The Who’s Tommy composer Pete Townshend, The Outsiders producer Angelina Jolie, and the Wicked movie’s Cynthia Erivo are among the roster of Tony Award presenters announced today by producers of this Sunday’s broadcast.
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The woman who replaced a former Miss USA who resigned her post claims she’s been subjected to public abuse.
The current Miss USA, Savannah Gankiewicz, said she has received death threats and hateful messages in the wake of predecessor Noelia Voigt’s resignation.
Gankiewicz said in a speech that the backlash she’s received “breaks my heart.”
“Since I’ve gotten this title, I’ve dealt with a lot of bullying and harassment, and it really does, it breaks my heart,” Gankiewicz said in a video shared last week on X.
“Sorry. I didn’t want to cry, but I just feel like it’s hard, because I wish people saw where my heart is coming from,” she said. “And it’s helping Lahaina and helping Maui residents and having a platform, but also showing young women that you can get bullied and you can hurt but you stand back up and you keep going and you keep using your voice.”
Gankiewicz received a special Miss USA coronation and celebration in Waikiki earlier this month, replacing Noelia Voigt after she announced her resignation on May 6.
Voigt said in an Instagram statement that she was stepping down from the title to focus on her mental health. However, a copy of Voigt’s resignation letter was obtained by NBC News in which she accused the pageant’s CEO of creating a toxic work environment and failing to address a sexual harassment incident she raised.
“There is a toxic work environment within the Miss USA organization that, at best, is poor management and, at worst, is bullying and harassment,” Voigt wrote. “This started soon after winning the title of Miss USA 2023.”
Voigt said Miss USA CEO and President Laylah Rose failed to communicate, was bad-mouthing her to others in the organization, and threatened to take away Voigt’s salary “for
The Who’s Tommy composer Pete Townshend, The Outsiders producer Angelina Jolie, and the Wicked movie’s Cynthia Erivo are among the roster of Tony Award presenters announced today by producers of this Sunday’s broadcast.
The Locarno Film Festival will hand American producer Stacey Sher its Raimondo Rezzonico Award at this year’s edition, which runs August 7 – 17.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S. producer Stacey Sher — whose credits include Quentin Tarantino‘s “Pulp Fiction,” “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight” as well as Steven Soderbergh’s “Erin Brockovich,” “Out of Sight” and “Contagion” — will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Prize, which celebrates a producer who epitomizes the indie ethos.
Kamar de los Reyes tragically passed away last year after a battle with cancer and now All American is paying tribute to the late actor.
This is NOT a good look for the Miss Universe organization!
The decision to arrest Nicki Minaj in Amsterdam last weekend was not motivated by race, Dutch police have said, adding that it was “annoying she drew that card.”
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has hit back at claims she cheated on Davide Sanclimenti with a The Traitors US co-star.The former Love Island star, 30, filmed the murder mystery game in September last year and during this time sparked up a friendship with Peter Weber, who is best known as 'Pilot Pete' from the US series The Bachelorette. Ekin-Su was then hit with rumours that she cheated on Davide with Peter before their split in January.
Renowned American musician Richard M Sherman, best known for his work on Mary Poppins, has passed away at the age of 95 due to age-related illness.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Death by Lighting,” Netflix’s upcoming series about the rise and eventual assassination of U.S. President James Garfield, is adding to its cast. Variety has learned that Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing,” “Get Out”) and Shea Whigham (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Take Shelter”) have joined the show as series regulars.
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Shea Whigham (Joker) have been tapped as series regulars on Netflix‘s new drama series Death by Lightning, joining previously cast Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. Additionally, Stephen McKinley Henderson (Civil War), Paula Malcomson (Parish) and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) are set as recurring on the series, executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
first-place winner’s shocking resignation.
The American Society of Cinematographers has re-elected Shelly Johnson for a second term as its president and voted in three VPs and other officers.
The CW will be taking a long, hard look at whether it will air the Miss USA Pageant and Miss Teen USA Pageant in August following controversy at the organization.
The mothers of the recently resigned Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava told Good Morning America today that their daughters were “ill-treated, abused, bullied and cornered” by pageant organizers, and that those circumstances led to the resignations last week.
The resigned Miss USA and Miss Teen USA may allegedly be silenced from speaking out about the nightmares they faced in their crowns, but their mommas? They won’t be! The matriarchs have now gone into full momma bear mode and are spilling about the organization’s workplace environment!
Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, stunned the community by stepping down from their positions. Allison DeMarcus, who is familiar with the pageant circuit, shares her insights on these resignations.
The Simpsons star Harry Shearer has suggested that the recasting of Dr Hibbert has “affected” his former character.The actor was replaced in the role by Kevin Richardson in 2021, after the long-running animated sitcom decided the year before that white actors would no longer voice non-white roles in the series.Shearer previously voiced Hibbert, who is Black, from the show’s inception, and in a new interview with The Times reflected on the change.“Folk say the show has become woke in recent years and one of my characters has been affected,” he said. “I voiced the Black physician, Dr Hibbert, who I based on Bill Cosby.
A new Miss USA 2023 has officially been announced! But in the middle of one of the pageant’s biggest controversies… No one is really on board.
Noelia Voigt is speaking out!
There is a LOT more to this story…