WarnerMedia’s Rooster Teeth Hires Two TV Execs for Key Studio Roles (EXCLUSIVE)

As a progressive Democrat who supports the Green New Deal and "Medicare-for-all," Rep.-elect Kai Kahele, D-Hawaii, has had to temper his aspirations for the new Congress.  Instead of a blue wave, the 2020 election results indicated that America just wasn't ready yet for the seismic shifts that he backs.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSaudi director Shahad Ameen‘s feminist fable “Scales” has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s official candidate for the Oscar in the international feature film category.“Scales” draws on Arabic folklore about a young woman named Hayat – played by newcomer Basima Hajjar – who rebels against the tradition in her fishing village of sacrificing female children to monstrous mermaids lurking in the sea.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to South African Oliver Hermanus’ “Moffie,” a queer war film that is set against the backdrop of a South African border war. The indie studio will release the film in April 2021.Hermanus directs the film and adapted the story from André Carl van der Merwe’s autobiographical 2006 novel with Jack Sidey.

It’s going to be hard to top this experience. A North Dakota hunter was on his first hunt for bighorn sheep when he shot a ram that will likely set a new state record.

and, the 29-year-old queer actress of Puerto Rican descent is bringing authenticity to a new era of inclusive movie musicals centering marginalized voices. “I have always wanted to make art that I thought was a conversation starter,” DeBose tells ET.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUli Edel will direct “Shadow Song,” the story of the bond between a Chinese music student and his Jewish classmate.The film is a feature-length version of the 2017 short “A Children’s Song” and boasts a screenplay by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs (“Chocolat”).

It was announced that presenter Kay Burley had been reportedly taken off Sky News after she broke the rules of COVID-19 in the UK.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCleveland Berto has booked roles in the upcoming Sony drama “A Journal for Jordan” opposite Michael B. Jordan and as a series regular in the NBC drama “Chicago P.D.,” Variety has learned exclusively.Denzel Washington will direct and produce “A Journal for Jordan,” which is written by Academy Award nominee Virgil Williams and based on Dana Canedy’s New York Times best-selling memoir, which was published in 2008.

The meal requests of the three final I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here campmates were revealed on Friday and they are nothing short of bizarre. Vernon Kay, Jordan North and Giovanna Fletcher have made it to the last hurdle of the hit reality show which means they will be treated to a meal of their choice ahead of the final.

Tess Daly "can't believe" her husband Vernon Kay has made it to the final of I'm A Celebrity. .

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTalent agency WME has appointed Cindy Garas as senior VP of human resources.She is starting her new role immediately and will be based in the company’s Beverly Hills office.In her position, Garas will have oversight of human resources at the agency, including teams based in Beverly Hills, London, Nashville, New York, and Sydney.

GTA 6, finding coordinates to a winding road in Virginia that resembles roman numerals.READ MORE: ‘Pokémon Diamond and Pearl’ remakes might be coming next yearThe latest GTA Online update was announced with a quick teaser video from Rockstar, who didn’t give too much away.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCAA has hired agent Natasha Ahmed to work in the television department, Variety has learned exclusively.Ahmed joins CAA from UTA.