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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Amazon will become the newest member of the Motion Picture Association next month, adding its tech industry clout to the Hollywood lobbying group. Amazon is both a streamer and a traditional studio, operating Prime Video and MGM Studios, which it bought for $8.5 billion in 2021. Its decision to join the MPA is a symbol of the convergence of entertainment and Big Tech, which were separated by a sharp divide not that long ago.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor Benjamin G. Chew, who served as co-lead counsel for Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against actor and former spouse Amber Heard, will join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Business Trial practice group. Chew will be based in Washington, D.C.

First Lady Jill Biden will host a reunion of the cast of The West Wing at the White House on Friday afternoon.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer The Postal Service has announced plans to go on an indefinite hiatus following its final 2024 tour date later this week. The Seattle group has been on a reunion tour co-headlined by Death Cab for Cutie since summer 2023, with dates extended through Sept.

EXCLUSIVE: Political drama-thriller Words of War, about the life and murder of Russian-American investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been sold domestically to Decal Releasing out of the TIFF market.

Andrés Buenahora editor Jocelyn Bioh, who has written for “The Acolyte” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” and will be featured on Variety’s “2024 10 Screenwriters to Watch” List, has won the 2024 Horton Foote Prize for her play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” Executive director Valerie Brea Ross and founder and prize board chair Mari Marchbanks announced the news Wednesday. Bioh will be presented the prize by the play’s director, Whitney White, on Oct. 7 at New York’s Lotos Club.

Verizon Communications is acquiring Frontier Communications, the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S., in an in all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Donald Trump recently announced that he will hold an “awards gala” celebrating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — just the latest example of the ongoing revisionist history and whitewashing of the extreme violence that took place that day.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recycled right-wing anti-trans talking points, in many cases with statements that were false or misleading, during a discussion with Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Tiffany Justice at the group’s summit in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Ahead of its premiere at Telluride, Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, a new documentary on famed Democratic political consultant James Carville, has been acquired by CNN Films, Deadline can confirm.

Usher has officially kicked off the Past Present Future Tour after needing to postpone his first few shows due to an injury.

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Joe Biden and West Wing star Martin Sheen exchanged salutes on the South Lawn of the White House today, as the fictional President Josiah Bartlet paid a visit to the campus.

Usher, who was scheduled to kick off his world concert tour “Past, Present, Future” on Monday night in his hometown of Atlanta, has postponed the show to a later date, saying he needed to give his “body a second to rest and heal.”

Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) was written by Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec. Lisec is a professional ghostwriter, and Posobic is a well-known far-right influencer who promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory alleging that Democrats were running a child-trafficking ring out of Washington, D.C.’s Comet Pizza.In Unhumans — which contains a forward written by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon — Posobiec and Lisec argue that the history of left-wing movements shows they are driven by hate and that adherents of such movements wish to “rob” and “kill” conservatives in order to achieve their larger goal of dismantling societal institutions.The two call those on the political Left — regardless of how they identify, including progressives — “unhumans,” whom they alleged are waging an “Irregular Communist Revolution” against American society, claiming they “want an excuse to destroy everything.”“With power, unhumans undo civilization itself,” Posobiec and Lisec write.

do know cast member Sara Bareilles is going on a brief 2024 concert tour to tide us over.As of now, the powerhouse mezzo-soprano has four concerts lined up these next couple of months.First up, the “Waitress” star will headline at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, Aug. 17.After that, Bareilles is slated to perform back-to-back-to-back nights at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Sept.

A federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws “by maintaining its monopoly” on two product markets, search and general text advertising.

Clairo has shared a wrestling-inspired music video for ‘Juna’, marking her first in six years.After going viral in 2017 with the homemade video for ‘Pretty Girl’, Clairo has been seemingly reluctant to film more, although she has appeared in other artists’ videos, like Bleachers’ ‘Alma Mater’ in 2023.The ‘Juna’ video will be the first time a track from one of her albums has been given visuals, which see her at Beyond Wrestling’s Wrestling Open in Worcester, gazing at the chaotic scenes as the song plays.The track comes off her latest offering, ‘Charm’, which she recently announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon she is set to take on a 2024 North American tour. Check out the music video and find all upcoming tour dates below.SEPTEMBER06 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 07 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 08 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 10 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 11 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 14 – Webster Hall, New York, NY 15 – Webster Hall, New York, NY 17 – Webster Hall, New York, NY 18 – Webster Hall, New York, NY 19 – Webster Hall, New York, NY 27 – The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX28 – White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX30 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TXOCTOBER01 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX 03 – Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ04 – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego, CA06 – Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, CA07 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA09 – McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale, OR 10 – The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA11 – The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA13 – The Great Saltair, Magna, UT14 – Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO 16 – The Salt Shed, Chicago, IL 20 – Kemba Live!, Columbus, OH 21 – The Anthem, Washington, D.C. 23 – Massey

CBS Evening News will be revamped after the election, with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois anchoring from New York and leading an ensemble that includes Margaret Brennan regularly leading coverage from Washington, D.C. and Lonnie Quinn providing weather segments.