Michael Stanley dies at 72

Music legend Michael Stanley has died. He was 72. The Cleveland musician, who ruled the local airwaves in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died after a seven-month battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

Miley Cyrus signs with Columbia Records

Singer Miley Cyrus has signed with Columbia Records after seven years and four albums on Sony Music sister label RCA. The move is a natural one for Cyrus, who is managed by Adam Leber, with mom Tish Cyrus. Columbia chief Ron Perry, who signed Miley directly, and Leber were the matchmakers behind Lil Nas X’s hit “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. Nas is also signed to the roster.

‘Loony Porn’ wins Berlin’s Golden Bear

“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” from Romanian director Radu Jude has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.

‘Nomadland’ production sound mixer dies at 35

Michael Wolf Snyder, a production sound mixer on “Nomadland,” has died. He was 35.

Gordon-Levitt joins ‘Pinocchio’

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt will provide the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Disney’s live-action retelling of “Pinocchio.”

Harris leads comedy ‘8-Bit Christmas’

U.S. actor Neil Patrick Harris has joined “8-Bit Christmas,” a New Line comedy for HBO Max that Michael Dowse is directing.

Zeta-Jones joins Michael Sheen in ‘Prodigal Son’

Catherine Zeta-jones was already a fan of “Prodigal Son,” so when the chance came to join the show, she jumped, lured by the prospect of working alongside Michael Sheen.

Zeta-Jones joins Fox’s “Prodigal Son” in episode, which is directed by co-star Lou Diamond Phillips. (SD-Agencies)