TikTok Now Has Short-Term Licensing Deals With the Major Labels

A determined Turkish mother takes on the authorities in Rabiye Kurnaz Vs. George W. Bush, Andreas Dresen’s drama that takes a light approach to a moving true story. 

Congratulations are in order for Van Jones and Noemi Zamacona! The CNN commentator and his longtime friend welcomed a baby girl together in February. Van revealed that he and Noemi decided to “join forces” recently to have a child together and become “conscious co-parents,” according to his statement to TMZ. “After the COVID lockdown, I got clear that I wanted another kid. I discovered that my friend Noemi also wanted a baby,” he detailed to the outlet. “So, we decided to join forces and become conscious co-parents. It’s a concept that I hope more people will explore and consider.”

Delighted Airdrie boss Ian Murray says his side's 4-1 win over Montrose was a statement of intent in League One, but says there are a lot more twists to come.

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander has praised Liam Kelly after the goalkeeper's heroics ensured the Steelmen reached the Scottish Cup last eight.

Under-fire Stephen Glass insists he won’t walk away from the fight at Aberdeen.

A Kyle Lafferty brace rescued Kilmarnock from the jaws of a third straight defeat on an emotional day at Rugby Park.

Jennifer Lopez and Maluma are reading some steamy tweets!

Mary J. Blige is opening up about the amount of money she will be paid for performing at the 2022 Super Bowl… which is zero dollars.

Rihanna is slaying the red carpet. The 33-year-old singer attended her first public event on Friday night since revealing she and longtime boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together. While walking the carpet, she spoke to ET about her stunning maternity fashion, what's she enjoying most about this stage in her life and the possibility of new music. Outside Goya Studios in Los Angeles where she was celebrating her Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin, Rihanna was seen showing off her baby bump in a green, sequined The Attico Spring 2022 RTW halter top with matching pink pants and jewelry from Chopard and Messika.

A new trailer for some upcoming DC movies is bringing fans their first glimpse of Jason Momoa as Aquaman in the upcoming sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.

according to Microsoft. “You can have Naughty by Nature performing live in the metaverse,” Bucano said, “and they won’t be the traditional avatars, it’d be the actual group.”Carnevale said other metaverse experiences the museum hopes to include are Grandmaster Flash scratching records at block parties in the 1970s and Notorious B.I.G.

The Masked Singer draws to a close, fans of the show are frantically trying to figure out who could be behind Mushroom’s mask.So far viewers have waved goodbye to the likes of Heather Small, Gloria Hunniford, Will Young, Pat Cash, Tom Chaplin, Michael Owen, Jaime Winstone, Michelle Williams and Aled Jones.One of the final characters left is the ever elusive Mushroom. This Masked Singer has baffled judges and audiences alike since their first appearance when they sang It’s Oh So Quiet by Icelandic popstar Björk.

Livingston exited the Scottish Cup in agonising fashion as they went down on penalties following a spirited performance away to Hearts following a 0-0 draw.

A primary school in Lanarkshire is celebrating gaining a new reading accreditation.

Stevie Farrell felt his side could’ve been 6-1 up at half-time, as the Sons swept aside Clyde to move up to seventh in the League One table.

Little Mix songstress Perrie Edwards has teased that she is working on new solo music as she posed up a storm in the recording studio.The 28 year old, who sparked music rumours in January as she was filmed by fellow singer and songwriter Kamille excitedly arriving at a music studio with musician Fred Again, appeared to be in her element as she shared a collection of snaps to her 14.2million Instagram followers. Perrie, who became a mum to five month old baby Axel in 2021 with partner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, dressed head-to-toe in her £110 disora neutral tracksuit as she donned headphones in a recording booth.

“There’s nothing wishy-washing about working with Phyllis Nagy,” Elizabeth Banks tells Deadline of working with the Call Jane director. “She’s very gentle with her direction but she’s also firm with what she expects or wants out of something, which I really appreciate.”

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon was feeling embarrassed after a simple search for a garden swing pulled up all sorts of naughty results online.The former X Factor finalist was in search of a “grown up swing”, but didn’t realise that those were typically used for a different purpose. Stacey, 32, took to Instagram yesterday, where she appeared mortified in front of her five million followers. On her story, she discussed how she wanted an adult version of the swing that she had bought for her son Rex.However, she soon admitted that she had regretted taking a look online after seeing the suggested items that came back. Unfortunately, Stacey’s simple Google search threw up some rather X-rated results.The star was only after something extra for her garden, hoping to have some fun herself thanks to how much the children already had to keep them busy outside. However, when Stacey typed “adult swing” into the search engine, she was greeted with an array of adventurous sex toys.She told fans: “I really wish I hadn't Googled that. I never realised that was a thing.”“Sometimes I worry I must be the most boring person ever,” she admitted. “But then I couldn't think of anything worse than swinging about all over the place.”Speaking to fans about Rex's swing, Stacey continued: “It's from a little business called The Play Time Company.“I wish it came in adult size too,” she added wistfully.  On October 4 last year, Stacey welcomed a baby girl into the world with her fiancé Joe Swash, 40.The pair named their daughter Rose Opal Esmè Solomon-Swash.Stacey is planning to tie the knot with actor and former I'm A Celebrity...

Express.co.uk about how they decided who they were going to catfish.He said: "So first and foremost we had a few suggestions of people we wanted to be before will.i.am and we ended up being him on the show."We wanted to be Big Nastie but we later found out that somebody else had already chosen them."Then we asked to be Craig David and there was a reason why we couldn’t be him."I think they suggested Lewis Hamilton, Anthony Joshua and will.i.am."Rickie continued: "So, we were like there is no way Lewis Hamilton would even do the Circle, that is completely unbelievable."Anthony Joshua was in a fight camp for a big fight that he had coming up."However, will.i.am does do The Voice Kids, and The Voice, so we thought he was more believable than the other lot."But when we were in there no one believed it was us but it was really fun to do."Rickie and Melvin know will.i.am so they rang him for tips on how to be him, however they were still not successful on the show.The presenter said: "Before we went into the show we actually called will.i.am up and had a chat."He said, ‘Anything that you say or anything that you do just make it extra extra big’."So if they said they go to the gym you say you went to the gym on Mars."Make everything intergalactic and make it completely wacky and you should get away with it and that’s what we did."Rickie is currently partnered with Birds Eye who are doing their part for Vegans.Speaking to Express.co.uk, Rickie said this was what appealed to him to work with Birds Eye.The presenter said: "When I heard about the Bird’s Eye campaign, the Green Cuisine range, I thought this is the perfect introduction to that kind of world and into that journey for me personally."So for normal people like me, you

TikTok has struck short-term licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group, multiple sources tell Billboard, as the rapidly growing video-making app continues to establish itself in the music industry. But it still has a ways to go.Sources close to the situation say the deals with major labels are notably shorter than the 18-24 month agreements that labels usually strike with technology companies -- in part so that the rapidly developing social network and the major labels can continue to negotiate the finer points of longer-term deals.

TikTok has struck short-term licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group, multiple sources tell Billboard, as the rapidly growing video-making app continues to establish itself in the music industry. But it still has a ways to go.Sources close to the situation say the deals with major labels are notably shorter than the 18-24 month agreements that labels usually strike with technology companies -- in part so that the rapidly developing social network and the major labels can continue to negotiate the finer points of longer-term deals.