Warner Music Revenues Flat for Fiscal 2020, Streaming Up in Q4

“The Office” star Brian Baumgartner is as popular as ever.

Hollywood figures, despite the industry’s major shutdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic, continue to find chart-topping success. Among the industry names finding a place in YouTube’s Top Trending Videos of 2020 list are Dave Chappell, Ricky Gervais and John Krasinski.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have officially made their red carpet debut as a couple. The actress, 34, and singer, 30, stepped out Sunday evening for the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs), where Kelly performed two of his hits-- "Bloody Valentine," which features Fox in the music video, and "My Ex’s Best Friend." Blink 182's Travis Barker accompanied Kelly on the drums.  Fox introduced her beau before he took the stage.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos are right now announcing that Netflix will boost its presence in the state by expanding its ABQ Studios and committing to an additional $1 billion in production spending.The Studio expansion will add 300 acres to the company’s existing studios, located in Albuquerque’s Mesa Del Sol area.

Stormzy in the latest Watch Dogs game, Watch Dogs: Legion, has pushed for Warner Music artists to be included in more big title video games.“We’ve seen it before in TV and movies. Out of nowhere you can have this moment where your streams have doubled, and you’ve got all these new fans,” Miles said in an interview with GamesIndustry.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly shined in the spotlight as they made their red carpet debut at this year's American Music Awards.The cute couple — who were first romantically linked back in June — looked effortlessly chic and cool as they posed for photos on the carpet, outside the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday.Fox, who is set to present during the star-studded show, wowed in an emerald green asymmetrical one sleeve top with an a-line skirt by Azzi & Osta.Meanwhile, Kelly — who is

Taraji P. Henson has had quite a year but is making the most of it.

Taraji P. Henson has had quite a year but is making the most of it.Last month, Henson announced she called off her wedding and split with her fiancé of two years, Kelvin Hayden.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! You probably can’t even say that now can you? What if the fat geese are offended? Bloody hell, what a bunch of snowflakes. That’s how it goes though, isn’t it?Anyway, as noted, the festive season is approaching, so it’s time once again to have an argument about whether or not saying the word ‘faggot’ in a pop song is appropriate in this day and age.

APPOINTMENTSWarner Music has hired Maria Weaver, whose background is in media and broadcasting, most recently with Comcast Advertising, to become the New York-based President of WEA.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group announced today that Maria Weaver has been named president of WEA, the company’s recorded music division’s global artist and label services network. Weaver was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Comcast Advertising and previously held senior marketing and creative services posts at Interactive One, HBO, and Showtime.

Ellise Shafer editorBen Kouijzer, a music agent for CAA UK who represented electronic acts such as 808 State and Meduza, has died of kidney and liver failure after battling cancer. He was 36.Kouijzer was diagnosed last summer with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, or MPNST, and underwent surgery and radiotherapy, according to his GoFundMe page.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – On a military base on the edge of Mexico City, the country's only gun store -- officially called the Directorate of Arms and Ammunitions Sales -- is concealed inside a bland, concrete building. Uniformed troops serve as clerks.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – From nondescript buildings in the industrial nucleus of Wuhan, across wavy seas to dusty tented super laboratories in the heart of Mexico, and then across the jagged southwest border and dispersing like a wild bomb ripping through every crevice of the United States, the growing presence of Chinese drug lords and cartels below the southern border is one that is killing an unprecedented amount of Americans.

Little Big Town paid tribute to late legend Kenny Rogers with a musical performance at the 2020 CMA Awards on Wednesday night. Rogers died in March at the age of 81.