E3 Announces All-Virtual 2021 Event Dates

Ezra Furman is coming out.

My Chemical Romance have moved their 2021 tour dates to 2022 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The band said in a statement that they are “deeply sad” to reschedule their touring plans. “But those emotions are only a fraction of the depth of feeling we have all experienced watching the suffering and loss of the past year.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled most of the titles for its 50th anniversary event, announcing the features, shorts, and experimental films that will screen across the Netherlands from June 2 through June 6. Rotterdam is holding a hybrid festival to celebrate its half-century.

Ethan Shanfeld The 19th edition Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has announced an expanded virtual lineup of shorts and narrative and documentary features after canceling 2020’s event due to the pandemic and lockdown.Taking place from May 20 to May 27, the IFFLA boasts 40 films spanning 17 languages, with 16 women directors.The festival will open with Ajitpal Singh’s “Fire in the Mountains,” which immerses audiences in the splendor of the Himalayas, and close with Akshay Indikar’s

2 Chainz is the next artist to headline TIDAL x Oculus’ virtual reality concert series.The rapper will take to the stage for a weed-friendly celebration on April 20, the annual day and time at which cannabis smokers are encouraged to light up worldwide.

After growing up as the daughter of Lionel Richie and little sister to Nicole Richie, it’s safe to say Sofia is used to a life in the spotlight. So, it should probably come as no surprise that this star-studded life has included some celebrity romances along the way.

We finally have an update on the 2021 Met Gala. While the coveted annual ceremony had been put on hold amidst the pandemic, the star-studded night will be back in action this year!  Just today, the Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside Anna Wintour revealed the plans for the 2021 and 2022 Met Galas.

The Met Gala, New York’s annual extravaganza of celebrities and fashionistas, will return live and in person this year to launch a two-part exhibition on American fashion, one of which will include the involvement of yet-to-be named film directors in the staging of the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Television Academy will host its first-ever College Television Summit, a three-day virtual event free to 1,000 media arts college students.

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.

E3 is back for an all-virtual 2021 event, a year after cancelling what would have been the popular gaming event’s 26th iteration due to coronavirus concerns.

Dionne Warwick has announced a pair of upcoming livestream shows to celebrate Easter and Mother’s Day.Taking place on April 4 (Easter Sunday) and May 9 (Mother’s Day), the iconic soul singer will stage her first-ever virtual concerts via live-streaming platform Mandolin.Dubbed ‘Dionne At Home With You’, Warwick has promised to perform “all the hits” for both performances, with a matinee and evening show available to watch on each date.

Tom Read Wilson is known for being one of the first faces we see on the popular E4 show Celebs Go Dating. Working as a receptionist on the programme, the 34 year old offers each celebrity their first bit of advice before they head in to meet the relationship experts.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/ New Films.The annual program will be held virtually on April 28 through May 8, with in-person screening extending through May 14 at Film at Lincoln Center.This year’s festival is introducing 27 features and 11 short films.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterLooks like laughter is less than a mile away, as gay dating app Grindr is poised to enter the streaming comedy space.The location-based service that connects LGBTQ people will produce the livestream comedy special “Gag Reflex,” featuring a roster of rising queer comedians.“Comedy is such an integral part of the queer experience and we couldn’t think of a better time to show off our brightest queer comedic talents,” said executive producer Patrick Rogers.

For TV, this typically is the lull period between the slew of winter program launches and the summer rush of originals. But spring is busier than ever this year as more and more series that restarted production in the fall after the Covid shutdown are ready to debut their new seasons.

Easy Life have confirmed that they’ll hit the road later this year for their biggest UK headline tour to date, before following it with European dates in early 2022.The Leicester band will kick things off with a show at Bristol’s O2 Academy on November 1, before following it up with a string of dates that also includes a homecoming show at Leicester’s Morningside Arena on November 5.Elsewhere on the tour, they’ll play their biggest headline show to date at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on November

LL Cool J is raising awareness about the COVID-19 vaccines.

Beartooth have announced a number of UK and European live dates for next year.This morning’s tour news (March 29) follows on from last week’s announcement of the five-piece’s upcoming new album ‘Below’, which is set for release on June 25 via Red Bull Records.Beartooth will be joined by Motionless In White and Stray From The Path on ‘The Below Tour’, which includes dates in Birmingham, Manchester and London.“I’ve never been more excited for a tour in my life,” Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo