Music Industry Moves: Finneas to Mentor Finalists on ‘Idol’; Dan + Shay Set Fall Tour Dates

HBO Max Remakes ‘The Great British Bake Off’ In Mexico HBO Max is planning to adapt the UK’s hit cooking competition series The Great British Bake Off in Mexico as The Great Bake Off. A 10-part celebrity version of the show will be produced by WarnerMedia Latin America, in what represents HBO Max’s first original unscripted production in Mexico. The Love Productions show was licensed by BBC Studios and follows WarnerMedia previously making local versions in Argentina and Chile.

Hulu has found its Mike Tyson.

Ethan Shanfeld After dropping out of the “American Idol” finale at the last minute, Arthur Gunn has spoken out about his decision to leave the show.Gunn was set to perform with Sheryl Crow on Sunday’s finale, but after the “Idol” contestant allegedly refused to come out of his trailer five minutes before the show, producers were forced to swap in Season 19 finalist Graham DeFranco, who was sitting in the audience.After the seemingly unrehearsed medley of Crow’s “Everyday Is A Winding Road” and

Former U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, a key witness in the 2019 House impeachment probe, sued former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the United States for $1.8 million on Monday.

The apple didn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to Mick Jagger and son Devereaux, the youngest of the Rolling Stones frontman’s eight children.

After their appeal to leave the USA for a family vacation, American actress Lori Loughlin and her husband and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, the courts are allowing the duo to leave the country. For the unversed, last week the duo appealed to leave the country and go to Mexico while serving their sentence.

Lee Evans, who won two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City and was part of the Black protests against perceived US racism, died on Wednesday. He was 74 and no cause of death was revealed by the USA Track and Field organization, which did not provide further details.

Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas has officially released a previously live-streamed concert to mark the one-year anniversary of his album ‘Set My Heart On Fire Immediately’.The concert, titled Live at the Palace Theatre, was originally streamed to a ticketed audience in Los Angeles September 2020.

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer have rescheduled the remaining dates of their ‘Hella Mega Tour‘.The US leg of the groups’ joint tour had already been postponed from summer 2020 to this summer, however, ongoing coronavirus restrictions have meant fresh dates have been set for next year.

HBO’s new hit series Lovecraft Country takes inspiration from Matt Ruff’s dark fantasy horror novel that explores racism in American culture through the contents of H. P. Lovecraft’s horror books. “I just think it’s so interesting what Matt was doing in the book, which was reclaiming genre spaces for people who have typically been left out of them,” show creator and executive producer Misha Green said during Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event.

Chris Willman Music Writer“American Idol” has set no fewer than a dozen music stars for the series’ grand finale May 23 — three of whom may be fairly predictable, given that Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry are the show’s judges.Not quite as foreseeable in the final show’s performing pecking order: Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, Luke Combs, Mickey Guyton, Lindsey Buckingham, Fall Out Boy, Alessia Cara, Leona Lewis and Macklemore.The show will air on ABC live across time zones May 23 at 8 p.m.

Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American distribution rights to Fully Realized Humans, an indie comedy from director Joshua Leonard. The film, which screened at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, will get a day-and-date release on July 30.

Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, saying “it displayed actions that were not meant to be taken in that way.”Kennedy's mother, Anita Guy, told the Herald-Journal that the video was filmed when Kennedy was 12 and had been taken out of context. She said Kennedy had been imitating characters from the film “The Strangers: Prey at Night.”"It had nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan, but I know that’s how it looks.

Amazon’s recent pick-up of Sony’s Camila Cabello musical movie Cinderella will hit the streamer this fall in 240 countries.

Jennifer Garner is sharing her experience of a visit to a migrant shelter on the border.

Tonight’s Saturday Night Live will be livestreamed internationally via YouTube in more than 100 countries,  including Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Merrill (All American, American Soul) has signed with Pantheon for representation in all areas.