Women Directed Record 16% of Top-Grossing 2020 Films, Report Shows

Robert Iger, Walt Disney’s executive chairman, saw his pay package slump to $21 million in fiscal 2020 from $47 million the year before, which included a large bonus.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint made his Instagram debut in November 2020 and shattered records with his debut. The actor broke Jennifer Aniston's record of the fastest celebrity account to gain one million followers on the platform.

10 points for Gryffindor! Rupert Grint reacted to smashing the record for the fastest account to gain one million followers on Instagram, a title previously held by Jennifer Aniston.

Richard Sharp, the millionaire former banker on the cusp of being appointed as the BBC’s next chair, has used his first public appearance to praise the work of the British broadcaster and its role on the world stage — but he couldn’t help having a dig at recent Hugh Laurie series Roadkill.

Ever wondered exactly how your TV Licence is being spent? Well, the latest RTÉ Annual Report from 2019 has been released and features a breakdown of where your €160 goes.

Emma Roberts is a proud mother!

Natalie Oganesyan editorThe 2020 Gotham Awards have already made history, with all of this year’s best feature nominees directed by women. The ceremony, which will livestream on the Independent Filmmaker Project and Variety’s Facebook pages beginning at 8 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in negotiations to play Lucille Ball and Desi Ricardo in Amazon and Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, the film about the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Having penned the screenplay, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin will also direct the Amazon Studios’ and Escape Artists’ film.

Also Read: 'Be Natural' Film Review: Documentary Celebrates Influential Female Filmmaker, Erased by HistorySome of the producers and executive producers on “Be Natural” are also returning to the biopic now in early development, including Geralyn White Dreyfous, Jamie Wolf, John Ptak. The documentary was also executive produced by Robert Redford, Regina Scully and Hugh M.

The Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau (Ain’t Too Proud) and directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Jitney) will begin performances on Broadway during the winter of 2022, producer Manhattan Theatre Club announced today.

The man photographed sitting at a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Capitol Hill riots has been identified by the media as Richard Barnett of Arkansas – and he is now insisting he is "not a thief" despite allegedly swiping a letter addressed by the House speaker. Barnett, as of midday Thursday, does not appear to be facing any charges related to the storming of the U.S.

Chris Willman Music WriterMusic streaming was down in the early days of the pandemic, but that turned around in a big hurry as quarantining went on — so much so that the year 2020 ended up setting a streaming record in America, increasing 17% for the year to end with an unprecedented 872.6 billion streams.The flagship artist for that wild increase? Lil Baby, whose “My Turn” album, released in late February, ended the year with a total of 3.9 billion on-demand streams for its tracks.These are

Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp is the U.K. government's candidate to become the new chairman of the public broadcaster BBC's board.

Dr. Dre, the 55-year-old producer, entrepreneur, and label executive born Andre Romelle Young, was hospitalized on Monday in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm, according to reports from TMZ and Richard Winton of the Los Angeles Times.

Variety.Women accounted for 21% of all directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top grossing films – though they made up fewer than 10% of directors identified in the “watched at home films” portion of the study.Dr. Martha Lauzen, who oversaw the research, said that while the statistics were encouraging, there remained a “stunning” imbalance in certain areas.