Kesha, Los Lobos, Anthony Hamilton and More to Perform for Biden Campaign’s Online Concert Series

Eddie Van Halen‘s final live performance with Van Halen, following the death of the legendary guitarist.His passing was confirmed yesterday (October 6) by his son, Wolfgang, who revealed that the 65-year-old had lost his long battle with throat cancer.“I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” he said in a statement on Twitter.“He was the best father I could ever ask for.

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has tapped Ludacris, Monica, Jermaine Dupri and Jeezy to record "Get Out The Vote" ads focusing on Black voters in battleground states. "It is really really important to make sure people don’t sit at home," Dupri tells The Hollywood Reporter.

CBS News reported on Friday.The decision to take down the ads was made on Friday afternoon, according to CBS News, but it is not immediately clear for how long the campaign plans on withholding the ads.

WILMINGTON – The campaign for Democratic nominee former Vice-President Joe Biden released a statement Friday morning from Biden’s Doctor announcing that he and his wife Dr. Jill Biden had tested negative for the coronavirus.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaM. Night Shyamalan, the director of “The Sixth Sense” and “Glass,” is teaming with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ campaign on a filmmaking contest designed to help get out the vote.The campaign is reaching out to would be Spielbergs to submit a 90 second-long short film about casting their ballot in the upcoming national election.

Axios, blasted Facebook as “the nation’s foremost propagator of disinformation about the voting process.”In response, a Facebook rep told Axios the company has “rules in place to protect the integrity of the election and free expression, and we will continue to apply them impartially.”This wasn’t the first time Biden has gone after Facebook.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Rocky” and “Legally Blonde” are set to receive the “Films in Concert” treatment.

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Hudson Mohawke‘s track ‘Chimes’ has been used as the soundtrack to a new Joe Biden campaign video – you can watch it below.Lifted from the Scottish producer’s 2014 EP of the same name, the song plays over footage of the Democratic presidential frontrunner as a number of his high-profile supporters urge viewers to vote.The clip was posted to Biden’s official Twitter profile yesterday (September 22) to mark National Voter Registration Day, and was subsequently brought to the attention of HudMo by

Patti Smith, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe and many other artists have teamed up for a group rendition of Smith’s ‘People Have The Power’.The video of the performance was released by climate action non-profit Pathway to Paris – co-founded by Patti Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris Smith – on its sixth anniversary.

BTS became the latest to perform on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series Monday.

The 2020 Emmy Awards were like no other award shows before it as the coronavirus pandemic led to TV's biggest night to take place virtually with the exception of Jimmy Kimmel hosting live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles without an audience.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViewers who tune in tonight to see the TV industry’s Emmy Awards no doubt expect to encounter celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel, Mindy Kaling, Anthony Anderson and Sterling K. Brown.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS and NPR announced on Sunday that the K-pop titans will be performing on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series on Monday, Sept. 20 at 9 a.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York City venue (Le) Poisson Rouge is launching LPR.tv, a subscription-based service through which they will livestream concerts held in their downtown venue (without an audience) in high-definition video with full production and soundboard audio.The venue has booked an impressive array of indie-leaning artists for LPR.tv’s inaugural lineup, including Cults, Kimbra, Sunflower Bean, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), San Fermin,  Kevin Devine, Son Little, Laraaji, Too Many

Skepta, Octavian and Arlo Parks next month.All three will pre-record their sets, performing exclusive new material as well as tracks from their respective back catalogues.Special guests are also promised for the shows, which take place next month.

Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and the women who play them on Saturday Night Live have raised more than $6 million for the Biden campaign in a Monday fundraiser. Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, says 100,000 people were on the Monday evening fundraiser, which featured Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.