New York’s Struggling Music Venues Spotlight the Need for Federal Aid

As voters take to the polls on Election Day,Mariska Hargitay is taking cues from Paul Rudd and decided to also hand out cookies to voters waiting in line in New York. The Law and Order actresswas shown in videos posted onlinetossing Milk Bar cookies to voters standing in line, awaiting to vote outside of Madison Square Garden.

Mariska Hargitay and Offset are doing their bit to help New York and Atlanta locals get through waiting periods to vote in the presidential election.In a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday, Hargitay, 56, could be seen giving away Milk Bar cookies to voters in queue at Madison Square Garden.“DUN DUN. Mariska Hargitay treats voters waiting in line at MSG to @milkbarstore cookies,” news anchor Gilma Avalos captioned her video. «Voters have about a 2hr wait.

Scarlett Johansson and comedian Colin Jost have tied the knot in a private New York ceremony.The Avengers star and Saturday Night Live regular Jost exchanged vows last weekend (October 24-25, 2020) in the Palisades area of the Big Apple, where the bride owns a four-bedroom home, and they allowed food charity officials at Meals on Wheels America to announce the happy news on Instagram on Thursday (October 29, 2020), in an effort to boost donations.We’re thrilled to break the news that Scarlett

Paul Rudd kept voters waiting in the New York rain happy as he handed out cookies on Thursday (October 29, 2020).See where Paul Rudd is on the highest-paid actors listAs queues formed of people keen to have their say in the U.S. presidential election, Ant-Man star Paul was on hand to keep their bellies full.

Crime and chaos have overtaken the streets of many American cities. Shootings and gun violence have increased. Reported homicides are up 24 percent so far this year among the nation’s 50 largest cities, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter months of nearly constant bad news — theater closures, movie postponements, “Tenet!” — the film industry last week finally received a glimmer of good news: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that cinemas outside of NYC can start reopening on Friday.Hollywood studios have made it clear that blockbusters won’t return until cinemas in New York and California, two influential movie markets in the U.S., can reopen.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York state on Monday published its reopening guidelines for movie theaters, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has allowed to open (except in New York City and a handful of counties) on Friday for the first time since March.The guidelines don’t hold many surprises for operators that have already set up stringent CinemaSafe protocols developed by NATO with exhibitors and health experts.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorExhibitors in New York State are speed dialing former staffers and bookers after a surprise weekend announcement by Gov.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe entertainment industry has turned its focus on Albany, N.Y., over the last week, as it escalates the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow movie theaters to reopen.Inside the Capitol, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy has also been rallying support for the industry.

It’s not just domestic theater chains that are desperate to see cinemas reopen in New York and Los Angeles, but also cinema operators worldwide.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the day that rapper Tory Lanez is scheduled to appear in court on charges of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, Megan has written a powerful op-ed and posted a companion video called “Why I Speak Up for Black Women” in the New York Times.

Eddie Van Halen by briefly turning the Van Siclen Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York into ‘Van Halen Avenue’.The late guitarist passed away last week at the age of 65 following a battle with cancer.Street artist Adrian Wilson paid a unique tribute to Van Halen over the weekend by creating a stickered station sign in the style of the New York subway system and placing it on a wall at Van Siclen Avenue station.After he paid a similar tribute to the late US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader

President Donald Trump started his Monday (Oct. 12) in his typical fashion: with a Tweetstorm that made Kanye West look calm level-headed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAn unusual trend in recent years has seen New York City’s subway stations transformed into memorials for late, great musicians, both officially and unofficially.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Amaiya Davis to vice president of media/cultural impact & engagement, it was announced today by the company’s executive vice president of media & artist relations, Joseph Carozza. She is based at the label’s New York headquarters.Davis will continue to spearhead publicity campaigns for a diverse roster of artists, including City Morgue, Duckwrth, Kash Doll, Kiana Ledé, Lil Tecca and more, according to the announcenemt.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe New York Comic Con panel for The CW’s Nancy Drew didn’t waste any time will getting into things as the show’s stars stars Kennedy McMann (Nancy Drew), Scott Wolf (Carson Drew), Alex Saxon (Ace), Leah Lewis (George Fan), Maddison Jaizani (Bess Marvin), Tunji Kasim (Ned “Nick” Nickerson) and Riley Smith (Ryan Hudson) participated in a lightning round of questions in-character before creator/executive producer Noga Landau and showrunner/executive producer

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“It feels like New York is starting to come back,” says veteran live-music promoter and venue owner Peter Shapiro, speaking from his Manhattan office on a mid-September afternoon. “There’s a lot of activity on the street right now,” he says, glancing out his window.