Billie Jean King News

With 78 days until Election Day, I Have A Right To Vote, a star-studded music video, has been released to raise awareness around voter suppression, encourage voter education and registration, and increase voter motivation leading into the fall elections.

Singer, songwriter, and activist Nona Hendryx in conjunction with Nubian Q.U.E.E.N.X. (Quantum, Unique, Evolving, Essence of Nubian Sistas), have partnered with the international feminist group JASS (Just Associates) to present a 'Musical Meditation and Celebration of Radical Healing' on Friday, August 14, 2020.

This weekend (July 25-26) in live streaming: Broadway gathers to support Joe Biden, Megan Hilty sings with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!

A Philadelphia Freedom Celebration, presented by Anthem, was held on June 30, starring Billie Jean King, Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Freedoms.

On a special edition of HBO's REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL, the franchise examines how systemic racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic have converged to create an unprecedented moment in sports, when an all-new episode premieres TUESDAY, JUNE 23 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

On a special edition of HBO's REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL, the franchise examines how systemic racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic have converged to create an unprecedented moment in sports, when an all-new episode premieres TUESDAY, JUNE 23 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The 2020 ESPYS Presented by Capital One will have a different look this year, and is shifting its focus from outstanding athletic achievement to further highlight narratives of service, perseverance, and courage within the world of sports.

Today, Her Campus, the number one media brand for college women with over 400 campus chapters, presented its first-ever “I'm Still Graduating” virtual graduation ceremony with a star-studded line-up of today's most inspiring entertainers, musicians, politicians and entrepreneurs, to celebrate and commemorate and uplift the Class of 2020. The event was broadcast digitally on ImStillGraduating.com. Thousands of student graduates from over 800+ schools across the country tuned in!

HISTORY announces today “HISTORY at Home,” a free video series available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. ET across the network's digital and social media platforms – @HISTORY Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube and history.com – for families during this time of distance learning.

Tony Award winners Billy Porter and Kristin Chenoweth have joined the lineup for an upcoming virtual fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

Grammy-nominated Boston songwriter Alastair Moock rescheduled his all-ages release concert for his new album, Be a Pain: An Album for Young (& Old) Leaders (originally slated for March 22) to May 3, 2020 at 12pm at The Burren in Somerville, MA. Tickets are available now via The Burren.

Documentary news series AXIOS airs a new episode on HBO this SUNDAY, MARCH 8 (6:00-6:40 p.m. ET/PT). This week, AXIOS breaks down what viewers need to know about the news and trends shaping our world through an interview with a top Trump Cabinet member on housing programs and a docu short with women sports pioneers on equality and pay equity.

Broadway's Liz Callaway has announced a new concert tour with dates in New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and more!

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Lesley Visser, the pioneering sports reporter and one of the most highly acclaimed female sportscasters of all time, will become the first woman to receive the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. The event will take place in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020.

A+E Networks® today announced that Academy® Award winning actor and producer Matthew McConaughey has joined the lineup of HISTORYTalks. 

Broadway ladies united earlier this month for the world premiere of Award-winning composer Carmel Dean's Well-Behaved Women. The cast included: LaChanze, Liz Callaway, Natascia Diaz, Melissa Rose Hirsh, Bonnie Milligan, Katie Thompson, Kuhoo Verma, Sasha Allen, Andréa Burns, Hannah Elless and Barbara Walsh. Watch an exclusive song from the show, performed by Liz Callaway as Neil Armstrong's wife, Janet Armstrong. 

A+E Networks® today unveiled additional details of HISTORYTalks, a traveling speaker series of live events that will explore newsworthy topics and historical milestones through conversations with global leaders, trailblazers, historians, authors and filmmakers. The series' first event will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York. Details of the event can be found at www.history-talks.com.

Alastair Moock will release new family album about leadership and activism, performing concert with friends in Somerville on March 22. 

Broadway ladies united last weekend for the world premiere of Award-winning composer Carmel Dean's Well-Behaved Women. The cast included: LaChanze, Liz Callaway, Natascia Diaz, Melissa Rose Hirsh, Bonnie Milligan, Katie Thompson, Kuhoo Verma, Sasha Allen, Andréa Burns,Hannah Elless and Barbara Walsh.

Broadway stars Sasha Allen, Andréa Burns and Hannah Elless have joined the world premiere cast of Award-winning composer Carmel Dean's Well-Behaved Women, it was announced today. Premiering at Joe's Pub on Saturday, January 25th, the 7 PM performance sold out in less than 48 hours, and an additional show has been added for 4:30 PM.