Big Hit, Universal say new joint venture will mark “a new chapter in music history”

Angelina Jolie has been named the ‘Godmother’ of the 2021 Women for Bees program as part of an initiative to help save bees and empower women to be entrepreneurs.

Priyanka Chopra, riding high on the strength of her starring and executive producing role in the Netflix hit White Tiger, is entering the restaurant business. She will be opening the Indian cuisine eatery SONA this month in New York City.

It’s time to raise a glass to Brian Dowling who has just realised his dream of mixing and shaking it like Tom Cruise.

Unanimous Media, Stephen Curry’s production company, has launched Pathways Alliance, a venture to bolster diverse voices across TV, film, documentaries and podcasts.

With summer on the horizon, and President Biden claiming there will be enough COVID vaccine doses to supply the American population by the end of May, now comes the ambiguous part: scrambling to restore public spaces to their former glory. The newest development in New York's turbulent race to reopen arrived on Wednesday, when governor Cuomo announced that music venues will finally be allowed to open their doors come April 2.

Chris Willman Music WriterDoug Smiley, the marketing director for Verve Music Group, died Saturday, February 27. He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer less than a month before dying at home in Maplewood, NJ, surrounded by family.

“Look, we’re getting the message out about wearing masks, guys,” quipped judge Ken Jeong during the TCA session for Fox’s The Masked Singer. “If you want to wear a mask out in public; if you want to wear a mask on television — I mean, how better than to get the message out and [make a profit] than to wear masks!”

Bill Nye will host and exec-produce a new science series called The End is Nye for Peacock, the streamer announced today.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.

Netflix began its superhero programming with the massively popular Marvel series such as “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” and “Luke Cage.” However, those series didn’t last, as Disney now has the rights back to those.

moved on from Mark Scrivens. Warning: MAFS spoilers ahead. The Married at First Sight Australia star was tragically let down at the alter when her husband, Mark, decided that it wasn't meant to be at the couple's vow renewal ceremony.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe “Star Trek” Universe is making its permanent home on Paramount Plus, including the premiere of the latest “Trek” iteration, the animated kids series “Star Trek: Prodigy,” ViacomCBS announced during its Investors Day presentation on Wednesday.Originally conceived for Nickelodeon, “Prodigy,” from Kevin and Dan Hageman (Netflix’s “Trollhunters”), will now premiere on the streamer later in 2021.

UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: As we first told you last month, former Warner Bros. International Marketing EVP Julien Noble is headed to Universal, and will start as the studio’s new President of International Marketing on March 15 in Los Angeles.

Sasha Calle has been chosen as the next actress to play Supergirl.

EXCLUSIVE: Chosen from over 425 actresses who auditioned, The Young and the Restless Daytime Emmy nominee Sasha Calle has scored the feature role of DC Universe’s new Supergirl. The Boston, MA born-Columbian actress is the first Latina Supergirl ever in DC.

It looks like this Bachelor Nation love story may not be over like we thought!

The Sun: 'Everyone's just been working really hard to put on a brilliant series.  'The production team has been amazing working around new protocols and working around the pandemic which is ever-evolving with new variants and such.

EXCLUSIVE: Major Mumbai-based production outfit Reliance Entertainment has expanded its stable by establishing a joint venture with filmmaker Ribhu Dasgupta, Film Hangar, through which he will exclusively make movies for Reliance.