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Luke Bryan hits the stage for a performance at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which aired on Wednesday (September 16).

For the first time ever, there has been a tie in the Entertainer of the Year category at the ACM Awards!

Janet W. Lee Variety‘s senior lifestyle editor Marc Malkin will moderate Toronto International Film Festival conversation called “Money Talks Bullsh*t Walks.”Organized by TIFF and Breaking Through The Lens, the industry panel will feature female and non-binary trailblazers discussing financing as a tool to provide gender inclusive opportunities in the entertainment industry.

Summer may be over, but Sofia Vergara, 48, is still sizzling! The America’s Got Talent judge has been hard at working filming the popular reality show, but took a break from her duties to celebrate the Labor Day weekend in the California sunshine. She showed off her enviable figure at her home on September 6, when she posed for two snaps in her pool.

not leave a favorable impression on Syngin's loved ones during the couple's trip to his native South Africa. In this exclusive clip from Sunday's new episode of, Tania sits down with Syngin's close friends and former roommates, Andrew and James, who are clearly not fans of hers.Tania and Syngin have been in South Africa due to his brother suffering a health emergency.

Dolly Parton has a lot of advice about marriage 54 years after saying 'I do' to her husband Carl Dean. In a conversation with fellow country singer Gabby Barrett, Parton, 74, gave advice to the newlywed and expectant mother.

trailer for the documentary, directed by Bryan Fogel. HanWay Films will handle international sales for the film.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWhen Bryan Fogel premiered his new, politically charged documentary “The Dissident” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, he called on potential buyers to “stand up to Saudi Arabia” and show their support for freedom of speech.Now, nearly 10 months after it debuted to strong reviews, “The Dissident” has found its distributor in Briarcliff Entertainment.

Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.James Brown, who will be the host, hopes the five-hour block will allow everyone to take a big-picture approach to what is currently happening.“We need to understand our past and what we have learned,” he said. “This is one step in the process where we are supporting the country to be engaged.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterVariety‘s Chris Willman won entertainment journalist of the year at the 62nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, held virtually Saturday evening amid the ongoing pandemic.Willman also won in the music criticism category for his reviews, as well as in the music and theater news or feature category for “Interview with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.”Variety was awarded eight prizes in total at this year’s awards, including best in-house or corporate publication for

NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL and MLS. They also turned what was supposed to be a routine telecast — by COVID-era standards — for Zora Stephenson into a breaking-news situation.Stephenson, the Bucks sideline reporter with Fox Sports Wisconsin, was on the air just before team members read a statement declaring that “our focus today cannot be on basketball,” after the killing Sunday in Kenosha, Wisc.

Chelsea Houska may have been a teenager when she got her start on and, but in the more than a decade since, she's grown into a proud mom, wife and businesswoman.

Carole Horst Coronavirus upended the business of live sports as seasons were postponed, shortened or cancelled, and the biggest event of 2020, the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, was pushed to 2021, with no guarantee that the Games would indeed happen then.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe media and sports worlds remained on tenterhooks Thursday after the NBA, WNBA and MLB suspended a handful of important games last night in the wake of players protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.The remarkable decisions halted a critical NBA playoffs game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic as well as two other games, and there has been speculation emanating that players may well decide to scrap the rest of an already

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Soccer joined its pro sports counterparts the NBA, WNBA and several Major League Baseball teams in postponing its slate of games in the wake of player-led protests spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake this past weekend in Kenosha, WI.The soccer league said Wednesday evening that it was postponing the remaining five games on its schedule for the night, part of MLS’ Week 7 slate: Inter Miami CF vs. Atlanta United, FC Dallas vs.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRefresh for updates: Influential voices ranging from Hollywood stars to politicians flocked to Twitter to share their support for the Milwaukee Bucks, who opted out of Wednesday’s NBA playoff game against the Orlando Magic in response to the Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting of Jacob Blake.Kenosha police officers shot Blake multiple times in the back on Sunday.