Royalty rates for musicians and publishers to be raised by Copyright Royalty Board

While the upcoming seventh season of “Outlander” could possibly its last, that doesn’t mean the saga will be ending.

Starz officially confirmed the prequel series titled Blood of My Blood is in development. The writers’ room has officially opened on the new drama series that will follow the love story of Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) parents, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser.

Bart Walker will join Gersh as Senior Partner in the New York office. The longtime ICM agent, who decided not to stay when CAA acquired that agency, will continue to represent his esteemed clients in film, television and theatre including Oscar nominees/winners such as David Byrne, Lisa Cholodenko, Sofia Coppola, Tamara Jenkins, Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Oliver Stone and Thomas Vinterberg; Cannes, Venice and Sundance prize winners such as Mati Diop, Michel Franco, Mia Hansen-Love, Jim Jarmusch, The Kloster Brothers, and Lorenzo Vigas: and multi-hyphenate artists such as Benoit Delhomme, Iram Haq, Sally Potter, Richard Press, and Olmo Schnabel.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced its second big wave of programming for the 47th edition, a 54 feature title lineup across its Discovery, Midnight Madness and Wavelengths sections.

Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra indicated streaming losses would total about $1.8 billion this year, higher than Wall Street expected, but stuck to the company’s target of peak DTC losses in 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Blink49 Studios, the Endeavor Content-backed company founded by John Morayniss, is staffing up its scripted television department.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN, which briefly enjoyed its own bespoke streaming home, is moving into a bigger broadband neighborhood.Warner Bros. Discovery, which shut down the nascent CNN+ streaming hub in April just weeks after it debuted, will launch a CNN Originals section on the subscription-video hub Discovery+, creating a new venue for CNN series and documentary films, as well as original programs from sister cable network HLN, which focuses largely on true-crime content. The CNN programming will be made available starting August 19.“True crime, food and travel programming are among the most-watched genres for Discovery+ viewers, so these titles from CNN will fit right in with our best-in-class collection of unscripted content,” said JB Perrette, president and CEO of Warner Bros.

Thania Garcia Today (Aug. 4), the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) revealed honorees for its second annual Music in Action Awards Gala on Sept. 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.Jon “Big Jon” Platt, chairman and CEO of Sony Music Publishing (pictured at left), will be receiving the Clarence Avant Trailblazer award.

The Post broke the story Tuesday that the mostly completed DC film wouldn’t hit theaters or stream on HBO Max.The “Birdman” actor previously donned the black leather suit as Bruce Wayne/The Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s 1989 flick “Batman” and its 1992 sequel, “Batman Returns.”However, due to the canceled movie, Keaton will possibly have a diminished role in the DC universe in upcoming projects.The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday that his character was “at the center” of a big action sequence in “Batgirl.”The outlet also noted how Keaton’s Batman is an important part of next year’s Ezra Miller-fronted movie “The Flash.” Sources then added that he also filmed shots for the forthcoming “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”The “Aquaman” sequel was supposed to debut before “The Flash,” thus explaining how Keaton’s iteration of Batman was central to the current DC storylines.Ben Affleck — who took over the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and 2017’s “Justice League” — is back for the ocean-filled sequel.The Post reported on Tuesday that test audiences were allegedly “confused” about how Keaton’s Batman fit into “Aquaman 2.”Leslie Grace, J.K. Simmons, Jacob Scipio and Brendan Fraser were also set to star in “Batgirl” alongside Keaton.The cast was “humiliated” by Warner Bros.

Sure, Steven Spielberg is debuting his newest film, “The Fabelmans,” at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. That film is joining a huge list of major debuts at the event this fall.

inspired by a garbage bag” with an even more outrageous price tag: A hefty $1,790.The luxury fashion house’s shiny drawstring bag — which is made out of calfskin leather, emblazoned with a subtle logo and comes in the basic Hefty bag black along with the solid Glad-esque white as well as yellow and blue — is making its way to stores after debuting in the Fall 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection in Paris in March.“I couldn’t miss an opportunity to make the most expensive trash bag in the world, because who doesn’t love a fashion scandal?” Balenciaga’s creative director Demna Gvasalia told Women’s Wear Daily at the time.Now being sold in stores, the “Trash Pouch” has gone viral thanks to an Instagram post that has garnered lots of trash talk, with reactions ranging from puzzled to outraged to fits of laughter.“Hmm this is rude,” wrote one commenter, while another called out the brand for being full of garbage: “Balenciaga is a meme designer.”One person questioned whether it was a “social experiment” and another mused, “This getting out of hand.”“They really trying to make a joke out of the consumers at this point,” chimed in another.Someone else not amused by the trashy design even warned, “Please dont let theze brandz play you.”Still, some found the humor in the wacky design. “I got 40 of those under my sink,” one person commented.One jokester went for the jugular with garbage bag puns, writing, “It’s a CINCH some will be GLAD to own this bag, but they will have to pay a HEFTY price.”“Whoever buys this needs to be thrown out in it,” said another.Several commenters compared it to the 2001 comedy “Zoolander” in which Ben Stiller’s character models a collection inspired by the homeless.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent“The View” is adding two new co-hosts: former Trump staffer, Alyssa Farah Griffin, as well as longtime contributor to the show, Ana Navarro, who Variety has learned has signed a multi-year deal as a permanent co-host, though she won’t appear every day on the show.The announcement is expected to come on today’s episode of “The View.”Both women are Republicans and will add conservative commentary to the daytime talk show, though their political brands are vastly different, despite their same party affiliation.Navarro and Farah Griffin will join moderator Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, resulting in six co-hosts for Season 26.Navarro — a fan-favorite on “The View” who identifies as a Republican, but is a staunch critic of former President Donald Trump —  has appeared as a weekly guest host on the show, but never officially had a permanent spot at the Hot Topics table until now. Over the years, Variety has reported that she had been in discussions to join “The View,” but a full-time deal never materialized.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJohnny Depp and Jeff Beck have been accused of lifting lyrics for their song “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade” from an obscure “toast” sung by an incarcerated man and documented and released by a folklorist in 1974, according to a report in Rolling Stone.A large number of lyrics of the Depp/Beck song “18” are strikingly similar to lines from a toast — an often-profane form of Black folk poetry from years past — called “Hobo Ben” and apparently written by a man named Slim Wilson who was serving an armed-robbery sentence at Missouri State Penitentiary and documented by Bruce Jackson in his 1974 book about toasts, “Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me,” and a companion album. Wilson — whose name is a pseudonym — is not listed in the song’s credits.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFranco-Tunisian film entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar’s Italian distribution and production outfit Eagle Pictures is beefing up its production side with the purchase of film and TV startup 302 Original Content.The Milan-based 302 is headed by emerging producer Giuseppe Saccà who shepherded the 2020 Berlin-prizewinning drama “Bad Tales” by Italy’s Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo when he was working with his father, veteran producer and former RAI head of drama Agostino Sacca, under their Pepito Produzioni shingle.Saccà, who left Pepito and joined 302 Original Content in July 2021, will stay on board as its managing director.302, which was founded by veteran TV exec Piero Crispino — who has since exited — got traction in Italy’s kids’ space by producing shows for Disney that have travelled internationally, such as “Alex & Co” and “Penny on M.A.R.S.,” but also various types of content for local broadcasters RAI, Mediaset, Sky, Viacom and Discovery. Under Saccà’s guidance, the company broadened its scope into the film space.302 Original Content’s credits to date include Calabria-set rom com comedy “My Brother And I,” directed by young adult pics specialist Luca Lucini, about a brother and sister fighting for the love of the same woman, whom the brother is about to marry.

Hunter Ingram A television star violated by the public eye. A whistleblower with ulterior motives.

It’s no secret that members of the royal family are ones for tradition. From the regal titles they inherit to the Christmas festivities they enjoy together, tradition and the royal family go hand in hand. But throughout the years, as things modernise and as the younger members of the family have children of their own, various royals have been spotted breaking away from tradition.

Iain Lee has slammed Rebekah Vardy after she denied that she bullied him when the pair appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2017.The 49 year old broadcaster has claimed that she made his time on the show “miserable” after she said in an interview on Wednesday that the ITV show was edited to “look a certain way” and that she had “nothing bad to say about him”. Rebekah, who this week gave a bombshell interview after losing her Wagatha Christie trial against Coleen Rooney, was accused of bullying Iain during their time in the jungle. Iain took to Twitter to post a segment of an interview Rebemah had given where she answered true or false to various claims aimed at her.

As a well known football fan and as the FA’s president, Prince William attended the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 final last week where he watched England’s Lionesses finally bring football home. Following the game, which saw the Lionesses beat Germany 2-1, 40 year old William was on hand to praise the players and award them with their winning medals. But the Duke of Cambridge, who’d previously shown his support for the team, broke royal protocol by offering hugs to congratulate the emotional players as they made their way across the pitch.

How’s this for a cash in? Having enjoyed the benefits of a prominent sync in Netflix show ‘Stranger Things’, Metallica have launched some new merchandise that references the popular programme. And why the hell not? In fact, whey the Hellfire not?Commenting on the use of their 1986 track ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the most recent series of ‘Stranger Things’, the band said last month that the way the show’s creators, The Duffer Brothers, have incorporated music into their programme “has always been next level, so we were beyond psyched for them to not only include ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the show, but to have such a pivotal scene built around it”.That pivotal scene involved the character Eddie Munson – played by Joseph Quinn – performing the track on the roof of a house to distract a horde of demonic bats.

Jane Fonda has been a fitness enthusiast for decades, but even she once took a drastic measure to try and maintain her youthfulness. The 84-year-old icon speaks to in a new interview about trying to end the stigma around aging and revealed she had a plastic surgery procedure that she isn't proud of. «I want young people to stop being afraid about getting older. What matters isn’t age, isn’t that chronological number,» Fonda tells the magazine.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a big win for the publishing and songwriting community, the Copyright Royalty Board reaffirmed the 15.1% headline rate increase in royalties paid by streaming services to publishers for the 2018-22 period.The rate was decided in 2018, but streaming services Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube/Google and Pandora appealed the following year, arguing that the increase will make their business models untenable in light of the billions of dollars that they already pay in royalties.While the decision was not immediately released publicly, sources and National Music Publishers Assn. president/CEO David Israelite shared that the headline rate will increase to 15.1% from 11.4%, as decided.However, in a minor win for the streaming services, the TCC rate, or percentage of label revenue, has been capped, and the definition of bundling — the “family plans” and other discount packages — has reverted to an earlier definition more favorable to the services.