David Guetta raised $700,000 (£562,000) for charities battling the coronavirus pandemic with his United at Home livestream performance.
31.03.2020 - 22:41 / variety.com
Beatport today announced that its 34-hour live stream “ReConnect,” held in partnership with Twitch, raised more than $180,000 for the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, and the Association for Electronic Music members’ COVID-19 Hardship Fund.
Set up specifically to administer donations from this event to help struggling AFEM member companies retain lower earning workers who would otherwise be let go, and to direct funds to individuals within the membership in most need of urgent financial
David Guetta raised $700,000 (£562,000) for charities battling the coronavirus pandemic with his United at Home livestream performance.
Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and more came together over the weekend for "Saturday Night Seder," a virtual, star-studded Passover seder. About 50 celebrities participated in traditional storytelling, comedic skits and musical performances recalling maggid, the story of the Jews' exodus from Egypt.
Featuring cover performances from friends, fans, collaborators and more
Dominic Raab has urged businesses to "do the right thing" after concerns were raised about the safety of workers at JD sports warehouse - during a Downing Street press conference.
Melissa Etheridge made an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Monday night (April 6) to dish about Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's reunion at the 2020 SAG Awards.Referring to Pitt's ex Angelina Jolie as "her-whose-name-will-not-be-mentioned," the veteran singer-songwriter made it clear which side of the long-storied Hollywood love triangle she was on. "You know what, I loved Brad and Jen together; they were beautiful," she told host Andy Cohen.
An interesting choice
An interesting choice
Yes, the world is enraptured by Joe Exotic, one of the subjects of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. But is the empathy misplaced? The now-imprisoned star of the Netflix documentary series has become the subject of many celebrity tweets, memes and the talk of, well, the internet.
Celebrities like Dax Shepard and Jared Leto are clamoring to play “Tiger King’s” Joe Exotic in a biopic based on the hit Netflix docuseries. Online betters, with sports to wager on, are putting their money on Kevin Bacon in the titular role.
By David Robb
Last week, 11E1even Group, in conjunction with Nugs.tv and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, raised $100,000 for coronavirus relief with announced their new digital content series, “Live From Out There.” The festival continues this weekend with the lineup in the schedule below.