Mitch Slater, Concert Promotion Pioneer, Dies at 59

TMZ reported today that the 1960s pop star, Wayne Fontana, has died in an England hospital. The performer is perhaps most known for his song, “Game of Love.” The outlet reported that Wayne died on Thursday with the love of his life by his side.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLorenzo Soria, who was in his third nonconsecutive term as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globe Awards, died today at his home in Los Angeles, He was 68.The Argentina-born, Italy-raised Soria was elected HFPA president in June 2019, following stints in the top post from 2003-05 and 2015-17.

Tom Sandoval dished on how he has continued to bond with girlfriend Ariana Madix throughout the coronavirus quarantine.“We’ve been, like, cooking dinner and stuff more and doing like hang sessions and putting puzzles together and Legos and doing some, like, creative stuff,” the Vanderpump Rules star, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, August 4, while promoting his Stryx partnership.

Billboard. "Great hits, great entertainer, and a really nice man."Fontana, born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis on Oct.

Ellise Shafer editorBrent Carver, an actor best known for winning a Tony award for his 1993 performance in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” died on Tuesday in Cranbrook, B.C., according to his family. He was 68.The Canadian actor had a long career in theater, television and film, beginning in 1972 with a stage production of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.” In 1978, he acted opposite a 15-year-old Michael J.

Frank Ocean‘s mother is mourning.

Frank Ocean's mother, Katonya Breaux, is remembering her late son, Ryan Breaux, who recently died in a tragic accident.

had to cut his first year at Yonsei University in South Korea short, will now be participating in virtual learning due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A source tells ET that Jolie-Pitt is still a student at Yonsei University, but due to the pandemic he is taking classes remotely. Back in April, his actress mother opened up about the current situation with her eldest son's studies. «I could not be happier about Mad's choice of university.

Strictly Come Dancing star Motsi Mabuse has paid a heartwarming tribute to her daughter, who has turned two. Sharing a rare black-and-white photo of her little girl and husband Evgenij Voznyuk on Thursday, the judge gushed: "And just like that she is two years old!!!! Turned our world upside down but absolutely without a doubt our reason for everything!!!"READ: 8 celebrities open up about their heartbreaking experience with racism"Leo season.

Will Young’s twin brother Rupert has died at the age of 41.Rupert Young was director of U.K. mental health charity The Mood Foundation, which he established in the late 2000s.

Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon”, “The Natural” and “The Firm”, has died. He was 85.

The Evacuees, Parker made his feature film directorial debut proper with Bugsy Malone, the kids classic musical that combined the milieu of the ‘30s mobster tale with an all-child cast, complete with splurge-guns and custard pie fights. He followed it up with the incredibly controversial prison drama Midnight Express, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director, a Best Picture nod, and a nomination for the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterFormer Live Nation New York president Anthony Makes has launched Brooklyn Made, an independent concert promotions company.  According to the announcement, the 30-year industry veteran is “looking to redefine what it means to be a 21 st century music company” and will operate out of his home in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.“After having a front row seat to everything that was happening in the corporate concert promotion world, I really felt now

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticActors’ Equity Association is calling the pending expiration of federal pandemic unemployment benefits “inexcusable” and says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “dithers” as theater workers “stare down an uncertain future.”“Equity members want to go back to work, but the industry has been shut down since March because in most states, it is still not safe for mass gatherings,” said Kate Shindle, Equity President.

At the start of July, rising hip-hop artist Tkay Maidza tweeted: “Being an introvert is weird bc nothing ever seems important enough to share lol.” Over Zoom from her parents’ home in Australia, the Zimbabwe-born artist elaborates, saying, “I just want to be in my little cocoon, but I’m in the middle of dropping a project, so that’s the last thing I should do right now.”

“GMA” interview with the cast of “Game of Thrones.”“She rose through the ranks over the years on our show, working on stories that have made so many of you, our viewers, smile and tear up.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicMitch Slater, a trailblazer of the concert promotion business, died on July 21 following an extended illness. He was 59.His brother, former Capitol Records CEO Andrew Slater, commented:“To most people he was one of the architects of the modern concert era, but to me he was my baby brother.

Jamie Lang An open letter calling for the immediate release of Egyptian film producer Moataz Abdelwahab was published Friday, cosigned by the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and its founding institutions, which include the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Human Rights Film Network, among others.The letter claims that Abdelwahab disappeared from his Cairo office on May 5 and wasn’t seen

Things aren't any better between Brad Pitt and his oldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Us Weekly reports—nor has his strained relationship really improved with his 16-year-old son Pax. The outlet was told by a source that Pitt isn't speaking to Maddox or Pax right now.