Pulitzer Prizes for 2021 journalism, arts to be announced

The exquisite and sublime journeys of Oregon-based filmmaker Kelly Reichardt are arguably, more or less, incidental or oblique political statements about survival in America, often focusing on two or more friends, usually outsiders, and their struggle to endure. “Wendy And Lucy,” about a destitute woman and her soulmate canine companion, was overt about human inequity and hardship; “Meek’s Cutoff” depicted the unbearable burden of living off a hostile, unforgiving land; and “First Cow” presented the warm, but sad futility of two friends trying to sustain themselves under the grueling rigors of nascent American capitalism.

Questlove and Aaron Dessner both received honorary degrees from Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts this week (May 19).The event was the university’s first in-person graduation ceremony since 2019 due to COVID-related cancellations.Speaking about his collaborations with Taylor Swift in 2020, Dessner told the crowd: “Making this music became a life raft in the middle of the pandemic. In April 2020, Taylor Swift texted me out of the blue one night when I was sitting at dinner.

Kelly Osbourne hid her baby bump as she attended the Dior Men's Spring/Summer 2023 collection, wearing an oversized shirt along with flowing black trousers and small black heels. Singer Kelly, 37, decorated the oversized striped Dior shirt with a long chain and a black bag slung over her shoulder.The white shirt made her lilac hair stand out as she smiled for the camera and her feet tattoos were on show.The star announced the happy news of her pregnancy last week, sharing a picture of her ultrasound scan to her 2.4 million followers.

Los Angeles today surpassed the number of daily Covid cases it saw at the height of the summer 2021 surge, according to data released by officials.

Flume is set to return to his native Australia this coming November in support of his forthcoming third studio album, ‘Palaces’, which arrives this Friday (May 20).The tour, announced today (May 18), is largely slated for arenas and outdoor venues in most capital cities. The shows are also set to feature a rotating list of both local and international support acts – including collaborators Caroline Polachek and Toro Y Moi.

Burna Boy has announced that he’ll be heading out on a tour of North America this summer – get tickets here.Hitting the road in support of his forthcoming album ‘Love, Damini’, the Nigerian Afrobeats star has added a string of US and Canadian dates to his previously announced tour, which includes dates in Europe and the UK.Kicking off on July 17, Burna Boy’s North American tour leg will kick off in Bridgetown, Barbados. It will continue through the summer with stops in Chicago, Houston and more before the finale in Atlanta, GA on July 31.The tour announcement follows Burna Boy’s appearance at last weekend’s Billboard Music Awards, where he performed new single ‘Last Last’ and ‘Kilometre’, both taken from the forthcoming ‘Love Damini’,due for release on July 1.Tickets for Burna Boy’s North American tour go on sale Friday (May 20) at 12pm local time – get them here.

Sum 41 have announced a new ‘Does This Look All Killer No Filler’ UK/European tour for 2022 with Simple Plan supporting – see the dates below and get your tickets here.The two bands have been touring the US together in 2022, and will reunite on the road in September and October.“We’ve been having such a great time on our tour with Simple Plan in the States and cannot wait to bring the party over to Europe,” Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley said in a statement.“We’re so excited to celebrate the anniversaries of some of our favourite albums along with other hits and favourites with you on the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler” tour!”The UK/EU ‘Does This Look All Killer No Filler’ tour kicks off in Stuttgart on September 20, heading through Europe before concluding with a massive London show at Alexandra Palace on October 21, the only UK gig of the run.Sum 41 will be heading to the UK next month ahead of the full tour, playing the Leeds (June 3) and Hatfield (June 4) legs of Slam Dunk Festival.See the full list of dates for the ‘Does This Look All Killer No Filler’ UK and European tour below and get your tickets here for the London date.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterComedies and dramas traditionally make up a large portion of the broadcast TV landscape between September and May, but networks don’t deny the continuous draw of hit reality TV and competition shows. Each season, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, the so-called “Big 4” broadcasters, bring back old staples and add in new unscripted content in hopes of topping each other outside of their sitcoms and procedurals.While there could always be slight adjustments to season-long averages by the end of the traditional broadcast season in a few weeks, Variety has gathered Nielsen’s “most current” data through May 8 to rank ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox’s highest and lowest-rated unscripted series among adults 18-49. Below are the lists, which count 33 completed weeks of the soon-ending season.

Christopher Keyser The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actors Fund) has been there for everyone on stage, on camera and behind the scenes since 1882. This national human services organization has proven an essential resource for people who work in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance.The Entertainment Community Fund has offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago; an assisted living and skilled nursing home in Englewood, N.J.; and supportive housing residences in Brooklyn and Manhattan, N.Y., and West Hollywood, Calif.Joe Benincasa, president and CEO of the Fund, oversees the organization’s comprehensive supportive services, including health and wellness, career and life, affordable housing and more.

NEW YORK -- Joshua Cohen's “The Netanyahus,” a comic and rigorous campus novel based on the true story of the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking a job in academia, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.Benzion Netanyahu, who died in 2012, was a medieval historian and ultra-nationalist who taught at several American schools, including the University of Denver and Cornell University. “The Netanyahus” is set around 1959-60 and centers on a Jewish historian at a university loosely based on Cornell who is asked to help decide whether to hire the visiting Israeli scholar.

Wilson Chapman editorJames Ijames and Raven Chacon are among the recipients of the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes.The prestigious Pulitzer Prizes honor achievements across journalism, literature, theater and music. This year’s recipients were announced this year’s Pulitzer Prize administrator, Associated Press vice president and global enterprise editor Marjorie Miller, at a press conference on Monday, hosted at Columbia University.

Fat Ham, playwright James Ijames’ comedy-drama reinvention of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama today, just days before the acclaimed play is to make its New York debut at the Public Theater Off Broadway.

Journalists from Ukraine were recognized with a 2022 Pulitzer Prize special citation, while judges for journalism’s top honors also recognized coverage of the January 6th attacks on the Capitol, the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida.

NEW YORK -- Joshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus” has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.The work is a comic and rigorous campus novel based on the true story of the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking a job in academia.The late artist Winfred Rembert won in biography for “Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South,” as told to Erin I.

On Monday at 9 a.m. ET/ 6 a.m. PT, Tony Award-winning actress Adrienne Warren and three-time Tony-nominanted actor Joshua Henry will announce the 75th Annual Tony Award nominations.

Men Working, Soft Porn, and Paper Quilt/Collage series, and will be joined by fellow Portico denizens Mary Turpin, Jaleel Davis, Imani Russell, and Tom Hill, plus a handful of Portico guest artists.Meanwhile, miXt merchants will offer special food and drink specials throughout the day, culminating in special happy hour prices from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of the festival’s official After Party.The food hall will also host scheduled Culinary Arts Demonstrations, including a “Sharpen Your Knife Skills” session led by miXt Chef Sandy Patterson, “How to Make a Lobster Corn Dog” by HK Fishouse Chefs Kimberly Van Kline and Henry Dudley, “How to Make Bacon Cheddar Chive Scones” by miXt Brew Pastry Chef Susan Theis, and “How to Make Steak Burrito & Birria Taco” by La Michoacana Chef Ismael Montero.Up at the Artisan 4100 building, you’ll find live musicians from Just Rock throughout the day plus artists featured in the building’s permanent collection as well as Art Annex occupants Kea Dupree Photography, Möbius Keramikk Clay Studio, painters Wayson R Jones and Alexander Golob, and several guest artists.Other artists planning to be on hand outside of the festival’s Brentwood block nucleus include acclaimed African-American abstract artist/academic Alonzo Davis, fiber artist/costume designer Celestine Ranney-Howes (Arena Stage, Maryland Shakespeare Festival), and those represented by the Gateway Arts Center, Red Dirt Studio, Art Works Now, Otis Street Arts Project, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, and Washington Glass School.Saturday, May 14, from noon to 5 p.m., plus After Party from 5 to 8 p.m.

the company, led by CEO Bob Bakish, posted revenue of $7.4 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.52, in part because CBS hosted the Super Bowl in early 2021. Paramount’s stock is down 1% in pre-market trading on the New York Stock Exchange following the results.

PRAGUE -- Meda Mladkova, a Czech arts collector, patron and historian who was an impassioned promoter of Frantisek Kupka and supported artists in communist Czechoslovakia while she was in exile behind the Iron Curtain, has died. She was 102.The Kampa Museum, a modern arts gallery that Mladkova created in the heart of Prague, announced she died on Tuesday.“Meda, although she lived a large part of her long life abroad, was always a great patriot and loved the Czech nation,” the museum said.“All her life she believed in the idea: ‘If culture survives, the nation will survive,’” said Jiri Pospisil, the chairman of the museum’s board.Mladkova, born on Sept.