Singing Surgeon: Dr. Elvis Cuts EP to Aid COVID-19 Fund

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

MusiCares announced Thursday (April 30) that its COVID-19 Relief Fund is depleted and that it has been forced to stop accepting new applications. "Unfortunately, until we can raise more money for our COVID-19 Relief Fund, we can no longer accept new applica

The latest news reports about Daniel Craig's last film as James Bond, state that the makers will be auctioning the film's clapboard to raise funds for the Coronavirus relief work. The official handle of the James Bond film on Twitter shared the news that the clapboard of No Time To Die, which is Daniel Craig's last outing as 007 will be given for an auction.

Some of the most famous faces in fashion are set to team up for a virtual fashion show to raise money for COVID-19 relief.

Today (April 28), artists from Warner Music Group's Canvasback Music, Atlantic Records and Parlophone joined together — virtually — to cover a Bob Dylan classic.

By Marc Malkin

Shania Twain, Olivia-Newton-John and Deana Martin will join an array of musicians for a six-hour telethon Monday.

The Wonders, the fictional band from Tom Hanks'That Thing You Do!, is getting back together for the first time in over 20 years. Tom Everett Scott, Jonathon Schaech, Ethan Embry and Steve Zahn along withLiv Tyler will reunite via livestream on the official Wonders YouTube channel for a community watch party that will also raise funds forthe MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.

The Sundance Institute has launched a COVID-19 relief fund for indie artists, with a $1 million pot. "This moment calls for a radical shift in strategy in the way we support independent artists in film, media and theater.

Elvis Francois, the orthopedic surgery resident who has gone viral with his top-notch live performances at hospitals, knew from adolescence he wanted to help heal the world through medicine.But through music? Not so much.Two years after becoming an unlikely singing sensation, the 34-year-old doctor with a golden voice is releasing his first-ever EP on Friday and all the proceeds will be donated to The Center of Disaster Philanthropy COVID-19 Response Fund.“It’s been such a unique time in all of

The cast of That Thing You Do! is getting back together!

A streaming fundraiser of 2019's Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway has been canceled after organizers failed to secure permission to stream the concert.

ViacomCBS is looking to support industry crewmembers, talent and creatives with a $100 million fund launched amid a production shutdown due to the COVID-19 crisis. The emergency fund will be distributed by ViacomCBS to the Motion Picture & Television Fund and The Actors Fund, charitable organizations already supporting impacted industry workers.

Canadian broadcaster CBC has launched a Creative Relief Fund for indie content makers amid the COVID-19 crisis, with a $2 million pot. The fund will offer "immediate" development and production financing for producers of original content across all genres.

2 min read Music legend Lady Gaga is collaborating with Global Citizen and The World Health Organisation (WHO) for a historic global streaming event called One World: Together At Home. The global production which will stream on Saturday, April 18 (US Time) in celebration and support of healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.

A coalition of industry producers, writers and directors have come together to launch the It Takes Our Village COVID-19 relief fund for film and TV crewmembers left without work during Hollywood's production shutdown. Bruna Papandrea, founder and CEO of Made Up Stories, and producer Gregg Fienberg assembled industry backing from producers Molly Allen, David E.

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, unveiled last month by the British Film Institute and the Film and TV Charity, has now launched with an initial £2.5 million ($3 million) pot to distribute to industry creatives impacted by the crisis. Announced with a $1.2 million donation from Netflix, the fund has since received financial support from the BFI, BBC Studios, BBC Content, WarnerMedia and several individuals.

First Look Media's Field of Vision and Topic Studios, producer of the Oscar-winning film Spotlight, have launched a $250,000 relief fund offering emergency grants to freelancers in the documentary field severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rita Wilson is putting her rapping skills to good use. Following her and her husband Tom Hanks' recovery from the coronavirus, the 63-year-old actress took to Instagram to announce that she had partnered with Naughty by Nature to record a remix of their 1993 track «Hip Hop Hooray.»