Trumpeter Clark Terry, who excelled as a leader and sideman in big bands and small combos during his seven-decade career in jazz, has died at 94. Terry, a 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award…
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, known for movies with wall-to-wall soundtracks like "Moulin Rouge!" and "The Great Gatsby," has entered into an exclusive, multi-tiered agreement with RCA Records.
Veteran music biz executive Alan Melina — founder and CEO of New Heights Entertainment, which manages Grammy Award-winning producer RedOne — is being honored at the Hearts for Hope Gala, to be held…
Demi Lovato has come on board to voice the female lead and exec produce the music score for 3QU Media’s animated feature “Charming.” Variety reported in September that “Shrek” producer John H…
Music publisher Kobalt has purchased movie music rights administration business CEG Rights from film score financiers Cutting Edge Group for an undisclosed price. CEG Rights’ catalog includes scores…
Always one for grand statements, Drake saw his surprise new mixtape "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" explode onto the top of the U.S. album chart, selling 535,000 units and finally dethroning…
Willie Nelson, Charlotte Rampling and Sophie Lowe will star in winter-director Lian Lunson’s fantasy-drama “Waiting for the Miracle to Come,” with production set to begin next month at Nelson’s ranch…
Fans of Kansas can probably rattle off a dozen of the rock band’s most iconic songs from memory, but the musicians credit one track in particular with changing the course of their careers: “Carry on…
If you thought the fun was over when the show ended at Sunday night’s “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary special, it looks like you were wrong. Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Prince, Jimmy Fallon…
Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who scored a massive hit in 1963 with “It’s My Party,” died Monday. She was 68. Gore’s partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson, told the Associated Press that she died of…
