The sale process around Univision Communications is set to accelerate as final bids for the Spanish-language broadcaster are believed to be due by the end of next week. Univision hung out the “for sale” sign last July, when the company hired Morgan Stanley, Moelis & Co. and LionTree to advise on a sale process that […]
The bodies of all nine passengers aboard the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday have been recovered, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said on Tuesday. The crash took the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, along with the pilot and six others. Bryant was on his way to […]
The largest film studio on the planet, China’s Hengdian World Studios, has announced it will shut down indefinitely, as productions in other parts of the country also announce they are closing up shop in light of the worsening coronavirus epidemic. On Monday, the local government management committee in charge of the experimental industrial zone where […]
Nandi Rose has announced a new Half Waif album: The Caretaker is out March 27 (via ANTI-). The LP marks Rose’s first release for the label. Along with the announcement, she’s shared a music video for the album’s first single, “Ordinary Talk.” “I wanted to honor and celebrate my ordinariness as an incredible tool for […]
Gorillaz have shared a clip with new music called “Song Machine Theme Tune.” The snippet, which lasts a little more than 20 seconds, comes with a teaser for something called Gorillaz present Song Machine. Find that below. Gorillaz released new albums in 2017 (Humanz) and 2018 (The Now Now). The band’s documentary about the making […]
Atlanta’s Young Nudy has shared a new song called “No Go.” It arrives with a music video co-directed by Nudy and iNIGHTLYFE. Find that below. To accompany the new video, Nudy has announced a U.S. tour that begins on March 20 in Oxford, Mississippi. The trek is currently slated to wrap up in Atlanta on […]
Gen Hoshino shared some behind-the-scenes footage from the “Ain’t Nobody Know” music video shoot, giving fans a close look at how the lush visuals were shot in an actual coffee shop at night. The clip sees the J-pop hitmaker and featured actress Nana Komatsu shooting various close-ups used in the Kyotaro Hayashi-directed video, while also […]
The Cuban singer’s “A Journey Through Cuban Music” tied with Marc Anthony’s “Opus” on Sunday night. Cuban artist Aymée Nuviola scored an upset win at the 2020 Grammy Awards when she tied with Latin superstar Marc Anthony in the tropical Latin album category, which also included multiple Grammy winner Juan Luis Guerra. “I really was […]
For the second time in less than two years, Eminem came out of nowhere on a late Thursday night to drop an album of entirely new material on unsuspecting fans — and for the second time, he’s done major numbers in the process. Music to Be Murdered By follows Eminem’s 2018 fellow surprise LP Kamikaze to the top […]
January 27, 2020 12:01PM PT Southern California radio stations are holding a moment of silence at noon to honor NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday. The stations dedicated one minute and eight seconds of silence to Bryant. The eight extra seconds are a reference to his original jersey number. The Southern California Broadcasters […]
January 27, 2020 12:24PM PT The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) has elected Mark Lanza as president. Lanza succeeds Tom McCarthy. He previously served as treasurer to the organization and begins his two-year term in January. Lanza has been a sound professional for 30 years and is credited on more than 250 feature films and […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was quick to point out on Jan. 13 as the Oscar nominations were announced, that “A record 62 women were nominated, almost one-third of this year’s nominees.” Twenty of those below-the-line nominations were for women and minorities, including Sandy Powell, who secured her 15th nomination for “The […]
Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kirk Franklin held a Sunday Service gospel performance last night. During his segment, West paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, singing, “I was driving home/They was leaving your jersey on the freeway, and I just broke down, broke down, broke down.” In addition, Chance rapped his verse from […]
Nicki Minaj’s brother Jelani Maraj has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for predatory sexual assault against a child, TMZ reports and a court spokesperson confirmed to Pitchfork. He was also sentenced to 364 days in prison for endangering the welfare of a child. Maraj was found guilty of the crimes after […]
The 2020 Grammys took place last night (Sunday, January 26) at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. In true Grammys fashion, the evening’s performances from nominated artists ran the gamut from jaw-dropping conceptual pieces to surprisingly reserved acoustic sets, with a cloud of grief hovering over the proceedings after the shocking death of Kobe Bryant […]
Eminem adds his 22nd Hot 100 top 10. Roddy Ricch‘s “The Box” posts a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Meanwhile, Eminem‘s “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 3. The track is from Eminem’s new album, Music to Be Murdered By, which launches at No. 1 […]
When negar Ali Kline began her career as a stylist in the late 1990s, her music clients included Diddy, Usher, Will Smith (for his Men in Black red carpet appearances) and Destiny’s Child (for the “Say My Name” video). But a few years ago, she began to notice a change: She would be working on […]
Billboard caught up with Koffee on the red carpet at the 2020 Grammy Awards, discussing being nominated for best reggae album (before her big win!), how it feels to have the Obamas as fans and her plans for 2020. Asked about her best reggae album nomination for Rapture, Koffee told Billboard she was both excited and nervous. “[I’m] very honored that my music has […]
GÖTEBORG, Sweden — Chosen to close the discussion dedicated to discrimination against elderly people at the Göteborg Film Festival, Pamela Tola’s “Ladies of Steel” fitted right into this year’s focus on feminism and gender at the Swedish event. Which managed to deliver on its 50/50 promise, with 54% of the presented films being directed by […]
Shock took over Hollywood upon the news that Kobe Bryant died Sunday in an helicopter accident. Bryant was one of at least three passengers who died on board his private helicopter, which crashed in Calabasas, Calif. Octavia Spencer, Chrissy Teigen and Nick Jonas were among the celebrities who shared their disbelief on social media. Spencer […]
The Recording Academy Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion, which issued a blistering statement Friday criticizing the Academy for failing to act on the recommendations put forward in its report last month, on Sunday morning issued a statement saying that it will “continue to work with the leadership at the Academy to urgently enact reforms […]
FKA twigs will perform Sunday night at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, where she’ll take the stage with Sheila E. and Usher for a tribute to the late Prince. twigs said that she would join the previously-announced homage to the Purple One during an interview with Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio show. FKA twigs has […]
It’s Music’s Biggest Night. The 2020 Grammy Awards take place today (January 26) in Los Angeles, California. The broadcast and live stream of the main ceremony begin at 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) on the CBS Television Network and the CBS All Access apps. Before then, however, you can tune into the Premiere Ceremony® […]
Halsey stopped by Saturday Night Live last night to perform a rodeo-riding “You Should Be Sad” and “Finally // beautiful stranger” from her new album, Manic. She also starred alongside host Adam Driver in a sketch called “Slow,” a satirical music video in which the slow-jam ethos reaches its absurdly illogical conclusion. Watch clips from […]
J. Cole and his Dreamville collective spent 10 days at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta last year to record their collaborative album, Revenge of the Dreamers III. A star-studded list of artists and producers headed down south to partake in the recording sessions, and the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. […]
Willie Nelson, who has shaped American culture over six decades as a performer, recording artist, actor, author and activist, was honored first and foremost as a songwriter at the Americana Music Association’s 7th annual pre-Grammy concert Saturday night (Jan. 25) in Los Angeles. Although Nelson, 86, was not present for the tribute at the Troubadour, his […]
Ousted Recording Academy CEO/president Deborah Dugan’s attorneys are calling for her to be reinstated and for board chair Harvey Mason to step down if the organization is serious about reform. Interim CEO and board chair Mason sent a memo to the Academy’s 25,000 members Sunday morning (Jan. 26), in which he stressed that change was needed […]
When it came to depicting the gonzo nature of influencer culture, “Spree” stars Joe Keery and Sasheer Zamata and director Eugene Kotlyarenko did a deep dive into the haves and have-nots of the internet. “Spree,” which premiered Friday at Sundance Film Festival, follows a rideshare driver named Kurt Kunkle (Keery) who will stop at nothing […]
A lovingly preserved Spanish Colonial-style home sited in prime East Gate Bel Air has popped up for sale, flaunting a hefty $17.45 million asking price. Sited just a short hop above Sunset Boulevard and originally built in 1928, the estate was co-designed by Wallace Neff and John Byers — two of the most acclaimed architects […]
The nonstop drama of the Trump White House has succeeded, among other things, in largely pushing gun control from the forefront of the news cycle — no doubt to the relief of the NRA and its allies, despite the continued frequency of U.S. mass shootings. As a result, and perhaps unfairly, Kim A. Snyder’s “Us […]