Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal is on course to make Oscar history by being the first Black woman to be nominated in the makeup and hair category. She will make Oscar history if she wins. Neal, who worked on last year’s “Uncut Gems,” will be recognized at the Variety Artisans Awards at the Santa Barbara Film […]

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has sealed a raft of international deals for CBS’s headline-hogging interview between Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The interview special, titled Oprah With Meghan And Harry, has been licensed in more than 15 territories, including Australia (Network 10), Canada (Global TV), and the UK (where ITV announced its deal on Wednesday). Here’s a […]

Want the most up-to-date celebrity exclusives sent straight to your inbox every day? Sign up now and join the club! Ronan Keating celebrated his 44th birthday in style with a virtual golf experience and an Italian wine tasting session. His wife Storm Keating, 39, shared the birthday celebrations to her 125,000 Instagram followers which saw dad-of-five Ronan surrounded by his […]

MILLIONS of families’ finances are in the most perilous place they have ever been. More than six million people are on furlough and the Government has borrowed £400BILLION to prop up the economy since the Covid crisis. 🔵 Read our Budget 2021 live blog for the latest news & updates So did Chancellor Rishi Sunak come good yesterday for those […]

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Even though Nigeria has a flourishing film industry called Nollywood, 2020 was the first year that the country entered Oscar’s international film race. Nigeria had submitted a film the previous year, but it was deemed ineligible. This year, the country pinned its hopes on “The Milkmaid,” written and directed by Desmond Ovbiagele. Even though the film didn’t make the Academy’s […]

“Shadows,” “Winnipeg,” and “Sheba” feature among 10 nominated in the running for a Eurimages Award at this year’s Cartoon Movie, one of Europe’s principal animated movies forums. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award will be the only prize granted at 2021’s Cartoon Movie online edition, which will not feature traditional tributes nor a territory spotlight. Nadia Micault’s first-feature, “Shadows” is based […]

Dr. Cecilia Rouse, nominated by President Joe Biden to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 95-4. She is the first African American to lead the CEA in its 74 years of existence.  A native of California, Rouse is a leading labor economist, who in her most […]

BBC Studios and producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media have partnered to launch the BBC First channel in Canada from March 16. The channel will feature premium scripted and factual programming, including BBC original series “Top Gear,” “The Office,” “Death in Paradise” and “The Graham Norton Show,” which will be available at launch. The ad-supported channel will broadcast […]

Vanessa Bryant Bryant, who tragically lost husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna in 2020, is honoring her loved ones’ memories through the newly relaunched Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation. The organization is dedicated to creating equal opportunity for underserved athletes and young women in sports. “As with so many industries, women aren’t prioritized as athletes,” says Vanessa, who serves […]