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Richard Tandy, Keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra, Dies at 76
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Universal Music Group and TikTok Strike New Music Licensing Agreement
The two companies had been at loggerheads over royalties paid out by TikTok, with UMG pulling the music of artists such as Drake, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga from the social media platform.
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How Hillary Clinton Helped Make Joe Biden’s Howard Stern Interview Happen
Last week, President Biden was invited to his show for a rare, intimate conversation that Stern's executive producer credited to Team Clinton.
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Duane Eddy, Twangy Guitar Hero of Early Rock, Dies at 86
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he sold more than 100 million records worldwide and had big hits with “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn."
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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers for Defamation In Docuseries
Dan Schneider has sued Investigation Discovery for defamation over his portrayal in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, accusing the company of falsely implying that he sexually abused children who worked on the Nickelodeon series he created and ran. Schneider, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says […]
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Sheryl Crow on AI in Music: “Congress Needs to Act Now” (Guest Column)
I am not a scientist. I am an artist. I cannot begin to spout scientific data on what we will become once artificial intelligence outsmarts us. I can read the predictions of how our workforce will be replaced by AI. I can read the warnings from Stephen Hawking that go back as far as 1996 […]
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New Harvey Weinstein Trial Planned for After Labor Day
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. […]
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Mama Cass’ Daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell Opens Up About Origin of Urban Legend Around Mom’s Death
Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of late The Mamas & the Papas member Cass Elliot, is setting the record straight on her mother’s death in her new memoir, My Mama, Cass. In July 1974, Cass passed away in London from a heart attack when Elliot-Kugell was 7-years-old, dying in her sleep at age 32. However, an […]
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Tony Pigg, Longtime Rock Radio DJ in New York, Dies at 85
Tony Pigg, the popular DJ and on-air personality at WPLJ-FM and two other New York rock radio stations for more than three decades, has died. He was 85. Pigg died Friday of natural causes at his home in New York City, his wife of 37 years, Lucinda Scala Quinn, told The Hollywood Reporter. Pigg also […]
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Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli Protesters Clash at UCLA
Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-Israel demonstrators tried to pull down barricades surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hours earlier, police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the […]
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Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Protesters From Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall After Occupation
Police cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall late Tuesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the day. Hundreds of NYPD officers acted after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and restore order on campus and sought help from […]
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FKA Twigs Developing Her Own Deepfake to Interact With Fans
FKA Twigs will develop a deepfake AI version of herself to facilitate fan interactions, the musician said on Tuesday. Twigs, a British singer-songwriter, appeared on Capitol Hill this week to testify in support of regulations controlling AI deepfakes, but added that when well-controlled, the technology can be quite helpful to artists. “In the past year, […]
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Barbra Streisand Surprised by Backlash Over Her Melissa McCarthy Ozempic Comment
Barbra Streisand is seemingly taken aback by the backlash she has received regarding an Ozempic comment she left on Melissa McCarthy’s latest Instagram post. The EGOT winner took to her social media Tuesday to offer an explanation for her remark, writing, “OMG — I went on Instagram to see the photos we’d posted of the […]
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‘Futurama’ Getting Art Book Treatment From Abrams ComicArts (First-Look)
Futurama, the cult animated comedy series created by Matt Groening, is getting the deluxe art book treatment. Abrams ComicArts, one of the leaders in the trendy format, will release The Art of Futurama, billed as the first art book to delve into the development and history of the acclaimed sci-fi comedy. The book will be […]
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Warner Bros. in Talks to Land Olivia Wilde, LuckyChap Comic Book Movie ‘Avengelyne’
Avengelyne may be flying to Warner Bros., with the studio in early talks to acquire the comic book package that hit earlier this month. Don’t Worry Darling filmmaker Olivia Wilde is attached to direct the feature, with Barbie team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap producing. The banner has a first-look deal […]
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Anita Hill on Harvey Weinstein Reversal: “Our Movement Will Persist”
This week’s reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction sent shockwaves through survivor communities. It’s grossly ironic, if not outright cynical, that the release comes during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; it says volumes about the contemporary reality of sexual assault and the limits of legal protections against it. The case forces us to acknowledge that societal misconceptions […]
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