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The first thing film director Lisa Cortés did when she found out Magnolia Pictures had picked up her documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, was send a cosmic shout-out to the rock ‘n’ roll icon. “I said, ‘Thank you, Little Richard!'” she confesses. Cortés, whose gripping portrait of the singer opens this Friday, is that dedicated. And she views Richard’s life, music, and heritage almost providentially. “I always feel like I like to invoke his spirit when wonderful things happen—that almost feel like they are in the...

UTA has signed Grammy-winning recording artist and creator of the “New Jack Swing” music style Teddy Riley for worldwide representation in all areas.

Since the early ’80s, Riley’s influential New Jack Swing style have been infused in multiple music genres including contemporary R&b, hip-hop, gospel, soul and pop music. He has produced over 1,000 songs for some of the most iconic artists in the industry such as Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Doug E. Fresh, Johnny Kemp, Joe, Heavy D & The Boys, The Winans, and Al B. Sure, among others. In addiiton, he is the founding member of the popular R&b groups Guy and Blackstreet.

Riley serves as Music Supervisor and Composer for BET’s miniseries Uptown, set to air in fall 2021. Most recently, he battled Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds in the Instagram Live digital music series Verzuz in April. The series features two popular musicians in conversation...

Pharrell Williams squared off against Jimmy Fallon in a musical battle of wits on The Tonight Show on Monday.

Their "Name That Song Challenge" followed straightforward rules. The Roots pick a tune – this set was heavy on 1980s radio hits – and play it one instrument at a time, usually leading with a synthesizer line. The contestants are equipped with buzzers; whoever rings first gets to name the track.

Fallon dominated the first half of the game, quickly identifying A-Ha's "Take on Me" and Toto's "Africa." He chortled with glee after...