Celebrity Bulletin , August 17 2026

One of the most iconic and influential voices in Latin music, the singer-songwriter will bring his US Tour Gratitud 2026 to Elmont's USB Arena on Aug. 22nd at 8 PM.

The singer-songwriter will bring her headline The Lost Tour with ALEX G to Brooklyn's Barclays Center for three 7:30 PM shows, Sept. 24, 25 & 26.

The actress will conduct NY promotional activities / talk show rounds this week in support of her co-starring role in Netflix's crime thriller The Whisper Man, based on ALEX NORTH's novel, which will hold its invite-only NY Premiere on Monday, Aug. 24th before its Aug. 28th debut. ADAM SCOTT, ACSTON LUCA PORTO, ROBERT DeNIRO, and MICHAEL KEATON co-star.

The rapper will bring his Lil Sunny's Awful Road Trip with special guest ALEMEDA to the Infosys Theater at MSG this Saturday, Aug. 22 at 8 PM.

The 2026 Summer Outlaw Music Festival Tour featuring performances by WILLIE NELSON, THE AVETT BROTHERS, SHERYL CROW, STEPHEN WILSON, JR., ROBERT RANDOLPH, and DON WAS will play Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh on Friday, Aug. 28, beginning at 3:20 PM. The 93 year old NELSON will also publish a new book, THE LAST LEAF: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity—and My Longest Love Affair, out Nov. 10, 2026 via Penguin Press.

The television icon will be in NY on Wednesday, Sept. 9th at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church for an intimate conversation celebrating her new memoir, I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie, as part of 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks. The event will also be livestreamed.

The MLB Hall of Famer will conduct NY and NJ TV, radio and podcasts as well as a book signings in support of his memoir, Touching All the Bases: A Story of Power, Purpose, and Surviving the Bronx, to be published by Matt Holt Books on Sept. 15, 2026 and distributed by Simon & Schuster. WINFIELD's NY / NJ book signings will include the Jackie Robinson Museum (9/9, 6 PM), the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center (9/11, 5 PM), Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue (9/14, Noon) and the 92NY's Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center (9/14, 7:30 PM), among others.

Bonkers in the Boroughs, a world premiere comedy event featuring five original short plays starring JOY BEHAR and a cast of talented friends -- CRAIG BIERKO, VEANNE COX, ROBERT CUCCIOLI, ILLEANA DOUGLAS and LOU LIBERATORE -- directed by RANDAL MYLER, will play Sept. 2-6, 2026 at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY.
 

The performer will return to host the 2026 Global Citizen Festival taking place on Central Park's Great Lawn on Saturday, Sept. 26, featuring musical performances as well as appearances by RACHEL BROSNAHAN and GAYLE KING, with more TBA in the coming weeks.

The 2026 Global Citizen Festival will include MS. LAURYN HILL & WYCLEF JEAN celebrating the 30th anniversary of FUGEES' seminal album The Score,’ performing on Central Park's Great Lawn on Saturday, Sept. 26.

The actor, who stars as "Kayce Dutton" & serves as an Executive Producer on CBS' "Marshals," will be in NYC for a Q&A with showrunner & Executive Producer SPENCER HUDNUT and other cast & Crew TBA, following a exclusive early screening of an episode from the second season of the hit series on Oct. 11, 2026, 6:30 PM as part of PaleyfestNY (Oct. 8-14, 2026) at The Paley Museum. This year's festival will mark a major milestone with the debut of the inaugural PaleyFest Award, a prestigious new honor recognizing excellence in media, television, and entertainment. The 2026 recipients include "Marshals", "American Horror Story," "Dexter: Resurrection," "Tulsa King," "The Gilded Age," "The Diplomat" and Tony and Emmy Award®-winner BILLY CRYSTAL.

The writer-director-producer whose Sitcom: A Memoir will be published by Dey Street Books on Oct. 13, 2026 will be in NY to discuss THE ART OF THE SITCOM on Thursday, Oct. 15th, 7 PM at The Great Hall at Cooper Union.

Inspired by her new book, Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, spiritual teacher, celebrated life coach, television host, and Brooklyn native, will bring the live event Spiritual Hygiene: The Inside Fix to Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker & his work will be honored at The Museum of Modern Art 2026 Film Benefit on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, 7 PM at MoMA (11 W. 53rd St.). The evening will raise funds for the Museum's acquisition and preservation of great films, as well as providing support for upcoming film exhibitions at MoMA.

Disney Theatrical Group's brand-new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman, based on the 2017 smash-hit film, with songs by BENJ PASEK and JUSTIN PAUL, book by TIM FEDERLE and direction and choreography by CASEY NICHOLAW, will premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Spring 2027. The musical will feature the GRAMMY® Award-winning and Academy Award®-nominated songs by the EGOT winners, including "The Greatest Show," "A Million Dreams," "Come Alive," "Rewrite the Stars," "Never Enough" and the Golden Globe® Award-winning "This Is Me," together with their brand-new songs written especially for the musical. The Greatest Showman stars OLIVER TOMPSETT (P.T. Barnum), SAMANTHA BARKS (Charity Barnum), BEN JOYCE (Phillip Carlyle), VAJÈN van den BOSCH (Jenny Lind) and MALINDA PARRIS (Lettie Lutz) with further casting TBA.

The filmmaker and composer will receive the Luminary Award, given to an artist whose singular contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of filmmaking, at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 6th annual fundraising Museum Gala on Oct. 17, 2026.

The renown GRAMMY Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter returns to Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas for a special five show engagement of his Bare Bones solo acoustic show, Wednesday, Oct. 28-Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 at 8 PM. ADAMS will be joined by longtime pianist and collaborator GARY BREIT.

RASHAD will direct the Braodway / Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production of BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS' Purpose for its Los Angeles premiere at the Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 11 for a run through Dec. 13, 2026. The cast features ALANA ARENAS, GLENN DAVIS, JON MICHAEL HILL, LaTANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, HARRY LENNIX, NIJA OKORO & KARA YOUNG.

The 2026 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS ("VMAs") returns to the West Coast for the first time since 2017, broadcasting live from Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE on Sunday, Sept. 27 (7:30-9:30 PM, ET/ 4:30-6:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming live on Paramount+ in the U.S & available globally the next day on Paramount+ and MTV. Nominations, host, performers, presenters and special guests will be revealed in the coming weeks.