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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tweaked its Oscar eligibility rules in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. During a meeting on Tuesday, the board of governors approved a temporary hold on the requirement that a film needs a seven-day theatrical run in a commercial theater in Los Angeles County to qualify for the Oscars. Instead, films […]
New Delhi — Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and a one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police inspector in “Slumdog Millionaire” and the park executive Masrani in “Jurassic World.” He also appeared in “The Amazing Spider-Man” and the adventure fantasy “Life of Pi.” […]
The annual entertainment and comic book convention was scheduled to take place from July 23-26. San Diego Comic-Con has been canceled as the coronavirus pandemic continues to reshape how the world views large public gatherings. The annual entertainment and comic book convention was scheduled to take place from July 23-26 in San Diego, California. It […]
Crew members for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” are outraged at how producers of the long-running daytime program are treating them amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The core stage crew of the popular TV show hasn’t received any official written communication about how the COVID-19 crisis would affect their jobs, Variety reports. Two sources, who […]
Ciara and Russell Wilson are expecting their third child later this year. The singer took to social media to share a video of the family’s gender reveal. Along with Russell, son Future (whom she shares with rapper Future), and daughter Sienna, Ciara is all smiles as she anticipates the news. Watch the video below to see […]
The story of Cyntoia Brown, who was released in 2019 after 15 years in prison for a murde which she and supporters long argued was a clear case of self-defense, takes center stage in the new Netflix documentary Murder to Mercy. ‘When I was 16, I did a horrible thing,” Brown says in the doc’s new trailer, released Wednesday. […]
Chip Ganassi Racing has terminated its relationship with NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, who used the n-word while taking part in a virtual racing event on Sunday. The racing organization announced the news on Twitter on Tuesday.” After much consideration, Chip Ganassi Racing has determined that it will end its relationship with driver Kyle Larson,” the statement reads. “As […]
A federal judge in New York has denied R. Kelly’s request to be released from prison on bail due to the COVID-19 crisis. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Anne Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York ruled the singer must remain in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, Illinois, as Billboard reports. Kelly faces several […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has upped the ante as far coronavirus relief contributions go. He announced via Twitter (of course) that he’s donating 1 billion of his own money — which makes just 28% of his wealth — into a new fund dedicated to COVID-19 relief. According to Jack, after the pandemic is over the […]
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, concluding a quest for the White House that began five years ago in relative obscurity but ultimately elevated him as a champion of the working class, a standard-bearer of American liberalism and the leader of a self-styled political revolution. Mr. Sanders’s exit from […]
