The most popular artists, songs and albums of the month, 3 month, 6 months and year [#1-#48]

Following his Emmy win for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” FX Productions has inked an overall TV production deal with writer/producer D.V. DeVincentis. Under the new pact, DeVincentis will develop, write and produce television projects exclusively for FX Productions. He will create projects for all TV services and platforms. The deal does not...

Though Olsen sets pain and frustration to music in her latest album, critic Ken Tucker says it's clear that the singer is "very much in control of her emotions and her life."

Arts Alliance Distribution has bought U.K. rights to U.S. horror movie “The Eyes of My Mother,” Nicolas Pesce’s debut film, which premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance in January. The film will be the first release under Park Circus’ new Future Classics label. Park Circus is well-known for its distribution of classic studio titles. But...

Shepard Fairey's new art-pop band Nøise recently got the remix treatment by Moby, Z-Trip and more. We find out how this quartet allows the iconic artist to work outside of his lane.

Variety will host the first-ever conference on diversity and in Hollywood, the media company announced today. The conference, which is called “Inclusion,” aims to foster dinclusion ialogue around various aspects of diversity including ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and aging, by engaging senior executives and talent from the creative community. Academy Award nominee and musician Pharrell Williams...

Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench will compete in the best actor and actress categories at this year’s International Emmy Awards. Nominations recognizing productions from 15 countries were announced Monday by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The 40 nominees, competing across 10 categories, come from the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Germany,...

“Silence,” Martin Scorsese’s passion project about Jesuit priests in feudal Japan, has snagged an awards-season release date, signaling that Paramount Pictures believes it has an Oscar contender on its hands. The religious epic will debut in limited release on Dec. 23, before expanding in January. There are no films scheduled to debut on that date, but...

Will Paul Verhoeven, director of “Total Recall” and “Basic Instinct,” be making a Hollywood comeback? A French selection committee has chosen Isabelle Huppert-starrer “Elle,” directed by Verhoeven, as France’s candidate in the foreign-language category of next year’s Academy Awards. The French-language debut of Verhoeven, “Elle” stars Huppert as the head of a top European video...

Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams and Simon Callow have joined the cast of Stephen Frears’ “Victoria and Abdul,” which has started filming in Britain. The period drama sees Judi Dench return to the role of British monarch Queen Victoria opposite Bollywood actor Ali Fazalas playing Abdul Karim. Dench first played the long-serving 19th-century queen on the big screen in 1997’s “Mrs....

ABC premiered its Sunday drama lineup to less-than stellar ratings last night, with returning series “Once Upon a Time,” “Quantico,” and “Secrets and Lies” all struggling against “Sunday Night Football.” “Once Upon a Time” drew a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live-plus-same day numbers and 3.9 million total viewers. Anthology “Secrets and...

LONDON — One of the more boisterous events in the Raindance line-up is Thursday’s Live Ammunition panel (6pm, Sept. 29, Screen 4m, Vue Piccadilly), now a festival staple and one of three such events run by the organisation every year, including an offshoot that takes place in the German capital during the Berlin film festival. Top...

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie recalls the "peculiar" making of the band's hit 1982 album 'Mirage.'