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An executive for global entertainment company Live Nation has been identified as one of the victims in the June 24 Surfside condo collapse in Florida. Theresa Velasquez, 36, was listed as a victim of the collapse on Saturday in the Miami-Dade Police Department’s daily press release. Velasquez was the senior vice president of strategic partners at Live Nation, working out of their Los Angeles office.…

Live Nation Executive Identified as Victim of Surfside Condo Collapse — Variety

Mat George, the internet personality who co-hosted popular podcast She Rates Dogs, died early Saturday morning following a hit-and-run collision, in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 26. George’s death was confirmed by the Los Angeles Police Department and his She Rates Dogs co-host, Michaela Okland. “I would rather you guys hear this from me…

Mat George Dies: ‘She Rates Dogs’ Podcast Co-Host Was 26 — Deadline

Sunshine and noir are antithetical, as probably anyone who knows even a word of French could tell you. Sunshine and film noir, nearly as much so. Yet summer’s here and the time is right for skulking in the murderously foggy streets, thanks to a three-day festival of vintage ’40s and ’50s crime dramas being presented…

Film Noir Festival at Hollywood Legion Theater Looks to Make July a Little More Shadowy — Variety

Love the detail of this vintage English motorcycle.

It’s been a busy week for private equity with Cloudera, Stack Overflow and FireEye coming off the board on Tuesday and Wednesday. Today Blackstone bought media and data company IDG for $1.3 billion. The company had been owned by Oriental Rainbow, LLC, a subsidiary of China Oceanwide Holdings Group, Co. Ltd…

Blackstone acquires tech publisher IDG for $1.3B, as private equity strikes again — TechCrunch

Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival organizers left festival-goers on a cliff hanger Monday after posting a short video to their social media accounts. The caption to the animated video showing desert, windmills and the iconic “Spectra” reads, “Do you hear it?”

Coachella organizers tease a festival return — NBC Palm Springs – News, Weather, Traffic, Breaking News

We have some new details today on Apple Lossless and Spatial Audio for indie artists. Apple’s recently announced Spatial Audio and Lossless audio formats for Apple Music are set to kick off next month. While we know it has partnered with big artists like Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, and Kacey Musgraves, among others…

Apple has briefed indie music distributors on enabling Spatial Audio, here’s how to prepare your tracks — 9to5Mac

Hollywood is taking on homelessness head on. The People Concern, one of Los Angeles’s largest housing and social services agencies, will hold a virtual fundraiser this Friday, June 4, to help benefit homeless Angelenos and other local human right causes. The live, online charity event will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch…

Jane Lynch, Martin Sheen & More Step Up To Benefit L.A. Homeless With The People Concern And LA Chefs For Human Rights — Deadline

It’s safe to assume that the mouths of wizening hipsters across the country dropped open with astonishment when they heard “Mind Your Own Business,” a relatively obscure, 40-year-old song by short-lived British post-punk quintet Delta 5, blasting from their TVs when a new Apple ad aired during the NBA play-ins…

How Did ‘Mind Your Own Business,’ Delta 5’s 40-Year-Old Cult Hit, End Up in an Apple Ad? — Variety