Downtown Music Hosting Virtual 'Summer School' Classes in Lieu of Traditional Internships

Chris Atlas has been promoted to executive vp, urban music & marketing for Warner Records, following a three-year tenure as the label’s senior vp, head of urban marketing. Based at the company’s Downtown Los Angeles headquarters, Atlas reports to Warner’s co-chairman/COO Tom Corson.“With 25 years in this business, Chris’s breadth of experience and knowledge is extraordinary, and he has forged deep relationships throughout the industry,” said Corson in a statement.

Valerie Bertinelli’s house, the kitchen isn’t the only place where all the magic happens — it’s in her garden too.“It’s one my favorite places,” the Food Network star, 60, tells Us Weekly exclusively. “It feels like an extension of my kitchen.”Now that summer is in full swing, the actress has been taking advantage of picking fresh produce straight from her backyard and cooking with them.

Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy in the Bay Area and the Mariachi Heritage Foundation in Chicago are preserving and keeping traditional Mexican sounds alive through music programs and young musicians.The importance of cultural preservation, specifically sounds that aren't considered mainstream or don't get much radio airplay, is what motivated Eugene Rodriguez (founder of Los Cenzontles) and Cesar Maldonado (Mariachi Heritage Foundation) to launch their music programs."It was a way of

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Sony Music Latin has partnered with Tiger Turn Productions for the feature music documentary Fandango at the Wall.

- Musical Theatre: Reception - Year 3- Musical Theatre: Year 4-7- Musical Theatre: Year 8-13- Commercial: Reception - Year 3- Commercial: Year 4-7- Commercial: Year 8-13- Adult Silver Swans- Adult Gentle FitnessThe performing arts centre has also restarted a limited number outdoor classes, in groups of five, to safeguard both pupils and staff.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorRoswell, New Mexico co-showrunner Carina Adly MacKenzie is exiting as co-showrunner of the CW’s Roswell, New Mexico ahead of the third season “due to fundamental differences”, MacKenzie said Friday in a statement posted on social media.In her statement which reads in part, MacKenzie said, “I have made the difficult decision to resign from my role on Roswell, New Mexico.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorDisney began the phased reopening of its famed Anaheim park today with the shopping district fronting the Disneyland Resort. Downtown Disney businesses opened at 10 a.m.

Snow tha Product's latest freestyle "On My Sh--" that she released yesterday (July 7) is the product of her latest experiment.She teased the video on her Instagram on Monday (July 6), writing, "process of making a song from scratch n shooting this myself in my livingroom (5,000 comments n ill drop this and the vlog about it)." More than 6,000 comments flooded the post about the untitled project at the time, prompting the Mexican American rapper to drop it.Sitting on a cube chair and occasionally

Ringo Starr couldn't celebrate his birthday with his usual party at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood, the former Beatle brought the fun online on Tuesday (July 7) to celebrate the big 8-0 safely and socially distanced.Proceeds raised during the show benefited four organizations, including Black Lives Matter Global Network, the David Lynch Foundation, MusiCares and WaterAid.On the Black Lives Matter movement, Starr took some time to note how influential black music was to creating the

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorUCP is adding another true crime series to its slate with Candy (working title) a limited event series based on the true story of Texas killer Candy Montgomery and her victim, Betty Gore, starring and executive produced by The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss, from The Act co-creator Nick Antosca and writer Robin Veith (Mad Men, The Act).

Downtown Disney, the outdoor shopping center in Anaheim, will still reopen next week even though the state has renewed some restrictions on businesses amid a rise in novel coronavirus cases. Disney unveiled its plans to reopen the entire Southern California resort in phases in June.

Israeli looping artist Netta reminded fans, "We all need clubs right now, don't we?" during her electrifying Billboard Live At-Home performance Tuesday (June 30) that raised money for the Downtown Women's Center.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterDowntown Music Holdings has announced the launch of Downtown Summer School, a week-long virtual program for continued learning about all aspects of the music industry and the business of music. The program — which, according to the announcement, “seeks to reimagine summer internships impacted by Covid-19” — will broadcast live the week of July 27 with morning sessions starting at 12 p.m.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features Editor“Last year I played Madison Square Garden for four shows. Now I’m shipping eggplant to Vermont.

to Mexico.”“Trump says Fourth of July celebrates American independence, ‘but most people don’t know that.'”“Lindsey Graham debuts one-man show ‘Lindsay with a Y.'”“Airport Sbarro reopens with the same two calzones from April.”“Trump shoots men on 5th Avenue, aides claim he was just joking.”“All musicians on Earth demand Trump stop playing their music at his rallies,” though Maher accidentally pronounced it like it rhymed with “allies,” before correcting himself.“Protesters demand Village People

Food has always been an important element of Sebastian Maniscalco's work as an actor and comedian. From his 2018 book Stay Hungry to his role as Joe Gallo in last year's Netflix original The Irishman where his meal at Umberto's Clam House in New York turns out to be his last, Maniscalco has always peppered his stories with details about his favorite foods and culinary moments. 

“The Boys” are back — for a virtual reunion hosted by Patton Oswalt, who guest starred in the first season of the Amazon Primce Video about a group of badly behaved superheroes.