ASCAP to honor songwriters, publishers with virtual awards

Pop Smoke, the beloved Brooklyn rapper and face of the New York drill movement who was fatally shot in February at age 20.The deal covers all work written by the late artist, including breakthrough hit "Welcome to the Party" and his upcoming debut album, which was largely completed prior to his passing and will be released posthumously this summer by Steven Victor's joint venture with Universal Music Group, Victor Victor Worldwide.“Pop meant so much to so many people across the world," Warner

HARD COVER FICTION 1. “Camino Winds” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. “The Lies That Bind” by Emily Griffin (Ballantine) 3.

Both Twitter and Square are making #Juneteenth (June 19th) a company holiday in the US, forevermore. A day for celebration, education, and connection.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCicely Tyson, whose more than seven decades of work across stage, screen and TV includes iconic small-screen roles as Jane Pittman, Coretta Scott King and the mother of Rosa Parks, was unveiled Monday as the recipient of the Peabody Awards’ Career Achievement Award.

 George Floyd  has shaken the United States and world to its core. However, it was not the first police-involved homicide committed against an unarmed African American in 2020 or within the span of a month.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterIndependent artists from around the world will be featured on a new compilation called “Talk – Action = Zero,” which pays tribute to black Americans who have been died due to police brutality. “Talk – Action = Zero” is out today (Friday, June 5) exclusively on Bandcamp — which today is waiving its sales fee, meaning all money will go to Black Visions, which will receive all proceeds from the album.

Demi Lovato is encouraging fans to send cards to Kentucky lawmakers demanding change to mark the birthday of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman killed by police.Taylor, who was shot to death during a police raid on her apartment in March (2020), would have turned 27 on Friday (June 5, 2020), and Lovato has called on Instagram fans and followers to honor her life by calling attention to her senseless killing.“It’s Breonna Taylor’s birthday this Friday…,” Lovato wrote.

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Calling it “a clear threat to the health and safety of journalists we represent,” the New York Times union harshly criticized the paper’s decision to publish an opinion piece that urged the U.S. military to crush the George Floyd protests.

By Bruce Haring

NEW YORK -- Four of the country's biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including such favorites as Toni Morrison's “Song of Solomon,” Malcolm Gladwell's “Blink” and Cormac McCarthy's “The Road."

Fans will have to wait a little longer for the upcoming virtual Tony Awards.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi — Photography by Todd Franson

NEW YORK -- Four of the country's biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including such favorites as Toni Morrison's “Song of Solomon,” Malcolm Gladwell's “Blink” and Cormac McCarthy's “The Road."