Artist Development Platform Xposure Aims to Unlock a ‘New Front Door’ to the Music Business

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly looking for a new home in a private Californian community, just a couple of years after their move to the US.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are keen to move to the Hope Ranch community, a coastal suburb of Santa Barbara, California, because their $14 million mansion in Montecito "does not properly accommodate them," according to reports. When Meghan gave an interview with The Cut earlier this year, the reporter described their Montecito mansion as "startlingly big" but it seems the couple apparently aren't totally content in the property.

Thania Garcia Nicki Minaj fired off at YouTube on Monday afternoon after the platform age-restricted her “Likkle Miss Remix” music video with dancehall artist Skeng, alleging that the company is “in bed” with rival artists’ camps. “Imagine this. They restricted my fucking video but have things a million fucking times worse on their bogus fking platform,” Minaj wrote in an Instagram caption for a screenshot of a YouTube community guidelines violation notice. “This is what they do to keep you from winning while doing ads for other ppl and posting fake fking stats. Because the same ppl who run YouTube are in bed with a certain record label and mngmnt company.”

There’s one hair trend that has stuck around all year and that’s the bob. For months now celebs have been rushing to chop their long lengths in favour of shoulder-skimming, easier to manage styles – and the trend isn’t going anywhere for autumn/winter. Also joining the short hair club this week is Louise Redknapp, who has ditched her long blonde lengths in favour of something shorter and beachier.

Global Citizen provided, much like the city that hosted it, a melting pot of artists from as far away as Spain (Rosalia) and Italy (Maneskin) and as local as New Jersey natives, Charlie Puth and the Jonas Brothers, and Long Island’s own Mariah Carey. The crowds were out in force in Central Park, staying late to catch headliner Metallica. It helped that the weather cooperated and made for smooth entry and exit for the tens of thousands in attendance. Backstage, a who’s who of the music industry gathered, including Guy Oseary, Universal Music Group’s Michele Anthony, Arista Records chairman David Massey, Brooklyn Bowl owner Peter Shapiro, agent Marsha Vlasic, Warner Records’ Eric Wong and Karen Kwak and L.A. Reid, currently working with Carey as executive producer of her next album.

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool is heading to Broadway, the comic monologist announced today during a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Gordan Dillard is trading SALXCO, management home to Doja Cat, for Capitol Music Group where he joins as executive vice president of A&R and artist development. The Los Angeles-based Dillard, who plans to maintain a “strong presence” in New York, reports to CMG chair and CEO Michelle Jubelirer and is tasked with signing and developing artists across the pool of Universal Music Group labels. His start date was Sept. 19. Dillard will continue to manage Doja Cat alongside Lydia Asrat, Josh Kaplan and SALXCO founder/CEO Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, who noted: “SALXCO is about building a culture of young entrepreneurs to watch them grow into some of the industry’s most powerful players. I am so proud of Gordan and all his success.”

Police have issued an appeal for information after the front door of a home was set alight in Leigh.

Industry Blackout At some point, every person who works in the music industry has to grapple with the fact that its not-all-that-distant past is rooted in racism and financial exploitation. Capitol Records is no exception. The 80 year-old label’s legacy of Black artists includes Nat King Cole, Tina Turner and George Clinton, but its roster has featured few others throughout its history, right up to the present.  In 2022, the label rolled out FN Meka, a digital rapper so offensive in pulling from the worst stereotypes of how appropriators view our culture, that it single-handedly set back the clock on equality.  The controversy was initially called out by Black music executives and notable figures in the hip-hop community and led our advocacy group, Industry Blackout, to issue a statement addressing the matter directly to Capitol Records. Variety itself reported that sources said the company was already in the process of terminating the deal — however, we take issue with that, as we believe it was our supporters and affiliates that sparked the conversation to begin with.

EXCLUSIVE: Caitlin Mehner (Dopesick), Darien Sills-Evans (Superior Donuts), and C.S. Lee (Dexter) have joined the cast of CBS’ fall drama East New York in recurring roles.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have mastered the art of coordinated couple style. The lovebirds attended the Tommy Hilfiger spring 2023 show during New York Fashion Week in looks that had Us doing a double take.

Julia Fox strutted a wet and slippery runway at the Skyline Drive-In in Brooklyn on Sunday night, as Tommy Hilfiger brought the third day of New York Fashion week to a close in a downpour. As guests — among them Kate Moss, Shawn Mendes, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker — took their seats cowering under umbrellas and plastic ponchos, the drizzle turned torrential. But that wasn’t going to stop Hilfiger’s first on-schedule New York Fashion Week event in three years.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are sharing some steamy PDA!

Marvel project from Uncharted director Amy Hennig’s new studio Skydance New Media has finally been revealed.The first look trailer was shown at yesterday’s (September 9) Disney and Marvel Games Showcase with the untitled project set to feature both Black Panther and Captain America.The game will be set during World War 2 and the action looks set to be split between Europe and Wakanda. The “narrative-driven, ensemble adventure” will have players controlling an ensemble of four characters including a young Steve Rogers, aka Captain America and Azzuri, T’Challa’s grandfather and the WWII-era Black Panther.

Saucy Santana is seeking to keep the viral momentum alive with a new solo single called "I'm Too Much." The Florida rapper debuted the song during an appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. It arrives via RCA, and you can hear it below.