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The Latin Recording Academy announced on Tuesday that the Spanish singer and actor Raphael will be honored as the 2025 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year at the Latin Grammys.

The 82-year-old artist, known for a robust voice and a theatrical performance style, boasts a six-decade musical career. Born Rafael Martos in Linares, Spain, in 1943, Raphael was raised in Madrid and showed his singing abilities at a young age. (He won the Best Child Voice in Europe award at the Salzburg Festival when he was nine.) He released his self-titled debut album in 1965 and,...

Carlos Santana and Grupo Frontera unlocked something within each other while creating their first collaboration, “Me Retiro.” The single combines the guitarist’s weighted influence with the música mexicana group’s steadfast ambition. Edgar Barrera, who wrote and produced the song, is responsible for bringing them together.

“It’s always a surreal moment when you get to collaborate with people you’ve looked up to your whole life,” Grupo Frontera shared in a statement. “Edgar Barrera told us that Santana wanted to make a song together and we were shocked.

The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum held the second-ever Grammy Hall of Fame Gala at the Beverly Hilton Friday night, where iconic recordings including Cat Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman, Santana’s Supernatural and Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt and Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine’s “Conga” were all officially inducted, while John Mellencamp, John Batiste, Conan Gray and Emmylou Harris were among the night’s performers.

Mellencamp and Gray performed as a tribute to Republic Records, which was selected as this year‘s label honoree for the event.

“They told me not to say anything about politics, so I won’t say anything about how terribly the country’s being run,” Mellencamp quipped to cheers and applause as he took the stage toward the end of the evening, before performing his 1985 song “Small Town.”

Mellencamp also performed “Longest Days” before finishing with his classic “Jack and Diane,” teasing the...

Carlos Santana, the iconic Latin rock band Santana’s frontman, faced hospitalization this past Tuesday as he suffered from what appeared to be a “medical emergency.”

While on the road for his “Oneness” tour, his Monday night stop in New Mexico encountered some severe weather conditions, and the musician took to his official Facebook account just a few hours before the medical incident to thank the fans for enduring them:

“To the Amazing fans in Albuquerque, Nm. From our hearts, we wish to thank you for showing up with such beautiful energy and love in the cold & rain. You danced, you sang, and you braved the elements like true warriors of light. Your warmth and passion lit up the night more than any spotlight ever could. It was truly an honor to share our heart’s music with you.”

Santana had previously encountered a health emergency back in 2022 at a Michigan concert,...

Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana was hospitalized after experiencing a medical emergency during the soundcheck prior to a concert at San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on Tuesday (April 22nd). According to his manager, doctors later determined that the 77-year-old musician was suffering from dehydration.

The San Antonio show was postponed, but Santana’s spring US tour is expected to continue as scheduled, resuming Wednesday night (April 23rd) in Sugar Land, Texas.

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“Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr. Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action,” manager Michael Vrionis stated. “He is doing well and is looking forward to coming back to San Antonio soon as well as continuing his US Tour. Thank you all very much for your understanding. The show will be rescheduled soon.”

Back in July 2022, Santana canceled a handful of shows after collapsing...

Carlos Santana postponed his second concert this week after testing positive for Covid-19. The musician was scheduled to perform in Sugar Land, Texas, on Wednesday as part of his Oneness tour.

“Unfortunately, out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to also postpone this evening’s show in Sugar Land,” his manager Michael Vrionis said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Carlos experienced dehydration yesterday, and has since tested positive for Covid.”

Vrionis assured fans that Santana is “doing well and will be back on his US Tour this Friday in Thackerville,...

Carlos Santana postponed a concert in San Antonio Tuesday night after the legendary guitarist was hospitalized for dehydration, a rep for Santana confirmed Tuesday.

Santana was slated to play San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre this evening, but his manager, Michael Vrionis, said he was taken in for observation after suffering an incident while prepping for the show, and doctors determined Santana was suffering from dehydration.

“Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr. Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action,” Vrionis said. “He is doing well and is looking forward to coming back to San Antonio soon as well as continuing his US Tour. Thank you all very much for your understanding. The show will be rescheduled soon.”

Santana’s reps are advising ticket holders to hang onto their tickets, stating they’d have more information on the rescheduled date as soon as possible.

The weekslong Swiss music celebration, Montreux Jazz Festival, revealed a typically diverse lineup of artists on Thursday for its 59th annual gathering, which will take place from July 4 – 19 in the titular city. Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Diana Ross, Benson Boone, Brandi Carlile, J Balvin, Noah Kahan, Lionel Richie, Santana, Pulp, Alanis Morissette, the Black Keys, Jamie Xx, Beth Gibbons, Raye, Finneas, and Shaboozey, among several others, will all perform. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon Cet. Full details are on the event’s website.

The fest will also feature several special sets.

Carlos Santana just announced fall 2025 performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live in Las Vegas: Presented by SiriusXM at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. SiriusXM listeners can access tickets in a special presale before they go on sale to the general public.

An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live in Las Vegas: Presented by SiriusXM How to Get Presale Tickets

SiriusXM listeners can access presale tickets starting 10am Pt on Wednesday, March 26, through 10pm Pt on Thursday, March 27.

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The Makings of Curtis Mayfield is a bit of a misleading title for the oblique documentary directed by the Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician H.E.R. The name, a riff on Mayfield’s honeyed 1970 ballad “The Makings of You,” implies an intimacy with the subject and promises a detailed, if not necessarily comprehensive, introduction to the radical artist.

But H.E.R.’s film, which premiered at SXSW, doesn’t really offer any of that. The musician finds her own way to capture Mayfield, one that relies heavily on conversations with filmmakers, producers and fellow musicians. The path occasionally yields a fascinating insight — like when Jimmy Jam talks about how Mayfield was one of the first Black artists to own their master recordings — but more often it can feel a little too meandering and disjointed. Mayfield the person frequently gets lost in the mélange of testimonies.

That might be alienating for general...

Over the decades, Carlos Santana has collaborated with jazz legends (Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter), rock guitarists (Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan), blues greats (Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker), R&b singers (Smokey Robinson, Lauryn Hill), and even country artists (Willie Nelson, Faith Hill). The results were sometimes worldwide hits like “Smooth” (with Rob Thomas) or “Maria Maria” (with Wyclef Jean), but others fell between the cracks and never found the audience they deserved.

His new compilation album, Sentient (out March 28), tries to fix this by taking overlooked collaborations with Michael Jackson,...

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Sad news from the world of music today, as yet another ’90s R&b legend has passed away:

D’wayne Wiggins — one of the founding members of the iconic group Tony! Toni! Toné! — has passed away at the age of 64.

News of Wiggins’ passing comes to us courtesy of an announcement from his grieving family:

Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Toné! performs onstage after the Agents Power Panel during Day 3 of the Ieba 2014 Conference on September 29, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Ieba) D’Wayne Wiggins’ family announces his passing

“D’Wayne’s life was incomparable, and his music and service impacted millions around the world, including in his hometown of Oakland, California,” said the Wiggins family in a statement issued on Friday.

“He was a guitarist, producer, composer, philanthropist, mentor and founding member of Tony! Toni! Tone! He was deeply passionate about providing...

Herb Greene, whose iconic photographs of the 1960 San Francisco rock scene captured the era’s superstars — Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, among others — in their prime, died March 3, at his home in Maynard, Massachusetts, following a long illness. He was 82.

His death was announced on Facebook by his wife Ilze Greene.

Born April 3, 1942, in Indio, CA, Greene had moved north with his family to Yuba City, where, in his final year of high school he took up photography. After high school, he attended San Francisco State University but left college for a job as staff photographer at the city’s high-end department store Joseph Magnin, where he took pictures of the fashions of the day including bell bottoms and miniskirts.

Around this time he met and married Maruska Jiranek, who landed a job with San Francisco rock impresario Bill Graham. Greene already had befriended the young Jerry Garcia,...

After Maná became the first Spanish-language band to earn a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week, drummer Alex González had an iconic José Alfredo Jiménez lyric ringing in his head: “No hay que llegar primero, pero hay que saber llegar.” (“You don’t need to get there first, but you must know how you got there.”)

The classic “El Rey” line speaks to the years of sacrifice and work that Maná and many major Latin American rock bands have put in to be finally recognized...

The DC Universe is full of powerful characters that often go unrecognized in its movies, full of heroes and villains whose screen presence betrays their staggering strength. Many characters are often painfully glossed over in the eternal debate for who is the most powerful player in DC movie history. Whether due to the fact that they're hidden in an infamously bad film or that they simply don't have enough screen time, many DC movie characters' power levels fly under the radar.

Due to its nature as a high-power-level setting full of gods, monsters, and ancient aliens, the movies of the Dceu contain the lion's share of staggeringly strong heroes and villains that often go underrated as a major player in the hierarchy of the world. That being said, the occasional sneak from an earlier one-off DC film can also manage to be far stronger than they might seem at first glance.

Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana recently broke his finger in an accidental fall at his vacation home in Hawaii. As a result, his upcoming residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas has been postponed.

The eight-show residency had been set to begin January 22nd and run through February 2nd. Michael Vrionis, president of Universal Tone Management, reported that Santana won’t be able to play guitar for the next six weeks or so.

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“I am sorry to say that Carlos was out taking a walk at his vacation home in Kauai,” stated Vrionis. “He took a hard fall, and he broke his little finger on his left hand. He had to have pins inserted in the finger. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play guitar for approximately six weeks. Doctors do say that he will recuperate fully.”

He continued,...

Carlos Santana is postponing the start of his Las Vegas residency after breaking a finger. On Friday, the legendary guitarist’s team announced that Santana had suffered a “hard fall” and broke one of his fingers.

Santana’s team explained that he was on a walk at his Kauai vacation home when he “took a hard fall” and broke his “little finger on his left hand.”

“He had to have pins inserted in the finger,” wrote Michael Vrionis, President of Universal Tone Management, in an Instagram statement. “Unfortunately, he won...

Guitar icon Carlos Santana has postponed the next run of his 2025 Las Vegas residency due to an “accidental fall” that left him with a broken finger.

The fall occurred at Santana’s vacation home in Kauai, Hawaii, said Michael Vrionis, President, Universal Tone Management, in a statement today. The guitarist was scheduled to begin the next run of shows at Vegas’ House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on January 22.

“I am sorry to say that Carlos was out taking a walk at his vacation home in Kauai,” Vrionis said. “He took a hard fall, and he broke his little finger on his left hand. He had to have pins inserted in the finger. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play guitar for approximately six weeks. Doctors do say that he will recuperate fully.”

Vrionis added, “Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back on stage soon.

Playing For Change (Pfc), a Certified B Corp (Social Purpose Corporation) multimedia company dedicated to connecting the world through music, is proud to announce the upcoming release of their highly-anticipated album, Songs For Humanity, set to release November 15, 2024, with album artwork designed by the legendary Lee Oskar.

Songa for Humanity

This extraordinary musical compilation brings together a multitude of global musicians in a powerful celebration of unity, diversity, and the transformative power of music.

Songs For Humanity boasts an unprecedented lineup of musical luminaries, with contributions from legends such as Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr, John Paul Jones, Carlos Santana, Slash, Jackson Browne, Black Pumas, Bunny Wailer, Peter Gabriel, Manu Chao, and many more. This diverse ensemble of artists represents a global tapestry of talent, each lending their unique voice and musical prowess to create a harmonious mosaic of sounds and cultures.

At the core of Songs For Humanity lies the...

As he prepares to return to House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino this week, Carlos Santana is excited to announce additional performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live: Presented by SiriusXM.

SiriusXM listeners can access tickets in a special presale before they go on sale to the general public.

An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live: Presented by SiriusXM How to Get Presale Tickets

SiriusXM listeners can access presale tickets from October 30 at 10am Pt through October 31 at 10pm Pt using code Siriusxm at Ticketmaster.com/SantanaVegas.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on November 1 at 10am Pt.

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Oliver Murray, director of They All Came Out To Montreux (on Claude Nobs’ s Montreux Jazz Festival), Ronnie’s (on Ronnie Scott’s), and The Quiet One (on Bill Wyman) with music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze: “It’s fantastic to hear you make the connections because sometimes I do that almost just for myself.”

They All Came Out To Montreux (a highlight of the 23rd edition of the Tribeca Film Festival), Oliver Murray’s fantastic tribute to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs is hailed by music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman for the documentary’s composition of musical greatness with the backstory on this one-of-a-kind creation in Montreux.

Kim Gordon in Sonic Youth at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Kim Gordon (on her Collective tour), this past Thursday, June 13, 2024 had a Capital One City...

Tribeca Festival Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer with Anne-Katrin Titze on Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton’s .Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge: “It’s great! It’s about fashion but not only. It’s super New York based.”

They All Came Out To Montreux, Oliver Murray’s fantastic tribute to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs; Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil's Bath (Des Teufels Bad) starring Anja Plaschg (who is also the composer as Soap&Skin), shot by Martin Gschlacht (Silver Bear winner in the 2024 Berlin Film Festival); Dana Flor’s Ani Difranco film, 1-800-on-her-own; David Hinton’s Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger with Martin Scorsese as our guide; Vinko Tomicic’s The...

Just After Dawn on the morning of May 15, 2019, more than a dozen cops arrived at a home in the placid suburb of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Armed with a search warrant, they ordered a member of the household to sit down and denied her access to her cellphone. Similar searches took place at other properties in Woodstock, New York, and Brooklyn. When it was over, according to court documents, the police left with cellphones, Usb drives, iPads, 1,300 pages of “physical documents,” four Apple MacBooks, and files filled with banking records.

The June skies are clear as the Tribeca Festival gathers indie filmmakers from around the globe with a large slate of features and shorts, music, games, TV, audio storytelling and a major addition this year in De Niro Con, a tribute to the prolific actor and Tribeca co-founder.

The fest moved from April to June in part for the weather but that can’t be taken for granted — last year’s edition opened to a city blanketed with acrid smoke from Canadian wildfires as Mayor Eric Adams handed De Niro the key to the city at a press conference and Tribeca unveiled De Niro Con. Fan events and screenings with star power from Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Billy Crystal, Ben Stiller, David O. Russell, Christopher Walken and others will unspool over the last four days of the festival.

Other retrospectives and reunions will see Steven Spielberg screen and discuss his...

Exclusive: Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Rudy Valdez (The Sentence) has signed with Inspire Entertainment for management.

Most recently, Valdez served as director, EP and cinematographer of the six-part docuseries Choir for Disney+, as well as Carlos, the Carlos Santana doc from Sony Pictures Classics and Imagine Documentaries. Both films were official selections of the 2023 Tribeca Festival, with Carlos earning a 2023 Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nomination for Best Music Documentary.

Valdez’s documentary short Translators, produced in partnership with U.S. Bank, also recently debuted as an official selection of Laliff and the Tribeca Festival, winning the Tribeca X Award for Best Short Documentary.

The filmmaker’s breakthrough project was The Sentence, the HBO doc marking his directorial debut. Shot over the course of a decade, the film watches as Valdez unpacks the aftermath of his sister Cindy’s 15-year sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend. Following...

Films featuring Lily Gladstone and Jenna Ortega and music documentaries about the changing country scene and singer-songwriter Linda Perry will all premiere this spring at Tribeca Film Festival. The annual New York City event will take place from June 5 – 16 all over the city.

Jazzy, by filmmaker Morrisa Maltz, focuses on a girl named Jazzy (Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux) who is growing up in South Dakota where she experiences happy moments and heartbreaks with her peers. Gladstone, who won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon,...

The 23rd edition of the Tribeca Festival is out with its slate of feature films including world premieres starring Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jenna Ortega. Another high-profile title is Saving Casa Bonita, a new documentary about South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone restoring an iconic Colorado restaurant.

Stewart toplines Sacramento, a road trip comedy directed by Michael Angarano and also starring Michael Cera and Maya Erskine. Jazzy with Gladstone and Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux is a companion piece to 2023 indie drama The Unknown Country, in which Gladstone appeared just prior to her Oscar-nominated performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon. Ortega stars in director Tiffany Paulsen’s romantic drama Winter Spring Summer or Fall alongside Marisol Nichols, Percy Hynes White and Adam Rodriguez.

The documentary lineup, long a Tribeca strength, will feature comedy greats politically tinged pics ahead of the U.S.

Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature film lineup for its 2024 festival, which includes films from actors Lily Gladstone and Michael Cera and documentaries featuring Prince, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton.

The opening night film is documentary “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” directed by Tribeca alumna Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton.

This year’s festival, which runs from June 5-16 in New York City, has a program of 103 feature films from 114 filmmakers spanning 48 countries. The lineup features 86 world premieres, two international premieres, six North American premieres and eight New York premieres.

The final selections were chosen from a record-breaking pool of 13,016 submissions. Half of the films in competition are directed by women and 35% (36) of all feature films are directed by Bipoc filmmakers. There are 30 films directed by first-time filmmakers and 25 directors are making their return to the annual New York film festival.

“In a year of record high submissions, despite industry-wide challenges,...

Starting today (April 16), experience The Clive Davis Channel on SiriusXM, a limited-run channel honoring the iconic music producer and executive’s celebrated career and lasting impact on the music industry.

“It will truly be a unique emotional experience to relive all the musical highlights of my career,” Clive shared. “I am honestly pinching myself that this will be happening.”

The Clive Davis Channel on SiriusXM How to listen

The Clive Davis Channel is available on the SiriusXM app April 16 through May 2 and on satellite channel 79 from April 26 through May 2.

What you’ll hear

Hosted and curated by Clive Davis himself, The Clive Davis Channel airs never-before-heard stories from key moments in his career spanning six decades, along with highlights from some of music’s greatest artists and songs.

Clive shares the story about how he first heard Whitney Houston, envisioned greatness for Bruce Springsteen, found Janis Joplin’s voice to be life changing,...

The South by Southwest debut of “Stormy” was not your typical Imagine Documentaries premiere.

About adult film star Stormy Daniels’ alleged affair with former President Donald Trump, the film drew an eclectic crowd that included porn stars and “Muppet” director-producer Frank Oz, who sat in the same row as Daniels and her entourage made up mainly of buff bodyguards. Dogs sniffed Austin’s Stateside Theater prior to the screening. After it unspooled, Daniels spoke to the SXSW audience, revealing that she first met “Stormy” exec producer Judd Apatow when he hired her for a small part in his 2005 film “40 Year-Old Virgin.” When she was a no-show due to a death in the family, Apatow sent her flowers and rescheduled her shoot date.

“I thought he would replace me,” Daniels, who would go on to appear in “Knocked Up” for the filmmaker, told the crowd, with director Sarah Gibson standing nearby.

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler are teaming up for six part documentary series Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends on Sky Arts, here are the details.

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and Dire Straits guitarist, singer and songwriter Mark Knopfler each found huge success in their respective bands.

Now, they are teaming up for six part documentary Johnson And Knopfler’s Music Legends. Johnson produced a similar documentary, Life On The Road, in which he chatted with Knopfler, Robert Plant, Dolly Parton and Dave Grohl, among others.

The new series will follow the pair as they spend time with six influential figures from the Music industry. The description for each episode reads as follows:

Episode 1: Tom Jones

In the series opener, Brian & Mark meet icon, Sir Tom Jones. In conversation and song, they reminisce on their earliest musical influences and Sir Tom shares captivating stories from his career,...

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson and Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler are the stars of a new music docuseries from Sky Arts.

The series, titled Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends, will run six 60-minute episodes starting April 25th via the UK channels and streaming services Sky Arts, Freeview, and Now — the latter being available to US audiences.

The series will follow Johnson and Knopfler as they interact and explore the legacies of six fellow music legends: Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana, and Emmylou Harris (with the episodes running in that order).

“Join AC/DC singer, Brian Johnson and Dire Straits singer and guitarist, Mark Knopfler as they share their incredible knowledge and experiences with each other — and a hand-picked selection of music royalty,” reads Sky’s description of the program. “Guests including Sir Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers and Cyndi Lauper share stories from their...

New Edition, the legendary R&b group made up of Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe, is set to be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.

The group will be inducted during the 2024 NAACP Image Awards ceremony being held in Los Angeles on March 16. Previous inductees include Eddie Murphy, Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Carlos Santana, Little Richard, Sidney Poitier, Earth Wind and Fire, and Aretha Franklin.

Formed in Boston in 1978, New Edition became phenomenally popular in the 1980s and set the template for the modern boy band. The group has released seven studio albums and scored a No. 1 on the Billboard album charts with the 1996 release Home Again. Their best-known songs include “Candy Girl,” “Mr. Telephone Man,” “Cool It Now,” “If This Isn’t Love” and “Hit Me Off.”

All the members of New Edition have enjoyed solo...

Lionsgate releases a first-look image of Jaafar Jackson portraying the King of Pop in the 2025 biopic, Michael. Producer Graham King praises Jaafar's ability to embody his late uncle, Michael Jackson, saying that every look, note and dance move is spot-on. Director Antoine Fuqua emphasizes that Jaafar's performance goes beyond physical resemblance and captures Michael's spirit in a magical way.

Jaafar Jackson’s resemblance to the King of Pop is uncanny. And in the spring of 2025, the whole world will witness the late Michael Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar, portraying the Grammy award-winning artist in the biopic, Michael. And photographer Kevin Mazur has captured an iconic, first-look image of Jermaine Jackson’s son. Check out Jaafar channeling his inner and outer Michael Jackson from the Man in the Mirror tour below:

Mazur said (via a press release):

“When I arrived for my first day on the set of this movie,...

In the vein of inspiring stories like Next Goal Wins, Step, Spellbound, and Undefeated comes Choir. The powerful six-part Disney+ docuseries, directed by two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez, is a must-see for anybody who values heartwarming stories about a group of people attempting to achieve a challenging goal.

Produced by Imagine Documentaries and Blumhouse Television, Valdez also serves as an executive producer alongside Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and others. The outing tracks the kids of the renowned Detroit Youth Choir (Dyc) as they prepare to achieve a new goal: finding newfound success after several pivotal America’s Got Talent (AGT) appearances. Expect to experience the ups and downs of navigating school, family, athletics, and, of course, pursuing dreams.

The series follows director Anthony White and his choir following their 2019 appearance on AGT. Facing combined challenges of replacing several key members and keeping the choir relevant in Detroit, there’s...

The Conga Room is closing its doors.

The Los Angeles institution will bow out of the city’s nightlife scene after 25 years with one more final hurrah on March 27. Billed as a “farewell celebration,” the final night will be steered by investors Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez and feature performances and appearances by Gilberto Santa Rosa (aka “el caballero de la salsa”) among other notable names (yet to be announced) from the worlds of music, politics and culture.

Opened in 1999 on Wilshire Boulevard by entrepreneur Brad Gluckstein, the Conga Room counted Smits, Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and Sheila E. as investors. The Conga Room became a go-to nightlife, special events and concert destination that boosted culture, music and entertainment. Over the years it has hosted the likes of Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Celia Cruz, the Buena Vista Social Club, Tito Puente, Carlos Santana, Alejandro Fernández, Jamie Foxx, Fito Páez,...

A version of this response appeared on the Black Rock Coalition’s website.

When Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner made offensive comments in The New York Times about women and Black artists, the Black Rock Coalition, which has battled stereotypes and musical categorizations about what rock is “supposed to be” since 1985, felt obligated to speak out and condemn his misogynistic and racist statements. While we were among many organizations and individuals to call out Wenner, he also had a number of supporters, citing his contributions to popular culture and to the world of music journalism.

Matthew Heineman’s documentary profiling Grammy and Oscar winning musician Jon Batiste and the medical struggles for his wife that have marked trying times in their marriage leads the pack of nominees for the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with six. The inspiring docu from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground was picked up by Netflix after premiering and winning acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival last month. Not far behind are a trio of docus each with 5 mentions including 20 Days In Mariupol, Kokomo City, and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. And not to be ignored, this weekend’s boxoffice champ, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which landed a nomination as Best Music Documentary. The Ccda nod marks the first awards recognition for the film (however it is not eligible for a Documentary Oscar) which only just had its first premiere screening on Wednesday of last...

Even amid the concurrent strikes of the past year, there’s been a lot of bonus hand-wringing over the state of the independent producer. Producers, after all, have no SAG or WGA equivalent. Where then does the workaday, blue-collar movie producer find community support? Or work with peers to advance their collective interests?

Well… linking up with a good Artist Development cohort is a great place to star. Which is why we’re thrilled to announce seven new Fellows representing six new projects to kick off the 2023 edition (and 23rd overall!) of the Film Independent Producing Lab.

“We’re delighted to shepherd this group of devoted creative producers through the Lab and give them a dedicated space to further their projects and careers,” says Dea Vazquez, Film Independent’s Associate Director of Fiction Programs.

“We’re thrilled to have feature films in both development and post-production, to support producers at...

Story Ave starring Luis Guzman grossed $9.85k in a limited opening at one theater, Quad Cinema, with multiple sold-out shows. The first feature from director Aristotle Torres, which won for Best Cinematography at SXSW (see Deadline review) expands to Chicago and the Bronx next week, followed by LA and additional markets October 13.

Guzman plays a no-nonsense subway operator who becomes an unlikely mentor to a teenager (Asante Blackk) caught up in the dangerous world of Bronx graffiti gangs. Written by Torres and Bonsu Thompson. Produced by Jamie Foxx.

In an overall market “that’s not exactly easy,” Story Ave pulled in a diverse crowd, said Kino’s director of theatrical distribution, Maxwell Wolkin. “You have to get creative, and find an angle, and find things that hit. And it’s not necessarily always what you expect, but this film is audience friendly, it’s got a real voice, it’s connecting with people.

“Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount) topped “Saw X” (Lionsgate) by a healthy $5 million ($23 million to $18 million) on a weekend when either seemed feasible at #1. However, the order here isn’t the real story.

While a “Paw”/”Saw” convergence isn’t exactly the second coming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” it’s still two films with very different appeal that clicked on the same weekend and will end up in profit.

“The Creator” (Disney) ranked as #3 with $14 million, which isn’t the problem so much as its expense. The Gareth Edwards-directed sci-fi actioner in which humans battle AI drew praise for its visual design at a price, but a modest debut for the New Regency production is a setback for those hoping creativity and originality might launch this higher.

Still, that does mean three films grossed over $14 million in September, which is by no means a sure thing. The total gross looks like around $86 million,...

Maroon 5 headlined the One805LIVE! Music Festival fundraiser at Kevin Costner's estate near Summerland on Friday, September 22. Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex presented the annual Heart of the Community Awards that recognize incredible contributions to the first responder community.

“We were absolutely delighted that internationally well-known residents of Santa Barbara County including Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Costner and more supported Santa Barbara County’s First Responders, by joining us at One805LIVE! this year," said Kirsten Cavendish, CEO and Co-Founder of One805.

In addition to Maroon 5, the musical Line-up included legendary singer and songwriter John Fogerty the founder of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival for which he was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter.

Also, Santa Barbara’s own Dishwalla, Alan Parsons OBE, David Pack (Ambrosia), Elliott Easton (Cars) and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter...

Santana comes across pretty well, if clearly in charge of his image, but Rudy Valdez’s film feels a bit like a Wikipedia entry with added pictures

For those only passingly interested in the subject, this resolutely adequate portrait of guitarist Carlos Santana is the cinematic equivalent of a well-written and factchecked Wikipedia page but with loads more pictures and film clips. Hardcore fans may feel better served by the deep dive into Santana’s childhood and youth in Mexico, followed by his breakthrough into the San Francisco psychedelic music scene, and then on to that career-making performance at Woodstock in 1969. Forgive me if you have heard this one before, but Santana supposedly dropped acid given to him by Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead, expecting he would have hours to come down before his band, named after him, had to go on and play. Instead, they were called on stage soon after.

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There’s never really a good time to feed into a trend. You often end up feeling buyer’s remorse, having paid full price for a product you’ll barely wear. The exception is, however, during a sale, and Dsw’s 35% off sale is the perfect place to feed your inner spending demon.

Using code QUICK35 at checkout, look towards trends like square-toed boots and heels, which seem...

Are you ready for some (new) football (theme music)?

Monday Night Football will roll out a new theme song for this Monday’s Week 2 doubleheader on ESPN and ABC, with country star Chris Stapleton and hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg teaming up for a cover of the Phil Collins classic “In the Air Tonight.” Cindy Blackman Santana, known for her years drumming with Lenny Kravitz and Carlos Santana, provides the distinctively thundering drum beats from Collins’ original. Watch the full version of the song here:

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Fifty-one years after the release of his breakthrough single “Doctor, My Eyes,” Jackson Browne has revisited the tune as part of Playing for Change’s Song Around the World initiative. He’s joined on the new rendition by the original “Doctor, My Eyes” rhythm section of drummer Russ Kunkel and bassist Leland Sklar along with musicians from all across the globe, including guitarist Char, singers Roselyn Williams and Chavonne Stewart, drummer Jorginho Gomes, and the African drum group Bayakanda.

“Russ Kunkel and Lee Sklar and I sat down and played...

Last Chance for Animals (Lca), an international animal rights organization, today announced its Annual Fundraising Gala honoring notable animal activists will be held on October 14, 2023, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA.

Diane Warren will receive the Sam Simon Award in honor of her passionate work as a globally recognized animal rights and animal welfare activist. One of modern music’s most celebrated songwriters, Warren is a prolific force in the music world. She has penned nine #1 and thirty-two top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. Her songs have appeared in more than 150 motion pictures. She is a Grammy, Emmy and two-time Golden Globe award winner, has been nominated for 14 Oscar nominations and is an Honorary Oscar recipient. Some of the notable worldwide artists Warren has written original songs for include Cher, Beyoncé, Celine Dion, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana,...

Alice Cooper just lost a big partnership.

On Friday, Vampyre Cosmetics brand announced it was cancelling its collaboration with the 75-year-old rocker over recent anti-trans comments.

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In an interview with Stereogum, Cooper was asked about his views on transgenderism given his history of playing around with gender norms as part of his rock image.

“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad,” Cooper said. “I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that.”

In their statement on Instagram, Vampyre Cosmetics wrote, “In light of recent statements by Alice Cooper we will no​​​​​​​​​Longer be doing a makeup collaboration. We stand with all members of the Lgbtqia+ community and believe everyone should have access to healthcare.

Carlos Santana is apologizing to the trans and Lgbtqia+ communities after a video recently surfaced of hurtful comments he made during a concert back in July.

Earlier this month, a video was posted to YouTube that showed Santana, 76, during a stop on his 1001 Rainbows Tour at the Hard Rock Live at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In the clip, the “Supernatural” artist says, “When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are”

“Later on, when you grow out of it, you see things and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain’t right. Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s it,” he added. “Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that’s your business. I’m Ok with that.