Popstar Benny wants to make your favorite artist get weird

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has purchased Homecoming, a screenplay which made the 2021 Black List, in a competitive situation, and is setting it up as a film.

NEW YORK -- New data from the music industry confirms what a lot of people long suspected — 2021 was a very good year for Morgan Wallen, Adele and vinyl.MRC Data's year-end report, presented in collaboration with Billboard, showed that Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” ended 2021 as both the top country album of the year and the most popular album across all genres, with 3.2 million equivalent album units earned during the year.That's despite Wallen being rebuked by the music industry after a video surfaced showing him blurting out a racial slur. The singer was dropped by his label, disqualified from the Academy of Country Music Awards, and his music was temporarily pulled by radio stations and streaming services.Other top albums in 2021 include Olivia Rodrigo's “SOUR,” Pop Smoke's “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon" and Doja Cat's “Planet Her.” Dua Lipa's single “Levitating” was unstoppable, with 804.7 million on-demand audio and video streams, the top hit of the year.Adele's album “30” arrived late last year and she recorded the highest album sales debut in four years, with first-week sales of 839,000 equivalent units.

NEW YORK -- The extensive music catalog of David Bowie, stretching from the late 1960s to just before his death in 2016, has been sold to Warner Chappell Music.More than 400 songs, among them “Space Oddity,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Fame,” “Rebel Rebel” and “Let’s Dance” on 26 Bowie studio albums released during his lifetime, a posthumous studio album release, Toy, two studio albums from Tin Machine, as well as tracks released as singles from soundtracks and other projects, are included.Financial

Mitski has spoken about her decision to return to making music and touring following her indefinite hiatus in 2019.The indie star had announced that her headline show at New York’s Central Park Summerstage in September of that year would be her last “indefinitely”, but had assured fans she wasn’t quitting music entirely.In a new interview, Mitski has now explained that she did intend that to be the end of her artistic career.

Peter Dinklage is addressing the much-criticized Game of Thrones finale.

Nas has announced a brand new album called ‘Magic’, which will be released at midnight tonight (December 23).The new release will follow August’s ‘King’s Disease II’, which arrived 12 months after 2020’s ‘King’s Disease’.“MAGIC is in the air,” he wrote on Instagram, captioning a post that included the artwork and back sleeve of the album.

Tayshia Adams is keeps safe and skipping the big “After the Final Rose” special.

@BillOReilly he got the vaccine booster shot. pic.twitter.com/fhkOQEeeEQTrump previously told the Wall Street Journal he “probably” wouldn’t get a booster.

newcomer Mike is ready to leave his single life behind after two decades. In this exclusive clip from Sunday's, 34-year-old Mike talks about connecting with his online girlfriend, 24-year-old Ximena, who lives in Colombia.Mike, who lives in New York, says his last relationship was in high school, which sums up his romantic history.

Miss America 2022 has officially been crowned for the competition’s 100th annual event! The crown was given to Emma Leigh Broyles, Miss Alaska, on Dec. 16 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and was streamed live on Peacock. The title was the first win for the state of Alaska.

Bruce Springsteen has sold his music rights to Sony Music in an estimated $500 million deal, according to reports in, first, Billboard, and then The New York Times.

Billboard and The New York Times.Said to be one of the biggest transactions ever made for a single artist’s work, the value of the deal could exceed $500 million and includes the rights to the 72-year-old’s entire music catalog and his work as a songwriter, giving Sony ownership to nearly 50 years of work.Springsteen’s most recent album, “Letter to You,” was released in 2020 but he’s been expanding his horizons over the last few years, launching the limited run “Springsteen on Broadway” in 2017

There’s nothing like winning over a room with an adorable toddler.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Lucas Romeo to senior VP of promotion, effective immediately, EVP Gary Spangler announced on Monday.Based in New York, Romeo will oversee promotion efforts across multiple formats, guiding the promotion team and breaking artists in today’s new landscape. Romeo joined Republic in 2014 as regional promotion manager in Nashville, before returning to New York to serve as VP of Top 40.

Ralf Rangnick has clarified Mike Phelan is 'never on the pitch' during Manchester United's daily training sessions.

The Oscar-contending documentary The Velvet Underground, about the influential 1960s avant-garde rock band fronted by Lou Reed, has been praised as a “superb testament to a lost world that helped make our own.”

Drake perform live or get a lap dance from a topless lady? If so, you might want to head to downtown Miami.That’s where the group behind E11EVEN — an “ultra” club so exclusive that Halsey couldn’t get a table during last year’s Super Bowl, featuring jiggling breasts, world-famous DJs and a cult-like following — is creating a first-of-its-kind branding concept.

Chris Willman Music WriterEd Sheeran is doing what could reasonably be considered a series of “underplay” shows this week, mostly for winners of radio contests, including appearances at New York’s Empire State Building and Irving Plaza. Before he headed east, the pop superstar got his very intimate mini-tour underway with a hour-long show for SiriusXM subscribers at the Belasco Theatre, the smallest and most club-like of the downtown L.A.

The National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle have had their say. Now, the American Film Institute’s jury of industry professionals and media members (who decides this group is always quizzical) has made their top 10 selections for 2021 for both film and television.