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Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Roots and Live Nation Urban announced the 2026 installment of Roots Picnic, a two-day festival set for May 30-31 at the Belmont Plateau. Presale tickets are available. General ticket sales begin March 17 at 10 a.m. Eastern. The May 30 lineup features Jay-Z headlining, marking his first performance with The…
Letitia James issued a consumer alert Friday, reminding residents that retail stores and food businesses across the state must now accept cash payments under a new law taking effect March 21. The law makes it illegal for most retail establishments to refuse cash for goods or services, aligning statewide policy with a New York City…
Rising singer-songwriter Chelsea Jordan has released her new EP better late than not at all via Arista Records, marking a defining moment in her emerging career. The six-track project captures a period of emotional transition as Jordan reflects on heartbreak, revisits past relationships, and looks ahead with cautious optimism. The EP serves as a cohesive…
Naomi Sharon releases the official video for her new single, “Miss That,” pairing her sound with a choreography-led performance. Directed by Zac Dov Wiesel, the video focuses on movement. It highlights a side of Sharon that comes from her background in performance. Before music, she trained at the Academy of Theatre and Dance and performed…
New York Attorney General Letitia James said she is leading a multistate coalition in a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of a key climate finding. The petition, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, targets the rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding. That finding…
Rapper and entrepreneur Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has filed an appeal in federal court after a judge blocked his effort to secure more than $1 million in damages from his former partner in a dispute over the rights to her life story. In the underlying case, Jackson’s publishing imprint, G‑Unit Books, sued Shaniqua Tompkins in…
Media personality Peter Rosenberg is expanding his career into television, taking on a creator and executive producer role for a new comedy in development at Hulu, according to a report from Deadline. The half-hour series, titled Double or Nothing, centers on a washed-up yacht-rock musician who finds an unexpected path back to relevance. He partners…
The next chapter in the Spider-Man saga has arrived. Following the global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reveals a very different world for Peter Parker—one shaped by isolation and responsibility. Set four years after the events of the previous film, Peter now lives in complete anonymity, having…