New Johnstone business hub prepares to open by end of year

Yesterday, it was announced by WarnerMedia that they’d added two more cast members to their cast of “Our Flag Means Death,” a pirate comedy series at HBO Max that will be led by New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi as history’s most notorious pirate, Blackbeard.

Nobody loves New York like filmmaker Spike Lee, obviously. We know this because of his many, many films so intrinsically tethered to New York City, Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn, and the five boroughs, his many photo ops courtside at home team NBA games, and his larger than life presence in Fort Greene (arguably kind of quiet, actually, but his vibrant 40 Acres & A Mule HQ is hard to miss).

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned first that Netflix has set the cast for their adaptation of Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and that is Emmy Award Nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Emmy Award Winner Jane Lynch, Pretty Little Liars‘ Sasha Pieterse, Oscar nominee Nia Vardalos, Garfield Wilson, Jaycie Dotin and Marci T. House.

Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David has revealed how “relieved” he was to be uninvited from Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party.The event took place last weekend at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, with the family of the former US president forced to scale back their guestlist in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.David told the New York Times that he feared he would be asked to do a stand-up routine with three days notice when Obama’s assistant called him, and was “so relieved” when

UPDATED, 9:50 AM: HBO said today that Spike Lee’s four-part documentary series NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ will premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday, August 22 on the premium cabler. Episodes 2 and 3 will air on subsequent Sundays leading up to the finale at 10 p.m. September 11 — the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The series also will stream on HBO Max. Read details of NYC Epicenters below.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis, Holly Humberstone and Mabel are among the names who have signed a new open letter calling for an end to the harassment of women, girls and marginalised genders at gigs and music festivals.The initiative has been launched today (August 13) by the UN Women’s Safe Spaces Now project to coincide with the return of live music in the UK this summer.The open letter says that over 40 per cent of women under the age of 40 have been sexually harassed at a live music

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A guest at former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash said he was forced to delete Instagram photos he posted of himself at the star-studded event on Martha's Vineyard Saturday night. Rapper Trap Beckham and his manager, TJ Chapman, posted Instagram photos of the food and décor at the event, as well as themselves smoking marijuana, which is legal in Massachusetts, but the photos were later deleted under the event’s photography ban, the New York Post reported.

Good in the ‘Wood?We thought we’d do something a little bit different this time when reviewing movie premieres. Instead of sharing my opinions about The Boss Baby: Family Business, we’re sharing a 7-year-old child’s thoughts about the film!Children always have the most beautiful imaginations.

WKXW/NJ101.5.Vanderpump, 23, was known “in Trenton and across New Jersey as a fierce LGBTQ advocate,” the LGBTQ rights group Garden State Equality wrote in a Facebook post, vowing to “fight to bring justice to Shai and her loved ones.”According to The Trentonian, police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence in the unit block of Kelsey Avenue, in the city’s Pennington/Prospect neighborhood, around 4:40 a.m on Friday, July 30. Upon arrival, they found Vanderpump shot in the face.

IATSE has adopted a new Equity Statement and will be conducting and publicizing an annual “census” report to measure diversity within the ranks of its 150,000 members.

Cooking With Paris. “I love cooking but I’m not a trained chef,” she explains at the start.

The New York Times has reported. Mr Obama had reportedly been set to throw a “big” bash to celebrate the occasion, with 475 guests.

EXCLUSIVE: Former eOne Asia Pacific boss Troy Lum is officially launching new Australia-New Zealand distributor Kismet, with a slate of projects including Cannes hits and pre-sale titles.

Biz Markie this week, with a memorial service for the genre-defining ‘Just A Friend’ icon held yesterday (August 2).The private service, dubbed ‘The Final Show’, took place at New York’s Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Among those in attendance were LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Ice-T and Busy Bee, the latter of whom delivered a speech highlighting Markie’s outgoing personality and infectious sense of humour.“Biz was an icon,” Busy Bee said as per Page Six. “He is what we call hip-hop.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterAs far as titles go, you can’t accuse Jeremy Elkin’s “All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip-Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)” of false advertising. Tracing the two youth cultures as they dance around one another and finally intersect on the streets of New York City throughout the decade, the director gathers an astonishing amount of vintage footage, and finds no shortage of deep veins to tap.