Rapper/actor T.I. just secured a significant film role. The multidimensional rapper will star in a feature-length work about Flint, Michigan’s water crisis. The movie is (tentatively) entitled Flint, and it will be produced by Will Smith’s studio, Over…
Category archives: Television
‘Baby Shark’ the Song Is Now a Nickelodeon TV Series
Nickelodeon just commissioned a show based on the ultra-popular ‘Baby Shark’ video. “Baby Shark,” the immensely popular YouTube video created to entertain young children, is heading to the small screen — and millions upon millions of televisions around…
Netflix’s Bob Dylan Biopic, Rolling Thunder Revue, Is Ready — Here’s the Trailer
Netflix revealed the first trailer for Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, a biopic directed by Martin Scorsese. The documentary arrives on June 12th and will accompany a new release. Scorsese’s documentary is the second time the renowned directo…
A Mac Miller Documentary Is Announced — But Not With the Family’s Blessing
Filmmaker CJ Wallis announced that he is working on a documentary about Mac Miller’s life, but the family asked him to hold off. Wallis confirmed that the documentary would be produced by Margrette Bird Pictures, the company he founded with Mallory Ken…
Netflix Raises Its Prices Again — This Time In the UK
Netflix just announced that UK users’ monthly subscriptions fees will be increasing. Amazingly, Spotify hasn’t raised its prices in more than a decade, citing extreme price sensitivity and competition from similar services. Netflix, however, has been …
NBC’s ‘Songland’ Strikes a Publishing and Recording Partnership with BMG
Music conglomerate BMG has just bagged a major partnership with NBC. The deal will give BMG the reigns to publish and distribute music created on the network’s ‘Songland‘ show. ‘Songland,’ which premiered on NBC on May 28th, features songwriters compet…
Showtime Picks Up Polygram/UMG’s ‘Hitsville’ — “You’ve Never Seen Motown Explored and Remembered This Way”
Showtime has reached a deal with Universal Music Group’s film and television division to distribute Hitsville: The Making of Motown in North America. The feature-length documentary from Polygram Entertainment focuses on the cultural impact of Motown Re…
A ‘Hip Hop Romeo & Juliet’ Musical Is Coming Soon to Netflix
Netflix announced a new, as-yet-untitled hip-hop movie based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Solvan Naim is set to direct the film, while Will Smith and Queen Latifah are signed on as producers. Niam co-wrote the movie script with Dave Bro…
Fox Slots ‘The Masked Singer’ Right After the Next Super Bowl
Fox is betting big on the ‘The Masked Singer’ by airing the show’s third season premiere after the Super Bowl next year. Season 3 of the popular show ‘The Masked Singer’ will be broadcast right after Super Bowl LIV, the broadcasting company announced. …
Israeli Eurovision Song Contest Is Getting Attacked by Bots, Fake Twitter Accounts
Last year, Netta Barzilai won Eurovision 2018. The 26-year-old Israeli singer’s ‘Toy’ won the annual song contest with 529 points in Libson, Portugal. Born in Hod Hasharon, and after spending four years of her childhood in Nigeria, Barzilai had studied…