Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan to Step Down, Saying ‘Decline in Civility’ in Politics Has Become ‘Toxic’

Selome Hailu Season 11 of “Vanderpump Rules” is entering production on June 28, according to star Lala Kent. Answering a fan question while livestreaming via Amazon on Monday, Kent shared that she feels shaky about getting back to the show after #Scandoval, the Season 10 debacle in which Tom Sandoval cheated on his partner, Ariana Madix, with fellow “Vanderpump Rules” star Raquel Leviss. (For all the stress involved, #Scandoval also made the show bigger than ever — hitting 11.4 million viewers across the season.) “We start filming on Wednesday, and it’s giving me anxiety,” Kent said.

Adam Sandler proved he’s a rare gem while celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary with wife Jackie Sandler on Thursday, June 22. 

I’m A Virgo is a triumph of imagination and ideology.

Travis Knight, president and CEO of animation studio LAIKA, has been appointed to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees. Additionally, the museum announced the appointment of motion picture producer and former chair of the Academy Museum Inclusion Advisory Committee, Effie T.

CNN is planning another Independence Day special, The Fourth In America, that will include performances from Post Malone, Demi Lovato, Zac Brown Band and Leon Bridges.

Singer Peter Andre has decided that it's time to put his top on and retire his six-pack, admitting that he's far more into the little changes that he can make to his appearance these days.Trying to maintain confidence in his appearance as he gets older, he laughs as he tells us in his exclusive OK! chat, “My abs are at a hibernation stage. As for treatments, the only thing I’ve ever really had was a little baby Botox because HDTV shows the lines." For now though, he seems to draw the line here and seems happy with his minor 'tweakment'.

Daniel Ellsberg, a onetime advisor to Nixon Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and RAND corporation analyst who leaked the 7,000-word secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times and Washington Post, has died. That, according to multiple reports. He was 92.

The Princess of Wales and The Duchess of Edinburgh are incredibly popular members of the Royal Family and take on hundreds of important duties every year.The pair both use their platforms to front hugely sensitive charity projects - whether it is Catherine's research in Early Years Development or Sophie's work in gender equality, avoidable blindness and helping those with disabilities. As frontline members of King Charles' slimmed-down monarchy, the royal ladies have seen their profiles grow steadily, with a royal expert explaining how they are the "stars" of the Royal Family.

Naman Ramachandran Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris has unveiled 12 new productions and has also confirmed that he will step down after 10 years as director in mid-2025 when his current term comes to an end.  Under Norris’ leadership the National Theatre broadened both its program and audience and expanded its reach far beyond London. He had a key focus on widening the representation of voices and stories told on the National Theatre’s stages. Since 2015, the National Theatre stages have been on average 88% full – despite the disruption of COVID-19. Digital innovation under his stewardship has seen National Theater reach new audiences in over 180 countries, and the National Theatre at Home platform – born during the pandemic – has ensured that its work is shared with a wide audience. National Theatre Live, now in its 14th year, has reached over 11.8 million people in cinemas worldwide and broken the event cinema box office record for the U.K. and Ireland twice.

Tom Holland and Zendaya have one of the world’s most notorious relationships. The two met on the set of “Spider-Man,” one of the biggest franchises in the world, and revealed that they were together in 2021.

Love Island’s latest bombshell contestant Scott Van-der-Sluis has quit his professional football team to enter the villa. The 22 year old goalkeeper is the latest hopeful looking to spice up proceedings on ITV2 dating show just days after two new women Leah and Charlotte caused chaos and split up couples. Scott will enter the villa on Thursday night, 15 June, and he clearly has a lot invested in the show - after it emerged he had ended his contract with Dublin team Shelbourne FC so he could take part.

Tom Holland made some pretty rare comments about his superstar girlfriend Zendaya.

Cashing in. Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal came with an unexpected paycheck for several Vanderpump Rules stars.

pic.twitter.com/qwnMcY9dzs“Many of us can recall an era when people could disagree without being disagreeable,” he continued, adding that current dialogue is “a toxic and corrosive force that threatens our social interactions and weakens the underpinnings of our democracy.”He explained he will be leading the nonpartisan Center on Public Civility that is being launched by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and that Jeff Bezos is “personally providing support for the planning and design phase” and “supports my decision to make this move.”The Washington Post is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a private company owned by the Amazon CEO.

Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of The Washington Post for the past nine years, is stepping down.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s hard to think of a brand, or a sartorial trend in general, that has had a bigger comeback than the Birkenstock — first with their signature Arizona Slide Sandal (or “jesus sandals”), and more recently with their Boston Clog, which has become so popular in the decades since its 1979 launch, that select styles now go for nearly double their retail price on the aftermarket.

Season 10 of “Vanderpump Rules” came to a dramatic close on Wednesday with Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s highly publicized affair put under a magnifying glass by Ariana Madix, the rest of the cast, Andy Cohen and Lisa Vanderpump alike.

Season 10 of  came to a dramatic close on Wednesday with Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval's highly publicized affair put under a magnifying glass by the rest of the cast. Part three of the reunion was filled with tears, expletive-filled insults aimed at Leviss and Sandoval and a shocking bombshell about the timeline of their affair that came in the last five minutes of the episode. ET has learned that, upon the completion of filming the reunion, Leviss entered a voluntary inpatient behavioral health and trauma facility and remains there to date, 68 days and counting.A source close to Leviss tells ET, «She is a young woman that is and has been remorseful for her actions and has apologized repeatedly. Her treatment is helping her learn the basis of her decisions and to grow from her mistakes with the hope of making better choices and becoming a better person.»«Raquel looks forward to sharing her story with the unfiltered truth when she comes out,» the source adds.On April 14, ET exclusively reported that Leviss had checked into a mental health treatment facility and had planned to do so even before her relationship with Sandoval was brought to light. Leviss' rep told ET, at the time, «Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling.»Her rep added that Leviss had planned to admit herself before the  reunion was taped on March 23.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A nationally syndicated talk show host in Georgia sued artificial-intelligence company OpenAI for defamation, alleging its AI-powered chatbot fabricated legal claims against him. The lawsuit is believed to be the first defamation complaint related to ChatGPT, which was introduced in November 2022. Mark Walters, founder of Armed American Radio (whose website describes him as “the loudest voice in America fighting for gun rights”), filed the lawsuit against OpenAI in Georgia state court, seeking unspecified monetary damages. According to the complaint, journalist Fred Riehl, who is editor of AmmoLand.com, on May 4 asked ChatGPT to summarize Second Amendment Foundation v. Ferguson, a case filed in Washington federal court accusing the state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson of abusing his power by chilling the activities of the gun rights foundation, and provided ChatGPT with a link to the lawsuit.

Sophia Scorziello editor What does it mean to be a funny girl? Actors Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Janelle James (“Abbott Elementary”), Gina Rodriguez (“Not Dead Yet”) and Kerry Washington (“UnPrisoned”) discuss being a woman in comedy at Variety TV FYC Fest’s Disney Women of Comedy panel, moderated by Variety’s Angelique Jackson. Each TV character they play — whether she’s an empress of Russia, a public school principal, a family therapist or a journalist who talks to the dead — is layered and complicated. Through comedy, these actors have found the freedom to be contradictory, to not have it all together and to be a little messy.