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Katy Perry has sold her catalog to Litmus Music for $225 million. The deal covers the master royalty income and publishing rights for her five studio albums released by Capitol Records: “One of the Boys”, “Teenage Dream”, “PRISM”, “Witness”, and “Smile”.
“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” has come to an unexpected end. The ’80s-set sports drama has been canceled at HBO. On Sunday night, the Adam McKay-produced series — which has spent two seasons tracing the careers of the Showtime-era Lakers — surprised fans with a conclusive finale.
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has is now the 11th highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office, after overtaking Marvel’s 2012 blockbuster “The Avengers” over the weekend and bringing its total take to $626 million. To crack the top 10, “Barbie” will need to nab another $27million to outpace 2015’s “Jurassic World”.
A new “Basketball Wives” series is coming to VH1. “Basketball Wives: Orlando” will premiere this fall and take a “fresh look at how the women of the Orlando basketball scene navigate the competitive world of sports.”
Billie Eilish teased her next album while headlining the Music Midtown festival in Atlanta on Saturday. She said to the crowd: “I will see you after the next album comes out.” The audience, of course, went wild at the mention of her 3rd studio album.
Rolling Stones have been working on a documentary about the making of their latest record “Hackney Diamonds” (out October 20). It follows the band as they work on the new album and will include “nods” to late drummer Charlie Watts. The group is working with Fulwell 73 on the production, the team behind “The Kardashians” huge Hulu deal.
Nate Smith, the ‘Whiskey on You’ singer, has released a cover of Snow Patrol’s 2006 pop hit ‘Chasing Cars’. When he previewed his version online in July, his following grew by more than 100,000 on TikTok and over 88,000 on Instagram.
Thomas Rhett has scored his 19th # 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart with ‘Angels Don’t Always Have Wings’. That ties Garth Brooks for 12th-most since the chart launched in 1990. Kenny Chesney ranks first, with 32 #1s, followed by Tim McGraw with 29 and Blake Shelton, with 28.
The paparazzi saw Jennifer Garner giving supplies to a homeless man in a wheelchair. She even convinced the photographer to give the man his shoes, plus a blanket, a shirt, and pants.
Keanu Reeves asked to be definitively killed at the end of “John Wick 4” because he was so physically and emotionally exhausted. The filmmakers told him they’d leave a “10% little opening.”
Carly Pearce channeled “Barbie” at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. She wore a bright pink strapless dress with feathers along the bottom, and matching heels. Carly even paired a TikTok of her look with a song from the movie.
Chris Stapleton shared a tease of himself singing the new “Monday Night Football” theme that debuted last night. It’s a cover of the Phil Collins classic “In The Air Tonight” and it also features Snoop Dogg, plus Cindy Blackman Santana on drums.
Luke Grimes, who plays Kayce Dutton on “Yellowstone”, has announced the release date of his debut EP. It’s called “Pain Pills Or Pews”, and it’ll be out October 20th.
Olivia Rodrigo’s first single from “Guts” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 nine weeks ago, and now ‘Vampire’ has returned to the top spot on the chart. It’s now tied with Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ for “the longest gap between No. 1 stays among songs in a single release cycle.”
The “Yellowstone” drama continues. A new report by Puck News claims that Kevin Costner’s reps were “basically begging” series creator Taylor Sheridan and Paramount to let the actor return to the show. This comes after Kevin revealed in court during divorce proceedings with Christine Baumgartner that he may “go to court” over his exit from the show.
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