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Reddit is targeting a valuation of up to $6.4 billion as it gets for its initial public offering.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and his fiancee Jenna Brandt are married!

Stranger Things star Brett Gelman has spoken out after a third bookstore cancelled his signing event, following backlash surrounding his views on Israel.Book Soup in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, was set to be the next stop on the star’s debut book tour, promoting his short story collection, The Terrifying Realm Of The Possible: Nearly True Stories (set for release on March 19).However, similarly to bookstores in San Francisco and Winnetka, Illinois, Book Soup have cancelled his appearance. The decision comes after Gelman has been outspoken in support of Israel, particularly following the attack by Hamas on the Supernova music festival in October 2023.An initial statement released by Book Soup said that it “feels very strongly that a free society should protect individuals’ freedom of thought and expression,” before clarifying that the cancellation was in the interest of safety for Gelman, the staff and the attendees.According to the Los Angeles Times, the Fleabag star responded: “I am really wondering if there was any direct threat made.

Citing safety concerns, Book Soup has canceled a March 27 appearance by Stranger Things actor and author Brett Gelman.

“We are the voices, we speak up for all those people who died… I think we all know that we’re their voice forever” – the moment that the typically unwavering voice of one of Manchester’s most stalwart public figures was cut through with tears.

Caroline Brew editor Grasshopper Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The 50,” a documentary from Brenton Gieser centered on some of the nation’s first incarcerated substance abuse counselors. The film will be released on VOD on April 9, tied to a series of special screenings in Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco.

Viggo Mortensen really puts the word multi-hyphenate to good use for his second directorial effort The Dead Don’t Hurt as he also wrote, co-stars in and composes the music for this distinctive Western film, which played at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this week after world premiering to critical acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival last year. 

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After cancelling his remaining concerts for 2023 due to health issues, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will finally hit the road again this month. The new dates come in two clumps — a month-long swing taking place in mid-March through mid-April, followed by a second month’s worth of shows in mid-August through mid-September.

Marta Balaga David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) and Carlos Vila Sexto (“Motivos Personales”) are ready for a different kind of hero in “Detective Touré.” A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, Detective Touré AIE, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV EITB, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe. The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign — are hosting ‘Vultures 1 Listening Experience’ concerts at Phoenix’s Footprint Center on Sunday, March 10 and San Francisco’s Chase Center on Tuesday, March 12.At the shows, fans can expect to be treated to the duo’s controversial new, chart-topping “Vultures” album “in a high-fidelity audio and visual showcase, crafted by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign,” according to a press release.That’s not all, though.In addition to upsetting, controversial moments at past “Listening Experiences” — while wearing a Jason Voorhees mask, West delivered the lyric “And I’m still crazy, bipolar, anti-Semite.

It’s a Hell of a lot more than 140 characters, but the severance and benefits lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp from a quartet of ex-Twitter executives sends a very clear message.

Brent Delaney, Harris McCabe, J. Miller, c. Craig Patterson and Kayla Sun are the winners of the 2023 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer Esha Bargate is launching a production company that aims to challenge how Hollywood views and portrays Indian culture and society.

Naman Ramachandran The first trailer has been unveiled for Luke Willis’ documentary “Lady Like,” which will have its world premiere as the closing film of BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. The film follows the story of London-born, San Francisco-based drag queen Lady Camden, AKA Rex Wheeler, as she is catapulted into the spotlight on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14. Lady Camden struggles to manage the demands of her new international fame, while Rex is forced to come to terms with the troubling childhood he left behind in Camden which drove him to so desperately seek joy, fantasy and escape through the performing arts.

Sam Altman survived a boardroom coup at OpenAI last year, but Elon Musk‘s not dropping. The billionaire sued him and the company, which is partnered with Microsoft,  in San Francisco court for breach of contract. 

Frameline, the San Francisco-based LGBTQ+ media arts organization and hosts 0f the annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, announces the selection of Allegra Madsen as Executive Director, effective immediately.

William Earl The upcoming Lucasfilm theatrical release “The Mandalorian & Grogu” is one of 15 films to secure an estimated $61 million in 2024 production tax incentives through California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The California Film Commission touted Disney’s “Mandalorian & Grogu” as the biggest-budget movie to ever qualify for state’s tax program, which distributes $330 million annually in state tax credits to TV and film productions.

With no new bust-out limited releases, repertory continues to do its part for the specialty box office, the latest a 4k restoration of Nostalghia. Kino Lorber said the Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1983 film, which opened Wednesday, will gross an estimated $22.87k at Film Forum in NYC for the five days.

What! Travis Kelce already went back to the US?!

I see London. I see France. And if major league baseball players are to be believed, their new uniforms show off their underpants.

Zendaya is giving back in a major way!

President Joe Biden met today with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya, the wife and daughter of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who Russian authorities said died in prison last week.

AT&T said that cellular customers were experiencing outages this morning, but there were also reports of widespread disruptions at other carriers.

Gwen Stefani has spoken about the No Doubt single that makes the singer “almost throw up in [her] mouth”.During the latest episode of the Audacy Check-In podcast (released February 16), Stefani explained that she “can’t listen to a lot of the songs” by her band “because they speak so clearly” to her now.“And it’s like you have regret and mistakes you’ve made. Most of the songs are about that,” she continued (via Billboard).“If I do [2000 single] ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ even when I say it, I almost throw up in my mouth because… it’s just like, ‘Oh my God’. It just brings you right back.”The song in question appears on No Doubt’s fourth album ‘Return Of Saturn’.

Eamonn Holmes has made waves online after he called Taylor Swift "bitter" and said he'd never date her during a fiery chat on GB News. On the show, Eamonn, who is 64 years old, talked about Taylor during a debate titled: Taylor Swift's long list of exes: pop star praised for trashing her exes in songs. And the presenter didn't shy away from sharing his thoughts, calling Taylor "bitter" and saying he wouldn't want to go out with her.

Thania Garcia Berner, the American rapper and CEO behind the cannabis brand Cookies, in association with 4 Ways Entertainment, has set the cast for their first joint film, “Splash City.” Alex Ferrufino, David Mansanalez, John Mercado, and Arie Rose of 4 Ways are set to produce the coming-of-age thriller set against the backdrop of “the real and raw subculture of the San Francisco Bay Area,” according to a press release. The script for “Splash City” was written by David Mansanalez and Berner, with Ferrufino directing the film.

She’s the biggest pop star in the world right now, so whoever is on Taylor Swift’s arm is automatically going to attract some serious public attention. And when the 34-year-old megastar and her latest boyfriend, Travis Kelce, showed off their blossoming relationship for the cameras yet again at the recent Super Bowl, the eyes of the world were firmly glued to them.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is gearing up to tour around North America for the first time and adding more cities for fans to see her perform “Murder on the Dance Floor” live.

Hollywood star Jeremy Renner has talked about his tough year after suffering devastating injuries in a snowplough accident.

Taylor Swift has played a surprise mashup of her songs ‘Getaway Car’, ‘August’ and ‘The Other Side of the Door’ – watch the footage below.The popstar is currently on the Australian leg of her tour, where she has been performing in Melbourne Cricket Ground to 96,000 fans.During her show last night (February 17), Swift gave a special twist to her surprise song section of the night, where she will treat fans to a performance of songs not included on the setlist.She told Melbourne Cricket Ground that she wanted to choose a song “that they really wanna hear, and I think I might’ve achieved it.”Swift went on to unveil her rendition of ‘Getaway Car’ from 2017 album ‘Reputation‘. The cover also incorporated elements from her songs ‘august’ (from ‘Folklore‘) and ‘The Other Side of the Door’ (from ‘Fearless’).