The Ford Announces Summer Season in Hollywood With Mac DeMarco, Lucinda Williams, Jorge Drexler, Darren Criss and More

Indie songwriter veteran and iconic cigarette smoker Mac DeMarco has been off nicotine for "a little over a year now,” he told the Associated Press in a recent interview spotted by Stereogum. DeMarco quit smoking over the course of the North American road trip during which he recorded his 2023 project Five Easy Hot Dogs.

Ethan Shanfeld Hulu will serve up Season 2 of “The Bear” on June 22, FX announced on social media. It was previously revealed that the second season of the Chicago-based restaurant dramedy would premiere sometime in June. Starring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, “The Bear” follows a young, classically trained chef who returns home to Chicago to run his family’s Italian beef shop after his brother dies by suicide. The series also stars Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Edwin Lee Gibson, Abby Elliott, Corey Hendrix, Matty Matheson, Richard Esteras and Jose M. Cervantes.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power season two will finish filming amid the ongoing writers’ strike, despite executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay not being present on set.READ MORE: ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ review: epic fantasy franchise returns to rule them allThe Amazon Prime Video series reportedly has 19 days of filming remaining, but as per the rules laid out by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Payne, McKay and other writer-producers are prohibited from taking part in any writing-based activities during the strike. This includes making decisions on set.In their place, non-writing producers, such as Lindsey Weber, directors Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper, and crew members will be overseeing the production for the UK-based shoot.As reported by Variety, a source close to the production has claimed that there have been multiple units filming on Rings Of Power during the strike, including night shoots.Payne and McKay also planned for the strike in advance with fellow producers, directors and crew members, so that their absence would not impact production.Last month, it was reported that a fire broke out on the set of the show.

An array of shows have had to come to a standstill amid the Hollywood writers’ strike, but not “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”.

Mac Demarco has joined Neon Indian‘s Alan Palomo on his funky new single ‘Nudista Mundial ’89’. Check it out below.Produced by Palomo, the coastal groove track features Demarco on backing vocals while the two sing about visiting a nude beach in Ibiza. This is Palomo’s first song released under his real name, outside of Neon Indian.“While working on a few tunes, I was trying to get a hold of this certain piano,” said Palomo.

Kevin Costner was set to leave  after the end of season 5, Paramount Network has revealed that the series will end in November, following the release of its remaining episodes. The franchise is far from over, however, with a new, untitled sequel series from creator Taylor Sheridan set to follow by the end of this year. " has been the cornerstone on which we have launched an entire universe of global hits — from to — and I am confident our sequel will be another big hit, thanks to the brilliant creative mind of Taylor Sheridan and our incredible casts who bring these shows to life," said Chris McCarthy, President & CEO Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios and executive producer of, added, «The Dutton story continues, picking up where leaves off in another epic tale.

returned for the season 9 quarter-finals on Wednesday, and the show was a musical duel between four powerhouse contestants who are among the best of the best of the whole season.Helmed by host Nick Cannon and overseen by stalwart panelists Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger, Wednesday's «British Invasion Night» episode saw the return of The Macaw, The California Roll, The UFO and So who went home and who moved on? Each week, ET will be breaking down the biggest moments and most surprising unmaskings in each new episode of the hit reality singing competition series.Here's how Wednesday's «British Invasion Night» quarterfinals episode shook out, when all the songs were sung and votes were cast!Sticking with the theme, each of the song choices this week feature tracked originally recorded by British artists, and The Macaw kicked off the night with a song from one of the most iconic British singers of all time: Elton John. The brilliant and bold bird belted out «Your Song,» which was met with a resounding wave of support from the panel and audience.«That was outstanding.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Jonas Brothers have announced a 35-date tour of North America for this summer and fall, taking place mostly in arenas but also touching down in a few key stadiums, including Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Wrigley Field in Chicago and (as previously announced) Yankee Stadium in New York. The gambit for the tour is that the sibling trio will play five of their albums each night. Obviously, their releases have not all been hour-plus excursions, but it should still make for a lengthy set. This format plays off of and expands the conceit of the group’s recent run in a Broadway theater, in which each night focused on a different one of those five albums (albeit with copious amounts of extra material filling out those single-album shows as well).

Serena Williams is pregnant! The tennis superstar announced her child on the way on Monday, before debuting her baby bump at the 2023 Met Gala.To share the news, Williams posted pics of herself and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, ahead of the annual event. She revealed her surprise in the caption, writing, «Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala.»A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)The couple, who shares a 5-year-old daughter, Olympia, walked the Met Gala couple shortly thereafter.

The Conners could possibly be prepping to say goodbye to viewers with the upcoming sixth season. In a recent interview and ahead of the Season 5 finale, executive producer Bruce Helford hinted that the ABC sitcom could be heading into its last season.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Aerosmith has announced a 40-date farewell tour for this fall, saying in an announcement Monday morning that the band is calling it quits on road dates after a more than five-decade career. Their “Peace Out” tour begins Sept. 2 in Philadelphia and is scheduled to wrap up Jan. 26, 2024 in Montreal. The hometown show for Boston on the tour is slated for New Year’s Eve. The Black Crowes will open the Live Nation-produced trek. All dates go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. There was little — actually, no — sentimentality in the group’s announcement. “It’s not goodbye, it’s peace out!” said a statement jointly attributed to the band members. “Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives.”

The Morning Show is coming back for season 4!

James Corden is leaving The Late Late Show much like he entered: with a bang.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Comes a time when even Neil Young is going to set foot on a stage again after the pandemic, and the recently gig-shy legend turned in his first substantial live performance in almost four years Saturday night at a benefit concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Young shared much of his time on stage with Stephen Stills, in a show that relied so much on material from their first run as fellow band members in the 1960s, it almost amounted to a true “Buffalo Springfield revisited” show. The two longtime cohorts’ appearances apart and in tandem would have been draw enough to fill the Greek Saturday for the “Autism Speaks Light Up the Blues 6 Concert,” a sixth edition of the recurring autism benefits hosted by Stills and his wife Kristen, this one postponed by three years from its original spring 2020 date. But there was plenty of star power besides, including sets by Willie Nelson, making a brief but impactful appearance in advance of his 90th birthday celebration next weekend at the Hollywood Bowl, and Joe Walsh, who ensured that Stills and Young did not have the guitar heroism to themselves.

Mac DeMarco has dropped a massive collection of music recorded over the past five years. One Wayne G is made up of 199 tracks, around 9.5 hours in total, with each song titled with a date.

Mac DeMarco has surprised fans with a new album titled ‘One Wayne G’ containing nearly 200 songs.The record – out today (April 21) – spans nearly nine hours and is comprised of songs written between 2018 and 2023. Some songs have proper titles such as ‘Ball For The Coach’, ‘Goodnight Baby’, ‘Father Of The Year’ and ‘Stratocaster’, while the majority of the songs are titled with the dates they were recorded on and listed chronologically.‘One Wayne G’ comes three months after DeMarco released the instrumental album ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ in January.

Mac DeMarco has announced plans for a world tour later this year, including three dates in London.The singer-songwriter is due to hit the road in July, kicking off at The Ford Theatre in LA on July 14 before taking in further shows in New York and Paris and finally wrapping up at Hackney Empire on August 1 following a run of a trio of gigs.Accompanied by a full band, DeMarco play an intimate set which will see him performing his recent instrumental album ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ in its entirety along with songs from his back catalogue with new arrangements.Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am local time for the London and New York this Friday (April 21) and 11am local time for Paris on the same day. The LA concert will go on sale at 10am local time on May 9.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Eric Clapton announced Monday that his recurring Crossroads Guitar Festival will take place in Los Angeles this fall, with a roster of 41 guest musicians or bands set to take the stage across two nights at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Sept. 23-24. Musicians due to perform one or both nights include Santana, the War on Drugs, the John Mayer Trio, ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr., H.E.R., Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Vince Gill, Stephen Stills, Jimmy Vaughan, Robbie Robertson, the Del McCoury Band and Joe Bonamassa. Others announced include John McLaughlin, Albert Lee, Doyle Bramhall II, Keb’ Mo’, Roger McGuinn, Robert Randolph, Jakob Dylan, Sierra Hull, Marcus King, Eric Gales, Sonny Landreth, Pedro Martins, James Bullard, Andy Fairweather Low, Samantha Fish, Ariel Posen, Ben Haggard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the Bros. Landreth, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gustavo Satnaolalla, Danial Santiago and Bradley Walker.

After waiting 13 years for the long-discussed Season 3 revival of the Starz comedy Party Down, will fans have to wait just as long for another installment? 

Joaquin Phoenix and director Ari Aster have brought their new film Beau Is Afraid to L.A.