Rising R&B Singer Maeta Signs With Roc Nation (EXCLUSIVE)

Ethan Shanfeld BondIt Media Capital has increased its credit facility with Revere Capital by up to $70 million.Founded in 2013, BondIt has posited over $150 million of capital into over 325 film, TV and other media projects.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd has responded to the rule changes for the Grammy Awards announced by the Recording Academy on Friday — primarily a change that eliminates the “secret” nomination-review committees that played a key role in his being shut out of all nominations for the 2021 awards, despite having one of the biggest albums and the most-streamed single of the year with “After Hours” and “Blinding Lights,” respectively.“The trust has been broken for so long between the Grammy

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe track records of Bonnie “Prince” Billy — a.k.a. former Palace frontman Will Oldham — and guitarist-singer Matt Sweeney reach back some 30 years and create a dense discographical tangle that takes as long to read as most of the albums take to listen to.

British actress Emma Laird, who just booked a starring role opposite Jeremy Renner in Mayor of Kingstown, has signed with APA for representation in all areas. The signing is major one for Laird, who has no feature or series experience, and for the agency, which beat out four other agencies for the opportunity to sign the actress.

Wellerman hitmaker Nathan Evans has just moved into his new house following his chart success with the viral sea shanty. Nathan who is originally from Airdie has been living with his wife Holly's auntie and was able to buy the home with the cash he's earned from being a musical hit and his signing with Polydor records.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile multiple outlets, including Variety, reported last April that Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was foregoing his $3 million salary for all of 2020 due to the pandemic and its devastating effect on the live-entertainment industry and the company, according to SEC filings, he did so for less than two months. His salary was reinstated at 50% as of June 1, and boosted to 60% on Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a pair of initiatives announced Wednesday, Jagermeister and a group of artists working with Brompton bikes — including Radiohead, Phoebe Bridgers, Foo Fighters, Dinosaur Jr.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThirty six hours or so after he finished his stint as the Academy Awards’ first DJ-as-orchestra, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the show’s musical director, has posted a 144-track playlist including every single song he played during the three-plus-hour-long Oscars ceremony this year.

Ramona Singer says 13 is her lucky number, and lucky for her,  is entering its 13th season.«Who can believe it?» the OG star cracks to ET over video chat from her Manhattan apartment, just before jetting off to film Peacock’s vacation series. «I'm really proud of season 13.

Christina Milian has welcomed her third child.The singer announced she has birth to a baby boy with partner Matt Pokora as she shared a beautiful picture of herself cradling her newborn in her arms. Christina looks beautiful in the picture as she smiles into the camera, as her little boy sleeps soundly on her chest.

Annika Pham Copenhagen-based Final Cut for Real CEO Signe Byrge Sørensen might be unassuming and soft-spoken, but her vision, will power and fire for urgent stories have made her a world-class producer.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated animator and director Michael Thurmeier has inked with Range Media Partners.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper, actor and activist Common has signed with YM&U management of his music endeavors, the company has announced. He will be represented and managed by Kevin Wolff, who signed him to YM&U, alongside Anthony Rodol.Common is the only rapper to win Grammy, Academy and Emmy Awards; he has also won a Golden Globe.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed director, producer, and writer Matthew Perniciaro.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFive-time Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has joined UTA, the company announced, for worldwide representation in all areas. With a catalog reaching back to the 1990s, Wayne is one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Saldanha has signed with Range Media Partners. Saldanha is one of the principle creative forces behind the Ice Age and Rio franchises during his time at Blue Sky Studios, where his films grossed over $2 billion at box offices worldwide. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, first for the animated short Gone Nutty  and more recently, the animated feature Ferdinand.

murder probe is underway after a pedestrian was mowed down by a car.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood star Ranveer Singh and filmmaker S. Shankar are teaming for a Hindi-language remake of 2005 Tamil-language blockbuster “Anniyan.”Shankar is known for his big-budget extravaganzas including “Sivaji” (2007), “Enthiran” (2010) and its sequel “2.0” (2018), all starring superstar Rajinikanth, and “Indian” (1996), starring actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan.

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific filmmaker and Servant executive producer M. Night Shyamalan has signed with Range Media Partners, which will also represent Shyamalan’s production company, Blinding Edge Pictures, run by President of Production, Ashwin Rajan. At Range, Shyamalan rejoins his former WME agents Tanya Cohen and Rich Cook, now both managers and partners at the new company. He will continued to be represented by WME and attorney Michael Schenkman.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a move that shows livestreaming will be a part of the concert experience even in a post-pandemic word, Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live-entertainment company, and Veeps, the livestreaming platform Veeps co-founded by Joel and Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte, the companies announced they have started equipping more than 60 concert venues across the United States to offer turnkey livestreaming.