LCD Soundsystem’s Gavilán Rayna Russom announces departure from band

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Lucas Romeo to senior VP of promotion, effective immediately, EVP Gary Spangler announced on Monday.Based in New York, Romeo will oversee promotion efforts across multiple formats, guiding the promotion team and breaking artists in today’s new landscape. Romeo joined Republic in 2014 as regional promotion manager in Nashville, before returning to New York to serve as VP of Top 40.

NEW YORK -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will announce nominations to the 79th Golden Globes on Monday morning. But will Hollywood care?The press association, often ridiculed, even by its own hosts, this year went from punchline to pariah.

Burna Boy will become the first Nigerian artist to headline New York’s prestigious Madison Square Garden next year, with the rapper announcing an historic one-off show dubbed ‘One Night In Space’.The show is set to take place at the iconic stadium – which has a seating capacity of 20,789 – on Thursday April 28, 2022. Tickets go on sale at 12pm EST next Friday (December 17), with an artist presale kicking off two days earlier on Wednesday December 15.

The Oscar-contending documentary The Velvet Underground, about the influential 1960s avant-garde rock band fronted by Lou Reed, has been praised as a “superb testament to a lost world that helped make our own.”

While No Time to Die producer Barbara Broccoli admitted today that the stewards of the 007 franchise don’t yet know how James Bond will return after Daniel Craig’s swansong as the super secret agent, she did allow, “We’ll figure that one out, but he will be back. You can rest assured James Bond will be back.”

Following her trip to her native Barbados, Rihanna returned to the states and reunited with boyfriend A$AP Rocky for a shopping excursion in New York. The Fenty founder, 33, hit up several stores, including a Celine, in the SoHo neighborhood on Thursday, Dec. 2.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds looked like a couple straight out of a rom-com during a stroll in New York on Thursday, Dec. 2. The actress, 34, and her longtime husband, 45, were deep in conversation as they linked arms in the city, both looking casual and stylish.

LCD Soundsystem performed their track ‘Other Voices’ for the first time at a show in New York this week.The James Murphy-led group were playing at Brooklyn Steel on Tuesday night (November 30) as part of their month-long residency at the venue.Early in the 18-song set, LCD treated fans to the live debut of ‘Other Voices’ from their most recent studio album, 2017’s ‘American Dream’.

Dakota Johnson knows how to liven up an after party! The actress apparently does late night tattoo work for her co-stars in hotel rooms.In a recent profile in, Johnson reflected on how she and her fellow stars of her new drama — including Olivia Colman and Peter Sarsgaard — like to throw huge, wild dance parties after screenings of the film.According to the article, the cast and crew of threw a party after the New York Film Festival premiere in October at Altro Paradiso in Soho.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel "The Lost Daughter" won four Gotham Awards, including best feature film, at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season.  Gyllenhaal won breakthrough director and best screenplay for her directorial debut, and star Olivia Colman shared the award for outstanding lead performance with Frankie Faison, for "The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain," a drama based on the 2011

It turns out Janet Jackson REALLY doesn’t want any part of that new New York Times documentary covering the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show wardrobe malfunction.

LCD Soundsystem played their 2004 single ‘Beat Connection’ live for the first time in 16 years last night (November 24) – see footage below.The band announced their live return after more than three years last month, with 20 shows set at the Brooklyn Steel venue in New York between now and Christmas.The residency began on Tuesday (November 23) with the band playing a career-spanning set, opening with a cover of Spacemen 3’s ‘Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)’, alongside the first

NEW YORK -- He opened the season as kindly Uncle Paul in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” Next night he was the vagabond monk Varlaam, stopping the show in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.”Now he’s back as the fisherman Jake in the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” — and for good measure making three appearances as the philosopher Colline in Puccini’s “La Boheme.”It’s been quite a season for Ryan Speedo Green, whose resounding bass-baritone voice and

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Stephen Karam adapts his Tony-winning play “The Humans,” about three generations gathering in a prewar New York apartment for Thanksgiving, into a feature debuting on Showtime and in theaters on Wednesday. But be warned, this is not your traditional Thanksgiving fare, aside from the general dysfunction.

New York Times.The Times reports that Goldberg and Hayes exchanged texts after the trailer for the Fox Nation special was released on Oct. 27, with Goldberg telling Hayes, “I’m tempted just to quit Fox over this.” And Hayes agreed, replying, “I’m game.