USA Today Music — The 95-year-old TV legend will join Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estafan, LL Cool J and Lionel Richie at Sunday's ceremony, which runs Dec. 26 on CBS.             more info

PopSugar UK — Earlier this month, Disney announced the full cast of its 2019 Lion King reboot, and fans were shook by all of the familiar faces, including Beyoncé and Donald Glover, who will be starring in the live-action film as Nala and Simba, respective... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — SERIES NCIS: Los Angeles The team launches a citywide hunt for evidence after a Navy machinist with high security clearance is murdered. Bar Paly guest stars with series regulars Chris O’Donnell, LL Cool J and Linda Hunt. 8 p.m. CBS Dirk Gentl... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Following an eventful first day of the 2017 edition of The Meadows, we returned nice and early on Saturday to catch a set from the experimental group BadBadNotGood. (Big Boi) The rest of the day was heavy on hip-hop, as we caught sets from Big Boi, L... more info

E! Online — On Thursday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the 19 nominees for its 2018 class. Once again, fans can participate in the induction selection process. Starting Oct. 5 and... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Some of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame names nominees for next year's class. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Some of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame names nominees for next year's class. more info

New York Times — The shortlist for 2018 also includes Rage Against the Machine, Bon Jovi, LL Cool J, Judas Priest and more. more info

Stereogum — LL Cool J played a set at The Meadows festival in Queens, New York City yesterday. The Queens-born rapper brought out fellow Queens rappers Q-Tip and Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest for a rendition of Tribe's "Award Tour" from 1993's Midnight Ma... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info