Watkins Family Hour Keeps It in the Family — a Very Extended One — in ‘Vol. II’: Album Review

Jessie J is having some fun on vacation with her new boyfriend Chanan Colman!

The Ukrainian cast and crew of Luxembourg, Luxembourg — premiering in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival — today used their Lido photo call as a powerful call for support of Ukraine’s families.

Rita Ora steps out in a fitted suit dress for a few events in Tirana, Albania over the weekend.

Kelly Ripa is now back in New York City having waved goodbye to her family's idyllic summer getaway.MORE: Kelly Ripa wows in sporty bikini in holiday photo alongside Mark ConsuelosThe Live star and her husband Mark Consuelos were joined by their three grown-up children, Michael, Lola and Joaquin, on the vacation - and they all shared some stunning photos from their time away.Michael even revealed on Instagram in a rare post that they were joined by a famous friend during their time abroad too.VIDEO: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' love story The family are incredibly close to Albert Bianchini, former producer of Live With Regis and Kelly and the executive producer for Kelly and Mark's production company Milojo Productions.MORE: Kelly Ripa's family change involving youngest son Joaquin revealedMORE: Kelly Ripa's son Joaquin's big milestone revealedMichael posted a photo of himself posing by the pool on Instagram, tagging Albert as the photographer. "Made in Heaven," he simply captioned the post.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s fair to say that Abbey Road Studios is the most documented recording facility in the world, but only if you count the crosswalk outside. Otherwise, the nine-bedroom mansion turned studio hasn’t really had its day in the cinematic sun, the way that more modest studios like L.A.’s Sound City and Alabama’s Muscle Shoals have. Making up for that with an A-lister-filled movie treatment is “If These Walls Could Sing,” the first feature-length documentary from Mary McCartney, who has a hell of a shared Rolodex to draw upon in gathering the firsthand rock ‘n’ roll anecdotes you expect and want in a film like this. She’s also savvy enough to know that the guy working in the back gluing irreplaceable mid-century microphones back together deserves a few seconds of screen time, too.

EXCLUSIVE: As she is getting ready to mark her 20th anniversary at HBO next year, Francesca Orsi has officially extended her contract at the premium network through 2026. Her new title is EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If you live in Los Angeles and you sometimes feel the heat, congestion or cost of living making you wonder about greener pastures, you may keep a running checklist in the back of your mind of Reasons Never to Move Away. If you live in L.A. and you’re a fan of roots or Americana music, you may keep the monthly Watkins Family Hour shows at Largo on that checklist of reasons not to check out— because in what other city are you going to find such a reliable monthly gathering of the contemporary folk-rock tribe? For 20 years now (maybe 21 — no one thought to start a count in the early 2000s), Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins have been convening some of the top musicians in Southern California, especially those with an acoustic bent, to join them at Largo for (mostly) monthly shows that bring a sense of community to a town where that’s not always easy to find. The extent to which the small, clubby theater enforces its no-phones policy means that potential fans definitely hear about the shows through word-of-mouth, not word-of-video.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Stepping into Muse frontman Matt Bellamy’s Los Angeles studio is immediately surreal, on a couple of different fronts. For one thing, there’s the fact that it’s in an unmarked former storefront on a heavily trafficked urban street, so on the other side of the one-way glass, pedestrians are constantly passing by, unaware that they’re about two yards away from a rock star coming up with new songs to potentially join “Madness” or ”Uprising” guy as new KROQ-driven earworms in their heads. But apart from the street scene outside practically brushing up against his console, there’s something else about the place… “I don’t know if you remember the TV show ‘Twin Peaks,’” Bellamy inquires. As a matter of fact, yes. “Do you remember the Red Room? We’re sitting in it, basically,” he says, and sure enough, here in the front room of his studio, there is the black-and-white zig-zag flooring, the wrap-around red drapes, the minimalist lamp, the vaguely retro sitting chair…. Bellamy is a student of fantastical pop culture, so it makes sense that he’s surrounded by a Lynchian throwback space — even if the rock arias he creates here passionately reach for the sky, rather than feeling like they’re stuck in an interdimensional waiting room.

The amount of music history Alabama holds is truly unparalleled. The birthplace of such legends as Lionel Richie, Hank Williams, W.C. Handy and Nat King Cole, it's also proven a popular recording location for the likes of Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan to name but three.

Thania Garcia Republic Records has launched a kids and family division, spearheaded by the appointment of Bree Bowles as VP of marketing and strategy. The new expansion is focused on signing, developing, and releasing family-friendly projects, with additional “major partnerships to be unveiled very soon,” according to the announcement.Prior to her stint with Republic Records, Bowles worked at Brooklyn Bowl founder Pete Shapiro’s Dayglo Presents where she oversaw marketing and operations.

Reba McEntire is staying booked and busy in 2022, with the upcoming release of her Lifetime film , shooting underway on ABC’s Big Sky, and a concert tour kicking off this fall.  What this means is that a revival of her popular series Reba will have to wait, although, she says, it’s a project she would love to explore.

A.D. Amorosi The roads taken by Demi Lovato have never been a simple stroll.

and Stranger Things star, is among them, commenting on a TikTok announcing the start of season two, “BAMA RUSHHHH.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Just like any other hot reality series, #RushTok has all the tropes you'd expect in your summer entertainment. There's love! There's heartbreak! There's deception! There are underdogs we root for and women we love to hate because we're not as cool as they are.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticPanic! at the Disco’s “Viva Las Vengeance” will never get filed in the comedy section, but shuffling through its 12 tracks, your instinct may be to chuckle and laugh, and then laugh some more. It’s a natural, admiring reaction to how Brendon Urie has brazenly fashioned the album as almost a parlor game of Spot the Classic-Rock Callback.

issued the mea culpa Wednesday for using an image of the GOP elephant that contained references to the KKK — not realizing that the image was published in Mother Jones as a critique of the presence of white supremacy in the GOP.“Two years ago, we commissioned this art from Woody Harrington to reference how white supremacy was taking over the GOP,” Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, tweeted Thursday. “Not only didn’t they not get it, they appropriated copyrighted art.”Jeffery also shared an Instagram post from the art’s creator, Woody Harrington.

Faith Hill is such a proud parent and loves nothing more than spending time with her three grown-up daughters.MORE: Gracie McGraw debuts 'chaotic' new look in head-turning outfitThe country star is relatively private on social media but over the weekend she paid tribute to her middle daughter, Maggie, on her 24th birthday.Faith shared a rare video of Maggie dancing in the garden at their family home in Nashville.VIDEO: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's love story The country singer was seen holding sparklers in the background, with her hair styled up in a scrunchie.MORE: Faith Hill's lookalike daughter Audrey stuns in red lace robe in intimate bedroom selfieMORE: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's impressive property portfolioMaggie was seen wearing a Reba sweatshirt in tribute to country star Reba McEntire, which caught the attention of many fans. "I love everything about this, especially that Reba sweatshirt," one wrote, while another remarked: "I hope Reba has seen this!" A third added: "This is such a fun video."Doting mom Faith wrote in the caption: "A glimpse into the world of the McGraw Women on any given day or night.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe viral TikTok sensation that is “Bama Rush,” a.k.a. sorority recruitment week at the University of Alabama, is getting the documentary treatment from Vice Studios and HBO, Variety has confirmed.Directed by “Introducing, Selma Blair” director Rachel Fleit, the documentary is currently in production in Tuscaloosa, where “rush week” at the University of Alabama has recently concluded with more than 2,500 students rushing 19 sororities.“This film is a thoughtful and compassionate portrayal of young women in 2022 as they rush the sorority system at the University of Alabama,” Fleit said in a statement via Vice, which was first provided to The New York Times for an Aug.