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Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" is officially moving into
"The Late Show's" time slot - TVI Magazine

The Stephen Colbert-hosted series takes its final bow on CBS next month. The change comes after CBS, in a stunning move last July, announced it was ending "The Late Show" this year citing the program's high costs and declining ratings, which has hit all of late-night TV as streaming has largely replaced said viewings.

The Paramount-owned network announced that Allen's programs "Comics Unleashed" and "Funny You Should Ask" will take over the 11:35 p.m. and 12:35 a.m. time slots after "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" ends its 11-year run on May 21. Colbert took over the reign of David Letterman, the original host of "The Late Show," which launched in 1993 and became the first successful late-night show in CBS history.

"Comics Unleashed," a talk show featuring Allen and four comedians has been airing in the 12:35 a.m. hour since June, when "After Midnight With Taylor Tomlinson" ended its CBS run. The show will get the earlier hour starting May 22.

"Funny You Should Ask," hosted by Jon Kelley, features comics in a quiz show format. The program has been running in syndication since 2017.

Allen's shows are considerably less expensive to produce than the traditional sofa-and-desk format for a major TV network, which have traditionally used high-priced hosts, live bands and considerable writing staffs.

Allen, a stand-up comic before he became a program producer and the owner of a TV station group and the Weather Channel, said he still write some of the jokes for his programs.

Colbert was also a target of President Trump, who frequently fussed on social media about the harsh treatment he gets from late-night hosts. Many industry observers speculated that Colbert's show was killed to placate Trump administration regulators when Paramount was being acquired by Skydance Media.

Allen's programs are unlikely to upset Trump as they tend to avoid political humor.
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• 115- NAB 2026 Where storytelling meets scale - The Global Stage for Content and Technology - April 18 - 22, Las Vegas, NV.

From generative AI to steraming breakthrough, the entire content ecosystem vonverges to explore, experience and shape what's next. Creators and AI disruptors are fusing together to shape the next era of modern media. This is where the old guard meets the new blood -- and the rules are being rewritten in real time.

Past NAB Shows proved that it's not just a Trade Show but a global launchpad for ideas tools and deals to drive the media and entertainment economy forward
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THE LIZARD & EL SOL
Originally developed and produced by the ALLIANCE THEATRE
Directed by RUBÉN GABRIEL HERNÁNDEZ
April 4 - May 3, 2026

PASADENA, CA - March 17, 2026 - Pasadena Playhouse announces a new FREE outdoor theater experience for children ages 0-5 and their families, presented in local parks throughout the community. Designed to introduce young audiences to the magic of live performance, the program will feature a family-friendly theatrical production alongside interactive activities, including live music and arts and crafts. Families are encouraged to bring picnic blankets and snacks and enjoy a relaxed morning of storytelling, creativity, and community gathering. Adapted from Alma Flor Ada's cherished folktale set in Mexico, this vibrant, bilingual story follows a small but fearless lizard on a quest to bring back the missing sun. With live music, bold visuals, and a heartwarming message about perseverance and community, The Lizard & El Sol is a joyful first theater experience for young audiences and a celebration of the light we bring to the world.

The Lizard & El Sol is directed by Rubén Gabriel Hernández, with scenic design by Douglas Puskas, costume design by Jocelyn Tamayo, and features Bianca Flores as Lizard, Christopher John Magallanesas Carpintero, Devin Sanclemente as Jaguar, and Ace Ramirez as  Mosca/Musician.
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It's here! The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

The 2026 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is taking place on April 18 - 19 at the University of Southern California (USC), featuring numerous author showcases and exhibitions.

This event is known as one of the largest literary gatherings in the nation, drawing many authors and publishers to Los Angeles, featuring author interviews, book signings, and various literary exhibitions. 

New this year: The Audiobook and Podcast Stage presented by Spotify will feature a diverse mix of authors, podcast hosts, industry experts and audiobook narrators.

The free, weekend-long festival will bring together celebrity authors, family-friendly entertainment and Spanish-language programming across eight outdoor stages and 13 indoor panel rooms.

The Los Angeles Times revealed the lineup for the 31st annual Festival of Books and the community gathering will bring together more than 550 writers, experts and storytellers, and hundreds of exhibitors on the university campus.

The weekend festival will feature esteemed authors and cultural luminaries, spanning literary heavyweights, performers, celebrity authors, poets, politicians and journalists.

Among the appearances: On Saturday, April 18, Sarah Jessica Parker and author Alexandra Oliva will appear in conversation with Miwa Messer to discuss Oliva's new SJP Lit novel "The Radiant Dark." On Sunday, April 19,Larry David will join Times news and culture critic Lorraine Ali to discuss her book "No Lessons Learned: The Making of Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Additionally, Lionel Richie will be at the festival to discuss his new memoir "Truly" for a special installment of the Ideas Exchange speaker series.

Other participants scheduled to appear are: Reza Aslan, Melissa Auf der Maur, Mac Barnett, Young Bae, Pat Benatar, Blippi, Hannah Brown, Laura Brown, Leon Carroll, Jr., Taylor Cassidy, Cari Champion, Austin Channing Brown, David Duchovny, Reza Farahan, Fab 5 Freddy, Stephanie Garber, Jennie Garth, Roxane Gay,Neil Giraldo, Joey Graceffa, Emma Grede, Max Greenfield, Annabelle Gurwitch, Mark Harmon, Callie Hart,Molly Jong-Fast, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Hayley Kiyoko, Jon Klassen, Tina Knowles, Anne Lamott, Susan Lucci, Tamika D. Mallory, Megan McDonald, Danica McKellar, Meekah, Chanel Miller, Elyse Myers, Abby Phillip, Meghan Quinn, Eli Rallo, Raegan Revord, Lisa Rinna, Lily Rosenthal, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, Nikkolas Smith,Jacob Soboroff, Julio Vaqueiro, Bellamy Young and many more.

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115- ACADEMY CREATES NEW PROPERTY MASTERS SUBGROUP TO EXPAND MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

LOS ANGELES - March 24, 2026 - The Television Academy today unveiled a new Property Masters subgroup within the Directors Peer Group for individuals who have advanced the art of storytelling through their craft as a Property Master.

For the first time, qualifying Property Masters are now eligible for either active (voting) or associate membership in the Academy. The Academy's membership committee, chaired by Jo DiSante, has been working closely with the Property Masters Guild to develop criteria for the inclusion of this community's members who have significant creative impact on the productions on which they work.

Applicants must meet requirements of the new subgroup to be considered for membership, including: Employment for a minimum of two years within the last four years with screen credit as property master or assistant property master; credits on a minimum of 15 episodes of scripted drama, comedy or sketch series; or credits on five long-form programs, defined as a television movie or special running one and one-half hours or more in length.

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Gaza has been under intense, daily, and ongoing military attack since Octbober 7, 2023, following a Hamas led attack on Israel that killed "1,200" Israelis, including over 800 civilians, 350 soldiers, police and security personnel. 250 persons were taking hostage.
However, following this attack has caused significant Palestinian civilian deaths. As of early 2026 this has resulted in at least "72,000" deaths including 20,000 children, and severe devastation.
While the current daily assaults began in 2023, the region has been subject to a strict Israel air, sea, and land blockade since 2007.
Latest poll show over 60% of Americans disapprove of Israeli's military action.

Foreign Wars are rejected by a high number of Americans.
The Costs of an Unchecked Alliance: Voices from the Communities Bearing the Burden - By Mark Anderson

Across America's poor neighborhoods -- Black, Latino, Indigenous, and white working-class communities -- the U.S. alliance with Israel is not an abstract foreign-policy debate. It is a lived reality that many believe diverts resources, risks lives, and deepens domestic injustice. Below are the fundamental perspectives and grievances expressed by people most likely to be harmed by U.S. involvement in wars abroad.

• Economic strain and misplaced priorities

• Risk of blowback and everyday safety

• Democratic voice and political alienation

• Humanitarian empathy and moral outrage

• Racial and historical context

• Media access and information trust

• Demands from affected communities

• Redirect resources: • Condition aid on human-rights compliance - Strengthen oversight and curb undue influence - Protect communities at home

Conclusion: For many poor Americans -- Black, Latino, Indigenous, and white working-class -- the U.S. relationship with Israel is not merely geopolitical; it is a domestic justice issue. They see squandered resources, heightened risks, and a political system skewed toward wealthy influence. Addressing these concerns requires shifting the debate from abstract strategy to concrete consequences: reallocating priorities to serve the most vulnerable, enforcing accountability abroad, and restoring democratic power at home so those who bear the costs finally have a real say.

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"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" wins Best doumentary Oscar

 LOS ANGELES -  "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," documents the Russian leader's propaganda and patriotism program for the nation's youth.

The war in Ukraine has loomed large in Oscar documentary categories since its beginning in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Associated Press' documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" won best documentary feature in 2024. This year's documentary short nominees included "Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud," about an American journalist killed in the war.

American filmmaker David Borenstein won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards. The film directed with Pavel Talankin, documents a Russion teacher's struggle against state-mandated pro-war propaganda in schools. "In the name of our future, in the name of all of our children, stop all of these wars now," the film's protagonist and co-director Pavel Talankin said in Russian from the stage through a translator.

Talankin was a teacher in a small-town school in Russia who captured on video his students' lessons, chants and songs promoting the war in Ukraine. In fleeing Russia he smuggled his hard drives out of the country to collaborate with American director David Borenstein, who originally from Parkland, Florida lives and works now in Copenhagen, Denmark.

David Borenstein

The two men gave some of its most overtly political moments during their speeches. Borenstein spoke broadly about nations tipping into totalitarianism, while clearly emphasizing similarities between his country and Talankin's."'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' is about how you lose your country," Borenstein said. "You lose it through countless small little acts of complicity." •

Cheers in the auditorium grew as Borenstein said you lose a country when "we don't say anything" when governments kill people in the streets and oligarchs seek to consolidate control over media outlets.

"We all face a moral choice, but luckily even a nobody is more powerful than you think," Borenstein said.

Asked about the award, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment, saying he hasn't seen the documentary.
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115- Oscar 2026 Winners List

Best Picture
• WINNER: One Battle After Another

Best Actress
• WINNER: Jessie Buckley - Hamnet

Best Actor
• WINNER: Michael B Jordan - Sinners

Best Supporting Actress
• WINNER: Amy Madigan - Weapons

Best Supporting Actor
• WINNER: Sean Penn - One Battle After Another

Best Director
• WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another 

Best Animated Feature
• WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

Best International Feature
• WINNER: Sentimental Value

Best Documentary Feature
• WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin

Best Original Screenplay
• WINNER: Sinners - Ryan Coogler

Best Aadapted Screenplay
• WINNER: One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Original Song
• WINNER: Golden - KPop Demon Hunters (by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park)

Best Original Score
• WINNER: Sinners - Ludwig Goransson 

Best Cinematography
• WINNER: Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw

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• 115- Past Oscar No-Shows
• Hollywood stars who snubbed the Academy Awards
There have only been three people that refused the awards, actors George C. Scott and Marlon Brandon and screen writer Dudly Nichols.
Not everyone in Hollywood enjoys the gala event. Over the years, a handful of Hollywood A-listers have refused to attend the ceremony, and some who've sidestepped the show did so when they were up for awards of their own.
•••• From Katharine Hepburn to Will Smith, here are Hollywood stars who snubbed the Oscars.
•••• 2016 - Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith called for a boycott of the Academy Awards ceremony upon learning that the nominations, for the second year in a row, featured no actors of color. The actress and her superstar husband, Will Smith, were soon joined in the boycott by other Hollywood heavyweights including Oscar-winning directors Spike Lee and Michael Moore, while other stars -- including Oscar winners George Clooney and Lupita Nyong'o -- spoke out in support.
•••• 2003 - Peter O' Toole - In 2003, Peter O' Toole became the first actor to ever refuse an honorary Oscar. Maybe he did so out of pride. The legendary "Lawrence of Arabia" star, who'd been nominated eight times throughout his nearly 50-year career and lost every single time, wrote to the Academy, explaining, "I am still in the game and might win the lovely bugger outright. Would the Academy please defer the honor until I am 80?"
•••• The Academy responded by telling him stars like Paul Newman and Henry Fonda were given Honorary Oscars and went on to actually win one shortly after. O'Toole was sold, and happily showed up to accept his award.
•••• 2002 - Woody Allen though he's been nominated several times throughout his decades-long career, has never shown up to receive an Academy Award, explaining, "I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things -- or who doesn't win them -- you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is."
•••• Allen did make one appearance on the Oscars stage. In 2002, just six months after the September 11 attacks, the director presented a montage of films made in his beloved New York City.
•••• 1987 - Paul Newman was nominated six times from 1961 until 1982, and although he attended the ceremony many times, he never took home an award.
•••• Newman was nominated a seventh time in 1987 for "The Color Of Money." All bets were on him, but by that point, the actor was over it, and decided ahead of time he wouldn't attend the ceremony. "It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired,'" Newman explained.
•••• 1981 - John Gielgud, British actor, charmed audiences as the unflappable, acid-tongued butler Hobson in 1981's "Arthur," but the actor didn't bother showing up to the ceremony to accept his award when his name was called.
•• Gielgud, who throughout his eight-decade career nabbed two Oscars, three Tonys, an Emmy and a Grammy (among other honors) -- once said of awards shows, "I really detest all the mutual congratulation baloney and the invidious comparisons which they evoke.""
•••• 1974 - Katharine Hepburn holds a Hollywood record for being nominated 12 times and winning four Oscars over her long career, but she never attended the ceremony to hear her name called. "As for me, prizes are nothing," she once said. "My prize is my work." Hepburn made exactly one appearance at the Academy Awards in 1974 to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer and friend Lawrence Weingarten. "I'm living proof that a person can wait 41 years to be unselfish," she quipped.
•••• 1973 - Marlon Brando caused a ruckus when he boycotted the ceremony in 1973 to call attention to Hollywood's misrepresentation of Native Americans. Brando, who won Best Actor honors that year for his performance in "The Godfather," had Native American civil rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather approach the podium to decline his award and give a protest speech on his behalf.
•••• 1970 - George C. Scott was the first actor to refuse to accept an Oscar. The legendary actor, who was nominated in 1970 for his gripping portrayal of Gen. George S. Patton in "Patton," telegraphed the Academy months before the ceremony to let them know he didn't want the award. On the night of the ceremony, presenter Goldie Hawn opened the envelope and cried, "Oh my God! The winner is George C. Scott," but the actor, true to his word, was home on his farm in upstate New York.
•••• Scott said of the Oscars, "The ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons." Oops!
•••• 1960 - Elizabeth Taylor, screen legend, was a frequent Oscar nominee, nabbing her first award for her role as a high-class escort in 1960's "Butterfield 8." Six years later, Taylor was poised to win again for her riveting performance opposite husband Richard Burton, who was also nominated, for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" However, Burton had already lost four times at the Oscars and would almost certainly lose again, so both husband and wife boycotted the ceremony in protest -- though Taylor made up an excuse about Burton being afraid to fly back to the states from Paris. Taylor did win again and never issued a statement thanking the Academy.
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Berlinale 2026 throws its doors open to the public - TVI Magazine

BERLIN - February 14, 2026 - The 76th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is taking place from February 12 to 22, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. German filmmaker Wim Wenders was named the Jury President for the main competition. The festival opened with German-Afghan drama film "No Good Men" by Shahrbanoo Sadat.

The seven-member jury, chaired by German director Wim Wenders, also includes Japanese director, screenwriter and producer Hikari; American director Reinaldo Marcus Green; Nepalese director Min Bahadur Bham; South Korean actress Doona Bae; and Indian director, producer and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Polish producer Ewa Puszczynska.

The Berlinale is one of those rare major film festivals that actually welcomes the public. While Cannes keeps its red carpets firmly industry-only, Berlin throws open its doors.

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• A Child in Berlin: The Poignant Story of Heidi Posnien and Her Mother Durig the Fall of Germany
A Survivor of Berlin's WWII Atrocities Embodies Childhood Resilience
OGDEN, Utah, March 15, 2025 -- Heidi Posnien, now 88, enjoys a peaceful life in a farmhouse overlooking a lake -- worlds apart from her childhood in Nazi-occupied Germany, where she and her mother survived unimaginable circumstances. Despite the immense hardships she has endured in her lifetime, including outliving her husband and children, Posnien chooses gratitude for simple abundance, freedom and safety.
•••• "I don't believe in wallowing in self-pity," Posnien said. "You just go ahead with life and live life the best you can. And the more you do for other people, the less you worry about yourself."

Posnien shared her strikingly clear memories with professional biographer Rhonda Lauritzen, recalling in vivid detail the fear and uncertainty that permeated Nazi-infested Berlin during World War II; memories of her mother, Käthe, a rising star in Germany's opera scene; and her remarkable survival in a bombed-out apartment during the final weeks of the war. She lived alone at just 9 years old.

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Winter Olympics 2026 Medal Count

Order

NOC

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1	• Norway	18	12	11	43
2	• USA	12	12	9	33
3	• Netherland	10	7	3	20
4	• Italy	10	8	14	30
5	Germany	8	10	8	6

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MILANO CORTINA, February 13, 2026 - A stunned audience asks what happened to Ilia Malinin?

The men's singles free skate was set to be a coronation inside Milano Ice Skating Arena. The American prodigy, the "Quad God" Ilia Malinin, was going to take his place in figure skating lore and become the 2026 Winter Olympic champion.

All was well -- until it was time to take the ice.

A shaken Ilia Malinin leaves the ice after falling twice during his free skate routine on Feb. 13 at Milano Ice Skating Arena.  

Not only did the 21-year-old U.S. star not win gold, but he didn't even reach the podium, finishing in eighth place, the worst competition result of his senior career since March 2022.

"Going into that starting post," Malinin said. "I just felt like all the traumatic moments of my life really just started flooding my head. There's just so many negative thoughts that just flooded into there.

"I just did not handle it."
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• EARTHDAY.ORG celebrates its 56th anniversary
On April 22, 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson launched the first Earth Day to address the issue of environmental quality and resources conservation into the political agenda.
 
In December 1970, Congress authorized the creation of a new federal agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Since then, April 22 is regarded as the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement. 

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026 -- EARTHDAY.ORG's two year renewable energy-focused theme Our Power, Our Planet, has inspired over 10,000 events in the U.S alone, backing our calls for the tripling of electricity generation via renewable energy sources by 2030, eliminating fossil fuels subsidies, and securing inexhaustible sources of clean energy.

"Millions of people are taking peaceful action this Earth Day to demonstrate their support for renewable energy," says Kathleen Rogers, President, EDO. "Investment in this industry will increase innovation in all sectors of manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, spurring yet more technological advancements and creating millions of new jobs."
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About EARTHDAY.ORG:
Founded in 1970 by the organizers of the first Earth Day, EARTHDAY.ORG is the world's largest environmental movement, mobilizing over one billion people annually to protect the planet and its people.
This year Earth Day marks its 55th anniversary and has designated this year's Earth Day theme as Our Power, Our Planet.

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  Pasadena Playhouse offers MicroMozart Concerts

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Starring Tony Award Winner JEFFERSON MAYS and Broadway's SAM CLEMMETT
Directed by Tony Award Winner DARKO TRESNJAK 

February 11 - March 8, 2026 -- Through a special partnership with Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM), Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award, will offer Micro Mozart concerts - a series of 10-minute concerts featuring the music of Mozart before every performance of the Playhouse's lavish revival of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus directed by Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder). 

The Micro Mozart concerts will be presented free of charge in the restaurant space at the Playhouse 30 minutes before every performance of Amadeus. PCM's student performers range in age from 9-15, and the concerts will feature instrumental soloists, as well as chamber ensembles.

In Amadeus, the stage is set for a riveting rivalry between two composers: Antonio Salieri, the court's celebrated musician, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the vulgar prodigy whose brilliance threatens everything Salieri holds dear. Laced with biting wit, this Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece dives deep into ambition, envy, and the price of greatness. Embrace the intrigue of Amadeus, where the music is divine and the drama is unforgettable.

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 Josh D'Amaro Replaces Bob Iger As CEO Of The Walt Disney Company

Disney has officially named Josh D'Amaro, the current chairman of Disney Experiences (parks, resorts, and cruises), as the new CEO to replace Bob Iger, effective March 18, 2026. Iger will remain as a senior advisor and board member until the end of 2026 to ensure a smooth transition. 

D'Amaro is expected to focus on growing streaming platforms (Disney+, Hulu) and managing the transition of ESPN to a streaming model. 

Dana Walden will become president and chief creative officer, overseeing film and television.

D'Amaro was selected following a meticulous, multi-year search led by a special committee, which included former Morgan Stanley executive James Gorman.
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  Languages & The Media comes to London

The conference will take place from 4-6 November 2026 in London.

Building on the momentum of the Budapest edition, Languages & The Media comes to London for the first time. Hosted at Senate House, University of London, the 2026 edition marks a significant milestone: 30 years of Languages & The Media, under the theme "Moving Images That Move Audiences: Localizing with Intent."

This year's edition invites a human-centred approach to localization and accessibility, with a renewed focus on purpose, quality, sustainability, and care, alongside thoughtful engagement with technology, AI, and innovation in media localization.

We are seeking insightful contributions that address these timely topics. Whether you are presenting pioneering research or thought-provoking perspectives, this is your opportunity to share your work with an international audience of industry leaders, educators, researchers, and practitioners.

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The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC

Los Angeles, (November 17, 2025) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029.

ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars.

Starting in 2029, YouTube will retain global rights to streaming the Oscars through 2033 and will effectively be the home to all things Oscars, including red-carpet coverage, the Governors Awards and the Oscar nominations announcement.

Major award shows have added streaming partnerships, but the YouTube deal marks the first of the big four - the Oscars, Grammys, Emmys and Tonys - to completely shift broadcast. It puts one of the most watched non-NFL broadcasts in the hands of Google. YouTube boasts some 2 billion viewers.

The Academy Awards will stream for free on YouTube, in addition to YouTube TV subscribers. It will be available with audio tracks in many languages, in addition to closed captioning.

The network has been the broadcast home to the Oscars for almost its entire history. NBC first televised the Oscars in 1953, but ABC picked up the rights in 1961. Aside from a period between 1971 and 1975, when NBC again aired the show, the Oscars have been on ABC.

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To the Visionaries, Storytellers, and Friends of the Sundance Film Festival

This year's gathering is heavy with both gratitude and reflection. As we come together in the shadows of the Wasatch Mountains, we do so with the profound loss of the man who started it all. Earlier this year, we said goodbye to Robert Redford -- a titan of the arts, a champion of the independent spirit, and a cherished friend to Utah.

When Bob founded this festival decades ago, he didn't just create a venue for film; he created a sanctuary for the "wild, the weird, and the wonderful." He believed that our rugged landscapes were the perfect backdrop for unbridled creativity. Because of his vision, Utah became the epicenter of independent cinema, and the world became a richer place through the stories told here.

While this marks our final year hosting the festival in Utah, the impact of the Redford era is permanent. His legacy is etched into our canyons and woven into the fabric of our culture. We are immensely proud to have been the home of Sundance Film Festival for so long, and we are honored to share this closing frame with you.

Thank you for being part of this journey. We invite you to enjoy every screening, every conversation, and every moment of Utah's beauty. Let us celebrate the films, the man who made this possible, and the enduring power of a story well told.

With warmest regards,
Spencer J. Cox
Governor of Utah

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Amy Goodman covering the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest, October 2016
(courtesy of Reed Brody)

• 107- "Steal This Story, Please!": Documentary on Democracy Now! Premieres at Telluride Film Festival - TVI Magazine, August 29, 2025

AugustA new documentary, Steal This Story, Please!, tells the personal story of Amy Goodman and her decadeslong career as an independent journalist, is premiering this Sunday at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado. The film highlights some of the monumental stories Democracy Now! has covered throughout the years and the importance of independent journalism.
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• Documentary on 'Democracy Now's' Amy Goodman Shines a Light on Independent Journalism presented at the Telluride Film Festival
TVI Magazine - August 31, 2025

Telluride, CO -- The art of boots-on-the-ground mission journalism -- going to where a story is happening, talking to people despite the physical and emotional risk and reporting the facts -- is in decline, a victim of pod-casting, opinionated opining, shrinking news budgets and government intimidation.

Telling the truth as controversial and hard as it always was, it's harder than ever today. 

Documentarians and longtime partners Carl Deal and Tia Lessin ("Citizen Koch," "Fahrenheit 9/11") confessed that they made the film about Goodman, a friend and colleague, in part to cope with their concern about the decline of press freedom in general and independent journalism in particular. 

"We were looking for ways to deal with the insanity in the world," said Deal from Telluride, where he and Lessin are showing the film. "We were drawn to Amy's story. The way she's been working over the last three decades is validated in the way that the media is capitulating to power."

Lessin, Deal and Goodman are fellow travelers in the rough and tumble world of independent journalism and documentaries. Deal and Lessin worked closely with firebrand Michael Moore on "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 11/9," films that stand the test of time in highlighting critical social issues, from gun control to climate change.

Goodman's broadcast "Democracy Now" has been on the air for 29 years, but she has been a fierce advocate for the poor, the powerless, the marginalized, the forgotten people in distant war zones for even longer.
She is one of the few or maybe the only one that keeps audiences informed with visual evidence about the inhumanities in Gaza and the war in Ukraine on a daily basis. 

But the more significant distinction is her willingness to fearlessly s go out and expose the facts, convenient or otherwise. She is one of the few or maybe the only one that keeps audiences informed about the of inhumanities in Gaza and Ukraine on a daily basis..

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• The Costs of an Unchecked Alliance:
• Voices from the Communities Bearing the Burden
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• Nathan B. Stubblefield's patented the wireless telephone in 1908
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Nathan B. Stubblefield died Sept. 18, 2022

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• 102- Proof of Connection 1902 when voice was introduced to wireless transmission - Wi-Fi 1902

• 106- Proclamation by Wallace G. Wilkinson, former Governor of Kentucky
• 1992 proclaimed Nathan Beverly Stubblefield year and
• Murray, Kentucky 'Birthplace of radio'

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• Wireless Telephone inventor Nathan Stubblefield
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• 115th Anniversary of the N.B. Stubblefield's Wireless Telephone Patent
1908 0512 - PATENT GRANTED: Stubblefield's U.S. Patent, Number 887,357, All Purpose Wireless Telephone, Filed April 5, 1907, Granted May 12, 1908. / Click MORE STORY TO GO DIRECTLY TO U.S. Patent Office - (Patent Expires May 12, 1925) CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW PATENT
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Trivia: What other event occurred in 1902, the year of Stubblefields's public demonstration in 1902.

A: The founding of J.C. Penney stores by James Cash.
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• 102- Nathan B. Stubblefield, the Man History Overheard
By Harvey Geller
•••• In Life's current Bicentennial issue, radio checks in, at #86 on the hot "100 Events That Shaped America," 19 buttons behind Bell's telephone. Erroneously, Life lists Guglielmo Marcon's dots and dashes as the first wireless broadcast, a fable echoed by the World Almanac and Encyclopedia Britannica. It's a forgivable mumpsimus, since the evidence offered on the following pages has not, until now, appeared in any national publication.
•••• The birth of broadcasting is a bizarre soap opera saga, a lacrymal legend of mystery, machination, ephemeral enshrinement, decline, disillusionment and disaster. It's denouncement dissolves six miles north of Murray, Kentucky, in a two-room shanty constructed of pine and cornstalks, where radio's uncelebrated architect is discovered 48 hours after his death, his records scattered, his equipment destroyed, his brain partly eaten by rats. Even local radio fails to mention his demise. He is Nathan Beverly Stubblefield, the man history over-heard and then overlooked.
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• SMART90
SMART90 stands for Stubblefield Nathan, Marconi Guglielmo, Ambrose Fleming, Reginald Fessenden, Tesla Nicola, DeForest Lee, Armstrong Edwin Howard, Alexanderson Ernst Fredrik Werner, Farnsworth Philo,

•••• SMART-DAAF Boys, Vol I, 'The Inventors of Radio & Televison & The Life Style of Nathan B. Stubblefield," by Troy Cory-Stubblefield and Josie Cory, Library of Congress Number 93060451. (ISBN) 1-883644-003, pgs. 580. •Copyright © 1993

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• ••• Troy Cory was among the first international entertainers and the first American entertainer to perform in the People's Republic of China, beginning in 1988. In itself a notable culture-historical feat, in view of China's closed door policies of the late 70s and well into the 80s. The PRC's administrative climate in comparison is much less restrictive now and China's open door policy enables many entertainers to introduce themselves to the populace Chinese audiences.
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• • Back in the 80s, as a goodwill ambassador representing the U.S.A., Troy Cory and his back-up dancers and singers, "The Brooke Sisters," were the first entertainers from the United States to appear in a full staged program in the People's Republic of China during the Shanghai TV Festival, and televised on China's National Television (CCTV), viewed by over 300 million people.• •
• • It was there Cory met Jiang Zemin, then mayor of Shanghai, and who later became the 5th President of the People's Republic of China.•
• The '88 Shanghai Concert was the beginnings of Troy's concert tours in China for the next two decades. The concerts, just to name a few, included the following cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Anshan, Harbin, Fuzhou and and Tsingtao (Qingdao)
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• 114- Ron Rice, Hawaiian Tropic founder in 2004 accompanied the Troy Cory Show on a concert tour through China. -
Rice died May 19, 2022 at the age of 81 in Daytona Beach, Florida
••• He grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, and fell in love with the beaches of Florida on a childhood visit. He made his home in Daytona Beach, where he worked as a high school chemistry teacher and part-time lifeguard.
••• It was at his part-time job that Rice was inspired by seeing people all over the beach using Coppertone suntan lotion. He became determined to create a unique competitor, using his chemistry knowledge to experiment with a suntan lotion formula, scented with coconut and fruit.
••• He famously mixed his first formula in a garbage can, bottling it at home in his garage with a $500 loan from his father to launch his business. He named it Hawaiian Tropic to evoke an exotic beach locale.
••• His experiment was a hit making him a multi-millionaire, with his Hawaiian Tropic suncare brand creating sales of $110 million per year.
••• Ricewith his Hawaiian Tropic brand became known for sponsoring beauty pageants and NASCAR racecars.
••• In 2004 he accompanied Troy Cory to a concert tour through China.
•••After selling Hawaiian Tropic to Playtex in 2007, Rice returned to the industry in recent years with the suncare brand Habana Brisa.
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• 114- Scott B. Whitenack-Stubblefield Esq., great-grand son of wireless telephone inventor, Nathan B. Stubblefield, died - By Troy Cory
Scott Bryan Whitenack passed away untimely on September 18, in Los Angeles, CA.
•••• Scott, aka Scott Stubblefield, was one of four children with siblings, Alden, Keith, and Priscilla. (His brother Keith pre-ceded him in death at the age of 32). His parents were Troy Cory Stubblefield, an entertainer and author and Dorothy Swafford, owner of a furniture and antiques retail store. Scott's children are Steven, David and grand-children, William, Bruce, Cora and Max, borne to Steven and Skylark. Scott's great-grandfather is Nathan B. Stubblefield, the inventor of Radio, in 1882, and patent holder of the wireless telephone (1908) and his great-great-great .... grandparents were - John and Priscilla Alden who were part of the pilgrimage who sailed on the Mayflower to Plymouth Rock from England in 1620.

(The Stubblefield story is incorporated within several photographs and denotes of and about S Scott to show how their personal ambitions and dreams parallel each other - both died - before their dreams and ambitions were fulfilled)

During the time he studied for the State Bar, Scott lived with Josie and myself on our family estate in Pasadena. He passed the State Bar the first time and was among only 33% to do so.
The balance of time was spent doing cinematography for my TV shows, which he considered an artistic outlet besides his major life's work, in the field of law. After he passed the State Bar he handled numerous legal cases and ended up working as an associate lawyer with Melvin Belli with whom he engaged in several cases and won a lawsuit that became precedent case law. Whitenack was committed to his legal profession for over three decades.•
r••• If you needed legal advice or help with a motion filing, Scott was there with his trusty law books. He was very intelligent, outspoken and an independent thinker.
•••• He also was a family man, who loved hiking and scuba diving, a good game of tennis and enjoyed bringing his sons to Paramount Ranch for regular family outings and Father's Day get-togethers.
•••• As to his love for cinematography he videotaped additional segments for the movie "Christmas around the World." Scott later became my producer and cinematographer for "To Catch a Dream" filmed in Europe. The video project brought him and the production team to Paris, Venice, Cannes, Munich and Salzburg. Said footage with perfect picture-book pans of the Eiffel Tower, the Seine River, the leaning Tower of Pisa and the Venice Bridge of Sigh, is a legacy he left behind for us.
•••• In the early 90s during the writing of our 4-volume set of books entitled "the SMART-DAAF Boys" about the invention of radio and the the wireless telephone, Scott lent a helpful hand in giving his legal aspect of his great-grandfather Nathan Stubblefield's copyrighted and patented invention. He also was the co-author of "Bank America, the Tortfeasor." •

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Scott as a teenager with John Wayne
at LA Herald-Express columnist Harrison Carroll's Cinema Reporting Prize press conference.

•••• His favorite poem is found on a card he prepared for one of my Father's Days titled "The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower."

••••• He leaves behind his father, Troy Cory-Stubblefield, his mother Dorothy Steele, sister Priscilla Stubblefield Cory, brother and sister-in-law Alden and Sara Stubblefield, step mother Josie Cory-Stubblefield, sons David and Steven, daughter-in law Skylar, and great-grandchildren, William, Bruce, Cora and Max; Nephew Ryan White, and niece Jenny Wharton. His brother Keith pre-ceded him in death at the age of 32.

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