‘The High Note’ director Nisha Ganatra on the “absolute dream” of working with Tracee Ellis Ross

Chris Willman Music WriterThis year’s Emmy nominees in the seven music categories include such familiar scoring names as Ludwig Göransson, Pinar Toprak, Nicholas Britell, Mark Isham and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross as well as figures from the pop world like Pharrell Williams, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Ingrid Michaelson, Sheila E and the RZA.Labrinth joined Reznor and Ross in being nominated in both song and score categories.

Tracee Ellis Ross celebrated two-time Tony-nominated actress, Josephine Premice, in an Instagram post.Ross revealed that she is "partnering with @wearepushblack to share stories of Black female excellence through the years!"PushBlack is a Black-led non-profit focused on raising up Black voices.Tracee Ellis Ross took to Instagram this weekend to share her new partnership with PushBlack.Posting a photo of two-time Tony-nominated actress, Josephine Premice, Ross revealed, "I’m excited to be

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAnnie Ross, the legendary Jazz singer who was part of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross died in the early morning hours of July 22 at her home in New York City. She was 89.

Tracee Ellis Ross! She continues to be the queen of keeping it real while celebrating her natural beauty.On Wednesday, July 16, the Black-ish star took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of herself with straight hair. “Remember when I said I used to beat my hair into submission? To try to make it be something that it wasn’t? I present to you Exhibit A,” she wrote in the accompanying caption.

Ted Johnson Harris Faulkner will host a one hour special on Fox News Channel on Sunday, Harris Faulkner Presents: The Fight for America, that will spotlight the national conversation on race.The special, at 10 PM ET, will feature Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC); former NFL player Herschel Walker; Joe Gamaldi, national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police; and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Carita Rizzo From her unforgettable strut down the water-filled aisle as Araminta Lee in Crazy Rich Asians, to her turn as a chain-smoking scientist in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Netflix series Maniac, Sonoya Mizuno has in the past few years proven that she can disappear into characters, even without a costume as extreme as the faceless humanoid she portrayed in Alex Garland’s Annihilation.

@thejasongoodrich.Actors and musicians are remembering Nick Cordero, the Tony-nominated Broadway actor who passed away from COVID-19 complications at 41 on July 5.After starring on stage in Rock of Ages, Bullets over Broadway, Waitress, and A Bronx Tale: The Musical, the Canadian native was known in the theater community for his leading tough guy roles.When he contracted the coronavirus in March, he was in good health.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorHugh Downs, who began appearing on television at the dawn of the medium and gained fame as co-host of 20/20, host of Today and as Jack Paar’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, has died.The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale, AZ.

Naman Ramachandran Boutique international streamer Walter Presents has inked a two-year deal with Russian premium SVOD service Start, and will be available in the territory from early July.Walter Presents, which specializes in non-English language programming, will launch on the service with a 100-hour collection encompassing 11 first-run series. This will grow to 400 hours.

Kenny Ortega, the director of High School Musical, claims the police once framed him while in South Carolina in the 1970s. Kenny says that a police chief in the state tried to set him up for a crime he didn’t commit while he was touring through South Carolina as part of the musical, Hair.

High School Musical, a generally straight story of a "shy" cool girl and a jock who fall in love after stealing the lead roles in a musical from two people who worked their asses off for years…sorry, I'm clearly still not over it.

Variety: ‘We decided Ryan was probably going to come out in college. It was less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward.’‘I have to be honest with you.

High School Musical director Kenny Ortega confirmed that Ryan Evans, the character played by Lucas Grabeel, is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

“High School Musical” director Kenny Ortega has finally confirmed that Ryan (portrayed by Lucas Grabeel) is gay.

Kenny Ortega revealed that there’s a common theme that runs through his films, including High School Musical.“I put a lot of who I am into my work,” Ortega, 70, told Variety on Tuesday, June 30, as one of its Power of Pride list honorees.