Recording Academy Invites 2,710 New Members, With More Than Half From Underrepresented Groups

With Cannes winding down tonight—just one last movie in the festival’s official selection, by Gaspar Noe, was left to play—Bill Murray took to the stage at the Debussy theater with cellist Jan Vogler, pianist Vanessa Perez and violinist Mira Wang for a 25-minute concert of music following the premiere of Andrew Muscato’s doc New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDocumentary filmmaker Morgan Neville paints a raw and personal image of Anthony Bourdain in his new documentary, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” which opens in theaters on Friday.In the documentary, editors Eileen Meyer and Aaron Wickenden weave in narration by Bourdain pulled from audio clips, show outtakes, video interviews and audiobooks.

Surprising reception! Chad Michael Murray has wonderful memories from his time on Gilmore Girls — but he didn’t expect fans to share the same sentiment about his bad boy role.

Chad Michael Murray is looking back at one of his most iconic roles as Tristan on Gilmore Girls.

Chad Michael Murray paid a virtual visit to “Today” on Wednesday, and looked back at one of his earliest screen roles: Tristan Dougray, bad boy classmate of Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) at Chilton prep school.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced on Wednesday that timed advance admission tickets for the new venue will be available beginning August 5 at 9 a.m. PT at academymuseum.org and on the museum’s new app. Opening on September 30 in Los Angeles, the museum will be the largest institution in the United States devoted to exploring the art and science of movies and moviemaking.

Loved-up Maura Higgins deployed some covert moves to keep her budding romance ‘strictly secret’.

Rachel Nichols, ESPN‘s star anchor who does all things basketball and the NBA as of late, is under fire this weekend after a secret recording was made public.

Disparaging comments made by ESPN host Rachel Nichols and leaked from a recorded phone conversation are reportedly causing an uproar at the sports network.

Loved-up Maura Higgins deployed some covert moves to keep her budding romance ‘strictly secret’.

Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn, who took Supporting Actress in April for Minari, along with a number of her recent fellow acting nominees including Maria Bakalova, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci, and Steven Yeun, are among the new class of 395 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 395 artists and executives that have been invited to join this year — about half the number of last year’s class. The 2021 class is comprised of 46% women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and 53% international from 49 countries outside the United States.

Teen heartthrob and One Tree Hill alum Chad Michael Murray recently opened up about the possibility of a reboot for the iconic teen drama OTH. In a candid chat with TV Fanatic, the 39-year-old star stated: “I believe at some point, I’m sure there will be some new iteration of One Tree Hill,” he explained.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter years of criticism over a lack of female and diverse representation in its membership and the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy is continuing its efforts to expand its voting body by extending invitations to 2,710 established music professionals “from wide-ranging backgrounds, genres and disciplines,” according to the announcement.It states that the 2021 class of invitees is 48 percent female, 32 percent Black or African American+, 13 percent Hispanic or

There’s only one Tree Hill — at least until someone reboots it. Chad Michael Murray thinks the teen drama will be back.

a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that accused the Academy of corruption and included accusations that the Academy’s private counsel, Joel Katz, sexually harassed her (Katz denied those claims) and said that she learned her predecessor, Neil Portnow, was accused of raping an unnamed female recording artist following a performance at Carnegie Hall (Portnow called the accusations “ludicrous and untrue” and said an independent investigation had exonerated him).Dugan also

NEW YORK -- Ousted Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan and the Recording Academy have reached a confidential settlement over why the former leader was let go from the organization.“The Recording Academy and Deborah Dugan have agreed to resolve their differences and to keep the terms of their agreement private," the academy and Dugan said in a joint statement late Thursday.Dugan was fired days before the 2020 Grammys. She has since said the awards show was rigged and muddled with conflicts of interest.

coronavirus crisis.The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) provided the estimate following the results of its recent survey, which revealed that just over half of the association’s membership who hadn’t already cancelled were still actively planning to go ahead with their events later this year – 22 per cent remain unsure.The survey was released this month after the government delayed the final stage of unlocking of COVID-19 restrictions, which was intended to have allowed for large-scale