Toro y Moi revives ‘Les Sins’ project for new joint EP with AceMo

coronavirus pandemic, the annual event will be broadcast virtually this year, a bummer for many fans but a boon for those who wouldn’t otherwise have been able to come to the Big Apple and experience it in person — a silver lining of being forced to go digital-only.“New York Comic Con’s Metaverse is the magical mix of celebs, exhibitors, comics, art, panels, cosplay and passionate fans you’d see in person — but with your own snacks and no lines,” proclaims the Comic Con website.The lineup of

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe new CEO of  the New York Times, Meredith Kopit Levien, said the company would consider additional acquisitions to expand offerings like its highly successful games and cooking apps and continue to grow in audio – which is a better fit for print than video ever was.In an early public foray in her new role, Kopit Levien, who took over from retiring CEO Mark Thompson in late July, told investors at the Goldman Sachs media conference that audio – starting with

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWord was leaking that more wide release date changes were afoot in the wake of Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 postponing from Oct. 2 to Christmas Day and here we have Universal/MGM/Bron/Monkeypaw’s Candyman moving from its Oct.

Lesley McKenzie Managing EditorAs co-founders of the newly opened Makeup Museum in New York City, Rachel Goodwin, Caitlin Collins and Doreen Bloch knew there was a need for a permanent institution celebrating all things beauty. That vision became even clearer this summer when the trio was offered access to seven original journals belonging to the late legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin via his protégé, Troy Surratt.

Ben Brantley, the influential New York Times theater critic, will leave the job next month. “This pandemic pause in the great, energizing party that is the theater seemed to me like a good moment to slip out the door,” Brantley said in a statement.News of Brantley’s departure was announced on Twitter by the newspaper’s theater reporter, Michael Paulson.Brantley joined the Times as its second-string theater critic in 1993, taking the chief critic job three years later.

R Kelly has again been denied release from prison on bail, as he awaits his various trials on sexual abuse charges, this time by a New York appeals court.The Second US Circuit Court Of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a previous ruling by a Brooklyn federal court judge to deny Kelly bail.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump won’t allow California schools to incorporate a curriculum based on the controversial New York Times 1619 Project.Trump said Sunday that the Department of Education was investigating allegations that California was incorporating the 1619 Project into its lessons.

Robert Pattinson has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after returning to film The Batman, according to reports by Vanity Fair and The New York Times.Production on The Batman, directed and cowritten by Matt Reeves, has shut down in the U.K. for the second time as a result.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) has set their lineup for their forthcoming hybrid edition of its fest which will take place September 14-20.In the wake of the pandemic, many festivals have either canceled or pivoted to an entirely virtual program. NYLFF is one of the Latinx-based film fests that have continued with plans for their annual fest — with the appropriate changes.

St Vincent has teamed up with X Japan singer Yoshiki to debut a new take on her 2017 track, ‘New York’.The new version of the ‘MASSEDUCATION’ track is injected with a classical twist, with the singer’s vocals bolstered by Yoshiki’s striking strings.The singer, real name Annie Clark, said: “It was an honor to work with the amazing YOSHIKI on this new version of ‘New York’.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAny time Eddie Shapiro, president and CEO of international real estate firm Nest Seekers International, has the opportunity to put his company’s listings and brand in front of millions of viewers across the world, he says he wants to take it.After having employees on such shows as Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York,” the firm is now taking center stage in Netflix’s “Million Dollar Beach House.” The new streaming series is six episodes featuring

The Mothers. The novel, which she began writing while still an undergraduate at Stanford, became a New York Times Bestseller and was optioned by Warner Bros., with Kerry Washington signed on to produce.

NEW YORK -- The author and educator Kleaver Cruz has traveled the world asking the same question: “What does Black joy mean to you?” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Monday that Cruz has adapted his “Black Joy Project" into a book of the same name. “Black Joy Project,” which does not yet have a release date, will combine images and essays into what Cruz has called the vital use of joy as a path to resistance.

A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachael Ray's upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney, officials announced Friday. The state Office of Fire Prevention and Control said the Aug.

Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a “secret project” with Frank Ocean.The filmmaker made the admission in an as-yet-unpublished interview with the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan, who tweeted about the new information on Wednesday (August 19, 2020).Explaining that he’d “recently worked with Frank Ocean on a secret project,” the Oscar nominee shared: “We were collaborating on a music video that never happened.“I use the Times to launch an appeal to Frank: Frank,

Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray have reteamed for a new twist on family and love in the trailer for On the Rocks, which dropped on Tuesday. Starring Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans, the A24 film under its new partnership with Apple TV+ is about a young New York mother (Jones) faced with sudden doubts about her marriage with husband (Wayans) and teams up with her audacious playboy father (Murray) to investigate her husband.

Frank Ocean has been working on a ‘secret project’ recently with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino, according to the filmmaker.Guadagnino made the admission in an as-yet-unpublished interview with The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan, who tweeted about the scoop yesterday (August 19).Buchanan said that when speaking to Guadagnino about the upcoming HBO / Sky Atlantic miniseries We Are Who We Are, which includes Kid Cudi among its cast, the director revealed that he’d “recently worked

Yesterday, the New York Film Festival made another 2020 announcement, this one looking back on the past a bit. Yes, longtime festival goers know that NYFF each year has a robust Revivals lineup, and this year will be no exception.

Two men have been charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay nearly eighteen years after the Run DMC DJ was shot dead at his New York recording studio.Prosecutors say that the musician, real name Jason Mizell, was killed in a “drug related homicide”.