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Taylor Swift has signed a new publishing deal for her songwriting with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG).

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For the past two decades, dance legend Ferry Corsten has been pumping out hits under a few different aliases: Gouryella, System F and his own name. Altogether, this material has made Corsten one of the best known and well-respected trance producers on the planet.Now, fans will be able to hear music from Corsten's trinity of projects simultaneously through Corsten's upcoming What the F tour.

Kirk Douglas' death on Wednesday at the age of 103 was felt across all of show business, as entertainers reflected on the acclaimed star's iconic legacy and incomparable career.

CNCO has signed a global music publishing agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The multi-year deal covers the group’s catalog of current and future songs, Billboard can confirm. 

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“Hillary,” a four-hour docuseries about the life and career of Hillary Clinton, has sold to Sky for U.K. distribution rights, Variety has learned.

Sony Pictures Classics has teamed with Sony’s Stage 6 Films to oversee the global release of Heidi Ewing’s feature narrative debut “I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo),” a gay love story about two men who immigrate to the United States. The deal follows the movie’s enthusiastic reception at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The romantic drama debuted to multiple standing ovations in Park City, where it was shown in the NEXT section. It will be released later this year.

Amazon Studios has bought “Uncle Frank,” an acclaimed drama about a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in the 1970s. The film debuted this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Amazon Studios has nabbed North American rights to Phyllida Lloyd’s “Herself,” an Irish drama about a woman who builds her dream house after escaping an abusive marriage, Variety has learned.  The streaming service is planning a theatrical release for later this year.

“The Cave” director Feras Fayyad has finally made it into the United States, weeks after he was denied entry into the country. According to National Geographic Documentary Films, which is behind the Oscar-nominated “The Cave,” “we can report that Feras arrived safely this evening in Los Angeles.”

Rosario Dawson is on the case. 

© Getty US actor Channing Tatum attends the "Magic Mike Live" premiere at Club Theater on January 16, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Channing Tatum is taking on a big new project for Disney.

The All-American Rejects guitarist Nickolas Wheeler has signed to Waldman Management as a producer and songwriter. Wheeler, who is a founding member of The All-American Rejects, will be managed by Scott Waldman and assisted by Emily Berke."I've been a songwriter, producer, and musical director in my band for almost two decades now", said Wheeler.

At Miami’s NATPE market, Viacom Intl. Studios (VIS) announced an exclusive development and production first-look agreement with Spanish-American film and TV producer Frida Torresblanco’s production company Braven Films.

Passengers arriving at UK airports from China will be observed for signs of deadly coronavirus.