Capitol Music Group Chief Steve Barnett to Retire

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos are right now announcing that Netflix will boost its presence in the state by expanding its ABQ Studios and committing to an additional $1 billion in production spending.The Studio expansion will add 300 acres to the company’s existing studios, located in Albuquerque’s Mesa Del Sol area.

LOS ANGELES -- Carol Burnett is so glad we had this time together, as she sang in her signature song.

Taraji P. Henson has had quite a year but is making the most of it.Last month, Henson announced she called off her wedding and split with her fiancé of two years, Kelvin Hayden.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterJacob Fain has joined Elektra Music Group as senior vice president, A&R and head of research and analytics, it was announced on Thursday (Nov. 19).

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo is accusing Sean Penn of using her as a pawn in his notorious interview with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Del Castillo was present for a meeting between Penn and the kingpin in 2015 for a documentary or film the actress intended to make about Guzman's life.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorTencent Music Entertainment Group acquired an undisclosed minority stake in LA-based Wave and the two have inked a strategic partnership to catapult the interactive virtual entertainment company into China.The agreement calls for TME, China’s leading online music platform, to air Wave experiences on all its platforms, including QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and WeSing, the companies announced Thursday.The partners will develop virtual concert content for TME

: Nikki Haley’s advocacy group “Stand for America” on Wednesday launched a scathing video attacking Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock as “anti-America” "anti-taxpayer" and “pro-communist” radical -- tearing into his stances on health care and taxes, as well as past comments about police and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Kate del Castillo is as strong-willed as the characters she portrays. Best known for her work on, the Mexican actress has spent the better part of this decade embroiled in a drama that could very well have taken place in that gritty narco telenovela.

A new episode of “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” has just debuted, featuring special guest Kate del Castillo.

“Needless to say this year has been very complicated, but with Lights On we feel we are in good hands. A distribution deal was secure for México – with more to follow,” Lage added.

interview with New York magazine, King didn’t say as much but did note that he doesn’t really watch Kornacki’s coverage — and that’s because he’s busy himself on live TV.“Do you feel any sort of rivalry with your state-election-board peer, MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki?” New York magazine’s Dan Hyman asked.“I don’t know him. And, honestly, I don’t have a clue what he’s doing most of the time cause I’m on live television,” John King said.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Mexican pop superstar and member of the Latin music group OV7 Oscar Schwebel is teaming with marketing exec and producer Andrés Rodríguez and producing partners Gina Castellanos & Iván Gómez to launch the TV and Film venture GAIO Media.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterProducer, mixer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Dean, who’s worked with many of the biggest names in hip-hop during an illustrious decades-long career, has entered into a creative joint venture with PULSE Music Group.

Bad Bunny is set to make his acting debut in the upcoming season of Narcos: Mexico.The hitmaker, 26, will play Arturo Kitty Paez – a member of Ramon Arellano Felix’s gang of rich kids from upper society who fell in with the cartel called Narco Juniors – in the third series of Netflix’s true-crime series.Other fresh faces in the new season include Luis Gerardo Mendez, who joins as Juarez cop Victor Tapia, who gets drawn into the fold when he begins investigating a series of brutal killings.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticLuis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) are joining the Season 3 cast of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico.Additional new cast series regulars include: Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado, Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan, José Zúñiga as General Rebollo, Diego Calva as Arturo Beltran Leyva, Kristen Lee Gutoskie as Dani, Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan.