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Stephen Colbert held an emergency meeting on Saturday to allay the fears of Late Show employees about their showrunner Chris Licht, who is being chased by CNN, Six has learned.

“It simply came to our notice then [regular] staff meeting [Friday] run by Licht and he said nothing about CNN. It was a normal business, “said a source familiar with the meeting.

But when news broke on Saturday that 50-year-old Licht would replace Jeff Zucker as president of CNN, we were told that 57-year-old Colbert had convened a meeting of Zoom staff at 2 p.m. to “calm the panic.”

Colbert had originally planned to inform staff about Licht’s departure this week, but the lively news site Puck beat him when it first announced the producer’s new gig.

The lead writer of “The Late Show” started the meeting at Zoom and it was “quite fun”, we were told.

“He was relieved by Stephen that he no longer had to keep the secret,” said our insider, adding: “It was not mentioned who will replace Chris as a showrunner.”

Discovery, which is in the process of merging with CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros., officially announced on Monday that Licht will be appointed CEO of CNN Global.

“I have known and admired Chris for more than 15 years and strongly believe that he is the best person to lead CNN Global. “He is an extremely principled man who is trustworthy, hardworking and makes any organization stronger, more innovative and more cohesive,” said David Zaslav, future CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery.

“I am honored to have this opportunity, especially at such an important time for our country and the world,” Licht said in a statement.

“CNN has a rich and legendary heritage and I promise to maintain and build on it. I am forever grateful to Stephen Colbert and the incomparable Late Show team for an unforgettable run. “I look forward to returning to my journalistic roots,” he said.

Colbert was considered a risky choice when he was named David Letterman’s successor at CBS in 2014. But Licht helped the comics show bring comics to the top of late ratings, overshadowing NBC’s Tonight Show rival Jimmy Fallon.

Licht will now take over the 56-year-old Zucker, who resigned in February after failing to reveal his romantic relationship with former chief marketing officer Alison Golust, who also resigned.

Licht is expected to begin his new role on CNN in early May.

Serena Williams is no stranger to the catwalk, as she has modeled the shows of her own fashion line in the past. But Monday was the first time the 23-time big champion has walked for a big luxury brand during Fashion Month.

On the first day of Paris Fashion Week, Williams paid tribute to his longtime fashion collaborator, the late designer and founder of Off-White, Virgil Ablo.

Off-White, a Milan-based luxury brand, honored Abloh, who died in November 2021 at the age of 41 after a private battle with rare cancer, while presenting his fall 2022 collection – Abloh’s latest contribution to the brand.

The star-studded show (Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Carly Kloss, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford also graced the catwalk for the occasion) was split in two, with Serena wearing part of the “ready-to-wear collection” for the upcoming season in the first portion.

Notice Serena Williams, model in the Off-White Virgil Abloh memorial show #PFW pic.twitter.com/lAfFQoE6w8

– Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) February 28, 2022

Serena Williams has just entered Virgil Ablo’s latest Off-White show at Paris Fashion Week pic.twitter.com/noXQXQmnel

– Jessica Testa (@jtes) February 28, 2022

After the show, Williams went to Instagram to express his gratitude for the opportunity to honor his friend.

Williams has long been Ablo’s muse, with the tennis star as the inspiration for the designer’s first Nike collection in 2018. The collection, called “Queen” (naturally), included Ablo’s perception of the classic tennis dress with asymmetrical color-blocking, classic Off – White text and a tulle tutu skirt. “I was trying to embody her spirit and bring something fascinating and fresh to tennis,” he said in an official statement at the start. Williams wore the dress in different colors at the US Open 2018.

In 2019, she wore neon yellow sneakers designed by Abloh while attending the Met Gala. She soon rocked Abloh’s original at the 2019 French Open. and the “goddess.”

When Ablo died, Williams was one of a group of celebrities who paid tribute to their favorite designer. “Words cannot express the grief I feel from the death of my friend @virgilabloh,” she wrote on Instagram. “I will always be grateful that I had the opportunity to witness such greatness, such genius and feel the warmth of his smile. It was an honor for me to stand by him. He illuminated every room he entered. Let his beloved family and friends find comfort in knowing how deeply his art has influenced our culture and all of us. I’ll miss you.”

If the first two months of 2022 felt like a controllable ramp for annual streaming offers, be well prepared: the gateways are about to open. With March come major editions from almost every streaming service – from Bridgerton in Netflix to Atlanta of Hulu, from Time to win on HBO Max to Moon Knight at Disney +. There are many things to see, so take a deep breath and see what’s coming this month.

What’s new in streaming in March

Selected list of movies and TV shows coming this month The bell is very excited about.

Better thingsSeason 5 (March 1, Hulu)

Dan Devine: When we were done High supportI asked mine Bell colleagues writing culture, for recommendations for other, similar heartfelt comedies of recent years. This led us to the amazing and cheerful picture of Pamela Adlon Better things, a deep human depiction of what it’s like to be human in the world, while raising daughters who sometimes just hate you and who sometimes get close to hating you, and then you get over it all so you can make dinner, push them to things and continue to love them unconditionally. Having this kind of cute mirror and comedic pressure relief valve for some of the inherent challenges and the accompanying fury of parenthood was felt … well, let’s call it useful.

Drive my car (March 2, HBO Max)

Sean Fenesi: It is a daring three-hour film that is in turn restrained and distant, to an explosive finale that shifts the emotional turmoil from Hidetoshi Nishijima’s director to his driver and companion, played by Toko Miura. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film is beyond intentional – it is a study at a pace and unknowable truths.

West Side Story (March 2, Disney +)

Mani Lazic: Romeo and JulietShakespeare’s critique of the oppressive power of an unequal society has often been simplified in the story of two incredibly wide-eyed lovers, destroyed by fate but with their own West Side Story, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner return it to its original form. In the process, they reinforce the continuing relevance and relevance of the tale. The film’s desire to be candid about racism, misogyny and economic inequality makes its more sublime moments even more tragic and justified, and the music matches the energy by being more produced, more direct and somehow better adapted. to these sinister topics. Instead of an abstract interpretation of racial violence, Spielberg’s West Side Story uses all the tools of filmmaking to better unite classical history and songs into a single part of cinema, such as a strong fist in which every finger is determined to rebel, as well as others.

Dropping out (March 3, Hulu)

Alison Herman: Elizabeth Holmes is a strange, almost inhuman figure of her own invention. The voice! Green juice! The dances! In their reports, both Rebecca Jarvis and John Kerriru largely adhere to the facts, letting unusual events speak for themselves and avoiding unknowable truths like what Holmes thinks. But like The invention of Anna scientifically the hard way, a TV show doesn’t have that option, or otherwise it’s just a more expensive restoration of what has already been done. Dropping out… it also works as a companion – and corrective – to another sensational scam story. The invention of Anna never presents a cohesive theory about the deceiver Anna Delvi. Dropping outand the performance of Amanda Seyfried, present Holmes as brilliant but impatient and under enormous, self-imposed pressure to succeed.

Time to Win: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (March 6, HBO Max)

Formula 1: Drive to surviveSeason 4 (March 11, Netflix)

Kevin Clark: Drive to survive is based on the personalities of the pilots and team leaders, the people in charge of the pilot teams, who function as something like a general manager / coach. The show revolves around a Type-A alpha staring directly into the camera as Jim Halpert of The office and they just say what they mean by their boss or colleague. The team’s directors walk around and tell Tom Wolfe’s novels; all the drivers are rich, they look like models and there is still a lot to complain about. These are the pillars of the show: Directors try to outdo each other as masters of the universe, while pilots orient themselves in HR dramas and try to compete as fast as possible. This is the most chaotic mixture possible Hard blows, Gossip girl, James Bondand Game of Thrones. This is perfect television.

WeCrashed (March 18, Apple TV +)

Herman: Nothing has been published about WeWork anymore, “dug into what we saw as the heart of the story,” says Drew Crevell, who created WeCrashed s The office executive producer Lee Eisenberg. “There is no WeWork without Rebecca Neumann, and there is no WeWork without the very specific alchemy of these two personalities coming together.” Both Adam and Rebecca Neumann are portrayed as comedy characters, but Rebecca is the one who carries the emotional weight. Some requests for our sympathy are more effective than others.

AtlantaSeason 3 (March 25, Hulu)

Chris Ryan: Many shows try to keep up with the culture; Atlanta it feels like he’s creating it … While the episodes of the second season were somewhat divided on a narrative level, the cumulative effect was huge. For a show that breaks so many rules, its themes are as old as capitalism. Each melancholy entry into “Robbin ‘Season” was a heavy loss and a hard-fought gain. If you imagine Atlanta as a winter ghost town, it was the season for what happens the day after a dream comes true, but you find yourself in the same old bed, in the same old house, in the same old town, with a bunch of new problems that you feel ominous like your old ones.

BridgertonSeason 2 (March 25, Netflix)

Herman: IN Bridgerton the choice that will most likely fall into the headlines is sex. Herein lies the most direct distinction between the ABC era of Shonda Rhymes and Netflix: What if McSteamy could really become… suffocating? Bridgerton it takes a while to warm up, but once it starts, it’s clearer than a CW-like show Gossip girl he could have dreamed once. Be careful to start as a comfortable watch with your mother, just to avoid eye contact on opposite sides of the couch.

Moon Knight (March 30, Disney +)

Daniel Chin: Stewarded by lead screenwriter Jeremy Slater and a directing team of Egyptian director Mohamed Diab and co-duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Moon Knight is expected to be the first MCU project for 2022, when it premieres at Disney + on March 30. After Marvel Studios ended the busy 2021 with the editions of Spider-Man: No way home and the season finale of Hawk’s gaze, two projects that relied on the nostalgic returns of both favorite characters and villains, the studio begins a new year with a new character. IN Moon KnightOur hero’s first trailer doesn’t even know who he is – and he still doesn’t look like much of a hero.

Some new things you may have missed

Since it’s hard to keep up with everything, here are a few things that came up recently at the premiere that might be worth catching up on.

Separation (Apple TV +)

Herman: Created by Dan Erickson and largely directed by Ben Stiller, Separation starring Adam Scott as Mark S., a soft-spoken middle manager at a company called Lumon Industries. Or rather part of it is: In the procedure you give Separation his name, Mark’s primary self, is “detached” from his working self, with one half of his personality retaining no knowledge or memory of the other. Mark’s Ini, Lumon’s infantile term for his 24-hour staff, has no idea what his life is like for the remaining 16 hours a day; Mark’s “mark” has no idea what he’s actually doing in exchange for his salary.

The invention of Anna (Netflix)

Reacher (Amazon Prime)

Jodie Walker: Based on a series of novels by Lee Child, following fictional analyst Jack Reacher, the new Amazon Prime series is extremely focused on investing in the mysterious protagonist. Is Reacher a former military man? You know he is. Does he arrive in a small town in Georgia by bus with nothing but shoes on his feet, clothes on his back, and a mysterious World War II medal in his pocket? He certainly does. Does Reacher have his own moral code, which you or the law may disagree with, but which he follows, regardless of the cost? You bet on your ass.

Jeen-yuhs: Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)

The love is blindSeason 2 (Netflix)

Righteous gems, Season 2 (HBO Max)

Alan Siegel: Righteous gems is a comedy that uses the premise of a superb family of TV evangelicals as a starting point and then spends its first season in a family drama that would make every prestigious series blush – debauchery, extortion, endless battles. With an cast that includes Walton Goggins, Adam Devine and Eddie Patterson’s Theft in addition to John Goodman and Danny McBride, Season 1 paints a picture of a family so busy tidying up their own pockets that they got lost. Now, season 2 plans to go even deeper, exploring Eli Gemstone’s past and how it led him to become a megachurch magnate.

Jeopardy champion Christine Welchel loses her wig in her fourth match to “normalize cancer recovery”

By Brian Gallagher for Dailymail.com

Published: 2:25 AM GMT on March 1, 2022 | Updated: 2:41 AM GMT on March 1, 2022

Current Jeopardy champion Christine Welchel is back for her fourth game on Monday, but with a much different look.

The 37-year-old piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, Tennessee, wore a wig for her first three appearances on the show, but did not do so on Monday.

During a segment in which host Ken Jennings spoke to all three players, Welchel revealed why she decided to go without a wig.

Different looks: Current Jeopardy champion Christine Welchel is back for her fourth game on Monday, but with a very different look

Wig: 37-year-old piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, Tennessee wore a wig for her first three appearances on the show, but not on Monday

Jennings mentioned that fans who watched last week will notice that she looks a little different on Monday, and asked her to explain why.

“After … the profits, I decided I didn’t have to hide behind a wig anymore and I wanted to normalize what recovery from cancer looked like,” Welchel said.

Jennings said, “You look great and congratulations on your recovery,” as the audience applauded before returning to the game.

Different: Jennings mentioned that fans who watched last week will notice that she looks a little different on Monday, and asked her to explain why

Normalization: “After … the profits, I decided I didn’t have to hide behind a wig anymore and I wanted to normalize what cancer recovery looked like,” Welchel said.

Welchel won $ 34,000 in her first game, where during her segment with Jennings, she revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2021.

“I was diagnosed in March 2021 and one of the first things I did a few weeks after I was diagnosed was take Jeopardy! test, ‘said Welchel.

“And I finally got my audition the night before the operation in May,” she added in Wednesday’s episode.

Game One: Whelchel won $ 34,000 in her first game, where during her segment with Jennings, she revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2021.

She added: “Everything else went well and I’m cancer-free right now” before returning to the game.

Welchel actually won his first rare tie-break game with then-two-day champion, two-day champion Henry Rozycki, who both finished with $ 34,000.

Whelchel answered the question of the tie-break in front of Rozycki correctly, which made her the new Jeopardy champion.

No cancer: She added, “Everything else went well and I’m cancer-free right now,” before returning to the game.

She is currently earning $ 59,601 through her three-game winning streak.

Her current reign comes just a month after the end of Amy Schneider’s 40-game winning streak.

Schneider had the second longest winning streak in Jeopardy history, just behind the huge streak of 74 wins by current host Ken Jennings.

Winnings: She has currently won $ 59,601 through her three-game winning streak

The late show Host Stephen Colbert was sure Chris Licht was the right man to work as a showrunner on his late-night CBS show when the couple met for a drink six years ago.

But Colbert said, “I wasn’t sure if I was going to like him, if we were going to be friends, because we’re all show folk here, and Chris isn’t.” I didn’t know if I would like him, but six years later I love you, Chris.

Colbert gave a brilliant farewell to his showrunner and possibly the man who helped turn his fortune up late into the night after Licht was appointed chairman and CEO of CNN Global, starting in May.

He joked that “he trained the next president of CNN.” “I believe that legally CNN now means the Colbert News Network. Apparently Chris is still under contract, so we’re going to have to do this as a baseball trade. If CNN takes Chris, I’ll take Wolf Blitzer’s beard, “he laughed.

The former host of Colbert’s report, who is behind NBC The evening show in the ratings, when Licht took office, he praised his humility.

“He arrived knowing what he didn’t know, which was something about comedy or show business, so he approached work with a level of humility that is rare among executives. But here’s the thing. There are bosses and then there are leaders. Your bosses tell you what to do. Leaders work as hard as you to do what needs to be done, and here’s what [Chris] I did. That’s why he won the respect of all of us here who live in the clown car, “he said. “We showed him what we really want to do, which is the show we are doing now, and he immediately started creating lines of communication, ribbons of responsibility and a respectable workplace that makes creative ambition possible at this speed. I am happy that CNN will benefit from all his wisdom.

Colbert pointed out that Licht had a “managerial” rather than a creative role – this is largely the responsibility of Tom Purcell, and said that the former head of the morning news “respects this line.”

But he added that Licht is particularly disgusted with a character on the show – the screaming Joe in the style of Kid Rock, American Dumbas, who Colbert and the writers really like, but Licht does not. This was supported by the assessments – it is known that Licht is a person who reviews the numbers minute by minute (something that I, as the person who covers the work late at night for Deadline, can confirm) and the team promised to leave him. Until tonight (see above), when he was taken out again to stand next to Licht, in tears of laughter.

Given that Licht was a “little ruler” who always said at staff parties, “Have a nice time, not a great time,” Colbert raised a commemorative beer for Chris Licht.

“We will miss all things for Chris… we will miss your fleece vests, your strange loyalty to the people of Untuckit. We will miss your stories about how many billionaires you know, and I personally will miss the frantic, waving hand gestures when I go 38 minutes with Neil DeGras Tyson or even mention Lord of the Rings. I know we will all really miss your confusion in Air Maraca white boy frat, but most of all, if I can, Chris, we will miss your persistence in the face of the opposition, whether or not you fight with a network about how many times we can say a hole in the CBS or urge staff to order a Meatball Shop for lunch, whether we like it or not, and for the record, we don’t.

Putin’s friend Stephen Seagal is outraged, saying he sees both sides of the war in Ukraine as “one family”: he accuses foreign propaganda of provoking an escalation

• The actor, who is a Russian special envoy, says he wants a “peaceful solution”
• The Russian citizen accused an “outsider” of spreading propaganda
• Seagal, 69, had previously expressed support for the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

By Jack Newman for Mailonline

Published: 11:34 GMT, March 1, 2022 | Updated: 11:36 GMT, March 1, 2022

Stephen Seagal has sparked outrage after saying both sides in the war in Ukraine are “one family” and accused an “outsider” of spreading propaganda against the Russian invasion.

The 69-year-old actor, who is a friend of Vladimir Putin and received Russian citizenship in 2016, said he hoped for a “peaceful solution” after forces invaded Ukraine last week.

The Kremlin apologist, who was appointed special envoy for humanitarian relations with the United States in 2018, had previously backed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and praised Putin as “one of the world’s great living leaders.”

Putin’s apologist Stephen Seagal has sparked outrage after saying both sides in the war in Ukraine are “one family”

The 69-year-old actor, who is a friend of Vladimir Putin and received Russian citizenship in 2016, said he hoped for a “peaceful solution”

The Under Siege star told Fox News: “Most of us have friends and family in Russia and Ukraine.

“I see both as one family and I really believe that this is an external entity that spends huge sums of money on propaganda to provoke both sides to feud with each other.

“Prayer prayers are for both sides to reach a positive, peaceful solution in which we can live and prosper together in peace.”

The comments sparked outrage online, with many criticizing the actor for repeating the Kremlin’s remarks and failing to condemn the Russian invasion.

Comments have sparked outrage online, with many criticizing the actor for repeating the Kremlin’s remarks and failing to condemn the Russian invasion.

Last year, the Hollywood star joined a pro-Kremlin party.

Seagal received a party membership card of the alliance named Fair Russia – Patriots – For the Truth, showed a video published by the party.

It was set up earlier last year when three left-wing parties, all of which backed Putin, merged into one.

Seagal proposed repression against businesses that harm the environment.

“Without being able to arrest people, when we just fine them, they probably make more money from producing things that pollute the environment,” he said in his welcome speech at a party event.

Hollywood star Steven Seagal received a party membership card of the alliance named Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth on Saturday, showed a video published by the party

The party controls a faction in the lower house of the Russian parliament and plans to run in parliamentary elections in September.

Seagal, a US-born martial artist, is best known for producing and starring in action films, while Putin, who granted him citizenship, is a fan of martial arts.

In 2018, Russia commissioned Seagal to improve humanitarian ties with the United States at a time when relations between the two countries have deteriorated to their worst level since the Cold War.

As a Russian envoy, Seagal visited Venezuela earlier last year and presented a samurai sword to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Spoiler warning! Love Is Blind star Deepti Vempati’s brother calls her ex-boyfriend Shake Chatterjee a “loser” after a bombshell finale: “Stay the hell away from my sister”

• Contains spoilers for the latest episode of Netflix Love Is Blind

From Deirdre Simonds for Dailymail.com

Published: 1:17 AM GMT on March 1, 2022 | Updated: 1:53 AM GMT on March 1, 2022

Deepti Vempati’s brother has revealed that he is “proud” of her for leaving former fiancé Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee as an alternative to Friday’s Love Is Blind finale.

After watching his sister try to find love in the hit reality series Netflix, in which couples seek love and get engaged before they meet in person, the brother of the 31-year-old reality star, Sunny Wempati and his partner Hina, called Shake for ‘making some horrible and disgusting comments about her.’

“Deep, we are so incredibly proud of you !!!” We have witnessed how you grow into such an amazing and beautiful woman, you have inspired so many people to realize their own worth and demand what they deserve, and to be satisfied with nothing less, “the couple began in a statement on Instagram.

Finished: Deepti Vempati’s brother reveals that he is “proud” of her for leaving ex-fiancé Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee as an alternative to Friday’s Love Is Blind finale

They continued: “We want you not to choose this [clown] but in spite of his childhood, you behaved with grace and continued to see the good in people.

Nodding at Shake’s remarks that he wasn’t attracted to Deepty, Sunny said she didn’t usually get involved in “drama,” but she had to defend her sister.

“Bru, you’re a loser,” he shot. “You minimized my sister’s life by making some horrible and ugly comments about her.” You made these statements, knowing that your own mother would one day watch it; my parents and my whole family had to talk to you behind my sister’s back about the insecurities she has struggled with all her life.

Speaking: After watching his sister try to find love in the hit reality series Netflix, in which couples seek love and get engaged before meeting in person, the brother of the 31-year-old reality star, Sunny Vempati and his partner Hina, called out Shake for “making some horrible and disgusting comments about her”

“Deep, we are so incredibly proud of you !!!” We have witnessed how you grow into such an amazing and beautiful woman, you have inspired so many people to realize their own worth and demand what they deserve, and to be satisfied with nothing less, “the couple began in a statement on Instagram; (left to right) Shake and Deepty get engaged in the second season of Love Is Blind

Sunny continued: “Despite your comments in front of and off the camera about her body, she continued to support you only, despite our best efforts to convince her to see through your BS. This is the person she is.

“Despite all your efforts to pretend that all this was made up and due to” editing “, no one forced you to say those words. We welcome you into our home and you see it as an opportunity for influence; so forgive me if I am not sympathetic to you and the hatred you receive, “he concluded.

In his last sentence, Sunny wrote, “Good luck for the rest of your life and stay the hell away from my sister.”

The family no longer approves: In his last sentence, Sunny wrote, “Good luck for the rest of your life and stay the hell with my sister.”

Choosing herself: Deepty and Shake broke up on their wedding day after she decided she deserved “someone who knows for sure” that he was in love with her

Deepti approved her brother’s statement, which she repeated in her Instagram Story on Sunday.

“The love and support of my family is incomparable,” she said.

Deepty and Shake broke up on their wedding day after she decided she deserved “someone who knows for sure” that he was in love with her.

Still on the market: Deepti approved her brother’s statement, which she repeated in her Instagram Story on Sunday with the caption: “The love and support from my family is incomparable”