The UK's Official Top 40 Songs of the Summer 2020

Penn Badgley and his wife Domino Kirke have welcomed their first child together. Kirke announced the news of their son's birth on her Instagram last night, sharing a painting of a womb from her placenta blood.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“Watchmen” won best limited series at the Emmys on Sunday, marking the first time a comic-book adaptation has taken home a top prize at the annual celebration of television’s best work.The HBO production earned the most nominations of any series heading into Sunday night’s ceremony, with 26 nods across nearly every category possible.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSO. MANY.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterMichelle and Robert King, the creators and showrunners of “Evil” and “The Good Fight,” typically start each season of every show they run with dinner and drinks with the writers. One of the best things about having a writers’ room, says Robert King, is getting together to “chat about everything and anything.”But this year, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, such outings have not been taking place.

Marilyn Manson has been one of popular music's most fascinating stars for three decades and he continues to captivate with his new album.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHBO’s “Watchmen” walked away the big winner at the 2020 Television Critics Assn.

After two months under stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic in March and April, Kourtney Kardashian took matters into her own hands to make sure she still had a great summer. With traveling to international locations off the table, Kourt rounded up her kids for road trips to places like Utah, Colorado and more. Staying close to home didn’t mean there was a lack of fun and adventure, and Kourtney shared pics from her travels on Instagram all summer long.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a comparatively slow week leading into the long weekend — which means we only scanned around 100 songs last week instead of the usual 130! — the avalanche of songs is back with a bang.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCapping a week that has seen the company acquire Big Deal Music Group and appoint several new top officers, Hipgnosis Songs announced that it has acquired the music catalog of Chrissie Hynde, founding member, lead vocalist and primary songwriter of pioneering rock band The Pretenders.Hipgnosis has acquired 100% of Hynde’s music publishing catalog of 164 songs, including publishing and writer’s share (PRS) from the Pretenders and her other projects. Terms of the deal

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHipgnosis Songs has acquired Big Deal Music Group and brought board its senior staff, with Kenny MacPherson becoming CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Group and reporting directly to founder and CEO Merck Mercuriadis. He is joined by Co-Presidents Casey Robison and Jamie Cerreta and Executive Vice President Dave Ayers (New York) as well as Senior Vice President Pete Robinson (Nashville) all of whom have signed new five-year contracts, according to the announcement.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTriller, the music-video creation app, has named a dozen top female music industry executives to a new advisory board.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Rolling Stones will open their first “flagship” store, “RS No. 9 Carnaby,” on Wednesday at 9 Carnaby Street in London’s Soho district.The new store, created in partnership with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, features all of the hallmarks of the iconic band and includes exclusive new fashion label “RS No.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHipgnosis Songs founder Merck Mercuriadis named Ted Cockle president and Amy Thomson as chief catalogue officer of the company.Cockle was most recently president of Virgin EMI in the U.K., which under his tenure managed the recorded music for artists including Queen, Elton John, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Emeli Sande, The Killers, Lorde and Lewis Capaldi.

Summer 2020 has been the summer of love for many stars! With many quarantine regulations still in place amidst the coronavirus, there’s not much for these couples to do BUT spend time together — and they’re thriving in the midst of it all. Some of these couples have newborn babies, some are in hot new romances, and some are more in love than ever after several years together.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCompared with the avalanche of recent weeks, the days leading up to Labor Day weekend were relatively slow for incoming new songs — which means we went through just 80 instead of 120! — providing a great opportunity to shine a light on some lesser-known artists.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor today only — Friday, Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFive agents formerly with Paradigm have launched a new agency called TBA that represents The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Chvrches, Jose Gonzales, Guided by Voices, Jay Som, Yaeji, Omar Apollo and many other artists.The company, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, was founded by agents Marshall Betts, Avery McTaggart, Amy Davidman, Ryan Craven, and Devin Landau.

Oasis have been crowned the Kings of Britpop as BBC Radio 2 unveiled Official Top 50 Britpop Songs, counting down the UK’s best-selling Britpop songs of the 90s.

Today with Claire Byrne is getting into its groove on air but landing the big gig of replacing Sean O’Rourke hasn’t changed things at home for the show’s new host.Asked whether her kids had heard her on her new gig, RTÉ’s Claire Byrne shared, ‘I don’t know, I haven’t asked them actually. They’re kind of used to it.’‘They don’t have that much awareness of what I do.