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Michael and David Uslan, the father and son producing team with credits that include “The Dark Knight” and “Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch” have struck a cluster of deals that makes them a two-way conduit for TV formats between Hollywood and Asia.

U2K, a company that includes the Uslans and Jon Karas, has recently struck deals with top rights owners in China, India and South Korea to bring their content to Western audiences.

And, with the purpose of taking content from West to East, U2K has struck a first-look deal with Renegade 83. The Sherman Oaks-based company is one of the world’s top unscripted TV producers, and has credits including “Naked and Afraid,” “Smash Cuts,” and “Gone Country.” The company was recently acquired by eOne Entertainment.

The Uslans and Rengade 83 are both represented by William Morris Endeavor. And Wme brokered the first-look agreement.

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Duff McKagan has announced plans to release a solo album in 2019, an LP inspired in part by the bassist’s journeys while touring with the reunited Guns N’ Roses. The album, produced by Shooter Jennings, is a “musical follow-up” to McKagan’s 2015 book How to Be a Man (and Other Illusions).

“I wrote a couple of articles about historical places I passed through on this last tour and people kept asking if that was going to be the focus of my next book,” says McKagan. “But an unseen and irrepressible...

Love & Mercy is one of the best films of 2015. The wonderful film, available on Blu-ray and DVD, features fantastic performances and an impressive score from composer Atticus Ross.

To celebrate the music and DVD release of the film, Brian Wilson performed on Monday night at Vibrato Jazz Grill in Beverly Hills for an intimate crowd where he and his wife, Melinda Wilson, were joined by actors Paul Dano and Elizabeth Banks, who portrayed them in director Bill Pohlad’s musical biopic.

They were joined by about 150 guests consisting of members of the Academy, industry insiders, friends, family members and press.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk) and producer Bonnie Arnold were there for the celebration.

Wilson performed an eleven-song set, including his original song from Love & Mercy as well as Beach Boys favorites “California Girls” and “Good Vibrations”, and was joined on stage by Paul Dano with the actor singing “You Still Believe in Me.

[Youtube "8H2F26JJcT0"] And the boyfriend of the year award goes to Demi Lovato's beau, Wilmer Valderrama. The "Skyscraper" singer, 22, got a sweet surprise from the 35-year-old actor when he appeared on stage Wednesday night at her benefit concert in West Hollywood. Lovato performed her hit songs, including "Nightingale" and "Believe in Me," and answered questions from fans to raise money for her Lovato Treatment Scholarship program. The only thing missing from the evening? Her boyfriend - or so she thought. "My heart is broken that he couldn't be here tonight," she said - only to be interrupted by a cheering crowd...

Malmo, Sweden — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.

Yes, it's that time of the year again.

The televised pan-European extravaganza, known for its kitschy shows, bad taste and bizarre offerings, is still expected to be seen by about 125 million television viewers worldwide.

This year's contest is being hosted in Malmo, southern Sweden, following the victory of the Nordic country's contestant Loreen with "Euphoria" last year.

According to bookmakers, the hippie-chic Emmelie De Forest of Denmark is the favorite to win, driving the song "Only Teardrops" with her deep, Shakira-like voice. Her main challenge comes from the clean-cut techno pop tune "I Feed You My Love" by Norway's Margaret Berger, who rose to fame...

Bonnie Tyler broke down in tears as she dedicated her Eurovision Song Contest hit to her late mum. The 61-year-old singer - who is wearing her mother's ring for good luck in Saturday's (18.05.13) competition - revealed power-ballad 'Believe in Me' is a tribute to her mother because the lyrics are similar to the helpful advice she was given by her mum when she was starting out in the music industry. Speaking at a press conference in Malmo, Sweden - where the event is being hosted - she said: ''The song 'Believe in Me' reminds me of what my mum...

Bonnie Tyler broke down in tears as she dedicated her Eurovision Song Contest hit to her late mum. The 61-year-old singer - who is wearing her mother's ring for good luck in Saturday's (18.05.13) competition - revealed power-ballad 'Believe in Me' is a tribute to her mother because the lyrics are similar to the helpful advice she was given by her mum when she was starting out in the music industry. Speaking at a press conference in Malmo, Sweden - where the event is being hosted - she said: ''The song 'Believe in Me' reminds me of what my mum...

Bonnie Tyler was first asked to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 30 years ago. The 61-year-old singer - who will perform in the annual competition with her track 'Believe In Me' in May - was asked by the BBC to sing on behalf of her country in 1983, but she was enjoying international success thanks to her hit 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and turned down the approach, but thinks the time is finally right for her to be a part of the contest. She told The Sun newspaper: ''I was first asked to do Eurovision by the BBC...

London - Rock legend Bonnie Tyler will represent the U.K. in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Europe's biggest music event. She will perform the song "Believe In Me" at the event in Malmo, Sweden in May, which marks the 30th anniversary of her hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Photos: Brit Awards 2013: Highlights From London's Big Night of Music "The United Kingdom has long been holding out for a Eurovision hero, and now the wait could be over," the BBC said in announcing Tyler as the U.K. candidate for the 58th annual Eurovision contest. With a global

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Whoa, is that you, Demi Lovato?! The 19-year-old starlet was barely recognizable when she showed off a daring new hairstyle on Twitter yesterday. Sporting a shoulder-length brunette bob and blunt bangs to go with a sexy, midriff-baring spaghetti-strap tank top and layers of necklaces, Demi asked her fans, "Hey guys...like my new look?" Hours later, the "Believe in Me" singer confirmed to anyone who thought this dramatic new 'do was the real deal, "It's just a wig that I got today!! Hehe...Don't freak." Demi's been experimenting with her tresses a lot recently. In early November, the formerly brunette beauty debuted a gorgeous new auburn hue, and just a few...

Welcome to the ginger club, Demi Lovato! This weekend, the formerly brunette starlet debuted a shocking new 'do. "Changing my hair color today," she teased fans on Twitter... The following day, the 19-year-old—who's been spotted cozying up to former flame Wilmer Valderrama recently—made the big reveal, tweeting, "Just woke up from a nap...Can't believe I fell asleep before tweeting this." This isn't the first time the pop star has changed her hair color. Last year, Demi dyed her tresses a light brown with blond highlights. What do you think of the "Believe in Me" singer's new, stick-straight auburn locks? Are they red-hot, or should...

Taio Cruz has debuted his new music video online. The singer has released the video for 'Believe In Me Now', which features on his upcoming album Ty.O. The clip sees two sports cars crash head first into a concrete wall while the star performs the track in between them. However, it appears that the promo has surfaced as a leak rather than having received an official premiere. The new video follows the unveiling of Cruz's (more)...

His obsessive enthusiasm has steered gangster sagas, Norse bloodbaths and even Miss Marple. Now Nicolas Winding Refn is back behind the wheel for his new film Drive

There are three remarkable things about Marple: Nemesis, a 2008 ITV outing for Agatha Christie's elderly detective. For a start, it's the only time she's handed a mission, rather than just stumbling across a body and spontaneously sleuthing. It took more liberties with the original novel than usual – plots were dropped, motives skewed, two characters conflated to make a serial-killing lesbian nun. And, finally, it was directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, then best known for the Pusher trilogy: a Danish gangster saga, all grimy machismo and intestines down the sink.

"I was broke as hell," he explains, chewing popcorn in a back room at the O2 centre in London. "I'd gone bankrupt and owed my bank £1m. I paid that back by making...

Los Angeles, CA (February 2, 2011) – Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”), announced today that the company has brought Chris Miller on board to serve as President of Film Finance Operations for Exclusive, and as the new President of Spitfire Pictures. Miller makes the move to Exclusive after spending three years as the Head of Production for National Geographic Films Worldwide. While at National Geographic, Miller worked on several other high profile projects including Peter Weir’s The Way Back, a co-production with Exclusive Films, as well as on The Last Lions, a new Natural History film event by world renowned filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, to be released in North America next month. Prior to joining National Geographic, Miller in 2001 co-founded Visionbox Media Group and Visionbox Pictures, where he served as president for six years, creating original content in digital formats for the marketplace. Over the six years at Visionbox,...

Relatively hot on the heels of Sloan's exhaustive (and somewhat exhausting) 30-song epic Never Hear The End Of It comes a leaner but no less comprehensive survey of power-pop sounds past and slightly less past, Parallel Play. "If you believe that everybody needs to shake it loose, then everyone will rock and everybody will roll," sings guitarist Patrick Pentland on the opening track, "Believe In Me," throwing down the gauntlet for fun, fun, fun over the next 37 minutes. As always, Sloan owns the '60s and '70s, crafting impeccable bop-around melodies and chipper harmonies in the form of sweeping psychedelic ballads, soft-rock confessionals, and arena-ready ragers. Like its predecessor, Parallel Play flows effortlessly from one song to the next like one big sugar-fueled pop suite. It's a dazzling display of record-collection rock by the band's four-headed songwriting team, even if some tunes in the album's second half get...