Jordan recently pulled the documentary “My Sweet Land” as its official entry for the Oscars best international feature film race after receiving pressure from Azerbaijan, in a blatant case of a country bowing to censorship dictated by diplomacy. “My Sweet Land” follows the life of
The Onion’s winning bid for the assets of Alex Jones’ bankrupt conspiracy-theory site Infowars is under further review. The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Infowars and Jones’ assets on Thursday temporarily halted the transfer of Infowars to the Onion and ordered an
The 15th annual New York Game Awards will honor Sam Lake, creative director of Remedy Entertainment, with the prestigious Andrew Yoon Legend Award. The ceremony is set for Jan. 21 at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan. Lake, who began his career in video games in
Clear eyes, full hearts, reboot. A new iteration of “Friday Night Lights” is in the works at Universal Television, Variety has confirmed with sources. Pete Berg, who developed the original series, is on board with showrunner Jason Katims and executive producer Brian Grazer. The project
Halloween is over, so that means it’s time for the Christmas season (sorry, Thanksgiving) — and Dwayne Johnson is here to usher in the yuletide early with “Red One.” His Christmas action movie with Chris Evans has made $3.7 million at the box office so
BlackRock’s IBIT reached a new record in 211 days, surpassing iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF’s previous record of 1,253 days BlackRock’s new record comes two weeks after it hit $30 billion in net assets at the end of October BlackRock is now in the
Cinema Eye Honors, an organization that celebrates the artistic achievements of nonfiction and documentary filmmakers, has unveiled the feature film nominees for its 18th annual award ceremony, which takes place Jan. 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, N.Y. “Sugarcane,” from
Pamela Anderson had no idea that another pop culture icon, Beyoncé, would pay tribute to her. Anderson, who’s been earning raves in her role as a veteran Vegas performer in the upcoming film “The Last Showgirl,” told Variety that Beyoncé’s “Beywatch” video (in which she