Beatport Launches Exclusive Livestream Partnership With Twitch

Naman Ramachandran U.K. factual indie Woodcut Media has launched an international distribution and sales business.Woodcut International will focus on global sales of a program catalog of some 100 hours from the Woodcut slate, including new Sky Crime U.K.

Caleb Flowers launching a creative curation inspired by HBO’s new series We Are Who We Are, to Emily Ratajkowski taking her dog for a walk in NYC, to Rori Sassoon releasing a new episode of her “Let’s Get Raw With Rori” podcast with David Charvet. Read on to find out more of what the stars have been up to!— Designer Caleb Flowers launched WE ARE WHO WE ARE X BIGDATA(TM), a creative curation inspired by the themes of the new HBO series We Are Who We Are, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kid Cudi.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIssa Rae has consolidated her entertainment production ventures for feature film, television and digital under the recently launched Hoorae label, Variety has learned exclusively.Formerly Issa Rae Productions, Hoorae includes HBO’s “Insecure” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Rae received Emmy nominations for comedy series and best actress in a comedy series for “Insecure” and best variety sketch series for “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Hoorae’s slate includes “Tre Cnt” and

Angelique Jackson Let’s talk about sex (and movies).Film review aggregator site Cherry Picks, which amplifies female-identifying and non-binary voices, is launching a new podcast centered on the topic of women and sex onscreen, titled “Cherry Pop,” with hosts Beandrea July and Meg McCarthy.“In film criticism, it’s not talked enough about the relationship that women have with sex, with their sexuality, with their self-exploration,” McCarthy tells Variety.

Naman Ramachandran Julie Bristow, former CEO and president of Bristow Global Media (BGM), has launched The Content Catalyst Fund (CCF). The initiative will focus on content developed, delivered and designed by women and about women.Based in Canada, with an international reach, CCF will develop and invest in unscripted and scripted content, with an initial focus on unscripted.

Felicia day has launched a Twitch series titled WomenR, highlighting diversity among creators and content in a broad spectrum of entertainment fields.

Machine Gun Kelly has announced two livestream concerts to celebrate the release of his latest studio album, ‘Tickets To My Downfall’.Kicking off next month at famed Los Angeles venue the Roxy, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who served as executive producer on ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ and is a frequent collaborator and friend of Kelly’s, will join him for the first livestream on October 1 when the pair will perform the new album in full.The following weekend on October 8, Kelly will perform

The Real Housewives, Shahs of Sunset, Married to Medicine, Summer House and more is launching Happy Hour by Bravo, a chance for fans to exclusively chat and engage virtually with some of their favorite Bravolebrities. The online events essentially bring viewers a taste of BravoCon in their living rooms, a treat amid everyone’s ongoing pandemic life.The first happy hour takes place on Monday, Oct.

Ben Croll French outfit Atlas V, the production company behind the critically acclaimed “Gloomy Eyes” and one of the industry leaders in narrative VR, has just launched production on its newest animated project, a 20-minute standalone film called “The Little Mouse.”Sharing details of the project with Variety, Atlas V co-founder Antoine Cayrol called the film “a narrative driven fairy tale” that acts as the origin story for the Gallic equivalent of the tooth fairy (known in French-speaking

DEALSAbsolute Label Services has partnered with Squeeze’s Chris Difford to launch a new label, Songwriter’s Garden. The first release will be a compilation called ‘Song Club’, featuring a collection of songs curated by Difford.

After much teasing on social media, Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s new song “Holy” dropped.

Dan Patrick is launching a new podcast.

BET and the National Urban League are partnering with over 40 organizations and political, entertainment and media stars including Stacey Abrams, Soledad O'Brien and Tina Knowles-Lawson to launch an inaugural day encouraging Black Americans to vote and informing them on options for 2020's unique election. The inaugural initiative, called National Black Voter Day, will take place on Sept.

SiriusXM is adding the brothers behind MeidasTouch, a new Democratic political action committee that's produced a string of viral ads, to the lineup on its progressive politics channel. Ben Meiselas, a litigator whose case load has included repping Colin Kaepernick in his suit against the NFL and leading a class action over the bungled Fyre Festival, launched the PAC in May with his brothers Brett, an Emmy-winning video editor, and Jordan, a New York-based marketer.

Late night personality Stephen Colbert is getting in on helping Americans get out and vote with a newly launched state-by-state resource guide, which the Late Show hostdebuted during his Tuesday night show. Titled "Better Know a Ballot," the nonpartisan voter information campaign aims to eliminate the confusion around getting registered to vote and casting a ballot in the upcoming 2020 presidential election with its series of informational videos.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York City venue (Le) Poisson Rouge is launching LPR.tv, a subscription-based service through which they will livestream concerts held in their downtown venue (without an audience) in high-definition video with full production and soundboard audio.The venue has booked an impressive array of indie-leaning artists for LPR.tv’s inaugural lineup, including Cults, Kimbra, Sunflower Bean, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), San Fermin,  Kevin Devine, Son Little, Laraaji, Too Many

Ray J is still processing his decision to file for divorce from wife Princess Love. The 39-year-old singer filed for divorce on Monday, and in an interview with ET's Melicia Johnson on Tuesday, he admitted he hasn't «had a chance to sit back and think about it.» «You know, I love her and I love my babies and it's just personal, but she knows how I feel about her,» Ray J shared.

Nicola Shindler, the award-winning British TV veteran and producer of such hit shows asHappy Valley, Queer as Folk and, most recently, Harlan Coben's The Stranger for Netflix, is launching a new scripted label within ITV Studios. Shindler, founder and current CEO of the Studiocanal-owned Red Production Company, is set to join the unit of U.K.

Julien Christian Lutz — better known as Director X and his signature music videos for Drake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Usher and Justin Bieber — has his own name for Canada's annual advertising award shows:The Whities. "The room is unreasonably White.

Megyn Kelly is launching her own independent production company, Devil May Care Media, with podcasts as key content in its pipeline. Front and center will be Kelly's own podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, to feature interviews with newsmakers and other guests.