Moving on up! After appearing on season Real Housewives of New York City, Barbara Kavovit is setting her sights on something bigger: the New York City mayoral race.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York Music Month has become a city institution over the past four years, but for its 2021 iteration, New York Music Months would be a more appropriate title: The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) announces that this year, the series will become “New York Music Month Extended Play,” a six-month virtual edition of the program, launching January 11, 2021 and wrapping June 30, 2021.
Speakers include 300 Entertainment cofounder Kevin Liles,
.Moving on up! After appearing on season Real Housewives of New York City, Barbara Kavovit is setting her sights on something bigger: the New York City mayoral race.
The New York Times reportedly fired award-winning queer journalist Lauren Wolfe, after she posted a Tweet saying she had “chills” watching US President Joe Biden’s plane land in Washington.The newspaper’s action was preceded by an online campaign of abuse, harassment and threats against Wolfe over her perceived pro-Biden tilt.
Always keep an eye out for Paul McCartney.
Eric Trump and his family are no longer able to fly on Air Force One after his father, Donald Trump, was voted out of office and is no longer President.
Ellise Shafer administratorAlberto Grimaldi, a film producer whose credits include the Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” has died. He was 95.Grimaldi’s son, Maurizio Grimaldi, confirmed his death to Variety, adding that his father died of natural causes.Born in Naples, Italy on March 28, 1925, Grimaldi originally studied law before starting his own production company, Produzioni Europee Associati, or P.E.A., in 1961.
Leaning on family. Bachelorette alum Dale Moss’ sister traveled to New York City to see him amid his messy split from fiancée Clare Crawley.
The New York Times and Left/Right Productions have teamed up for a new documentary titled Framing Britney Spears, centred on Britney Spears‘ conservatorship.The film is set to launch as the sixth instalment of The New York Times Presents docuseries, hosted on US television channel FX and FX On Hulu.
MGMT‘s Andrew VanWyngarden has shared a new song under his solo moniker Gentle Dom called ‘I Miss Dancing In New York’.The up-tempo house track appeared on the musician’s Soundcloud over the weekend.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of Hipgnosis Song’s blockbuster growth, former Geffen Records president Neil Jacobsen, who launched his own songwriter-producer management firm in 2019, is lining up a $200 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange for a new company called the Music Acquisition Corporation.
pic.twitter.com/eZmBpvudMFAw man….One of the NYC originals, Sylvain Sylvain has passed away. He was a true sweetheart.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSylvain Sylvain, cofounder and rhythm guitarist of legendary early 1970s proto-punk quintet the New York Dolls, has died after a battle with cancer, according to a social media post by his wife and multiple media reports. He was 69.While often lambasted in their era — either as Rolling Stones knock-offs or for their shocking-at-the-time androgynous look — the Dolls were one of the key influences on punk rock, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Last summer, NY cast member Ramona Singer said she had tested positive. In other spinoffs, positive cases were reported by Shannon Beador and Emily Simpson of the Real Housewives of Orange County, by Kyle RIchards, Kathy Hilton and Dorit Kemsley of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, by Jennifer Aydin of Real Housewives of New Jersey, and by D’Andra Simmons of Real Housewives of Dallas.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEddie Vedder, Phoebe Bridgers, Brittany Howard, Laurie Anderson and more will perform at the 34th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert, which returns this year for a special virtual edition, combining live and pre-recorded segments streaming via the livestream platform Mandolin.Also joining composer and artistic director Philip Glass at the event, which is ordinarily held at New York’s Carnegie Hall, are Valerie June, Angélique Kidjo, Tenzin Choegyal, Rubin Kodheli
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an announcement that reflects Dr.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorElectric Lady Studios, one of the few remaining major recording facilities in New York City, continues to expand its creative endeavors by striking a partnership with the estate of legendary indie singer/songwriter and visual artist Daniel Johnston.As part of the new partnership, Outsider Art Fair will present “Daniel Johnston: Psychedelic Drawings,” an exhibition of over 30 works by the late musician and self-taught artist, at the studio — you can see five examples
Spotify stock has hit a new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange this week.On Friday (January 8), the streaming giant’s stock reached $354.60, and closed at $353.48, up 7% from the closing price the day before and up 12.2% for the week.
New York Assemblyman-elect Mike Lawler said Wednesday on "America’s Newsroom" that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be working with county officials on the coronavirus vaccine distribution.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday said the state has identified its first case of a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in the U.K. It was detected in a man in his 60s in Saratoga Springs, about 200 miles north of New York City.