Manchester steakhouse chain Grill on New York Street goes into administration

The New York Times' landmark 1619 Project magazine issue, which examined the impact of slavery on American history, is headed to the big and small screen. Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, and Oprah Winfrey are teaming with Lionsgate to develop The New York Times Magazine issue and the podcast 1619 into multiple feature films, TV series, documentaries and other cross-platform content for a global audience.

Oprah Winfrey is bringing a new project to film and television.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOprah Winfrey, The New York Times and Lionsgate are partnering on a series of feature films and television shows based on “The 1619 Project.”The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York Film Festivals have joined forces in an alliance that will see the prominent fall events, all positioned six weeks from each other, collaborate rather than compete in a spirit of post-pandemic solidarity.The statement announcing this alliance provides scant details of what concrete form it will take, beyond saying that they “are offering our festivals as a united platform for the best cinema we can find.” But

Broadway fans are petitioning to rename a New York City theater after late actor Nick Cordero, who died this week due to complications from the coronavirus. The petition seeks to change the name of the city’s Longacre Theatre to The Nick Cordero Theatre in honor of the beloved Broadway actor.

Breonna Taylor will be one of the subjects highlighted on FX and New York Times’ upcoming docuseries, The Hollywood Reporter shared.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski FX and Hulu have teamed to launch The New York Times Presents, a 10-episode monthly documentary series set to premiere Friday, July 10 at 10 PM.The New York Times Presents is the new incarnation of The Weekly, which FX referred to a second season of the NYT docuseries on its 2020-21 programming slate released in May.The New York Times Presents hails from the same creative team as The Weekly and will also feature breaking news, investigations and character-driven

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

New York Dolls.Showtime Documentary Films announced today (July 7) that Scorsese will co-direct with Dave Tedeschi, with whom he’s also worked on documentaries such as the Bob Dylan film No Direction Home and The Rolling Stones-focused Shine A Light.According to Rolling Stone the new film will cover Johansen’s upbringing on Staten Island, his move to New York’s East Village as a teenager in the late 1960s and his time in the New York Dolls, as well as his work in the 1980s under the alter-ego

next project is a Showtime documentary about New York Dolls frontman David Johansen.The as-yet-untitled doc will cover the many facets of Johansen’s career — from his childhood in Staten Island to fronting the flamboyant ’70s-era New York Dolls to his evolution into Buster Poindexter, to his blues work with the Harry Smiths in the ’90s to the present day.“I’ve known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I listened to the Dolls when I was making ‘Mean

At this point, if you’re a fan of Martin Scorsese, then it should be no surprise that the filmmaker has yet another rock documentary up his sleeve. And also not shocking, the doc is about an NYC-based group, this time tackling the iconic band, the New York Dolls and its frontman, David Johansen.

Jill Goldsmith New York Governor Andrew said Monday he’s “concerned” at the prolonged shutdown of New York City’s cultural industry as the city moves into Phase 3 today with key businesses still shuttered.“You have businesses that can’t fully reopen. That is an economic problem for the city.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut have doubled the number of states whose residents will be asked to go into quarantine when they travel to the Tri-State Area due to rising COVID-19 concerns.California has joined the list of 16 states, as have Georgia and Tennessee. Residents of 16 states will now have to go into 14 days of quarantine if they choose to travel to the New York area.

Billboard has reached out to MTV for comment.In May, MTV told Billboard in a statement that they were looking into the possibility of safely holding the event live. "We're exploring with government officials, the medical community, and key stakeholders on how to safely hold the 2020 VMAs at Barclays Center," an MTV spokesperson said at the time.

Rod Stewart and Donald Trump should not be uttered in the same breath or written in the same sentence, says Boy George and other Stewart fans.

Ted Johnson The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said that they are imposing a joint travel advisory in which visitors from states with high community spread of COVID-19 must quarantine for 14 days.The travel advisory is effective at midnight tonight.The list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that New York’s Major League Baseball teams, the Yankees and Mets, will hold spring training in the city.The move comes as MLB has shuttered all 30 of its Florida and Arizona spring training camps for deep cleaning after several teams reported cases of coronavirus among staff and players.Both the Yankees (Tampa) and Mets (Port St.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state has “done the impossible” by controlling the coronavirus, going from the epicenter of the disease to one of the leading states containing it.Cuomo made the comments in what he said was his final daily briefing.

Andrew Cuomo is looking to his late father for help.