Zarna Garg, a popular Indian comedian with a global fan base and nearly 2 million Instagram followers, rarely discusses her decision to perform at last year’s controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, but that changed during a new appearance on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown podcast series as Garg connected it to a higher calling. “I…
The vertical video gold rush has pulled in one of the biggest players in traditional media —the NFL. Or at least, one of its marquee franchises. The Kansas City Chiefs are diving into the micro-series realm with a comedy called El Offseason. The Spanish-language show will follow the misadventures of four (fictional) team employees whose…
Multitude Films, the production company behind social issue documentaries including Life After and Pray Away, is shifting to a nonprofit model under new leadership. The company’s co-founder, producer Anya Rous, will step into the president role after serving as vice president of the company for eight years. Rous will lead the company in its new…
The Comeback returned to TV this spring for one last critique of the Hollywood machine. After focusing on the comedic ire toward reality TV; the ebbs, flows and drama spilling out of writers rooms; and the broader landscape of network television, co-creators Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, who also stars, turned their attention to…
Taylor Swift‘s Toy Story 5 song “I Knew It, I Knew You” officially dropped on Friday, and as promised after Disney called the song a return to Swift’s country roots, her latest brings the world’s biggest superstar back to her debut days. “Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the…
Earlier, Robert Brovdi, Ukraine’s drone commander, announced that five “illegally loitering vessels” had been struck overnight in the ports of Mariupol, Berdyansk and in the coastal waters of what Ukraine calls the “temporarily occupied territories” – parts of the country that Russia currently controls.
“This path has never been mine alone. It belongs to an entire people,” Fally Ipupa told fans afterwards on social media. “To the Congolese youth: Your starting point does not define your destiny. Work, believe, persevere. The world is ready to hear your voice.”
