Taylor Swift teased in a YouTube video: “Hi it’s Taylor Swift. I have something to announce tomorrow.” On Wednesday, in a quick video clip from a remote location broadcast on “Good Morning America,” Swift revealed she’ll be performing a concert in New York City’s Central Park on August 22.
The 2019 Global Citizen Festival will feature performances from Alicia Keys and Queen + Adam Lambert, and Pharrell Williams. The annual music festival confirmed its lineup in a tweet, after announcing the news on the Today show.
PBS will air a documentary on EGOT winner Rita Moreno, called “Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go for It.” The documentary will follow Moreno’s decades-long career, featuring interviews, archival footage, and reenactments of Moreno’s childhood and animation.
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” now holds the record for the longest-running No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. As of this week, the song has spent 17 weeks at No. 1, breaking the record previously held by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” as well as Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito”.
After she assisted in the release of Alice Marie Johnson from prison, Kim Kardashian West has gotten involved in political activism, particularly prison reform. Kardashian West is now working on a documentary about the subject, which will be released via Oxygen. A release date for the film has not yet been announced, though Oxygen says it will be 2 hours long. Kardashian West wrote on Twitter, “I hope you will learn about the justice system the way I have.”
