LL Cool J News

HAMILTON's #Ham4Ham lottery performance has quickly become one of Broadway's most enjoyable new traditions. In today's special pre-show performance, THE KING AND I's Kelli O'Hara covered both LL Cool J and Frank Loesser ('Somebody Somewhere' from THE MOST HAPPY FELLA), accompanied by HAMILTON star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check it out below, shot by Howard Sherman!

Road tested everywhere from Brooklyn clubs to Electric Elephant festival, 'It's EZ' and 'Deep Into It' deliver the goods, from hands-in-the-air hooks to speaker rattling bass and emotive keys.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: CLUE gets the cabaret treatment, Tyler Perry brings MADEA to the stage, LORD OF THE FLIES starts up at Regent's Park and more!

Hershey Theatre is proud to welcome The Hit Men to the stage tonight, August 29 at 8:00 p.m.

The 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by BET Networks (BET) with founding sponsor HBO, today announced all of the films that will be showcased.

The Paley Center for Media adds additional talent to its two-week PaleyFest Fall TV Previews festival, taking place September 9 - 16, at the Center's Los Angeles location (465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210). Music superstar Ricky Martin will make his first-ever Paley Center appearance for a special onstage conversation and preview of his new series La Banda at the Univision Fall TV Previews panel on September 10.

Five self-absorbed customers find themselves trapped together in Starbucks in the latest off-beat comedy from Emmy Award-winning writer Peter Lefcourt. Set around the corner in a West L.A. franchise, the world premiere of Cafe Society, presented by Theatre Planners and directed by Terri Hanauer, opens as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre tonight, August 22.

The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival  will host a special LGBT program spotlighting noted African American gay themed films 'Love for Passion' by Nathan Hale Williams and'The Strange Thing About the Johnsons' by Ari Aster together with the play 'Tricks' by Hispanic playwright Byrant Hernandez and directed by Van Dirk Fisher  at Tato Laviera Theatre, 240 East 123rd St on Wednesday, August 19th at 9pm and at the Poet's Den Theatre, 309 East 108th Street on Saturday, August 22nd at 3pm.

THE HIT MEN, a brotherhood of five musicians who've worked in the studio and on tour with the biggest musical names in the business including Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Carly Simon, Jim Croce, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Sting, Paul McCartney and many more, will offer two special concerts Labor Day Weekend in The Hamptons on Sunday, September 6 at 7pm & 9:30pm at Guild Hall in East Hampton(tickets are $40-$75/ www.GuildHall.org). Last summer THE HIT MEN offered an incredible concert at Guild Hall, so this year they asked them back for two shows, a surefire way to end summer on a high note.

A special guest will join Taraji P. Henson for a jaw-dropping performance of 'Just Fine' by Mary J. Blige!

Below, watch a sneak peek of acobson's incredible performance of 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' by Jennifer Hudson (from the 'Dreamgirls' Soundtrack).

HBO has made an overall first-look deal for premium television with visionary multi-platform producer Russell Simmons' new media company All Def Digital (ADD). Under the terms of the agreement, the Def Jam Records co-founder and his team will create and develop a wide range of television projects for HBO.

Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah has joined the cast of NBC's highly-anticipated musical, THE WIZ LIVE! in the role of the Wiz

NEW YORK, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Chi Modu's Uncategorized was born in NYC in 2013 as an outdoor installation of massive images of Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, and others, that got the city talking. In 2014, it morphed into a provocative, record-breaking solo exhibit at Pori Art Museum in Finland. Now, it has taken shape in a book that lives up to its Uncategorized name by defying description. In it are images, many of them never seen before, of the most important figures in hip hop, taken during that era's defining years, the 1990s.

Five self-absorbed customers find themselves trapped together in Starbucks in the latest off-beat comedy from Emmy Award-winning writer Peter Lefcourt. Set around the corner in a West L.A. franchise, the world premiere of Cafe Society, presented by Theatre Planners and directed by Terri Hanauer, opens as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre on August 22.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS host Andy Cohen will visit this Thursday's LIP SYNC BATTLE on Spike TV, channeling his inner Loverboy.

Justin Bieber gets personal with his convincing performance of 'Big Girls Don't Cry' by Fergie on this week's LIP SYNC BATTLE on Spike TV. Get a sneak peek below!

Spike's wildly popular breakout hit series, 'Lip Sync Battle' is going LIVE in New York City tonight, July 13, as part of the City Parks Foundation's SummerStage festival.

Will Arnett makes things a little more awesome with his incredible performance of 'Everything is AWESOME!!!' by Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island

Alison Brie comes in hot with her popping performance of 'Shoop' by Salt-N-Pepa on this week's LIP SYNC BATTLE.