Cedric the Entertainer to host Emmys
Cedric the Entertainer is ready to entertain at the Emmy Awards.
The comedian will host the 2021 edition of the award show honoring TV achievements on Sept. 19 in front of a limited audience of nominees and guests at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, CBS and the TV academy announced Monday.
“Since I was a little boy huddled up next to my grandmother, television has always been my reliable friend, so it is an enormous honor for me to host this year’s Emmy Awards,” Cedric the Entertainer said in a statement.
Cedric the Entertainer stars on the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood.” This will be his first time hosting the Emmys.
In addition to airing on CBS, the Emmys will be available to view on the Paramount+ streaming service, organizers said Monday.
Auerbach to direct doc on Dr. John:
Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach will make his directorial debut in hopes of telling an in-depth story about a famed New Orleans-based musician.
RadicalMedia announced their partnership with Auerbach on Monday to create a documentary feature about the late singer-piano player
Dr. John. The project will tell a story about Dr. John’s intricate life along with his musical and cultural impact.
Dr. John was known as the funky New Orleans “night-tripper” musician who blended several musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl. He was a six-time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who was a white man that found a home among Black
New Orleans musicians. He died after a heart attack in 2019.
Auerbach said he’s honored to create a project focused on Dr. John, whom he called a friend. He said Dr. John — whose real name was Mac Rebennack — was a “shining example of the great melting pot of American music.”
Bell gets probation: Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced in Cleveland on Monday to two years’ probation on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15.
Jared “Drake” Bell, 35, of West Hollywood, California, pleaded guilty last month via Zoom to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Cuyahoga County
Judge Timothy McCormick is allowing Bell to serve probation and 200 hours of community service in California.
Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas: The Backstreet Boys — Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson — are returning to the Las Vegas Strip with “A Very Backstreet Christmas Party,” a series of 12 holiday shows at the Planet Hollywood resort this November and December. Tickets go on sale July 16.
July 13 birthdays: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert is 93. Actor Patrick Stewart is 81. Actor Harrison Ford is 79. Comedian Cheech Marin is 75. Actor Didi Conn is 70. Director Cameron Crowe is
64. Actor Michael Jace is
59. Actor Ken Jeong is 52. Singer Deborah Cox is 47. Singer Leon Bridges is 32. Actor Hayley Erin is 27.