From Abby Ajayi to Rosalía: Meet Variety’s Impactful International Women of 2023

Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the eight participants selected for the fifth annual Momentum Fellowship, a program designed to support and provide coaching to mid-career artists with a focus on career development during a pivotal moment in their creative practice. 

Rosalía showed her appreciation for Lana Del Rey at the 2023 Billboard Women in Music. The singer accepted the Inaugural Producer of the Year Award and took a moment to deliver a heartfelt speech about her journey in the music industry, including the many hours she has spent in the studio perfecting her sound and the ways she has fought to make her voice heard.It’s no doubt that Rosalía has reached worldwide success, after recently being honored at the Grammys and Latin Grammys, and she also proved that she is very supportive of the rest of the women in the industry.Rosalía took a moment to send some love to Lana Del Rey, who was there to receive the Visionary Award.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Pratt’s voice role as Mario in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has been a point of debate ever since he was cast. Pratt is not Italian, after all, and many fans were left baffled when the movie’s first trailer dropped last October and revealed Pratt’s Brooklyn-heavy Mario voice. It’s not a concern for the film’s directors, Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath. The filmmakers told Total Film magazine that casting Pratt made sense given the Mario at the center of their story. “It’s a bit of an origin tale. It’s the story of Mario becoming Super Mario,” Horvath said about the film, adding that finding the perfect Mario voice meant finding an actor who could believably portray a plumber from Brooklyn who is “a blue-collar guy from a family of Italian immigrants.”

First Aid Kit, Devo and Spiritualized have been announced as headliners for this year’s Green Man Festival.The Brecon Beacons, Wales festival will return for its 21st edition on August 17-20.Also on the bill are Amyl And The Sniffers, Slowdive, The Walkmen, Young Fathers, Confidence Man, Goat, Snail Mail and Sudan Archives.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before myriad animated series and Disney+ shows, another “Star Wars” spinoff existed. But the “Star Wars Holiday Special” wasn’t like “The Mandalorian” or “Star Wars Rebels.” If fans missed its single airing on CBS in 1978, they missed out on it forever.

in December, its and have gone viral a number of times in the last two years, and it's about to make even more noise with the launch of the —a buildable, medium-coverage foundation that debuts on March 2.The product in question is part of the same line as Tarte's best-selling , so the bar is set high. The brand already has a suite of Maracuja oil-based makeup products in addition to its beloved lip plumper—a tinted moisturizer, concealer, cheek stain, and highlighter—so it was only a matter of time before foundation was added to the mix.

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live performances during the telecast. (Among the performers: David Byrne, Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu and Rihanna.) The list of presenters released Thursday also included Emily Blunt, Jonathan Majors, Questlove, Glenn Close, Ariana DeBose, Jennifer Connelly, Samuel L.

The first wave of presenters set to take the stage at the 2023 Academy Awards has just been revealed.

KISS goodbye.Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer announced on Howard Stern that there are are just 21 shows and festival dates remaining on their long-running ‘End of the Road’ Tour.And, in a fitting tribute to their storied six-decade career, the band will play their final two shows in their home New York City at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 1 and Dec.

A tight friendship? Tom Schwartz sparked dating speculation with hairstylist Jo Wenberg after revealing that the pair are living together.

Season 44 of Survivor started off big with a jam-packed two hour episode.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic On Oscar night, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” will almost certainly win the Academy Award for feature animation. For many of those following along at home, it will look as though the director of “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Shape of Water” is being rewarded for some kind of secondary passion, as if del Toro had scaled Everest and then set his sights on a smaller peak on which to plant his flag. But that’s not how it happened at all. Way back in Mexico, del Toro started his filmmaking career doing animated shorts: Obsessed with Ray Harryhausen, the amateur future auteur built rudimentary armatures, painstakingly repositioning the puppets one frame at a time. Decades later, once established in Hollywood, del Toro accepted a side gig at DreamWorks Animation, serving as a story consultant on films such as “Megamind” and “Kung Fu Panda 2” as a pretext for teaching himself the trade. With “Pinocchio,” he put those lessons to work on a stop-motion passion project that’s every bit as challenging as his most impressive films.

Neil Marshall‘s 2019 “Hellboy” reboot with David Harbour was an unmitigated disaster on every level. So where does the franchise go from here? Apparently, with Millennium Media‘s fast and cheap approach to filmmaking.

It’s (still) all happening. The drama between Raquel Leviss, Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz isn’t slowing down on season 10 of Vanderpump Rules, with Raquel exclusively telling Us Weekly that she “definitely considered” making things more serious with her male costar.

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America’s Got Talent is coming back this year!

Reader, would you believe us if we told you that it's over 13 years since Iyaz topped the Official Singles Chart with his breakout single Replay?

Adam Sandler will become the 24th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center Concert Hall.The star-studded affair will feature appearances from key Sandler collaborators like Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien and Steve Buscemi.Rather than relax after his major achievement, the “Hustle” star will continue to hustle.Sandler, 56, just announced that he’s extending his ongoing ‘Adam Sandler Live Tour’ with seven additional arena shows from April 13-21.“One more week of fun? Let’s do it!” the funnyman shared on Instagram.Over the course of the week of fun, Sandler will be stopping into Newark’s Prudential Center on April 13 and Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on April 16.And for those who can’t wait to see the “Billy Madison” and “Uncut Gems” star live this April, we’re happy to report you can scoop up tickets as early as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 3, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all upcoming tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.All shows are for ages 16 and up.As noted earlier, Sandler is being awarded with the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.Best of all, tickets are available to the one-night-only celebration of all things Sandler.At the time of publication, tickets can be grabbed for $309

Who run the world? Girls! Music’s hottest women artists slayed at the 2023 Billboard Women in Music Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 1. 

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International British media editor Juliana Koranteng, a well-respected freelancer in the U.K. journalism community and the founder of JayKay Media Consultancy, has died. She was 64. The Broadcasting Press Guild, of which Koranteng was a member, confirmed on Wednesday that Koranteng died in February following a short illness. “Juliana regularly attended our lunches and breakfasts – most recently, the Kevin Lygo lunch in December 2022 – and lit them up with her shining presence and well-informed questions,” said the BPG in a statement on Wednesday. BPG chair Grant Tucker added: “We had a lovely catch up at the Christmas lunch in December. She was always such a bright personality at every BPG event I attended. She will be much missed.”

, for example). And the fashion enthusiast has made some suitably bold choices while attending the autumn/winter 2023 shows. Whether it’s an ultra-sheer Willy Chavarria football jersey in New York or low-rise, hip-skimming joots by Diesel in Milan, Fox’s fashion week outfits are never anything less than arresting.

Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, slammed Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene after she tried to push a false claim about dead voters in the 2020 election and insisted that former president Trump won the state during an election integrity meeting on Tuesday. “We started the meeting. She came in late.

Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett, Phoebe Bridgers and Quinta Brunson are among Time magazine’s twelve 2023 Women of the Year, announced today.

Jamie Lee Curtis has shared some behind the scenes images of a rather bizarre photoshoot she was involved in for the Washington Post.The Everything Everywhere All At Once star, who recently took home the SAG award for Best Supporting Actress, has been hailed as a breakthrough star recently. Get all the details on the A-lister's rise to fame in the video below.WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis' rise to fameInspired by the breakthrough moniker, photographer Jessica Pons had the Halloween actress literally break through a wall of purple paper during the shoot.

EXCLUSIVE: A musical stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, originally co-created in 2006 by Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical director Matthew Warchus, is headed to the English countryside.

the streamer this month.Among them are “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” starring Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, a Black butler who worked in the White House for 50 years. Oprah Winfrey plays his wife Gloria.

Funny Girl, Broadway’s riches-to-rags-to-riches smash hit, will close on Sunday, Sept. 3, with stars Lea Michele, Ramin Marmloo, Jared Grimes and Tovah Feldshuh extending their planned runs to see the show through to its final date.

Fox has been busy renewing lots of TV shows in 2023!

Having announced that his new album ‘-’ will be out in May, Ed Sheeran has now confirmed a UK and Ireland arena tour, set to begin later this month.Following on from a run of shows in Australia, which is currently drawing to a close, these performances and a gig in Paris – the announcement is very keen to point out – will be Sheeran’s only European shows in 2023. So make sure you get yourself some tickets when they go on sale next week, otherwise you’re going to be very disappointed.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now.

Martin Scorsese has shared a list of his favourite films of all time.The director, known for films like Taxi Driver and The Wolf Of Wall Street, revealed his favourite films in a poll for Sight And Sound magazine.Since 1952, the magazine has asked various filmmakers every decade for their lists of the greatest films of all time. As part of the Winter 2022-23 issue, directors like Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Barry Jenkins and Ari Aster were invited to contribute their favourites.Scorsese’s top pick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was named the overall favourite from the collective votes.

Virgin Media O2 has significantly expanded its support for households hit hardest by the ongoing cost of living crisis by enabling more people to sign up to its social broadband tariffs which start at just £12.50 per month.

Eurovision has announced details about how to get tickets to this year’s competition.The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with the UK city staging the contest on behalf of Ukraine after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to the ongoing war with Russia.Tickets will now be available from next Tuesday (March 7) at 12pm GMT on Ticketmaster, and fans are encouraged to create an account in advance.Big #Eurovision2023 news! Tickets will be on sale from midday GMT on Tuesday 7th March

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Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson accused teaching unions of 'hating work' and described them as 'a bunch of absolute arses' during the coronavirus pandemic.