Glenn Berger, National Controller Of Cinematographers Guild, Dies In Union’s Offices Days Short Of Retirement

Tom Brady is retiring from the NFL. The 44-year-old quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - who has won seven Super Bowls over the course of his 22-year career - has decided to retire from the National Football League, according to ESPN. Sources told the outlet that Tom wanted to quit without any fanfare and last week's Tampa Bay Buccaneers' game against the Los Angeles Rams was his last.

Tom Brady is closing a huge chapter in his life!

J. Kim Murphy Tom Brady plans to announce his retirement from professional football in the near future. While no official statement has been made, ESPN reported on Saturday that the esteemed quarterback has decided to finish his career as a player after 22 seasons in the NFL.Brady’s decision to exit the NFL comes as somewhat of an abrupt surprise.

Tom Brady's hanging up his cleats. The seven-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Super Bowl MVP is retiring after a magnificent 22 seasons in the NFL.According to multiple reports, the 44-year-old quarterback will soon formally announce his retirement from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team he led to a Super Bowl LV victory last year against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The City of Los Angeles currently is in a “strong financial position” but is facing a “financial bind” and will need to make “tough choices” in the next budget, according to City Controller Ron Galperin.

Morgan Stevens, who played numerous roles on television before a tragic confrontation with police derailed his career, was discovered dead at age 70 in his home today as part of a police wellness check. No information on the cause of death was released by police.

Tom Brady’s life has revolved around football for the last six months and, the athlete is ready to decompress. However, football fans are demanding answers to his possible retirement.

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the classic 1960s Peanuts cartoons, has died. The former actor committed suicide last week, his family told San Diego’s Fox 5. He was 65.

LOS ANGELES -- Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68.Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his longtime publicist.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEcho Lake Entertainment has optioned Melissa Gould’s memoir “Widowish” to develop it as a TV series, Variety has learned exclusively.The book tells the story of Gould’s life after the unexpected death of her husband. Left to raise their adolescent daughter on her own, and act as if she could resume life without him by her side, Gould found that she didn’t fit the typical idea of widowhood or meet the expectations of mourning.

No matter which NFL teams compete in the Super Bowl, the GOATs have already arrived! Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre are all performing for the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show and a new teaser for the sure-to-be epic, 12-minute performance just dropped on Thursday (January 20). The short, cinematic marvel (below) showcases each legendary artist receiving a call from Dr. Dre to direct them to the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles where the unforgettable magic will take place.

William Earl Variety has scored 98 nominations for the 2021 National Art and Entertainment Journalism awards, leading all publications.The awards are presented yearly by the Los Angeles Press Club.“Thank you to the NAEJ for recognizing the hard and wonderful work of our great team of writers and editors. We’re so honored,” said Claudia Eller, editor-in-chief of Variety.Variety was nominated twice for print entertainment publication, for its “Hitmakers” and “Gamechangers” issues.

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic is making the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The First Wave available for free for 48 hours, beginning tomorrow. Matthew Heineman’s film, shot in a Queens hospital as New York City endured the initial explosion of Covid, can be seen without commercial interruption through the ABC and National Geographic apps in the U.S., starting Thursday at 12:01 a.m. EST.

Los Angeles lounge music icon Marty Roberts, the drummer and upright bassist in the “Marty & Elayne” act that entertained at the Dresden Lounge in Los Feliz for 35 years, has died at age 89. No cause of death was immediately available.

Los Angeles lounge music icon Marty Roberts, the drummer in the “Marty & Elayne” act that entertained at the Dresden Lounge in Los Feliz for 35 years, has died.

Robert Allan Ackerman, the director whose television work scored five Emmy nominations and who directed acclaimed Broadway productions including Bent and Extremities, died Jan. 10 of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 77.

Attorney Jerry Longarzo, co-founder and managing partner of Longarzo Vance Klevan LLP, has died at the age of 58.