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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor years many observers have said that the Recording Academy president/CEO role was too big for a single person, and the organization on Friday announced the creation of two key senior leadership positions — chief operating officer and chief industry officer — amid a larger staff reorganization.According to the announcement, key features of the reorganization are the streamlining of most of the Academy’s staff into three divisions:  the Entertainment / Consumer

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorLuke Evans has quite the jewelry collection, thanks to his career in Hollywood.“I started to collect the rings of my characters because I seem to have a ring with all my characters,” the 41-year-old Welsh actor says from Ibiza, where he’s vacationing before heading to Australia to shoot “Nine Perfect Strangers,” during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”Evans has pieces acquired from

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorKate Winslet will have another award to add to her trophy case.The Oscar winner will receive the Tribute Actor Award during the 2020 Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 15.“Kate’s brilliant and compelling on-screen presence continues to captivate, entertain and inspire audiences and actors alike,” TIFF executive director and co-head Joana Vicente said in statement on Thursday morning.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival has been canceled.“After months of intense due diligence around physically holding an event, we’ve come to the heartbreaking but unanimous conclusion to cancel this year’s Labor Day celebration of film in Telluride,” the festival said in a statement on Tuesday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRicky Martin is opening up about his decision to come out as gay.The music superstar recalls being on his Livin’ La Vida Loca tour in 1999 when he decided he had to take some time off.“My music was being heard all over the world, regardless of the language,” Martin said during an appearance on Proud Radio on Apple Music. “I could high five God, but I wasn’t living to the fullest.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent to the Oscars, has unveiled new rules aimed at ramping up diversity and parity within its board.The new guidelines were put together with the help of a mediator appointed by France’s National Film Board (CNC) following an industry consultation.

Pinegrove have released an expanded version of their latest album ‘Marigold’, and shared a video for the track ‘Endless’ – watch it below.The New Jersey outfit’s original ‘Marigold’ record arrived in January. Reviewing the project, NME said that the band “had enter[ed] into a new, more adult phase of their career, their flashy radicalism muted into a more subtle, less immediate aesthetic.”Today (July 8), Pinegrove released the expanded edition of ‘Marigold’ to online streaming services.

The Umbrella Academy has teased a new trailer and track from its creator, My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, set to be released tomorrow (July 9).In an Instagram post, Netflix shared a ’70s-inspired graphic of what appear to be lyrics, with an illustration of Way in the centre. The post came with the caption, “feelin groovy.

The New York Post reported on an Instagram post from Cardi B today in which she showed off the results of her brand new lip wax and vagina bleaching procedures. The 27-year-old says in her video that she was bleaching her “f*cking cootie cat.” The “Bodak Yellow” rapper explained how shaving an area often leads to the vagina getting a bit dark.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorOscar-winning film composer Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at 91, scored more than 400 movies and TV shows, as well as more than 100 classical pieces.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“Hamilton” won 11 Tonys, a Pulitzer and a Grammy, and the filmed version on Disney Plus was the talk of social media throughout July 4 weekend — but it won’t be headed to the Oscars.Disney had planned a theatrical release in October 2021 before dropping it early on its streaming service, but that’s not enough to qualify it for Oscar consideration.

Caution… so much adorableness ahead! Ammika Harris lit up social media with the latest Instagram video of her & Chris Brown‘s son Aeko, 7 mos, that was posted on Tuesday, June 30. The youngster appears to already be in the teething phase of his babydom as he latched on to a tiny mirror while making the most precious of noises! He rocked his super curly hair with a colorful onesie for the footage where fans could not stop talking about how much he looks like his superstar father.

Awkwafina – “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians” Zazie Beetz – “Joker,” “High Flying Bird” Alia Bhatt – “Gully Boy,” “Raazi” Bobby Cannavale – “The Irishman,” “The Station Agent” Choi Woo-Shik – “Parasite,” “The Divine Fury” Zendaya Coleman – “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” “The Greatest Showman” Tyne Daly – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Mackenzie Davis – “Terminator: Dark Fate,” “Tully” Ana de Armas – “Knives Out,” “Blade Runner 2049” Kaitlyn Dever – “Booksmart,”

Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 819 artists and executives to join the organization in 2020.In doing so, the Academy continues its work on diversifying its ranks. If all 819 invitees accept their invitations (which would bring its total membership to 9,300), 45% of the new members will be women and 36% are from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities.

Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organization that puts on the Oscars announced the new invitees Tuesday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThere’s a new publicity firm in town.A group of former BWR senior publicists has launched The Initiative Group, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.