Sheila Alexander-Reid steps down as head of D.C. Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs

Lourdes Leon is helping to change the modeling industry.

Blizzard Entertainment president J.Allen Brack has stepped down from his post, nearly two weeks after an investigation by the  California Department of Fair Employment and Housing exposed numerous allegations of harassment and a “frat boy” work place culture within Activision Blizzard.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTimo Pelz, after eight years at Instagram and Facebook, has been recruited to be Reddit’s first VP of business marketing.Pelz, who most recently served as Instagram’s head of business marketing, is tasked with setting go-to-market strategy for Reddit’s advertising products spanning the discussion site’s 100,000-plus communities. He will oversee all aspects of business marketing for managed and self-serve ad clients, including product messaging and events.

The number of coronavirus cases has decreased by a half or more in four Greater Manchester boroughs the latest figures.

Henry Schleiff, who has worked in cable television for more than 40 years, is retiring from Investigation Discovery.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPriya Swaminathan is stepping down from her role as co-head of film and television at Higher Ground, the media company founded by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.At the same time, the former president and First Lady announced several new additions to the company’s executive team, most notably hiring Joe Paulsen, an old Obama hand, as head of business and strategy.Swaminathan, a former executive at Annapurna, was the first hire the Obamas

Jennifer Yuma editorSony Pictures has released a new trailer for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” starring Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd, along with a quick glimpse at the classic characters played by Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.Murray, Akroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Ramis were a part of the original 1984 hit, along with its sequel “Ghostbusters II” in 1989.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt didn’t take long for “FBoy Island” to make me feel like my brain was leaking out my ears, drip by stupefied drip. Brought to HBO Max by Elan Gale of “The Bachelor,” the new dating reality series is some unholy combination of “Bachelor in Paradise,” “Love Island” and “Too Hot to Handle.” The rules seemingly change by the day, and each episode is an entirely unnecessary full 60 minutes long.

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Thom Yorke has shared a new 100-minute mix for Sonos Radio, featuring Madlib, Black Midi and more.The Radiohead frontman has been sharing mixes for the online radio station for the last year, and the fifth edition has now arrived.After sharing a new mix back in January featuring Ennio Morricone, Yaeji, Mark Pritchard and more, the fifth Radio Hour mix also features tracks from Aldous Harding, MODESELEKTOR, Tom Waits and more.Listen to Thom Yorke’s latest Radio Hour mix below:Elsewhere, earlier

Olympics opening ceremony, resigned on Monday after coming under fire for bullying a classmate during his childhood.“I sincerely accept the opinions and advice I have received, express my gratitude, and will keep them in mind for my future actions and thoughts,” he said on his Twitter and Facebook accounts.“I apologize from the bottom of my heart.”Reports of his past verbal abuse of a child with disabilities surfaced online recently, sparking a backlash on social media and demands for his

Jay Shaylor is leaving CBS as executive producer of CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell, the latest change in the news and stations division under new presidents Wendy McMahon and Neeraj Khemlani.

NEW YORK -- The year 2020 saw welcome growth in racial diversity of LBGTQ characters in films released by major studios, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

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Christopher Vourlias Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun returns to the sun-scrubbed Sahel region of West Africa for his latest feature, “Lingui, the Sacred Bonds,” which competes for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.Set on the outskirts of the capital city of N’Djamena, “Lingui” is the story of a single mother, Amina (Achouackh Abakar Souleymane), whose already fragile world threatens to collapse when she learns that her daughter, Maria (Rihane Khalil Alio Brahim), is pregnant — a

Parkinson’s disease. After suffering from the disease for over five years, the filmmaker was confirmed dead by his wife on wednesday, who said he died in his sleep at his apartment in New York City.