The New York Times purports that Amazon’s streaming music service will launch this week, ahead of Amazon’s launch event next week. The service is said to be for Amazon Prime subscribers, and provide tracks six months after a new release, using a Spotify-like delivery method. Despite the Amazon Prime requirement, the service is said to work across multiple devices. To fuel the […]
CBS’ season finales for “The Amazing Race: All-Stars,” “The Good Wife” and “The Mentalist” proved to be no competition for ABC’s Billboard Music Awards telecast on Sunday night. Each of CBS’ finales got small audience bumps, but “Good Wife” and “Amazing Race” were both flat in the key demo, with only “The Mentalist” rising. Meanwhile, […]
Starz announced today that its upcoming original series “Power” will debut on Saturday, June 7th at 9pm ET/PT with the release of Executive Producer Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson’s new music video for “Big Rich Town.” The single, which was created specifically for the show and will serve as the main title theme, is performed by […]
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl soundtracks are now available on iTunes for $9.99. This 149-track compilation includes such memorable tunes as “Opening Movie” and “Obtained a TM!” And who could forget that heartwarming poke-classic, “Trainers’ Eyes Meet (Lass)”? The release of the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl soundtracks just leaves Pokemon Black/White and Pokemon Black 2/White 2 to go. The Pokemon […]
Film Music Reporter has confirmed that Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World composer Brian Tyler will be coming back for another Marvel venture, this time providing the score for the highly-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron. Tyler’s work can also be heard in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot along with Fast and […]
Kate Bush revealed on her website Friday that she’ll perform live for the first time since 1979, booking a 15-date residency at London’s Eventim, Apollo Hammersmith this August and September entitled “Behind the Dawn.” “I am delighted to announce that we will be performing some live shows this coming August and September,” wrote the singer. “I hope you […]
US Federal Court Judge Denise Cote has issued a ruling in a case between streaming music service Pandora and music publishers, which has set a new rate at which Pandora Radio will have to pay to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for performance rights on streaming radio. The rate is set […]
Sienna Miller (Stardust, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) is in talks to play a leading role in director Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, TheWrap reports. The film is based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice), released in 2012 and officially described as follows: He is the […]
The PonoPlayer, a music playback device backed by musician Neil Young, has doubled its target on Kickstarter shortly after starting its campaign. The high-fidelity player has so far raised over $1.6 million on the crowd-funding site, beating the $800,000 the campaign originally asked for within 24 hours of launching, with the pledging period set to […]
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have revealed a new featurette for their upcoming film 300: Rise of an Empire which goes behind-the-scenes of the sequel and highlights its various villains. Featuring interview with producers Zack and Deborah Snyder, director Noam Murro and star Eva Green, you can check out the video in the player […]