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  • Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2024
Sam Rubin named posthumous recipient of L.A. Area Emmy Governors Award
Sam Rubin
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Television Academy has named veteran entertainment journalist Sam Rubin as the posthumous recipient of the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Governors Award, recognizing his legacy of more than three decades of entertainment news reporting for KTLA.

The Los Angeles Area Emmy award is presented to an individual, company or organization, selected by the Los Angeles Area Governors Award committee, that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television as well as a substantial contribution to the greater Los Angeles area.

Rubin served as the weekday entertainment anchor on KTLA’s Morning News until his untimely passing on May 10, 2024, at the age of 64. He joined the station in 1991, instantly making an impact as a “disruptor” in local news, as he brought a fun-loving, breezy sensibility to the newsroom, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of film and television. Rubin earned a More

  • Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2024
"The Boys," Amazon's hit superhero satire show, will end with season 5
This image released by Prime Video shows Antony Starr, left, and Cameron Crovetti in a scene from the fourth season of "The Boys." (Jasper Savage/Prime Video via AP)
By Kaitlyn Huamani
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

"The Boys," Amazon Prime Video's epic superhero satire series, will end with its fifth season.

The show's creator and showrunner Eric Kripke announced "the end has begun" while promoting the series' fourth season, which premieres Thursday on Prime Video.

"Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought," Kripke wrote on X, referencing the powerful company that manages the celebrity-like superheroes on the show. "Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax."

To accompany the announcement, Kripke shared an image of what appears to be a redacted script for the final episode of the fourth season, with a profane message at the bottom referencing the final season.

The series, which is based on a comic of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, follows a team of vigilantes who take on a group of More

  • Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2024
The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contract for 2020 census, watchdog says
The briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau didn't adequately monitor contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census, possibly wasting taxpayers dollars, according to the Office of Inspector General. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
By Mike Schneider

The U.S. Census Bureau didn't properly administer or monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census, possibly wasting taxpayers' dollars, according to the Office of Inspector General.

Bureau contracting officers failed to make sure standards were followed to measure the performance of a contractor and didn't receive supporting documentation for paid media invoices totaling $363 million, according to an audit report released last month by the watchdog agency.

"As a result, the bureau could have accepted substandard performance, potentially wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising that did not fully meet program goals and reach intended audiences," the report said.

The inspector general's audit focused on $436.5 million worth of contract orders for paid advertising promoting participation in the once-a-decade head count that determines More

  • Monday, Jun. 10, 2024
Motion Picture Academy elects board of governors for 2024-25 term
An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
By Lindsey Bahr

The organization behind the Oscars elected over a dozen individuals to its board of governors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. The 2024-2025 board of governors include both first-timers, like director Patricia Cardoso, and veterans like Rita Wilson, Warner Bros. co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy and composer Lesley Barber.

Those elected to the board for the first time include production designer K.K. Barrett and producer Jennifer Fox. All will join the likes of Ava DuVernay, Lou Diamond Phillips, Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Reitman, Ruth E. Carter and Jason Blum on the 55-person board representing the organization's 19 branches.

As of this election, representation of those belonging to an underrepresented racial or ethnic group increased from 25% to 27%. Female representation remained static from last year at 53%.

They help oversee the academy's strategic and financial matters and vote on policies like memberships More

  • Monday, Jun. 10, 2024
Academy Museum Gala picks starry honorees for its fall fundraiser
This combination of photos shows actor Paul Mescal at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London on Feb. 18, 2024, left, actor Rita Moreno at Time's second annual Women of the Year Gala in Los Angeles on March 8, 2023, center, and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino at the awards ceremony during the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 27, 2023. Mescal, Moreno and Tarantino are getting awards at the annual Academy Museum Gala in October. (AP Photo)
By Lindsey Bahr

Rita Moreno and Paul Mescal are getting together with Quentin Tarantino in October. It's not for a movie (yet). All three are being honored at the glamorous Academy Museum Gala, the organization said Monday.

The event is only in its fourth year but has established itself as a reliably impressive gathering of the biggest stars in entertainment. Its guest list, and fashion, rival the Oscars. This year's co-chairs include Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek Pinault, Eva Longoria, Tyler Perry and Academy Museum Trustee Dr. Eric Esrailian.

The newly announced host committee is also a who's who of Hollywood, including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Dwayne Johnson, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Ke Huy Quan, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, Denis Villeneuve, "Wicked" co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and the internet's latest boyfriends: Josh O'Connor and Nicholas Galitzine.

"The Academy Museum Gala celebrates the More

  • Sunday, Jun. 9, 2024
Body of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley found on Greek island
Firemen and policemen stand around the body of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley on the island of Symi, Sunday, June 9, 2024. The family of missing British TV presenter Dr. Michael Mosley have confirmed his body has been found on a Greek island. Mosley’s wife said Sunday in a statement that her husband had gone for a hike and took the wrong route and collapsed in a place where his body couldn’t easily be seen. (AP Photo/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)
By Demetris Nellas
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- 

The body of missing British TV presenter and author Dr. Michael Mosley was found on a Greek island Sunday morning after a days-long search, his family said.

Mosley, who went missing on the island of Symi on Wednesday afternoon, was spotted among rocks on a rugged stretch of coast by a party on a boat that included the local mayor and journalists.

Mosley's wife said her husband took the wrong route on a hike and collapsed just short of reaching a marina in a place where his body couldn't easily be seen.

"Michael was an adventurous man, it's part of what made him so special," Dr. Clare Bailey Mosley said in statement. "It's devastating to have lost Michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband. We had an incredibly lucky life together. We loved each other very much and were so happy together."

Mosley, 67, was well known in Britain for his many programs on the BBC, regular appearances on television and radio and his More

  • Saturday, Jun. 8, 2024
Dick Van Dyke becomes the oldest Daytime Emmy winner at age 98 for guest role on "Days of Our Lives"
Dick Van Dyke accepts the award for outstanding guest performance in a daytime drama series for "Days of our Lives" during the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, June 7, 2024, at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. Arlene Silver looks on from left.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
By Beth Harris
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Dick Van Dyke has won a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98.

The actor was honored Friday night as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's "Days of Our Lives," making him the oldest Daytime Emmy winner.

"I don't believe this. I feel like a spy from nighttime television," he said. "I'm 98 years old. Can you believe it? This really tops off a lifetime of 80 years in the business. If I had known I would have lived this long I would've taken better care of myself."

"General Hospital" won four trophies, including its fourth consecutive honor as best daytime drama. It's the second time in the ABC show's 61-year history that it won four daytime drama trophies in a row.

Robert Gossett of "General Hospital" won supporting actor honors. The first cousin to the late Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. was honored for the second straight year for his role as Marshall Ashford.

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  • Friday, Jun. 7, 2024
Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming Google antitrust trial
A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, June 7, 2024, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that a judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
By Matthew Barakat, Business Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- 

A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising.

The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was a defeat for the Justice Department, which sought a jury trial when it filed the case last year in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

But the government's right to a jury trial was based largely on the fact that it sought monetary damages to compensate federal agencies that purchased online ads and claimed they were overcharged as a result of Google's anticompetitive conduct. The dollar values associated with those claims, though, were relatively small — less than $750,000 — and far less significant than other remedies sought by the government, which might include forcing Google to sell off parts of its advertising technology.

As a result, Google last month took the extraordinary step of writing the government More

  • Friday, Jun. 7, 2024
Cannes Lions honors Mattel chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz with Entertainment Person of the Year Award
Cannes Lions trophies

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will recognize Mattel’s chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz as Entertainment Person of the Year. Presented in recognition of the vital role that entertainment plays in the marketing and communications landscape, the award celebrates the creativity that inspires others to produce truly compelling, meaningful, and entertaining content.

Kreiz has led a multi-year transformation strategy that established Mattel as an IP-driven, high-performing toy company. Under his leadership, Mattel Films has announced 16 motion pictures in active development with major studio partners. Its first movie, “Barbie,” became a cultural phenomenon, achieving the largest global box-office in 2023 and the industry’s 14th-highest grossing movie of all time. The culture shifting Barbie movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and received the Oscar for Best Original Song.

Mattel has a growing More

  • Friday, Jun. 7, 2024
Tribeca Festival Kicks Off With Diane von Furstenberg Documentary, Varied Festivities
Diane von Furstenberg walks the opening night (6/5) red carpet at the Tribeca Festival for the screening of the feature documentary "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge" (photo by Dia Dipasupil)
By A SHOOT Staff Report
NEW YORK -- 

As a follow-up to its Tribeca Festival Preview--which included feedback from director Dawn Porter on her two films being screened, Luther: Never Too Much and Power of the Dream, and co-directors John Antonio James and Bill Mack on their documentary Black Table--SHOOT takes a look at opening proceedings over the first two days for an event which runs through June 16.

The 2024 Tribeca Festival kicked off with the world premiere of the highly anticipated Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, a documentary that goes behind the scenes, with Diane von Furstenberg herself, as she prepares for a museum exhibition showcasing her life’s work. The film--which is slated to make its streaming debut on Hulu come June 25--tells the story of the iconic fashion designer, known as the mogul behind the fabled wrap dress, and includes interviews with More

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