Universal Music's Midyear Earnings Were Just OK on Paper, But Pretty Good for During the Pandemic

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has apologized for her actions during a recent event during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jessica Simpson realized she’s made progress with her mental health when she didn’t feel the desire to have a drink amid the coronavirus pandemic.The “With You” singer, 40, explained how she battled her alcohol addiction on the Thursday, August 20, episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show.“People are like ‘Don’t you want to drink during this pandemic? Oh my God, aren’t your kids driving you crazy?'” Simpson told hosts Jess Cagle and Julia Cunningham. “I’m like, ‘No, I do not want to drink,’

there were particularly high incidence of cases in central Oldham areas, where there is a high proportion of people from the south Asian community."There are people who are racist, they think 'because of them, we have to be in lockdown'. The next Bangladeshi person you see could then become a target", Mr Mahmood said.Mufti Helal Mahmood MBE, an officer from Oldham Mosque Council, agreed."There's been a huge spike in Islamophobic hate crime and racial tension within the community.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group (UMG) has appointed Cindy Gu as head of Astralwerks Asia, the company’s label division focused on electronic and dance music in the region.The label also announced Tuesday its first Asian artist signing: the Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorFor a theater in the middle of a pandemic, the Bush Theatre in London is keeping remarkably busy. It’s produced a series of timely Monday Monologues online, curated The Protest series of digital pieces inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and posted a number of Master Classes.

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd’s son, Hayes, has been a nice “distraction” amid the coronavirus pandemic.“He’s great,” the Grammy winner, 30, said of the 4-month-old on the Friday, August 14, episode of The Bobby Bones Show.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group’s China division on Thursday announced the launch of “Magic Muses,” its first local label in over a decade.It will be focused solely on soundtracks and scores, seeking to work with local artists and composers to create tracks for Chinese film and TV projects.Veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou will be the Beijing-based label’s CEO. Hou is the founder and former CEO of Chinese film website Mtime.

The 100 finally gave us what we wanted — Bellamy Blake (Bob Morley) alive and well and returned to his friends — but there's a huge catch. After a harrowing journey, Bellamy's allegiance now lies with the Shepherd and his Disciples rather than his friends.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group (UMG) announced Monday that it has signed multi-year direct licensing agreements in China with both Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) and its competitor NetEase Cloud Music, breaking the past precedent of signing exclusively with the former. The move signals a shake-up in the major labels’ approach to the Chinese market.

Universal Music Group’s Interscope, her record label for nearly a decade, according to reports.The Queen of Pop is considering returning to Warner Music Group, where she launched her self-titled debut album “Madonna” in 1983 and went on to crank out hits including “Like a Virgin” (1984), “True Blue” (1986), and “Ray of Light” (1998).

Reese Witherspoon is looking happy and fit!

Melissa Rivers insists her late mother Joan Rivers would have loved wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cauty has signed a deal with Universal Music Latin Entertainment, Billboard can exclusively reveal today (Aug. 6).

Selena Gomez has kept a pretty minimal presence on Instagram the past couple months. In June, she let prominent Black activists, like Black Lives Matter's co-founder Alicia Garza, take over her Instagram for a day to spread awareness about their work and the Black Lives Matter movement.

bride before threatening to have everyone arrested. Anna Larrabee, 29, is heard telling her angry mother-in-law Judy to leave the ceremony in a shocking TikTok video shared by her sister Sarah Ragsdale, from San Jose in California.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Vietnam (UMV), in partnership with Vietnamese independent label Times Records (Hãng Đĩa Thời Đại), has signed Vietnamese pop sensation Phùng Khánh Linh. The announcement comes on the heels of Universal Music Group opening UMV’s offices in Ho Chi Minh City last month.