Entertainment
Oscar Season Begins with Billy Preston Documentary
The Academy Screening Room has its first entry for Oscar season, as Paris Barclay’s documentary 'Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It' is uploaded. Joel Flatow, a long-time executive at the RIAA, is leaving to start his own strategic consulting firm.
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Variety
The upcoming film awards season has its first official entry. Variety has learned exclusively that Paris Barclay’s documentary “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is the first film uploaded to the Academy Screening Room. On the members-only platform, Oscar voters c
2026-06-10 22:29 UTC
Deadline
Joel Flatow is departing the Recording Industry Association of America after more than 30 years and is forming his own strategic consulting firm. Flatow has served as senior vice president of artist and industry relations and chief of West Coast operations for the RIAA. The new firm. Flatow Strategi
2026-06-10 22:30 UTC