By Matt Donnelly
03.04.2020 - 00:23 / variety.com
By Jon Burlingame
The shutdown of production was devastating to Los Angeles’ music community, just as it has been for every aspect of TV- and movie-making. But creative thinking is putting some studio musicians back to work.
John Acosta, president of Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians, projects that lost wages due to the cancellation of live performances (notably by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, L.A. Opera, L.A. Master Chorale and others) and studio recording dates could range
By Matt Donnelly
As Donald Trump continues to fumble his response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, the president proved that he believes the CDC guidelines don’t apply to him. Trump joined First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Second Lady Karen Pence for an Earth Day celebration at the White House, and voters quickly realized that there was something wrong with the pictures from the April 22 event.
By Todd Spangler
By Ted Johnson
By Erik Pedersen
WME partner Richard Weitz’s talent-packed Zoom concert series hit a new high note Saturday (April 10) — the highest office in Los Angeles. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti kicked off the VIP event at 1:00 p.m. as he welcomed a virtual audience that quickly maxed out at 500, where it hovered for the next three
Melania Trump is celebrating Easter.
James Woods is not interested in Alyssa Milano’s take on gun hoarding.
Conservative actor James Woods was quick with a response Thursday after left-leaning fellow thespian Alyssa Milano decried the recent surge in gun sales in the U.S. “Americans bought over 2 million firearms in March of 2020, over a million more than this time last year,” wrote Milano, who backs Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
By Marc Malkin
Sanders said his decision was "very difficult and painful" to make
Christina Milian makes her way back to her car after stopping by a store with boyfriend Matt Pokora on Saturday afternoon (April 4) in Los Angeles.
When he joined the thousands of Americans sheltering at home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, New York-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Applebaum says he "sprung into action" from his Queens apartment, making one-minute experimental tracks and remixing his own songs to keep busy. "It started out as me messing around in the basement," says Applebaum, the brains behind 10-
Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez joined the long list of celebrities who have spoken out in recent weeks, urging fans to stay at home and self-isolate as a means to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But the "Spenser Confidential" actor and "Access Hollywood" host were quickly accused of hypocrisy after they each posted clips from a joint workout at a gym in Los Angeles, Calif.
The singer entered a Los Angeles recording studio to cut his final record as his memory and health failed.