Music loses a beloved queer icon as Ari Gold passes from cancer at 47

Bruno Mars has spoken out about the cultural appropriation claims he has faced during his career in a new interview.The musician – who is of Filipino, Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish descent – has been accused of appropriating Black music through his work.During an appearance on New York radio show The Breakfast Club last week (March 5), Mars defended himself against those allegations.

Have you watched an amazing music documentary we've not mentioned? Share it in the comments below. This feature-length documentary looks back Britney Spears' 28-year-long career, and explores the decade-long conservatorship that she has been under.Produced by the New York Times, it travels from the pop star's early career all the way up to the present day.

Activist Rose McGowan says the political divide in America contributed to her decision to move out of the United States to Mexico last year. Speaking with Fox News from her new home, the former "Charmed" actress detailed her current path to healing after feeling rather depleted in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's early 2020 New York trial as well as the build-up to the presidential election.

With summer on the horizon, and President Biden claiming there will be enough COVID vaccine doses to supply the American population by the end of May, now comes the ambiguous part: scrambling to restore public spaces to their former glory. The newest development in New York's turbulent race to reopen arrived on Wednesday, when governor Cuomo announced that music venues will finally be allowed to open their doors come April 2.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmerging Italian helmer Claudio Giovannesi, who made a splash in Berlin with his prizewinning Neapolitan teen mob drama “Piranhas,” is set to direct immigration epic “Vita,” set in New York’s early 20th century Little Italy.Based on Melania Mazzucco’s novel by the same title, winner of Italy’s prestigious Strega Prize, “Vita” is set in 1903 when two kids, a girl named Vita and a boy named Diamante, disembark alone in New York.

The New York Times, Cuomo revealed at a press conference that April 2 will see arts, entertainment and events venues be able to reopen at a limited capacity.Attendance is capped at 100 people for indoor venues and 200 people for outdoor venues.

Chris Willman Music WriterDoug Smiley, the marketing director for Verve Music Group, died Saturday, February 27. He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer less than a month before dying at home in Maplewood, NJ, surrounded by family.

Bill C. Davis, whose 1981 Broadway hit play Mass Appeal was adapted for a 1984 feature film starring Jack Lemmon and Željko Ivanek, died Feb. 26 following a brief illness, his family has announced. He was 69.

New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears when it drops locally on Channel Nine.WATCH: Mike Munro interviews Britney Spears on A Current Affair in 2001The eye-opening documentary caused a stir overseas last month when it shined a light on the controversial questions some media has asked over the years as well as some of the seemingly unfair criticism she’s been subjected to over the years.It wasn’t just the US press who were notorious for prying into her personal life, and among the

 America Ferrera  is already an Emmy and Golden Globe winner, but she’s about to add another accomplishment to her growing resume. The actress is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

Lady Gaga is reeling after armed thieves shot her dog walker and stole two of her beloved pets, an insider tells Us Weekly exclusively.

America Ferrara is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the young adultnovel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter for Netflix. The New York Times bestseller from Erika L.

Emmy and Golden Globe winner America Ferrera is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by author Erika Sánchez, who will serve as a co-producer on the film. Anonymous Content and MACRO are producing the pic, which will be released on Netflix.

 Mariah Carey  and  Cardi B  had a one-on-one conversation for Interview magazine about their upbringing, hair, image, and even if they have a favorite brand of bra. The rapper even revealed that despite what other people might think, her mom was very overprotective and opposed that Cardi listens to rap or music with adult content.“I’m from New York, so I heard Biggie outside every single day,” said the Bronx native, born Belcalis Almánzar to Trinidadian and Dominican parents.

Viva la Diva! Real Housewives of New York star Luann de Lesseps took to Instagram on February 22 to share quite the scandalous photo, showing off her toned, well, everything. The cabaret singer bared-all, wearing nothing but skimpy bikini bottoms and artfully placed sea star stickers on her breasts. 

NEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall will miss an entire season for the first time for the first time in its 130-year history.Carnegie said Thursday it was canceling performances from April 6 through July at its three venues, extending a closure that started last March 13 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.Carnegie hopes to reopen in October for its 2021-22 season and intends a delayed season announcement in late spring.The pandemic also caused the Metropolitan Opera to miss a season for the first time,

February in New York usually consists of a different kind of hustle and bustle, with editors, bloggers and the usual fashion suspects running from show to show, in shoes we promised our friends were walkable (wrong) and coats we promised were warm enough (wrong again).