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Actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway's Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming 'Untitled Jeff Buckley' film, it was announced today by the filmmakers.

Actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway's Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming 'Untitled Jeff Buckley' film, it was announced today by the filmmakers. To be directed by Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys), and written by Ryan Jaffe (story by, The Rocker), the filmmakers hold a robust rights package that includes the exclusive rights to Jeff's music and personal archives, and is fully supported by Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, who serves as executive producer. Michelle Sy (Finding Neverland) and Orian Williams (Control) are producing, with Alison Raykovich (Jeff Buckley Music) serving as associate producer. Producers are currently out to additional cast for the project.

Imagem Music, a division of the Imagem Music Group and home to such talent as Ludacris, Anna Nalick, Phil Collins, Genesis, Steve Robson, French Horn Rebellion, and The Temper Trap, has signed a worldwide, multi-year co-publishing /grand rights agreement with singer/songwriter twin sisters, Mihaela and Gabriela Modorcea p/k/a INDIGGO.

It's not easy to make history, but DAS Communications client, writer and producer Toby Gad, has hit the perfecta with two artists topping the charts.

The Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy® has extended President/CEO Neil Portnow's contract through 2015, it was announced by Chair of the Board George P. Flanigen IV.

MusiCares® has announced its 20th Anniversary Campaign with a $5 million matching gift from the ELMA Music Foundation and a significant gift from Olivia Harrison and the Material World Foundation in memory of George Harrison.