Costume Designers Fight for Pay Equity by Sharing Wage Discrepancies

A somber occasion. Bob Saget‘s widow, Kelly Rizzo, and his friends paid tribute to the late comedian on what would have been his 66th birthday.

A huge summer of change and transformation lies ahead for Manchester United.

IATSE Local 161, which represents East Coast script supervisors, production coordinators and accountants, will begin bargaining with the AMPTP on Monday for a new film and TV contract. Pay equity is a major issue, said Dawn Mountain, the local’s president and chair of its contract negotiations committee. Mountain, a veteran production coordinator whose credits include Blue Bloods and The Code, noted that 66% of the local’s 1,400 members in 23 states are women, and that the local’s production coordinators are paid “significantly less” than department heads in male-dominated crafts.

Carson Burton Creating the detailed, intricate looks for three massive Egyptian gods, a handful of “avatars” of said gods along with two all-new MCU superheroes is no simple job. Meghan Kasperlik, the costume designer on Marvel’s newest limited series “Moon Knight,” was tasked for creating the looks for these new additions to Marvel’s vast universe.

Actress Michelle Williams and filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy & Lucy“) have reunited for the drama “Showing Up,” a low-budget pic that sees Williams play a tightly wound artist named Lizzie. The film will be heading to the Canes Film Festival where it is notably one of the few movies playing there that has been helmed by a female director.

Michelle Williams doesn’t quite know how to describe it.There’s just this thing that comes over her when she’s on a movie set, granting her a transportive ability to shape-shift and access untapped reservoirs of emotion somewhere between the time a director yells “action” and “cut.”“Everything opens up,” she says. “And I’ve found that the more I practice acting, the better I can navigate this kind of dream space. It’s a space where you don’t really exist.

Mama June is opening up about her relationship with her daughter, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, and how she feels about Alana's new boyfriend.Speaking with ET's Deidre Behar, the reality star reflected on rebuilding their connection, which plays a part in the new season of her reality docuseries, «Our relationship is going good. You'll see that throughout the season,» she shared. «She is turning 17 in August. So, that's the thing.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentPublicists Jack Ketsoyan and Pia Malihi have partnered to launch the new agency Full Scope Public Relations, Variety has learned exclusively.Full Scope Public Relations will be based in West Hollywood, Calif., where it opens its business this month.Ketsoyan, a PR vet and author, started his career with PMK, before co-founding the publicity firm EMCBowery, which recently closed its doors after 14 years. Malihi started her career at EMCBowery, under at Ketsoyan, before joining Jonesworks where she worked with talent, corporate and executive clients.“We are thrilled to be embarking on this new chapter with Full Scope Public Relations,” Ketsoyan and Malihi said in a joint statement.

Priscilla Presley is boasting of the upcoming Elvis movie even more in her latest Instagram post.

Downton Abbey: A New Era released in cinemas last week to praise from fans and critics, with the ending leaving some viewers particularly devastated. The film sees Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern reprise their roles, as the Crawleys attempt to solve the mystery of why the Dowager Countess (Smith) has suddenly inherited a French villa.

Venus Williams is a fierce warrior both on and off the court.One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was an eye-opening experience in that regard.“Getting there and realizing, ‘Wow, I’m not being paid equally,’ was just definitely a slap in the face to a 16-year-old.

Leena Tailor Every night, after LFO’s Brad Fischetti walks off stage on the “Pop2000 Tour,” he weeps. The ecstatic cheers of fans are drowned out by the haunting absence of his late bandmates, Rich Cronin and Devin Lima, and as he watches O-Town share hugs and handshakes, he misses similar rituals with his own band.“I leave that stage and lose it — it’s like reliving losing them all over again,” Fischetti, 46, tells Variety.

Mental health wasn’t always a priority for Prince Harry.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWhen Feist takes to the stage for four shows over two nights at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium this week, some burning questions may be raised. Like: Where is the stage, exactly? This experimental, very intimate.

Glastonbury‘s Theatre and Circus fields.The Worthy Farm festival is set to return this year from June 22-26, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar to headline the Pyramid Stage.The latest line-up announcement has been made today (April 26) for the festival’s “colourful, vibrant fields of laughter, spectacle, pathos, and poetry that is Theatre and Circus”.The Theatre and Circus area at Glastonbury involves the transformation of three fields at Worthy Farm, with more than 1000 performances on stages both day and night.The area is described as a place where you’ll see “jaw-dropping stunts, side-splitting comedy and cutting-edge theatre and circus”.We're excited to reveal the 2022 line-up poster for our incredible Theatre and Circus Fields! pic.twitter.com/sb3PRYOl1v— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) April 26, 2022“A place where you can move from fast-punching satire to breathtaking beauty in just a few paces,” the Glastonbury website continues. “Where you will always find the unexpected, the unbelievable and the unbeatable.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“The Garcias” on HBO Max is not a period drama, but clothing is just as important for the characters in the day-to-day shenanigans of the Garcia family who are enjoying an extended Summer vacation at their fancy beach home in Mexico.Based on the Nickelodeon series “The Brothers Garcias,” “The Garcias” spinoff is the first English-language sitcom to have an all-Latino cast and creative team. This time around showrunner and creator Jeff Valdez flips the original script, which featured three boys and a girl, by casting three girls and a boy. The series also jumps forward 15 years and the Garcia kids, now all grown up and with children of their own, are surrounded by strong women.

Grace Warrior is on the move! Bindi Irwin took to Instagram Saturday to share a sweet snap of her daughter, Grace Warrior, 1, walking hand-in-hand with mom as they spent the evening at Australia Zoo.«Evenings @australiazoo with my little love.

Something to taco about! Ahead of next month’s Cinco de Mayo, renowned chef Rick Martinez has whipped up a tasty Tacos Capeados dish that will surely be the hit of any fiesta.

Keira Knightley‘s daughters are going to get some incredible hand-me-downs!