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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe eighth annual Variety Artisans Awards returned to an in-person event at Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theater.Despite COVID protocols, an enthusiastic crowd of movie lovers, local Academy members and students from the nearby University of Santa Barbara came by to see Oscar-nominated artisans share their craft, their process and the films that influenced them.The night began with one on one conversations with each artisan discussing insight into their work.The full panel of honorees included “House of Gucci” hair and make up team Frederic Aspiras and Göran Lundstrom, “Nightmare Alley” production designer Tamara Deverell, “Encanto” composer Germaine Franco, “Dune” cinematographer Greig Fraser, “Encanto” songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, re-recording mixer, Paul Massey, nominated for “No Time to Die,” VFX supervisor Kelly Port, “The Power of the Dog” editor Peter Sciberra and “Dune” costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan.Watch the conversation highlights below.

Naman Ramachandran Global entertainment studio International Art Machine is venturing into India with a heavyweight slate fronted by A-listers Shekhar Kapur, Preity Zinta, Amish Tripathi, Dibakar Banerjee and Suparn S. Varma.First up is “Shiva,” a series adaptation of Amish Tripathi’s bestselling Shiva Trilogy novels set in the land of Meluha, beginning with the first book “The Immortals of Meluha,” which will be directed by “Elizabeth” and “Bandit Queen” filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

Peta Murgatroyd is giving an update on her fundraiser for Ukraine.

What in the hell is wrong with some people?!

This is beyond horrific.

Courteney Cox and her co-stars appeared in 236 episode of “Friends”, although she’s admitting she doesn’t remember a lot of them.

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley were spotted together exiting a private plane amid the Green Bay Packers quarterback's recent contract news.  Rodgers and Woodley, who were previously engaged and rumored to have broken up, were photographed in Palm Beach on Monday. However, the two only stayed for a few hours. The pair was dressed casually with Woodley wearing a black sweatshirt paired with dark jeans and sunglasses.

Jessica Alba‘s daughters are all grown up! The 40-year-old Fantastic Four star took to Instagram on March 8 in celebration of International Women’s Day as she shared a beautiful snapshot sitting alongside her two lookalike daughters — Honor, 13, and Haven, 10.

Amy Schumer comes the new, deeply personal dramedy series , which marks Schumer’s return to scripted television, nearly six years since  last aired. On top of starring alongside Michael Cera, Schumer also directs, produces and writes . The show follows the titular Beth, who, despite having an impressive-on-paper life, feels deeply dissatisfied actually it.

Cameron Diaz is sharing her unconventional beauty routine.

Angelique Jackson As Samuel L. Jackson took the microphone to introduce the screening of “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” the acting icon reflected on the 12-year journey to get the limited series made.“This was a project that’s been eating me up for 10-12 years, and I’ve been chasing it and running it to different places trying to get it done,” Jackson told the crowd inside the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood.

James Middleton is celebrating all the important women in his life, including sister Kate Middleton, on International Women’s Day.

Fans of “Gossip Girl” would love to see members of the original cast become involved with the reboot, and even though that has yet it happen, it doesn’t mean that it couldn’t.

Karen Idelson In 1997, UCLA cinematography professor William McDonald was home with his newborn daughter. As he looked into her eyes in his sleep-deprived state he began to wonder what her life would be like if she grew up and wanted to become a cinematographer.

Police searching for the suspect of a nearly 20-year-old murder now believe the killer may have been younger than first thought.

Taking responsibility. Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee publicly apologized to ex-fiancée Deepti Vempati for his controversial comments about her on season 2 of Love Is Blind.

Aaron Rodgers may be at least somewhat outwardly focused on getting back together with Shailene Woodley, but the actress is still on the fence about it, and busy considering all the pros and cons!

Look, we all know the KarJenners are wealthy beyond reason. But sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around just HOW rich the reality stars have gotten.

The first look at Spirited is here!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLongtime Variety reporter Dave McNary was remembered as a consummate journalist who deeply loved covering the movie business during American Cinematheque’s Tribute to the Crafts, held Monday night at Santa Monica’s Aero Theatre.Sharon McNary, a longtime journalist for KPCC-FM who was married to Dave McNary for 21 years, was on hand to accept a posthumous award for her husband, presented by Variety co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton. Dave McNary died in 2020 at the age of 69 after suffering a stroke.“I never saw anyone work as hard as he did,” Sharon McNary told the crowd.She noted that her husband loved this time of year, when film kudos are in full swing.

state Senate on Thursday passed a “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would ban “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in primary schools, LGBTQ groups expressed outrage that Disney, one of the state’s biggest employers, has not voiced its opposition to the legislation. In fact, Disney CEO Bob Chapek defended the company’s silence in an internal memo to staff on Monday and argued that corporate statements on political issues like the “Don’t Say Gay” bill can be “weaponized” and are often “counterproductive.”Jean-Marie Navetta, director of Learning and Inclusion for PFLAG National, told TheWrap that Chapek’s memo represented a “complete turnaround from the way Disney has behaved in the past” on such issues.

Pete Davidson is starting to fizzle out. Kim feels that all the drama that Kanye West is too much for Pete to keep dealing with on a daily basis.Pete claims that he is not letting Kanye West’s jabs at him bother him in the least.

Emeraude Toubia seems to belong to the latter group. The actress celebrated her first birthday as a single woman days before announcing her divorce from Prince Royce.

Kelly Clarkson, 39, and ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, 45, have finally settled their divorce after seven years of marriage, with Kelly landing primary custody of the children, River, 7, and Remington, 5, and Brandon, who lives in Montana, getting the children for one weekend a month, TMZ reported on Feb. 8. Although Brandon gets the kids one weekend thus far, he was granted $45,600/month in child support plus $115,000 per month in spousal support. It may sound like a major win for Brandon, however Kelly still reportedly makes around $20 million per year. HollywoodLife has reached out to both Kelly and Brandon’s reps and lawyers for comment. 

Britney Spears, 40, isn’t letting online criticism about her high-energy dance routines that she shares on her social media get her down. On Wednesday, March 8, the “Stronger” singer shared a sexy new dance video with her 39.8 million Instagram followers — proving that she has no plans to hang up her dance shoes anytime soon!

Last month, Jeopardy! viewers were getting frustrated with co-host Mayim Bialik.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix execs have regularly insisted that there’s no way the company would introduce an ad-supported service.Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann, speaking Tuesday at an investor conference, took a slightly more open tone: He noted that the subscription streamer doesn’t currently have any plans right now to introduce an ad-supported VOD plan, but he didn’t rule it out at some point in the future.“It’s not like we have religion against advertising, to be clear,” said Neumann, speaking Tuesday at Morgan Stanley’s 2022 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. “But that’s not something that’s in our plans right now… We have a really nice scalable subscription model, and again, never say never, but it’s not in our plan.” During the session, Neumann was asked about Netflix’s thinking about a cheaper, ad-based tier after Disney announced plans to rollout an AVOD plan for Disney Plus starting late in 2022 in the U.S.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTwo congresswomen are asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s tax-exempt status. Their letter to IRS commissioner Charles Rettig comes after several investigations into the practices of the organization that hands out the Golden Globes.“For more than a year, entertainment and national media outlets have detailed the seemingly corrupt and unacceptable deal making patterns of HFPA raising questions whether the organization solely responsible for awarding the once coveted Golden Globe Award is meeting its IRS section 501(C)(3) demands,” reads the letter sent Monday from Rep.

Gigi Hadid is facing criticism for comparing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The model, whose father is Palestinian real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, announced earlier this week that she would be donating her Fashion Week earnings to Ukrainians. "I am pledging to donate my earnings from the Fall 2022 shows to aid those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continuing to support those experiencing the same in Palestine," Hadid, 26, wrote on Instagram.

Kate Winslet is ready to get back to her acting career.

They love the women who raised them. Us Weekly asked some of Hollywood’s hottest hunks about which women inspire them the most, and the response was often the same: Mom.