Chloe x Halle, H.E.R part of Apple Music Juneteenth playlist

Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she never fancied finding love on a dating app, and yet ended up meeting the new man in her life, American baseball star Cole Tucker, over Zoom."I still cannot get over the fact that it happened. I remember during quarantine I was single, and I thought I'll go on a date.

Roy Trakin Jim Bessman, a music journalist whose work appeared in Billboard for more than a quarter-century, as well as in Cashbox and Variety, died Tuesday morning at age 68 in New York City. The cause of death was an aneurysm.Beyond the byline, Bessman may be best known within the writing community for his 30-year friendship with Bob Merlis, former Warner Bros.

Michael Jackson originally wanted to be part of a big animated movie.

Allison Mack turned over a "substantial" amount of information to the government about the inner workings of the NXIVM organization of which she was involved as a master to recruit women as "slaves," new court documents explain. In a sentencing memo filed Monday ahead of Mack's June 30 sentencing hearing, the government asked the Eastern District of New York to "impose a sentence below the otherwise applicable advisory Guidelines range" due to Mack's "assistance" in the case.

Rachel Lindsay, 36, is fearlessly speaking out about her disappointments with The Bachelor franchise in a new tell-all op-ed for New York Magazine, and one of them includes their bachelor pick in the 24th season of the show. The former contestant revealed that she was “livid” when she found out Peter Weber was chosen as the leading man on the reality series instead of Mike Johnson. Both men appeared on the 15th season of The Bachelorette but Rachel clearly had her favorite.

Cortney M. Wills “The truth about Tulsa … was systematically ignored, perhaps because it was regarded as too honest, too painful a lesson for our young white ears,” Tom Hanks wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on June 4 calling for schools to teach about the 1921 race massacre — one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in U.S.

NEW YORK -- Rapper IDK is launching a music business program through Harvard University for students of color.IDK’s No Label Academy, a 10-day program, will take place August 21-31 on the school’s campus in Boston and will help students kickstart careers in the music industry.

Meghan McCain lashed out at CNN after the network allowed its legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin to return to the air months after he accidentally exposed himself to his former colleagues at The New Yorker.

NEW YORK -- CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin returned to the network Thursday for the first time in more than seven months after he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call with former colleagues at The New Yorker.Toobin, in an interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota, said that he was grateful to CNN for another chance and that he was “trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again.”Camerota asked him bluntly, “what the hell were you thinking?”“Obviously, I wasn't thinking very well

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN on Thursday, his first appearance since the revelation of a Zoom call with other staffers of The New Yorker in which he exposed himself.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN said it would bring legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin back to its roster of contributors after he was suspended from his main place of employment after exposing himself during a Zoom call with colleagues.“I hope to be a better person off camera as well as on camera,” Toobin told anchor Alisyn Camerota in one of the more bizarre segments CNN has broadcast in recent memory.

Angelique Jackson Veteran advertising exec Mike Densmore is joining UTA Marketing, the brand consulting division of United Talent Agency, as its first-ever head of growth and innovation.In the newly created role, Densmore will be responsible for spearheading the agency’s new business efforts with brand clients globally and expanding relationships within the broader advertising industry.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the heels of the forthcoming Rolling Loud festivals in Miami and Los Angeles comes the three-day Rolling Loud New York 2021, taking place place October 28 – 30th at Citi Field with headliners Travis Scott, J.

Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall, two of New York’s most iconic venues, announced their reopening plans today as the city continues its climb out of the pandemic shutdown era. Leading the charge will be band Foo Fighters, with a June 20 concert that marks MSG’s return as a full-capacity arena rock venue.

Transitioning to teens! Melissa Joan Hart and Soleil Moon Frye have their work cut out for them raising teenagers.

NEW YORK -- Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at the Grand Ole Opry, will be honored at the 2021 CMT Music Awards.The 86-year-old will receive the CMT Equal Play Award at Wednesday night's show.

Chris Willman Music Writer+ Nick Petropoulos, who joined Arista Records early last year after an 11-year run at Glassnote Records, has been upped by Arista to oversee the label’s promotion department.

One of the best rap albums of the year so far is Mach-Hommy's Pray For Haiti. The New York City rapper reunited with Griselda rapper Westside Gunn, who served as the project's executive producer, and delivered song after song of punishing lyricism and deep emotion rooted in his cultural pride.

Bruce Springsteen will return to Broadway this summer for a limited run of Springsteen on Broadway at Jujamcyn’s St. James Theatre, with shows beginning Saturday June 26 and additional performances taking place through September 4.