Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad has much to celebrate in just the first few months of the new year: with two films, “A Thousand and One” and “Kokomo City” winning big at Sundance; the family film “Chang Can Dunk” launching March 10 on Disney+ ; a documentary about Mary Tyler Moore premiering at SXSW; and

Hollywood publicity giant ID PR has lost three of its top executives.

Variety has learned that senior vice president Jillian Roscoe and vice presidents Lindsay Krug and Rachel Karten have left the company.

Roscoe, who started her career two decades ago at ID in New York City, is launching a solo u

With no offense intended to any other parties, the inaugural Black Music Collective Grammy-Week throwdown was the highlight of last year’s Grammy Week — with performances from Summer Walker, John Legend, Muni Long and others, and there was such a general positive and proud vibe to the whole event th

Backstreets, a periodic Bruce Springsteen magazine that has been covering the singer and his E Street Band since 1980, is shutting down due to disillusionment over Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model and management response to what an earlier editorial described as a fan “freeze-out.”

The fanzine

On the eve of Grammys weekend, a group of sexual assault survivors came together to call on the music industry to take action against sexual predators and those who enable them.

“We need to take concrete steps to make sure that the music industry is safe and equitable,” said Melissa Schuman, a form

The lead role in blockbuster spy action film “Pathaan” was the fulfilment of a promise made by producer Aditya Chopra 30 years ago, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has revealed.

“Pathaan” is produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), founded by the late Yash Chopra, of which Aditya Chopra is now the head

Two years after he faced a series of sexual abuse allegations that ended his career as a movie star, Armie Hammer is attempting to tell his side of the story. In a new interview, he reveals that he contemplated suicide after his downfall and claims he was sexually abused by a youth pastor at 13.

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Three years into BAFTA’s radical overhaul of its voting system at the nomination stage, this year’s slate of nominees isn’t quite as rogue as it has been in the past two years, which saw many a heavily hyped front-runner booted in favor of homegrown underdogs and arthouse outsiders. But if things he

A CLEANING queen has revealed her secret to make cleaning her toilet much simpler.

If you’ve cleaned your toilet a few times you will one that once you apply wet products usually get an annoying build up of dust that get easily pushed around.

2 A cleaning fan has shared a new hack for dusting your

THE BODIES of two Brit volunteers killed in Ukraine have been returned by the Russians as part of a prisoner exchange.

Christopher Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, have reportedly seen their remains handed over by Putin’s forces.

2 Christopher Parry had gone missing in Ukraine

2 He vanished alo

LIONEL Messi is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time.

As a prolific goal scorer Messi is often seen celebrating by pointing both hands toward the sky – and here’s why.

1 Lionel Messi’s trademark celebration see’s him point towards the sky Credit: Getty

Why does Lion

CHILLING new details have been revealed about one of the University of Idaho student before she was brutally killed.

The deaths of the four victims of the Idaho murders are still being investigated by police, after alleged killer Bryan Kohberger was arrested in December.

5 The victims had taken ph

RAPHAEL VARANE has revealed that football’s “suffocating” schedule is one of the reasons behind his retirement from international football aged 29.

The 2018 World Cup-winning defender shocked the football world on Thursday when he decided to step away from representing France.

2 Raphael Varane ret

ANTHONY JOSHUA has agreed to make his boxing return against Jermaine Franklin – but the fight is NOT signed.

AJ is coming off consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk and is set to come back on April 1 at the O2 Arena.

3 Anthony Joshua has agreed to make his boxing return against Jermaine Franklin Cre

CHINA is morphing into the “most sophisticated Orwellian police state” in the world, a former US defence official has warned.

Michael Beckley, who advises the Pentagon and US intelligence community on China, said the dictator Xi Jinping is set to “tighten control over every aspect of society”.

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MANCHESTER UNITED star Jadon Sancho has uploaded a heart-warming message on social media after his return to action.

The winger made his first appearance for Erik ten Hag’s side since late October, coming off the bench in the Carabao Cup semi-final win over Nottingham Forest.

1 Jadon Sancho had a

OLLIE HASSELL-COLLINS caps a stunning season by making his international debut for England against Scotland.

And he’ll be sporting his trademark painted nails for the big Six Nations Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham.

2 Hassell-Collins has white and green nails for London Irish

2 And red and white

CRYSTAL PALACE boss Patrick Vieira sacked first team coach Sean Derry for reportedly “overstepping his roles and responsibilities” during a passionate dressing room rant.

Derry, 45, who captained Palace as a player, was relieved of his duties earlier this week after more than three years as a coach

Pedro Pascal attends the Season 2 premiere of “Narcos” in 2016. The actor admitted recently on “The Tonight Show” how he found out he snagged the role of Joel in “The Last of Us.” Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images

This story is anything but a snooze.

Pedro Pascal admitted to Jimmy Fallon on “T

An Etsy designer has been “absolutely bombarded” since one of her items prominently appeared in Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour announcement post earlier this week.

The designer, Abby Misbin, told TMZ that the appearance of her sparkly “disco ball” cowboy hat in the music icon’s post led to 60 ord

The update comes after Justin lost his job during Season 3 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

The Salt Lake Ladies Spill the Tea You Didn’t See on TV in the RHOSLC Season 3 After Show

Whitney Rose Reveals That She Is Officially the Breadwinner In Her Family: “It’s Always Been a Goal of Mine