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Golden Globes to Honor Helen Mirren With 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award

Actress and producer Dame Helen Mirren has been named the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient. The award will be presented on the new annual primetime special Golden Eve, airing Thursday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The special will also honor the recipient of the 2026 Carol Burnett […]

‘Incredible First Step’: Australian Gov’t Approves Content Quotas For Streaming Video Platforms

SYDNEY, Australia — More than three-and-a-half years after the siren sounded, the Australian government is activating local content quotas for popular streaming video on-demand platforms operating on these shores. Confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 4, the new obligation will require those services with over 1 million domestic subscribers to invest 10% of total program expenditure here, or […]

Catalog Licensing Platform Launches With Support From Beggars Group, Domino, Partisan

A coalition of top independent labels has joined forces to launch Catalog, a curated music licensing marketplace designed to let artists sync their music and receive real-time compensation. Beggars Group, Domino, Ninja Tune, Warp, Partisan Records and Erased Tapes are among the early supporters of the platform, which launches Wednesday (Nov. 5) via music supervision […]

Robert Taylor, Ex-Guitarist With Dragon, Dies at 74

Robert Taylor, former lead guitarist and backing vocalist with ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted rock band Dragon, has died aged 74. Taylor’s passing was confirmed in a social post by ex-drummer Kerry Jacobson. “I’m writing to share the unexpected and devastating news of the passing of my mentor, my partner in crime for some of the […]