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20 Established 1961 Thursday, June 28, 2018 Lifestyle Music & Movies Prince estate signs fresh deal to release catalog ony Music yesterday announced a deal with Prince’s ary, Prince changed the world with his music, bringing believed to be stored at Prince’s Paisley Park estate in estate to reissue the bulk of his catalog, the latest love, joy and inspiration to millions,” said Richard Story, Minnesota. Sattempt to monetize the legacy of the pop legend. president of the Sony Music Entertainment Commercial Universal Music, the largest record group, last year Ironically for an artist who famously battled the music Music Group. announced a $31 million deal to bring to the world some of industry, with the latest announcement Prince’s estate has “Sony Music is honored to play a part in keeping the music from the trove. But in an unusual twist, a judge struck deals with all three major record label groups since Prince’s music alive and making it available for generations months later voided the contract at Universal’s request his sudden death in April 2016. Sony said that its Legacy of lifelong listeners and future fans,” he said in a statement. after the label group said that the estate was unclear Recordings imprint, which focuses on the archives of clas- Prince was a fervent critic of music labels and later the about its rights to the vault, which could overlap with sic artists, would immediately have rights to 19 albums internet, describing corporations as putting artists into vir- Warner. — AFP from 1995 to 2010 — when Prince bolted from longtime tual slavery. When he left Warner in the mid-1990s, label Warner Brothers. angered at the controls the label wanted to put on his pro- Starting in 2021, Sony will also obtain the rights to 12 lific output, he wrote “slave” on his cheek and changed his albums from Prince’s golden era including “Controversy,” name to an unpronounceable “love symbol.” But Prince In this file photo taken on June 16, 1990 “1999” and “Around the World in a Day.” The contract reconciled with Warner late in his life. After his death, shows musician Prince performing on stage notably excludes soundtracks-namely 1984’s “Purple Warner reissued “Purple Rain” with a second record of during his concert at the Parc des Princes Rain,” Prince’s best-known work. “A true artist and vision- new music-part of a vast trove of unreleased songs stadium in Paris. — AFP Review NBA greats go geriatric in formulaic ‘Uncle Drew’ or a few shining minutes, “Uncle van, she follows with a baseball bat. (The Drew” is the movie it surely women in the film, unfortunately, are intended to be: funny and clever, often either angry, batty, or mere eye Fquick and snappy, and most of all, candy. At least Leslie will eventually get In this file photo Bruno Mars receives a second Grammy for Record of the In this file photo Lady Gaga arrives for the 60th Grammy Awards in New fun - all infused with love for the great to show her stuff.) The group then Year during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards show in New York. York. — AFP photos sport of basketball. Unfortunately, those recruits Lights (Reggie Miller); the joke minutes come during the closing credits, is that he’s legally blind, but believes in a sequence entertaining enough to be its his ability to hit any shot. At an old-age own viral video. But wait - that’s what home, they bring in Boots (Nate “Uncle Drew” originally was, anyway: a Robinson), who’s been sitting silently in Grammys expand nominee series of web videos from a Pepsi ad a wheelchair for years. But he only needs campaign starring NBA great Kyrie one thing to cure all that. Do we need to Irving as a white-haired senior citizen tell you what it is? who shows up on a playground court and blows all the “youngblood” hotshots field after criticism on diversity away. Combining Irving’s talent with the satisfying element of age trumping he Grammys will expand the number for this year’s awards by switching to online Recording Academy was seeking to adapt to youthful hubris, they couldn’t lose. of nominees in main categories for ballots, broadening its pool to itinerant an “ever-changing industry.” The expansion It’s perhaps not surprising that some- music’s most prestigious awards as musicians who are not waiting at their mail- “creates more opportunities for a wider one sought to make it into a full-length organizers try to counter a backlash boxes. range of recognition” and “gives more flexi- movie - and why not? Alas, the resulting T film, made in association with Pepsi and over how few women and minorities are Likely due to the reform, the 2018 bility to our voters when having to make the winning. In one of the biggest changes at the Grammys for the first time saw hip-hop often challenging decisions,” said Portnow, a directed by Charles Stone III, falls into a disappointingly formulaic lull for large Grammys in years, the Recording Academy- dominate the top categories. But the night’s record executive who has led the academy stretches, squeezing all spontaneity from which administers the prizes-said Tuesday in big winner was ultimately Bruno Mars, the since 2002. the proceedings. Don’t fault the talented This image released by Lionsgate shows a letter to members that next year’s awards party-loving funk revivalist, rather than cast, which includes a squad of hard- Change on world music Boston Celtics basketball player Kyrie will boost the field of hopefuls from five to politically aware rappers Kendrick Lamar, working NBA luminaries in heavy aging Irving, left, portraying Uncle Drew in a eight for the top four categories. The prizes Jay-Z or Childish Gambino. And the latest The Recording Academy also announced makeup, and comedy stars including the scene from the comedy “Uncle Drew.” are Album of the Year; Record of the Year, Grammys was strikingly devoid of women, reform of the Grammy for Best World Music delightful Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel which recognizes overall song; Song of the with Lorde the only nominee for Album of Album, one of the categories that draws the Howery, so memorable in “Get Out.” Year, which honors songwriting; and Best the Year and none earning a nod for Record most eye-rolls among aficionados. Starting Fault the unimaginative script they’ve New Artist. of the Year, at a time that the growing next year, a review committee will determine been given. Other categories will remain at five nomi- #MeToo movement was raising concern the five nominees out of the top 15 put for- nees. The 2019 Grammys will take place at about the gender biases and harassment ward in nominations by the Academy’s Different ideas the Staples Center in Los Angeles at the holding back women. 13,000 members. Despite aiming to repre- The premise: Dax (Howery), is a downtrodden Foot Locker employee start of the year, though an exact date has sent the whole planet, the World Music cat- trying to make a buck. As a teen, he was Backlash from women not yet been announced. The change echoes egory has been dominated by a handful of a talented player, but quit altogether the 2009 decision of the Academy Awards Asked after the January 28 awards in favorites. when he missed a crucial game-winning to double the number of contenders for the New York why more women were not win- The South African all-male choir shot, and lost his nerve. He’s also an Best Picture Oscar from five to 10 at the ning, Portnow said that female musicians Ladysmith Black Mambazo, popularized orphan, who never had a sense of family. most. But while the film academy was largely needed to “step up,” while also speaking of abroad by Paul Simon’s 1986 “Graceland” (Can you start writing the ending of the This image released by Lionsgate shows trying to find a place at the televised gala for the need for more mentorship. His remarks album, won this year for the fifth time. Other script right now? Of course.) Dax is also Lisa Leslie in a scene from the comedy crowd-pleasing blockbusters alongside crit- generated a furor, with stars including Katy perennial nominees include pop flamenco an amateur coach hustling to get a team “Uncle Drew.” ically acclaimed fare, the Recording Perry and P!nk taking him to task and a veterans Gipsy Kings. Between 2004 and ready for a tournament at Harlem’s sto- Academy is facing quite a different dilemma. group of women music executives demand- 2011, the award was split into two cate- ried Rucker Park (where many NBA Emotional issues Criticism has mounted that the Recording ing that he quit. Portnow said on May 31 that gories-one for traditional and one for con- greats have played), and win a hefty Finally, we get to towering Shaquille Academy’s tastes are consistently old-fash- he was stepping down next year, meaning temporary world music-before they were cash prize. But his nemesis, Mookie, has O’Neal, game as always. Shaq’s Big Fella, ioned, more in line with the older, mostly that the expansion of Grammy nominations merged again.—AFP different ideas. now a Kung Fu instructor, has an axe to Mookie - a nasty-funny Nick Kroll, grind against Drew, who will have to white male professionals who vote and out will likely be one of the final decisions under more nasty than funny here - steals address this and other emotional issues of tune with contemporary culture.