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Leonard Cohen is the latest artist whose song rights have been bought, after his estate reached a deal with the Hipgnosis Songs Fund for an undisclosed sum.According to Rolling Stone, the deal includes all 278 songs that Cohen wrote, including his most popular songs ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Suzanne’, ‘So Long, Marianne’, ‘First We Take Manhattan’ and more.The investment company obtained the “songwriter’s share” of 127 songs from Cohen’s Stranger Music catalogue, which covers the period of the inception of late musician’s career through to the year 2000; derivative works pushes the total to 211 songs.Hipgnosis also acquired the ownership of 100 per cent of the copyrights, “publisher’s share” and “songwriter’s share” of royalties of the latter part of his catalogue, spanning from 2001 to his death in 2016.“To now be the custodians and managers of Leonard Cohen’s incomparable songs is a wonderful yet very serious responsibility that we approach with excitement and fully understand the importance of,” Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis said in a statement.“Leonard wrote words and songs that have changed our lives, none more so obvious than ‘Hallelujah’ but there are so many more that we look forward to reminding the world of on a daily basis.

The Power Of The Dog, calling it “very odd”.Cumberbatch was referencing criticism of the film from Sam Elliott, who recently referred to the film as a “piece of shit”.Speaking as part of BAFTA’s Film Sessions on Friday (March 4), Cumberbatch discussed why it’s necessary to portray characters like Phil Burbank, who he plays in the movie, in order to “look under the hood” of these type of characters and “see what their struggle is and why that’s there in the first place”.Going on to reference Elliott’s criticism directly, he added (via Digital Spy): “I’m trying very hard not to say anything about a very odd reaction that happened the other day on a radio podcast over here.He added that he didn’t want to “stir over the ashes” of the comment, as “I haven’t heard it so it’s unfair for me to comment in detail on it,” but that “someone really took offence to the West being portrayed in this way.”Cumberbatch then went back to his character in the film: “These people still exist in our world. Whether it’s on our doorstep or whether it’s down the road or whether it’s someone we meet in a bar or pub or on the sports field, there is aggression and anger and frustration and an inability to control or know who you are in that moment that causes damage to that person and, as we know, damage to those around them.“There’s no harm in looking at a character to get to the root causes of that.

Charli XCX finally made her Saturday Night Live debut last night (March 5) – watch her performances of ‘Beg For You‘ and ‘Baby‘ below.The singer was originally set to appear with Caroline Polachek and Christine And The Queens on the long-running show last December, but her appearance was cancelled at the last minute due to COVID restrictions leading to “limited crew,” leaving her “devastated and heartbroken”.On last night’s episode, hosted by Oscar Isaac, Charli performed versions of two songs from her forthcoming album ‘Crash’, which is set to come out later this month (March 18).Watch the pair of performances below:After the recent release of ‘Baby’, Charli responded to critics of her new single, saying in a series of tweets that she’s unaffected by negative comments and is “living my best life”.One fan called her “mother”, to which she said: “If u wanna throw around midlife crisis fucking throw it at me. I’m getting older, I’m getting hotter, my tits are stunning, I’m in great shape, I’m dancing, I’m progressing and I’m living my best life – and that the tea.”The fan in question had written: “These charli singles so far….

Sting has shared a powerful performance of his 1985 track ‘Russians’ in support of the Ukraine – you can watch it below.Originally released during the Cold War period, the song expressed a hope that both the US and Soviet Union would find some kind of common humanity before destroying the world through nuclear warfare.Now, with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the song has once again, sadly, found relevance, and Sting has posted a video of himself performing it in aid of Help Ukraine, an initiative that sends medicine and humanitarian aid to a warehouse on the Ukrainian border in Poland.“I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again,” he says at the beginning of the performance. “But, in the light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbour, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity.“For the brave Ukrainians fighting against this brutal tyranny and also the many Russians who are protesting this outrage despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment – We, all of us, love our children.

EastEnders favourites have often changed their appearance after leaving the soap and moving on to other avenues in their careers, but some notable stars have had complete transformations. From the abusive Trevor Morgan, played by Alex Ferns, to Danny Dyer's evil Aunt Babe, played by Annette Badland some actors are unrecognisable from their days working on Albert Square. Fans will also remember Bradley Branning actor Charlie Clements became a fan-favourite on the BBC soap, but soon after his character's dramatic death the star opted to leave fame behind altogether.

Saturday Night Takeaway fans were left baffled on Saturday night as Ant and Dec apologised to viewers for “rude words” on their hit ITV show. The popular hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 46, apologised to the viewers of their family show for naughty language used.

This week's new music releases brought fans a variety of new tunes from some of today's hottest rappers, rock legends, pop songstresses and country stars.

Kanye West is back on the scene in a big way, with a heavy-hitting Travis Scott collab, as well as a passionate, political verse on Ty Dolla $ign's new single. And Pop Smoke joins a too-long list of young rappers to put out an already-legendary album after his untimely death.Plus, Ellie Goulding plots her return to pop with a Lauv collab, and that song from that you can't get out of your head.

Kylie Jenner is sporting a fresh tattoo!

The Album That Honors a Fallen Rap Hero: Pop Smoke, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The MoonEyeballing the star-studded track list of the Pop Smoke posthumous album, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, reveals how deeply invested the entire hip-hop world was in the Brooklyn drill king: DaBaby, Future, Quavo, Lil Baby, Swae Lee and Roddy Ricch are among the major names to appear on what should have been Pop Smoke’s coronation. Yet anyone who has listened to his music prior to this project understands the genre-wide support.

Kylie Jenner is sporting some new ink in honor of her and Travis Scott's 2-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster. The 22-year-old mom showcased her tiny new tattoo in a recent Instagram Story. The ink is located on the inside of her forearm and reads, «4:43.» Fans quickly noticed that this is the exact time that Stormi was born on Feb.

Keeping Up With Kardashians star Kylie Jenner has recently got a very sweet tattoo, and it has a secret meaning behind it.The tiny inking on her forearm reads 4:43 and it is in fact a touching tribute to her two-year-old daughter Stormi. According to a birth certificate for the tot, obtained by TMZ, the cute daughter of Travis Scott was in fact born on 1 February 2018 at exactly 4:43pm.

Kylie Jenner‘s whole world revolves around her daughter, Stormi Webster, 2, and now, the mogul has some new ink to remind her of the adorable little girl every single day. During her Instagram story on June 30, Kylie subtly showed off her new tattoo on her forearm. In the selfie video, Kylie could be seen spending some quality time with makeup artist, Ariel Tejada, where her new ink could just be seen.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's oldest daughter North West was born to be a star! The seven-year-old is often surprising her parents with her confidence and love for performing, and most recently, she has had a starring role in her dad's latest music video, Wash Us in the Blood, featuring Travis Scott, which dropped on Tuesday. Right at the end of the footage, which is made up of montages in various settings, North is seen dancing during a rehearsal with Kanye's Sunday Service Choir.

Ty Dolla $ign has announced a star-studded collaborative single entitled ‘Ego Death’, featuring Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex and serpentwithfeet.The announcement was teased over the past few days on Ty Dolla $ign’s social media pages, featuring animated interpretations of the guest artists fading into focus on each post. You can pre-save the upcoming song from this link.

Kanye West is ready to work.

Last month, cinematographer Arthur Jafa revealed that Kanye West was readying a new album titled God’s Country. Today, the Chicago rapper began the rollout for that project with the release of his new song, “Wash Us In the Blood,” featuring Travis Scott.

LOS ANGELES — Kanye West received both plaudits and criticism on Tuesday when he released a powerful new single about racism and faith a day after congratulating his wife Kim Kardashian on what he said was her billionaire status.

KANYE West’s back with a new song and new music video, the latter of which includes an appearance from his daughter North and footage from Black Lives Matter protests. Titled Wash Us in the Blood, the 43-year-old artist’s freshly-released track features a guest verse from rapper Travis Scott.

Kanye West is back with brand new music, and this song, “Wash Us In The Blood,” also features rapper Travis Scott!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a few days of rumors and some revived activity on social media, Kanye West has dropped a new song and video called “Wash Us in the Blood,” which features Travis Scott and was mixed by Dr. Dre.

Charlie Puth is back with a brand new summer single.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterEpic Records has promoted Brian Wilson to chief financial officer and senior vice president, the company announced today. Reporting to chair­­­woman and CEO Sylvia Rhone, Wilson’s new role includes oversight of all finances for the label and release planning.

A global pandemic may not seem like the ideal time to purchase a multi-million dollar home. However, this is exactly what Kylie Jenner, 22, and Travis Scott, 28, did, with one purchasing a $36.5 million Holmby Hills estate and the other scoring a $23.5 million Brentwood hilltop home in cash this summer (both are located in ritzy areas of West Los Angeles). And, surprisingly, this is actually an ideal time for buyers to go luxury house hunting. HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY spoke with four experts in the high-end house market — Katie Reid, Jason Arena, Shaynah Jones and Yawar Charlie — who explained why this is!

James Patrick Herman Warner Records has signed in-demand songwriter Amy Allen to a recording contract. The deal was inked last July when Allen began cutting back on session work with other artists (her past collabs include Harry Styles, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello) and focusing on her forthcoming solo debut.