Below you will find a summary of the latest news briefs from the entertainment industry.
Disney appoints veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic as president of ABC News
Walt Disney has named veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News, the television network announced Monday. Karamehmedovic joined ABC News in 1998 as a freelance video editor.
Film tells the story of a former rugby player from spinal cord injury to the summit
Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson, who learned to walk again despite doctors saying he suffered a near-fatal spinal cord injury, says trauma victims should resist the urge to suffer in silence. Jackson broke his neck in 2017 when he accidentally jumped into the shallow end of a swimming pool. He was left paralysed from the shoulders down and was told he would never walk again.
Russia declares US Clooney Foundation an undesirable organization
Russian prosecutors said on Monday they had designated the Clooney Foundation for Justice, a U.S. nonprofit, as an “undesirable” organization because it works “on a Hollywood scale” to discredit Moscow. The foundation was founded by actor George Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
Trump posts picture of fake Taylor Swift ad
Former President Donald Trump posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift urging people to vote for him in the November election. A Sunday post by the Republican candidate on Truth Social showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue, with the caption, “Taylor Swift wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”
Tajik-Russian musician Manizha defies ban and sings for peace
Manizha, the last musician to represent Russia at Eurovision but who says she is unable to perform live in her adopted country, has released a defiant anti-war song. “Gun,” a reworking of a song she wrote ten years ago, was released as a single late last month. The song will also be part of the extended play (EP) “Hope,” which is out September 4.
French film star Alain Delon dies at the age of 88
French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans in his post-war years as a murderer, gangster or contract killer, has died, his three children said on Sunday. He was 88 years old. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019 and rarely left his estate in Douchy in the French Val de Loire region.
Hollywood stars create excitement at the Democratic Party Convention
An actor who played a fictional TV president will host the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, joining an all-star cast at the center of support for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Tony Goldwyn, who played President Fitzgerald Grant III in the ABC drama “Scandal,” has been chosen to host the convention’s opening night. Goldwyn is active in Democratic politics and advocates for criminal justice reform.
Zoe Kravitz makes her film debut with power-trip thriller “Blink Twice”
Zoe Kravitz says her directorial debut, “Blink Twice,” which she also co-wrote and produced, is a story about power dynamics between men and women that was born out of her own experiences. In the psychological thriller, waitress Frida, played by Naomi Ackie, and her friend think they’re in luck when tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) invites them to his private tropical island.
Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at the age of 88
Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that tackled timely and often provocative social and political issues, has died at the age of 88, NBC’s “Today” program reported Monday, citing a statement from his family. Donahue died Sunday surrounded by his family from complications of illness, the “Today” program reported.
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