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more than 2800 books from school, including the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, and placed them into storage, reports Popular Information.The justification for the dictionary removals is that certain definitions or entries contained in the texts may violate “Don’t Say Gay,” the state’s “parental rights” law that prohibits students in grades K-12 from being exposed to LGBTQ-related content and “age-inappropriate” material. Under the law, residents of any county are empowered to demand the removal of any library book that “depicts or describes sexual conduct,” as defined under Florida law, regardless of whether or not the book is pornographic.Rather than consider individual complaints, the Escambia County School Board adopted an emergency rule last June that required the district’s librarians to review all library books and remove any works believed to contain such content.Because most dictionaries contain in-depth definitions of sex and sexual anatomy and define LGBTQ terms like “gay” and “lesbian,” they were flagged for removal.To purge the flagged books, school libraries in Escambia County were closed at the start of the school year.

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Ian Collie and Rob Gibson are best known for helping bring an injured mongrel dog into the global consciousness in Colin From Accounts. Ahead of a busy 2024, the pair sat down with Deadline to chat about plans for their Easy Tiger Productions imprint, the state of TV in Australia and signing with CAA.

British producers and directors are coming together to forge a forum with BBC Studios and ITV Studios in order to address the significant challenges posed by the sector.

Post-pandemic audiences are much more open to different cultures, thanks to streaming and exposure to new types of content, but some of the world’s biggest film industries are still figuring out how to adapt in a rapidly changing landscape, said speakers on the ‘Cinematic Crossovers’ panel in Red Sea Souk. 

Saudi Arabia‘s Red Sea International Film Festival is midway through its third edition, running November 30 to December 9 in the palatial surroundings of the seafront Ritz Carlton in the port city of Jeddah.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Disney CEO Bob Iger focused on instilling employees with renewed optimism about the Mouse House’s “blessed” and “fortunate” state during a virtual company-wide town hall Tuesday, rather than making any proclamations about the company’s future. The event, moderated by ABC News’ David Muir, was held just over a week after the one-year anniversary of Iger’s return to the helm at Disney (Iger hosted a similar town hall exactly a year ago to the day, upon resuming his post last November) following the surprise ousting of Bob Chapek, and on the heels of Disney reporting its most recent quarterly and full-fiscal-year earnings and taking a stumble at the Thanksgiving holiday box office with new animated film “Wish.” When asked by Muir if coming back to the position of CEO has been more challenging than he had anticipated, Iger, who originally ran Disney for 15 years from 2005-2020, said yes. “I knew that there were myriad challenges that I would face coming back,” Iger said.

ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has made a comeback.The star-studded line-up includes the likes of Nella Rose, Josie Gibson, Danielle Harold and Marvin Humes, to name a few. While the celebrities compete for stars to win food for themselves and their campmates, this year's contestants are set to face a host of new, and dangerous, trials.

Lupita Jones stepped down and released a statement, Miss Universe called a press conference to announce the official appointment of Cynthia de la Vega as the new director of Miss Universe Mexico.Cynthia has extensive experience in beauty pageants, having participated in various editions, such as Elite Model Look Mexico in Sanya, China, in 2008. She also participated in Nuestra Belleza Mexico, where she was the first finalist in 2010.

Illumination’s upcoming film Migration is a comedy about a family of ducks trying to fly from New York to Jamaica. Writer-director Benjamin Renner makes his 3D animation debut, and John Powell wrote the score for his film. Renner told the audience Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles event that Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri assured him he could pick up 3D animation on the job.

PBS fans: we finally have a season four trailer for Miss Scarlet And The Duke!

AFM will get picked up. But given the climate in Hollywood, many projects won’t officially hit the market until February at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Finding your way in an airport with countless signs can lead travellers in different directions and often feels like solving a complicated puzzle.

discussing the “challenges” of being a single parent on Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast. “I think I’m still learning how to be a single parent,” Kardashian, 43, who co-parents her kids North, 10, Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 4, with her ex-husband Kanye West, 46, said in the episode. “And I just did the Jay Shetty podcast where I spoke about parenting, and I mean, I should be used to it now, but everyone had a lot to say.”Back in May, Kardashian told Shetty that parenting is “really f—king hard” and that there are nights where she cries herself to sleep.

Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy’s performance on “Dancing with the Stars” has been nothing short of extraordinary, and they are currently the talk of the town as they have surged to the top of the leaderboard, achieving the season’s first 9s and 10s. The duo’s incredible chemistry on the dance floor is undeniable, leaving the judges and audiences in awe. Their performances have been a beautiful blend of grace, passion, and precision, showcasing their dedication and hard work in each routine.In an exclusive interview with HOLA! USA, Xochitl, and Val opened up about the secret to their undeniable chemistry.

In the last couple of years, studies have shown that the state of mental health for LGBTQ youth is tumultuous. The Human Rights Campaign earlier in 2023 declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ Americans, and the rights and mere existence of queer and trans youth have been the basis of many legislative and educational discussions of late.

Married At First Sight star Thomas Kriaras has hinted he has parted ways with his wife Rosaline "Rozz" Darlington after he spoke about their "challenges" on a TikTok live. Viewers have witnessed the newly-married couple go through a turbulent journey on the show so far, with difficult conversations being had and tears being shed.The couple got off to a rough start after Rosaline admitted she wasn’t attracted to her husband.They then consummated the marriage to see if it changed her feelings, but she said they remained the same.

Idina Menzel looked back on her marriage to Taye Diggs and some challenges that they faced in Hollywood.

Adrian Peterson has made it to the fourth week of competition on Dancing With the Stars and he’s getting ready for “Disney100 Night“!

As told to Photography by Today, Glamour unveils our two global Women of the Year—America Ferrera and —who are being honored by Glamour in the US, as well as Germany, Mexico and Latin America, Spain, and the UK. The rest of our incredible class of 2023 will be announced on November 1, 2023.When I was five years old, I declared to my mother that when I grew up, I wanted to be both an actress and a human rights lawyer.

Fans are most used to seeing Chris Evans on the big screen bringing characters like Captain America to life. However, he has his eyes set on a more intimate project.

Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, attending Busan International Film Festival where he has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year, talked about the challenges facing Hong Kong cinema at a press event today. 

Jason Mraz is opening up about his experience on Dancing With the Stars so far.

Ahead of the season 45 premiere of “Survivor”, Jeff Probst is giving fans a sneak preview of what to expect and look forward to with new weekly 90-minute episodes.

Jaden Thompson Stephen Rhodes, founder and managing principal of Signify Wealth, kicked off the Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit with an astounding fact from his research, “First round picks of the NBA draft have the ability to make a billion dollars of on-court income,” he explained. “And they don’t have to be Lebron James to do it.” As a result of this windfall of investment opportunities, that space also creates both “winners” and “losers” in the marketplace.

< 1 min read New data from Gidget Foundation Australia (GFA) reveals one in three (30%) Australian parents struggle to connect with other parents, while one in three (30%) say they wish they had more support from the community around them and LGBTQI+ parents face additional challenges from Stigma and issues surrounding fertility.

Donald Trump is challenging Meghan Markle to a debate.

It’s been 11 years since Mads Mikkelsen starred in Nikolaj Arcel’s Danish period drama A Royal Affair, one of 2012’s most raved about international films which also went on to an Oscar nomination. 

J. Kim Murphy The summer box office wind-down is in action as Columbia Pictures’ “Gran Turismo” looks to outrun a slew of holdovers. The racing feature got off to a head start with an $8.5 million opening day from 3,856 screens, a figure that includes a sizable $5.3 million from preview screenings over recent weeks.

It might be time for Nick Murray to get that Emmy Award hat trick. The television veteran already has two Emmy trophies for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, but his work on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 15 might just land him his third.

Todd Gilchrist editor The new film “Strays” may enlist Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher and Randall Park to “fill in” the personality of its four canine lead characters, but it’s real-life dogs — and an army of trainers — who work hard to deliver a convincing performance on screen that matches their voice work. Director Josh Greenbaum not only cast the pups with as much thought and detail as when he recruited their human counterparts, but worked closely with head animal trainer Mark Forbes to make sure that they learned the various activities, and behaviors to believably tell the story written by Dan Perrault about a discarded pet who travels cross country with three pals to exact revenge on his owner.

England and Spain will make history Sunday when they go head-to-head in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, with both teams making their first championship appearances.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “The Great” costume designer Sharon Long faced one of her biggest challenges in the show’s third season: Creating outfits that would work as well underwater as they would on land. And among those, one in particular stood out. “The swimsuit,” Long says, referring to the outfit worn by Belinda Bromilow in the eighth episode, titled “Peter and the Wolf.” The third season of the Hulu series begins with Catherine (Elle Fanning) and Peter(Nicholas Hoult) in love.

Jaden Thompson It’s not every day a director works on a series with a built-in legion of multigenerational fans ready to binge each episode and dissect every scene. Deborah Chow, who helmed all six episodes of Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” experienced exactly that. The limited series, which Chow also executive produced, centers on the titular Jedi (Ewan McGregor) and former mentor to Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) and is set between the two “Star Wars” trilogies.

John Cena's life is an "accident" that stemmed from failure after failure.The WWE star-turned-actor spoke candidly spoke to Kevin Hart about his struggles and let downs after moving from Massachusetts to Los Angeles. "My whole existence is an accident," he told the comedian for his "Hart to Heart" show. "My whole existence is based on a series of fortunate events that kind of lined up with each other."While many people move to Los Angeles for the entertainment business, the "Peacemaker" star moved to Southern California with hopes to use his degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology.

The publication of Britney Spears’ upcoming autobiography ‘The Woman In Me’ was reportedly delayed due to legal threats from Justin Timberlake and Colin Farrell.Spears and Timberlake were famously a couple from 1999 to 2002, while she and Farrell were romantically linked in 2003 – although she has previously said that it was “nothing serious”. However, seemingly both men were unhappy with their portrayal in the singer’s book, with lawyers for both demanding that stories about them be removed.“Lawyers demanded to see her book in advance and were adamant that some of the revelations were removed”, a source tells The Sun.

Innovative methods of getting projects into production was the subject of discussion for a group of top U.S. and European producers, networks and streamers during a debate at the AVP Summit in Trieste.