Sony acquires the songs catalogue of Paul Simon

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday that it has expelled its former president Phil Berk from its membership rolls.

Boris Johnson calling for a reform to the streaming economy – see it in full below.The letter, from the Musicians’ Union in association with the Ivors Academy and the #BrokenRecord campaign, says that the law around streaming revenues and royalty payments “has not kept up with the pace of technological change” in the music industry.

Paul Weller has reflected on the time he got to record a Beatles song with Paul McCartney as part of the supergroup The Smokin’ Mojo Filters.The band consisted of Weller, McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, Young Disciples’ Carleen Anderson and The Style Council’s Steve White.The musicians came together in 1995 to record a track for charity record ‘The Help Album’, which raised money for War Child.

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Paul Greengrass is teaming again with his News of the World and United 93 studio Universal for a feature adaptation of the Fletcher Knebel novel Night of Camp David. 

Paul McCartney has shared a story about the first time that The Beatles got stoned, with a little help from Bob Dylan.Macca was speaking as range of artists from throughout the ages paying tribute to Dylan to mark his 80th birthday for Uncut‘s June issue – which is out today.

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Films India has tapped emerging local talent to spearhead its burgeoning Bollywood slate, while simultaneously making moves to aggressively grow its Hollywood footprint.The studio has handed Aakash Bhatia (Amazon series “Inside Edge”) a feature directorial debut with “Looop Lapeta,” the Indian adaptation of “Run Lola Run,” starring Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin.

Jake Paul is denying the sexual assault allegations made by TikTok star Justine Paradise.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSister has acquired “Never Far Away,” the new novel from bestselling author Michael Koryta, and will develop it as a feature film. Oscar-winning producer Cathy Schulman, who previously oversaw “Crash,” will produce the thriller for the company.

Paula Abdul is the guest judge on the latest episode of American Idol and she made a comment about former co-star Simon Cowell that completely shocked host Ryan Seacrest.

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Paul Dano has signed on to play a reimagined version of Steven Spielberg‘s father in the film loosely based on the director’s life.

With “West Side Story” seemingly, finally hitting theaters later this year and “Indiana Jones 5” in the hands of James Mangold, Steven Spielberg continues to firm up plans for his next film, a coming-of-age story inspired by his own childhood growing up in Arizona. The idea of Spielberg mining his own childhood and relationships for a film is something we haven’t really seen too much of in the past, making this new film uttering fascinating.

Studiocanal has picked up sales and distribution rights to the back catalogue of Romulus Films, which includes 40+ films.

EXCLUSIVE: Susanna Fogel, who co-wrote the critically acclaimed comedy Booksmart and also helmed the Lionsgate comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, is set to direct The Mentor, based on a screenplay she is co-writing with her Spy Who Dumped Me collaborator David Iserson. Fogel and Iserson will produce the feature, which is based on an original idea, for Sony Pictures.

Sony Music Publishing be the custodian of my songs for the coming decades.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is looking back at filming a racist episode of “Saved By The Bell”.