Much of Nashville is still struggling in the aftermath of this month’s devastating flood, and who better to pitch in for recovery in the music mecca than Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and just about every major name in country music? Country’s resident power couple has wasted no time organizing
Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery, which will feature performances from Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Miley Cyrus, and more. The sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena will raise money for families affected by the flood, not to mention provide a comprehensive “Who’s Who” roster of modern country music stars. Donations, which are being accepted at the event’s website, will directly benefit the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Nasvhille Rising takes place on Tuesday, June 22 at the Bridgestone Arena.
Struggling writers everywhere, take note: There’s no time like the present to pen a series of uber-dramatic novels about teenage girls, then sit back, and let the cash roll in. The latest series to take hold of the tween set and their parents comes courtesy of Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum novels, the newest of which,
Sizzling Sixteen, hits stores this week. Like any other high school girl, each novel sees Plum facing down your average teen misadventures—gambling, the mob, kidnapping, that kind of thing. Hey, no one said it was Tolstoy, but it makes for a good, guilty read, whether you’re sitting inside next to the AC, taking a break from your own gambling adventures, or, of course, lying on a beach.
Sizzling Sixteen hits bookstores on Tuesday, June 22.
There’s just no getting over
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a movie that inspired both a trend for giant sunglasses
and one of the catchiest songs of the ‘90s. It also cemented Audrey Hepburn as one of America’s most lasting style icons and Truman Capote as the most buzzed-about writer of the 1960s. From the publication of his novel to its thorny adaptation to its eventual Oscar wins, Sam Wasson has expertly chronicled the making of a classic in
Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, which Peter Bogdanovich
dubbed “A brilliant chronicle of the creation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Break out your pearls and get ready to reminisce.
Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
is available in stores on Tuesday, June 22.
Once upon a time Edward and Bella were falling in love and now they’re only falling apart, or so the story goes in the third installment of the vampire-centric
Twilight Saga that hits theaters this month,
Eclipse. And who better to capitalize on this than 42-year-old Jimmy Kimmel? The late-night talk show host recently recorded a primetime special, “Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart,” including appearances from Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Xavier Samuel, Ashley Greene, and Peter Facinelli as well as exclusive clips from the upcoming movie. Hold onto your fangs, Twihards. Kimmel’s got you covered.
Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Twilight
Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart airs on Wednesday, June 23 on ABC at 10:01 p.m. EST
John Galliano, the man who turned homelessness into haute couture, is being recognized with France’s highest honor this week as French President Nicolas Sarkozy makes him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The celebrated and theatrical British designer (who is rarely without a top hat) presents his latest men’s collection in Paris the night before he receives the coveted honor, previously bestowed upon designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Marc Jacobs. Luckily for Galliano, who often looks like he’s ready to crack a whip while surrounded by elephants, contortionists, and cars stuffed with clowns, a medal will go with his outfit.
John Galliano will be honored by French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the title of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor at a ceremony at the Elysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday, June 23.
While fashion and art tend to exist separately in the world of photography, Dutch duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have managed to blur the lines in their 25 years together. The couple has shot the campaigns for the world’s most famous fashion houses—from Gucci to Louis Vuitton to Chanel—and also photographed regularly for publications such as W and Vogue. Their work has brought them to New York, where they’ve worked for the past 15 years, but this week, they’ll return to the place that brought them together in 1986 when the photographer and then art student first became a team. Foam_Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam is opening an exhibit that surveys their work with nearly 300 images they’ve produced during their international career, which also includes the video for Björk’s
Hidden Place—hence its name
Pretty Much Everything.
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’s
Pretty Much Everything exhibit opens at Foam in Amsterdam on Friday, June 25.
Christie’s of London is auctioning off a treasure trove for film buffs this week. The acclaimed auction house has a collection of film posters from the James Bond series, the Beatles’
Yellow Submarine, Disney classics, and
Lawrence of Arabia, estimated at approximately $450 to nearly $9,000 each. It’s basically a cinephile’s dream come true. While the prices may not be friendly to struggling artists, movie buffs with deep pockets are sure to snatch up some amazing collector’s items. And Christie’s is known for setting records for pop culture items, including astounding prices for Marlon Brando’s annotated script for
The Godfather, pieces of Marilyn Monroe’s personal property, and Eric Clapton’s Fender Strat, which went for nearly $1 million.
Christie's of London’s
Vintage Film Posters sale begins on Wednesday, June 23 at 2:00 p.m. BST
It’s hard to believe—his music is just as timeless and infectious as ever—but on June 25 it will be one year since Michael Jackson’s untimely death from cardiac arrest. The news story that dominated last summer provided a new generation with a “Remember where you were when you heard…” moment, and yet another reason to blast his tunes at every opportunity. There have been countless tributes and tell-alls devoted to the King of Pop, not to mention manslaughter charges for the doctor who prescribed the singer a lethal combination of heavy duty medications. Now, in a move that will likely re-ignite last summer’s media frenzy, officials have decided to
open the site of Jackson’s burial ground, the Forest Law cemetery in California, to fans to commemorate the anniversary. Whatever controversy surrounded Jackson in his later years and in the wake of his death, one thing’s for certain: those dance moves will live on forever.
Friday, June 25 marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death.
A bevy of famous names gathered last week in Los Angeles to toast and roast director Mike Nichols, the recipient of the 2010 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. From Cher to Natalie Portman to Michael Douglas to Meryl Streep, the brightest of stars in Hollywood celebrated the man who escaped Nazi Germany at age eight and became one of 12 people in history to attain an EGOT (i.e. all of the major entertainment awards—the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). His feats include Broadway’s
Barefoot in the Park, Dustin Hoffman’s breakthrough movie
The Graduate, and the highly lauded HBO miniseries
Angels in America. As Nichols sat beside his wife Diane Sawyer, celebrities such as Julia Roberts took the stage to reminisce, which home audiences will get to see on TV Land this week. “If I thanked
everyone who contributed importantly over the years, we would be here until Miley Cyrus' AFI award,” Nichols joked. But another star may have stolen his spotlight. When John Goodman took the red carpet, he wowed the media with his dramatic
weight loss. Sadly, it’s never the director who makes the jaw-dropping entrance.
TV Land Presents the
AFI Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Nichols on Saturday, June 26 at 9:00 p.m. EST.
