Will Packer Named American Black Film Festival Jury President (EXCLUSIVE)

Katy Perry the only judge taking the live shows seriously? The 36-year-old pop star poked fun at her fellow judges, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, during Sunday's live show, sharing a video less than an hour before the program aired. «The rumors are true, #americanidol has a diva problem and it’s @LionelRichie and @LukeBryanOnline

Luke Bryan returned to on Sunday, after previously missing the first live show of the season due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.

Good Deed Entertainment’s genre label Cranked Up Films has acquired U.S. rights to American Badger, an action film written and directed by and starring stunt veteran Kirk Caouette (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Mission to Mars). It is set for a digital and VOD release on June 15.

Latin American Music Awards debut!The 20-year-old Mexican American singing sensation brought her signature rainbow-colored locks and husky-smooth voice to the annual awards show on Thursday. Already boasting more than 1.7 million followers on TikTok, Castillo rocked the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, performing an euphoric rendition of Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez's classic «Bésame Mucho.»Castillo wore a pale pink ensemble that featured a silver skirt, tights and knee-high boots.

“20-year-old Utah kid” shouldn’t expect too much relief from his first official statement. “I had to leave the @AmericanIdol competition for personal reasons but am so thankful I get to play music for the rest of my life,” Pike posted Wednesday on Instagram.

American Idol Top 16 finalist Wyatt Pike abruptly left the singing competition, and now he’s explaining why he departed a position that so many other aspiring singers would give anything to be part of. In an Wed. Apr. 14 Instagram post, he didn’t go into much detail, but told fans “I had to leave the @AmericanIdol competition for personal reasons but am so thankful I get to play music for the rest of my life.” The Utah native didn’t elaborate on what the personal reasons were.

 unexpected early exit from the music competition show was announced on Monday, and he took to Instagram to address his surprising departure.«I had to leave the @AmericanIdol competition for personal reasons but am so thankful I get to play music for the rest of my life,» he wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, alongside a smiling portrait pic.«Fellow contestants — miss you all, good luck!» he added. «Thank you to everyone for your support... do stick around for more musical things soon!

Kimberly Godwin, a longtime CBS executive, has been named the next president of ABC News.

Nonprofit organization American Documentary, which supports the acclaimed PBS series POV, has hired Erika Dilday as its first Black executive director. Most recently CEO of the Futuro Media Group, Dilday also becomes executive producer of AmDoc's POV doc series on PBS and America ReFramed on the WORLD Channel.

People.“Wyatt could not continue … and we cannot comment further,” a show spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Post.The mysterious departure came on the heels of the young performer’s show-stopping moment: On Sunday’s pre-taped show, Pike wowed the judges panel with his confident rendition of the Kings of Leon’s 2008 hit “Use Somebody.”After that spirited performance, judge Lionel Richie, 71, said Pike had “a style on stage that we like to watch,” and predicted he was on his way to

contestant Wyatt Pike had anunexpected early exit from the music competition show on Monday night. Monday marked the ABC show's first night of live shows in which the Top 16 were supposed to be vying for a spot in the Top 12. But at the top of the show, it was announced that Wyatt had dropped out of the competition for unspecified personal reasons.

kicked off this season's live shows on Monday, but they had to do it without Luke Bryan.

Paula Abdul made her return to the judge's table, while the season kicked off its first live episode, and the competition got cut down to the Top 12!Abdul made herreturn after Luke Bryan tested positive for COVID-19, which the country crooner revealed Monday morning.As Abdul reunited with host Ryan Seacrest, she also reconnected with her former co-star Randy Jackson over FaceTime.Seacrest held up a tablet for Abdul to chat with Jackson, who said, «It feels like old times, doesn't it?»«Yes it

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Cannes Film Festival from moving forward with its plans to host an in-person event in early July.Cannes’ artistic director Thierry Fremaux is in active discussions with U.S.

After a year of facing the wrath of the Coronavirus pandemic, 2021 is promising a better future considering the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been going on in full swing in the US and other countries.  Several celebrities who have been getting vaccinated for COVID-19 have taken it upon themselves to further raise awareness about the need for early vaccination and also to encourage people's trust in the safety of the vaccine.

The 2021 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival is set to honor I May Destroy You icon Michaela Coel with the Fusion Achievement Award while The United States Vs. Billie Holiday star and Oscar nominee Andra Day will be honored with the James Schamus Ally Award on April 17. The hybrid fest will take place April 16-20.

Milo Ventimiglia sent Jimmy Fallon‘s wife Nancy a very interesting photo!

Kodak Black has shared a new song called ‘Easter In Miami’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.The track is the latest the rapper has released since he was freed from prison following his pardon from Donald Trump.“I ain’t no chico, but they call me Felipe, yeah,” he raps on the freestyle-like track. “I copped the rollie ain’t nobody else had.” Later, he boasts: “I’m superior.”‘Easter In Miami’ is, presumably, one of the 167 songs Black has reportedly recorded since being pardoned.