Empire Publishing, the publishing division of the independent powerhouse music company of the same name, has entered a new agreement with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shaboozey, who is also on the Empire label. His track record of course includes the RIAA-Diamond certified hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and the gold album “Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m […]VarietyRead More
Did I believe that Chris Pine, with his waxed and coiffed Beverly Hills look, is a sad-sack divorced physician who wears a stethoscope around his neck as he runs his quaint office as a general practitioner in Cleveland, Ohio? Not quite. But as Noah, Pine gives a performance that’s rippled with anger and vulnerability, and…
It’s going up, up, up! “KPop Demon Hunters” has won the Golden Globe for best original song, “Golden.“ Accepting the award were songwriters EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick and Lee Hee-joon. A tearful EJAE said, “When I was a little girl, I worked tirelessly for 10 years to fill one dream, to become a Kpop idol, and…
Viola Davis is adding novelist to her impressive resume with the upcoming release of “Judge Stone,” a courtroom thriller she co-wrote with perennial bestseller James Patterson. The book — set to hit shelves on March 9 — marks Davis’s first full foray into adult fiction. Published by Little, Brown and Company, “Judge Stone” centers on…
There aren’t many movies merrily described by their writer/director as the “most naughty, feral, fucking crazy ensemble film about a group of kids in remission who go to a summer camp and all they want to do is takes loads of drugs and have a fun time.” But then there aren’t many filmmakers like 25-year-old…
Netflix, in one of its biggest-ever acquisitions, reportedly will pay up to $600 million for InterPositive, the AI filmmaking tools start-up founded by Ben Affleck. Affleck and InterPositive’s investors will earn as much as $600 million from the Netflix deal if the company meets “certain performance targets,” Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The amount that…
And the Oscar goes to….Madison Avenue. Disney has sold out all its available commercial inventory tied to its March 15 Oscars telecast, according to John Campbell, senior vice president of entertainment and streaming solutions at Disney Advertising during an interview Thursday. He declined to comment on the cost of a 30-second ad in the glitzy…
