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64th Annual GRAMMY Awards!Hosted once again this year by Trevor Noah, the 2022 GRAMMYs are ready to roll out the red carpet for a star-studded ceremony, celebrating nominees and performers like Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X, Brandi Carlile, Silk Sonic, BTS and more.«Whenever people ask me what performances I'm most excited to see, I realize that my answers are almost always lies, because I haven't yet seen the performances,» Noah joked ahead of this year's GRAMMYs. «I have ideas of who I think I want to see in my head, but then I'm always surprised on the night. Last year was a perfect example of that… You don't know who's gonna bring something up, you don't know who's gonna do something different, you don't know who's gonna roll out a giant bed and twerk on it, so yeah, this year I'm excited to see anybody on stage.»That's what makes the GRAMMYs amazing," he continued. «It's basically the year's biggest all-around concert: Everything — country, hip-hop, jazz, whatever it is -- on one stage, which is what I love.»Jon Batiste leads the nominations this year with 11 nods, while Bieber, Doja Cat, and H.E.R.

Wilson Chapman editorAfter a two-month delay, the Grammys are finally here.The 64th Grammy Awards ceremony, celebrating the greatest achievements in popular music over the past year, kicked off at 12:30 p.m. PT on Sunday with the pre-telecast. The live ceremony will be held at 5 p.m.

Wild Symphony, the children’s book by No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Dan Brown, is getting a big screen animated feature adaptation from Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman and MGM.

Simon Rattle was getting ready to leave Europe for the first time since the start of the pandemic and head to California with the London Symphony Orchestra for a residency with students at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West.“It’s kind of a miracle that it’s happening,” he said.A U.S. tour started Saturday in Palo Alto, continued on to Berkeley and Costa Mesa before three concerts in Santa Barbara this week.The symphony launched its partnership with the academy in 2018 when five section principals spent 10 days teaching and picked a dozen students as fellows to work with the orchestra in London the following January.

NEW YORK -- The New York Philharmonic will return to Geffen Hall after a $550 million renovation on Oct. 7 with a concert led by music director Jaap van Zweden before an invited audience to thank healthcare, emergency and construction workers.The program leads off what the orchestra calls a “Home” festival, the Philharmonic said Monday.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is resigning as artistic director of the New World Symphony after 34 seasons with the orchestra, wanting to lessen administrative responsibilities as he deals with a brain tumor.The 77-year-old had surgery last August for the tumor. He has conducted 20 concerts since then with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.“Making music with these great artists and for so many friends in the audience felt like coming home, like coming back to life.

Deadpool actor, who is well known for his comic and charismatic persona, has spoken about his mental health struggles in the past, and explained in a new interview that he has had anxiety throughout his life.“I’ve had anxiety my whole life really,” he told CBS’ Sunday Morning. “And you know, I feel like I have two parts of my personality, that one takes over when that happens.”Giving one past example, Reynolds explained: “When I would go out on, like, Letterman, back in the day, I was nervous.“But I remember I’d be standing backstage before the curtain would open, and I would think to myself, ‘I’m gonna die. I’m literally gonna die here.

It’s J.R. Hilton’s birthday today!!! He’s 9!!!! Expect lots of amazing birthday content – next week! Today, we’re doing a catch-up! It’s been a while since we’ve made a life/parenting update! So we do! Lots and lots to fill you in on! Plus, we take the kids to their first-ever classical music concert. We went to the Pasadena Symphony and had a lot of questions! And a great time!!! Watch!

NEW YORK -- Her arms at her side against her glimmering, long black jacket and her blond hair pulled into a ponytail, Susanna Mälkki soaked in several minutes of applause after a thrilling Carnegie Hall debut. She had conducted the New York Philharmonic in a challenging program, perceived as a possible prelude to becoming the first woman music director of an orchestra that started in 1842.“Of course, it’s always an honor to be mentioned in this kind of context,” she said during an interview with The Associated Press the day before the Jan.

2022 GRAMMY nominations were announced on Tuesday and some of this past year's top performers and recording artists made the list. The nominations were announced during a livestream from the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, which featured Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Board of Trustees Chair Tammy Hurt, as well as some special guests.The selection process for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards was altered back in May, following very public criticisms from The Weeknd.

Grammys’ site. Variety will list the nominations in all 80-some categories as they are announced between 9-10 a.m.

Mickey Mouse’s Toontown at Disneyland will close in March 2022 to undergo a reimagining of the space which will cater to families with young children, theme park officials announced today.

Nathalie Stutzmann, the French-born contralto turned conductor, will succeed Robert Spano as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra starting with the 2022-23 season and become the second woman to lead a major American orchestra.The 56-year-old agreed to a four-year contract, the orchestra announced Wednesday, and she plans to spend 10 weeks annually in Atlanta starting in 2022-23.Marin Alsop was the first woman to head a major American orchestra as music director of the Baltimore

The trailer and poster for Cyrano are here!

A content creator has given his followers a glimpse into what it's like to stay at a ridiculously expensive family suite onboard a cruise ship.TikTok user Stephen - who goes by Curveline Films - has shared a video giving his followers a tour of the stunning accommodation available to book on the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas ship.The show-stopping suite costs tens of thousands of pounds to book, but it hasn't stopped Stephen's curious followers dreaming about a stay on the cruise-liner.

NEW YORK -- Michael Cunningham, Edwidge Danticat and Carmen Maria Machado are among the prize-winning authors contributing stories to a collection co-sponsored by Manhattan's Symphony Space performing arts center and its nationally aired “Selected Shorts” program.Algonquin Books is teaming with Symphony Space on "Small Odysseys: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories," which features previously unreleased work by Cunningham, Danticat and Machado, along with Lauren Groff, Dave Eggers, Elizabeth

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures‘ inaugural in-person schedule for its first three months will begin on its Sept. 30 opening day with two special presentations of the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.” Those will feature live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by composer David Newman, the museum said Wednesday.

Clayton Davis The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced its inaugural in-person programming schedule, which features two screenings of “The Wizard of Oz” with a live accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony, conducted by composer David Newman, on opening day.During the first three months of the museum’s opening, it will offer a diverse and robust slate of over 115 screenings, discussions and programs, along with ongoing special and standalone seriesSpecial series and standalone

Starz has renewed “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” for a second season ahead of its series premiere this week, the premium cable channel said Monday.Set in South Jamaica Queens in the early ‘90s, the prequel about the early years of the now-deceased iconic “Power” character Kanan Stark, portrayed in the original “Power” series by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, debuts Sunday at 8/7c on Starz.According to the pay TV channel, the early Season 2 renewal for “Raising Kanan” “comes amidst strong demand for

NEW YORK -- For her tour this fall to promote her memoir “Going There,” Katie Couric is anticipating not only the interest of her fans but a return to something like a pre-pandemic world.Book events have remained mostly virtual even as movie theaters and concert halls have begun reopening.

Luca Villacis (Channel Zero: Candle Cove, Knuckleball), Prince Amponsah (Killjoys, The Handmaid’s Tale), Dylan Taylor (Fahrenheit 451, Bad Blood), Joe Pingue (Godless, The Expanse), Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (Tin Star, Chaos Walking), Ajahnis Charley (I am Gay, Untitled Black Sketch Project), Milton Barnes (The Flash, Locke & Key) and Kate Moyer (The Handmaid’s Tale, Holly Hobbie) are set for recurring roles in HBO Max’s Station Eleven.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticOne good thing that can be said about Mark Wahlberg-starring, straight-to-streaming reincarnation derby “Infinite,” in which a special group of humans are fortunate/cursed enough to recall their past lives: It’s the first film from Antoine Fuqua since “Bait” to clock in under two hours.

The 33 Tour.The stand-up comedian will be setting out on the road from August through to December – you can see the full list of tour dates below.Presale tickets will be available to purchase from Thursday June 3 at 10AM, and the general sale will begin at 10AM on Friday June 4.Russell Brand ‘The 33 Tour’ dates 2021: AUGUSTTuesday 17 – The Playhouse Theatre, Weston-super-MareThursday 26 – Wyvern Theatre, SwindonSEPTEMBER Thursday 9 – Anvil Arts, BasingstokeMonday 13 – The Cresset, PeterboroughSu

Wu-Tang Clan will perform with the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.The hip-hop icons will be backed by the symphony orchestra alongside OutKast’s Big Boi and DJ Chris Karns. Dubbed the Wu-Tang Clan Experience, the show is scheduled for August 13.

Starz has unveiled a new trailer and premiere date for Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The early ’90s prequel, set in South Jamaica Queens, is set to premiere July 18 on Starz.

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During what The Talk‘s Sheryl Underwood promised would be an episode of the CBS talk show “unlike any other,” the co-host Monday spoke candidly about the March 10 on-air discussion about racism with Sharon Osbourne that led to Osbourne’s departure from the show.