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Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Spotify paid out $9 billion in streaming royalties last year, the streaming giant said Tuesday in its latest "Loud and Clear" report. Spotify's fourth annual report, which originally launched in 2021... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) --
A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust," court records... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Bicoastal production company Supply&Demand has brought Jay Larson aboard its directorial roster, marking the start of his commercialmaking career. Larson is a hybrid talent with chops as a stand-... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
World War Seven (WW7) has added Jamaal Parham and Bashan Aquart, known as the directing duo Jams and Bash, to its roster of directorial talent for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Can you feel the Kenergy? Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance of the "Barbie" power ballad "I'm Just Ken" stole the show earlier this month. The popularity of his star-studded, Slash-soloing, "... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

CHICAGO --
ColorNation has added colorists Mary Perrino and Ana Rita to its talent roster. Perrino is a veteran New York-based colorist who’s worked out of her own studio, La Voglia, for nearly a decade... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

NEW YORK --
Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) announced that Kristen Cavallo will be retiring as global CEO of MullenLowe this spring and will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity until 2025... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

Frida Kahlo used her own experiences to inform her art. In that spirit, Kahlo's personal writings are used to help tell the story of her life in a new documentary, "Frida." Filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) --
It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually... read more


Monday, Mar. 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Saatchi & Saatchi has hired Elaine Cox as executive creative director. The advertising veteran will be based in Los Angeles, reporting to chief creative officer Jason Schragger. Cox will partner... read more


Sunday, Mar. 17, 2024

"Kung Fu Panda 4" stayed at the top of the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and DreamWorks Animation movie earned $30 million in ticket sales, according to... read more


Sunday, Mar. 17, 2024

Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job. Then he started posting... read more


Sunday, Mar. 17, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Usher was named entertainer of the year at the 55th annual NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, which highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Usher accepted his award at the... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK --
Serial Pictures has signed DGA Award-nominated filmmaker and Grammy-winning music producer D. Smith for commercials, branded entertainment and music video representation in North America. This marks... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES & LONDON --
Black Dog Films has signed artist duo PXKRW for worldwide representation spanning commercials, branded content, music videos, installations and tours visuals. Known for creating engaging dream worlds... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) --
"Civil War," Alex Garland's election-year provocation, debuted Thursday at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, unveiling a violent vision of a near-future America at war with itself. "Civil War,"... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Pete Distad has been named CEO of the new sports streaming service being jointly formed by ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery. Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) --
Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Thursday to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie... read more


Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
In the midst of Women’s History Month--and with International Women’s Day (3/8) having been commemorated just last week--the time seems especially right to celebrate the dual career of... read more


Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

A new series transforms the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln into a true crime thriller that goes deeper into the story than most textbooks. Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was... read more


Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

By the time Nicholas Winton died in 2015 at the ripe age of 106, the former London stockbroker and self-proclaimed "ordinary man" had been widely recognized for his extraordinary deeds — rescuing 669... read more



Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

NEW YORK --
Imagine that you’ve coaxed iconic rockers Alice Cooper and John Oates to appear in short videos promoting the final entry deadline into your advertising awards competition for music and sound, only... read more


Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
For generations, German composer Hans Zimmer 's film scores have soundtracked magic movie moments in "The Lion King," "Gladiator," the "Dark Knight" trilogy, and most recently, "Dune" and "Dune: Part... read more


Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
If you participated in Atlanta's wildest gathering called Freaknik back in the day, then beware: You might be featured in Hulu's new documentary about the legendary street party that became popular... read more