Hipgnosis Acquires 33,000 Songs From Kobalt Fund in $323 Million Deal

Tristan Thompson is on the move — the NBA star has reached an agreement to join the Boston Celtics, his agent Rich Paul of Clutch Sports confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Saturday, November 21.The outlet reports that the free agent, 29, who played with the Cleveland Cavaliers for nine seasons, has a two-year, $19 million deal with the Celtics.The center’s impending move to the East Coast comes after he reconciled with ex-girlfriend Khloé Kardashian and spent several months quarantining in L.A.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen Variety Music wasn’t busy breaking huge Taylor Swift stories this week, we’ve been deep in preparing for our version of the Grammys: our annual Hitmakers issue and event, which honors the top songs of the year and, notably, the people behind them.

Variety breaks down the races.Drama Few categories sum up current trends in global TV better than drama series, which also continues to be the biggest prize at the ceremony.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the latest move in the increasingly high-priced music-publishing marketplace, the Killers’ catalog is the first such acquisition for Eldridge, a holding company with a network of businesses across entertainment, finance, technology, and real estate. The deal covers the group’s catalog before 2020, including five albums and such hits as “Mr.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs people looked back on the chaos of the 1960s from the relative calm of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the adage that turbulent times make for great art came up a lot.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMary J. Blige, Justin Bieber, Jose Feliciano, Jess Glynne and many more artists have recorded exclusive holiday songs for Amazon, the company announced Thursday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNorth Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who has been a leader in the effort to reform the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, recently sent an open letter to stakeholders addressing the efforts he and his team have made.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRound Hill’s new royalty fund has announced it expects to IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Friday and has raised $282 million ahead of the flotation, well short of the $375 million goal the company announced last month, according to a report in Music Business Worldwide.A rep for the company declined Variety’s request for comment as it is a U.K. listing and the U.S.

Clare Crawley has babies on the brain! But her fiance, Dale Moss, has slightly different priorities. The couple — who got engaged on Thursday's episode of roughly two weeks into filming — opened up about their life together and plans for the future on this week's episode of the ABC dating show. In a sit-down with host Chris Harrison, Clare and Dale were on the same page about the beginning of their love story (it was «love at first sight»), but experienced a bit of an awkward moment when asked

Popsugar interview with “SNL” costume designer Tom Broecker and wardrobe supervisor Dale Richards.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIf the way that a person reacts to art has as much to do with the person — what’s going on around and inside them — as the music itself, what on earth does that say about the way we’re reacting to music during this almost unprecedentedly insane week, at a time when everyone’s questioning their version of reality?We’ve already covered some great escapist music this week — Kylie Minogue’s self-explanatory “DISCO” album and Miley Cyrus tag-team with Stevie Nicks on

Dale Moss took a leap of faith proposing to Clare Crawley just two weeks into filming The Bachelorette, but the decision was an easy one.The former NFL player, 31, appeared on the Friday, November 6, episode of Good Morning America with Crawley, 39, where he detailed his thoughts leading up to the proposal.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVRaúl De Molina has been on U.S. television for nearly three decades.

Shawn Booth may not be caught up on Clare Crawley‘s season of The Bachelorette — but he has the inside scoop on front-runner Dale Moss.“I’ve worked with Dale for a few years,” the personal trainer, 33, told Us Weekly exclusively on Wednesday, October 21, while promoting his work with the Movember organization.

The Bachelorette early to be with Dale? If you didn't, you would have figured it out .5 seconds into this episode when Clare says she didn't sleep well because she spent thinking about Dale.

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

Salford -born comedian Jason Manford as its first contestant.