My Friends Place Summer Festival is Sunday, August 9th – Thursday August 13th, for more info visit MyFriendsPlace.org
Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wXDa1eWA0M
beverlypress.com – My Friend’s Place to Host Festival for Youth in Need
My Friend’s Place canceled its annual “Ending Youth Homelessness” in-person gala due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but, in place, the organization created a virtual multi-day series event “My Friend’s Place Summer Festival.”
The festival will begin on Aug. 9 at 5 p.m. with “Standing Together: A Virtual Concert,” which will benefit youth experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. “My Friend’s Place Summer Festival” will close with “A Night United,” hosted by “Grey’s Anatomy” star and My Friend’s Place volunteer Giacomo Gianniotti, on Aug. 13.
Since its inception in 1988, My Friend’s Place has assisted tens of thousands of youth experiencing homelessness between the ages 12 and 25 discover a path to wellness, self-sufficiency and a permanent exit from homelessness.
Full article here: https://beverlypress.com/2020/08/my-friends-place-to-host-festival-for-youth-in-need/
cbs8.com – JoJo Reveals How She Convinced Demi Lovato to Collaborate on ‘Lonely Hearts’ (Exclusive)
Quarantine has been a busy time for JoJo, with new music and an exciting collaboration with Demi Lovato. Speaking with ET, the songstress dished on working with the pop icon after years of friendship and mutual respect.
“She is so supportive and so, so sweet,” JoJo told ET’s Katie Krause during a recent virtual sit-down. “Her and Sam Smith were talking about how much they loved my new album… they did like, this joint interview, and they were both talking about it, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, that is so sweet!'”
JoJo said she texted Lovato after hearing her kind words about her album Good to Know, which came out on May 1, and they went back and forth talking about their latest music.
“I think she told me that ‘Lonely Hearts’ was one of her favorites, and I was like, ‘Why don’t you get on it?’ And she was like, ‘OK.’ So really it was like that. And we were able to make it happen.”
broadwayworld.com – Trumpian Satire CHIEF ZABU Comes to VOD This Friday
CHIEF ZABU, a long-awaited film produced in 1986 but never released, will be available on VOD beginning tomorrow, Friday, August 7, on streaming channels Vudu, Amazon, Google and Apple iTunes.
Written and produced by creative multi-talents Neil Cohen and Zack Norman, this witty slice of entertainment brings the socio-political comedy, CHIEF ZABU, to the comfort of our living rooms.
Full article here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Trumpian-Satire-CHIEF-ZABU-Comes-to-VOD-This-Friday-20200806
etonline.com – How to Watch the ‘Standing Together’ Concert Benefiting My Friend’s Place
JoJo and more artists are coming together to support youth experiencing homelessness. The “Standing Together” benefit concert for My Friend’s Place, an organization that works to aid this underserved community, is set to stream on Sunday, Aug. 9, with the GRAMMY-winning singer among the lineup of performers.
Providing assistance, shelter and education for unhoused young people in Los Angeles since 1988, this year, My Friend’s Place’s annual Ending Youth Homelessness Gala, which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been replaced by the virtual My Friend’s Place Summer Festival, kicking off with this concert on Sunday.
Full article here: https://www.etonline.com/how-to-watch-the-standing-together-concert-benefiting-my-friends-place-150812
nytimes.com – Concerts in Your Car featuring Zoppe Italian Family Circus
On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered encouraging news for residents who have been whipsawed by moves to push ahead with a patchwork reopening process and surging case numbers.
The state’s average number of new cases each day over the past week had decreased, as had intensive care admissions. The state’s average positivity rate over the past two weeks decreased to 7 percent.
But Mr. Newsom cautioned that the numbers aren’t a sign that the state should consider easing restrictions again.
“It’s good to see this number trending down, not trending up,” he said. “We need to see another few weeks of this kind of data coming in to feel more confident about where we are as a state.”
Full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/biden-vp-karen-bass-kamala-harris.html
