Violinist Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Searchlight Pictures is in final talks with Kelvin Harrison Jr. to come on board for the title role in Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Searchlight landed the original feature pitch from Stefani Robinson last summer with Watchmen director, Stephen Williams, on board to direct.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has set additional cast for Delilah, its upcoming series from Greenleaf creator Craig Wright. LaMonica Garrett (Arrow, Designated Survivor) and Lyriq Bent (Four Brothers, She’s Gotta Have It) are among 14 cast in the series. Additionally Ayoka Chenzira (Queen Sugar, Greenleaf) and Crystle C. Roberson (Greenleaf, American Soul) have been tapped as directors, joining previously announced Charles Randolph-Wright and Cheryl Dunye.

PARIS -- Ivry Gitlis, an acclaimed violinist who played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world and worked to make classical music accessible to the masses, has died in Paris at 98.France’s culture minister announced his death Thursday, hailing him as “a magnificent performer, a generous musician” who dedicated his life “to serving all kinds of music.” The cause of death and plans for funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.Recognizable in recent decades by

Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue and violinist Lara St. John are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada on Friday.

Violinist Galya Bisengalieva – best known for her work with Radiohead and Frank Ocean – has announced that she will release her debut album, ‘Aralkum’, through One Little Independent on 4 Sep.The album is inspired by the Aral Sea in Central Asia.

Richard Kuipers Prolific hitmaker Joko Anwar (“Satan’s Slaves,” “Impetigore”) further cements his reputation as one of the non-English-speaking world’s foremost fantasy filmmakers with “Gundala,” an action-packed and emotionally satisfying adaptation of the treasured Indonesian comicbook created by Harya “Hasmi” Suraminata.

Cassie’s husband, Alex Fine, has taken to social media to share his anger and frustration about the killing of Elijah McClain, who was 23 years old. McClain, a massage therapist and violinist, died after a police encounter in Aurora, Colorado.

Mark David A handsome and thoughtfully updated 1920s Italianate villa in the fashionable Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, owned by acclaimed documentary filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, has come up for sale at nearly $3.3 million.

Lucy Hale is casting aside her fears of sex in her new rom-com.

Lucy Hale‘s eyes go wide as she visits her first sex shop in the trailer for her brand new movie, A Nice Girl Like You.

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Including a 'Viva La Vida' performance with virtual violinists

V.Unbeatable took home to crown on the Season 2 finale of America's Got Talent: The Champions on Monday night (Feb. 17).

A Perth school is one of three to win a table at a charity dinner event with Sir David Attenborough.

America’s Got Talent: The Champions has chosen a new winner! In season 2, V.

A student is appealing for the public's help after she left a rare, 200-year-old violin on a train at Manchester Victoria station.

Céline Dion’s mother, Thérèse Dion, passed away on Thursday, January 16. She was 92.

Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis have donated a six-digit sum to help those battling Australia’s bushfire emergency. Like many millions of people around the globe, Cave has been shocked by the events unfolding in the southern summer.