Music Industry Moves: Kimberly Perry Signs Solo Deal With Records Nashville/Columbia

EXCLUSIVE: One day after New Mexico dropped criminal charges against Rust actor and producer Alec Baldwin in the tragic set death of DP Halyna Hutchins, Deadline has learned that the Oscar nominee and multi-Emmy winner is set to star in Mike Hatton’s feature directorial debut, Hollywood Heist.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Is Take That back for good? “Greatest Days” — the screen adaptation of the British pop act’s stage musical “The Band” — has unveiled its first trailer, with a U.K. and Ireland release date set for June 16. News of the movie’s release comes just a week after the band was revealed as one of the acts set for King Charles’ coronation concert next month. The group will also perform at a London premiere for “Greatest Days” on June 15. The performance will be broadcast alongside previews of the movie, which will screen at cinemas around the country on June 15.

Janet Jackson kicked off her ‘Together Again’ tour in Florida on Friday (April 14), showcasing a host of hits and rarities.The show at the Hard Rock Live venue, was the singer’s first in four years and is the start of a 34 date run in the US. The tour will celebrate her 50-year career and focus on 1997’s ‘The Velvet Rope’ and 1993’s ‘Janet’ alongside her greatest hits.The 40-song set saw the singer play a host of hits from her back catalogue including ‘Control’ and ‘Nasty’ along with live debuts for the likes of ‘Damita Jo’, ‘Enjoy’, ‘Girlfriend/Boyfriend’, ‘Like You Don’t Love Me’, and ‘Do It 2 Me’.

Apple TV+ has struck a multi-year content deal with Canal+ in France and will become available to all Canal+ subs in the nation plus other European territories.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Pedro Almodóvar’s hotly anticipated short “Strange Way of Life” has secured its first deal ahead of its Cannes Film Festival world premiere next month. In the project’s first announced multi-territory deal MUBI — the indie streamer, distributor and producer — has acquired all rights for Italy and Latin America. Pathe will be releasing the film in the U.K. under a longstanding agreement. Shot in southern Spain’s Tabernas desert, “Strange Way of Life” stars Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as two gunmen who reunite after 25 years. The half-hour film has been described by Almodóvar as a “queer Western, in the sense that there are two men and they love each other,” the director said last December on Dua Lipa’s “At Your Service” podcast. 

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and CNN are teaming up to mark 20 years since the Columbia space shuttle disaster.

There is nothing better than a big pop girl, and this list of the British female solo artists with the most Number 1s in UK chart history is more than proof of that. 

Roy Trakin Like their unlikely namesake, the Zombies have had several lives since being formed by keyboardist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone in St. Albans in Hertfordshire U.K. in the early 1960s. The first British Invasion act after the Beatles to score a chart-topping U.S. hit with “She’s Not There,” the guys disbanded shortly before their 1968 soon-to-be-cult album, çOdessey and Oracle,” was released. That collection produced another stateside smash in “Time of the Season,” which Al Kooper belatedly convinced Columbia’s Clive Davis to put it out. Since Argent and Blunstone reunited as the Zombies in 2004, the group has released four albums, the latest, the Covid-delayed “Different Game,” on indie Cooking Vinyl, which serves as the follow-up to 2015’s aptly titled “Still Got That Hunger.”

Last year he was chosen to represent the UK in carrying the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games, and singer-songwriter Jason Warner, best known as Jsky, is now aiming to empower others with a new anthem about self-worth. The BBC Radio Manchester presenter, from Bury, was proud last summer to carry the baton as part of The Queen’s Baton Relay.

Epix is to rebrand as MGM+ International outside the U.S. and has struck a content deal with Lionsgate for key European territories.

Little Mix‘s Perrie Edwards has announced that she is working on new solo music, but has “no deadline” set on when it’ll be released.Edwards was a part of the multi-platinum award-winning girl group, who are currently “taking a break” since last year.Prior to Little Mix’s hiatus, Jesy Nelson left the group and embarked on her own solo career, releasing the Nicki Minaj-assisted ‘Boyz’ that sparked some online controversy.The remaining girls – Leigh-Ann Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall – have all done a solo project. Pinnock was a protagonist in the Christmas movie Boxing Day and has since signed to Warner Records.

If you are - like most of us - waiting with bated breath for the solo music of Little Mix members Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thrilwall, well, we have some bad news for you...

charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is facing criticism online after posting about gun control.The actor, 64, reshared a screenshot of a viral tweet from musician Peter Frampton following the school shooting at Covenant School in Nashville this week, which took the lives of six people and the shooter.“26 years ago, a gunman entered Dunblane Primary School in Scotland, killing 16 kids and a teacher,” the tweet read. “The UK govt responded by enacting tight gun control legislation.

BreAnna Bell “The Night Agent” overthrew “You” Season 4 for the No. 1 spot on the English TV List with 168.71 million hours viewed following its March 23 premiere date. The action-thriller is currently the streamer’s most viewed title this week. Created by Shawn Ryan and based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, the series ranks third overall for premiere week of viewing across all Season 1 TV and appeared in the Top 10 in 93 countries. Last week, “You” Season 4 took the top spot among the list of English TV titles with 64.06 million hours viewed after releasing the second half of the season’s episodes on March 9. The series currently ranks third on the list. Most recently, Netflix renewed “You” for a fifth and final season.

The Night Agent snuck its way to the top of Netflix’s English-language TV charts for the week of March 20.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Warner Chappell Music has renewed its global publishing deal with producer Marco “MAG” Borrero. A frequent Bad Bunny collaborator, MAG produced 15 of the 23 tracks on the blockbuster album “Un Verano Sin Ti,” which led to his 2022 Variety Hitmakers honor and his No. 1 position on Billboard’s Year-End Hot Latin Song Producers chart. “Un Verano Sin Ti” became the first all-Spanish album to top the year-end Billboard 200 chart as well as earn a nomination for Album of the Year Grammy award. The Brooklyn-born, Puerto Rican-Dominican producer was mentored by Max Martin — the most successful songwriter-producer of the past 25 years — and over the course of his career has also collaborated with Rauw Alejandro, Arcángel, Bebe Rexha, Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato.

John Mayer is continuing his successful acoustic tour!

Tamar Herman Kakao Entertainment America and Columbia Records have partnered to co-manage K-pop girl group IVE, it was announced on Thursday (March 23). The collaboration is expected to boost IVE’s presence in the North American market, with Columbia, a subsidiary of Sony Music, supporting their upcoming album, “I’ve IVE,” due out April 10.  Columbia will assist with global music distribution, local marketing, and promoting the album, which will begin with the pre-album release of the single “Kitsch,” dropping March 27th.  IVE is produced by Kakao Entertainment subsidiary, Starship Entertainment. 

Philip Selway has announced a string of upcoming UK shows, following the release of his latest solo album.The Radiohead drummer is currently gearing up to hit the road as part of an upcoming solo tour – which kicks off in May.The six UK performances will follow a series of dates from across Europe, including the Café Del La Danse in Paris and the Columbia Theater in Berlin. From there, the UK leg of the tour will begin in Glasgow on May 15, and run through until May 21, where it ends in Manchester.Live performances will also be held in Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol, as well as a slot at London’s Union Chapel on May 18.

Neon has unveiled a raft of cast additions for Joshua Oppenheimer’s musical The End as principal photography begins in Ireland.