Sir Patrick Stewart and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to join an online festival focusing on the impact of coronavirus on gender inequality.
02.06.2020 - 23:51 / variety.com
By Todd Spangler
NY Digital Editor
Twitter has a new chairman: Patrick Pichette, who most recently was Google’s chief financial officer.
Omid Kordestani — another ex-Google exec — stepped down as Twitter’s executive chairman, effective June 1, and will remain on the board as a non-employee director. Pichette has served as the company’s lead independent director since Dec. 31, 2018.
Pichette’s appointment comes after Twitter reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott Management —
Sir Patrick Stewart and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to join an online festival focusing on the impact of coronavirus on gender inequality.
Ice Cube reigns on The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Actors chart for the third week in a row, followed by Dwayne Johnson and Ron Perlman on the ranking dated June 24. THR’s Social Climbers charts are rankings of the most popular entities on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, with global data provided by social media analytics company MVP (formerly MVPindex).
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJane Levy may have not been a singer before snagging the title role in NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” but she certainly is now.In the quirky series, she plays a computer programmer who can hear what people are thinking and feeling through song.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz made headlines today after he revealed on Twitter that he has a son who was born in Cuba.
Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBob the Cat, whose story about helping save the life of a recovering London drug addict became the basis for several books and two movies, died Monday.The news was announced by Hodder & Stoughton, the UK publisher behind the 2012 book A Street Cat Named Bob. It told the story of James Bowen, who in 2007 found Bob injured on the streets and took him in.
Henry Winkler started trending on Twitter on fans got nervous for a second.
hereIt's thought that trials could return to Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square by the end of the month.The country's most senior judge, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, said: "This is a very welcome step towards reopening all our court buildings.
As acts of police violence have played out across social media and the nightly news, audiences have begun to rethink their relationship with cop movies. On Monday, critic Kathryn VanArendonk dug into the ironclad relationship television companies have formed with pro-police narratives.
Patrick Dempsey is returning to TV!
The CW has acquired an Italian thriller series starring Patrick Dempsey and is now shifting around its previously announced fall 2020-21 broadcast season schedule to accommodate it.
By Peter White
Nexstar Media Group announced Tuesday its anchor and correspondent lineup for WGN America’s forthcoming primetime broadcast, “News Nation.”