Universal Music, YG Entertainment Invest in Big Hit Entertainment’s Live-Streaming Venture

Bros for life? Kevin Jonas crashed Nick Jonas‘ Saturday Night Live hosting debut to ask his brother some important questions about the Jonas Brothers‘ future.

Teresa Giudice has fallen hard for businessman Luis “Louie” Ruelas ever since they began dating in Nov. 2020. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star admitted on Valentine’s Day that she had “found love” with the hunky businessman, yet her co-star Jennifer Aydin could see how in love the pair was when she had them over for a January couples dinner at her home along with her husband Bill Aydin, she told HollywoodLife.com in an EXCLUSIVE interview.

Keith and Kenny Lucas are set to write and star in a semi-autobiographical comedy that has Judd Apatow attached to produce. The project will focus onthe Lucas brothers' lives as identical twins in Newark, New Jersey.The brothers will write the screenplay withJarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel.

Following their WGA nomination for their work on Judas and the Black Messiah, comedians and writing duo, the Lucas Brothers, look to have found their next project that is close to home. The siblings will write and star in a semi-autobiographical comedy about their lives as identical twins in Newark, New Jersey which will be produced by Judd Apatow through his Apatow Productions banner for Universal. Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel are set to co-write.

Dina Manzo may no longer be on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but she’s still team Giudice. The former Bravo star demanded Jackie Goldschneider make a public apology after suggesting Teresa Giudice’s eldest daughter, Gia Giudice, does drugs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Group has announced the launch of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, a “new global network delivering premium and flexible artist and label services to the industry’s most dynamic entrepreneurs and independent talent worldwide, inspired and influenced by the spirit and ethos of the iconic Virgin Records label.” The long-running label, originally founded by Richard Branson in 1972, came to Universal as part of its acquisition of EMI’s

Having built one worldwide sensation, Big Hit Entertainment, the management company and record label behind BTS, is looking to do it again. Big Hit and UMG announced Wednesday a strategic partnership in which they will assemble and debut a new global K-pop boy group together in the United States for the first time.The members will be selected from a global audition process that will be televised sometime next year with a U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBig Hit Entertainment, the South Korean company that brought BTS to the world, and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded strategic partnership that will see the two companies working together to “increase opportunities for artists through innovation and technology, whilst expanding the global reach of K-pop music and culture around the world,” according the announcement.

If you thought it would take a while for Teresa Giudice to really move on from her hubby of two decades, maybe a rebound guy or two, a slow building process… NOPE!

The French media conglomerate Vivendi says it plans to spin off Universal Music Group in an IPO by the end of 2021. UMG, one of the "Big Three" record labels alongside Warner Music Group and Sony Music, is based in Santa Monica, California and led by CEO Lucian Grange.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVivendi plans to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group on the Euronext market in Amsterdam by the end of the year, according to announcements from the companies in the early hours of Saturday.

Tarek El Moussa is getting candid on how he feels about Heather Rae Young’s new tattoo. Responding to a mortified Instagram user, El Moussa, 39, revealed his true feelings regarding his fiancée’s tattoo in a succinct fashion.

Michele Morrone has announced his plans to do a live streamed concert!

LOS ANGELES -- The stars of “Judas and the Black Messiah” found their own lives transformed as they immersed themselves in the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.Daniel Kaluuya said “a different me showed up” to the set when he was playing the magnetic Chicago-based activist, who was just 21 when he was killed by police in a 1969 raid.

TikTok have announced an “expanded global alliance” that will benefit both users of the app and artists signed to the label group.The short-form video app, which launched in 2016, allows users to use clips of songs to soundtrack their 15-second or 60-second videos.In a press release, UMG announced that a new deal between the two parties would see their full catalogue be made available for use on the app.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJust days after Triller and Universal Music Group essentially declared war on each other, UMG has unveiled a global agreement with TikTok “that delivers equitable compensation for recording artists and songwriters and significantly expands and enhances the companies’ existing relationship, promoting the development of new innovative experiences,” the announcement reads.Via the agreement, which covers recorded music from artists at UMG’s labels and songwriters with

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe war of words between Ryan Kavanaugh’s Triller and Universal Music Group escalated Friday, after UMG pulled its catalog from the video-sharing app citing Triller’s failure to pay licensing fees for songs used on its service.Early Friday, Universal Music said it was removing its music from Triller — which positions itself as a rival to popular social-video app TikTok — because, “Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Group has promoted veteran music attorney Michael Seltzer to executive VP of business & legal affairs and head of commercial transactions.According to the announcement, Seltzer oversees a team of 15 attorneys helping shape and negotiate the company’s agreements including recording contracts, label ventures, label distribution, merchandise, vendors, trademark entities, brand partners, film, TV and theatrical productions and equity and asset