’Twas the night before the Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale — and Bravo is starting to spill the tea.
26.04.2023 - 14:37 / variety.com
Michael Huppe Michael Huppe is president-CEO of SoundExchange, a non-profit rights- management organization that provides products and services to collect royalties for more than 650,000 artists, labels and publishers. At the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) annual convention in Las Vegas this past week, the organization celebrated 100 years of representing big broadcasters’ interests in Washington, D.C. But for the music community, the moment served as a different centennial marker: 100 years of failing to pay artists for the use of their music on AM/FM radio. It doesn’t matter if the artist is a Grammy Award-winning pop star known around the world, an everyday musician, or an up-and-coming local artist – if their work has been played on U.S. radio airwaves, that performer has never been compensated for that usage. [Editor’s note: While the more than 8,300 AM and FM terrestrial radio stations across the country pay royalties to songwriters and publishers, they have never paid performers or copyright holders, although streaming services and satellite radio do.]
This mistreatment comes as a surprise to most people, and it’s easy to understand why. In every other industrialized and democratic nation in the world, artists are paid for the use of their work on terrestrial radio. The same is true for every other platform in the U.S., where laws around streaming on the internet, satellite, and cable recognize the value that artists bring. The failure to compensate artists for AM/FM airplay is unique to the U.S., is an utter denial of the bedrock American principle of fair pay, and is a direct result of a longtime profits over all else campaign by the industry’s powerful, century-old radio trade association and
’Twas the night before the Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale — and Bravo is starting to spill the tea.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The FOMO of having missed Joni Mitchell’s appearance at the Newport Folk Festival last summer no longer needs to be so strong. Most of that comeback set, which as augmented by an all-star cast, is being released as a live album in July, “At Newport,” produced by Mitchell and Brandi Carlile. The album will be released by Rhino on July 28, four days after the one-year anniversary of the surprise show at the Rhode Island Festival. The guest stars who shared lead vocals and instrumentals with Carlile during the “Joni Jam” will all be represented — including Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Lucius, Celisse and Wynonna Judd. Other players included Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Allison Russell and Blake Mills.
The episode is set to air live on Sunday at at 8 p.m. ET and 5 p.m.
In Monday night's episode of I'm A Celebrity...South Africa, the campmates will receive the shock news that Janice Dickinson has been forced to leave the camp through injury. American supermodel Janice, 68, was sent to hospital after she tripped over in camp as she walked to the long drop toilet during the night.
Charles has spent his entire life preparing for his role as King, and today he will finally be crowned at a Coronation filled with pomp and ceremony.
Prince Harry and and Prince Andrew will not have formal roles at the Coronation, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York, who are no longer working royals, will attend the service on Saturday, but will not perform any duties.The two men will also be absent from the procession behind the Gold State Coach carrying the newly crowned King and Queen from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony. All eyes will be on Harry as he faces his relatives in public for the first time since he criticised King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales in his tell-all memoir Spare.
Prince Harry faces being ‘humiliated’ and ‘exposed’ at King Charles’ Coronation, according to a relationship expert. The Duke of Sussex, 38, is set to attend Saturday’s historic ceremony alone as wife Meghan Markle remains at home in the US with their children Princess Lilibet, one, and Prince Archie, who turns four on the same day.
B.I has unveiled the tracklist for his upcoming studio album ‘To Die For’, featuring collaborations with BIG Naughty, Jessi and more.On May 5, the ex-iKON member took to Twitter to share the tracklist for ‘To Die For’, which arrives June 1 at 6pm KST. The record will be led by two title tracks: ‘Dare To Love’ featuring rapper BIG Naughty, and ‘Die for love’ with Korean-American singer-rapper Jessi.The album also includes several other features, including one with rappers Kid Milli and Lil Cherry on ‘Wave’ and ‘Beautiful Life’ with South Korean punk band Crying Nut.
Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant is closing.
Wow, as far as Hollywood breakups go, this is a real surprise. After an impressive 18 years of marriage, Kevin Costner is getting a divorce!
As the stars turned out in force for 2023's Met Gala in New York – many wearing wedding dresses – two chose the glitzy event to announce their pregnancies.Tennis star Serena Williams, 41, debuted her baby bump on the cream carpet, telling Vogue magazine: “There’s three of us here. I’m good, I’m really good now.
For Ariana Madix, the drama and turmoil of the past few months have actually taught her something very important about her own emotional endurance and inner strength.
Ariana Madix, the drama and turmoil of the past few months have actually taught her something very important about her own emotional endurance and inner strength.Madix was joined by Lisa Vanderpump at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, and the reality stars spoke with ET about being at the gala, and the rollercoaster year thus far.«I'm just so excited to be here! This is such a thrill to be invited by the and Lisa,» Madix marveled. «To be able to experience this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a moment that I've honestly dreamed of.»Madix added, «I've watched this correspondents dinner on television the coverage every year so to be able to be here is really incredible.»Madix's tumultuous love life has been front and center of entertainment news coverage over the past two months amind "Scandoval" — the popular term for the cheating scandal that emerged when it was revealed that Madix's longtime boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, had been cheating on her for months with fellow co-star Raquel Leviss.Scandoval has rocked the show itself, with many fans both captivated and angered by the situation and has led to serious turmoil among the cast.«Normally, the magic of this show is the ups and the downs... the authenticity of the show,» Vanderpump shared with ET.
LL Cool J has revealed his first headline tour in 30 years – featuring the likes of The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt-N-Pepa and many more.The F.O.R.C.E. Live, standing for Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy, Live tour is set to commence on June 25 in Boston at TD Garden.
Michelle Obama was born to sing! The former First Lady indulged the crowd Friday night at a Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona when she hit the stage and performed like a true pro.
Out on the town! Zendaya and Tom Holland enjoyed a rare public date night at Usher‘s Las Vegas residency show on Thursday, April 27.
A sequel to Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is officially in the works after nearly 20 years, with Vince Vaughn set to reprise his role. Deadline reports that a sequel to the cult comedy starring Vaughn and Ben Stiller is in early development at 20th Century Studios, with Vaughn likely to produce.
27 HMV branches to close in February 2019, after the company fell into administration. The brand was later rescued from collapse by Canadian music entrepreneur, Doug Putman.Following its closure, the historic site, which launched the brand in 1021, was converted into one of the many American Candy stores that popped up throughout the city at the start of the pandemic.Now, the famous location is set to return later this year and will be rebranded with the company’s new design.
The wife of fugitive Nicholas Rossi has claimed that her husband is '100 percent not a rapist' as he faces extradition to the United States over sex assault charges. Miranda Knight also told NBC’s Dateline that she hopes the pair will one day “crack open a bottle of champagne” and “return to their normal lives” as her husband remains in custody.
broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers. That number has steadily dwindled and the service’s eventual demise became apparent as the idea of waiting for the US Postal Service to deliver entertainment became woefully outdated.But the DVD-by-mail service still has die-hard fans who continue to subscribe because they treasure finding obscure movies that are aren’t widely available on video streaming.