Music Biz Conference to Hold Zoom Talks This Week With Execs From Spotify, Warner, More

“The High Note” began life as a screenplay titled “Covers,” and at times the music-themed drama turns into a tribute to the power of a cover song performed by someone other than the person who originated it: Aretha Franklin with Bobby “Blue” Bland’s “Share Your Love,” the Staples Singers with the Band’s “The Weight,” P.P Arnold with Cat Stevens’ “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” the Dixie Chicks with Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” …

Australian retailer BIG W has slashed its prices on big-named electronics, beauty products, appliances, cookware and more as a part of their half-price sale.

In December 2017, two months after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein came to light, former music industry executive Drew Dixon went public with her story accusing hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of rape. When the documentary On The Record, which recounts her story and decision to come forward, debuts May 27 on HBO Max, it lands at a different moment on the #MeToo trajectory.

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'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' bosses have held crisis talks to determine whether the show can still go ahead this year.

'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' bosses have held crisis talks to determine whether the show can still go ahead this year.

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(Bloomberg Opinion) — Spotify Technology SA has long purported to be the next Netflix Inc. Signing Joe Rogan in a deal that could earn the podcaster more than $100 million helps the music streamer start to deliver on that promise.

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Olivia Holt, who starred in Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, is heading back to Freeform as the lead in the Jessica Biel-produced series Cruel Summer.

Stockholder rights plans, also known as "poison pills," have made a comeback amid the novel coronavirus pandemic as companies devise defenses against hostile takeover attempts from investors looking to take advantage of weakened stock prices. Radio and streaming audio giant iHeartMedia unveiled one on May 6, joining other companies in the broader entertainment space such as theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment and in-flight entertainment provider Global Eagle Entertainment.

The week's listings include full sets or cameos by Dolly Parton, Elton John, Finneas, Lewis Capaldi, Kenny Chesney, Audra McDonald, D-Nice, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi and scores more.

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Just when it seems Tom Cruise has conquered every feat in Hollywood, he has another trick up his sleeve. The 57-year-old movie icon is reportedly working with NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop a film shot in outer space, according to Deadline.

While shooting his hit FXX series Dave, Lil Dicky had to take elaborate efforts to protect his privates from public view. In the series, Dave Burd plays a quasi-version of himself, Dave, who is on the rise to stardom as Lil Dicky the rapper.

The cast of “This Is Us” are used to seeing each other on the set of the hit NBC drama, but now that TV and film productions have been halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic they’ve had to resort to other measures.

Just over two months ago, George MacKay was outfitted in a designer tuxedo and sitting at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the Academy Awards, where his film was up for 10 Oscars. (It eventually won three.) It was the culmination of the 28-year-old's first awards season gauntlet, a series of ceremonies that proved to be both as monumental as he'd imagined and also...not.