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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCity Parks Foundation has announced the 2022 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s outdoor performing arts festival, bringing nearly 90 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs.Citywide parks and venues hosting SummerStage this season include Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Von King Park and The Coney Island Amphitheater in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, Crotona Park in the Bronx, Corporal Thompson Park in Staten Island, as well as the newly refurbished SummerStage flagship venue at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. All performances will be free and open to the public, except for benefit concerts, and select shows will also be live-streamed on SummerStageAnywhere.org.
Opening the season on Saturday, June 11 in Central Park will be a free performance from legendary jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock in association with the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Aussie BBQ in Central Park will welcome indie rock band You Am I, indigenous rapper Baker Boy and Aboriginal electronic music duo Electric Fields on June 18, while Francophiles will say merci to the annual Fête de la Musique lineup on June 21 in Central Park headlined by French hip hop veteran MC Solaar.Brazilian music fans can enjoy the high-energy modern Carnaval stylings of Monobloco with Trinbagonian Nailah Blackman and Batalá on June 26 in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, and an K-Pop lineup of Brave Girls, Golden Child and AleXa in association with Korean Culture Center New York at Central Park on July 10. Other global music sensations taking the stages will include and Brazilian Latin Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Awardee Ney
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CBS has ordered three new series for the 2022-23 broadcast season: “East New York,” “So Help Me Todd” and “Fire Country.”In “East New York,” Amanda Warren stars as Regina Haywood, “the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification,” per a logline from the network.It costars Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi.It’s from writers and executive producers William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and director and EP Michael M.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Sunday that she tested positive for Covid-19. She is currently doing well and is asymptomatic.
Harry Styles has announced a North American tour behind his upcoming third studio album Harry's House. "Love On Tour 2022" will span 32 nights in a handful of cities: Toronto, New York, Austin, Chicago, and Los Angeles will get shows, with a massive 10 gigs planned for Madison Square Garden. Registration for Ticketmaster's Verified Fan Presale is open now.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJust two weeks before the release of his “Harry’s House” third solo album, Harry Styles has announced the dates for “Love on Tour 2022.”Coming off of a sold out 42-date arena tour in 2021 and two special “One Night Only” shows in New York and London, the 2022 tour works the “Harry’s House” theme by turning arenas in New York, Los Angeles (10 nights each), Chicago, Austin (5 nights each) and Toronto (2 nights) into Harry’s de facto house.Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 16th at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON. Styles will continue his residencies in New York City for ten nights at Madison Square Garden, Austin for five nights at Moody Center, and Chicago for five nights at United Center, before wrapping up at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum for 10 night run concluding on Tuesday, November 15th.
William Earl It goes without saying that Variety’s Power of Women New York event is taking place at an exceptionally difficult and divisive time — and while we are gathering to celebrate the formidable achievements of women in entertainment and the charities they generously support, it also goes without saying that there is still a very long way to go, and the importance of having women in power in entertainment is more vital than ever.On the positive side, there are more women in C-suites and positions of power in the music industry than ever before — as Variety noted earlier this year, even the traditional boys’ club of major-label A&R has seen several female executives made heads of those departments. But as the latest USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report shows, the music industry has a lot of work to do.
George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth never stand still with their busy careers and have an equally full home life with their two teenage daughters.MORE: George Stephanopoulos receives outpour of support following major career newsHowever, things might get even busier for the couple if Ali has anything to do with it! The TV star shared an adorable video on Instagram this week showing a cart full of puppies being pulled along the street."I want them all!" the star captioned the post. Ali and George are already proud dog owners to Cooper, who often appears on social media with the couple.VIDEO: George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth's love story The TV star recently opened up about a confrontation she had at Central Park with Cooper, where she came to the defense of another small dog.MORE: George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth look incredible in celebratory backstage photoMORE: George Stephanopoulos' heartfelt tribute to his wife and daughters revealedDuring an appearance as guest co-host on Live with Kelly and Ryan, she said she noticed some anti-social behavior involving a dog and a puppy, and she couldn't help but step in.She said: "I don't know about you but I'm not a confrontational person which is probably why I have been married for 20 years.
Alicia Keys‘ gorgeous gunmetal dress had the best detailing at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 2)!
Harry Styles has announced a special ‘One Night Only In New York’ gig to celebrate the release of his new album, ‘Harry’s House’.The pop star will release his third album, featuring the recent single ‘As It Was’, on May 20, via Erskine Records.The special concert will take place at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, in Long Island’s Elmont, on May 20. According to a press release, the show will see Styles perform tracks from ‘Harry’s House’ for the first time ever.Tickets for the gig will cost $25 all-in (£20), including taxes and fees.
The 2022 Met Gala is just hours away and there will likely be hundreds of celebrities walking the red carpet for fashion’s biggest night of the year.
Universal debuted its first look at “She Said,” the drama about the investigative reporters at the New York Times who helped to break the Harvey Weinstein story that kicked off the #MeToo movement. Both of the film’s stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan, who play reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor respectively, were on hand to introduce the film’s trailer, and they talked up the importance of the behind the scenes story and the Kantor and Twohey’s book on which the film is based.