Grammy awards postponed weeks before ceremony over Covid concerns

Eddie Vedder resumed his ‘Earthling’ US tour this week, and his first show back saw him perform a cover of Pretenders‘ ‘Precious’ alongside Duff McKagan.A couple of the Pearl Jam frontman’s tour dates in California were postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak, but on Monday (February 21) he got back on the road with his first show back taking place at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.The setlist for the show was littered with covers, including Tom Petty’s ‘Room At The Top’, Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’, The Who‘s ‘I’m One’, George Harrison’s ‘Isn’t It A Pity’, and Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along The Watchtower’.There was also a cover of Pretenders’ 1980 record ‘Precious’, which Vedder performed with help from Guns N’ Roses bassist McKagan. You can see footage below.Elsewhere in the show, Vedder performed several Pearl Jam classics – ‘Porch’, ‘Wishlist’, ‘Corduroy’, and ‘Dirty Frank’ – as well as some tracks from his new solo LP, ‘Earthling’.His backing band, the Earthlings, is a musical supergroup consisting of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, and former Chili Peppers and current Pearl Jam touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorNBCUniversal’s Peacock has announced “True Crime Tuesdays” — with new, true crime content set to stream on the platform every Tuesday in March.The collection will feature a slate of Peacock originals including “Perfect World: A Deadly Game,” “Preaching Evil: A Wife On The Run With Warren Jeffs” and “Sins Of The Amish.” Additional content will hail from NBC Entertainment and Oxygen — all adding to Peacock’s growing selection of true crime content, which currently includes “The Murder of Gabby Petito: Truth, Lies and Social Media,” “Aaron Hernandez Uncovered” and more.“Perfect World: A Deadly Game” will premiere March 8. Produced by Lusid Media, the two-part docuseries follows a group of friends in the world of video games who learn about what appears to be a murder in real-life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and feeling new.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWhile Netflix has been praised for being the first and only global streamer so far to have signed a windowing deal with French film orgs, a comeback at the Cannes Film Festival — in or out of competition — just isn’t in the cards for 2022.A Netflix rep confirmed to Variety that the streamer isn’t planning to world premiere its films at the festival’s 75th edition, meaning movies such as Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” a Marilyn Monroe biopic starring Ana de Armas, will likely be skipping the French Riviera.Dominik recently told journalists at the Berlinale that he hoped his film would play on the Croisette, but it appears that discussions with Netflix have stalled due to Cannes’ rule, which dictates that every competing movie must have a theatrical release in France. Netflix, meanwhile, has certainly been open to having select festival movies open in European theaters.

Yorkshire Live reports. Mr Rahman didn't have to leave but was told to move his car due to the risk from the flood and sinkhole, caused by severe weather.He later caught a glimpse of the landslide and was shocked to see a neighbour's garden had disappeared, leaving the house teetering on the edge of a big drop into the river Aire below.He told the title: "It was five in the morning.

The Chase couldn't believe their eyes when the latest batch of contestants lined up to take on the ITV quiz.The latest episode saw host Bradley Walsh introduce four new hopeful winners as they geared up to take on The Chaser on Wednesday (February 23).But fans of the show were left completely distracted by the quartet when they heard their names read out much to their amusement.As Bradley called out the moniker's one by one it became apparent they had the exact same names as one very famous TV family.Hearing him welcome Lisa, Maggie, Bart and Marge to the show viewers then took to Twitter as they saw the funny side to the selection.One wrote: "Just noticed that the contestants are all Simpsons characters lol #thechase."Another posted: "Marge, Bart, Maggie, and Lisa. Haha it’s The Simpsons on #thechase."A third said: "The chase casting director at it again here.

scientists were able to see what happened during the 15 minutes before he died and found an increase in brain activity during the 30 seconds before and after his final heartbeat.These waves, known as gamma oscillations, are linked to things like memory retrieval, meditation and dreaming which suggests we could enter a peaceful dreamlike state just before we die.However, experts also believe that it could mean that our best moments play in our minds over and over again during our final minute of life, making the process feel less bleak.Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, who organised the study, said: "Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing the last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences."These findings challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends and generate important subsequent questions, such as those related to the timing of organ donation."The study, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, said: "Our data provide the first evidence from the dying human brain in a non-experimental, real-life acute care clinical setting and advocate that the human brain may possess the capability to generate coordinated activity during the near-death period."This is the first and only case study of the phenomenon and the brain has already been injured due to epilepsy. Although, similar findings have been discovered in the brain of rats.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterReese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has acquired lifestyle brand The Home Edit, the company announced on Wednesday.Founded by Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, The Home Edit offers “full service organizing” in Washington, D.C., Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, NYC, Nashville, Orange County, Salt Lake City and San Francisco, as well as “travel and DIY services” globally. Shearer and Teplin are the authors of New York Times bestseller “The Home Edit Life” and the creators of multiple product lines, including a recently announced exclusive Walmart collection.Shearer and Teplin are also the stars of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated “Get Organized with the Home Edit,” which is produced by Hello Sunshine and will debut its second season this year.

The sexy singletons are heading to Peacock.

Paramount Pictures acquires worldwide rights to 80 FOR BRADY from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPeople has a new top editor: Liz Vaccariello, formerly editor in chief of Real Simple magazine, is taking over the reins of the entertainment and human interest title.Vaccariello takes over for Dan Wakeford, who is leaving after three years as EIC.The change at the top of People’s masthead comes after Meredith’s magazine group was acquired by IAC’s Dotdash in a $2.7 billion deal. Earlier this month, the resulting Dotdash Meredith shuttered print editions of six magazines, including InStyle and EW, and laid off about 200 employees.Dotdash Meredith also announced the promotion of Zoë Ruderman to VP and GM of People’s digital operations.

Selome Hailu The U.S. version of hit reality dating competition “Love Island” has moved to Peacock after three seasons at CBS. Peacock has ordered two new seasons of the series, the first of which is set to shoot in California and premiere in summer 2022.In “Love Island,” group of singles search for love while living together in one villa.

Coronation Street, after she tries to convince Joseph to live with her.How will this affect their relationship? And how will Joseph react? Viewers will have to wait and see.Since joining Coronation Street in 2010, Izzy has become one of Weatherfield's most popular characters, becoming involved in huge storylines such as the birth of her son Jake.Fans were also delighted to see actress Cherylee Houston back on our TV screens, after she was absent from the soap due to the Coronavirus pandemic.Since then, Cherylee has spoken openly about her life away from the soap, including acting alongside her famous husband and filming scenes from home.Long before Cherylee Houston played Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street, she also had roles in other rival soaps.In 2005, the actress played Jemma Fairbank in Holby City, before going on to appear in Doctors as Belle Hutchinson and ITV soap Emmerdale as Maureen Smith.Cherylee has also appeared in TV series including Little Britain, The Bill and radio drama Tinsel Girl on BBC Radio 4.However, she most fondly known for playing Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street since 2010.She also formed the Disabled Artists Networking Community, which runs webinars and masterclasses for disabled artists and connects them with those working in the media industries.Talking about the community to Digital Spy, Cherylee said: "Over the last 12 months, as a society as a whole, our attitude towards diversity and change is really shifting."Being a disabled actor for 20 odd years, I know what people feel the blocks are, so we bring the solutions in a friendly way and we're beginning to see the changes already."Cherylee has spoken openly about her health battle, after first suffering joint pain when she was 11

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Call Me Kat” actress Schuyler Helford’s teen-parenting comedy “Unplanned in Akron” has received a pilot order at CBS.Written by Helford with Emily Wilson (“The Conners”) supervising, the multi-cam project follows two teenagers navigating parenthood in the best way they know how. With a little help from their friends and parents, they’ll learn that mistakes in life don’t have to derail your life – that no matter what age you are, taking care of a child is no joke – but sometimes, you just gotta laugh (or cry) your way through it.Helford is co-executive producing the potential series.

Ellise Shafer SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not seen “Euphoria” Season 2, Episode 7, “The Theater and Its Double.” When Ryan Heffington set out to choreograph the dance number in the penultimate episode of “Euphoria” Season 2, he took a cue from the song it’s set to, Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero.”“I knew it was — and had to be — larger than life,” Heffington tells Variety of the dance, which takes place during Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) play and features over a dozen men in shiny gold football pants gyrating against work out equipment — and each other — in the locker room. Ethan (Austin Abrams) stars in the dance as a character mirroring Nate (Jacob Elordi), whose sexuality (and homophobia) has been bottling underneath the surface during the past two seasons.

Guy Lodge Film CriticThe hills are indeed alive with the sound of music in Swiss filmmaker Michael Koch’s intimate Alpine epic “A Piece of Sky,” but if you go in expecting twirling frolics, expect to be harshly disappointed. Acting as a kind of distinctly non-Greek chorus, a full Helvetian choir pops up between the acts of this small-scale domestic tragedy, their solemn folk songs lending a mournful running commentary to this story of a mountain family undone by medical misfortune and psychological upheaval.

CBS has given a pilot order to Unplanned in Akron, a multi-camera comedy from Schuyler Helford (Call Me Kat), Eric Feig’s Picturestart and CBS Studios.

Concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will delay the planned 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony.

The Recording Academy is postponing the 2021 Grammy Awards until later in the spring in response to the surge of coronavirus cases impacting the U.S.

Rolling Stone reported, citing organizers who have not confirmed a new date.The CBS telecast was, like most award shows last year, going to be a limited affair, with many celebrities accepting from home or performing remotely rather than the typical venue, LA’s Staples Center.Beyoncé, who got nine nominations, leads the pack of nominees, which also includes Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Roddy Ricch. Trevor Noah was scheduled to host the January ceremony, but it’s unclear if he will still be the host for the future show.Nominations proved to be somewhat scandalous this year as The Weeknd lashed out for being snubbed by the Academy despite his album, “After Hours,” having two No.

2021 GRAMMY Awards.ET has learned that this year's ceremony — originally scheduled for Jan. 31 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles — will be postponed over continued concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.