Vanessa Carlton Drags Us Out of Darkness With Billboard Live At-Home Concert

Eugene Hernandez has been promoted to the new role of SVP of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) and Executive Director of the New York Film Festival (NYFF), and Dennis Lim has been upped to the NYFF’s first-ever Artistic Director, newly promoted President, Lesli Klainberg, announced on Friday. Hernandez will also continue to lead FLC’s strategic initiatives, including his role as publisher of Film Comment.This year will mark the 60th anniversary of NYFF, and the festival will run from Sept. 30 to Oct.

Everyone’s favorite loveable, awkward underage drinker is finally a dad himself! Michael Cera, 33, confirmed yesterday he recently welcomed a new baby with his wife of four years, Nadine. The ‘Superbad’ star shyly shared the happy news after Life & Beth costar Amy Schumer spilled the baby beans in a joint interview for Entertainment Tonight. The baby is Michael and Nadine’s first.

Who says exes can’t get along? Ryan Seacrest, 47, and his ex-girlfriend Julianne Hough, 33, had a great rapport with each other when the former Dancing With The Stars judge was a guest on Ryan’s SiriusXM show on Friday March 4. Julianne was a guest along with her brother Derek, 36, to discuss the siblings’ upcoming Oscar salute, but Ryan’s co-hosts couldn’t resist discussing the American Idol host’s past relationship with Julianne.

Foo Fighters have paid tribute to late friend and Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski during a recent Australian performance.The concert took place last night (March 4) at GMBHA Stadium in Geelong, Victoria, just a few hours out of Melbourne. It marked the first time an international act has played a stadium show in the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.The rock legends played a series of hits including ‘The Pretender’, ‘Times Like These’, ‘My Hero’, and more, finishing their set with a tribute to Gudinski, a leading Australian promoter and record executive who brought a host of international acts to the country during his career.“I would like to dedicate this last song to an old friend, who’s not here with us tonight – a person that always brought us over here, took care of us and made us happy – a sweet man, who made everything fun Down Under,” frontman Dave Grohl said.“Coincidentally, we managed to get down here about… Almost exactly a year since his passing.

Lee Hodson insists Kilmarnock's Challenge Cup defeat to Raith can't stop their momentum as they aim to win the Scottish Championship.

Lanark Amateur Musical Society (LAMS) return to the stage of Lanark Memorial Hall later this month with their new musical revue LAMSTRAVAGANZA.

The Oscar for Best Documentary is likely going to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul,” but the 2022 IDA Awards gave its main competitor a notable boost. Jonas Poher Rasmussen‘s “Flee,” which made history as the only film to earn Documentary, Animated, and International Oscar nominations, took Best Feature.

Prince collaborator Morris Day has some strong words to share with Prince’s estate management. The 64-year-old lead singer of the classic 80’s funk band Morris Day & The Time took to Instagram to air his grievances about his apparent lack of ability to use the name he’s given such legacy to over the years.

Mira Sorvino is looking back at working with Woody Allen and Harvey Weinstein.

The home where Brittany Murphy was found dead once belonged to Britney Spears. Years later, Spears remains "curious" about what happened to Murphy.  The 40-year-old pop star shared — then deleted — a People magazine cover regarding new details about Murphy's death that were shared in HBO's documentary "What Happened, Brittany Murphy?" Murphy was found dead inside her Hollywood Hills home Dec. 20, 2009, at the age of 32.

Tim Considine has died at the age of 81. Considine died Thursday at his home in Mar Vista, California, according to Disney.  Considine made his acting debut in 1953 at the age of 12 in "The Clown" and also appeared in the "Mickey Mouse Club" show "The Adventures of Spin and Marty." Tim Considine has passed away at the age of 81. The actor was born into an entertainment industry family.

Hopefully Pete Davidson is already hard at work preparing himself for space travel, because if Jeff Bezos has anything to say about it, the comedian is going to be launched into orbit SOON!

Billy Watson, a child star who was one of the famed Watson Family, the only acting family that has their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, died February 17 of natural causes at age 98 in a Spokane, Washington hospital.

The Weeknd’s latest album,, you’ll definitely want to check out the singer’s newest concert special,, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.  invites you to experience the album in a whole new way, as “a purgatory otherworld where live performance, theater, and performance art collide for a night out at the club.” Along with this new immersive musical special comes an official merch collection available to shop now on Amazon. Watch NowShop Now is The Weeknd’s fifth studio album, featuring appearances by Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne and narration by Jim Carrey. joins the ranks of other streamable immersive specials available through Prime Video, including and three volumes of Rihanna’s .Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch and how to shop the new merch: A post shared by The Weeknd (@theweeknd) is currently available to stream now on Prime Video. Watch Now is streaming exclusively on Prime Video. Access to Prime Video is a perk included in an Amazon Prime membership, available for $15 monthly or $139 for the year. If you aren't already subscribed or interested in subscribing to Amazon Prime and just want access to the Prime Video library, a membership to Prime Video is available for $9 monthly.

Ellise Shafer “Flee” won best feature at the International Documentary Association’s annual awards ceremony on Friday night.Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, “Flee” is also nominated for best documentary feature at this year’s Oscars. Leading the ceremony with the most wins, however, was “Summer of Soul,” which took home the best director prize for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as well as best music documentary and best editing.The ceremony also handed out speciality awards, honoring Roger Ross Williams with the Career Achievement Award, Ronan Farrow with the Truth to Power Award, Cecilia Aldarondo with the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award, Jean Tsien with the Pioneer Award and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh with the Courage Under Fire Award. Below, find the full list of winners.Best Feature“Flee” (Denmark, France, Norway / NEON, Participant.

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Alec Baldwin returned as President Trump for the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” — chugging Clorox while giving a college commencement speech by Zoom.

President Trump left the White House after more than a month of lockdown to travel to a Honeywell 3M factory manufacturing N-95 protective masks in Arizona on Tuesday (May 5). And, just like VP Mike Pence's visi

Dr. Anthony Fauci gave high marks to Brad Pitt for his portrayal of the infectious disease expert on “Saturday Night Live At Home,” according to a report.

Dr. Anthony Fauci must be so happy!

The next round of artists set for the Billboard Live At-Home series will provide some much-needed fun while we're still bored in the house and in the house bored.

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During a guest appearance for Diane von Furstenberg’s inaugural podcast, InCharge with DVF, Karlie Kloss opened up about marrying into the Kushner family.Kloss's husband, Joshua Kushner, is the brother of Jared Kushner, a presidential senior adviser and Donald Trump's son-in-law.Kloss put it simply, saying that she "followed [her] heart."In a candid conversation about relationships, supermodel Karlie Kloss opened up about her decision to marry her husband, Joshua Kushner, "despite complications."Yesterday, Kloss talked vulnerably about choosing to "follow [her] heart" during a guest appearance on an episode of Diane von Furstenberg’s inaugural podcast, InCharge with DVF.

John Mayer got some wise words from legendary singer Elton John early in his career. On Wednesday's, Mayer video chatted with the host and was asked about the greatest piece of advice he received from a fellow musician. 

Vanessa Carlton has released her new album Love Is An Art, which is her sixth studio album!

Steph Curry on Thursday interviewedDr. Anthony Fauci about the current coronavirus pandemic for his more than 30 million Instagram followers.

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The pace of fresh music live-streams is slowing down just a little mid-week, but Tuesday brings promising performances in store from Chloe x Halle, Kiana Ledé, “The Voice” alumna Meghan Linsey and her duo partner Tyler Cain, and a DJ set from Diplo, among others.

Few imaginable things could impact the live-entertainment business as much as a global pandemic, and not surprisingly, Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, has taken a beating on the stock market over the past two weeks. On a particularly rough Wednesday, its share price dropped 33% at one point in the afternoon — down more than 61% from its year-over-year high last month — before recovering after President Trump’s aid package to U.S. taxpayers boosted the market and it finished the day down 13% at $29.50.

Lenny Kravitz, Craig David and Vanessa Carlton have all made the tough decision to postpone or cancel their tour dates amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

Vanessa Carlton has decided to postpone her upcoming tour in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Colin Hanks, 42, thinks Donald Trump, 72, could do better as a president fighting the coronavirus pandemic! The health scare poses a personal threat for the Jumanji star. His famous dad Tom Hanks, 63, and stepmom Rita Wilson, 63, are currently isolated in Australia while recovering from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the recently discovered strain of coronavirus. To prove his point, Colin took to Twitter and ripped into the POTUS in two separate tweets on March 11.

“It’s farewell from us as we go home to be quarantined,” Orlando Bloom, 43, said on his Instagram Stories while on the set of Carnival Row in the Czech Republic. We’re coming home to the States, at least I’m coming home to the States because we want to get in before they quarantine. Stay safe out there. Self-quarantine. It seems really crazy actually this whole corona thing, but do the right thing by you and your family and stay safe. A few weeks, we’ll beat this bad boy.”

By Anita Bennett