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When the news broke that Joe Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate for the 2020 presidential election, one of the most immediate reactions could be summed up by this tweet from NBC News White House correspondent Geoff Bennett: A big day for Maya Rudolph — Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) August 11, 2020 […]

The news that Kamala Harris would join the Democratic presidential ticket hit Hollywood with a jolt on Tuesday, as the entertainment community celebrated the elevation of its home-state senator. Harris has long-standing connections to the industry, thanks to more than a decade as a rising star in California politics.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has nabbed the title of the world’s highest-paid actor for the second year in a row. Between June 2019 and June 2020, Johnson racked up $87.5 million, making $23.5 million alone from his starring role in the upcoming Netflix film “Red Notice,” according to Forbes.

Ray Parker Jr. is best known for writing, producing and performing the 1984 Grammy-winning No. 1 hit “Ghostbusters,” but by the time he turned “Who you gonna call?” and “I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost” into national catchphrases, he had already logged more than a decade in the business.

A federal judge dismissed Genius Media Group’s lawsuit against Google and LyricFind alleging the companies ripped off song lyrics from Genius — ruling that Genius doesn’t have standing to sue them, since it doesn’t own the rights to the original lyrics.

Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate, making her the first Black woman and the first Asian American to join a major party presidential ticket.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

John Legend is a lover man, a family man, a soul man, an EGOT, a film and television producer, and — in a role that certainly has not escaped the attention of the president of the United States, or most anyone else — a political animal.

The 2021 NAMM Show, scheduled for the week of Jan. 18, 2021 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, has canceled its in-person event and will take place online due to the continued spread of coronavirus, the organization announced on Monday.

The broad restructuring at WarnerMedia is a “natural progression” for the media conglomerate to hone its focus on HBO Max, according to John Stephens, AT&T’s chief financial officer. WarnerMedia laid off hundreds of employees Monday across Warner Bros., HBO and DC Entertainment.

Martin Scorsese and his Sikelia Productions banner have signed a first-look film and television deal with Apple. The acclaimed director is currently working with the streamer on the film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which will directed by Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.