Verizon Aims to Give Oscars Viewers Virtual Backstage Access (EXCLUSIVE)

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen, the company that measures TV audiences every day says it still needs a few weeks to get its counting procedures back to normal.In a May 6 letter to TV networks, media-measurement giant Nielsen said it is still working to “resolve outstanding maintenance needs” in approximately 2700 homes that serve in its panel of consumers, and will likely not complete that work until the end of May.

homophobic robotext referring to him as “a gay Democrat” to delegates ahead of the Virginia GOP’s nominating convention on Saturday, May 8.The lawsuit, filed by Del.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorYamiche Alcindor, a veteran Washington correspondent, will take over as moderator of “Washington Week,” the venerable PBS Friday-night series that aims to add perspective to an always-churning news cycle.Alcindor, currently the White House correspondent for “PBS NewsHour,” will continue in that role. She becomes just the ninth moderator in the history of the 54-year old program, which is produced by PBS affiliate WETA of Arlington, VA.

It looks like Halle Berry, 54, tricked everyone when she showed up to the 2021 Academy Awards with a short bob haircut. The actress posted a new Instagram photo that showed her smiling outside in the sun with her usual long wavy locks, proving her short look wasn’t real.

CHARLESTON, WVA. – West Virginia’s Republican governor Jim Justice on Wednesday signed HB 3293, a bill that bans transgender youth athletes from competing in women sports in the state’s middle, high schools and colleges.

WASHINGTON – The National Black Justice Coalition, a D.C.-based LGBTQ rights organization, issued a statement on Monday disclosing that an unarmed 32-year-old black man who was shot as many as 10 times by a sheriff’s deputy in Spotsylvania County, Va., on April 21 is gay.

previously vowed to sign the measure into law, arguing that restrictions on transgender female athletes were needed to ensure that cisgender women are able to earn honors and awards, or qualify for regional and national meets without worrying that they will lose out to athletes assigned male at birth, who, if they have not undergone hormone therapy, retain unfair physiological advantage.Justice said he had considered the fact that the NCAA could retaliate and refuse to schedule championships or

Jennie Punter The Toronto-based Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival opens Thursday with the world premiere of “A.rtificial I.mmortality,” which explores advancements in AI, robotics, and biotech through close encounters with neuroscientists, AI developers, transhumanists, robot-creators, and visionaries who are pointing the way toward post-biological life.Director Ann Shin spoke to Variety about her new film—one of 13 features in the festival’s Canadian

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC’s “Tonight Show” will try a new way to break out of TV’s late-night pack.The Jimmy Fallon-led program is launching a new six-episode miniseries that chronicles how the show maneuvered during the coronavirus pandemic, moving to “at home” broadcasts that featured the host and his family, and its eventual return to NBC’s TV studios with fewer bells and whistles.

Rihanna heads out of the Sunset Tower Hotel after attending an Oscars after party at the iconic hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25).

the Earnest Oscars. True, the institution, even in your typical year, is not known for sparkling levity or ironic dash.

“Nomadland” has wandered straight into the Academy Award for best picture.

Brad Pitt’s new hairstyle after the actor appeared at the 2021 Oscars with a small ponytail. On Sunday, the 57-year-old arrived at the awards ceremony to present the award for Best Supporting Actress.

TheOscar producers had promised a joyous and different kind of show this year. So, to kick off the annual awards ceremony, Regina King starred in the 2021 Oscars opening title sequence.

An Oscars unlike any other to get underway Sunday— Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’?— The Oscars bring back red carpet glam in whites and goldFor complete coverage of this year’s Oscars, visit: https://apnews. com/hub/academy-awards___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:3:30 p.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe battle between over-the-top streaming video and pay-TV in the vast Asia-Pacific region is poised to become more complex over the next five years, according to consultancy firm Media Partners Asia on the eve of its APOS summit conference. So too are the contests between free- and paid-for business models, and the skirmish between short-form and long-form content.Media Partners Asia predicts few outright winners.