MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund Depleted: 'Until We Can Raise More Money…We Can No Longer Accept New Applications'

A musician has raised more than £2,000 for charity by playing the piano non-stop for several hours.

A week after Pres. Trump raised eyebrows by blasting Guns N' Roses' Cover of the James Bond anthem "Live and Let Die" during a maskless tour of an Arizona factory making N95 masks for the government, Axl Rose & Co. clapped back with a charity t-shirt slamming the president. The timely merch from the ban

Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a virtual telethon. “Thank you, thank you,” said a tearful Fey, the host of the Rise Up New York! event Monday evening (May 11).

The African entertainment company that discovered and developed Nigerian star Burna Boy is joining forces with Universal Music Group. The Aristokrat Group, based in Lagos, will form a strategic partnership with UMG, which will consist of a label deal, and a publishing deal through Un

George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Jodie Foster and Pierce Brosnan headline an all-star fundraiser next week to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Yvette Nicole Brown, the one-night-only virtual event will stream at 6 p.m. PT May 15 on MPTF’s YouTube page.

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Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron Will Host and Produce the "We Play Our Part" Benefit

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The latest news reports about Daniel Craig's last film as James Bond, state that the makers will be auctioning the film's clapboard to raise funds for the Coronavirus relief work. The official handle of the James Bond film on Twitter shared the news that the clapboard of No Time To Die, which is Daniel Craig's last outing as 007 will be given for an auction.

Some of the most famous faces in fashion are set to team up for a virtual fashion show to raise money for COVID-19 relief.

Today (April 28), artists from Warner Music Group's Canvasback Music, Atlantic Records and Parlophone joined together — virtually — to cover a Bob Dylan classic.

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, which recently saw its coffers run dry after just two weeks of applications, has received a major boost from the British Academy. BAFTA on Monday revealed that it was to reach out to itsnetworks and encourage donations to the initiative, enabling The Film and TV Charity, which set up the fund alongside the British Film Institute, to create further funding rounds.

Shania Twain, Olivia-Newton-John and Deana Martin will join an array of musicians for a six-hour telethon Monday.

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, officially launched earlier this month by the British Film Institute and the Film and TV Charity, has now closed to applicants, with almost 3,000 people applying for more than £5 million ($6.2 million), exceeding its financial limitations.

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The remaining members of Fountains of Wayne will reunite for their first live performance in seven years to pay tribute to their late band member Adam Schlesinger, who passed away earlier this month due to complications from COVID-19.The band’s Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter and Brian Young will be joined by Sharon Van Etten to fill in on bass and backing vocals at the Jersey 4 Jersey all-star benefit for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund that will take place April 22 at 7 p.m.

The two-hour event, which also saw the participation of Bollywood stars and , featured performances by Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Lizzo, and Taylor Swift among others, was not planned as a fundraiser but the April 18 show inspired people across America to donate, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Police said they dispersed crowds violating social distancing guidelines during David Guetta’s coronavirus relief concert in Miami. There were no arrests made when police broke up groups on the sidewalks far below the two-hour ro