Chaka Khan And Lionel Richie Honoured With Award From National Museum Of African American Music

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBrent Smith has left WME and joined Wasserman Music, the new company formed after Casey Wasserman acquired Paradigm’s North American music representation business, as executive vice present and managing executive, the company announced Tuesday (July 6).“As many of you know, the senior leadership team and I have been spending time with Brent Smith, and today I am pleased to share that he is joining Wasserman Music as EVP and Managing Executive,” Casey Wasserman wrote

Sofía Vergara, Eva Longoria, Emilio Estefan, and José Andrés will become board members of the upcoming National Museum of the American Latino. The actresses, the musician, and the chef-activist will be joined by Alberto Ibargüen, former publisher of the Miami Herald.As reported by the Washington Post, the museum is expected to open next spring in the National Museum of American History.

We’ve all been curious how Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu would top his previous entries, and there seems to be a shimmer of light to what his next feature film could be about after a long drought concerning plot details. READ MORE: Leonardo DiCaprio Says Alejandro G.

initially postponed last year due to unrest tied to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Paramount Network later canceled the series altogether, but some versions of the show still air in syndication internationally.Langley, an Oklahoma City native, grew up in Los Angeles and served in the US Army in the early 1960s.

The first series in the franchise to have an African-American and a woman as its marquee player, NatGeo’s Genius: Aretha is, like the title of its opening episode and the Queen of Soul herself, all about “Respect.”

From The Sopranos to Boardwalk Empire, when it comes to noir HBO knows how to raise the stakes. Case in point: rebooting Perry Mason with a 21st century lens, but staging the iconic character against the Great Depression in Los Angeles. It’s a complete dusting off and polishing up of the Erle Stanley Gardner-created IP.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe United States is the only major country in the world where terrestrial radio pays no royalties to performers or recorded-music copyright owners of the songs they play, a situation that is largely due to the powerful radio lobby’s influence in Congress. While the more than 8,300 AM and FM stations across the country pay royalties to songwriters, they have never paid performers or copyright holders, although streaming services do.On Thursday, Reps.

EXCLUSIVE: Raoul Bhaneja (Clarice, Blindspot, Grand Army) , Sammi Rotibi (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, Mars, The Darkest Minds)and Keenan Jolliff (The Americans, The Get Down, Daredevil) will join the mysteries of Peacock’s Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol in recurring roles.

John Cusack didn't hold back his feelings about the state of affairs in the United States of America. The 54-year-old actor slammed the U.S.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's controversial decision to step back from their senior royal roles and permanently shift their home base from London to Los Angeles may have rattled the bones of the royal family, but according to Princess Diana's former voice coach and royal expert Stewart Pearce, The Princess of Wales would have been extremely supportive of her younger son's bold move.In an interview with US Weekly, Diana, The Voice of Change author shared that he believes Diana "would be

Hitting the town! Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Jae, were among the few country music couples who attended the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 9.

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Luke (The Purge), Sabrina Revelle (Zac & Mia), Skyla I’Lece (Turn: Washington’s Spies), Deja Monique Cruz (Law & Order: SVU) and Trevor Raine Bush (After) round out the series regular cast for The Crossover, Disney+’s drama pilot based on the bestselling Newbery Award-winning novel-in-verse by author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander. They join previously announced leads Jayln Hall and Amir O’Neil.

Antonio Ferme editorNBC has announced that submissions for the new music event series “American Song Contest” are now open.Based on “Eurovision Song Contest,” the world’s largest music event, the series will feature a series of live music performances from American contestants who are in competition to win the country’s vote for best original song. All 50 states, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Ariel Winter (Modern Family) and Mason Gooding (Booksmart) have joined the cast of the indie feature Pools, which begins production in Chicago later this month.

"Diana would be thrilled at the choice of name for the little one," revealed Princess Diana's former voice coach and Diana The Voice of Change: Revelations About Diana's Life Principles author Stewart Pearce in an interview to US Weekly, sharing what The Princess of Wales' reaction would have been to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor's moniker."As Diana was the personification of love and the exemplar of unconditional love, she would have been so excited

Univision’s coverage of the U.S. men’s national team’s 3-2 victory over rival Mexico in the final of the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League on Sunday night tied ABC’s season premiere of Celebrity Family Feud for the night’s top broadcast in primetime.