Variety has announced the presenters for this year’s Power of Women event on Wednesday, Sept. 23 in Beverly Hills. The event, in partnership with Lifetime, celebrates the Power of Women honorees, who will each appear on the cover of the issue, as well as the accomplished women profiled in the annual Women’s Impact Report, which
The Austin Film Society has announced more than $300,000 in new filmmaker grant awards through the launch a new film funding program Texas Lights. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, AFS’s grants support emerging filmmakers. The launch of the Texas Lights fund will provide cash for rising artists to create independent films. “Thirty years of the AFS
England fast bowler Mark Wood has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 36-year-old, who is one of the fastest bowlers to ever play for England, has been blighted by injuries throughout his career. The Durham paceman only returned to action in the first Ashes Test in Perth in November after 15
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was creating a new “AI force” to “watch over” AI development, one week after a chorus of AI leaders called for government regulation of the ever-advancing tech. At the same time, he said he would not heed those leaders’ call to slow down AI development. “We will
Nigerian-American Afrobeats superstar Davido is set to bring his latest album, “Oriadé,” to the stage in Lagos, Nigeria for the first time with a three-night residency at the newly remodeled National Theatre from Dec. 17-19. The trio of shows are expected to highlight new material, with career-spanning hits and special guests each evening balancing out
Lena Dunham, creator of the hit TV series Girls, has welcomed her first child with husband Luis Felber via a surrogate. The writer and actress announced the birth of her daughter in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday, where she wrote she was “bashful and dizzy with joy”. Dunham, 40, has spoken publicly about
