Edith Bowman once revealed she was platonically "in love" with best pal Cat Deeley back in the day. Cat is back in the spotlight in the UK after taking on the job of hosting This Morning earlier this week alongside Ben Shephard.
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David Israelite Guest Columnist David Israelite is the president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. Variety welcomes responsible commentary, please send ideas to [email protected]. Songwriters have always struggled to be treated fairly.
Throughout the history of the music industry, the rights of those who compose the lyrics and melodies are often treated with less respect than the rights of the more famous recording artists who bring their songs to life. Never has this been truer than in the current dispute between TikTok and Universal Music Group.
For anyone not familiar with the state of affairs, UMG’s record labels pulled the rights to their sound recordings off ofTikTok after the parties were unable to come to an agreement. Because Universal Music Publishing Group — Universal’s publishing company — was also unable to come to an agreement, the rights to the songs they owned and controlled were also pulled (but at a later date due to a difference in the contractual periods).
When the Universal Music artists and sound recordings came down, there was no shortage of opinion about the merits of such an action or the impact it would have … on artists. In the flood of discussion, there was little mention of the impact the removal of Universal sound recordings would have on the songwriters who wrote those songs and were not a part of the Universal Music family.
A month later, Universal Music Publishing followed suit with the removal of the songs written by Universal songwriters. All of a sudden, there was a great amount of discussion about what removing the UMPG songs would mean for recording artists on
.Edith Bowman once revealed she was platonically "in love" with best pal Cat Deeley back in the day. Cat is back in the spotlight in the UK after taking on the job of hosting This Morning earlier this week alongside Ben Shephard.
Glastonbury line-up poster has been edited to remove every artist that started their career in grassroots venues – and hardly any names are left standing.The first taste of the festival’s 2024 line-up was shared on Thursday (March 14), with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA topping the bill.But as revealed by the Music Venue Trust’s edit of the poster on social media, the vast majority of the dozens of names announced so far started their careers coming through the small music venues that now find themselves straining under unbearable pressure in the UK in 2024.Yesterday I was read a quote from a senior figure in the live music industry which ran as follows: “We don’t see any problems in the pipeline for developing the next Ed Sheeran's etc due to grassroots music venues closing, the headliners are still coming”I call bullshit. https://t.co/vGe4RlBUIx— Mark Davyd (@markdavyd) March 16, 2024Only names such as Nigerian afrobeats superstar Burna Boy, the K-pop group SEVENTEEN and Camila Cabello, who rose to fame on the US version of The X Factor, remain when the direct beneficiaries of grassroots venues are taken away.Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd commented on the edited poster, writing on X/Twitter: “Yesterday I was read a quote from a senior figure in the live music industry which ran as follows: ‘We don’t see any problems in the pipeline for developing the next Ed Sheerans etc.
Jack Dunn Universal has announced the release date for its latest action flick “With Love,” starring “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan. This marks Quan’s first major leading role in his 40 years in Hollywood. “With Love” is scheduled to hit theaters February 7, 2025.
Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard had a ‘rare chemistry’ after ‘instantly connecting’ during their presenting debut on This Morning, a body language expert has revealed. After months of speculation over who would be taking over from Phillip Schofield, who left the show in May last year, and Holly Willoughby, who resigned in October after 14 years, Ben and Cat joined the show as the permanent new faces of This Morning.
Cat Deeley, longtime presenter of So You Think You Can Dance, has revealed details of her experience being caught up in a Los Angeles shopping mall shooting scare that made her want to leave her home in Hollywood and return to live in the UK.
Larry David’s upcoming tour sounds pretty, pretty, pretty good.The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star is embarking on a two-show ‘A Conversation with Larry David’ mini-tour ahead of his seminal HBO series’ finale on April 7.At both gigs, he’ll discuss “Curb’s” final season, “Seinfeld,” his comedy career and more with a mystery moderator.First, the “disgruntled” curmudgeon will drop into Washington, D.C.’s The Anthem on Friday, March 29. After that, the former “SNL” scribe is slated to bring his irascible brand of funny to Boston, MA’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Monday, April 1.“Just so you know, I’ve recently had plastic surgery on my face and the doctor, who everyone raved about, totally botched it, leaving me devoid of all expression,” David joked in a press release.
Jaden Thompson Mindy Kaling‘s upcoming Netflix comedy series centered on pro-basketball has added Max Greenfield, Uche Agada and Dane DiLiegro to the cast. Kaling’s latest project, still untitled, features Kate Hudson in the lead role.
EXCLUSIVE: Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story), Uche Agada (Rise) and Dane DiLiegro (Prey, American Horror Stories) have joined Mindy Kaling‘s Netflix series, set in the world of pro basketball, in recurring roles.
A huge new arts and culture venue will be opening its doors permanently this weekend in Manchester’s Red Bank neighbourhood, just off Angel Meadow Park - and the first few months of events will include quiz nights, comedy shows and a pop-culture market.
Carly Pearce has no secret, sinister agenda — she’s just making new music.
This Morning is ready for a refresh on ITV, with the show welcoming two new faces onto the sofa – Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley.The pair are replacing Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after months of hosting hearsay, and it’s an exciting gig to get – although Ben admits he’s most excited to leave the Good Morning Britain wake-up calls behind. “Not having to get up so early and to be able to have a lie-in is quite high up there with what I’m looking forward to,” laughs Ben, 49.
Dune: Part Two ” is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ’s science fiction epic stormed the North American box office this weekend earning $81.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.Internationally, it earned $97 million, bringing its global debut to $178.5 million.“Denis made a really extraordinary and special film and its been really exciting to see people respond,” said Mary Parent, a producer on both “Dune” films and chairman of worldwide production at Legendary. “It was made for the big screen and it feels like it’s being received as a cinematic event.”It’s the first major hit of 2024, and one that was sorely needed by exhibitors.
In a People interview, Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Emma Caulfield Ford, who played the demon Anya on the TV series, updated her health and detailed her MS battle, which she kept quiet for more than a decade.
This time next week, the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will be well underway, as a string of Manchester’s best music venues open their doors and prepare to host a variety of world-class acts.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The bruising battle over royalties between Universal Music Group and TikTok entered a new and more severe stage in the early hours of Tuesday as songs published by UMG began to be removed from the platform. The standoff, which began earlier this month, initially saw recordings owned by UMG removed from the platform, but now is extending to a much larger number of songs by including those published by the company.
PJ Harvey has announced a late summer/early fall run of shows across the United States and lower Canada, her first North American trek in seven years. The tour is scheduled to begin on September 11 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.
Patsy Palmer is best known for her portrayal of Bianca Jackson in EastEnders, which she's set to return to, but she's since swapped Albert Square for sunny California.The actress relocated in 2014 with her family, following her exit from EastEnders. Patsy, 51, moved to Malibu 10 years ago with her husband Richard Merkell, 49, and their children; Fenton, 23, Emilia, 22, and Bertie, 13.The family have certainly thrown themselves into California life, having made pals with A-listers and carved out careers in showbiz. Patsy continues to dip in and out of acting - she's briefly reprised her role in EastEnders for some special episodes - and she's works as a DJ too.
Saturday Night Live set its sights on The Floor, Fox’s new game show hosted by Rob Lowe that has contestants facing off in a series of quiz duels.
A man stopped by police in a village was awash with cash and had a debtors' list in one of his two mobile phones. Now drug dealer, Mitchell Bradely, has been jailed for almost four years.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s visit to Sydney Zoo sent fans into a meltdown but there’s a foot detail that can’t be ignored.The power couple reunited yesterday and Australia was nothing short of obsessed with Kelce finally turning up in Sydney.Firstly, our morning shows that usually cover such pressing issues as Guy Sebastian’s latest single and why Barnaby Joyce was lying down on the sidewalk when taking a phone call were completely transfixed.They took a break from the hard-hitting news to cover the moment Kelce touched down in Australia via a private plane.It was all very exciting and confusing because Kelce arrived with an equally large man named Ross Travis.There are officially two American Travis men loose in Australia, but let us not get bogged down in the details.For a second there things weren’t looking good. There were some grainy photos of Kelce hanging out in Swift’s hotel suite at the Crown, but we weren’t getting any PDA moments.Then, all our wildest dreams came true when he was spotted on a cute date with Swift at the zoo.It is a love story, baby.