Mona Fastvold’s ‘The World to Come’ to Open Rotterdam’s Summer Edition

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s City Parks Foundation returns to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater.

Forest Hills StadiumThe former site of the US Open tennis tournament will be hosting many players of a different kind — the musical one — this summer. Among the artists scheduled to take the stage in the pastoral setting nestled in the midst of Queens are Halsey (July 16 and 17), Bright Eyes (July 31) and Wilco (Aug.

Journalist and filmmaker Geraldine Moriba is joining Allen Media Group’s The Grio as senior vice president of news and entertainment, focusing on development, brand sponsorships and editorial partnerships.

CNN analyst Chris Cuomo placed the news organization in a bad spot, according to the network’s Lead Washington Anchor, Jake Tapper.

Ann-Marie Corvin Romantic frontier drama “The World to Come” opens the June instalment of International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 and its director, New York and Oslo based writer-director Mona Fastvold is also set to give one of three Big Talks at the festival this week.Since the director’s second feature made its debut last September at the Venice International Film Festival, the mid-19th century-set tale of two isolated farmers’ wives in rural upstate New York who fall in love, with the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJeff Zucker, chairman of news and sports at WarnerMedia, held a company town hall on Tuesday in which he addressed the recent Chris Cuomo-CNN controversy and answered questions regarding return-to-office plans.Zucker suggested CNN staffers who were vaccinated and wished to return to the outlet’s New York offices would likely be able to do so starting in June, according to a person familiar with the event.

John Cena has gotten himself into murky international waters.

Alex Rodriguez, 45, seemed like he was all about business on May 23 when he arrived in Hartford, Connecticut via plane. The former New York Yankees player was seen carrying one black leather duffel bag as he donned a white short-sleeved collared shirt with black stripes and olive green pants. He also wore a black face mask, sunglasses, and white and olive green Nike sneakers.

Donald Trump, although Hannity has said that “I never claimed to be a journalist.”Andrew Cuomo is also under investigation by a state legislative committee over allegations that his administration arranged for members of his family, including Chris Cuomo, to get special access to COVID-19 tests last year at a time when they were generally unavailable to the general public.———Associated Press correspondent Marina Villeneuve in Albany, New York, and researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has been taking heat after the Washington Post reported he’d been participating in conference calls with his brother,  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, to offer his advice on how to respond to the wave of sexual harassment allegations that have engulfed the embattled politician.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN is trying to stay out of anchor Chris Cuomo’s latest family affair.CNN said it had no plans to discipline its top primetime anchor, despite the fact that he provided counsel and aid during staff meetings to his brother, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, while he was in the midst of fending off sexual harassment accusations.A report Thursday in The Washington Post revealed that Cuomo, who anchors CNN’s 9 p.m.

CNN host Chris Cuomo participated in strategy conference calls with his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he faced allegations of sexual harassment, with the sessions including members of the governor’s staff.

Paul Mooney has died of a heart attack, according to the New York Daily News. He was 79, Mooney became a comedy legend with his writing work for Richard Pryor.

Going strong! Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell packed on the PDA while spending time together in Miami on Monday, May 17, amid their recent reconciliation.

NEW YORK -- Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor's longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.Cassandra Williams, Mooney's publicist, said he died Wednesday morning at his home in Oakland, California, from a heart attack.Mooney's friendship and collaboration with Pryor began in 1968 and lasted until Pryor's death in 2005.

Going strong! Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell packed on the PDA while spending time together in Miami on Monday, May 17, amid their recent reconciliation.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe “Hella Mega Tour” featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer has unveiled new dates, beginning in July and stretching into September.