Invisible Narratives Hires Apple Music Vet Julie Pilat as President of Music (EXCLUSIVE)

The fans are in charge! The first round of nominations for the 2022 CMT Music Awards have been announced — and the list is full of chart-topping artists.

Ever since Apple Music introduced its fancy Spatial Audio streaming experience, we've longed for its magic to bless Justin Bieber's back catalogue. Oh, to hear those breathy Boyfriend vocals in Dolby Atmos. To have that She Don't Like the Lights bassline penetrating our ear canals like never before. Peaches would just be other-worldly vibes, right?

2022 CMT Music Awards are almost here — and it's going to be a star-studded night!On Wednesday, CMT announced the nominees for country music's only entirely fan-voted awards show — which will be hosted live from Music City by Anthony Mackie and Kelsea Ballerini on Monday, April 11 -- and the list includes some of the biggest names in music. Kane Brown leads the pack this year with four nominations, while Ballerini, Mickey Guyton, and first-time nominees Breland and Cody Johnson earned three nods apieceThe first round of nominations for the coveted Video of the Year award includes 12 acts, spotlighting artists like Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift feat.

K.J. Yossman Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks has appointed Guillaume Dubois as their new vice president of production.Dubois, who will report to Mercury Filmworks’ founder and CEO Clint Eland, will manage current and future productions including work-for-hire and original IP.

Fontaines D.C. have shared a new cover of U2‘s ‘One’ – listen to their version of the 1992 track below.‘One’ is the third track from U2’s 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’, and it was released as the record’s third single in February 1992.

Selome Hailu Attached to its hit freshman sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” ABC has partnered with Scholastic to become the first entertainment brand to provide underfunded schools with free book fairs.The book fairs take place at seven Title 1 schools between March 14 and 18. Each student will receive two free books and each teacher will receive 10. Participating schools include Philadelphia’s Harrity Elementary, which “Abbott Elementary” is based on, as well as Siehl Elementary in Erie, Pa., Bond Elementary in Chicago, Dayton’s Bluff Elementary in Minneapolis, Freeman Elementary in Flint, Mich.

Miss Universe 2020, Andrea Meza is as creative as they come. The Mexican beauty queen, turned Telemundo TV personality, showed her funny side as she recreated the viral and controversial look worn by Kim Kardashian at the Balenciaga Fall/Winter 22 collection show during this year’s Paris Fashion Week, in which she also shined exposing her fab silhouette and great sense of humor.The Mexican Telemundo host not only showed her look on her TV program En Casa Con Telemundo, she also took to Instagram to share a series of photos of the process she went through to achieve this style...using rolls of yellow vinyl tape with the word ‘Caution’.

The xx have announced a new monthly show on Apple Music 1, Interludes Radio.The London trio – comprised of Romy Madley-Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie xx – will each present their own separate instalment of the series, kicking off with Sim’s edition this Thursday (March 10) at 2pm GMT.For the inaugural “horror-themed” episode, the singer and bassist will be joined by a host of friends and collaborators, including Florence Welch, Elton John, Sampha, John Glacier, director Yann Gonzalez, as well as his bandmates from The xx.Subsequent editions will be hosted by Jamie xx and Madley-Croft, though the exact air dates for these are yet to be confirmed.“We’ll be taking turns to host each episode and get into the things that inspire us individually,” The xx said in a joint statement. “An hour of music, guests and sneak peeks of what we’re all up to on our own and together.”You can tune into Interludes Radio live for free on Apple Music 1, and listen back on-demand with an Apple Music subscription.The xx’s most recent studio album, ‘I See You’, came out back in 2017.

Naman Ramachandran London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has deepened its involvement with “Copa ’71,” directed by Rachel Ramsay (“Clarkson’s Farm”) and James Erskine (“Billie”). Dogwoof financed the project’s development through its production vehicle TDog and will now take it to market at the upcoming CPH:FORUM, CPH:DOX’s financing and co-production event, in March.“Copa ’71” recounts the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, one of the most successful female soccer tournaments of all time, where lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and over 100,000 fans turned the historic Azteca stadium in Mexico City into a cauldron of noise while a fawning media treated the players like rock stars.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has appointed David Wolter executive vice president of A&R,label  co-president Wendy Goldstein announced today (March 7). He is based in Republic Records’ New York headquarters.Throughout his career,  Wolter has signed or worked closely with artists ranging from Gorillaz to Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers. At Republic, he will oversee upcoming releases for Benee, Greta Van Fleet, Jimmy Fallon and others, in addition to signing new talent.Prior to joining Republic Records, Wolter had been an executive VP of Virgin Records at Capitol Music Group since 2017.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Barcelona-based Scenic Rights, the leading literary rights broker for Spanish-language film and TV series, has officially opened its Mexico City office as it continues to expand its purview across key territories, including Madrid, Los Angeles and most recently, Prague.The Mexico City office opening, delayed twice by the pandemic, kicks off operations on Monday March 7. According to Scenic Rights CEO, Sydney Borjas, the company’s Mexican branch will oversee more than 30 book to film-TV project adaptations, mostly into series.Ana Karen Larios, previously a foreign rights manager at VF Literary Agency, has been tapped as Scenic Rights’ content manager in Mexico and will report to the agency’s Chief Operating Officer Ignacio Diaz.

Naman Ramachandran PBS documentary anthology series “Independent Lens” has acquired the documentary feature “Outta The Muck” from directors Ira Mckinley and Bhawin Suchak, who previously co-directed award-winning documentary “The Throwaways.” Based on Mckinley’s family roots, the film, a narrative of Black achievement, tells the story of a fiercely self-determined family in the deep south as it resists despair with love. It blends family, football and history in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida and journeys back home with McKinley as he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations.

Catherine McEvoy has been promoted to Co-President at Adam Goodman’s e-commerce company Invisible Narratives, with entertainment exec Greg Siegel joining as President and Head of Programming, and finance expert Mike Weetman coming aboard as CFO.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLegendary Television has hired Jen Roskind to serve as executive vice president of production, Variety has learned exclusively.In her new role, Roskind will manage all aspects of the studio’s operations, including physical production, post-production, safety & risk management and production labor. She will report to Carmi Zlotnik, president of Legendary TV.“We are fortunate and excited to have Jen join our team at such a pivotal time in the TV marketplace,” said Zlotnik.

Miley Cyrus, 29, continues to soak up the sun while vacationing in Mexico with boyfriend Maxx Morando, 23, and this time, she’s showing off her stellar bod in a sexy black one piece. In photos you can see here, the “Wrecking Ball” singer put her slim figure on display with the classic black swimsuit, later adding a blue bucket hat and cozying up to her beau who went casual for the occasion in a white tank and high-waisted white jeans.

Russia-Ukraine war.The band, which consists of musicians Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, was set to perform on May 29 at Spartak Stadium.“With heavy hearts, in light of current events we feel it is necessary to cancel our upcoming show in Moscow at Spartak Stadium,” Green Day wrote on their Instagram Story.“We are aware that this moment is not about stadium rock shows, it’s much bigger than that. But we also know that rock and roll is forever and we feel confident there will be a time and a place for us to return in the future,” the band continued.