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S haboozey needs a tissue. Unfortunately, we’re on a postage-stamp-sized stage in a country bar called Losers, in the middle of the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, doing a live interview with lights, cameras, and 100 or so invited guests in front of us, and a casino full of rowdy gamblers behind us. There … Read more
Pedigreed Palestinian producer May Odeh (“Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” “A Useful Ghost,” “Hanging Gardens,”“200 Meters”) has added Jordan’s Rina Khoury from Arab Media Network ‘s Abu-Lughod Studios to her early list of backers of “Chentian,” helmed by “Lemon Tree” and “The Syrian Bride” scribe Suha Arraf. The buzzy project, now in development, scooped the €35,000 … Read more
Native and Indigenous artists take center stage on Indigenous House and Little Bear Audio’s forthcoming podcast series, The Indigenous Setlist. “The artists featured in Season One are scoring some of the most popular series streaming now, signing to major record labels, climbing the charts, and headlining some of the biggest music festivals around the country,” … Read more
Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott first met as young, eager, internet-savvy members of Brooklyn’s alternative stand-up scene, who didn’t fit into the boxes prescribed by Manhattan institutions like the Comedy Cellar. But less than a decade later, they’ve both accomplished more than most aspiring comedians ever dream of. Yang, 35, is now in a reflective … Read more
Every year, there’s an event in France to honor the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and every year, a prominent U.S. official speaks at the commemoration ceremony to honor those who helped save the world. The ceremonies are never controversial. This year, however, was an exception. Unfortunately, the Trump administration decided to dispatch … Read more
This year’s Italian Global Series Festival will host the premieres of “Benindorm Is Murder,” a new Channel 5 detective drama series starring John Hannah, and hotly anticipated Brazilian medical show “Emergency 53.” The event’s second edition will take place July 3-11 in the seaside cities of Rimini and Riccione. “Benindorm Is Murder,” formerly titled “Death … Read more
The victor of the next season of “The Voice” already has a major gig booked. Whoever wins Season 30 of the NBC singing competition will get to perform on the main stage at the Governors Ball music festival in 2027, thanks to a partnership between Live Nation Studios, the festival and “The Voice.” While the … Read more
Tech giants must stop children in Britain from being able to send and receive nude images on their devices, or be forced to do so by law, the government said Monday. Britain’s interior ministry said it was giving companies including Apple and Google three months to introduce safety features to block children from taking and … Read more
Mexico will soon have a fuller source of el fútbol americano. Fox Corp. said it secured a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of “Thursday Night Football” and the Super Bowl, the latest example of deal-making between the sports organization and various U.S. media outlets … Read more
Nintendo said Monday that it would pay a fine of 35 million euros ($40 million) to settle a French claim over faulty controllers on its Switch consoles. A French consumer advocacy group filed the claim alleging “planned obsolescence” in 2020, saying the Japanese giant knew some controllers were failing too quickly. It noted thousands of … Read more