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Chris Wayland will succeed veteran Valari Staab as president of NBCUniversal’s local-media operations, elevating the head of the company’s Boston portfolio to oversee a broader array of assets, Staab is slated to retire at the end of the year after more than 15 years with the company and 46 yearss working in local TV. NBCU […]
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its Nominating Committee for the 2026-27 Broadway season, with former Washington Post chief theater critic Peter Marks and playwrights José Rivera and Migdalia Cruz among the new members. Each Broadway season, the Nominating Committee attends all eligible productions and convenes to vote on that year’s Tony Award nominees. […]
Results raise the prospect of a new conservative alliance and further political polarisation, analysts say.
Two dead after ship sinks off Romania following fire
Nigeria launches rescue operation after military aircraft carrying 32 people crashes in Ondo state.
Karoline Leavitt, the former Trump administration press secretary who spent much of her time chastising and denigrating the journalists who asked her questions, is joining one of the outlets that made some of the queries. Leavitt will join Fox News Channel as a contributor, the network said Monday. Leavitt follows a well-trod path that has […]
Tawfik Sabouni’s documentary “The Other Side of the Sun,” which world premiered as part of the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale, has been chosen to represent Syria in the best international feature film category of the 2027 Academy Awards. It marks the country’s first Oscar candidate since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s […]
The Amazon series adaptation of the Lucy Score novel “Things We Never Got Over” has added six new cast members. The new additions to the Prime Video series are: Sean Teale (“Doctor Odyssey,” “Only Murders in the Building”) as Lucian, Sarah Jeffery (“The Six Triple Eight,” “Charmed”) as Sloane, Megan Stott (“Penelope,” “Little Fires Everywhere”) […]
Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, Keke Palmer, Gina Prince-Bythewood and the New York Knicks champs Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges lead the 2026 Ebony Power 100 list. For more than 80 years, Ebony has recognized innovators, advocates, creatives and leaders paving the way impactfully and with distinction across industries, from […]
Riley Keough and Clay Tweel have joined Brandon Kapelow’s documentary “Under Fire” as executive producers. “Under Fire” follows Rob, a veteran Idaho fire captain living with PTSD who has spent decades responding to emergencies and saving other people. As the toll of his work follows him home, threatening his future and his relationship with his […]
The murder of 39-year-old Anna Yagi is the latest in a string of crimes involving US personnel on Okinawa.
UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.
The new director of news takes over from Deborah Turness, who resigned as CEO last year.
The winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced in the week.
Crude exports bypassing Hormuz surged in September, yet oil prices remain high. Could a secret fee be the reason?
Ross White and Tom Berkeley, the filmmaking duo behind the Oscar and BAFTA winning short film “An Irish Goodbye,” have teamed up with Studiocanal, Working Title, Parkville Pictures and Film4 for their feature debut and landed two hugely in-demand stars as their leads. “The End of the World as We Know It” will see BAFTA […]
Mark Ruffalo made a passionate speech at a Hands Off Our Vote event in New York City on Sunday night, slamming U.S. President Donald Trump and saying he’s going to “Hulk out” if he attempts to restrict voting in the upcoming midterm elections. The midterms are set to take place on Nov. 3 and could […]
David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company. The new leadership team will be led by Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the former Mattel chief who joins Skydance starting Monday. […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has never met Andrew Garfield — who is portraying him in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film “Artificial” — but he did wave at him once. In a new cover story with Vanity Fair, the controversial tech exec addressed the movie for the first time, which depicts the five-day period in 2023 when […]
Mark Thompson said Monday that he would remain in charge of CNN following the purchase of the new giant’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, by Skydance, a move that may serve to reassure many of the outlet’s staffers. “I have real confidence that they both understand and will fully support the principle and practice of the […]
