Variety has received 100 nominations during the 2025 calendar year for the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards. Four journalists were finalists for Journalist of the Year, including Daniel D’Addario for journalist of the year, print (over 50,000 circulation); Brian Steinberg for online journalist of the year; and Brent Lang and Chris Willman,…
Mike Stenson, the erstwhile president of Jerry Bruckheimer Films who helped usher films from Top Gun: Maverick (his final film) to Coyote Ugly over his 25-year tenure, died at the age of 65 on April 26. A cause of death was not revealed. “As early as high school, Mike loved movies and knew he wanted…
There was a lot going on in 1976. Underdog Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford for the presidency, China’s Chairman Mao Zedong died after 27 years in charge, and Australia passed the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, the first legislation in Australia that enabled First Nations people to claim land rights. While a heatwave swept Europe, pop culture…
The Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 7, 2027, as the ceremony moves to ABC and Hulu in the U.S. after more than 50 years on CBS. Nominations for the 69th annual Grammy kudos will be revealed on Nov. 16. The ceremony will originate live from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. There’s no…
EXCLUSIVE: Gave Lindo has been appointed Tubi’s first General Manager for Canada. The former TikTok and CBC exec has joined the free streamer and will work out of its newly-opened Toronto office. Lindo brings considerable digital experience to Fox-owned Tubi. He was Executive Director of OTT Programming at pubcaster CBC, where he oversaw digital platforms…
The Pussycat Dolls are canceling all of their planned U.S. tour dates for the PCD Forever Tour. “We hoped to bring the show to fans across the world. After taking an honest look at the North American run, we’ve made the difficult and heartbreaking decision to cancel all but one of the North America dates,”…