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McKinley Franklin editor The Gotham Film and Media Institute has revealed the programming for 2023 Variety Gotham Week, equipped with a slate of panel discussions, screenings and Q&As with an array of film and media creators, Variety can exclusively reveal. Taking place between Oct. 2 and Oct.

Sophia Scorziello editor Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival, now in its 11th year, is set to open this October with Netflix’s Bayard Rustin biopic “Rustin” starring Colman Domingo. Director George C.

Dementia is a heartbreaking illness to develop, not just for the patient but for their loved ones as well.

most truly stacked music festivals is taking place in Alton, VA this weekend.From Sept. 7-10, the annual Blue Ridge Rock Festival will bring some of the biggest names in rock, metal and rap to the Virginia International Raceway for four days of moshing, jamming and good times.Just a few of the heavy-hitting headliners on this year’s lineup include Slipknot, Pantera, Evanescence, The Used and Limp Bizkit.They’ll be joined by Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Shinedown and Lamb of God.You won’t want to forget Rammstein’s Till Lindemann either.Plus, of course, Danzig and Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil, Vanilla Ice, Insane Clown Posse and Oliver Anthony will be there too.Cypress Hill, Tech N9ne, Flo Rida, Three 6 Mafia and 2 Chainz are also slated to perform.Best of all, last-minute tickets are still available to the star-studded extravaganza.At the time of publication, our team found four-day passes going for as low as $335 before fees.Single-day passes start at $125 before fees.Looking for a little more information before taking the plunge?We’ve got everything you need to know and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day passes for the Blue Ridge Rock Festival can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Prince Andrew will have to live to be 105 before Government files on his activities can be released, it has emerged.

Jaden Thompson Rapidly rising country-folk singer Oliver Anthony has released a music video for his newest single “90 Some Chevy,” following the success of his breakout viral song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which currently tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week since its Aug. 17 debut.

gave his first major interview to podcaster Joe Rogan on Wednesday. In a free-wheeling two-hour appearance he laughed off attempts to pigeonhole him politically and decried how hard life has become for people in forgotten rural areas.He largely stayed clear of talking about his own family and background, apart from saying he is hoping someone will buy his battered truck, and alluding to his own personal struggles with substance abuse. But his wife Tiffany’s grandfather, Arthur Brogdon, told The Post of their pride at his success, calling him a dedicated family man.The “Rich Men North of Richmond” singer’s real name is Chris Lunsford.

Tony Roberts, who spent 26 years calling games for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, died Aug. 25 in Gainesville, Virginia. He was 94 and no cause was given by his son, Lance, who said his father began hospice care the day before he died.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Following a brief run of shows alongside John Mulaney and Jon Stewart, Pete Davidson will embark on a solo stand-up trek with dates set through October. Tickets to Davidson’s 2023 standup tour, which kicks off at The National in Richmond, Va.

Nancy Buirski, a PGA Award winner who produced the 2016 film Loving that was inspired by her documentary, directed several films including last year’s Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy and founded the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, died August 29. Her company Augusta Films announced the news but did not provide details.

Michaela Zee Nancy Buirski, the award-winning documentary filmmaker known for “The Loving Story” and “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy,” has died. Augusta Films shared the news of her death on Wednesday in a statement, writing, “Nancy’s extensive and rich body of work delved into a wide range of social, cultural and historical issues with keen insight, humanity and above all, artistry.” Buirski directed 2011’s “The Loving Story,” a documentary about the Supreme Court case of Loving v.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Films about Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste, Andy Kaufman and designer John Galliano are part of this year’s Telluride Film Festival documentary feature lineup.In all, 22 feature and four short documentaries are heading to the 50th edition of TFF, where buzz for docs seeking Oscar consideration frequently takes hold.The lineup, kept under wraps until the eve of the fest’s opening on Aug. 31, includes docs from novice and veteran documentarians, including Errol Morris (“The Pigeon Tunnel”), Madeleine Gavin (“Beyond Utopia”), Matthew Heineman (“American Symphony”) and Paul B.

King Charles overruled the Prince of Wales by ordering the royal family to fall in line by welcoming his shameful brother Prince Andrew back into the family unit, according to sources.

Mark Thompson, the former CEO of The New York Times Co. and director general of the BBC, is in line to be named the next head of CNN, according to multiple press reports.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery is widely expected to name Mark Thompson, the former New York Times Co. and BBC leader who has demonstrated a knack for guiding media into digital realms, as the latest executive to oversee CNN, according to a person familiar with the matter, putting in place the fifth executive structure around the news giant since early 2022.

It looks like Prince Andrew is still trying to crawl his way back into the royal family — and it’s working?

The Prince and Princess of Wales were joined by Prince Andrew during an outing in Scotland.

Thania Garcia After enjoying a historic opening week on Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart, Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” now spends a second week topping a list that also includes fresh releases from Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo and Gunna. The single first launched to No. 1 in the tracking week ending Aug.

Corbin Bleu and Constance Wu are taking on Broadway!

Last Friday (August 25), a copyright case against Future was tossed, Billboard reports. A lesser-known rapper from Virginia, DaQuan Robinson, claimed that Future copied him on his 2018 track “When I Think About It”.

Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, propelling a once-unknown songwriter from south-central Virginia onto the national stage. But he’s staying close to his roots.He opened his Rock the Block festival appearance by reading a Bible verse to the crowd of about 350 locals then said, “Despite what you’ve been reading on the Internet, this song still rings true,” and launched into his first song, “Ain’t Got a Dollar.”His life has changed since he first sang its lyric “I ain’t gotta dollar, But I don’t need a dime,” with his estimated earnings now as high as $40,000 a day.Then the crowd became his chorus when he sang his viral hit hit “Rich Men North of Richmond,” and when he invited anyone who wanted an autograph or photo after his four-tune set on the “Rock the Block” festival stage on Fourth Street, squeezed between the Railroad Club and First Baptist Church, he was mobbed.It was his second Farmville gig in four days.

Morgan Wade’s sophomore album Psychopath has finally arrived.

It’s an unusual theatrical weekend as the second National Cinema Day rolls out Sunday with $4 tickets for all shows and formats at participating theaters — the bulk of the nation’s circuits big and small. The event was announced Monday with a dedicated clip of new openings, recent returning (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and re-releases (Jurassic Park, America Graffiti, Lady Bird).

Ethan Shanfeld Alice Cooper recently came off a two-month tour with his Hollywood Vampires bandmate Johnny Depp, yet he says they never spoke about Depp’s widely publicized defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. “I don’t think it was ever mentioned on the tour because nobody cared,” Cooper said in an interview with Vulture. “I never watched a moment of the trials.

Hersha Parady, an actress who appeared in hit TV series including Little House on The Prairie and The Waltons has died, aged 78.The star had been fighting a battle against cancer, and had been 'robbed of her strength' by the brain tumour, her devastated son said. Hersha appeared as schoolteacher Alice Garvey for three years in the 1970/80s American TV series and even popular 1990s kids' TV show Kenan & Kel, where she played Principal Dimly for three episodes.

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Last Supper Part Two: Entrée,” the Season 2 finale of “And Just Like That,” now streaming on Max. “And just like that … I ordered two more Cosmopolitans” — that’s Carrie Bradshaw’s last line, delivered in her signature voiceover, in the Season 2 finale of “And Just Like That.” Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) delivers that proclamation as she relaxes on a beautiful beach, alongside her friend Seema (Sarita Choudhury). “We ran at love,” Seema says earlier in the scene.

according to The Hollywood Reporter. In an effort to help cover expenses of his mother’s hospital bills, Peverall set up a GoFundMe page at that time, raising $20,482.

Hersha Parady, who won the hearts of Little House on the Prairie viewers with her 1977-1980 portrayal of Walnut Grove schoolteacher and Ingalls Family friend Alice Garvey, died yesterday in Norfolk, Virginia, following surgery last month for the brain cancer meningioma. She was 78.

If the season 2 finale of the spinoff,, left you scratching your head about Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Aidan Shaw's (John Corbett) romantic future, showrunner Michael Patrick King tries to clarify the writers' intentions in the show's Writers' Room Podcast.In this week's episode, King and several other writers and producers delve into the finale, which is titled, «The Last Supper Part 2: Entrée.» In the episode, Aidan comes to Carrie's home to tell her that he plans to return to Virginia for good to be a constant for his three sons, especially his youngest Wyatt, who was recently in a serious car accident. Aidan seems to think that he can't have Carrie in his life in visits or in any way for the next five years as Wyatt finishes out his teens.

It’s not hyperbole to describe Oliver Anthony as an overnight sensation, thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of his hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond”.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Shane Gillis will make his Netflix debut Sept. 5 with a stand-up special dubbed Beautiful Dogs. 

Oliver Anthony has been the surprise success story in the music industry this summer thanks to his song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which has drawn lots of controversy.

set to hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art this fall after half a century in hiding.The Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans attributed work from 1837, titled “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” depicts the three kids of wealthy New Orleans French Quarter banker Frederick Frey alongside 15-year-old Bélizaire — whom the family reportedly purchased as a 6-year-old.“The Frey portrait shows a surprising intimacy between the four children, suggesting that Bélizaire was a valued member of the household, despite his enslaved status,” according to ArtNet.“But at some point around the turn of the century, someone painted over Bélizaire, not only erasing him from the Frey family history but obscuring a rare example from the era of a realistic portrait of an enslaved person.”The altered portrait was kept by the Frey clan for over a century. In 1972, a descendant of the family matriarch, Coralie D’Aunoy Frey, donated the painting to the New Orleans Museum of Art and reportedly explained that Bélizaire was erased.“However, the institution chose not to do anything with that information,” the outlet reported.

Oliver Anthony’s viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” debuts at No. 1 on the next Billboard Hot 100 singles tally, marking a first for chart in the process. It’s the first time that an artist with no prior chart history has turned the trick since the Hot 100 began in 1958.

convicted financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has always been the subject of intrigue and mystery.A new A&E documentary titled “Secrets of Prince Andrew” has done a deep dive into their allyship, including allegations against the disgraced royal made by Epstein accusers, Lisa Phillips and Virginia Roberts Giuffre.The Duke of York, 63, met the now-dead felon in 1999, having been introduced by British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s girlfriend at the time.“[Andrew and Epstein] became extremely close,” royal biographer Andrew Lownie claimed in the documentary. “You know, real best buddies.

Ethan Shanfeld Oliver Anthony’s viral breakout hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making the singer-songwriter the first artist ever to notch the achievement with no prior chart history in any form. He is the sixth artist in Billboard chart history to debut a first solo Hot 100 entry at No.