Florence Howe (1929 – 2020), women’s studies pioneer

The Nordic Film Festival, the largest Scandinavian film showcase outside Europe, has unveiled the lineup for its mostly virtual 6th edition from Oct. 15-20 in New York.

Serena Williams is unfortunately pulling out of the 2020 French Open.

according to Zynga.Zynga’s sequel to the game, “FarmVille 2,” is available on mobile phones. Spinoffs from Zynga including “CityVille” and “FarmVille 3” also remain operational.“We’re aware that many of you have been with us since the very beginning, helping to build an incredible global community of players over the years who’ve enjoyed this game just as much as we have,” Zynga said in a statement Sept.

Machetes, myths and murky storytelling all find their way into Tragic Jungle (Selva Trágica), the lushly made, if highly enigmatic, fifth feature from Mexican writer-director Yulene Olaizola (Fogo), which screened in the main slate of the New York Film Festival after premiering in the Horizons section in Venice.

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@RichSandomir on the passing of Betty Bushman.

2020 Emmys offered a teachable moment for Zendaya fans, who were apparently confused by the meaning of “upset.”The 24-year-old’s surprise victory for her portrayal of Rue Bennett in HBO’s “Euphoria” over acting vets Jennifer Aniston, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh left groupies shocked — over the New York Post’s tweet announcing Zendaya’s Lead Actress in a Drama Series win.“Biggest upset: Zendaya wins Emmys 2020 over Jennifer Aniston, Laura Linney,” read The Post’s tweet,

2020 Emmy Awards on Sunday night with its series, including “Watchmen” and “Succession,” taking home major prizes. “Schitt’s Creek,” meanwhile, swept the comedy categories in its final season.Streaming live from more than 130 cameras stationed in nominees’ homes around the world ― from New York and Berlin, to London and Tel Aviv ― the first-ever virtual Emmys kicked off on Sunday night to celebrate a year in television that already feels like eons ago. About the only normal thing viewers

canceled altogether, while this month’s New York Film Festival will mix mostly online viewing with a few outdoor screenings in Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Only Venice has been totally brick-and-mortar.The pandemic has taught us a few things: For starters, more straight-to-digital releases from major studios will come in the future and many of us will work from home indefinitely.

Eli Countryman This year’s New York Comic Con will be available to fans across the globe, not just those lucky enough to be in town for the event.The 2020 panels featured will be made virtually available, with live and prerecorded content available to watch on the NYCC YouTube page.

NEW YORK -- Florence Howe, an activist, educator and major contributor to American literature and culture who as co-founder of the Feminist Press helped revive such acclaimed and influential works as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and Rebecca Harding Davis' “Life in the Iron Mills,” has died.Howe died Saturday in Manhattan, according to the Feminist Press.

It looks like the holidays in 2020 might look a little different from previous years. The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will go virtual in 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

Yep, festival season is a little weird this year, but if the currently-ongoing Venice Film Festival and just-started Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the 58th New York Film Festival is going to be just as good, albeit enjoyed from a safe distance.

Chadwick Boseman (1976–2020), star of Black PantherWilford Brimley (1934–2020), star of ‘Cocoon’ and Quaker Oats adsMary Hartline (1927–2020), star of early TV show ‘Super Circus’Trini Lopez (1937–2020), ‘Lemon Tree’ singerDaisy Coleman (1997–2020), subject of the documentary ‘Audrie & Daisy’Ben Cross (1947–2020), ‘Chariots of Fire’ starLori Nelson (1933–2020), ‘Revenge of the Creature’ starTom Seaver (1944–2020), legendary New York Mets pitcher‘Bullet’ Bob Armstrong (1939–2020), WWE Hall of

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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorPaul Kagan, who built his expertise in the budding cable television business into the longtime media consulting business Kagan and Associates, died Aug. 23 of kidney failure in Carmel, Calif.

At a time when America looks like it's tearing apart at the seams, there’s something altogether reassuring — even downright inspiring — about Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, City Hall, which chronicles municipal life in his old hometown of Boston.

Made as part of an international art project curated by Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello, Abel Ferrara'sSportin’ Life is a 65-minute trip through the mind of the New York filmmaker, where we find a mixture of the curious and the exasperating. Screened out of competition at Venice, it was filmed and edited between February and September of this fateful year 2020, when the coronavirus brought the world to a halt.

#RIPTomTerrific @masnOrioles @Mets @OriolesMy heart is heavy tonight after hearing of the passing of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Tom Seaver. My condolences go out to Nancy and the Seaver family.