Coco Gauff celebrates women’s tennis at the WTA 50th Anniversary Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom last week in New York City.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The 50th anniversary celebration for the Roxy in West Hollywood this September is picking up some added components, including an additional appearance by Neil Young and Crazy Horse; a recreation by Stephen Marley of his father Bob Marley’s “Live at the Roxy” album; and a compilation album that will draw on performances from the nightclub’s five-decade history. Young was already announced to appear at the Roxy on Sept. 20, the 50th anniversary of the night he officially opened the club with a multi-night engagement.
With demand obviously at a premium for the star’s set at the 500-capacity nightspot, he and his band have added a second show the following night, Sept. 21. It will mark the first time fans have seen Young with Crazy Horse since prior to the pandemic, since his recent tour of small venues and amphitheaters was a solo outing.
Both shows will benefit the Painted Turtle and Bridge School. The “Live at the Roxy” album, being curated by club owner and founder Lou Adler, will feature songs recorded there by artists including Bruce Springsteen, Young, the Ramones, Emmylou Harris, George Benson, Nicolette Larson, Warren Zevon and Brian Wilson. Those last two are among the many artists who’ve released full live albums recorded at the Roxy over the years.
Springsteen’s mid-’70s shows are among the most famous to ever take place at the club, although he has never officially released a live album from the dates. A track list and release date have not yet been revealed. Proceeds from the album will benefit MusiCares.
Stephen Marley will revive the setlist for his father Bob’s album “Live at the Roxy,” recorded in 1976, at a show Sept. 24. Tickets go on sale Friday
.Coco Gauff celebrates women’s tennis at the WTA 50th Anniversary Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom last week in New York City.
FreeForm has you covered with their 31 Nights of Halloween TV lineup. The schedule reveals all of the fan favorites, including “Hocus Pocus,” “Halloweentown,” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”The 31 Nights of Halloween schedule for 2023 also reveals some good series marathons.
Grab your broomsticks, we’re entering that spooky season. Now in its 25th year, Freeform has set the lineup for its 31 Nights of Halloween programming event with films including faves such as Hocus Pocus, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monsters, Inc., Cruella and The Addams Family, along with Freeform premieres of Encanto, Zombies and Zombies 2.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The classic Harold Lloyd comedy “Safety Last” is turning 100 years old this year. But with its heavy dollops of action and a superstar’s real-life derring-do, it doesn’t seem a day over 10, even if it does date back to the silent era. The film screens this Sunday as the climax of the Academy Museum’s “Silent Sundays” series, with a live score from a 24-piece orchestra helping heighten the suspense in the ultimate fear-of-heights movie.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Even though he is through with mathematical album titles, Ed Sheeran is still practicing the art of addition. The suddenly prolific recording artist will soon be adding to his catalog the second new album he’s released in 2023… the second in six months, in fact. Sheeran announced Thursday that “Autumn Variations,” a collection he’s been teasing on social media, will be out Sept.
Plans are set for Star Trek Day 2023. Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Jerry O’Connell will host a special program on Friday, September 8, marking the 57th anniversary of Star Trek‘s television debut. The day also will include special Star Trek: Lower Decks screenings across the U.S., the UK and Canada ahead of the upcoming fourth season, as well as special airings of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on CBS and more.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner knows something about love.
Todd Gilchrist editor From the wah-wah guitar that opens the title track to the operatic closer “Just to Keep You Satisfied,” Marvin Gaye’s 1973 album “Let’s Get It On” expressed the joy — and complexity — of human sexuality like virtually none in popular music before it. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its release, Motown/ UMe is holding an event Wednesday featuring fellow R&B luminaries Smokey Robinson and Jimmy Jam, Gaye biographer David Ritz and moderated by UMe A&R vice president Harry Weinger, in advance of a new deluxe edition of the album.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Given that Taylor Swift is the most popular pop star on the planet — or maybe because of that — there’s been a surprising paucity of covers of her hundreds of tunes by other name-brand artists over the years. Making a dent in that dearth, now, is Soccer Mommy, who has just released her version of a deep cut that is a fan favorite among hardcore Swifties, “I’m Only Me When I’m With You.” “I really wanted to cover this song because it’s one of my favorites from Taylor’s first album,” Soccer Mommy — aka Sophie Allison — said in releasing the tune.
, and to promote her upcoming single, “Single Soon,” the Only Murders actor posted a lip-dub video to a choice bit of Kim Cattrall audio from Sex and the City. Is there a message in here?On Instagram , pantomimes answering the phone as the audio clip plays.
EXCLUSIVE: DCTV, the nonprofit acclaimed as “New York City’s preeminent community of and for documentary storytellers,” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series spotlighting the work of DCTV founders, the filmmaking couple Keiko Tsuno and Jon Alpert.
Amanda Knox has announced that she is pregnant with her second child with her husband Christopher Robinson. Confirming the happy news to her Instagram followers, the 36 year old said: "Pregspreading” @oxfordenglishdictionary". She posted the caption alongside a snap of her blossoming baby bump as she sat relaxing on a bench as she donned a floral jumpsuit.
Ariana Grande is gearing up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her debut album Yours Truly, which housed songs such as breakout hit “The Way” and “Baby I.”
Thursday’s “The Challenge: USA” episode revealed a new chapter for reality star Paulie Calafiore. In the ep, which unfortunately saw the New Jersey native get the boot, he told his cast mate Tori Deal: “I came through athletics, so that forced me to repress who I was sexually. I didn’t know if I was attracted to women, attracted to men, or if it was just like an energy thing.”
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s been a few years since Rhiannon Giddens did anything remotely in the ballpark of a “pop” album, and it’s not hard to come up with reasons for that: Besides her having a full dance card, you could almost argue she’s overqualified for the job. The recipient of both a MacArthur “genius grant” and a Pulitzer, the banjo-wielding balladeer has sustained herself for a while at the intersection of earthy and highbrow, most recently winning acclaim for her opera, “Omar,” and she looks at least at much at home fronting the LA Phil as she used to leading the old-fashioned string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
TikTok star Caleb Coffee is in the ICU after suffering horrifying injuries sustained during a hike with friends in Hawaii on Wednesday afternoon.The family of the 18-year-old influencer started a GoFundMe page to raise money for his medical bills, and revealed that Caleb «slipped and fell off a 60-80ft cliff onto lava rock,» and had to be «airlifted to the emergency room.»According to the page, Caleb sustained serious physical trauma across his body, and his injuries include a «spinal fracture, broke femur, elbow, wrist and multiple gouges and burns throughout his entire body.»The page also states that Caleb «hasn’t been able to hold down food.»«The medics and everyone [are] telling us he’s lucky to be alive and is one of the strongest out there,» the family share, adding that they have also been informed that «more injuries will most likely pop up over the next few weeks.»By Thursday afternoon, within five hours after the GoFundMe page launched, they had raised just over $9,000 of their $100,000 goal.Caleb has gained a large following on TikTok, with over 11 million followers, as well as 1 million followers on Instagram.
shared news of his diagnosis in April, telling fans that he had been battling prostate issues before undergoing immunotherapy.Taking to social media Sunday, the German-born star shared the good news with his large following.“I’m cancer-free. They couldn’t find the damn thing,” he said in a Facebook Live video on Aug. 13.
Eric Braeden is sharing some joyful news with his fans. The 82-year-old star revealed on Sunday that doctors found no evidence cancer after a recent procedure.Braeden spoke with his fans on Facebook Live and shared a health update, revealing, «As of three days ago, I am cancer-free.»According to the actor, his doctors performed a cystoscopy and «they couldn’t find a damn thing! Isn’t that nice?»The beaming actor explained that, while the prognosis was positive, he wasn't fully out of the woods just yet.
Bob Dylan has issued a statement paying tribute to late musician Robbie Robertson.Dylan said in a statement posted onto social media yesterday (August 12): “This is shocking news. Robbie was a lifelong friend. His passing leaves a vacancy in the world.Robertson, who besides performing as part of Dylan’s backing band in the latter half of the 1960s, was a guitarist and singer-songwriter for The Band, died earlier this week at the age of 80.Statement from Bob Dylan on the passing of Robbie Robertson:“This is shocking news.
Bono surprised attendees at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia with an a cappella rendition of Bob Marley‘s ‘Redemption Song’ – watch the moment below.The frontman and The Edge were present at the film festival for a special screening of U2‘s Kiss The Future documentary when the legendary Irish vocalist hopped on the mic to serenade the crowd.Fans quickly joined in to sing along to the track after Bono unexpected belted out the opening lines to the Bob Marley classic. Watch a clip of the performance below.#Bono & #TheEdge at the #SarajevoFilmFestival for #KissTheFuture: "Redemption Song"Video © @28th_sff"When Bono's voice meets the silver screen.