Month: November 2020

Canadian music artists Justin Bieber and The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) aren’t very happy with the Grammys right now. The 2021 Grammy nominations were announced Tuesday, and fan-favourite Bieber was nominated four times for best pop vocal album, best pop solo performance, best pop duo/group performance and best country duo/group performance. Bieber, 26, disagreed
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The Big 5 publishing houses have decreased once again, as Penguin Random House (owned by parent company Bertelmann) outbid Harper (owned by Rupert Murdoch) to acquire Simon & Schuster. Penguin Random House will pay $2 billion dollars for the company. Simon & Schuster was put up for sale by owner Viaacom CBS in March in
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The Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh “kicked back” against trustee attempts to impose financial controls in the months leading up to the charity’s collapse, the High Court heard yesterday.  Richard Handover, a former Kids Company trustee and ex-WHSmith chief executive, was being questioned by Lesley Anderson, on behalf of the Official Receiver, about the period
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The Pioneers Assistance Fund’s Covid-19 relief effort has helped more than 8,000 movie theater workers with nearly $3 million in grants during the pandemic. The fund, which is part of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, is chaired by Chris Aronson, Paramount’s president of distribution. The overwhelming majority of financial assistance disbursed by the
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Mindy Kaling is booked and busy. During quarantine, the actress, writer, and producer released her Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever (and scored a season 2, which is shooting now); announced an adaptation of Jennifer Weiner’s novel Good in Bed, which she’ll produce and star in; and signed on to write the script for Legally
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“The difference between people who achieve their dreams and those who don’t is simple,” according to Spanx founder and CEO Sara Blakely. “It’s about action,” she said in an Instagram post on Monday. “It’s not about having a ton of brains or ton of money or a ton of experience,” according to Blakely. “Two decades
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Hallmark is unveiling seven nights of new Christmas movies during the Thanksgiving week. That’s a lot of glorious holiday entertainment to look forward to! Tonight’s movie is A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado, starring Rochelle Aytes as Erin Chambers, the mayor’s daughter and a city organizer tapped to help reinvigorate the tourism industry for Brooklyn,
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Carpark Records has released a new compilation to celebrate the label’s 21st anniversary. No Cover: Carpark’s 21st Anniversary Covers Comp features Carpark musicians covering songs by other artists on the label. The compilation includes Sad 13 covering Cloud Nothings, Dan Deacon covering Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Cloud Nothings covering Speedy Ortiz, and more. Listen below.
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