Music and film stars line up for Global Goal: Unite For Our Future COVID-19 concert

This week was full of star-studded events and awards shows, with the “Global Goal: Unite For Our Future” concert, BET Awards and Juno Awards all taking place virtually.

A.D. Amorosi On Monday morning, not that much more than 24 hours after “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future” wrapped up Saturday night, the chief force behind that worldwide broadcast/streaming event, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans, was still moving like a jack-rabbit.Before it even hit the air, “Global Goal” had helped raise $6.9 billion from governments, entrepreneurs and foundations for COVID-19 vaccines and racial/sexual/social injustice causes.

Miley Cyrus performed a cover of the Beatles’ classic song “Help” at the Global Goal: Unite For Our Future concert. Dwayne Johnson hosted the event that saw celebrities and political leaders speaking out to the public about the importance of working together and utilizing new strategies to combat the Coronaovirus pandemic.

MGM on Sunday released the teaser trailer for its upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson. The film follows the rise of Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom.

Megan Thee Stallion delivered a Mad Max-inspired mini-movie in the desert replete with off-road vehicles, and a tiered stage made of scaffolding. Wayne Brady tapped into the late Little Richard's fabulous flamboyance with a booty-shaking tribute inside what looked like a modernist California mansion. Jennifer Hudson took viewers to church with a knockout performance of "Young, Gifted and Black," in a stark white studio.

coronavirus pandemic. Global Citizen said its summit with world leaders had raised $1.5 billion to help COVID-19 efforts in poor countries, along with a promise of 250 million doses of a vaccine for those nations if one is successfully developed.

The cast of Hamilton has reunited! Virtually, that is.

Shakira, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Chloe x Halle are just some of the stars set to perform at Global Citizen and the European Commission's Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Concert. The virtual concert, hosted by Dwayne Johnson, seeks to highlight the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on marginalized communities.

Miley Cyrus, Shakira, J Balvin, Justin Bieber, Usher and many more took part in Global Citizen's event on Saturday.

Jennifer Hudson knows how to kick off a concert right.

Oliva Colman issued a plea for kindness and compassion as she joined a line-up of stars for a Global Citizen concert.

Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade brought Saturday night vibes with her performance of "Shekere" for the "Global Goal: Unite for Our Future" concert on June 27.

Zoe Hewitt At a time when Black Lives Matter protests and pandemic lockdowns coexist, some of the set photographers of IATSE Local 600 have taken their craft to the streets to document this historic period.Award-winning photographer Frank Masi (“The Tomorrow War”) was in Atlanta on the Dwayne Johnson starrer “Red Notice” in March when the entire cast and crew were sent home with less than 24 hours’ notice as production shut down due to the coronavirus.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will host the "Global Goal: Unite for Our Future" concert Saturday, June 27 to shed a light on communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic with the help of a few stars.

Global Goal: Unite For Our Future — The Concert, is a globally televised and digitally streamed special that will highlight the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has on marginalized communities – including people of colour, those living in extreme poverty and others facing discrimination – will air on Saturday, June 27 on Global TV at 8 p.m. ET.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and the original Broadway cast of Hamilton will team up with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform together during the June 27 event, which will shine a light on how the global coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities.The announcement follows exciting news that the original Broadway production of Hamilton, filmed live on stage, will be streaming exclusively on Disney+ on Friday July 3.Miranda, the Hamilton cast, Fallon and The Roots join

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGlobal Citizen and the European Commission have teamed for Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Concert and actor Dwayne Johnson is set to host the event which takes place on June 27.

“One World: Together at Home” special in mid-April wasn’t the last of its COVID-19-era all-star shows.