India’s Discreet Arts Sets Steven Wendland as Head of U.S. Operations (EXCLUSIVE)

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAfter more than a year in all-virtual mode, VidCon is bringing is flagship U.S. convention back to flesh-and-blood format this fall.VidCon, the ViacomCBS-owned events producer for online video and digital creators, announced that the 2021 VidCon US event will return to the Anaheim Convention Center from Oct.

Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire gaming-focused chat software and platform Discord.Per a Bloomberg report, the potential acquisition could cost more than US$10billion, if a deal is struck between Microsoft and Discord. Bloomberg’s anonymous sources say Discord has been talking to a number of potential buyers, and reached out to Microsoft to “gauge interest”.

Chris Willman Music WriterMask up, Los Angeles-area music geeks (and record-shopping) tourists: Amoeba Music is about to be back in business at its long-promised new location, but don’t expect to be able to just walk in when the California mini-chain unveils the new store.The opening date for the transplanted store, slated in pre-COVID conditions for last fall, will be April 1.

Lana Del Rey’s “White Dress” music video is finally here.

When Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan last week, the $1.9 trillion bill included a significant bump for arts and cultural agencies: $135 million each to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and $175 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott and Steven Knight are teaming up for Roads To Freedom, a 10-episode epic that will tell the story of WWII from several international perspectives, based on Sir Antony Beevor’s books.

Anwar Hadid surprised Dua Lipa with an afterparty fit for a (butterfly) queen after the Grammy Awards, which took place in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night. After winning Best Pop Vocal Album (Future Nostalgia) — beating out the likes of Taylor Swift (Folklore), Lady Gaga (Chomatica), Justin Bieber (Changes) and more top artists — Dua walked into a balloon-filled after-party at what appeared to be an undisclosed home location.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnthony Boyle has signed on to star in in Apple’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air,” a continuation of the “Band of Brothers”/”The Pacific” franchise from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.Boyle joins previously announced cast members Callum Turner and Austin Butler. Based on the book of the same name by Donald L.

As the nominations were announced for the 93rd Academy Awards, actors like Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed made history. 9 actors of colour received an Oscar nomination on Monday, this was certainly a big milestone for the Academy after its years of attempts to diversify the Award ceremony.

A pair of actors received historic best actor Oscar nominations on Monday.Riz Ahmed, nominated for his role in The Sound of Metal, became the first Muslim actor nominated in the category, whileMinari's Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to receive a best actor nomination. The nomination of Ahmed, the British Pakistani rapper and actor, follows two wins by Mahershala Ali in the supporting actor category for Moonlight (2016) and Greenbook (2018).

Steven Yeun just made Oscars history, becoming the first Asian American ever nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes for his acclaimed performance in the film,, which picked up several nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards.Although the actor is the first Asian American to be nominated in the category, he’s also only the fourth man of East or South Asian descent to ever be recognized in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz are showing off some cute PDA!

EXCLUSIVE: ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith and his Mr. SAS Productions (Stephen A’s World, Why Not Us?) have teamed with Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate (Hulu’s Hillary) and Confluential Films (OWN’s Black Love) for Black Excellence, a documentary series examining the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Minari was snubbed in the 2021 Golden Globes’ best picture category.The actor, who is known for his roles in The Walking Dead and Sorry To Bother You, said in a new interview that the slight wasn’t completely unexpected.Despite Minari being a prairie film made by a Colorado-born director that takes place in the American South, the film was instead relegated to Best Motion Picture – Foreign Languag category owing in part to the story following South Korean immigrants in the US.The Golden Globes’

NEW YORK -- One of the country's oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century.For the first time since 1908, the academy is expanding its core membership, from 250 artists in literature, music and art and architecture, to 300 by 2025. And this year's inductees, 33 of them, are the largest and most diverse group in recent memory.

The Lord Of The Rings are set to reunite for a series of fundraisers to help cinemas struggling due to COVID-19.Across three weeks in March and April, the stars of the iconic trilogy will join Stephen Colbert for special editions of his late-night TV show in the US to reminisce about Peter Jackson’s legendary films.Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis and Liv Tyler will all take part in the

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe California Film Commission has announced the latest round of recipients of the state’s film tax credit, and they include projects from the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Reese Witherspoon and Jason Bateman.In all, the state has reserved $86.9 million in credits for 22 projects. They include Universal’s “Scarface,” a remake set among narco traffickers, which will be directed by Luca Guadagnino with a script from Joel and Ethan Coen.