Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Chris Willman Music WriterA 77-track benefit album for a voting rights organization will be released as a download on Bandcamp Friday, for just one day before it disappears — and the list of artists and previously unreleased tracks is intriguing enough to inspire a full-on onset of carpe diem.The second volume of “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” includes an even more impressive lineup than the first, and like its predecessor, will be available for 24 hours, starting at

Chadwick Boseman will receive a special tribute during the virtual American Black Film Festival.The actor, who lost his battle with colon cancer at the age of 43 in August 2020, will be honored with a retrospective that includes his movies 42, Get On Up, and Marshall.“We truly appreciate WarnerBros, Universal Pictures, and Open Road Films for providing these three films in support of the Chadwick Boseman retrospective,” ABFF Ventures president Nicole Friday said in a statement.

Anita Hill and student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Borat 2 is set to be streamed by Amazon Prime ahead of the forthcoming US presidential election.The movie will launch around the world in 240 countries on the streaming platform.The sequel to 2006’s Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan will debut in late October ahead of Election Day, reports Deadline.The title – Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan – was revealed

A.D. Amorosi With the release of “This Dream of You,” jazz pianist and soigné contralto vocalist Diana Krall will display her usual mix of tartness and tastefulness with selections from the Great American Songbook — from Irving Berlin to Bob Dylan’s title track —  with a familiar cast of characters to go with the album’s cinematic arc.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorRLJE Films has acquired North American rights to director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Archenemy, the action thriller that is having its world premiere next month at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles. It marks the third tie-up between genre producer SpectreVision and RJLE Films following the releases of Mandy and Color Out of Space.

Netflix just dropped a chilling new trailer for the upcoming The Haunting of Bly Manor series, out on October 9.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, the 86-year-old acclaimed journalist claimed Meghan, 39, is urging voters to exercise their democratic right at the November 3 US election.

Regina King has won her fourth Emmy Award in just six years and she used the moment to put a spotlight on important causes.

Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the nominees ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, which will take place with a largely virtual ceremony due to the pandemic.

David Bowie in Stardust has been released – check it out below.The film, an unauthorised biopic about Bowie in 1971 mapping his infamous US tour and the creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona, has set a UK premiere date at Raindance Film Festival.The first screening will take place at a socially-distanced opening night gala in London on October 28 with the film’s director Gabriel Range in attendance.Check out the new image here:Stardust will not include any of Bowie’s songs, as the musician’s

boycotting a previous tournament match to show her support for the victims of police violence, Naomi Osaka is taking more steps to raise awareness during the US Open.The Japanese tennis star — who is currently the highest-paid female athlete in the world — has worn a mask honoring Black victims of police brutality and racial injustice at each of her US Open showings at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.At Saturday's finals match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus,

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSaban Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to Seth Savoy’s directorial debut “Echo Boomers” ahead of the launch of the Toronto film market.The crime drama stars Patrick Schwarzenegger (“Midnight Sun,” “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”), Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Lesley Ann Warren (“Jobs”), and Oliver Cooper (“Californication”).The film follows a group of disillusioned twenty-somethings, who use Chicago as their playground by

Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.The President of the United States has been put forward by a Norwegian MP for his efforts in the Middle East.Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Mr Trump should be considered because of his work "for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East".Mr Tybring-Gjedde, told The Associated Press: "No matter how

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Top Gear’s latest American incarnation has safely wrapped production ahead of its debut on Discovery’s MotorTrend.Deadline understands that the show, which is based on the long-running British format, finished filming its debut season at the end of August after shooting over the summer.The show, which is produced by BBC Studios’ Los Angeles production division, managed this by driving off with a slew of COVID-friendly protocols.It comes as the show was

NEW YORK -- Playwright-novelist Ayad Akhtar has been named the new president of PEN America, the human rights and literary organization.Akhtar, who assumes the presidency Dec. 2, succeeds novelist Jennifer Egan.“PEN America has its work cut out for it in an era when the quest for truth is challenged as never before,” Akhtar said in a statement Tuesday.

Robbie Williams wife Ayda Field has revealed the singer “makes” her shave his bottom.The 46 year old Let Me Entertain You singer and his American model wife opened up on her “graphic wife duty” in a candid chat. Former Take That star Robbie began sprouting hair on his buttocks after he had his testosterone boosted as he had low levels of the hormone left him depressed and with a low libido.