Warner Chappell signs Leftfield

A man charged with attacking comedian Dave Chappelle while he was on stage back in May at the Hollywood Bowl has pleaded no contest.

DEALSLitmus Music – yet another equity fund buying up music rights – has acquired the recording rights of Keith Urban. “I have the deepest respect for Keith, his incredible talent and his passion for making great music”, says Litmus co-founder Dan McCarroll. “He’s a musically insatiable musician, record maker, performer and songwriter”.Downtown Music Services has signed up Colbie Caillat, Francis Karel, Lily Meola, Loren Gray, Rebecca Black and Yung Bae to it artist services offerings, including distribution, publishing administration, creative marketing and finance.

Not having it. Elon Musk was booed off stage by the audience at Dave Chappelle’s most recent show.

Gogglebox star Ellie Warner has announced the exciting news that she and her partner Nat Eddleston are set to become parents next year - just months after he was left fighting for his life in hospital.

Warner Chappell has signed songwriter Amy Allen, who has penned hits for the likes of Harry Styles, Halsey and Lizzo.Warner Chappell Music President North America, Ryan Press, says: “Amy has made a name for herself in pop music, helping to pen many of the genre’s biggest hits. Her recent Grammy nomination for the first ever Songwriter Of The Year Award is a huge, once in a lifetime opportunity and an incredible moment for her.

Warner Chappell has signed a new publishing deal with Scissor Sisters covering the on hiatus band’s songs and principle songwriters, Jake Shears and Scott ‘Baby Daddy’ Hoffman.“Baby Daddy and I are really proud of all the music we’ve created together and couldn’t be happier to have Warner Chappell Music looking after our songs going forward”, says Shears. “The worldwide team have some really awesome and ambitious ideas of how they’ll reinvigorate our catalogue and we can’t wait to see what they do”.Baby Daddy adds: “The Scissor Sisters songs still connect with so many fans all over the world, and we’re so excited to have found a home with the worldwide acclaim of Warner Chappell Music.

Hacks star Hannah Einbinder is the latest to weigh in on Dave Chappelle’s now-infamous monologue from Saturday’s installment of Saturday Night Live. While NBC remains mum on the fallout from the comedian’s appearance, Einbinder took to social media to acknowledge that “yeah, the Chappelle monologue was littered with antisemitism” and added he “did it masterfully.”

Jon Stewart appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday evening, and addressed recent controversies surrounding Kanye West, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and comedian Dave Chappelle. During the 12-minute segment, Stewart told his former Daily Show colleague, “I don’t believe censorship and penalties are the way to end antisemitism.”

Dave Chappelle‘s third time hosting Saturday Night Live proved to be fruitful for NBC, as the episode hit a season high in ratings over the weekend.

Controversial, mistakenly-thought-to-be-canceled comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis CK are among the Grammy Award nominees this year for Best Comedy Album.

If this is true, Dave Chappelle knew exactly how damaging his words were going to be…