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The producer and director behind many classic episodes of “Atlanta,” “The Bear,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Station Eleven,” and more is finally making a movie.

Hiro Murai, the Emmy-winning producer and director, is set to make his feature directorial debut on “Bushido,” a samurai film and epic that will be set up at A24, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. A24 is financing and producing.

“Bushido” is said to be an action film set during Feudal Japan, but specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

Murai is directing the film from a script by Henry Dunham (“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”), and he and Dunham will also produce along with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for their Square Peg banner and Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb, and David Hinojosa for their 2Am banner.

While it’s unclear about the budget on the film, a period film...

If you're a fan of the long-running series "How I Met Your Mother," you know that pop star Britney Spears memorably pops up in the third season of the beloved CBS sitcom ... so how did that happen, and how did Spears' guest role basically save the show?

During a Reddit Ama (ask me anything) in 2013, Carter Bays, who created "How I Met Your Mother" alongside Craig Thomas, was asked if any of the show's guest stars had ever specifically asked to join the series. Apparently, Spears did just that. "We got a call a few weeks after the writers' strike [in 2007] ended saying that Britney Spears wanted to be on our show," Bays responded. "And she specifically wanted to be in the episode 'Ten Sessions,' which sent a chill down our spines, because that's the one where we meet Stella [Zinman, a love interest for Josh Radnor's Ted Mosby]."

As Bays put it, he...

It has been more than two decades since the singer, dancer, actress, and model Aaliyah passed away in a tragic plane crash. At the prime of her life and career and en route to potentially achieving stardom like no other, everything was cut short by her untimely death.

Aaliyah | Credit: Image by MikaV-cca-SA4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Even after all this time, Aaliyah continues to be remembered by many, with her family and friends continuing to keep her legacy alive by releasing her songs posthumously. As her fans and family continue to mourn her passing, recently a video of Beyoncé reacting to her death resurfaced and fans have had varied responses to the same.

Video of Beyoncé Reacting to Aaliyah’s Death Goes Viral

It was on August 25, 2001, that the world of music and entertainment forever lost one of their brightest gems to a tragic accident. Aaliyah was just 22 when she...

Even if she wasn’t there in person, Karol G reigned supreme at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The Colombian pop star was awarded a whopping eight trophies during Sunday’s Telemundo broadcast, with Peso Pluma and Bad Bunny trailing closely behind with six awards each.

Her many wins included a few trophies for her collaboration with Peso, “Qlona,” which earned the pair awards for Hot Latin Song, Vocal Event, and Streaming Song of the Year. Karol also took home the Artist of the Year trophy and Tour of the...

Tarsem’s The Fall is now showing exclusively on Mubi.A version of the following interview was originally published in Pardo, the Locarno Film Festival’s official daily magazine. The conversation has been expanded and edited for republication on Notebook.The Fall.“If Andrei Tarkovsky made The Wizard of Oz”—that’s how David Fincher summed up his friend Tarsem’s globe-spanning, decades-in-the-making magnum opus, The Fall (2006). This shapeshifting fable about the art and power of storytelling is maybe more Alejandro Jodorowsky than Tarkovsky, but, most importantly, it’s all Tarsem.Tarsem: the mononym is of a piece with his bold, brazen style. Like his film-school peers Michael Bay and Zack Snyder, the Punjab-born Tarsem is a bona fide vulgar auteur. He was still a student when he made his first hit music video, for R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” (1991). A young Tarsem Singh Dhandwar had arrived in...

Megan Thee Stallion is looking to add to her long list of collabs with none other than Taylor Swift.

The rapper spoke to People magazine about her hopes for working with The Tortured Poets Department singer-songwriter.

“I love Taylor Swift, and I would like to collab with her one day,” Megan said. “She’s a stallion too. She’s a tall girl,” adding, “I love that. We would be so cute next to each other.”

This isn’t the first time the Grammy winner has proven to be a Swiftie. She previously praised the artist for her support at the 2023 Video Music Awards when she danced along to Megan’s performance with Cardi B and fanned herself after.

“Her real name is Tay Tay,” the artist joked in an interview after the awards show, “because when I looked back and saw the clips of how she was turning up, I said,...

Megan Thee Stallion is the latest music star to appear in a Pepsi ad!

The 29-year-old rapper follows in the footsteps of Beyonce, Britney Spears, Pink and Enrique Iglesias in starring in a Gladiator-theme advert for the beverage company.

Also starring in the commercial are NFL stars, Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, Baltimore Ravens’ Derrick Henry and Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, plus actors Lamorne Morris and Jake Lacy.

Keep reading to find out more…

The clip starts out with Lamorne and Jake sitting at a bar watching football and talking about their fantasy league picks, which include the NFL players above, before each ordering a Pepsi and being transported to a Gladiator Arena.

Travis, Josh, Derrick and Justin then enter the arena, decked out in armor with the NFL logo front and center. Each of their costumes are accented with their respective team’s colors.

Close to 20 years ago, Pepsi had released an event ad titled “Roman Empire,” which featured major pop stars in music, including Beyonce, Pink, Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias as the Emperor overseeing the female singers pump up the colosseum with a new rendition of Queen’s famous “We Will Rock You.” The soft drink marketing juggernaut is back with a new ad for the 2024 NFL season. This time, the commercial is inspired by and a promotional tie-in for the upcoming Ridley Scott epic Gladiator II.

This new campaign is titled “Make Your Gameday Epic,” and it features two football fans talking about their fantasy football teams in a bar as the Pepsi they ordered transports them to a colosseum where a gladiatorial match is about to begin. The soundtrack starts pumping to the tune of “We Will Rock You” once again as NFL players Josh Allen, Derrick Henry, Justin Jefferson...

Pepsi and Paramount Global will travel back in time in a big bid to prove the TV commercial still has a future.

Starting Thursday, the soda giant will launch a massive video blitz, set in ancient Roman times, that touts not only some of its flagship beverages, but Paramount’s upcoming “Gladiator II”; the new NFL season; and even Megan Thee Stallion, who stars in the spot along with football greats Josh Allen, Derrick Henry, Justin Jefferson and Travis Kelce. The campaign can be seen across various Paramount properties — including CBS Sports’ NFL broadcasts, Comedy Central and Vh-1, along with social media feeds associated with the TV networks. Megan Thee Stallion will turn up at MTV’s 2024 Video Music Awards in full gladiator regalia before the airing of two-minute-plus version of the commercial, and Pepsi’s nod to the movie will be woven into the October 9 episode of MTV’s “The Challenge,...

“I thought of it,” says Kelsey Grammer. At the top of THR’s Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable, he’d been asked to recall the funniest feedback he’s ever received. It took him half an hour, but the answer found him: “I was in my 40s, and somebody said, ‘You are the worst boyfriend I’ve ever had!’ ” The Frasier star, now pretending to cry, is met with a burst of laughter. What started with a little trepidation — “This is my first roundtable,” confessed Palm Royale’s Ricky Martin, who was joined at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica by John Goodman (The Conners and The Righteous Gemstones), Grammer, Theo James (The Gentlemen), Anthony Mackie (Twisted Metal) and Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) — soon shifted to dueling war stories of drunken fans and lessons learned from a combined 180 years in entertainment.

What’s the funniest or strangest feedback you’ve...

Fans couldn’t help but feel sorry for Enrique Iglesias after actress Jennifer Love Hewitt shared a memory from her time acting in the singer’s video Hero. Hewitt shared that the Tonight singer was mourning the death of his close friend and singer Aaliyah while they shot the music video. The R&b star was killed in an airplane accident in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001.

Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Love Hewitt in Hero | Interscope Records

Hero was released as part of Iglesias’s English language album, Escape. The song received critical and commercial success, selling over 8 million copies worldwide. It was also one of the songs that was popularized by New York City DJs during the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

Enrique Iglesias Was Mourning Aaliyah’s Death While Shooting Hero

Aaliyah in We Need a Resolution | Blackground Records

During a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, 9-1-1 star...

Bésame Mucho is back for its third year — and its lineup is next-level.

The music festival announced Tuesday that this year’s edition will be headlined by Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Los Tigres Del Norte, and Banda Ms on Dec. 21 at Dodger Stadium.

The festival will highlight banda, throwback groups, pop stars, and Latin rock stars. Representing Latin pop will be acts such as Belanova, Paulina Rubio, Gloria Trevi, Jesse y Joy, Yuridia, Natalia Jimenez, Marisela, Moenia, Maria José, and Danna. (Ivy Queen will join Pitbull in bringing reggaeton to...

Exclusive: Joe Aboud, who spearheaded promotions at Atlantic Records and developed the music program at Apple Music, has formed a new company.

Aboud is branching out to launch 444 Sounds, a music consultancy and management firm that oversees strategy and promotion for clients including record labels, distributors, management companies, and artists.

444 Sounds’ launch comes with a roster including Sony Music, UnitedMasters, Warner Records’ dance label Major Recordings, and artists Jung Kook, Enrique Iglesias, and Michaela Jaé (also known as Pose actress Mj Rodriguez).

Aboud is also involved in marketing starlet Julia Fox, who recently debuted music at Charli Xcx’s iconic Boiler Room set.

“For me, that song, when I listened to it, it was so inspiring and it was so cool and it was so good,” Enrique Iglesias told will.i.am about the Black Eyed Peas’ 2003 debut single, “Where Is the Love?”

A guest on “will.i.am Presents the Fyi Show” recorded live at the SiriusXM Miami Studios, Enrique said he still gets goosebumps thinking about that song and how he knew it was the “tipping point” for the group’s career similar to Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance.”

“I remember being at Interscope [Records] and begging to work with you in the studio,” Enrique added.

Enrique also talked about how he spent over a year writing his 2001 hit song “Hero,” but the label wanted a more uptempo lead single for the album — an experience will.i.am could relate to.

“I’ve been scarred, as far as like, you think, ‘This is it.

Colombian stars Karol G and Feid walked away with the most wins at the Latin American Music Awards, which took place last night in Las Vegas. Both artists, who happen to be romantically linked, got awards in some of the biggest categories at the ceremony.

Though she didn’t attend in person, Karol G won Artist of the Year and Album of the Year while her song “Tqg” with Shakira won Song of the Year. She was also recognized as Global Latin Artist of the Year, Urban Artist of the Year,...

Belinda continues to embrace the rise of música Mexicana with her new era. On Thursday, Belinda followed her corrido-pop comeback “Cactus” by enlisting corridos king Natanael Cano on tumbado bop “300 Noches.”

Accompanied by Cano and the strums of the requinto guitar, Belinda sings to an ex-love who’s long moved on — even if she has not. The track laces the classic elements of corridos with a poppier piano. “Now we’re two strangers, and it feels strange that even if you left me, I still miss you,” sings Cano, before...

Pitbull is gearing up for a Party After Dark Tour through North America, which will feature special guest T-Pain on all dates and Lil Jon joining them in select cities. The set is billed to include career-spanning hits along with some surprises.

The 26-city jaunt begins on Aug. 21 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia. It includes stops in Queens, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and more cities. Additional openers include SiriusXM Globalization DJs. Lil Jon is currently booked to appear on two dates: Ridgefield, Wa at...

Miranda Lambert always has a trick up her flannel sleeves. Recently, she dropped a surprise announcement that sent her fans into a frenzy. So, what do we know so far about this most recent update and what it entails?

Miranda Lambert Always Keeps Her Fans On Their Toes

In addition to topping the charts with killer tunes for the last two decades, one of the many things that Miranda Lambert fans love about her is that she always seems to have more than a few tricks up her sleeve. One recent example of this is her doubling the amount of shows for her recently-concluded Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency.

Initially, her run in Sin City was only supposed to be 24 shows. The demand and the overall turnout was so good that she doubled the amount of shows, going from 24 to 48. This meant more opportunities for fans to catch her one-of-a-kind show,...

Blake Shelton has made a habit of writing killer duets with his wife, Gwen Stefani, in recent years. One of his biggest duets was with another The Voice coach, Christina Aguilera, from back when they were both coaches on the hit show. Even back then, they struck gold with their powerful duet.

Blake Shelton Has A Habit Of Writing Hit Duets

Blake Shelton is one of the biggest names in country music. His solo career has been booming for years. However, another facet of his successful run is his penchant for putting out powerful duets with iconic female singers.

Over the last few years, Blake Shelton has done that with his wife, Gwen Stefani. Years before that, those seeds were planted when Blake worked with another chart-topping singer who also happened to be a coach on The Voice at the time, Christina Aguilera.

[Source: Christina Aguilera – Instagram] Christina Aguilera Took A Country Detour...

On March 25, federal agents raided two of Diddy’s luxury properties as part of an investigation into sex trafficking. After completing interviews with three women and one man in Manhattan, authorities seized firearms and personal phones. We know the allegations are connected to sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms. But many are still curious about Diddy’s home and details of the raid. Here’s what we know:

Police and Homeland Security officers at the waterfront mansion of Sean Combs on March 25, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida | Mega/Gc Images

Sean Combs, aka Diddy, owns property on South Florida’s ultra-exclusive Star Island, an appropriately named man-made island in Miami. Star Island is accessible only by boat or a single bridge yet it’s only a quick drive to the airport — ideal for A-list celebrities and wealthy moguls. In 2003, the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper bought a nine-bedroom,...

Miranda Lambert is a happily married woman.. or is she? She gushed over the handsome new man she was in love with. Keep reading for all the sweet details.

Steamy New Video Featuring 90’s Heartthrob

Miranda Lambert continues to make bold career choices. In 2022, she began a months-long Las Vegas residency at the Bakkt Theater. Miranda Lambert: Velvet Rodeo continued through 2023. After a brief break, the residency resumes later this month and continues until the beginning of April.

Miranda Lambert/Credit: Miranda Lambert YouTube

Despite her busy schedule, the country crooner found time to record a duet with someone outside the country genre. She released a love song last month with Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias.

The steamy video for “Space In My Heart” just dropped on YouTube. Should her husband be worried? Probably not about Enrique. He’s been in a relationship with former tennis star Anna Kournikova for over two decades.

Rapper Pitbull calls it an “honour” to collaborate with singer Dolly Parton, whom he tagged as “the real deal”.

The new track pays a tribute to working women and features a sample of Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ song, reported by deadline.com.

During ‘The Trilogy Tour’, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the ‘Fireball’ hitmaker visited the ‘Jolene’ singer for a photo shoot.

Pitbull posted a picture featuring him and Parton together.

For the captioned, he wrote: “It’s an honour to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”

The ‘Hotel Room Service’ singer had previously shared a clip of himself, during a concert in North Carolina, where he talked about his meeting Parton.

“This morning I had the pleasure, the honour, to be able to meet the one, the only and the living legend, Dolly Parton,” Pitbull said.

He quipped: “Clearly,...

Pitbull is celebrating Dolly Parton after collaborating with the country star on “Powerful Women,” which Mr. Worldwide dropped in February.

The new song pays homage to working women and features a sample of Parton’s “9 to 5.” During a stop at The Trilogy Tour in Nashville, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the rapper visited Parton for a photo shoot.

Pitbull shared the photo of himself and Parton together and captioned the post, “It’s an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”

It's an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias @dollyparton! Dale! pic.twitter.com/caoBNOXCJl

— Pitbull (@pitbull) March 2, 2024

Mr. 305 had previously shared a clip of himself during a Raleigh, North Carolina concert, where he talked about his meeting with Parton.

“This morning I had the pleasure, the honor, to...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Sza looks to outer space in search of a better world, Selena Gomez channels a flirty French alter ego, and Quavo returns with his first single of 2024. Plus, new music from Saweetie, Mgmt with Christine and the Queens, and Central Cee.

Sza, “Saturn” (YouTube)

Selena Gomez, “Love On” (YouTube)

Quavo, “Himothy” (YouTube)

Saweetie, “Richtivities” (YouTube)

Mgmt feat Christine and the Queens, “Dancing In Babylon” (YouTube)

Central Cee,...

Enrique Iglesias is revisiting his 2022 single “Espacio en tu Corazón,” but this time releasing it in English as a duet with Miranda Lambert.

On Thursday, the Spanish star welcomed the singer to his pop world with “Space in My Heart,” which hears the two musicians sing to a love-to-be.

“You don’t love me yet, but I know you will,” they harmonize in the chorus.

The track is an English-language reimagining of Iglesias’ ballad from two years ago. The Spanish version hears Iglesias sings to a love that got away.

The life of Spanish legend Julio Iglesias is coming to the small screen.

On Thursday, Netflix announced a partnership with Iglesias for an upcoming documentary series about the “Me Olvidé de Vivir” singer’s life.

“After the many speculations, books and documentaries in which I have not been involved, for the first time I have decided to tell the truth about my life to a universal company like Netflix,” Iglesias (father of Enrique Iglesias) said in a statement. “After much deliberation, finally, a very touching letter sent to me by Bela Bajaria,...

Netflix has closed a deal with Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias to bring his life to the screen in series form. “For the first time, this music living legend will participate in the creative process of a project in which he will share everything about his life and his incredible musical trajectory,” the streamer said on Thursday.

The project, currently in development, will “tell the story of how Iglesias became the first non-English artist to enter the American and Asian markets and turned into a universal star who is among the five biggest record sellers in history,” Netflix said. “Throughout his more than 55 years of artistic career, Julio Iglesias has recorded and sung in 12 languages and has connected fans from all over the world, becoming the first Spanish artist with universal reach to have his songs sung all over the planet.”

Financial details weren’t disclosed.

“After that many speculations, books,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Usher delivers a smooth break-up ballad, Lil Yachty laments his Sunday scaries, and the Last Dinner Party offer a ferocious take on generational trauma. Plus, new music from Billy Joel, Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone, and Cash Cobain.

Usher feat. Pheelz “Ruin” (YouTube)

Lil Yachty, “A Cold Sunday” (YouTube)

The Last Dinner Party, “The Feminine Urge” (YouTube)

Billy Joel, “Turn the Lights Back On” (YouTube)

Del Water Gap feat.

Nothing marks a new year quite like the annual Times Square ball drops. This year was no exception, as partygoers gathered live in New York City and families and friends huddled in their living rooms across the country to toast 2024. The televised tradition topped the most-watched telecasts in all of broadcast, according to the Samba TV Weekly Wrap Report for the week of Dec. 25 to Dec. 31.

Dick Clark’s show on ABC has reigned as the top-rated New Year’s Eve special for over 30 years. This year’s rendition, “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024” carried on the tradition, edging out all other programming for the week. Live from New York’s iconic Time Square, with co-host Rita Ora, the broadcast featured a star-studded lineup of musical performances by Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day and more.

Notably, Seacrest also scored a second spot among...

As it turns out, Anderson Cooper getting drunk and giggling uncontrollably on live television at the site of a cat’s butt in John Mayer’s face makes for good television.

The news network announced on Thursday that its New Years Eve special hosted by Cooper and Andy Cohen brought in about 2.33 million viewers this year, a 12 percent bump compared to the year prior, according to the network. This year’s broadcast ended the annual special’s short-lived prohibition, as the network decided to dial back the booze last year...

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are returning once again to co-host New Year’s Eve on CNN!

The longtime best friends will ring in 2024 live from Times Square in New York City, and they’ll be joined by several guests throughout the telecast.

“There’s no one I’d rather spend New Year’s Eve with and nowhere I’d rather be at midnight than New York’s Times Square!” Anderson has shared.

“Spending new years with my dear friend Anderson is my idea of a great time, and a happy tradition that I look forward to all year long,” Andy added.

Sara Sidner and Cari Champion will take over at 12:30am Et for the Central time zone celebration at Auditorium Shores in Austin, Tex.

The 2024 New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will begin Tonight (December 31) at 8pm Et on CNN. It will also...

Christmas is history, but there’s still some holiday celebrating to be done. New Year’s Eve festivities are being broadcast across the country Sunday, December 31 from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles to the famous Times Square ball drop in New York City.

The official Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. Et with the lighting and raising of the nearly six-ton crystal ball atop One Times Square. Performers this year include Enrique Iglesias, Maroon5, Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Rod Stewart. The ball drop begins at exactly 11:59 p.m. and makes a 60-second descent down the pole to ring in 2024.

You can watch the livestream here:

Here’s a rundown of how various TV networks will be ringing in the new year:

ABC

Ryan Seacrest is back to host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, starting at 8 p.

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Andy Cohen is back to co-host CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper, and after Cohen’s viral comments about the network’s so-called “drinking ban” last year, viewers will be eagerly tuning in this year to see what will transpire.

What will this year’s festivities hold?...

The party continues with Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Ricky Martin.

With a combined five Grammys, 10 Latin Grammys and over 77 million Spotify listeners, it’s no surprise that all initial tour dates have sold out, leading to extended dates into 2024.

After their final scheduled date this year in Vancouver, they will take a break before going back onstage on January 31, 2024, and are scheduled to perform their final extended show on March 10 in Tampa, Florida.

Though this is not the first time Iglesias has worked with his two co-headliners, this is the first time all three share the stage.

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01-30 Fresno, CA — Save Mart Center

01-31 San Francisco, CA — Chase Center

02-02 Palm Desert, CA — Acrisure Arena

02-03 Anaheim, CA — Honda Center

02-08 Oklahoma City, Ok — Paycom Center

02-09 Austin, TX — Moody Center

02-10 Fort Worth, TX — Dickies Arena

02-13 Denver, Co — Ball Arena

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Ring in 2024 with Variety‘s list of New Year’s Eve specials to watch, including performances by stars like NewJeans, Ivy Queen, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone, Cardi B and Maroon 5.

ABC’s “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”

The most-watched annual New Year’s Eve special, “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” returns with a global twist: K-pop girl group NewJeans will perform their hit song “Super Shy” live in South Korea, the first-ever performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from that country.

Ryan Seacrest will serve as host for his 19th year and will lead the live countdown with pop star Rita Ora in Times Square. Performers in New York include LL Cool J, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll with Jessie Murph, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla.

Other “Rockin’ Eve” performers include Post Malone in Las Vegas, Cardi B in Miami, “Queen...

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Quick Answer: Watch the New Year’s Eve ball drop — and all the evening’s performances — with a live streaming service like DirecTV Stream or fuboTV, which come with free trials.

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10, 9, 8 … It’s almost time to bid farewell to 2023 and ring in 2024. And while there are plenty of celebrations happening all over the world, all TV screens will be set to Times Square...

New CNN chief Mark Thompson may have plans to shake up the cable news channel’s offerings, but he isn’t messing with New Year’s Eve.

CNN said Monday that Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will return as the hosts of its annual New Year’s Eve show, originating from New York’s Times Square.

The channel says that Sara Sidner and Cari Champion will be joining as co-hosts, taking over at 12:30 a.m. ahead of the central time zone celebrations. Sidner and Champion will host from Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon previously held down the late night hours for CNN.

CNN says that Richard Quest will report from the crowds in Times Square, with Stephanie Elam from Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Randi Kaye from Key West, Florida, Gary Tuchman and his daughter Lindsay from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Boris Sanchez from Miami,...

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will return with a CNN New Year’s Eve special from Times Square.

The Dec. 31 special will start at 8 p.m. Et, with Sara Sidner and Cari Champion taking over at 12:30 a.m. from Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas, to ring in the New Year from the central time zone. Missing this year: Don Lemon who had been a fixture of coverage with his buzzed reports. Lemon was let go from the network in April.

Cooper and Cohen have hosted the event since 2017. Before that, Cooper hosted for 10 years with Kathy Griffin, who was dropped from the broadcast after posting an image of herself with a fake bloodied head of Donald Trump.

Also featured in the coverage: Richard Quest, who will report from the crowds of Times Square; Stephanie Elam, who will be at Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas; Randi Kaye, who will be in Key West,...

At least one auld acquaintance won’t be present for CNN’s annual coverage of the nation’s New Year’s Eve festivities.

Sara Sidner and Cari Champion will take over the Warner Bros. Discovery network’s wee-hours broadcast on New Year’s Eve, holding forth from Austin, Texas, during a slot that for years served as a showcase for raucous antics from Don Lemon. Lemon and CNN parted ways earlier this year after management tried to move him from a prominent primetime show to the network’s morning program.

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will return as hosts of CNN’s main coverage of the evening. The broadcast will feature performances by Enrique Iglesias, Maroon 5, Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Rod Stewart and live interviews with Patti Labelle, Jeremy Renner, Neil Patrick Harris, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.

Will alcohol be served? Imbibing has been...

Exclusive: CAA has launched CAA Latino, an agency-wide, cross-department initiative to drive new opportunities to its Latino and Hispanic clients.

CAA Latino will further build on the agency’s success with clients such as Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Pedro Pascal, Andy Garcia, Penelope Cruz, Grupo Firme, Gabriel Iglesias, America Ferrera, Angel Manuel Soto, Zoe Saldana, Rauw Alejandro, Becky G, Ariana DeBose, Ricky Martin, Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ana de Armas, Enrique Iglesias, Miguel, Rachel Zegler, Demián Bichir, Edward James Olmos, and Rbd, among others, to create and maximize new revenue and business opportunities for Latino and Hispanic clients across music, film, television, endorsements, sports, business development, and more.

The initiative is led by Rudy Lopez Negrete (Latin Music and Brand Partnership agent); Toby Borg (Head of Global Client Strategy); Marielena Acevedo and Erik Toral (Global Client Strategy executives); Dania Echeverri and Camila Seta (CAA Brand Consulting executives); and André Vargas...

Singer Enrique Iglesias won’t make new albums anymore after his next LP, which will drop in February 2024. The ‘Hero’ hitmaker is gearing up for the release of “Final (Vol 2)” in February next year and he has maintained his promise that the upcoming collection will be his last.

“I’ve been working on this album for quite a bunch of years. And for me it was always like I said, my final album… this is it. I don’t think – no, I know, I won’t be doing any more albums,” he told ‘Today’, reports aceshowbiz.com.

He revealed the record is “finished” and ready to drop, but he wants to focus on filming a couple of videos first.

“It’s finished. It’s actually coming out in February. It’s completely finished. What I want to do is shoot one or two videos right before the second leg on the tour and launch it.

Singer Enrique Iglesias won’t make new albums anymore after his next LP, which will drop in February 2024. The ‘Hero’ hitmaker is gearing up for the release of “Final (Vol 2)” in February next year and he has maintained his promise that the upcoming collection will be his last.

“I’ve been working on this album for quite a bunch of years. And for me it was always like I said, my final album… this is it. I don’t think – no, I know, I won’t be doing any more albums,” he told ‘Today’, reports aceshowbiz.com.

He revealed the record is “finished” and ready to drop, but he wants to focus on filming a couple of videos first.

“It’s finished. It’s actually coming out in February. It’s completely finished. What I want to do is shoot one or two videos right before the second leg on the tour and launch it.

Enrique Iglesias is gearing up to drop what will be his final album.

The 48-year-old Grammy winning recording artist began teasing plans to stop releasing new albums all the way back in 2021. That will become a reality in 2024 with the unveiling of Final (Vol. 2).

He provided a timeline for the album’s release and opened up about what that meant for his career in a new interview.

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“It’s finished. It’s actually coming out in February,” Enrique told Today. “It’s completely finished. What I want to do is shoot one or two videos right before the second leg on the tour and launch it.”

He is currently on tour with Ricky Martin and Pitbull.

Enrique continued, saying, “I’ve been working on this album for quite a bunch of years. And for me it was always like I said, my final album…...

On Thursday night, Maria Becerra took the stage to both perform a stunning rendition of “Amigos,” along with special version of her song “Ojalá” on the Latin Grammys awards stage.

Alborán first took the stage alone, before Becerra joined him in a light pink dress as the two performed their Song of the Year nod on a lit-up stage. The musicians were backed by a string ensemble.

The two artists ended their rendition within a bright circle reminiscent of Alborán’s La Cuarta Hoja album cover.

The performance then transitioned...

Organised by Sos (Save Our Selves), Live Earth is a series of concerts set to take place around the world on July 7th, 2007 to engage people on a mass scale to combat our climate crisis.

Concerts will include performances by more than 150 of the world’s top musicians performing at various venues around the world.

Venues and musicians include:

Sydney, Australia:

Blue King Brown Crowded House Eskimo Joe Ghostwriters Jack Johnson John Butler Trio Missy Higgins Paul Kelly Sneaky Sound System Toni Collette and The Finish Wolfmother

Shanghai, China:

12 Girls Band Anthony Wong Eason Chan Evonne Hsu Huang Xiao Ming Joey Sarah Brightman Soler Winnie Shin

Hamburg, Germany:

Chris Cornell Jan Delay Juli Katie Melua Lotto King Karl Mana Mando Diao Michael Mittermeier Reamonn Roger Cicero Sasha Silbermond Snoop Dogg Shakira Enrique Iglesias

Tokyo, Japan

AI Abingdon Boys School Ai Otsuka Ayaka Bonnie Pink Cocco Genki Rockets Kumi Koda Linkin...

Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and Ricky Martin have extended their co-headlining “The Trilogy Tour” well into 2024 with a new run of North American shows.

The 2024 leg kicks off on January 30th in Fresno, California, and includes stops in Denver, Austin, Toronto, Nashville, Atlanta, and more before wrapping up in Tampa, Florida on March 10th. See the full itinerary below.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 17th at 11:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Iglesias, Pitbull, and Martin still have remaining shows in Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and more before 2023 is over. Get tickets for those dates here.

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Maria Becerra is ready for a poolside party. On Wednesday night, the Argentine singer released her single “Piscina” featuring producer Ovy on the Drums and Puerto Rican reggaetonero Chencho Corleone.

The video, directed by Julián Levy, opens with Becerra lounging in the sun as she sings about a meeting someone who makes her day after crossing paths. “This will get better when our lips touch,” she sings in Spanish. Corleone then joins for his own fiery verse.

Becerra first heard the song during a trip to Medellín, Colombia, where Ovy...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night.

The academy has a tough decision that ultimately comes down to Karol G’s history-making accomplishments or Tainy’s sprawling production genius. Both artists are familiar to Grammy voters: Karol cinched her first nomination in 2022, for her album KG0516, while Tainy won last year thanks to his credits on the Bad Bunny blockbuster Un Verano Sin Ti.

Exclusive: Labid Aziz’s People of Culture (PoC) Studios has formed a management joint venture with New Breed, Inc. The venture will represent New Breed’s international artists in the U.S.

New Breed primarily represents music artists from from Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Korea and U.S., and its new Jv with TV and film content house PoC Studios will also help artists from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and other countries across Asia and Africa to break into the States.

The partners are using the K-pop blueprint as inspiration, noting how the genre established itself in the U.S.

The first artist repped is Filipino singer Sheki (aka Sheki Arzaga), who is part of the AKB48 singers from across Asia. PoC teamed with her management last month for a performance at Sunset Boulevard famed dive bar Whiskey a Go Go and was the studio behind the music video for her single ‘Good For Ya.

On Saturday, the Trilogy Tour kicked off at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., with Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin performing for their excited fans. On Tuesday, they traveled north to Toronto where they continued to wow audiences.

The trio of superstars first announced their tour back in May on social media.

“I’m going on tour with my friends [Pitbull] and [Ricky Martin]!” Iglesias wrote in his announcement.

“It’s happening! We are going to hit the road!” Martin announced.” This is going to be one crazy night.”

“Excited to make history this fall with [Enrique Iglesias] and [Ricky Martin],” Pitbull wrote.

The tour will be making stops in 19 cities, including major cities like New York City, Miami, Houston and Las Vegas. They are scheduled to end their tour in Vancouver, B.C., on December 10.

The Trilogy Tour 2023 dates and cities:

Sat Oct 14 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena

Tue Oct 17 – Toronto, On – Scotiabank Arena

Wed Oct 18 – Toronto,...