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Dr. Anthony Fauci has tested positive for Covid, according to the National Institutes of Health. Fauci has, for many, been the face of the fight against Covid-19 in the United States over the past two years, playing a leading role in the country’s response as well as being its face on TV and online via streamed…

The White House responded for at least the second time in as many days today to tweets from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a war of words over, well — the parties also argued over what the argument was about. Bezos tweeted this morning that “the administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal…

While a number of outlets have reported the milestone as already surpassed, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday made it official: More than one million Americans have lost their lives in cases related to Covid-19. The real toll is likely much higher. The death toll is “equivalent to a 9/11…

Some 20 nonfiction mediamakers will receive a fellowship stipend worth $60,000 in installments over the next year after being named a Humanities Sustainability Fellow by the nonprofit Sundance Institute. The year-long program is for US-based and under-resourced mediamakers. They were selected because their work and…

The sign outside the entrance to Florida’s Disney World has been a lightning rod for protests of late. This past weekend was no exception. Video surfaced online both Saturday and Sunday of protesters marching outside the entrance to the park holding Nazi flags, one seemingly dressed in a German WWII uniform. Two other…

The claims that Covid-19 vaccines are “safe and effective” now comes with a “But.” The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid-19 vaccine should only be used in emergencies. Its use is now intended only for people 18 and older for whom other vaccines aren't…

We desperately need a good courtroom drama. Not the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard kind, where everyone's a mess, and the outcome matters less than the spectacle. But rather, an old-fashioned, high-stakes, plot-heavy movie melodrama—the kind that makes the audience see-saw back and forth, while truth hangs in an…

Netflix and other big streaming companies will fall under strict UK regulation for the first time as the government says it will revamp the “decades-old” laws that govern Public Service Broadcasting. Streamers operating in the UK could be fined up to 5% of their revenues if they are found guilty of showcasing harmful…

The UK's independent production sector is set to be transformed after the Conservative government confirmed broadcaster Channel 4 will be allowed to make and sell its own programs once it's privatized. Earlier this month, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport revealed it would push ahead with…

Does it ever feel like those of us in and around Hollywood are at war with the world? We're certainly fighting with Florida, over gender education — you heard all about it from the Oscar hosts, on Disney-owned ABC. And we're battling Texas, over abortion. Reese Witherspoon and another hundred stars planted the flag in…

Was it only a year ago—no, 10 months, the last Oscar show was on April 25—that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Motion Picture and Television Fund? It seems longer, with all the ups and downs, re-openings and fresh lockdowns, trucker convoys and…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Anne del Castillo will continue to serve as commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as he unveiled new members of his economic development team Wednesday, led by Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development Maria Torres-Springer. "I…