Hollywood Inc.
Virgin Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, said Monday that it acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775 million.
Music
Perhaps best known for his 2001 book about Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross was a veteran Seattle-based music journalist who edited that city’s Rocket newspaper.
Politics
Move over Grammys. Oscars who? When it comes to Republican fashion, the national convention rules.
INDUSTRY UPDATES
Universal Music Group acquired two parking lots adjacent to the famed Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood for $30 million.
Grita. Canta. Vota., which translates as Shout. Sing. Vote., has been organizing concerts with popular regional Mexican acts to register voters across the U.S.
Entertainment & Arts
Concerts by Wild Up at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary and Brightwork newmusic at Monk Space help L.A. audiences come to terms with election results.
Watch L.A.
Nirvana is headed back to court. A lawsuit filed by the man who was the naked baby on the cover of the band’s 1991 album ‘Nevermind’ has been revived.
Awards
‘I think I know more about music than movies,’ says the Chilean director of the film starring Angelina Jolie as opera singer Maria Callas.
The revered country singer gets personal and inspirational as he goes through the influences and inspiration behind his latest album “Brighter Days,” out Friday.