Joe Porcaro (1930 – 2020), jazz drummer who played with his sons’ band, Toto

Annie Ross was a jazz singer with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, best known for her 1952 song “Twisted.”Ross was born in England to a family of vaudeville performers who immigrated to the U.S. when she was four.

Jack Garratt had fans spinning in "Circles" when he transformed into a one-man band for his Billboard Live At-Home performance Tuesday (July 21) that raised money for The Trevor Project, a national organization providing suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterAtlantic Records has named Keith “Keefa” Parker Vice President of A&R.

Jay Baruchel is probably best known for his comedic roles in films such as “She’s Out of My League,” “Knocked Up,” and “This is the End.” But for his latest directorial effort, “Random Acts of Violence.” the actor-turned-filmmaker is venturing into the world of horror. As seen in the trailer for “Random Acts of Violence,” the film tells the story of a comic book creator and his crew of friends that find themselves on a bloody trip from Toronto to the New York Comic Con event.

Jay-Z is putting his money where his mouth is.

It’s been a few years since “The Osbournes” left the air, but a new series will feature a near-reunion of the reality-show clan.

Sarah Jessica Parker is dedicated to her work – however, her latest Instagram photo caused a stir after she was pictured standing on the edge of a cardboard box in her heels.READ: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick celebrate 23rd wedding anniversaryThe Sex and the City actress was in the storeroom of her SJP Collection flagship boutique on West 54th Street in Manhattan, making the final preparations ahead of the shop's grand opening which was pushed back due to the coronavirus

Anyone who thinks country music occupies a narrow band in the stylistic universe would do well to check out some of the new artists on the way in the last half of 2020.

Toto, died Monday at the age of 90.Over a decades-long career, Porcaro performed on scores of albums for the likes of Madonna, Boz Scaggs, Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell and Barbra Streisand, and cut a string of records with Rosemary Clooney and Lalo Schifrin.Porcaro’s musical talents clearly rubbed off on his boys, who repaid their gifts by inviting their dad to guest on several of their albums in the ‘80s and ‘90s.The late artist contributed percussion for Toto’s iconic 1982 album Toto IV, which

Sarah Jessica Parker is a doting mum to three children, James Wilkie, 17, and twins Tabitha and Marion, ten, who she shares with husband Matthew Broderick. The Sex and the City star doesn't tend to share many pictures of her kids or talk about them a lot, but recently she gave a rare insight into their time together in lockdown and how she was helping them while talking to a fan on Instagram.

Sarah Jessica Parker enjoyed some serious downtime on the Fourth of July! The 55-year-old Sex and the City actress was spotted lounging on the beach, and catching up on her reading while spending the holiday in the Hamptons. She was in total relaxation mode as she travelled out east from her home in New York, where she’d been quarantined amid the coronavirus pandemic, and rang in Independence Day with her husband Matthew Broderick, 58, and their family.

Jay-Z and his social justice organization Team Roc are calling for the prosecution of the police officer who shot and killed three Black victims.

Unruly.The show will be split into six parts, and has been described by Variety as “an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling of Johnson’s life.The statement added: “The first ever Black heavyweight boxing champion, the show would follow Johnson’s rise to greatness and the costs he paid for his skin color and defiance.”The series will be based based on the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, and will see Dominique Morisseau serve as writer and

Pierce Brosnan is proud of his time playing James Bond.

Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has signed on to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a new HBO series.Unruly will be based on the documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, directed by Ken Burns.Ali previously played Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion, in a stage production of The Great White Hope in 2000.Jackson once took part in a boxing match, dubbed “the fight of the century”, in 1910 against James J. Jeffries and ruled the boxing

When you think of boxing, there are a number of fighters that come to mind. Names like Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and, of course, Muhammad Ali are all near the top of the list of most popular fighters of all time.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO is developing Unruly, a six-part limited series about legendary boxer Jack Johnson to be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The project hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and will be written by Dominique Morisseau based the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, produced and directed by Ken Burns, and its companion book by Geoffrey C.