as the GRAMMY-nominated trio is set to perform five albums in one night. The boys are ready.«I can't wait,» Nick Jonas says.

Aubrey Plaza, making her stage debut, and Christopher Abbott will star in an Off Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s 1984 classic Danny and the Deep Blue Sea this fall, with a producing team that includes Sam Rockwell.

Nas has announced the surprise release of his new album ‘Magic 2’ – coming this week.Recently, the ‘One Mic’ rapper – real name Nasir Jones – toured the world with the iconic hip-hop troupe Wu-Tang Clan, including a sold-out show at London’s O2 arena and a Hennessy-sponsored afterparty at London’s KOKO.This week saw Nas post the cover art for his 16th studio album and captioned the picture with “7.21,” revealing that the record will be out this Friday (July 21). ‘Magic 2’ will be the sequel record to the 49-year-old’s 2021 Hit-Boy-produced album ‘Magic’.A post shared by Nasir Jones (@nas)The album will be Nas’ fifth record in three years.

Sophia Scorziello editor The American Film Institute has revealed its selection of participants for the 2023 Cinematography Intensive for Women. The four-day program aims to give aspiring cinematographers extensive on-set experience and a look into the ins and outs of the entertainment industry. CIW is presented by Panavision and is spearheaded by Stephen Lighthill, head of AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline and president of the American Society of Cinematographers. “We are thrilled to champion this cohort of talented and diverse filmmakers,” said Lighthill. “This opportunity – to help the participants continue to develop their craft at this stage in their career and provide them with the tools necessary to excel as a visual storyteller – is a wonderful honor for us all.”

Murtada Elfadl A classic rags-to-riches story lies at the heart of “For Khadija,” a softball documentary about Moroccan-born rapper French Montana, who was born to a family that immigrated to the United States when he was a child. The film, which portrays its subject as a self-made striving entrepreneur and artist, derives its story from testimonies from friends, colleagues, family and French Montana himself. As in last year’s Tupac series “Dear Mama,” the title serves as a dedication to the rapper’s mother, who raised him and his siblings alone after his father left the family. In this case, the film isn’t about her so much as it is a hagiographic telling of Montana’s rise to fame.

William Earl Robert De Niro worked the crowd at the Beacon Theater during the Tribeca Festival closing gala on Saturday evening, which served as a 30th anniversary celebration of his directorial debut, “A Bronx Tale.” When asked about the film’s mild box office — earning about $17 million on a $21 million production budget — the director said, “How could you not be disappointed? You do all this work for it. At the same time, I was lucky to be able to make the movie I made.” De Niro also admitted that “I never got asked to do movies after that,” and it was an effort to get his next directorial effort, 2006’s “The Good Shepherd,” made.

Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube and more have been announced to join Run-DMC on stage at the upcoming Hip Hop 50 Live concert in New York.In collaboration with Live Nation, the record label Mass Appeal – which is co-owned by New York rap legend Nas – have announced the full line-up for their upcoming one-off celebratory event, headlined by the trailblazing hip-hop group Run-DMC.“On the day it began in the Bronx, where it all started,” reads a description of the concert, which will take place on August 11 at New York’s Yankee Stadium.On Monday (June 5), Mass Appeal revealed the initial line-up for the special concert. Run-DMC spoke to Rolling Stone about their set and what concert-goers can expect.“I am honoured to hit the stage in the Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop and celebrate all of my heroes,” said Rev Run.A post shared by Hip Hop 50 (@hiphop50)D.M.C continued: “August is hip-hop’s 50th birthday! So up in the Bronx where it all started we will be celebrating this historic moment in history.

Ice Spice. Although she began her career in 2021, music lovers immediately embraced her songs; and now she has become a familiar face in the game.Ice Spice was born Isis Naija Gaston on January 1, 2000, making her not only a New Year’s baby but also a new millennium baby.

Brent Lang Executive Editor No-holds-barred psychological warfare is about to break out as “Doubt: A Parable”returns to Broadway. Two theatrical heavyweights, Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber, will try to put their own spin on the roles of a prickly nun and the reformist priest she fears may be doing the unthinkable. They are parts first portrayed on Broadway by Cherry Jones and Brían F. O’Byrne, she won a Tony and he was nominated, and later on screen by Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, both picked up Oscar noms. The play won a Tony and a Pulitzer for John Patrick Shanley. This revival arrives courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company and will be directed by Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis (“Tootsie,” “Take Me Out”). “Doubt: A Parable” will begin performances in February 2024 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. The remaining cast members and design team will be announced at a later date.

New York City on May 26. Formell, who was the son of musical legend Juan Formell, was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 for his debut album 'Songs from a Little Blue House. 'He fled from Cuba and moved to New York in 1993, and following his father Juan Formell's death in 2014, he took over as the bassist in his Afro-Cuban band, Los Van Van.

Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ tickets for one, two or three of her MetLife Stadium concerts in East Rutherford, NJ on Friday, May 26, Saturday, May 27 or Sunday, May 28.Congratulations — that’s a big step.(If you haven’t, you can still snatch up last-minute tickets here too).However, now that the day of the concert is rapidly approaching, the realization “Oh, my goodness. I’ve never been to MetLife.

Ellise Shafer Aubrey “Drake” Graham and Sean “Diddy” Combs have signed on as executive producers of Grammy-nominated rapper French Montana’s documentary “For Khadija,” which is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 16. Directed by Mandon Lovett, “For Khadija” follows “the unlikely rise of Moroccan-born, multi-platinum recording artist French Montana, as his single mother she sacrifices everything to raise her three young sons in the Bronx, after being abandoned by their father and left destitute,” according to the doc’s official description. “The film spans the globe as it depicts the family’s unique immigrant journey, a son’s perseverance in the face of insurmountable obstacles, and a mother’s unwavering faith — all in pursuit of the American dream.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Director Stanley Tong (“Rumble in the Bronx”) is to team up with Jackie Chan for the tenth time on “The Legend.” State media in China report that Chan, who recently reached the top spot in the mainland Chinese box office with aged stuntman comedy “Ride On,” will play an archaeologist on a quest through time and space. With production by Bona Film Group, “The Legend” is pitched as being in the same vein as Tong and Chan’s 2005 effort “The Myth,” which was a fantasy love story. Tong and Chan have worked together on other titles including “Police Story 3,” “Supercop” and “Vanguard.” India’s Jio Studios is backing “Khashaba,” a Marathi-language film on the life of India’s first Olympic medalist Khasaba Dadasaheb. After delivering the sleeper hit Sairat and Fandry, the new film will be directed by Nagraj Manjule. The title is considered as part of Jio Studio’s ambition to deliver more than 100 stories this year. With production to begin shortly, the film will be mounted on a large scale. “Along with entertaining the audience, this film will also introduce the audience to a brave and exceptional athlete who made India proud all over the world,” said Manjule. “Khashaba” will be presented by JioStudios and produced by Aatpat Production, Jyoti Deshpande and Manjule.

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"Green Book" actor Frank Vallelonga Jr.’s cause of death has been revealed. The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital that the actor died due to the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine. The death was ruled as an accident. In December 2022, Vallelonga was confirmed to have died in a statement from his rep.

Last November, police responded to a 3:50 a.m. call reporting that a body had been dumped outside of a factory near 1243 Oak Point Ave in the Bronx.