Watch LCD Soundsystem play ‘Beat Connection’ live for first time in 16 years

Chris Willman Music WriterEd Sheeran is doing what could reasonably be considered a series of “underplay” shows this week, mostly for winners of radio contests, including appearances at New York’s Empire State Building and Irving Plaza. Before he headed east, the pop superstar got his very intimate mini-tour underway with a hour-long show for SiriusXM subscribers at the Belasco Theatre, the smallest and most club-like of the downtown L.A.

Oscar Isaac had been waiting a long time to work with filmmaker Paul Schrader, and in The Card Counter, he found a much-longed-for opportunity to portray an antihero directly in the mold of the writer-director’s signature works including Taxi Driver, Light Sleeper and First Reformed.

Being the Ricardos writer-director Aaron Sorkin and stars Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York showcase to discuss the Amazon Studios biopic of sorts about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, played by Kidman and Bardem, respectively.

Paolo Sorrentino said the experience of turning 50 two years ago helped encourage him to depict the experiences of his youth onscreen. That led to the Netflix film The Hand of God.

Ben Croll Since 2004, Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi has sat on the board of Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower organization that collects and publishes testimonies about life in the Occupied Territories, all while exploring similar subjects via oft-irreverent films.

LCD Soundsystem performed their track ‘Other Voices’ for the first time at a show in New York this week.The James Murphy-led group were playing at Brooklyn Steel on Tuesday night (November 30) as part of their month-long residency at the venue.Early in the 18-song set, LCD treated fans to the live debut of ‘Other Voices’ from their most recent studio album, 2017’s ‘American Dream’.

For the first time in 26 years, Major League Baseball players have been locked out by owners after the two sides failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The old CBA expired at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday.

When the WWHL viewers get to ask questions, anything goes. One fan asked Harry Hamlin, 70, what he thought happened between daughter Amelia Hamlin, 20, and Scott Disick, 38, to cause the breakup, and if he was secretly happy they split. Harry didn’t shy away from answering both questions on the show.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have continued riding the wave of their collaborative album ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ with new grin-inducing performances of ‘Fly As Me’ and ‘Smokin’ Out The Window’.The newly minted duo Silk Sonic opened the 2021 BET Soul Train Awards with two vintage-influenced live performances, which both took place at the Apollo Theater in New York.This marks the latest of a string of live appearances the pair have made over the course of the album’s cycle, with Silk Sonic

Remember when New York and Los Angeles use to post big figures for the opening of a specialty film at the box office?

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterPaul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” has secured the best pandemic-era debut at the independent box office.With speciality offerings like “Licorice Pizza,” the key metric is per-theater-average rather than overall box office tally since its playing in very few locations.

Bob Bondurant, a racecar driver-turned-instructor who taught and guided such actors as Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage for racing movies and other fast-car films, died on Nov. 12 at an assisted living facility in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He was 88.

LCD Soundsystem‘s Gavilán Rayna Russom has announced that she has left the band.The synth player/multi-disciplinary artist joined the James Murphy-fronted group in 2008, but was notably absent from the first show of their Brooklyn Steel residency in New York last night (November 23).Explaining her decision to depart LCD in a new interview with Pitchfork, Russom said:  “When this offer came up again [to perform at LCD Soundsystem’s Brooklyn gigs], I had considered it.

La La Anthony, 39, was in for a treat when she attended Teyana Taylor’s concert at Terminal 5 in New York City on Nov. 21. Teyana asked the audience who wanted a lap dance before bringing up La La and Love & Hip Hop: New York rapper, DreamDoll. Teyana performed her song, “3Way,” while gyrating on La La, who was sitting in a chair smiling, laughing, and covering up her face.

Saint West got a lesson in football from none other than the GOAT himself, Tom Brady. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian‘s five-year-old son got to play a fun game of catch with the NFL superstar, 44, in a luxury suite at Raymond James Stadium on November 22, before Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the New York Giants 30-10.

Shonda Rhimes, is the upcoming true-crime drama about Anna Sorokin, who, while pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, conned friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars with the hope of launching a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country.

It’s no secret that Pete Davidson likes to poke fun at his native Staten Island. The 28-year-old comedian has opened up about growing up in the New York area many times over the years, and on Nov. 20, he made his feelings known in a hilarious skit on “Saturday Night Live”.