Sony Music Entertainment Inks Multi-Year Deal With Residente To Launch 1868 Studios For Content Spotlighting Cultural Narratives

LeBron James' SpringHill Company has inked a multi-project development deal with Audible, aimed at producing exclusive audio content focused on culturally influential topics. First up on the multi-project slate isMore Than A Vote: Our Voices.

MEXICO CITY -- Armando Manzanero still has music to give. At 84, the Mexican master of romantic music, who has penned Spanish classics such as “Somos Novios” and “Contigo Aprendí”, is still working the tunes on his piano.When answering the phone for an interview about the Lifetime Achievement Award he'll receive at the Latin Billboard Awards on Wednesday, he was in the middle of a recording session.“Everything I say and I compose, or feel, I record so it doesn't get lost,” he said.

Victoria Beckham took to Instagram on Tuesday to share the most adorable photo of her husband David and their nine-year-old daughter Harper, calling the superstar footballer "the best daddy".MORE: David Beckham cooks impressive homemade treat for four childrenIn the heart-melting snaps, David firstly planted a kiss on his daughter and then gave her a sweet hug.David revealed earlier in the day that he and Harper had spent the day at a local farm, where they picked their own

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Originals‘ alum Steven Krueger is returning to the CW for a recurring role on the upcoming third season of Roswell, New Mexico. The role also reunites Krueger with Roswell, New Mexico creator Carina Adly MacKenzie, who was a writer on The Originals.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The San Francisco Chronicle, UK production company Ugly Duckling Films and Sony Music Entertainment are partnering to develop the first narrative podcast project from the Chronicle, a new true crime series called The Doodler.The podcast will tell the story of the ongoing hunt for the notorious serial killer known as the “Doodler” who targeted San Francisco’s closeted gay community in the 1970s and is suspected to have murdered up to 16 people.Hosted

Will Thorne Staff WriterRegina Hall is expanding her relationship with Showtime.Fresh off her comedy series “Black Monday” being renewed for third season, Hall has inked a first-look deal with the premium cabler.Under the new pact, Hall will develop and produce TV projects for Showtime via her production company, Rh Negative.

Living through a pandemic has meant that a lot of creative endeavours have been curtailed, with travel, touring, and in-person collaboration obviously affected. However, musicians have shown great resilience throughout 2020 with Mexican Summer's Looking Glass singles series an interesting case in point.

Sony Music Entertainment to launch 1868 Studios.Under this new venture, which the company announced Thursday as “groundbreaking,” the Puerto Rican rapper and Sony Music Latin/Iberia will create, produce and globally distribute original content across multiple formats and in Spanish and Engish.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentDirector, actor and entrepreneur Justin Baldoni is adding author to his ever-growing resume.Baldoni is set to release his debut book, “Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity,” next spring.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSony Pictures Television has picked up exclusive format and global distribution rights to “Medici” producer Lux Vide’s hit Italian medical drama “Doc – Nelle Tue Mani”.Under the deal, SPT Studios will develop a U.S. adaptation of the show, which has scored record ratings on Italy’s public broadcaster RAI.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Group has announced the appointment of Tiffany R. Warren to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, as part of its continued commitment to diversity and equity in the workplace and beyond.

Jimmy Kimmel grilled “Bachelorette” Clare Crawley during her appearance on his talk show on Thursday night — and her answers have the TV host totally perplexed. Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, appeared earlier in the show to give him the scoop on Crawley’s season, but her account doesn’t exactly line up with Crawley’s.

Jimmy Kimmel grilled Bachelorette Clare Crawley during her appearance on his talk show on Thursday night — and her answers have the TV host totally perplexed. Kimmel's wife, Molly McNearney, appeared earlier in the show to give him the scoop on Crawley's season, but her account doesn't exactly line up with Crawley's. As McNearney explained — and ET learned in August — Crawley's time as Bachelorette ended roughly two weeks into filming, after she fell for one of her contestants.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentGaumont has signed a five-year deal with the international aggregator Under The Milky Way to handle the digital distribution of Gaumont’s new releases and library titles on transactional VOD services.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Group has released the first of a series of U.S. voter campaign films with a core message to motivate and inspire eligible U.S.

Ed Meza @edmezavarGermany’s Maze Pictures has boarded Moscow-based Metrafilm’s KGB comedy series “Pawns,” from writers Michael and Lily Idov, who penned the award-winning 2018 Cannes competition screener “Leto.”The company, which has offices in Munich, Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland, is also developing a miniseries based on “Ghosts of Berlin,” a book of supernatural stories by filmmaker Rudolf Herzog (son of Werner Herzog), and the tentatively titled mystery series “Parallels.”On the film

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentArgentina and Mexico-based Jaque Content, originator of suspense drama series “The Cleaning Lady,” now set to become a Warner Bros.-produced U.S. drama pilot, has clinched a strategic alliance with Spain’s Grupo Black Panther.Marking Jaque’s first European beachhead, the partnership will see the two companies targeting fiction production, playing off an emerging co-production triangle linking Spain, Latin America and the U.S.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Kevin Bacon is set to direct A Problem Of Providence, a dark comedy scripted by Mike Vukadinovich. AGC Studios is producing and financing the film.Script is a darkly comedic exploration of greed and violence that centers around an eclectic group of residents in a small Alaskan town as they attempt to cover up a murder for hire.