The Core Entertainment’s co-founders/co-CEOs Simon Tikhman and Kevin “Chief” Zaruk like to joke that were set up on a blind date by their mutual attorney, who felt they should meet. Zaruk was still at Nashville’s Big Loud, where he was a founding partner, and Tikhman was a serial entrepreneur. “Our lawyer said, ‘I think you guys have a skill set that could complement each other’s. At the end…
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Charli XCX is a woman torn in the first trailer for director Pete Ohs’ (Jethica) relationship drama Erupcja. The film follows Charli’s Bethany on vacation in Warsaw with her nice-enough fiancé Rob (Will Madden) as the couple enjoy the sights before a volcanic eruption strands them in the city due to a plume of volcanic…
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Some artists have a grand vision for what their life would look like on the big screen. And though Ariana Grande has starred in two of the top three highest-grossing films adapted from Broadway musicals over the past two years in Wicked and Wicked: For Good, when the singer was asked recently what she envisions…
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The 14 recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year are wide-ranging in every way. Two of the inducted albums – 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me and Janet Jackson’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 – topped the Billboard 200. Others didn’t chart at all. Two of the inducted recordings were awarded Grammys when…
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St. Louis CITY SC, the fourth-year Major League Soccer team, has unveiled a unique “Tina Turner Kit,” a first-of-its-kind collaboration with sporting giant adidas that pays tribute to the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee — and to the city that helped shape her. The club’s tribute marks adidas’ first‑ever kit collab with…
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Adam Sandler has received numerous awards for comedy, most notably the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2023. On Thursday, he’ll be honored for his songwriting. Sandler, 59, is set to receive the ASCAP Founders Award, which is presented to songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing…
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Zayn Malik is gearing up to release his fifth solo album, Konnakol — but in his upcoming interview on Call Her Daddy, he revealed that he’s still mind-blown he even got to make his prior four LPs in the first place. In a preview of the podcast episode — which Billboard is exclusively premiering Tuesday…
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HONG KONG — Roslyn Pineda is the new president, Asia for Sony Music Publishing. With immediate effect, Pineda succeeds longtime SMP Asia president Carol Ng, who will remain with the company until her planned retirement at the end of March, according to a company memo. Pineda is a Sony Music stalwart, with two-and-a-half decades’ service with the music…
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Tame Impala just might make a triumphant homecoming in the not-too-distant future. Kevin Parker’s psychedelic pop project has got the year started in the best possible fashion, by collecting a second successive Grammy Award in the category for best dance/electronic recording, winning for “End of Summer.” Then, last Friday, the West Australian dropped a remix for…
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Guns N’ Roses will rock Australia’s City of Churches this November for a one-off show. The rock legends are booked to headline the 2026 bp Adelaide Grand Final Sunday Concert on Sunday, Nov. 29, a show that waves the checkered flag on the Supercars season. GN’R follow AC/DC, who in 2025 had the honors of wrapping the…
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