Lil Baby to Receive Quincy Jones Humanitarian Honor at Black Music Action Coalition Awards Gala

Kim Zolciak is ready to be a grandma!

In her return to her Spotify podcast, Archetypes, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle takes on one of the most prominent stereotypes of Asian women on screen: The Dragon Lady.

Lil Nas X is both star and inspiration for a new short film from famed fashion house Coach launching their new brand purpose, “Courage to Be Real,” set to be released today.

Sometimes nature calls at the most inopportune times!

Lil Nas X had a bathroom emergency in the middle of his concert in Atlanta this week!

Lil Nas X had to take a quick bathroom intermission during a recent concert.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Emmy Award-winning actor, writer and producer Eugene Levy and “Sex In the City” creator Darren Star are among those who will be honored at the Creative Community for Peace Gala next month. The Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), an apolitical organization made up of prominent members of the entertainment industry dedicated to promoting the arts as a means to peace in the Middle East, will hold its fourth annual “Ambassadors Of Peace” (AOP) event on Oct. 26 in Beverly Hills. (Variety is a media sponsor of the event.) Songwriter Autumn Rowe, David Zedeck, global co-head of music at UTA, and Brandon Goodman and Danny Rukasin, managers of Billie Eilish and Finneas, round out the award recipients.

EXCLUSIVE: Michigan State University wants nothing to do with Ben Cory Jones’ film about the school’s legendary Black Spartans football team.

Dominic Fike has confirmed details of a 24-date North American tour which is due to start in November – check out dates below and get tickets here.The tour is Fike’s first headline run since the release of his 2020 debut album ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong’ and kicks off November 6 at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo.Fike will take in the likes of Vancouver, Los Angeles and Boston before his Out Of Order tour wraps up in Tempe, Arizona on December 16. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, September 30 and will be available here.

As if there aren’t already enough awards handed out in the movie and TV business, BAFTA has decided we need some more for North America.

Sir Elton John has been awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden for his charitable work to end AIDS. The 75-year-old pop icon established The Elton John AIDS Foundation back in 1982 and after performing hits such as 'Rocketman' and 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' at A Night When Hope and History Rhyme at the White House, he was surprised with the honour by the Democratic leader and his wife First Lady Jill Biden.

Thania Garcia In spring 2020, the U.S. came to terms with its role in racial inequality on the heels of a tragedy: the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. That singular moment compelled many, including those in the music business, to pledge funds and action. It also gave birth to the Black Music Action Coalition, a collective of Black creators, activists and change-makers who have diligently kept the issue in the headlines and on the minds of corporate parents.  On Sept. 22, the organization — whose leadership includes industry veterans Damien Smith, Caron Veazey and Shawn Holiday, among others — celebrates its second annual Music in Action gala in Beverly Hills, where honorees include Lil Baby, Sony Music Publishing chairman Jon Platt, 300 Elektra Entertainment’s Kevin Liles and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones. It promises to be a gathering of heavies, as last year’s inaugural fete — Variety is a media sponsor — drew the Weeknd, Motown chairwoman Ethiopia Habtemariam and attorney Ben Crump. 

It’s the nature of most television to lose its edge, for a series to tumble backward as new shows push the envelope further than that original series could ever envision.

Chrissy Teigen is opening up about the loss of her son Jack and how she actually had an abortion, not a miscarriage.