Perry, Bloom welcome a baby girl
Katy Perry has given birth to a baby girl named Daisy Dove Bloom.
The pop superstar and her partner, actor Orlando Bloom, got UNICEF to announce the news on its Instagram account. Both Perry and Bloom are goodwill ambassadors for the United Nations agency that helps children.
UNICEF posted a black and white photograph of the infant's hand and said the happy couple told the organization: “We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter.”
In the Instagram post, the couple also spoke about how fortunate they were to have had a “peaceful” birthing experience with good health care — something, they said, many families do not experience.
The baby is Perry's first. Bloom and his former wife, Miranda Kerr, have a son, Flynn, born in 2011.
Tyrese releases Floydinspired song:
Grammynominated singer and actor Tyrese said watching the death of George Floyd inspired him to create the song “Legendary” and its powerful accompanying video “8:46.” Both the song and video were slated for release Friday.
“When I say that George Floyd's death has given me life, this is what I mean: He has lit a fire in me that has had me sitting dormant,” Tyrese said.
“Legendary,” co-starring CeeLo Green, features Tyrese singing and rapping, while the video includes a scene of Tyrese with his face pressed against the ground as an officer's knee cripples his neck, replicating the last moments of Floyd's life.
All of the proceeds from the song and video will be donated and managed by the office of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the families of Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Jacob Blake.
Rivera, Estefan, Miranda to star in benefit:
Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thalia will headline a benefit digital concert in October to celebrate Latino culture and achievement in theater.
“Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices” will be held online Oct. 1 and hosted by Andrea Burns. It will be directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
“It's going to celebrate the past. It's going to pay attention to the present and look to the future,” said Trujillo.
The concert will be broadcast on Playbill.com, Playbill's YouTube Channel and on The Broadway League's Viva.Broadway website. Proceeds will support Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS and Broadway Bridges.
Aug. 28 birthdays: Actor Sonny Shroyer is 85. Actor David Soul is 77. Singer Wayne Osmond is 69.
Actor Daniel Stern is 63. Singer Shania Twain is 55. Actor Jack Black is 51.
Actor Jason Priestley is 51. Singer Jake Owen is 39. Singer LeAnn Rimes is 38. Singer Florence Welch is
34. Actor Shalita Grant is
32. Actor Kyle Massey is 29.