Daryl Friedman to Leave Recording Academy for CEDIA CEO Post

Come From Away,” the Tony-nominated actor is suing the show’s producer, Kiss The Cod Broadway, and its management company, Alchemy Production Group — alleging he was let go due to his religious beliefs.Last November, Kimball unwittingly stirred up a storm of controversy when he tweeted his unhappiness over a COVID mandate in his home state of Washington that limited religious services and forbade worshipers from singing in church.“Respectfully, I will never allow a Governor, or anyone, to stop

Bollywood’s ‘Sooryavanshi’ Breaks Overseas Records

Jason Derulo has finally shared the first picture and video of his baby son Jason King, whom he welcomed back in May of this year, with ex-girlfriend Jena Frumes on his Instagram page.The Acapulco star was posing in a matching Superman outfit with the mother of his child and the parents beamed and giggled as they pretended to fly their little boy for the video.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its first post-IPO earnings report, Universal Music Group posted 17.4% year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter of 2021, with recorded music subscription and streaming revenue up 15.2% and adjusted EBITDA up 20.7%.Lucian Grainge, UMG’s Chairman and CEO, said, “Our operational and financial performance this quarter – our first as an independent, publicly traded company – demonstrates both why UMG is the world’s most successful music company, as well as

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Records has named Karen Kwak executive vice president and head of A&R, joining the company on Nov. 1 and reporting to co-chairman & CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy has announced that Fulwell 73 Productions will oversee all aspects of the 2022 Grammy Awards, taking place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, broadcasting live on CBS and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.Jesse Collins, Raj Kapoor and Ben Winston will serve as executive producers.

Courtney Hope and Chad Duell are officially married after the soap star duo walked down the aisle on Saturday.

tweeting that he would “respectfully disobey” health and safety requirements for COVID-19, saying the restrictions were “not about safety. It’s about POWER” and that the rules were “unlawful.” He also contracted the coronavirus early on in the pandemic as Broadway was shutting down in March 2020.

Broadway actor Chad Kimball has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the musical Come From Away, alleging that they fired him because of his religious beliefs.

Broadway actor Chad Kimball has filed a lawsuit against the producers of Come From Away, claiming that he wasn’t rehired for the show’s post-pandemic return to the stage after he spoke out against Covid restrictions on religious services.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper-entrepreneur A$AP Ferg has joined the management roster at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The Harlem-born member of the hip-hop collective A$AP Mob — who will go by just Ferg for his non-A$AP efforts — has been in the studio over the past couple of months, and fans can expect a new song from him produced by the Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) on October 29th.

The Recording Academy announced today that its Grammy Awards will be the first major music award production to commit to the use of the contract addendums known as inclusion riders.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs promised, the Recording Academy has released the first official inclusion rider for the Grammy Awards, a contract addendum “designed to be a robust tool to ensure equity and inclusion at every level during the production of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards,” which take place in Los Angeles on Jan.

Another group of holiday movies to add to your calendar!

EXCLUSIVE: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Dawn Hudson said Monday that her current term will be her last. She signed a new deal in March of 2020 for what was expected to be three years through May of 2023, but a statement to be released later today does not specify an actual date of her departure, saying simply “when this term concludes.” Sources added nothing further on the exact timing of her exit.

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson is back in hero mode in Hot Seat, a thriller he’ll star in with Chad Michael Murray which will begin production November 1 in New Mexico. Lionsgate will release through its Grindstone label and HIghland Entertainment is handling foreign sales. James Cullen Bressack will direct. He just helmed Fortress with Murray and Bruce Willis, which is in post.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor-singer Billy Porter has inked a new deal with Island Records (U.K.) and Republic Records (U.S.) and is kicking it off with a new single called “Children” that will drop at 12 a.m. ET tonight (Oct.