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The nominations for the 2025 International Folk Music Awards have been announced, with such names as Allison Russell, Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Ferrell, Nick Lowe and Aoife O’Donovan on the list of contenders. The Folk Alliance International (FAI) also announced that Indigo Girls will receive a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony, held on the first

David Davoli, president of international at Anonymous Content, said the company is exploring new partnerships in Germany and Italy. It would mark the seventh joint venture for Anonymous, which already has partnerships with companies in Brazil, Spain, France, the Nordics and the U.K. In October Variety exclusively revealed they had struck a deal for their

Ridley Scott revealed on the Director’s Guild of America’s “Director’s Cut” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that he was criticized by a studio executive early in his career for not making movies about “normal people.” Scott’s directing career kicked off with his Cannes-winning historical drama “The Duellists,” followed by “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and the fantasy adventure “Legend.”

“Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness’ first comedy special, “Fun and Slutty,” will premiere on the streaming platform Veeps on Jan. 23. Filmed before a live audience in Austin, the official description for the special says that Van Ness, who identifies as non-binary, sets out “to educate an unsuspecting audience on the definitions, shenanigans, and

To viewers at home, Kendis Gibson seemed to have it all. Off-camera, he felt like he didn’t. Gibson was in 2018 the regular co-anchor of ABC News’ overnight program, “ABC News Now,” and working hard to climb the ladder, appearing 212 times on “Good Morning America” in his first two years at the Disney-backed outlet.