Sony/ATV signs After Midtown

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has signed CSI: NY and Station 19 writer-producer Trey Callaway.The television multi-hyphenate launched his career upon writing the 1998 horror flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

GoFundMe campaign Oct. 19 that has raised nearly $6,000 — including $100 from the Nashville Songwriters Association Int’l.Weiss’ Garden State cousin has tried to enlist the help of Springsteen — who covered “Rhinestone Cowboy” last year.Weiss called Springsteen’s rendition “fantastic,” noting that Glenn Campbell’s version “was a bit glossy, but Bruce gave it more meat.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: French actress Camille Cottin, widely known for her role in the Netflix comedy series Call My Agent!, has joined UTA for representation.The series, which takes place at a Parisian talent agency where agents scramble to keep the business afloat after the sudden death of their founder, just released the final season in France this month and will hit Netflix next year.Cottin is poised to star opposite Matt Damon in the Tom McCarthy-directed drama

Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson have publicly criticised the Country Music Association after it failed to recognise the late John Prine during this year’s awards ceremony in Nashville last night (November 12).Taking to social media earlier today, Isbell said he and Amanda Shires have returned their lifetime membership cards to the CMA for not paying tribute to Prine, nor Jerry Jeff Walker or Billy Joe Shaver, both of whom passed away last month.“I doubt anybody will care, but we cared a lot

CAA has signed business woman Nicole Walters. CAA will work with Walters to identify opportunities in publishing, speaking, commercial endorsements, podcasts, touring, television, and beyond.

Lady A announced that they will no longer be performing at the 2020 Country Music Association Awards after one of their family members tested positive for COVID-19.The country group shared the news an hour before the awards show was set to begin in Nashville on Wednesday, November 11.“Taking a look back at last year’s CMA Awards and all the fun that we have every year getting to hang out with our country music family,” the group captioned two photos on Instagram.

barred the AP from using screenshots of the event that feature the faces of guests seated in the audience.No tickets were sold for the event, which is being held at Nashville’s Music City Center, but nominees, performers and their guests will be present in-person.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSony/ATV Music Publishing has signed songwriter and producer Jason Evigan to a worldwide publishing administration deal, the company announced on Tuesday (Nov. 10).Evigan’s credits include Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” ft.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE:  Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and two-time Oscar nominee Mikael Salomon has inked with Buchwald.Salomon directed episodes of HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series Band of Brothers from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special.Having worked as a cinematographer early on in his career on such movies as Backdraft, Far and Away, Always,

The 54th Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from Nashville’s Music City Center this week on November 11, but unfortunately, the big festivities will go down without one of the biggest names in country music.

Eight people and a dog were injured early Sunday in downtown Nashville after an argument over the canine resulted in a shooting, according to officials.  The Metro Nashville Police Department said the incident happened around 1 a.m. at the corner of Second Avenue North and Commerce Street, just a block from the city's famed Broadway district.  A small crowd was in the area when two men started arguing over a dog that belonged to one of them.

DEALSNinja Tune has signed Black Country, New Road and will release the band’s debut album, ‘For The First Time’, on 5 Feb 2021. “This [album] is basically representative of our first eighteen months”, says frontman Isaac Wood.

Geoff Mayfield While more transparent artist-friendly terms have become increasingly common among music publisher and indie-distributor offerings — especially since Kobalt Music Group streamlined the admin process when it set up shop in 2000 — the brass at The Orchard and Sony/ATV Music Publishing are confident the partnership they announced earlier this month adds a meaningful new option to the marketplace.Beyond allowing songwriting artists and smaller labels to park all of their music

Ted Johnson John Roberts has signed a new multi-year deal to remain as the network’s chief White House correspondent.Roberts has served as chief White House correspondent since 2016. Before that, he was senior national correspondent based in Atlanta, having joined the network in 2011.Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, said in a statement, “John is one of the best journalists in all of news.

Sony/ATV has extended its deal with songwriter and producer Cass Lowe, whose credits include tracks released by Charli XCX, Chance The Rapper, Labrinth, Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and Little Mix.“We have been very fortunate to witness Cass defining his art over the past few years, becoming one of the most in-demand UK songwriters”, says Sony/ATV UK President David Ventura.