UCLA Unveils 2022 Professional Programs Winners In Writing & Acting

A timetable for Boris Johnson’s replacement will be announced next week, as the embattled PM delivers his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, stating: “In politics, no one is indispensable.”

Nick Cannon has a message for his multiple children, and he’s delivering it in a freestyle rap he shared on social media.

Coronation Street was full of drama this week after Phill Whittaker's glamorous ex-wife Camilla arrived unexpectedly on the cobbles. The surprise appearance left bride-to-be Fiz Stape clearly uncomfortable and Phill was left equally baffled as to why she had turned up. And things went from bad to worse when Camilla tagged along to Fiz's hen night on Wednesday before declaring she's still in love with Phill and that he's been sending her romantic emails.

The trailer for “Clerks III” is finally here.

A Stockport councillor who was reelected to his ‘ultra-marginal’ seat in May has promised voters it will be ‘business as usual’ after announcing his bid to become an MP. Councillor David Meller comfortably held on in Cheadle Hulme North two months ago after becoming the ward’s first Labour councillor in nearly 50 years back in 2018.

Ellise Shafer USC and UCLA will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024, the collegiate sports organization announced on Thursday.The two schools, previously part of the Pac-12 conference, were admitted to the Big Ten by an unanimous vote after submitting written applications. USC and UCLA were evaluated on principles of “academics and culture; student-athlete welfare, competition, and logistics; commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in sports; and financial sustainability,” according to a press release on Big Ten’s website.“As the national leader in academics and athletics for over 126 years, the Big Ten Conference has historically evaluated its membership with the collective goal to forward the academic and athletic mission for student-athletes under the umbrella of higher education,” Commissioner Kevin Warren said in a statement.

USC and UCLA are exploring a move from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference as early as 2024, according to multiple media reports.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd’s opening acts for his global stadium tour, which launches in his hometown of Toronto next Friday, will be R&B singer Snoh Aalegra, Canadian electronic artist Kaytranada and top DJ/producer Mike Dean, his team reveals in an exclusive interview with Variety. The full 19 dates, noting which acts are playing in which cities, appear below.The tour’s original opener, Doja Cat, pulled out last month to undergo throat surgery, and although “the phone was ringing” with calls from interested parties, according to Omar Al-joulani — Live Nation’s president of touring and a Toronto native who has worked with the Weeknd since 2014 — the choices reflect the artist’s long practice of having up-and-coming acts open his tours, even one as massive as the stadium show that will work its way across North America (slowly) through Labor Day weekend before moving on to the rest of the world.

Durban Pride 2019 (Pic: Joy Khumalo)

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWarnerMedia Discovery Access has announced a new program seeking aspiring music supervisors from historically underrepresented communities.Titled the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Music Supervisor Program (naturally enough), it will provide access to training and experience within the world of TV and film music supervision.

Lise Pedersen Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) has unveiled his first-ever animation film project at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival.Entitled “The Most Precious of Cargos,” it is an adaptation of the eponymous best-selling book by acclaimed French playwright and children’s books author Jean-Claude Grumberg, who is co-writing the film with Hazanavicius.Told in the form of a classic fairy tale in 2D animation, it is set during World War II, and tells the story of a poor woodcutter and his wife who live deep in the Polish forest.

Amidst lower-than-expected subscriber growth and a subsequent round of circa-150 redundancies, Netflix was all anyone wanted to talk about at this week’s Banff World Media Festival, and while the streamer’s head honchos stressed Business As Usual, sources from outside reported confusing messaging coming from Los Gatos HQ.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNewportFILM Outdoors has unveiled its upcoming season of award-winning documentaries. The organization showcases non-fiction features and screens them in dramatic, often opulent settings around Newport, Rhode Island, a legendary summer getaway.

Christopher Vourlias After pulling off the near miraculous feat of mounting two in-person editions in the middle of a global pandemic, the organizing team of the Transilvania Film Festival had hoped for a return to normalcy this year – hopes that were quickly dashed when Russian troops invaded neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24.The tone and tenor of this year’s event swiftly shifted gears, says TIFF founder Tudor Giurgiu, as festival leadership looked to strike a precarious balance.

Love Island's Afia Tonkmor left the villa on Monday night after a surprise and brutal recoupling. During the latest instalment, the Islanders received a text asking them to gather around the fire pit where newcomer Jacques O'Neill had to pick a girl to couple up with, choosing Paige Thorne.

Close to a year after he yelled ‘action’ on set, Rian Johnson has revealed the title of the new Knives Out sequel which will premiere exclusively on Netflix this holiday season.

Addie Morfoot ContributorHamptonsFilm has unveiled the lineup for its 14th annual SummerDocs series and it includes Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” and Jason Kohn’s “Nothing Lasts Forever.” Presented by Alec Baldwin with co-curation from David Nugent, artistic director of the affiliated Hamptons Intl. Film Festival, each screening will be followed by a conversation with that documentary’s director.The series will kick-off on June 25 with “Fire of Love.” Following a successful Sundance debut, National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the worldwide rights to the docu.

The Peabody Awards finished announcing its 82nd class of winners this morning and you could argue it saved the best for last. Joining previous winners “Hacks,” “Dopesick,” “Sort Of” and “Reservation Dogs” were Barry Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad,” the celebrated Netflix special “Bo Burnham: Inside” and the Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul,” among others.