Maren Morris Encourages The Music Industry To Be Activists For The LGBTQ+ Community: ‘Both Sides Pay Money To Buy A T-Shirt’

Darrell Issa Guest Columnist Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet represents California’s 48th Congressional District. Later today on the Nashville, TN campus of Belmont University, I’ll convene a field hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The hearing won’t just take place in Music City, USA but five years after Congress achieved that rarest of things: A consensus solution that recognized the rights of musical artists and created a way they could be compensated fairly by publishers. It may be hard for some to believe, but at the time we crafted this legislation, the music industry and other content owners were being crushed by widespread piracy and an inability to monetize the value of musical creativity.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 20 premiere of ABC’s The Bachelorette.

While performing at Glastonbury on Saturday, singer Lewis Capaldi made headlines when he headed to The Pyramid Stage to perform his back catalogue of ballads. However, towards the end of his set, Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome last year, could be seen struggling with his vocals. Speaking to the crowd, 26 year old Lewis said: “I'm going to be honest everybody, but I'm starting to lose my voice up here, but we're going to keep going and we're going to go until the end.

Bette Midler in, has died. He was 86.It was Midler who announced the tragic news on Friday night, tweeting, «The great and beloved Frederic Forrest has died. Thank you to all of his fans and friends for all their support these last few months.

Producer and songwriter “Dr. Luke” has dropped a defamation lawsuit against the singer Kesha, a former protégée who had accused him of rape in a 2014 lawsuit. That ends a dispute that lasted nearly a decade and damaged both careers.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Musical tag-teaming doesn’t have results much more fruitful than what came about when the showrunners of “A Small Light” picked Ariel Marx to compose the score for the limited series and Este Haim to serve as executive music producer. Neither Haim nor Marx was in a position to take anything about the job lightly, given that the eight-episode series for National Geographic and Disney+ tells the story of a Dutch woman, Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis. Yet, in their very separate roles, both found ways to bring musical light or even levity into a drama that inevitably skews toward tension. Este Haim took on the EMP job for the first time with “A Small Light” after previously scoring or co-composing “Maid” and “Cha Cha Smooth” — on top of her day job as one-third of the rocking sister trio Haim. For “A Small Light,” she produced episode-ending covers of songs from the first half of the 20th century, performed by Angel Olsen, Moses Sumney, Kamasi Washington, Sharon Van Etten with Michael Imperioli, Remi Wolf, Weyes Blood, duet partners Orville Peck and King Princess, and her sister Danielle.

A former Big Brother star has revealed that she has swapped out her fame from the Channel 4 reality show to a job where she washes up dishes in the supermarket Morrisons. Penny Ellis, who is a former schoolteacher, starred in the show’s second season back in 2001 where she revealed she found “unbelievable” fame after being caught naked in one of the scenes, which she insists was an accident.

Editor’s note: The following interviews were done outside of the FYC event series, as there was no panel or screening.

A version of this story about H.E.R. and “Beauty and the Beast” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Few multi-hyphenates working these days can claim the take-over of industries quite like H.E.R. In just the last four years, the California native with the signature spectacles has racked up five R&B Grammys, an Oscar (for her stirring “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”) and a Children’s and Family Emmy for a tune from Netflix’s “We the People.” And after her spirited turn as the beloved Belle from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” in ABC’s 30th anniversary special, the Primetime Emmy might be calling.

This story about the casting of “Shrinking” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Say you’re casting a thoughtful comedy about the world of psychotherapists, and you need a seasoned veteran to support the sharp young cast in a potentially scene-stealing mentor role. And then you land one of the biggest movie stars in the world, an icon who has been in two of the largest movie franchises in the last 50 years.This was the reality for “Shrinking” casting directors Debby Romano and Brett Benner when the AppleTV+ comedy was being put together.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Sapan Studios and IFC Films have acquired U.S. rights to “The Pot-au-Feu,” Trần Anh Hùng’s (“The Scent of Green Papaya”) lush gastronomy-themed romance which competed at the Cannes Film Festival and won best director. The movie is headlined by two of France’s biggest stars, Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, who won this year’s Cesar Award for “Pacifiction.” “The Pot-au-Feu” was produced by Olivier Delbosc at Curiosa Films and is represented in international markets by Gaumont.  The movie is one of the first titles co-acquired by Sapan Studios and IFC Films as part of their output deal. Sapan Studios is a new TV and film production/distribution company run by former AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan.

Despite the availability of stunt performers, many actors like to try their hand at the fights, flips, jumps and more for scenes. Most of the time, they are successful. Sometimes, things go wrong and production has to pause while a star recovers.  Harrison Ford has had his share on of onset injuries throughout his career, something he does not quite wear as a badge of honor.

Rosamund Pike is getting brutally honest about the wellness industry.

Meet Frankie Bird!

In the realm of popular music, statistics can reveal the truth behind the glitz and glamour. USC Annenberg’s Inclusion in the Recording Studio study, provides an insightful examination into the lack of women present in the music industry across various sections including engineering, songwriting, producers, spanning from 2012 to 2019. Across 800 popular songs, the study shines a spotlight on an industry that has been predominantly white and male.

The shade of it all! Maren Morris poked fun at the hypocrisy of the country music industry as state legislatures across the United States attempt to pass anti-drag and anti-trans legislation.

Taylor Swift gave a special surprise to her fans by bringing country singer, Maren Morris, onto the stage to sing their duet, You All Over Me, on Saturday during her Eras Tour stop in Chicago.  The Grammy winner, 33, who recently announced Latin America tour dates to kick off her international trek, excitedly welcomed The Bones hitmaker, also 33, to join her to perform the song live for the first time together.  The two previously recorded the vault track which was released on Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April 2021.

The duet of our dreams!

Maren Morris is joining Taylor Swift up on stage!

Maren Morris and Taylor Swift teamed up to perform their  collaboration, «You All Over Me,» during the Chicago, Illinois leg of Swift's Eras Tour over the weekend.Morris took to Instagram to share a black-and-white still from the epic performance, which saw the pair each strumming on their own guitars as they belted out the fan-favorite track.«We finally got to play 'You All Over Me' and I won’t ever be shutting up about it,» Morris captioned the post.