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Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records label. Founded on January 1, 1990, its current roster includes artists such as Jordan Fisher, Queen, Ocean Park Standoff, Dreamers, Bea Miller, Martina Stoessel, Breaking Benjamin, Jorge Blanco, Olivia Holt, Sofia Carson, New Hope Club, Joywave, ScaryPoolParty, Area21, CB30, Laine Hardy, and Temecula Road. The label also releases soundtrack albums and digital releases from Marvel Studios, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, ABC, National Geographic, Hulu, 20th Television, FX, and ESPN since their acquisitions by The Walt Disney Company. History 1990–1995: Founding Hollywood Records was formed on January 1, 1990 by Michael Eisner, then CEO of The Walt Disney Company as a way of expanding the company's music operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Music Group
Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music recording arm of Disney Platform Distribution, a division of The Walt Disney Company. It is located at the studio's headquarters in Burbank, California. The division's subsidiaries consist of two owned record labels—Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records—along with Disney Music Publishing, the publishing entity that administers the company's music, as well as Disney Concerts. Background From the founding of The Walt Disney Company in 1923, music has been key to the success of the organization. Both public-domain and original music were used for the initial cartoons, but, since neither Walt Disney nor Roy O. Disney had any music industry experience, the studio had to rely on outside music publishers. In 1928, Walt Disney released the first Mickey Mouse motion picture, ''Steamboat Willie,'' which became the first animated short-subject film with sound. Two other unreleased Mickey Mouse shorts had been previously-produced and were subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Blanco (actor)
Jorge Blanco Güereña (born December 19, 1991) is a Mexican musician, singer, dancer and actor, best known for portraying Leon Vargas on the Disney Channel television series '' Violetta''. Early life Blanco was born on December 19, 1991 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Career 2007–2008: Beginnings with ''High School Musical'' Blanco began his television career in 2007 when he participated in the reality show ''High School Musical: La Selección'' which allowed him to participate in a spin-off movie of the successful U.S. ''High School Musical''."Jorge Blanco prepara álbum debut con ritmos muy variados," yucatan.com, May 25, 2016. Despite not winning the program, Blanco gave his voice to the album of the program, took part in the movie ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic Partners
National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of shares) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial activities related to the Society, including magazine publications and television channels. The company's board of managers is evenly divided between the Society and Disney. The enterprise was originally established by 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society. Following the completion of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, Disney assumed 21CF's 73% share in the joint venture. Background National Geographic Society's relationship with 21st Century Fox goes as far back as 1997, when the original News Corporation (to which 21st Century Fox is one of the successors) launched National Geographic Channel (now simply branded as National Geographic) in Asia and Europe, in partnership with the Society. The ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is part of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Studios), the studio focuses primarily on producing, distributing, and acquiring specialty films. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes the films produced by Searchlight in home media under the 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment banner. Searchlight films include ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' 12 Years a Slave'', ''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'', ''The Shape of Water'' and ''Nomadland'', all of which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Other Best Picture nominations include ''The Full Monty'', ''Sideways'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'', ''Juno'', '' Black Swan'', '' 127 Hours'', ''The Tree of Life'', ''The Descendants'', ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'', ''Brooklyn'', '' Three Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) distributes the films produced by 20th Century Studios in home media under the 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment banner. For over 80 years – beginning with its founding in 1935 and ending in 2019 (when it became part of Walt Disney Studios), 20th Century Fox was one of the then "Big Six" major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures and was originally known as the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (while owned by TCF Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios produces the Marvel Cinematic Universe films and series, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. Since 2008, Marvel Studios has released 30 films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from '' Iron Man'' (2008) to '' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'' (2022), eight television series since 2021, from ''WandaVision'' (2021) to '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (2022), and two television specials, ''Werewolf by Night'' (2022) and ''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' (2022). The television series '' What If...?'' (2021) is the studio's first animated property. These films, television series, and television specials all share continuity with each other, along with the One-Shots short films produced by the studio. The television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laine Hardy
Laine Hardy (born September 12, 2000) is an American singer from Livingston, Louisiana, and the season 17 winner of ''American Idol.'' Early life Hardy was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Livingston, Louisiana. His father Barry is a general contractor for a construction company, and his mother Cindy Lou is a real estate agent. He has a brother Kyle, and an older sister, Brittany Banta. His maternal grandmother is a Korean immigrant from Seoul. He attended French Settlement High School and graduated in 2018. He learned to play the guitar when he was eight, and by the time he was 14, he was performing in a band with his brother and cousins called the Band Hardy in local bars and restaurants. Although initially he did not sing, he was encouraged by his brother to sing. ''American Idol'' Laine Hardy first auditioned for the 2018 season 16 of ''American Idol'', but did not go far in that season, making it only to the top 50. He did not intend to audition for the 2019 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CB30
CB30 is an American country music group composed of brothers Christian (born May 30, 2001) and Brody Clementi (born March 30, 2004). The duo’s name is derived from their first initial of each of their first names and the fact that they were both born on the 30th of the month. Career The brothers grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by music from a young age, thanks to their father Jay Clementi’s successful songwriting career writing for country singers Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans, Luke Bryan, Sunny Sweeney and many others. While performing at local charity events in Nashville, the duo was discovered by country superstar Luke Bryan who helped them with music industry connections. CB30 released their debut single “Marina,” in 2016 along with a music video in which Bryan had a cameo. The duo’s second single, “Cool If You Wanna” was released on November 10, 2017 via Buena Vista Records - a partnership between Universal Music Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area21
Area21 (stylized in all caps) is a Dutch-American electronic dance music duo consisting of Martin Garrix and Maejor. Career Area21 gained popularity after Garrix debuted their song "Spaceships" in his set during Ultra Music Festival 2016 in which Garrix had headlined. The duo is signed to Garrix's record label Stmpd Rcrds. Their identities were previously unknown despite speculations about Garrix being a part of it alongside one or more vocalists. Throughout media and journalism, Area21 has been described as "Martin Garrix's new side project". Their logo consists of two aliens being inside a spaceship. Asher Roth was initially speculated to be the unknown member of the group, however it was later revealed to be Maejor. Their song "Spaceships" peaked on the Spotify Viral 50 chart at number 3. After one year, they released their third single "We Did It" on 23 June 2017. On 1 December 2017, they released their fourth single "Glad You Came", which originally debuted during Garrix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Aranda
Alejandro Aranda (born August 11, 1994), known by his stage name Scarypoolparty, is an American singer, musician, and reality television personality from Pomona, California, and runner-up on the American Idol (season 17), seventeenth season of ''American Idol''. His debut album ''Exit Form'' was released on November 22, 2019. His follow-up album length EP, ''Doom Hologram'' was released on September 4, 2020. L.A. was released 2021. The Act of Forgiveness/a double Album was released in 2021 also. Early life Musically, Aranda's early influences included classical music like Beethoven, Bach and Chopin, along with Dead Can Dance, Nine Inch Nails and other classical and contemporary artists. In 2017, Aranda won Artist of the Year with CSUN and Five of Five Entertainment. It was from here that he started gaining traction in the world of music. Aranda's American Idol audition in front of the judges was aired on ABC on March 6, 2019. He was the only contestant to play seven origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joywave
Joywave is an American indie rock band from Rochester, New York, formed in 2010. Their lineup consists of Daniel Armbruster (vocals), Joseph Morinelli (guitar), and Paul Brenner (drums). The band first became known for its collaboration with electronic music project Big Data (band), Big Data, "Dangerous (Big Data song), Dangerous", which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart in 2014.Lou Foglia"Joywave talks Disney, 'Dangerous,' late night shows,"''Columbia Chronicle'', October 5, 2015. After releasing two EPs, their debut album, ''How Do You Feel Now?'', was released through their own Cultco Music label, an imprint of Hollywood Records, in 2015. Their second album, ''Content (Joywave album), Content'', was released on July 28, 2017. It was followed by their third album, ''Possession (Joywave album), Possession'', which was released on March 13, 2020. Their fourth album, ''Cleanse'', was released on February 11, 2022. History Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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