Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser Runs April 1st through April 7thMarch 26, 2020Work for NYC's musicians has come to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic as performances have been cancelled and venues have closed indefinitely. Live From Our Living Rooms Music Festival and Fundraiser will help to fill in the gap for struggling musicians by bringing the joy of music live-streamed from artists' homes in NYC to viewers anywhere in the world. Viewers will have the opportunity to donate online, raising funds to provide performance grants awarded to musicians during this crisis.
Golden Globes Changes Film Eligibility RulesMarch 26, 2020The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is announcing temporary measures to adjust the requirements for Golden Globe Awards eligibility due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic on motion picture and television distribution and exhibition.
The Material World Foundation Launches The Inner Light ChallengeMarch 26, 2020The Material World Foundation, created by George Harrison in 1973, is today donating $500,000 to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, Save the Children and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) charities, which are providing much needed aid and care during this COVID-19 pandemic. To help raise additional funds the Foundation has also launched The Inner Light Challenge. The challenge asks people around the globe to share a verse, chorus, or line from The Beatles song 'The Inner Light' and post it with the hashtag #innerlight2020. For every person that shares their own 'Inner Light' moment on social media using the #innerlight2020 hashtag, the Material World Foundation will give another $1 (up to $100,000) to help those affected by the virus.
RATINGS: FOX Tops Demos with THE MASKED SINGER on WednesdayMarch 26, 2020FOX (5.784 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1) once again scored the demo crown with fresh installments from 'The Masked Singer' (7.821 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 2.1, #1) and 'LEGO Masters' (3.748 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T5).
Cicely Tyson to Return for Last Season of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDERMarch 26, 2020Cicely Tyson will reprise her role as Ophelia Harkness, the mother of Annalise Keating (Viola Davis), for the final season of ABC's How to Get Away With Murder. According to Deadline, Anne-Marie Johnson is also set to recur in the second half of the sixth and final season.
Sam Fender Shares 'Back To Black' Live Cover RecordingMarch 26, 2020Sam Fender is very pleased to share his cover of Amy Winehouse's “Back To Black.” The track was initially recorded live on Radio 1 earlier this year as part of their “Live Lounge” series, and that very live recording now finds its release after much fan persistence on social media. Fender notes, “Back To Black is such a long-standing favourite of mine, and Amy remains a national treasure. I love that album too, I hopefully did the track some justice. You'll all be the judge of that...”
Brass Against Premieres New Single 'Pull The Trigger'March 26, 2020Sexy and sassy, brash and belligerent - brass-fueled hardcore band Brass Against are gearing up for the release of their debut Brass Against EP with another new single. Fans can head to Metal Injection now to check out the band's biting new track 'Pull The Trigger.' Brass Against EP is set to be released on April 10th and marks the band's first original work following their inventive covers of Rage Against The Machine, Tool, and more. For more information on Brass Against, please visit: www.brassagainst.com.
Nation Of Language Release New Single 'September Again'March 26, 2020Brooklyn-based synth trio Nation of Language have released “September Again,” the latest single from their upcoming debut album Introduction, Presence. It premiered on Paste, who said, 'Rather than drawing on the atmospheric darkwave of many of today's modern synth-pop outfits, [Nation of Language] channels the soaring hi-fi pop of the '80s, and the electro-pop and dance-punk revival of the '00s.”
'Bandz' By Destructo Feat. Yo Gotti, Kevin Gates & Denzel Curry is Out NowMarch 26, 2020Bass-house producer DESTRUCTO is back with another hip-hop banger. “Bandz” featuring Yo Gotti, Kevin Gates and Denzel Curry is out today (March 26) on Parametric Records. Electronic and hip-hop worlds collide as three of the most notable talents in rap right now pop over DESTRUCTO's slow thumping production.
Drake to Executive Produce New Quibi Series 48 LAWS OF POWERMarch 26, 2020 Today, Quibi announced its new series '48 LAWS OF POWER' based on Robert Greene's New York Times best-selling book of the same name. Executive produced by Dreamcrew and Anonymous Content, the series will detail the nature of power and how one can secure and maintain it. Each episode of the adaptation will focus on a different law of power. Drake is also set to direct an episode.
Benjamin Gibbard Releases New Single 'Life in Quarantine'March 26, 2020“The airports and train stations are full of desperate people / But no one is going anywhere soon,” proclaims Benjamin Gibbard in the melancholy chorus of his new single, “Life in Quarantine,” available digitally and streaming everywhere today.
DESUS & MERO Announces Return to Air Next WeekMarch 26, 2020Today, SHOWTIME announced that the late-night series DESUS & MERO will return to air with all-new episodes filmed from the hosts' own homes, starting on Monday, March 30 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The show will continue to air new episodes on Monday and Thursday nights. Each episode will feature hosts Desus Nice (Daniel Baker) and The Kid Mero (Joel Martinez) giving their take on the day's hot topics and continuing to host interviews with special guests through video conference technology. Episodes will continue to be shot remotely from the hosts' homes in New Jersey and the Bronx until further notice.
Braids Release New Video for 'Snow Angel'March 26, 2020Montreal-based indie trio Braids have announced their decision to push the release of their new album Shadow Offering to June 19th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, however, they will continue to release new songs in the coming weeks. Today, they shared their new video for single 'Snow Angel,' a powerful opus that features singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston's most visceral performance to date as she leans passionately into her anger, diving deeper into frustrations and anxieties about her internal and external worlds.