When Frank Scherma was elected as chairman and CEO of the Television Academy three years ago, he came to office with grand plans to reform the organization. What…
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Wendy Williams Tests Positive for COVID-19, Delaying Talk Show Return
Wendy Williams has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19, as the talk show host is fully vaccinated. In light of Williams’ diagnosis, her daytime show is…
Emma Raducanu U.S. Open Final Rights Bid Revealed by ITV Chief, But No Speculation on Channel 4
Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV, has revealed that the U.K. commercial public service broadcaster made a bid for rights to British teenager Emma Raducanu’s historic U.S. Open final…
NAB Show 2021 Canceled Over COVID Delta Surge
This year’s NAB Show, the trade show run by the National Assn. of Broadcasters, has been canceled over safety concerns with the recent uptick in COVID cases related…
Michael Caine Starrer ‘Best Sellers’ to Open Hybrid 2021 Raindance Film Festival- Global Bulletin
FESTIVAL Raindance Film Festival, Britain’s largest independent film festival, will return to cinemas this year, reimagined and restructured with a host of new partners and new films. Running…
Venice Film Festival Moves Italian Box Office Needle With Auspicious ‘King of Laughter’ Launch
The Venice Film Festival is exerting a positive impact on the Italian box office where Mario Martone’s “The King of Laughter” (“Qui Rido Io”) got a boost over…
Gavin Newsom Holds Wide Margin Against Recall Effort
Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated an effort to recall him from office on Tuesday, beating back a conservative challenge by a gaping margin. The “no” campaign was winning close…
Broadway Reopening Hits High Gear With ‘Hamilton,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Wicked’ and More
“I don’t want to take live theater for granted ever again, do you?” That was Lin-Manuel Miranda, in a brief curtain speech welcoming back the first Broadway audience…
The Best New Political Audio Books
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Casey Bloys on More ‘Mare of Easttown,’ What’s Next for ‘White Lotus’ and Rival Gripes Over HBO/HBO Max’s Emmy Tally
HBO’s “Mare of Easttown” was one of the bright lights for HBO this Emmy season, one reason it’s probably no surprise that HBO and HBO Max chief content…
How Universal Beat Other Studios to Land Christopher Nolan’s New World War II Epic
Christopher Nolan is making his next movie at Universal, severing the director’s nearly two-decade long creative partnership with Warner Bros., the company that has backed many of his…
‘Anti-sex’ Olympics beds to be used for Japanese COVID-19 patients
The biodegradable beds used by Olympic athletes are being recycled for the sick.