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Fans of Welsh singer Duffy were overjoyed to catch a rare glimpse of the star since she retreated from the spotlight, as she stunned in a fresh TikTok video. In the clip, the now-40 year old glowed while lip-syncing the chorus of her iconic hit "Mercy," which has been revived with a pulsating club remix.The appearance marks her first public insight since revealing her harrowing experiences of abduction and assault.

Beyoncé was entirely shut out at the 2025 ACM Awards.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When rising country singer Ella Langley sang “You Look Like You Love Me,” the Academy of Country Music was apparently powerless to do anything but respond: mm-hm. In a surprising turn, Langley is the leading nominee for the 2025 ACM Awards, ahead of the pack with nine nominations in a field that was revealed Thursday morning. Just behind Langley with eight nominations were Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Morgan Wallen, tied with seven each.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent With only one year under her belt as Studiocanal‘s executive managing director of TV series, M-K Kennedy is leveling up the scripted ambitions of the French pay TV group’s production arm. After spearheading Studiocanal’s first in-house international series, “Paris Has Fallen” — which broke rating records on Canal+ and topped the charts on Amazon U.K.

Naman Ramachandran After back-to-back Edinburgh Fringe hits, Awkward Productions is returning with a new queer romantic comedy parody that aims to subvert the traditional holiday movie genre. “The Fit Prince (Who Gets Switched on the Square in the Frosty Castle the Night Before (Insert Public Holiday Here))” will premiere at Edinburgh Fringe, running July 30-Aug. 25, before transferring to London’s King’s Head Theatre for a Dec.

Spring only officially started last week but CBS brass already have fall on their mind. The network once again is using its March Madness coverage to launch the promo campaign for its new fall shows.

Julien Baker & Torres have shared their haunting new single ‘Dirt’ from their forthcoming collaborative album ‘Send A Prayer My Way‘.The acoustic-driven ballad sees the duo sing: “Used to think that it was magic / Now I’m sure that it’s a curse / Spend your whole life getting clean / Just to wind up in the dirt”, describing the struggle of two people in a tumultuous relationship.‘Dirt’ marks the fourth single to be released from the Baker & Torres’ upcoming album, which is set for release on April 18 via Matador and is available for pre-order here.The track follows the previously released ‘Sylvia‘, ‘Tuesday’ and lead single ‘Sugar In The Tank‘. They also previously debuted their song ‘Bottom Of A Bottle’ on The Daily Show earlier this month.While appearing on The Daily Show, Baker & Torres discussed the creative process of ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ and their religious upbringings, with Baker sharing: “I think there’s this idea that you talk about a practice of a prayer, you’re talking about a dogmatic religious belief.

CMA Fest 2025 is right around the corner, and you’re gonna want to go ahead and take down some information.In 2024, CMA Fest was hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde and featured a star-studded lineup of performances from the likes of , Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Megan Moroney, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and . And those were just some of the highlights.

Jonah Platt is speaking out in defense of his father!

Lady Gaga has officially announced her 2025 arena tour with four UK dates confirmed so far - but unfortunately Scotland is not one of them.

Jelly Roll is making his acting debut!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash and producer Tony Brown were announced Tuesday as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, due to be officially inducted in a formal ceremony in fall 2025. The new trio of inductees were revealed during a morning news conference hosted by Vince Gill, who shared personal connections with all three of the incoming honorees.

French and Canadian production bodies are beginning a joint drama and docs co-production initiative at Series Mania.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, will open with the world premiere of “Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance,” directed by Canadian filmmaker Noam Gonick. The documentary explores the pivotal moments that sparked Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ movement.

Emiliano De Pablos A highly anticipated LGBTQ+ musical series (“Mariliendre”), a psychological thriller involving a standout U.S. indie producer-distributor (“Innate”) and a pre-sales hit period drama (“La Favorita 1922”) feature in Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of newest Spanish premium content. Unspooling March 25 at Series Mania, organized by ICEX Spain Trade and Investment’s umbrella org Audiovisual from Spain, the event targets buyers and international press, putting the spotlight on some of the most promising Spanish series, produced by the country’s top leading companies.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor A few weeks after Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here” made history as the first-ever Brazilian film to win an Oscar, the country continues its great momentum with “Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing,” the first Brazilian series to ever play France’s Series Mania, the largest TV event in Europe. The project is an original production of Globoplay, the freemium streaming service of Brazilian media giant Globo, and tells the story of one of Brazil’s greatest music stars, Raul Seixas. The eight-episode series will have its world premiere in the International Panorama Competition, where it will run for best series, director, actor, actress, and the Student Award.

Jamie Lang Spanish content distributor Onza Distribution has named Erika Gómez as its new head of sales. Gómez, who has been with the company for three years as a sales manager, steps into her new role just in time for Series Mania, one of Europe’s premier audiovisual markets. Gómez joined Onza in 2022, overseeing sales in Asia, the Nordic countries, Benelux, the Middle East and Africa (MEA), in-flight entertainment (IFE) and educational markets.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large CBS Media Ventures is playing a few more games. The syndication outfit has given a firm go to “The Perfect Line,” a new gamer hosted by Deborah Norville, to launch in fall 2025.

Trisha Yearwood celebrates getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

Thania Garcia Playboi Carti‘s “Music” has entered the albums chart at No. 1 with the biggest opening numbers for a rap album this year. The 30-song set enters the Billboard 200 with 298,000 album units earned in the United States, according to Luminate, and a total of 384 million streams — these are the biggest streaming numbers for any album since Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” collected 428.54 million listens in its second week (May 2024).

Syndicated game show Flip Side will be back for a second season. CBS Media Ventures announced today the show, hosted by Jaleel White, has been cleared on CBS stations in 95% of the country.