Sophia Bush stuns in a backless, burgundy gown while arriving at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner held at Washington Hilton on Saturday (April 30) in Washington, DC.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBrooklynites will be excited to learn that BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! will return to the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at full capacity, with live, free and in-person performances in June, kicking off on the 8 th with a performance by saxophonist-composer-producer Kamasi Washington and closing on August 6 with Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade.The innovative Los Angeles-based musician is one of the major jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, having collaborated with a galaxy of jazz artists as well as Kendrick Lamar (on his groundbreaking “To Pimp a Butterfly” album), Florence + the Machine and others. He also has performed at multiple nights of BRIC JazzFest in years past.
Brooklyn-based DJ Reborn and Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter Ravyn Lenae will open the show.Alade, who has performed with Beyonce, Rick Ross and Mr. Eazi, will close out the festival season on August 6.The news comes on the heels of the recent benefit concert announcements, which help to support BRIC’s free programming: singer-songwriter and 2021 Variety cover star Phoebe Bridgers will hit the festival stage on June 14 and 15, and legendary R&B singer Erykah Badu will perform on August 5.
Sophia Bush stuns in a backless, burgundy gown while arriving at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner held at Washington Hilton on Saturday (April 30) in Washington, DC.
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Pete Davidson invited his girlfriend Kim Kardashian to be next to him while celebrating comedy at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor event in Washington, D.C; a gathering that honors renowned comedians.The happy couple cuddled and enjoyed the ceremony attentively during the award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.The 23rd ceremony praised Jon Stewart who while accepting the honor said he was pleased to get the award, since “almost none of the other recipients turned out to be serial rapists.” The 59-year-old comedian described the job of being a comic as “an iterative business.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith a hit single in “About Damn Time” and a new album, “Special,” due in July, Lizzo has unveiled dates for her tour in support of the album, with support from special guest, Atlanta rapper Latto.Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on September 23rd in Sunrise, FL and runs through November with stops including New York City on October 2nd and Los Angeles on November 18th, full routing is available below. Public onsale will begin Friday, April 29th at 10 a.m.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary artist and “recovering groupie” renowned for the plaster casts she took of many top musicians’ erect penises and other body parts, has died after a long illness, her rep confirms to Variety. She was 74.Her collection included Jimi Hendrix, Wayne Kramer of MC5, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys as well as female breasts from the likes of Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, Sally Timms of the Mekons, Peaches, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many others.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPhoebe Bridgers has dropped “Sidelines,” her first original song since her Grammy-nominated 2020 album “Punisher.” The moody and low-key track is from Hulu’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s low-key blockbuster novel “Conversations With Friends.” According to the announcement, it will be Bridgers’ only new original song of 2022, although she’s released multiple covers and reworked versions of “Punisher” songs over the past few months.Bridgers will be making her first-ever appearance at the Coachella festival this and next weekend, and then will launch a long tour of North America and Europe through the end of August; dates appear below.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVeteran PR executive Dvora Englefield is joining WME as a partner and head of music artist strategy. According to the announcement, in the newly created role, Englefield will focus on ways for WME to identify and maximize new business opportunities, strategic partnerships, and client services on behalf of the agency’s music division and client roster.The Los Angeles-based excecutive arrives from the Lede Company, the top PR firm that she joined in 2018, where she was partner and head of the music division; she will finish out the month at the Lede and officially start at WME on May 9. Previously, Englefield led the music department at 42West and ran the music department at BWR.
Days before he tied the knot with American actress Nicola Peltz, Brooklyn Beckham 'finally' got to meet her BFF. And they've clearly hit it off as Nicola proudly shared a snap of the pair going for a spin in their wedding gift from Brooklyn's parents David and Victoria.
Brooklyn Beckham has been spotted taking the expensive car he received from dad David as a wedding gift for a ride along with wife Nicola Peltz’s BFF. Football legend David splashed out on a lavish wedding gift for son Brooklyn and his new daughter-in-law Nicola - a Jaguar worth around £380,000 - presenting the couple with the pale blue classic car the day after they got married at Nicola’s billionaire father Nelson’s £70million estate in Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday.
Nicola Peltz's best friend just days before his big wedding. Yet Brooklyn Beckham was making up for lost time on Tuesday as he took Angela out for a spin in the $500,000 (£383,502) vintage electric Jaguar that he had been gifted as a wedding present. The 23-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham looked in great spirits as he beamed alongside Angela as they cruised along the streets of Palm Beach.
Victoria Beckham, 47, has shared a beautiful photo with her parents at her son Brooklyn's glamorous wedding. Victoria chose to wear a floor length silver gown with lace detail to attend the wedding of her eldest child, during which she beamed with pride as she walked down the aisle with husband David Beckham. Brooklyn's wedding to actress Nicola Peltz took place at her family's £76 million Palm Beach mansion over the weekend.The official wedding photos will feature in Vogue magazine in both the UK and USA, but the Beckham family shared some images on social media.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLorde, Mitski and Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers will headline the 2022 All Things Go Music Festival, which returns to the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland on October 1. The festival, which will host 16 artists across three stages, will also feature King Princess, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Maude Latour, Bartees Strange and more.Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m.
The Saturday Night Live cold open featured Ego Nwodim as Ketanji Brown Jackson, newly confirmed to the Supreme Court, meeting famous women and Black Americans who came before her — along with a few jokes at Ted Cruz’s expense.
CBS star Gayle King has shared a sweet video of the emotional moment she "finally" met her co-anchor Nathaniel Burleson's wife. The pair met at a lunch gala and shared a fun video of each other, with Nate's wife Atoya exclaiming: "Look who I found!" MORE: Inside Gayle King's jaw-dropping $7.1m Manhattan penthouse"I am finally finally meeting Mrs.
Where music meets fashion! Elle King, Doja Cat and more stars brought their A-game to the 2022 Grammys red carpet.