Global Death Toll From COVID-19 Tops 800,000, Says Johns Hopkins

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Finding Hopwood, the memoir penned by actor and producer Hopwood DePree, has secured a global publishing deal after an auction. Executive editor Rachel Kahan of William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins USA, landed the book with a six-figure advance.DePree’s book chronicles his journey moving from Hollywood to northern England to rescue his dilapidated 600-year-old ancestral home, Hopwood Hall Estate.

Tenet has taken nearly £114 million ($150 million) globally at the box office following its release in the past few weeks.The much-delayed film, which stars John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, finally hit UK screens a few weeks ago, with the US following last week.Tenet has, however, been anticipated as an arbiter of the health of the cinema industry amid the coronavirus pandemic, as it is viewed as being the biggest release since cinemas re-opened over the summer.According to Variety,

It read: "We are deeply saddened by the news of Ian Mitchell's death. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Wendy, their family and friends.

Black Panther‘s official soundtrack has seen a 104% spike in streams in the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s death.The actor, best known for his role as King T’Challa in the landmark 2018 Marvel film, died from colon cancer at the age of 43.As Billboard reports, the songs featured on the Kendrick Lamar-helmed OST generated 3.5million US on-demand plays between August 28 and 29, resulting in a 103.5% gain on the previous two-day period (August 26-27), when the soundtrack registered 1.7million online

The debut trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor has just debuted and it’s chilling!

Donald Trump and one-time associate of former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon, took the helm of USAGM in June and has made no secret of his intent to shake the agency up.

Jay-Z and Will Smith on the life of Emmett Till and his mother has been picked up by ABC.On Friday (August 28), the American television network officially greenlit Women Of The Movement, a six-episode limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley and the moments sparking the beginning of the Civil Rights movement (as per Deadline).Emmett Till was killed by two white men in Mississippi on August 28, 1955.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe death of Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer is causing many people to sound the alarm for earlier screening for colorectal cancers.According to his family, Boseman, who died at 43, had been undergoing surgeries and chemotherapy for for the past four years.The American Cancer Association reports that cancers of the colon and rectum are the third-most common type in the U.S., after lung and breast cancer, and the second-deadliest for men and women

Just days before his tragic passing, it was announced that Chadwick Boseman would be teaming up with Seth MacFarlane for a new project.

The Adventure of The Western Star sees an actress threatened with the theft of a beloved diamond; in The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan, a wealthy stockbroker's wife is burgled for her lustrous pearls; and in The Mystery of the Blue Train, a spectacular ruby causes an American heiress to lose her life.

Naman Ramachandran This week, French actor Juliette Binoche wins Zurich’s Icon Award, Grasshopper takes “The American Sector” for North America, “Killing Eve” writer Rob Williams creates “Screw” for the U.K.’s Channel 4, and the World Economic Forum at Davos is postponed.The 16th annual Zurich Film Festival, running from Sept. 24 to Oct.

Richard Grenell, and held up as an example of Trump’s supposed pro-LGBTQ stance by gay conservatives, the campaign purported to use the United States’ global influence to push countries to remove any laws that criminalized same-sex sexual relations.But multiple LGBTQ organizations and human rights activists have told The Daily Beast that the campaign is “smoke and mirrors” with zero visible accomplishments.The campaign was launched with much fanfare by Grenell in February last year, who told NBC

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe #GlobalAidForLebanon campaign launched by Weeknd manager and XO Records CEO Wassim “Sal” Slaiby in collaboration with Global Citizen and World Food Program USA (WFP USA) has brought in more than $1.2 million in cash and pledges to date, exceeding $1 million in just ten days, with donations continuing to come in.

The music world has lost a thoughtful, talented artist far too soon…