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Two years later and we're still saddened by the tragic death of Amy Winehouse, but it looks like we might finally have a chance to see a side of her we've never seen before.

Filmmaker Asif Kapadia has teamed up with producer James Gay-Rees and Universal Music to put together a documentary about the late soul songstress and they will be shopping it to foreign buyers at this year's Cannes Film Festival!

The two have worked together before on 2010's Senna and said they were excited to capture the chaos and turmoil of singer's life:

Tags: amy winehouse, asif kapadia, cannes film festival, documentary, film flickers, france, james gay-rees, music minute, rip, universal music

Is Paulina Gretzky the next big thing in the music scene?

The daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky is reportedly leaving El Lay for Toronto where she will record an album for Universal Music. This will be her second album, but first on a major label.

She revealed the news on Monday when she tweeted:

Tags: canada, el lay, laguna beach, paulina gretzky, pics, record, toronto, twitter, universal music, wayne gretzky

Tis the season to be Justin Bieber.

The teenage singing sensation is the very FIRST artist that Universal Music has allowed to give a portion of their album sales to charity.

JBiebs has announced he is donating partial sales from his Christmas album, Under the Mistletoe, to charities such as Pencils of Promise and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In an interview on Tuesday from Peru, he revealed he's "proud" to be the first artist to do so, saying:

Tags: christmas, donation, foundation, generous, justin bieber, kind, pencils of promise, under the mistletoe, universal music

In a move to stick it to the man, Trent Reznor is urging fans to boycott the re-release of his 1989 Nine Inch Nails' album Pretty Hate Machine.

Universal Music record execs are re-releasing the album without any sort of digital re-mastering to improve the sound quality of the original.

Reznor wrote:

NIN fans, don't waste your money on this version of PHM that was just released … a record label bullshit move repackaging the old version. Ignore please.

Wow, that is a pretty shady move. If they're going to re-release, Universal should at least re-master it or include never-before-heard music. Pretty awesome of Trent to go against his label and warn the fans.

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Tags: nine inch nails, pretty hate machine, rerelease, trent reznor, universal music

We assumed it would only be a matter of time before they jumped on this bandwagon!

A source close to Apple has revealed that the company is close to securing deals with all four major recording companies about a new music service that will reportedly allow users to stream music stored on computers to portable devices, to avoid one having to use up storage space and connect devices to transfer songs!

According to the insider, the deal - with Universal, Sony, EMI Group, and Warner Brothers - will allow for 'downloading, mobile use and streaming,' and will officially be announced at the Apple annual developers' conference on June 6th!

Uh-oh! We wonder what this will mean for the Google and Amazon cloud music plans!

Either way, it sounds like all three projects will ultimately help get us get our music faster AND easier, so we're pretty psyched!

What do U think?? Are U looking forward to more stream-based tunez??

Tags: amazon, apple, cloud, contract negotiations, development, digital downloads, emi group, google, sony music, streaming, universal music, warner brothers

Looks like the US X Factor officially has a judge!

Simon Cowell has chosen Island Def Jam chairman Antonio L.A. Reid to be one of the judges on his show.

Sources says "it's a done deal," and Reid will be getting out of his contract with Universal Music early to work on X Factor.

Inneresting choice…now tell us Simon…

WHO ARE THE OTHER JUDGES???

What do U think of L.A. Reid as a judge? Who else would U like to see as a judge?

Perez???

Ha!

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Tags: antonio la reid, chairman, contract, island def jam, judge, la reid, universal music, us x factor

Earlier this week, we learned that Janet Jackson's April 14 L.A. concert sold out in ten minutes, and they added a second date for April 15!

Now, we've learned that Blackglama and Universal Music have added the following cities to Janet's "Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour":

Hidalgo, TX March 3rd
State Farm Arena

Austin, TX April 4th
Austin City Limits
Live at Moody Theater

Omaha, NE April 5th
Qwest Theater

And here are additional dates that have been added to the following cities:

Chicago, IL March 9th
The Chicago Theatre

Toronto, ON, Canada March 13th
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts

New York, NY March 21st
Radio City Music Hall

Washington, DC March 24th
DAR Constitution Hall

Los Angeles, CA April 16th
Gibson Amphitheatre

San Francisco, CA April 20th
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Congratulations, Janet!

Will U see go see Janet Jackson now that her tour has been expanded?

Tags: additional dates, blackglama, cities, concert, janets number ones up close and personal tour, sold out, universal music