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Michael Jackson’s Long Financial Saga with Sony Maybe Coming to An End
The long -- and I do mean loooong-- financial soap opera involving Sony Music and Michael Jackson may finally be coming to an end.
Michael's...
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Beatles Still Not Streaming on Apple Music: May Be Soon, But Not Exclusively
Two months into Apple Music and still no Beatles. It's odd because the Beatles have an exclusive downloading arrangement on iTunes. You still can...
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Music Biz Skid As Top 20 Albums of the Week Sell a Total of 426,500 Copies
The whole record industry is waiting for Friday and the release of a new album by country superstar Luke Bryan. His last album, released...
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Box Office: Adam Sandler’s “Pixels” Failure Adds to Sony’s Terrible Year– Can James Bond Save Them?
Poor Sony Pictures. They are under siege. First came the bruising hack into their emails that forced out studio chief Amy Pascal. The embarrassments...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Raises $40 Mil, But Foundation Hasn’t Filed Itemized Report Since 2008
Big headlines: Leonardo DiCaprio's private foundation raised $40 million for environmental causes ast night in St. Tropez. Lots of big stars were on hand,...
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Paul Newman Foundation President Nearly Doubled Salary in Four Years
Robert Forrester, CEO of Newman's Own, Paul Newman's charitable foundation, has nearly doubled his salary in the last four years. In 2010, the Foundation...
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Emmy Nominations: The Surprises, the Snubs, the Lack of Network Nods
Snubs: The Good Wife completely shut out. Jane Fonda and "Grace and Frankie" out, but Lily Tomlin in. No lead actors for "Downton Abbey."...
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Janet Jackson: The Sales Numbers, and Why They Don’t Matter
I had a lot of static over my Janet Jackson story this week. Her single, "No Sleeep," isn't selling and is getting so so...