10 Biggest Takeaways From Variety’s Virtual TV Fest

Not here for it. Former basketball player Andrew Bogut is facing swift backlash after he not only slammed Kendall Jenner with a misogynistic diss — but doubled down on his remarks with a fake apology.

Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, its first major TV event, returned to much of the winning formula of its early pre-pandemic editions: A spectacular setting in Spain, here the august historical city of Toledo; TV project pitches; an intense conference strand; marvellous networking opportunities, most especially the possibility of spending quality time with mover and shaker industry figures from Spain and Latin America.“I love to be here and it’s healthy, mainly for networking. I’m learning a lot, it’s like going to school,” Fremantle’s Manuel Marti enthused at Toledo. Most attendees would agree with him.But, compared to 2019, the industry has moved on and is now buffeted by larger turbulence.

Nicola Peltz Beckham had a magical wedding with husband and best friend Brooklyn Beckham.

here and watch the video for the title track below.Taking part in a Twitter Q+A after their release, LaPlante went on to say that ‘Rotoscope’ was inspired by Garbage while ‘Sew Me Up’ has a deliberate Limp Bizkit/Wes Borland vibe.She went on to say that “these songs are taking you on a journey as I try to trace my steps and figure out why I have the issues and mental health difficulties that I do”. She also teased that the band “have more songs but I don’t know when we will keep working on them yet, might make more new ones too”.Out Now 1.

K.J. Yossman Director James Marsh is set to direct a new hybrid animated documentary feature for Submarine and Sandpaper Films.“Oasis, Saving the Baghdad Zoo” (working title), is a feature-length animated documentary partly based on “Babylon’s Ark,” the book about a year-long rescue mission of animals abandoned across Baghdad by Saddam Hussein and his son Uday.Billed as a 21st century Noah’s Ark, the film will show how a team of American soldiers, Iraqi zookeepers, and international volunteers tended to lions, camels, bears, exotic birds, monkeys, pigs and even an ocelot in the middle of a brutal war, risking their own lives in the process.

A man who ballooned to 28st spending up to £700 a month on takeaways says hate from jealous trolls helped motivate him to lose seven stone. Jaime Walker, 39, has been running up to four times a week since January and documents his progress online to his supportive followers - sharing snaps of himself in running gear and his achievements.

Variety on Tuesday for the Changemakers Virtual Summit, dedicated to profiling people making positive social impact in the entertainment industry. Over the course of the day, Variety writers and editors spoke with prominent industry figures about mental health in television storytelling, improving representation both on-screen and off-screen, challenges that diversity and inclusion initiatives can face today and much more.Here are the eight biggest takeaways from this year’s Variety Changemakers Summit.‘Normalizing the Marginalized’ Is the Way Forward for Representation While it’s no individual creator’s job to change the landscape of representation in media, it’s crucial to accept that changing the culture is an aspect of the job, said actor-producer David Oyelowo during the Stereotypes in Storytelling panel with senior awards editor Clayton Davis.

A family from Devon have had to relocate to Manchester in order to treat their nine-year-old boy's bone cancer. Jack Middleton, a young motocross star, is being cared for in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

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won't be seeing the high-profile tax fraud trail play out in the show's forthcoming episodes.A source close to production tells ET that the show is not currently in production on season 10, meaning the trial — which began nearly three weeks ago — was not filmed as part of the series.The source tells ET that the episodes airing at the end of the month — which is the second half of season nine — were filmed before the trial began.Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were found guilty in their tax fraud trial on Tuesday. The couple was convicted on all counts in a federal court in Georgia, reports.Todd was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud, per .

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid was left in hysterics by comedian Rob Beckett who began mocking politician Dominic Raab on Tuesday's show. The London funny man, 36, picked up on the deputy Prime Minister's, 48, hand gesture and suggested he looked as though he was "doing a pancake" and did a hilarious impression of him. As Rob joined Susanna and Richard Madeley on the show via video link, he began: "First of all how do you put up with those politicians every day? Oh my God they do my head in, absolute maggots." Rob then mimed a hand gesture which he attributed to the show's previous guest, Mr Raab.

Twitter to John Such, who departed from the band in 1994.  His death was first reported by Variety. No details on when or how he died were immediately available.

Bon Jovi founding member and bassist Alec John Such has died. He was 70.