Film Independent’s First-Ever Spirit Award TV Nominations Successfully Figure Out What ‘Indie TV’ Is

Betty Davis, a soul and funk singer of the 1960s whose growling, raspy vocal style and unapologetically explicit lyrics would influence future performers from Prince and Erykah Badu to Outkast, died today of natural causes at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was 77.

A Futurama reboot is in the works with nearly all of the original cast returning!

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multiple outlets report. was the first to report the news.The news comes nearly two months after a source told ET that Haart and Scaglia had broken up.

Kim Kardashian, 41, feels betrayed by Travis Scott, 30, as he’s stayed close to Kanye West, 44, amid the “Runaway” rapper’s public drama with his ex. A source close to the Kardashians revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Kim was hurt to see her sister Kylie Jenner‘s boyfriend stay close to Yeezy, as Kanye has publicly aired out his problems with Kim and their co-parenting relationship.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green's divorce is officially finalized, ET has confirmed.A judge on Tuesday signed off on the former couple's final divorce settlement.  was first to report the news.

Chrishell Stause appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and her relationship with Selling Sunset co-star Jason Oppenheim unsurprisingly came up. The former soap star, 40, split from Jason, 44, in Dec. 2021, after only five months of dating, and so host Andy Cohen asked Chrishell for her thoughts about fan saying the former couple only dated “for a storyline for the show.”

One particular scene from “Legally Blonde 2” — in which star Reese Witherspoon’s Elle Woods rocked a very patriotic look — Jennifer Coolidge’s character Paulette enthusiastically remarks on her red-white-and-blue ensemble: “Oh my God — you look like the Fourth of July! Makes me want a hot dog real bad.”The line’s legacy lives on nearly two decades later, and Coolidge, 60, recently admitted that in its wake she was actually offered to do a hot dog ad — but it turned down. “It was a hot dog company that just did the meat hot dog, and I eat these amazing plant-based hot dogs,” the “White Lotus” star recently told People.

blowing up on YouTube and Twitter. “It’s here and it’s beautiful,” reads the caption to the controversial clip, which was uploaded to Twitter Sunday by MMA fan account Matsyek. The WWE-esque showdown, which was sponsored by Russia’s Epic Fighting Championship, saw Yulia Mishko, 28, better known as “the Tomboy,” square off against artist Vladimir Spartak and his grandson Big Igibob, the Mirror reported.

Vanessa Bryant continues to advocate for her late husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old Gianna Bryant following their tragic deaths in 2020. As fans of the famous family already know, Gigi was following in her father’s footsteps and was already a promising basketball prospect in her own right.

Serena Williams is prepared for all outcomes. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the icon and professional tennis player discussed the possibility of retirement and why her father played an important role in her mindset to always have a plan for the future.Serena Williams’ daughter Olympia Ohanian shows off her impressive backhandSerena Williams stopped Ashleigh Barty from retiring with one simple text messageA post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)“I am prepared for that day, I’ve been prepared for that day for over a decade,” said Williams.

Naomi Osaka is the world’s highest-earning female athlete. The Japanese tennis player appeared in Forbes Magazine’s ranking this past Thursday, earning $57.3 million in prize money and endorsements over the course of the past year.Naomi Osaka acknowledges young fan after winning her first 2021 US Open matchNaomi Osaka’s dream car is the girliest, most glamorous, and magical ride everA post shared by 大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka)The Forbes list showed that the top-earning female athletes were all tennis players, with Osaka occupying first place by a significant margin, followed by Serena and Venus Williams in second and third place, earning $45.9 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

ScHoolboy Q has discussed how the game of golf changed his “mental” and has taught him a lot about life.Since the release of his last album, 2019’s ‘CrasH Talk’, the TDE rapper has been heavily involved in the sport, and more recently he’s been enjoying his time as a player in the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.Speaking in a new interview during the competition, Q (real name Quincy Hanley) talked about how golf has impacted him.“Coming where I come from, the life that I had, I never thought about playing golf, and I got into it and it changed my mental,” he said. “It let me learn myself as a person, like this is why certain things in my life are going bad or why certain things are going good because of the attitude thing, you get what I’m saying? It fixed my attitude in life, it fixed a lot of things about me in life.”ScHoolboy added: “Life is a golf game – some good shots, some bad shots.

NME at the BRIT Awards 2022, Lola Young told us about the inspirational amount of female talent in today’s music, what to expect from her “indie” sounding debut album, and trying to run into Adele. Watch our full video interview with Young above.The South Londoner was at the ceremony where she was nominated for the Rising Star Award following the success of her 2021 EP, ‘After Midnight’ and the release of singles, ‘Fake’, ‘Ruin My Make Up’ and ‘Woman’.

A proud support system! As Shaun White made his Beijing Olympics debut in the men’s snowboarding qualifying round, girlfriend Nina Dobrev had a pair of special guests watching the event with her.

Machine Gun Kelly and Willow have shared a video for their new collaboration, ‘Emo Girl’ – you can watch it below.The track is the latest preview from Kelly’s forthcoming new album, ‘Mainstream Sellout’, which is set for release on March 25 and was previously titled ‘Born With Horns’.In the new video, Travis Barker – who has produced Kelly’s upcoming new album – stars as a tour guide for a group of young kids on a field trip to a museum. Once inside, the visiting students find themselves watching MGK and Willow perform via a number of screens dotted around the building.“I fell in love with an emo girl/ I’m in love with an emo girl/ I fell in love with an emo girl/ All I want is an emo girl,” the pair sing on the song’s energetic chorus.As the clip comes to close, both the kids and Barker find they’ve morphed into emo rockers after absorbing the electric energy put out by the pair.You can watch the Drew Kirsch-directed video for ‘Emo Girl’ below:‘Emo Girl’ marks Kelly’s first new single of 2022, and follows on from his August single ‘Papercuts’.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Schitt’s Creek” star Emily Hampshire has signed on to star as the title character in a new, updated version of Norman Lear’s 1970s syndicated hit “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”Hampshire will also be an executive producer on the project, and co-write the script with Jacob Tierney (“Letterkenny”), who will serve as showrunner. Sony Pictures TV is planning to shop the show to buyers in the coming weeks.It’s the latest series remake to come out of the Lear cannon, following the recent critically acclaimed reimagining of “One Day at a Time,” and an animated take on “Good Times” that is currently in the works.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Studios head Jennifer Salke doesn’t expect Jeff Bezos to turn his attention to producing as he steps down as Amazon CEO — but she doesn’t rule it out either.Variety took the opportunity on Wednesday morning to ask Salke — calling in to chat about the Golden Globes 2021 nominations — about Bezos’ big news. Now that Bezos has a bit more free time, would the billionaire be up for, say, getting into the TV producing game?“I don’t think he’s going be developing shows for me,” Salke quipped, a day after Bezos blockbuster announcement that he would transition to executive chairman of Amazon’s board and hand the CEO title to Andy Jassy.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Better Call Saul” are among the top nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, landing a nod for best drama series, as well as three nominations in the episodic drama category. “The Simpsons” landed four nominations in best animation, while newcomers “Ted Lasso” and “The Great” both scored nominations in best comedy, new series and episodic comedy.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSometimes the biggest surprise is that there aren’t any. When it comes to this year’s Golden Globe Awards nominees in the television categories, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association managed to get it mostly right — living up to most predictions, with just a few unexpected choices thrown in for good measure.Trying to guess this year’s Globes nominations, and what the 90 or so HFPA members were thinking, was a bit trickier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIcon, meet icon. Norman Lear has been tapped to receive the third-ever Carol Burnett Award at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards next month.

The teen abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” landed a leading seven nominations, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated and women dominated the best director category in the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced Tuesday.

Film Independent has unveiled its nominations for the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, a major stop on this year's virtual awards season. Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always scored a leading seven nominations, including for best feature, with Lee Isaac Chung's Minari landing six nods and George C.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the awards ceremonies delayed way back in 2020 are still going to be seriously hampered due to the pandemic. The Grammy Awards and SAG Awards have already pushed their 2021 dates in hope of safer waters ahead and how the Oscars proceed is still unclear.

Another awards show has shifted gears — again — amid the pandemic. Film Independent said Thursday that its Spirit Awards, which are typically held during the daytime in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica the day before the Oscars, will now "break tradition" and air in a primetime ceremony at 10 p.m.