André Braugher Joins Debra Messing In Broadway’s Upcoming ‘Birthday Candles’

By Jake Kanter

The four women on the eight-member executive committee for The Recording Academy’s board of directors released a statement Wednesday (Jan. 22) afternoon defending the organization. The statement, which went to the Recording Academy’s membership, is in response to allegations

By Patrick Hipes, Erik Pedersen

Chuck D has thrown his support behind Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan in a sharply-worded statement blasting the organization following her suspension. On Thursday, news broke that Dugan had been placed on administrative leave just over a week ahead of the 2020 Grammy Awards, due to what t

By Anita Bennett

By Bruce Haring

“Change is afoot,” Deborah Dugan said more than once during interviews with Variety in the weeks before her shocking removal from her post as president/CEO of the Recording Academy after just five months on the job. During those conversations, Dugan spoke of changes she planned to make in the Academy’s staffing organization, its Board of Trustees and its reporting structure.

Chuck D, frontman of Public Enemy — who are receiving the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys next week — posted a long statement on Instagram criticizing the Recording Academy over its sudden ousting of new president/CEO Deborah Dugan yesterday.

Life after Broad City has been going well for Ilana Glazer.The multi-hyphenate star recently released her Amazon stand-up special Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning, and joined The Hollywood Reporter In Studio to discuss addressing topics of gender norms and her sexuality."The gender norms thing is interesting to me. I am so grateful to the trans community, the LGBTQ community and trans people of color.

In the wake of her suspension as Recording Academy president and CEO, which blindsided industry players in and outside of the academy late Thursday night, Deborah Dugan said through her attorney that she'll soon "expose" what really happened."What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told," said Dugan's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Grammy awards have often caused controversy and it seems like this year may be no different.

Less than 12 hours after news broke that Deborah Dugan had been placed on administrative leave from her post as president/CEO of the Recording Academy, her attorney fired back with a statement.

Deborah Dugan, who took over as Recording Academy president/CEO on Aug.

As the music industry reeled in the wake of Deborah Dugan’s sudden removal from her post as president/CEO of the Recording Academy on Thursday — a mere five months after she’d taken charge, and just ten days before the Grammy Awards — even insiders were stunned by the abruptness of the move and perplexed by the purported reasons for it. Whatever the cause, it threw the Academy, which was preparing for its first show under a new boss with big ideas, into chaos.

She faces an allegation of misconduct

By Peter White

After six years and three albums as part of Brasher/Bogue, Andy Brasher is going solo again with his first outing in 14 years, Myna Bird -- from which opening track "21" is premiering on Billboard today (Jan. 15)."It was terrifying at first, actually, because it was a big change, and our band was doing really well," Brasher, who released his previous solo set in 2006, tells Billboard, referencing the duo's history opening for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and others.