Salzburg Festival projects return to normal next summer

Angelique Jackson Sundance Film Festival has updated COVID-19 protocols for its 2022 gathering in response to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.Notably, Sundance will require all in-person attendees (employees, volunteers, contractors, general public, artists, partners, press, and industry) to be fully vaccinated, with all those who are eligible under CDC guidelines to have received booster shots.The upcoming edition, which runs from Jan.

Long-term Manchester United target Erling Haaland has been linked with a move away from Borussia Dortmund once again, with his various reports claiming the striker's release clause can be activated at the end of the season.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVPaleyFest LA is prepping an in-person return in 2022 with “This Is Us,” “Better Call Saul” and “Riverdale” already set on the lineup.The Paley Center for Media’s annual television festival will return to the Dolby Theatre from April 2-10, with the full lineup and advance ticket sales on Jan. 18.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will return as in-person events next year.The LGBTQ media watchdog organization announced on Thursday morning that the 33rd annual event will take place in Los Angeles on April 2 followed by a ceremony in New York on May 6.Nominees will be announced on Jan. 18.

coronavirus pandemic, the Essence Festival is planning its return to New Orleans next summer.“Given what we have collectively experienced over the last two years, the opportunity to convene and uplift in the spirit of culture, equity, celebration — and joy — is more of a privilege and honor than it has ever been," said Caroline Wanga, chief executive officer of Essence Communications Inc.The festival, launched in 1995 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Essence magazine, has evolved into the

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAfter success with several small-scale films, Peter Jackson in 1992 told Variety he was looking for a project “that will really push me.”He found something that surpassed everyone’s expectations. This month marks the 20th anniversary of Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings,” which kicked off the 2001-2003 film trilogy based on the books by J.R.R.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGoldenvoice, the AEG-owned company that founded and promotes the Coachella Valley Music and Artist Festival, filed a complaint Tuesday in a California U.S. District Court claiming that a new festival called Coachella Day One 22 and promoted by its chief rival, Live Nation, infringes on the original festival’s trademark.

Naman Ramachandran Levan Koguashvili’s “Brighton 4th” has won best film at Saudi Arabia’s inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, while Hamzah K. Jamjoom’s “Rupture” won best Saudi film.“Brighton 4th” is Georgia’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category.Haider Rashid won best director for “Europa” and Adam Ali won best actor for his role in the film.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith the Rolling Loud California festival taking place just two days and a few dozen miles from the site of Kanye West’s massive concert with Drake on Thursday, it seemed likely that West might make an appearance.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is warning all self-employed people to be 'on their guard' and not be tricked by fake emails or text messages from fraudsters after nearly 800,000 tax-related scams were reported in the last year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt should go without saying that hosting “Saturday Night Live” is one of the most daunting roles in television. Being a trained actor isn’t enough because you also have to be funny and comfortable in a high-pressure live setting; being a reality-TV or internet celebrity is even less effective training for the same reasons.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs we all keep our fingers crossed for a full return to things like music conferences, the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) has announced a second round of showcasing artists invited to perform at the 36th annual event.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLenard McKelvey, the talk show host better known to the world at large as Charlamagne Tha God, last Friday returned to his new TV job after taking a quick Thanksgiving vacation. He wasted no time in showing he was back at work.Over the course of an opening segment in his half-hour show, “Tha God’s Honest Truth,” Charlamagne lashed out at both actor Jussie Smollett and the court system that seeks to put him in jail for allegedly faking a mugging in Chicago.

Fans are speculating about the casting for the next season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia’s first international film event, gets underway, it’s become clear that the artistic director of the fest’s milestone first edition won’t be in charge of programming the second one.Edouard Waintrop, a former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight chief, was conspicuously absent Monday at the opening night gala at the Vox Cinemas multiplex in Jeddah’s historic Al Balad district.Instead of being on the star-studded red carpet, Waintrop was at his home in Spain suffering

here.Meanwhile, it’s been announced that Primavera Sound will launch in LA next year with Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Lorde and more.The debut of the festival in its new location, which was meant to launch last summer before plans were shelved due to COVID-enforced restrictions, takes place from September 16-18 at the LA State Historic Park.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMichael Smerconish, the popular radio host who also leads a Saturday-morning hour on CNN, will show up in primetime next week when he fills in for Chris Cuomo at the WarnerMedia-backed cable-news outlet.Smerconish is slated to fill in for Cuomo all next week, according to a spokesman, and the move isn’t necessarily surprising. Smerconish has worked Cuomo’s show in the past when the anchor has been on vacation.

“Don’t be afraid to dream big,” Nirmal “Nims” Purja says in the opening voiceover of the new Netflix documentary “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible,” out now. Purja, a 38-year-old mountaineer, didn’t dream big so much as he dreamed tall.The doc chronicles his attempt to climb all 14 peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters in seven months. The previous record for such a feat was seven years.