2018 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition Winners AnnouncedMay 10, 20182017 and 2018 have been stellar years for Gold Coast singer/songwriter Amy Shark and the celebrations are far from over after it was announced today that she has taken out the top prize in the 2018 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition with 'Adore'.
Toronto International Film Festival Unveils Jury for 2018 Platform ProgrammeMay 10, 2018The Toronto International Film Festival® is very pleased to announce that New German Cinema legend Margarethe von Trotta, Hungarian long-take, existential master Béla Tarr, and acclaimed South Korean director and novelist Lee Chang-dong, together make up the 2018 jury for the Festival's Platform programme.
MUSIC HALL to Receive $40,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the ArtsMay 10, 2018National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $40,000 to the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, to support an increase in interactive activities that engage Detroit audiences with performers from each of Music Hall's four programmatic Series: Family Theatre, which engages children and families with staged versions of classic stories; World Cultures, which represents and reaches out to our region's culturally diverse population; Contemporary Dance, which connects our region with new work from the forefront of the field; and Music -- which speaks for itself. These series reflect Music Hall's unusually broad spectrum of audiences, including Metro Detroit's richly diverse cultural groups and with a particular focus on access for students and families from disadvantaged backgrounds.
BMI Honors Legendary Film Composer John Williams at the 34th Annual BMI Film, TV, & Visual Media AwardsMay 10, 2018 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, held its 34th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The private ceremony was hosted by Vice President Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill, who honored prolific composer John Williams with the John Williams Award for his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time.
Long Beach's Premiere Weekly Arts Festival Arts in The Plaza ReturnsMay 10, 2018Since 2010, thousands of Long Islander's have flocked to Long Beach's Kennedy Plaza to enjoy sensational art, music, and cultural programming. Arts In The Plaza will once again be been inspiring those of all ages running through Oct 27th at Kennedy Plaza - 1 W Chester St, Long Beach, NY 11561
Jane Pauley Will Anchor A SUNDAY MORNING IN LONDON, A Special Edition of CBS SUNDAY MORNINGMay 10, 2018Jane Pauley anchors “A Sunday Morning in London,” a special edition of CBS SUNDAYMORNING to be broadcast Sunday, May 13 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network. Anchored from London, the broadcast will explore the history, the people, the places and the culture of the region that will be the focus of the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
VIDEO: Check Out the Official Trailer for THE PREDATORMay 10, 2018From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black's explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Legendary Rap Artists SALT-N-PEPA Will Perform at the 2018 Billboard Music AwardsMay 10, 2018dick clark productions and NBC announced today that the legendary female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa will shoop onto the stage to perform several of their monster hits at the "2018 Billboard Music Awards!" Joining them for this one-of-a-kind special performance will be the highly celebrated female vocal group En Vogue. Salt-N-Pepa's "2018 Billboard Music Awards" performance marks the 30thanniversary of them becoming the first female rappers to crack the Top 20 on Billboard Hot 100. The renowned group burst onto the hip-hop scene in 1987 with their debut Billboard chart hit 'My Mike Sounds Nice,' and then notched their first crossover pop smash with 'Push It' the following year.