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The Casting Society of America is thinking globally. The group is marking its 40th year with a name change that reflects the expansion of its ranks to include casting professionals living and working around the world.

Anna Marie de la Fuente It’s a new dawn for Chile’s audiovisual industry. When Gabriel Boric, Chile’s youngest (at 35) and most left-leaning president since Salvador Allende, was elected in December, his pledge to more than double the state’s contribution to the arts was greeted with great fanfare.After all, Chile’s prodigious film output this past decade has been remarkable despite the scant public support it has received.“If everything we have achieved in the last 10 years was done with so little money, imagine what we can achieve with an increase in audiovisual funding!” says Constanza Arena, executive director of Chile’s film promotion org, CinemaChile.In recent years, Chile has triumphed at the Oscars, starting when Pablo Larraín’s “No” was nominated for international feature in 2012, and culminating in an Oscar win for Sebastian Lelio’s “A Fantastic Woman” in 2017.

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has taken the blame for the sudden changes to the band’s line-up, which saw the firing and re-hiring of their touring guitarist within a week.Back in January, Andy Sneap – who has toured with the band since 2018, subbing in for Glenn Tipton – was removed from the band ahead of their forthcoming North American tour. Five days later, however, the band announced that their touring line-up would remain “unchanged” and that Sneap would stay on.Now, in a new interview with Billboard, Halford has spoken about the confusing saga – ultimately attributing it to “a crazy idea” of reverting to a four-piece to reflect the band’s origins as a quartet.“That all came from me, it didn’t come from the band,” he said.

Details of Adele’s dressing room requests have reportedly been leaked ahead of her live performance at the Brit Awards on Tuesday night – and the items aren’t as exciting as fans might have expected. While some artists are known for having extravagant demands backstage such as trays of white wine bottles, white vases and draping all over the walls, the British singer has toned down her recent requests, according to a source.

Manchester City are fit and firing for their FA Cup tie against Championship table-toppers Fulham - with only one certain absentee at the Etihad Stadium.

Lately, Deem Spencer has been feeling more hopeful about the future. In 2017, the rapper from Jamaica, Queens released we think we alone, a heartfelt project put together while mourning his grandfather. He would follow that release with 2019’s Pretty Face, which was made in the middle of a breakup with his then-girlfriend of four years.

Gone but not forgotten. Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst’s mother, April Simpkins, spoke out shortly after her daughter’s cause of death was confirmed.

a commercial featuring a same-sex couple canoodling, showing affection, and sharing a piece of toast slathered with peanut butter.OMM has alleged that the commercial, titled “Here for Real Love,” is attempting to “normalize and glorify the LGBTQ lifestyle by featuring a homosexual couple hugging, feeding each other, and wiping the other one’s mouth.”“By promoting same sex relationships, eHarmony wants to make it clear where they stand on this controversial topic instead of remaining neutral in the culture war,” the group wrote in an online petition it’s been asking supporter to sign. “There is concern about the way this advertisement is pushing the LGBTQ agenda, but an even greater concern is that the commercial is airing when children are likely watching television.“This eHarmony ad brainwashes children and adults by desensitizing them and convincing them that homosexuality is natural, when in reality it is an unnatural love that is forbidden by Scripture just like love rooted in adultery is forbidden,” the petition continues.

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J. Kim Murphy The Washington Football Team has announced it will adopt a new moniker, Washington Commanders, after a two-season interim that saw the National Football League organization renounce its long-standing name of Washington Redskins as a response to sweeping criticism that the name was denigrating to the Native American population.The organization unveiled its new name on Wednesday morning’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today.” The change is set to become official in the 2022-2023 NFL season.Owners of the Washington D.C.-based franchise announced they would undergo a renaming process in July 2020 as a response to a continuous wave of criticism that had extended to advertisers.

Rihanna has donated $15 million to several climate change organizations, focusing on vulnerable communities, including Black, indigineous, and LGBTQ groups, through her Clara Lionel Foundation named after her grandparents in 2012.The 33-year-old star is known for supplying relief for different causes, recently giving millions of dollars for COVID-19 relief support groups worldwide.This time Rihanna has donated money to the Climate Justice Alliance, the Indigenous Environmental Network, the Movement for Black Lives, the Black Feminist Fund, the Caribbean Youth Environment Network, among others, fighting for climate justice in the Caribbean and the United States.“Climate disasters, which are growing in frequency and intensity, do not impact all communities equally, with communities of color and island nations facing the brunt of climate change,” Rihanna explained.The generous donation was made in partnership with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorse’s #StartSmall fund, with the Clara Lionel Foundation inviting other organizations to support these vulnerable communities.“These grants support entities focused on and led by women, youth, Black, Indigenous, people of color and LGBTQIA+ communities,” the Clara Lionel Foundation stated; “We invite others to join us in elevating, funding and supporting these groups and others who are on the frontlines of the climate justice movement.”The singer and entrepreneur was reported to have an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion in 2021, followed by Oprah as the wealthiest female entertainer.

Changing and growing. Emma Roberts opened up about finding herself amid news of her split from Garrett Hedlund in a new interview.

Ahead of season 2 of Netlfix’s global phenomenon “Bridgerton”, Irish star Nicola Coughlan grace the cover of ELLE UK and inside gets candid about her life-changing role.

Memory loss and worsening thinking skills in middle age have been linked to heart health, researchers have found.