Spotify Launches Frequency, a New Initiative Aimed at Amplifying Black Voices

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTo celebrate New York’s apparent reopening, Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning a large-scale performance by multiple acts in Central Park and is working with veteran producer and executive Clive Davis to help organize the talent, according to a report Monday in the New York Times.No acts have been confirmed for the show, which is tentatively set for Aug.

Spotify has released a new personalised wrapped-like feature called ‘Only You’.The feature, which launched today (June 2) was described by Spotify as being “all about celebrating how you listen.” It creates six new lists which show your music organised according to a number of new categories.‘Your Audio Birth Chart’ creates a playlist around your birthday/horoscope.

New Order and Pet Shop Boys have rescheduled their joint North American tour for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic – this time with dates set for autumn 2022.The revised tour dates now include guest DJ Paul Oakenfold and take in an additional date at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York.

Mary J. Blige’s latest project focuses on her 1994 album, My Life.

Lori Harvey, who has been in the news for famously dating Michael B. Jordan, was recently been snubbed by her ex-boyfriend and singer Future.

East Kilbride-based learning centre has been chosen as one of only two colleges in Scotland to be named as Gender Based Violence (GBV) pilot institutions for a new charter.The college will join Glasgow Clyde College, the University of Strathclyde and the University of St Andrews in the pilot scheme.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThe charter has been created by EmilyTest, a Scottish charity working to improve

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionFunding for this project has been made available by the Scottish Government.The council will work with local and national partners to co-ordinate and deliver holiday activities and experiences, looking at food and wider family support where needed for low-income families.

Mary J. Blige is the latest inductee into The Apollo‘s walk of fame!

Techland‘s ‘Dying 2 Know‘ stream, the official title for Dying Light 2 was revealed, along with a release date and gameplay trailer.Dying Light 2 Stay Human will be launching on December 7 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and Xbox One.

Emily Blunt is finally sharing the hilarious story behind one of her most viral photos.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorBroadway has long known that Black professionals are underrepresented backstage and in leadership positions in the commercial theater industry — but now a new initiative from a group of Broadway producers, the Theatre Leadership Project, aims to change that.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“There seems to be this notion that if you are a Black person or a person of color working in the theater field, then the commercial world is not for you.

Sometimes, even though you love your kids to pieces, you gotta get away from them and have a quiet bit of “adult time.” Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds did precisely that on Wednesday (May 19). The couple decided to take in the sunny New York City weather and go for a stroll through the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMary Rahmani, Triller’s global head of partnerships and TikTok’s first U.S.

Robert De Niro has been sidelined by an injury while filming his latest movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

users and New York tabloids like the New York Post thought it was. While observers wrote that the scene was unnerving and disturbing, de Blasio leaned into the performance.

Robert De Niro has been sidelined by an injury while filming his latest movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

This year, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes at a peculiar time where members of the community are simultaneously celebrated and attacked. In April Chloé Zhao and Yuh-Jung Youn made Oscars history, less than a week after an Indianapolis shooter killed four members of the Sikh community, and nearly a month after an Atlanta gunman carried out a mass shooting that left eight victims, six of which were Asian women, dead.

Blake Lively, 33, and Ryan Reynolds, 44, were seen out with their 1-year-old daughter Betty! The two stars have kept their youngest daughter out of the spotlight, but made a rare appearance with the baby along with daughter Inez, 4, to a bakery in New York City on Friday, May 7 — see the photos on DailyMail here. Blake kept Betty, who wore a turquoise sleeper, close in a baby carrier as Ryan walked behind.

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