The Athletic Lays Off 4% of Newsroom One Year After New York Times’ $550 Million Acquisition

Jeanell English is leaving the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences less than a year after being named to the newly post of EVP Impact & Inclusion. She had been with the group since joining as VP Impact & Operations in 2020.

From Studio Ghibli leading the charge for the expansion of anime to BTS and BLACKPINK topping the music charts to TV series and films such as “Squid Games,” Parasite,” “Minari,” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” dominating the awards circuit, the popularity of Asian culture and media has surged recently in the United States in recent years.

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her life.

The Strokes‘ headline day at London’s All Points East festival has now added a huge raft of names including The Walkmen, Be Your Own Pet, Warmduscher and many more.As previously announced, the band will be headlining the Victoria Park festival on Friday August 25 joined by fellow New York indie legends Yeah Yeah Yeahs – as well as Girl In Red, Amyl And The Sniffers, Angel Olsen, Black Midi, Julie, HotWax and Nieve Ella.Now, more artists have been added – including The Walkmen, Warmduscher, The Lazy Eyes, Be Your Own Pet, BBY, HighSchool, Hannah Grae, Silvertwin, Brigette Calls Me Baby and Vacations.Check out the full line-up below, and visit here for tickets and more information.This comes after The Walkmen recently returned to perform their first shows together in a decade, while Be Your Own Pet are also on the comeback trail with their first new music in 15 years.The Strokes, touring in support of their acclaimed 2020 album ‘The New Abormal‘, but were recently recording new material together with producer Rick Rubin, however according to guitarist Albert Hammond Jr, new material might not be on the immediate horizon.“I don’t know what to say about it – I don’t have any information on it,” Hammond Jr told NME back in April, announcing his recently released solo record ‘Melodies On Hiatus‘. “It’s not like it’s happening and I’m hiding something.

Bethenny Frankel is finally sharing her engagement story!

Dildarian, 53, who voices Tom in the series. “Maybe some of that is growing up in New Jersey and looking over the river into New York City and always, to some degree, not quite participating in the success and fun that the rest of the world seems to be having.“I’ve been told I’ve got a natural skepticism of things … whatever it is, it’s an underdog quality and an outsider mentality that I think is consistent,” he said.

Is Katie Holmes no longer single???

New York Daily News.Given the use of anti-gay slurs, and the seeming randomness of the attack, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the attack.Police have released a photo of the alleged assailant and are asking for the public’s help identifying him. The suspect is described as a bald man between 25 to 40 years old, and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants, dark brown boots, and carrying a black book bag.Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish speakers, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).The attack comes at a time when anti-gay sentiment is on the rise in response to increased LGBTQ visibility.Recently, three men were caught on surveillance camera destroying Pride flags mounted on a fence near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.In May, a homeless man was charged with several hate crimes for allegedly defecating on an LGBTQ Pride flag and wiping his behind with another.

Bethenny Frankel has never been one to hold back. 

WTF would possess a “fan” to throw a cell phone at a singer on stage and injure her?!?! That’s the question Bebe Rexha is asking right now after the singer was seriously injured on Sunday night.

Daniel Ellsberg, a onetime advisor to Nixon Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and RAND corporation analyst who leaked the 7,000-word secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times and Washington Post, has died. That, according to multiple reports. He was 92.

When Kristen Lovell relocated to New York in the ’90s, she lost her job as she began her transition. She needed money and began sex work in a Manhattan Meatpacking district area called “The Stroll.” Decades later, co-directors Lovell and Zachary Drucker remember that time in a new HBO documentary of the same name.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Killing Romance,” one of the most creative Korean films of the past year, has been set as the opening night title for the upcoming New York Asian Film Festival. The deliberately multi-genre picture tells the tale of a beautiful movie star with dubious acting skills (portrayed by Le Ha-nee) who suddenly quits the industry and retires to newly-married life that turns out to be anything but bliss. When she decides to return to acting she teams up with a fan and an absurd plot to kill her absurdly rich husband. The film is directed by Lee Won-suk who previously attended the NYAFF with his first film, “How to Use Guys With Secret Tips,” in 2013 and returned with his second feature, the big-budget period drama The Royal Tailor, which earned the audience award at NYAFF in 2015.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Carolines Entertainment has tapped Horizon Sports & Experiences as its agency of record to develop sponsorship, brand activation, experiential and hospitality strategies to engage audiences across a variety of platforms on behalf of the 2023 New York Comedy Festival. HS&E, part of Horizon Media, will provide sponsors its full suite of data and analytics services and solutions. The 19th annual festival is slated to return in November. In an era when a writers strike has advertisers wringing their hands about how to align their brand messages with new comedy content, the festival, which started in 2004, may provide an alternative, says Neal Gluckman, HS&E’s senior vice president and head of sales, in an interview. “Brands still need to be out there,” he says, and the festival attracts a young, engaged base and also generates a lot of social-media content as comedians, venues and fans share their expereinces.

She’s turned her seemingly esoteric quiz into one of the UK’s most beloved game shows, and now Victoria Coren Mitchell has accused The New York Times of copying the format.

Joe Scarborough was on a tear on Monday morning, raging over those who are still defending former president Trump amid that second indictment. Among those on the receiving end of Scarborough’s ire was The New York Post, after they ran a headline ending in “What About the Bidens?” on their front page.In full, the front page headline of Monday’s New York Post read “Trump was indicted but … WHAT ABOUT THE BIDENS?” It featured images of both President Biden and his son Hunter, and opinions from House speaker Kevin McCarthy and Post columnist Miranda Devine, complaining about a “double standard” (despite the fact that there is in fact an investigation ongoing into the classified documents found at President Biden’s homes).“Listen.

The Los Angeles Times announced newsroom layoffs today for the first time since biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the paper in 2018. The cuts include 74 positions, representing about 13% of the total newsroom headcount.

Don’t Call It A Comeback.

Andy Cohen is opening up about his experience with surrogacy.

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse are kicking off their week with a workout!