SBA Inches Forward on ‘Save Our Stages’ Relief — But for Most Venues, Money Remains Out of Reach

Sega has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, an anniversary celebration of the classic arcade game series.The trailer shows some of the returning levels from past games in the franchise, including Jungle Island, Bubbly Washing Machine, and Dr.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRev. Moose is the executive director and co-founder of NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association, as well as managing partner at Marauder, the firm that produces Independent Venue Week in the United States.If the American dream is alive and well, then this past year-and-a-half has been a nightmare.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCreative Artists Agency announced that it has signed all six members of New Edition: Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. The company will represent the group in all areas worldwide, including touring, theatre, literature, TV/film, production, composing and others.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs American voters’ rights have increasingly come under attack from Republican politicians and interest groups, voter-registration non-profit HeadCount has announced “Save the Vote!,” an interactive campaign to encourage young Americans and cultural leaders to speak out for voting rights.The campaign hits on the same day that a divided Supreme Court ruled to uphold restrictive voting laws in Arizona.

Harrison Ford’s legendary whip-wielding archaeologist ride into the sunset just yet. Production on the much-delayed final installment of “Indiana Jones” has ground to a halt yet again as the action star recovers from an injury he suffered during filming.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven though they’re all alpha musicians in their own right, it’s often hard not to think of Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers — close friends and members of the semi-supergroup side-project Boygenius — as a single, multi-faceted entity.

LOS ANGELES -- Anne Rice's “Interview with the Vampire” is rising again on screen, this time for TV.The bestselling novel, which was adapted for the 1994 Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise film, will be the basis for a new AMC and AMC+ series set for 2022, AMC Networks said Thursday.The announcement follows the company's 2020 acquisition of 18 works by Rice, including 1976's “Interview with the Vampire," its sequels and the Mayfair Witches series.Producer Mark Johnson ("Breaking Bad," “Halt and Catch Fire”)

Perth and Kinross have breathed a sigh of the relief as the region looks towards ‘Freedom Day’. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this week unveiled a new road map to ease COVID restrictions in the coming weeks.

Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic action franchises. The tale of Indiana Jones has sustained the audience’s interest since the early ’80s though the generation of movie lovers has changed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEricka Coulter has joined Warner Records as senior vice president of A&R, the company announced Wednesday (June 23). Coulter was most recently VP of A&R at Epic Records, where she worked with acts including Rick Ross, Giveon, and Lonr., among others; prior to her six-year tenure at Epic, she held posts at Interscope and Capitol (Evolve) Records.

Kate Hudson, 42, took in the joys of the sunny weather in Greece by spending time at a beach on June 19. The actress hung out on the island of Skiathos with her partner Danny Fujikawa and two of her three children, including daughter Rani Rose, 2, whom she shares with Danny, and son Bingham, 9, whom she shares with ex Matt Bellamy, 43, and showed off her toned physique in a strapless blue bikini. She also wore white-framed sunglasses that went perfectly with the swimsuit choice.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSongwriters Hall of Fame inductee Nile Rodgers was unanimously re-elected to serve a second three-year term as Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame by the SHOF Board of Directors at its annual board meeting held on June 11.A cofounder of Chic and cowriter of nearly all of that group’s songs, Rodgers has worked with a galaxy of stars over the course of his career as a songwriter, producer and deeply innovative guitarist, including David Bowie, Diana Ross,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs previously reported by Variety, Imran Majid and Justin Eshak officially have been appointed Co-CEOs of Universal Music Group’s legendary Island Records label, effective Jan. 1, 2022.Eshak and Majid will join Island from Columbia Records, where they were previously co-heads of A&R.The appointment, effective January 1, 2022, marks a return to UMG for Majid and Eshak, who met at UMG’s Republic Records in 2004 where they worked as A&R executives.