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The College Football Playoff has set a lineup of multi-platinum recording artists that will perform at AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! (January 7-8). The free concerts will take place in Los Angeles' Banc of California Stadium, leading up to the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, set for…

CBS' new musical game show, Superfan, has set the roster of musicians participating in its upcoming six-episode series. The competition series will see one musical superfan aiming to prove they are a certain artist's ultimate supporter. The artists confirmed are Kelsea Ballerini, Gloria Estefan, Little Big Town, LL Coo…

It’s an argument that dates back to the early 1960s, and sharply divides the world into two camps. No, not Republicans and Democrats. We’re talking Rolling Stones or Beatles. The ancient rivalry seemed to resume this week, as Paul McCartney claimed The Beatles were bigger than The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger responded…

Pitbull’s scheduled concert tonight at the LA County Fair has been postponed because the rapper was unable to safely travel to California due to Hurricane Dorian, fair organizers said. “According to Pitbull’s management, the artist cannot safely depart from Miami. Pitbull, a resident of Miami, has chosen to stay and…

With just a few weeks to go before the fourth chapter of Disney/Pixar’s magical Toy Story hits theaters, families could do a lot worse than to spend 88 minutes with some other toy dolls who, while they don’t have exactly the same name recognition — or, let’s face it, brilliance — as in those movies, do their best…

UTA has signed Pitbull, the Grammy-winning rap star and entrepreneur who just wrapped concert tours with Enrique Iglesias, Britney Spears and a residency at Planet Hollywood. The news comes as he readies to host his annual Worldwide NYE event at Bayfront Park in Miami on New Year's Eve. Pitbull, who NYE event was…

What a coup. Pitbull is coming aboard his first film to pen and perform an original song and also lend his voice to one of the key characters in STX’s UglyDolls, the animated film directed by Robert Rodriguez which will launch the company’s family and animation division. The film will be released in 2019. The film…

Pitbull is not without a New Year’s Eve gig. The rapper is set to join Univision’s live New Year’s Eve special ¡Feliz 2018! (Happy 2018!). Pitbull previously had a three-year run as host of Fox’s New Year’s Eve telecast, until the network announced in November that it had hired Steve Harvey as its new host. Univision…

Pitbull, the global star whose entertainment ventures stretch from music and concerts to TV production and hosting to a Las Vegas act, has inked with WME. The Miami native, born Armando Christian Perez, also will take his motivational speaking platform worldwide via his new agency. The Grammy-winning Pitbull released…

UPDATE, 5:15 PM with video and more information throughout: Viacom CEO Bob Bakish kicked off Nickelodeon’s sales-season opening upfront presentation Thursday afternoon from the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center, saying Nickelodeon — one of the reorganized company’s six “flagship” brands — “is proud to be first” in it…

ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest on ABC delivered another potent ratings delivery. Featuring a performance by Carrie Underwood, the special drew a 10.0 household rating in the metered markets from 11:30 PM-1:15 AM and a 7.5 rating among adults 18-49 in the local people meters. That was…

Fox has bought Miami-set drama 305, from Endemol Shine Studios, with a script commitment plus penalty. Written by Sascha Penn (Survivor’s Remorse) and directed by Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies), 305 — named after the Miami area code — is executive produced by Miami-born-and-raised rapper Armando Perez, known by his…