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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorVariety took home 20 top honors at Friday’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, including the wins for best entertainment website, podcast host for Marc Malkin, best headline and music feature.The virtual ceremony was hosted by comedian Alonzo Bodden. This year’s Veritas Award for film from the Los Angeles Press Club went to Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”Variety was nominated for a record 99 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards.

Lexi Lane Taylor Swift’s re-recorded version of her 2008 album “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” is finally out today. With the release, many digital streaming platforms are attempting to capitalize on the fans’ attention through charts and curated playlists.

Aaliyah’s mom, Diane Houghton, is paying tribute to DMX after his death.

May be delayed, but the awards season is finally in full swing, well almost. And this weekend the 74th BAFTA Film Awards will manage to be the newest addition to this year’s few award ceremonies.

reunion special, host Andy Cohen says nothing is off-limits.On Wednesday, Cohen announced that he'll be sitting down with the Kardashian family for a reunion special that will cover all 20 seasons of. Cohen recently called into SiriusXM's and spoke with SiriusXM host Amy Phillips about hosting the special.«We're going to cover all 20 seasons of , in a kind of style reunion show,» he shared.

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Trisha Yearwood sent social media ablaze when she shared a make-up free selfie to Instagram in order to make a point about aging gracefully. On Tuesday, the country music icon, 56, posted similar images hours after each other, highlighting the work her make-up artist does to get Yearwood camera-ready.

Rosie Perez is opening up about why fans have never seen her at the Oscars, despite being a past nominee.

SPFL chiefs are facing another chaotic end to the season after admitting Kelty Hearts’ and Brora Rangers’ pathway to the pro set-up could be blocked for a second year running.League chiefs revealed they are looking into “several issues” that could prevent the League 2 play-off from going ahead next month. Record Sport understands SPFL chiefs are looking at the number of games fulfilled by both clubs to be named champions of their leagues.

Rebecca Davis editorChina’s influential Douban review and culture online platform has wiped the 2021 Oscars from its site, the latest indication that this year’s Academy Awards have become a political flashpoint in the world’s largest film market.Douban is a trend-setting social networking site home to a vibrant message board community and a platform for user reviews for books, music and films. It boasts an impressive catalogue of Oscar data, with homepages for each year logging winners and nominees going back all the way to the first Academy Awards in 1929.

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Amanda Seyfried is hoping that she’ll soon be “Defying Gravity” in the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, “Wicked”. 

DMX has died aged 50. The rapper and actor tragically passed away on Friday (09.

William Earl The marketing teams behind “Sound of Metal” and “Lovecraft Country” will be honored with Variety Social Impact Awards for Film and TV at the inaugural Variety Entertainment Marketing Breakfast presented by Deloitte on April 22.Variety launched this awards series to highlight film and TV marketing campaigns released over the past year that have made significant social impact on audiences, reflecting relevant and important issues and trends in our culture.Christian Davin, Global Head of Movie Marketing, Amazon Studios, will accept the film award on behalf of the “Sound of Metal” team. This multi-faceted marketing campaign has showcased the deaf community, which has been generally underrepresented in entertainment and media.

Jon Burlingame editorWith the new series “Kung Fu,” Sherri Chung becomes the first Asian-American woman responsible for the music of an hour-long network drama — and the choice could not be more perfect.Chung has slowly moved through the ranks of television composers, working on numerous Greg Berlanti-produced series over the past four years including “Blindspot,” “Riverdale” and “Batwoman.”But with the CW’s reimagining of the 1970s classic “Kung Fu,” Chung not only takes the reins of a talked-about franchise but is rediscovering her own personal heritage as well. “I was equal parts excited and terrified,” she confesses. “This series is celebrating both Chinese culture and Chinese-American culture.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe BBC has set up a dedicated complaints page for viewers fed up with its own blanket coverage of the death of Prince Philip.“We’re receiving complaints about too much TV coverage of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” reads a statement on the BBC Complaints page, which invites disgruntled viewers to submit their email address to register a complaint.Shortly after news of the prince’s death broke at noon local time on Friday, the BBC was swift in clearing its entire schedule up to 6 p.m.

Diddy isn’t holding back on his criticism of General Motors in an open letter on Revolt.

Facebook founder-CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s compensation totaled $25.3 million last year but that was almost all for security – he continued to take a base salary of $1 — reflecting his role as founder and CEO of a company that’s polarized public opinion.

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Dominique Fishback and Jamie Foxx have teamed up to turn her one-woman show  into a new special, ET has learned. Fishback will executive produce the project alongside Foxx and his producing partner, Datari Turner. According to , the show, originally written and performed by Fishback, follows an 18-year-old girl named Eden, who lives in the inner city.  depicts «the destruction of Black identity» as seen through Eden's eyes, with Fishback playing more than 20 characters in the piece.

With the sad passing of rapper DMX at the age of 50 on Apr. 9, fans are hoping that he and his good pal, the later singer Aayliah, are now reunited in heaven. The pair teamed up on the 2000 song “Back in One Piece” and starred together in the 2000 action film Romeo Must Die. The then-22-year-old superstar in the making nicknamed “Baby Girl” tragically died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001. DMX — real name Earl Simmons — was hospitalized on April 2 after suffering a heart attack at his White Plains, NY home. He had been in intensive care for the past week and never recovered.