What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary โFood, Inc.,โ Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and โDora the Explorerโ gets a reboot on Paramount+.
Mariah Carey, Neptunes, Lennox in Songwriters Hall of Fame
After a glittering career stuffed with No. 1 hits โ not to mention a two-year pandemic delay โ Mariah Carey was finally inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, but not before challenging her new fellow members to do better by women.
Celebrities go online to voice support for Ukraine
A group of inter-generational stars from film, TV, sports and music โ including Bruce Springsteen, Hugh Jackman, Elton John and Jon Bon Jovi, Jonas Brothers and Billie Eilish โ have signed up for a social media campaign to show support for Ukraine.
Twyla Tharp, nearing 80, isn't slowing down. Next question?
NEW YORK โ The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called โTwyla Moves.โ In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. AdGiven all that, it would seem obvious that something like a global pandemic wouldn't force Tharp off course, or keep her on the sofa binge-watching Netflix. Tharp explains it simply: "Part of the adventure for me has always been a physical challenge." In one old clip, TV host Dick Cavett asks Tharp what she does to relax after a long period of work. Tharp didnโt want the film, directed by Steven Cantor and part of the American Masters series, to feel like a biography.
DSO hoping to resume live performances in autumn
DETROIT โ The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its schedule of performances for the 2021-2022 season, saying it hopes live performances can resume in the autumn if the coronavirus pandemic ebbs sufficiently so that can be done safely. โNow, more than ever before, we must play music for our audiences live in Orchestra Hall,โ Jader Bignamini, DSOโs music director, said in a statement announcing the schedule Thursday. The new season will be the first full season with Bignamini, the Italian conductor appointed music director in early 2020. That will include season-opening concerts featuring Respighiโs โFountains of Romeโ and โPines of Romeโ in early October. The DSO also released its schedule for the PNC Pops Season.
Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May
(Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)WASHINGTON โ Five months after they were postponed because of the coronavirus, the annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming back in May, possibly in a series of small events, organizers announced Wednesday. The centerpiece event for Washingtonโs Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts normally happens in December, but it was postponed last year amid the pandemic. But even with COVID-19 vaccines gradually rolling out across the country, Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter knew the usual concert would not be possible in May. โIt's normally such a festive event, and I'm sure that will come across.โBrooks is no stranger to the Kennedy Center Honors process. Trump and first lady Melania Trump generally stayed away from Kennedy Center events, but Rutter hopes to get President-elect Joe Biden involved this year.