Dixie Chicks drop Dixie from name; country group tries to 'meet the moment'

Lea Michele looked somber and lost in thought as she walked around Los Angeles on July 14, holding her baby bump through her sundress. The actress, 33, was spotted just one day after her Glee co-star, Naya Rivera, was found dead of an accidental drowning. Naya’s body was found on July 13, the seventh anniversary of Lea’s fiancé, Cory Monteith‘s passing.

Ashley Benson and G-Eazy are getting food together.

Music executive Andrew Jackson has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment Australia to launch Avoca Drive, a joint venture label with A&R executives in both Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. Avoca Drive's first signing is Tanisha Tishawiana Sadewo and Osvaldo Rio Nugroho Aritonang's new project Galdive, whose first single ‘Nescience’ drops Friday (July 17).

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSony Music Group, which includes of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, announced it has named non-profit leader Towalame Austin executive vice president, philanthropy and social impact.

It seems like Matthew Perry is finding difficulties in getting his luxurious Los Angeles property off his hands. The Friends alum is the owner of a penthouse in LA.

Edwin T. Vane, a longtime television executive at NBC, ABC and Group W Productions, died June 26 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his family announced.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEdwin T. Vane, a former ABC television executive and president of Group W Productions, died of natural causes on June 26 in Los Angeles.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith his Quibi short-form series Blackballed, executive producer Will Packer set out to explore the intersection of race and sports, in the context of an explosive and pivotal moment in American sports history.Directed by Mike Jacobs, the show dissects five days during the 2014 NBA playoffs, when Los Angeles Clippers players and head coach Doc Rivers were hit with a bombshell revelation.In April of that year, longtime Clippers owner Donald Sterling

Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer are stocking up!

Peter White Television EditorAmerica’s Got Talent is one of the first big-budget non-scripted formats to resume filming following the COVID-19 production shutdown.The NBC show started shooting outside last week in Los Angeles and the Fremantle and Syco-produced show put in a number of interesting processes to ensure a safe return.Creator Simon Cowell and exec producers Sam Donnelly and Jason Raff tell Deadline how they did it.Before the shutdown, the show, which returned on May 26, shot the

Raven Symone wraps an arm around new wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday, as they stop by a friends home in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThere’s a new publicity firm in town.A group of former BWR senior publicists has launched The Initiative Group, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Eddie Chacon is one of music's most interesting people. He formed his first band, Fry By Nyte, in the mid '70s, at age 12, with his friends Cliff Burton and Mike Bordin, playing garage punk and putting on illegal shows at abandoned movie theaters in Castro Valley, California.

Kate Beckinsale and Goody Grace keep close as they head out to do some shopping on Wednesday (June 24) in Los Angeles.

Tribeca Enterprises has revealed the lineup of beloved films, live stand-up comedy and other entertainment set to play to audiences in its drive-in summer series. Tribeca Drive-In will run Thursdays through Sundays from July 2-Aug.