Manning, Bryan to host CMA Awards
NFL great Peyton Manning and country music star Luke Bryan will host the Country Music Association Awards ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee, organizers announced Monday.
“I cannot wait to head to Nashville and take the CMA Awards stage alongside my friend Luke Bryan,” Manning, 46, said in a statement. “I am such a huge fan of country music, so to have the chance to stand among so many incredibly talented artists is an absolute honor.”
Bryan, 46, won entertainer of the year at the 2014 and 2015 ceremonies and hosted the CMA Awards last year.
“Being a part of such a historical night that honors my peers and country music is such a privilege,” said Bryan.
“When I was asked if Peyton Manning is someone I would consider co-hosting with, I didn’t hesitate,” Bryan said. “We have become great friends through the years, and what he brings to the table is gonna make it even more of a blast.”
The CMA Awards will be held Nov. 9 and air live on ABC.
Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ to open New York festival:
In addition to opening the Venice Film Festival, Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” will also kick off the 60th New York Film Festival.
Film at Lincoln Center, which puts on the annual New York festival, announced Tuesday that “White Noise” will launch this year’s edition on Sept. 30. Baumbach’s
film, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, adapts DeLillo’s classic 1985 novel about a toxic event in a suburban college town.
The Netflix release is already slated to open the 79th Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31. But Baumbach, a New York native, has a long history with the New York Film Festival.
“In 1985, my father and I drove from Brooklyn to see Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ open the 23rd NYFF, the same year that he brought home the hardback of Don DeLillo’s ‘White Noise,’ ” said Baumbach in a statement. “Opening the 60th NYFF with ‘White Noise’ is truly special for me. This festival was part of my film education and has been a home for me and many of my movies over the years.”
The New York festival runs Sept. 30 to Oct. 16.
Mystikal again accused
of rape: Rapper Mystikal was arrested in Louisiana on Monday, accused of rape more than a year after prosecutors dropped charges that had kept him jailed for 18 months in another part of the state. Michael “Mystikal” Tyler was arrested on charges including rape and domestic abuse battery, Sheriff Bobby Webre of Ascension Parish, just outside Baton Rouge, said in a Facebook post Monday.
Webre said deputies were called to a hospital just before midnight Sunday about a sexual assault and interviewed the victim, who had minor injuries. “Through further investigation, Michael ‘Mystikal’ Tyler was identified as a suspect,” the statement said.
The hip-hop legend, 51, pleaded guilty in 2003 to sexual battery and served six years in prison.