Ceci Kurzman Elected to Warner Music Group’s Board of Directors

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFrance-based Vivendi plans to have an initial public offering for Universal Music Group in 2022.The news came as the company reported financial results for the third quarter, with UMG posting a 3% uptick in revenue to €1.855 billion, or about $2.2 billion.Taking Universal Music public will follow what Vivendi described as “the first phase of the opening of UMG’s share capital,” which was completed earlier this year.

Universal Music Group will launch in IPO in 2022, the conglomerate’s parent company, Vivendi, announced on Tuesday.UMG becomes the second major music company to announce its intentions to go public this year, following Warner Music Group, which launched its IPO in June. UMG sold a 10% stake to China’s Tencent Holdings earlier this year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVivendi, parent company of Universal Music Group, confirmed that it plans to take UMG public in 2022.

Rebecca Davis editorWarner Music’s independent distribution division ADA launched on Monday in Japan, the world’s second-largest music market.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the music-rights acquisition spree led by Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Round Hill and others continues to heat up, Warner Music has thrown its hat into the ring, notifying Wall Street Monday that its acquisition group has raised $250 million via a private offering, noting that it “intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund a portion of aggregate cash considerations of certain acquisitions.” The news was first reported by Music Business Worldwide.While

Also Read: 16 Scene-Stealing Animals in Movies, From 'The Wizard of Oz' to 'Captain Marvel' (Photos)Along with “Aladdin,” August’s credits include “Big Fish,” “Dark Shadows,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and the first two “Charlie’s Angels” movies for Sony. August also wrote and directed fantasy film “The Nines,” which starred Ryan Reynolds.

A baby girl who was born prematurely early Tuesday after her mother was shot and killed in Chicago was in critical condition, according to reports. Stacy Jones, 35, was due to give birth to her baby next month.

Ed Meza @edmezavarGermany’s Maze Pictures has boarded Moscow-based Metrafilm’s KGB comedy series “Pawns,” from writers Michael and Lily Idov, who penned the award-winning 2018 Cannes competition screener “Leto.”The company, which has offices in Munich, Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland, is also developing a miniseries based on “Ghosts of Berlin,” a book of supernatural stories by filmmaker Rudolf Herzog (son of Werner Herzog), and the tentatively titled mystery series “Parallels.”On the film

Ed Meza @edmezavarIn his new crime series, “Rats,” Slovakian writer Miro Šifra not only tells a gripping tale set in the Czech Republic’s complex drug industry but also a poignant human story.The fact-based drama examines the dynamic world of the Czech-Vietnamese meth syndicates, funded by cryptocurrency and monitored by police drug enforcement task forces.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSave The Music, which is partnered with ViacomCBS and supports efforts to teach music in schools, particularly in economically challenged districts, has announced a new music industry advisory board led by Elena Diaz, senior vice president of talent and content development at ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group, Leslie Fram, svp of music and talent at CMT, and Wanda Coriano, senior director of music at MTV.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritish soul singer Celeste has dropped the video for her new single “Hear My Voice,” via Interscope Records.

Bella Hadid is celebrating her birthday early!

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has ordered “Two Sisters,” a series based on the bestselling novels by Sweden’s high-profile media personalities Hannah Widell and Amanda Schulman.Yellow Bird, the banner behind “Millennium” and “Wallander,” is producing the eight-part show.

Pence’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.Some outlets, including ABC News, reported on the disturbance at the time, saying police were called in to escort a heckler out and that charges wouldn’t be pursued.The movie was filmed in secret and details didn’t emerge until last month.Buzz about the flick grew earlier this week when a Twitter account purporting to be the Republic of Kazakhstan posted a video endorsing Trump right before the president’s first debate

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeAaron Sorkin tends to build movies around disturbing ideas rather than empathetic protagonists, thus revisiting tense courtrooms and raucous newsrooms.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mickey Rourke, Taye Diggs and Jessica Uberuaga have join the horror thriller Mammon which Isaac Walsh will make his feature directorial debut with.The movie, penned by Walsh and Tyler Clair Smith, follows a struggling young couple who are chasing the American dream, and soon realize that their worst nightmare is the demonic spirit in their new home.

Geoff Mayfield Loud Records, the hip-hop label that launched Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and Big Pun, is about to make noise again, as founder Steve Rifkind revives the brand to launch a nimble indie. The new venture kicks off today — Monday, Sept.