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declared “extremist” by the the country’s Supreme Court last year.He was sentenced to 15 days in jail.The 22-year-old was also fined 50,000 rubles — about $548 — for “discrediting the Russian army” in posts criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on his Telegram channel, which has since been deleted.Since the Supreme Court ruling, Russian authorities have cracked down on displays or media depictions of LGBTQ identity, conflating support for LGBTQ rights as contrary to existing social mores and traditional or religious viewpoints.They have also cast pro-LGBTQ movements as potential breeding grounds for liberal Western values, including representation for sexual and gender minorities, as well as opposition to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.Examples of these crackdowns have included raids on bars and nightclubs frequented by members of the LGBTQ community, the disruption of a “My Little Pony” convention for allegedly promoting homosexuality, and fines or prosecutions of individuals or Western media companies accused of displaying LGBTQ symbols or advocating on behalf of LGBTQ rights.In February, a woman was arrested and charged with spreading “LGBT propaganda” for wearing rainbow-colored earrings, while another was prosecuted for displaying a rainbow Pride flag on her Instagram account.That same month, a third woman was fined for displaying a Pride flag in the window of her house.In March, a man was arrested and charged for using “extremist symbols” when he sent a rainbow flag emoji in a private chat.According to France 24, Russian authorities have begun removing books with LGBTQ content from brick-and-mortar stores and from online libraries or catalogs.A new council set up by the Russian Book Union, a nominally

letter reads. “I have notified all of my girlfriends who in turn have decided to boycott your store.“It is not that we despise the flag…it is just we do not want to be associated with crazy left wingers who hate America. We have decided to take our business elsewhere and have blasted your organization all over social media.”“I was saddened to receive such a hateful note in the mail today,” Amanda Girardi, the store’s owner, wrote on Facebook.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Indie streaming platform Dropout, formerly known as CollegeHumor, is vying for a spotlight at this year’s Primetime Emmys with an ambitious campaign to secure its first major nominations. With a passionate and niche audience, Variety has learned exclusively about Dropout’s top contenders submitted for Emmy love, including the innovative game show “Game Changer” and the unique interview series “Very Important People.” “Game Changer,” a standout series hosted by Dropout CEO Sam Reich, turns the traditional game show format on its head.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Guy Nattiv‘s “Harmonia” has cast Naomi Watts, Vicky Krieps, Bella Ramsey and Odessa Young as Embankment Films, Range Media Partners and CAA Media Finance launch pre-sales ahead of Cannes. Inspired by a real-life events, the film is based on Nattiv’s grandmother and her involvement in an insidious cult.

Selome Hailu Dropout has set a new series of live recorded comedy specials titled “Dropout Presents.” The series will launch on June 12 with Hank Green‘s “Pissing Out Cancer,” taped at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles Green is a YouTuber best known for the “Vlogbrothers” channel he runs alongside his brother, John Green, with whom he also produces educational shows such as “Crash Course.” He is also the author of the novels “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” (2018) and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” (2020). Green was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023 and has thoroughly documented his experiences with the illness on the internet.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor An Apple commercial for the new iPad Pro tablet showing an industrial press literally crushing a TV, musical instruments, books and more ignited an angry backlash among many in Hollywood and other creative industries. The ad, titled “Crush!”, shows an array of various objects — including a record player, a piano, a guitar, an old TV set, cameras, a typewriter, books, paint cans and a classic arcade game machine — getting compressed into (voila!) the new iPad Pro.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor TKO, the parent company of UFC and WWE, is on the upswing, delivering solid Q1 results and enough momentum for both franchises that the company opted to boost its full-year revenue and earnings guidance for Wall Street. TKO disclosed that it has reached a $25 million deal with NBCUniversal to allow WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” wrestling franchise to remain on USA Network through the end of this year. In January, TKO struck a massive 10-year deal with Netflix to bring “Raw” and other WWE content to the streamer’s platform as of next year.

Todd Gilchrist editorFor a writer, signing on to “Planet of the Apes” is less an assignment than a calling. After all, it’s the longest-running science-fiction series in film history.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The ABC comedy pilot “Shifting Gears” has cast Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and Froy Gutierrez, Variety has learned exclusively. The pair join previously announced series leads Tim Allen and Kat Dennings in the multi-cam comedy, which was originally ordered to pilot at ABC back in March. In the show, “Matt (Allen) is the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop.

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm on Wednesday announced its hiring of Craig Bernstein and Lindsay Samakow who will respectively oversee new Physical Production and Speakers departments for the agency. Both will work out of Paradigm’s Los Angeles office.

WWE‘s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.

became further estranged following the release of his tell-all memoir Spare, is currently in England, but he reportedly won't be seeing his cancer-stricken father, King Charles III. A spokesman for the Prince that the King has a “full programme” and that the ginger-haired royal “hopes to see him soon.”"The duke of course is understanding of his father's diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon," said the statement.

, a , or . She’s not jumping on flash-in-the-pan fads, she’s more about timeless styles.

Tom Sandoval just couldn’t resist getting in a few digs at Rachel Leviss during the Vanderpump Rules reunion!

No wonder Brittany Cartwright is so disappointed in her lack of sex life. Before she and Jax Taylor faced major marriage troubles, they were apparently getting it on anywhere and everywhere!

Big yikes! Cardi B may have stolen the show with one of the boldest looks at this year’s Met Gala, but she’s now getting roasted for forgetting arguably the most important detail of the night… and saying something inadvertently kinda racist.

Apple‘s new iPad Pro advert, which sees a selection of vintage instruments being destroyed, has caused controversy among music fans.The advert was shared by company CEO Tim Cook and features vintage, guitars, pianos, trumpets, and metronomes, as well as turntables, speakers, and arcade games being crushed to a soundtrack of Sonny and Cher‘s ‘All I Need Is You’.Fans have flocked to social media to share their outrage at the advert. “Can’t recall the last time I saw a promo that so immediately and completely turned me against the product it was supposed to be selling,” one wrote.Check out the advert – and the displeased response to it – below.Meet the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created, the most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip.

Netflix has edited out a clip of Kim Kardashian getting booed during a Tom Brady roast special.During The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady, Kardashian was one of the celebrities who roasted the legendary NFL player. However, her roast was greeted with boos from the audience in attendance on Sunday (May 5).Kevin Hart introduced Kardashian and while her initial appearance was met with cheers, it soon turned sour, promoting Kardashian to say: “All right, all right, all right.” Hart can also be heard saying, “Whoa! Whoa!” in response to the boos.Kardashian made several jokes about Brady who she was once rumoured to be dating.She said: “I’m really here tonight for Tom.

FKA Twigs will play the mother of Jesus in a new horror film alongside actor Nicolas Cage.As per Deadline, Twigs has been cast in The Carpenter’s Son, a horror film centred around Jesus’ childhood. Twigs will play the role of “the Mother”, according to the outlet, alongside Cage, who will play “the Carpenter” and Noah Jupe, who will play “the Boy”.The film was written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, whose debut feature Harka premiered at Cannes back in 2022.According to the official synopsis of the film: “The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt.

How do our perceptions shape history? Director Jake Paltrow uses three characters to show a historical event’s impact in “June Zero.” The film’s starting point is the 1961 trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, a major Holocaust organizer. A prison guard, a police investigator, and a 13-year-old all find themselves dealing with its aftermath.

EXCLUSIVE: The in-demand Sydney Sweeney, coming off hit rom-com Anyone But You and horror pic Immaculate, is shifting gears again as she is set to portray trailblazing boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic which could be a knockout for buyers at the Cannes market where Black Bear will be launching.

Rocket Science and CAA Media Finance are launching foreign sales out of Cannes for the John Lee Hancock directed Monsanto starring Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Laura Dern.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding, Linden Productions has acquired the rights to Alice Sadie Celine, the adult debut novel of NYT-Bestselling author, Sarah Blakley-Cartwright. Jen Silverman will adapt the script with Linden Productions on board to develop and produce the feature film. Blakley-Cartwright will also remain on the project as an Executive Producer.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has optioned the film rights to Elizabeth Rose Quinn’s unpublished novel Follow Me, with Adele Lim in negotiations to write and direct. Megha Parekh at Amazon Publishing has also acquired novel rights in a preempt for publication in 2025.

Shares in Dish Network parent EchoStar have fallen more than 11% after the company’s lackluster first-quarter earnings report and growing uneasiness about the company’s financial state.

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has set the producers and producing teams invited to join the PGA Create lab for emerging and mid-career creative producers.

Apple’s new iPad Pro isn’t hitting the shelves for another week, but the self-described “thinnest Apple product yet” is already being crushed because of a new ad.

The Olympic flame touched down in France on Wednesday with some 150,000 people gathering in the southern city of Marseille’s historic port area to watch its transfer onto French soil after a 12-day journey from Greece in a hundred-year-old three-masted sailing ship.

The hit Starz drama series P-Valley has upped Gail Bean (Snowfall), Bertram Williams Jr and Thomas Q. Jones to series regulars while also adding Mea Wilkerson to its main cast for Season 3. Production kicked off recently in Atlanta.

EXCLUSIVE: We have one final addition to Ryan Coogler‘s supernatural thriller for Warner Bros, starring Michael B. Jordan: BMF‘s Christian Robinson.

EXCLUSIVE: Twilight star Taylor Lautner, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland, Four Weddings and a Funeral actress Andie MacDowell and Brenton Thwaites are boarding the Natalie Simpkins directed romantic comedy The Token Groomsman which is launching global sales in Cannes.

Ben Affleck is currently in the spotlight, after fans reacted to his latest appearance on Tom Brady’s live roast, as part of Netflix’s ‘Roast of Tom Brady.’ Fans of the Hollywood star took to social media to share their thoughts on his comments, with some online users speculating about Ben undergoing “plastic surgery.”Gisele Bündchen is reportedly ‘concerned’ and ‘disappointed’ by jokes made at Tom Brady’s Netflix roastJennifer Lopez shines in Maison Schiaparelli gown adorned with 2.5 million crystals at Met GalaBen Affleck has been a support system for Jennifer Garner following the death of her dadThe actor took the stage and criticized fans who shared negative comments about the athlete on social media. “Fans have your back.

Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello have moved on with their lives following their divorce. The former celebrity couple, known as a fan-favorite Hollywood pairing for seven years, ended their relationship in the summer of 2023, and finalized their divorce recently, after selling the Los Angeles mansion.Britney Spears finalizes divorce from Sam Asghari: Is he getting half her fortune?Sofia Vergara introduces her new puppy Amore, after giving full custody of Bubbles to Joe ManganielloSofia Vergara is excited to become a grandma: Talks about her son Manolo Gonzalez VergaraThe Colombian icon has opened up about the reason behind their divorce, admitting that she didn’t want to have more kids, while the actor wanted to be a father.

Trixie Mattel‘s new home renovation series is coming to Max!

The roast of Tom Brady took place over the weekend, and we’re now learning of one topic that was off limits.

Fans who watch CBS’ smash-hit TV show FBI have been growing concerned that one of the show’s stars, Missy Peregrym, who has played Special Agent Maggie Bell in every episode of the show, would be exiting.