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Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him
NEW YORK (AP) — After mounting criticism following its initial response to the violent attack on Oscar-winning “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized Friday for not acknowledging Ballal by name.In a letter to academy members, academy CEO Bill Kramer and its president, Janet Yang, said they regretted not issuing a direct statement on Ballal. The director on Monday, witnesses said, was beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and then detained by the Israeli military.
The attack, just weeks after... Read More
Trump commutes the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson, a White House official said Friday, just before Watson was due to report to prison for a nearly 10-year sentence in a financial conspiracy case.Watson was convicted last year in a closely watched case that showcased the implosion of an ambitious startup company at a time of turmoil in the media industry. He had been ordered to surrender to prison on Friday.
The commutation was confirmed by a senior White House official who was not authorized to speak... Read More
Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff
NEW YORK (AP) — The Voice of America can’t be silenced just yet.A federal judge on Friday halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the eight-decade-old U.S. government-funded international news service, calling the move a “classic case of arbitrary and capricious decision making.”
Judge James Paul Oetken blocked the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which runs Voice of America, from firing more than 1,200 journalists, engineers and other staff that it sidelined two weeks ago in the wake of President Donald Trump ordered its funding slashed.
What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.” Critics have pushed back, saying the order is an attempt to whitewash American history.His order is part of a wave of actions against cultural organizations that he alleges have been overtaken by “woke” ideology, from the Kennedy Center to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Voice of America and PBS are also in his... Read More
Trump's FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies
President Donald Trump's FCC commissioner said Friday he's opening an investigation into the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC television network to see whether they are “promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination.”FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced the probe in a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger on Friday. The company said it was reviewing the letter and looking forward to answering the commission's questions.
The new administration has taken an aggressive posture toward the media on several fronts. Just this week, there were court hearings on the shutdown of... Read More
Top Stories in Entertainment
- Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him
- Trump commutes the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson
- Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff
- What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?
- Trump's FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies
- What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival's new home
- The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades
- King Charles IIIâs brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient
- What to stream: 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and Atomfall
- Can the âfeel-goodâ movie exist in 2025? âThe Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can
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More- Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him
- What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival's new home
- What to stream: 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and Atomfall
- Can the âfeel-goodâ movie exist in 2025? âThe Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can
- So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027
Music
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- Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out
- Will Smith channels his post-slap introspection into music on âBased on a True Storyâ
- Will Smith gets a street named in the Philadelphia neighborhood where he was born and raised
- June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown to join the Country Music Hall of Fame
TV
More- Trump's FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies
- What to stream: 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and Atomfall
- Can the âfeel-goodâ movie exist in 2025? âThe Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can
- Jacob Elordi talks weight loss and on-screen romance for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'
- 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast includes Hemsworth's Thor, Mackie's Cap, Fantastic Four and original X-Men
Celebrity
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- Jacob Elordi talks weight loss and on-screen romance for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'
- Depardieu is on trial, and so is France. It's a cultural reckoning in an era of #MeToo
- Accuser tells a trial that actor Gérard Depardieu groped her bottom and breasts on film set