Hadid, Malik celebrate baby’s arrival
Model Gigi Hadid and her musician boyfriend Zayn Malik took to social media to celebrate the arrival of an infant girl, with dad saying he’s “grateful” and “thankful.”
“To try put into words how I am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love I feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding. Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine,” Malik, 27, wrote on Twitter.
He shared a black and white image featuring himself and their daughter holding hands. Hadid, 25, also shared a similar photo on Instagram, with the caption: “Our girl joined us earth-side this weekend and she’s already changing our world. So in love.”
Neither parent revealed the baby’s name. It is Hadid’s first child with boyfriend Malik, a former member of One Direction.
ViacomCBS unveils new filmmaker program:
ViacomCBS is launching a new program that will pair filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds with high-profile executive producers.
Announced Wednesday by ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group, the First Time Directors program will match women directors and filmmakers of color with A-listers and their production companies for 50 films. These TV movies will “tell diverse stories through the lens of diverse storytellers” and will span ViacomCBS E&Y’s portfolio, including Paramount Network, MTV and Comedy Central.
Angela Bassett, Idris Elba, Salma Hayek, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, John Leguizamo, Eva Longoria and Courtney B. Vance are among the producers who will work with the company to identify the filmmakers to pair with projects. They will also
mentor them throughout the process. Lennon tribute goes
online: An annual John Lennon tribute concert on his Oct. 9 birthday in New York City has been forced online in its 40th year because of the pandemic.
The event on what would have been Lennon’s 80th birthday will stream for free at 7 p.m. Eastern on LennonTribute.org. Organizers will ask for contributions for programs that benefit people affected by cancer. Taped performances by Jackson Browne, Natalie Merchant, Rosanne Cash and others will be included — many from past shows but some new.
Disney delays films: The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed upcoming movies in its latest recalibration due to the pandemic.
Ten of Disney’s top films shuffled release dates Wednesday, uprooting
several of the company’s major fall releases. The Scarlett Johansson Marvel movie “Black Widow,” set for Nov. 6, heads to May 7. Kenneth Branagh’s murder mystery “Death on the Nile” moves from next month to Dec. 18. That was the date set for “West Side Story,” but Steven Spielberg’s musical will instead debut in December 2021.
The Pixar release “Soul” remains on the calendar for November. “The Empty Man,” a horror release from the former 20th Century Fox, is moving up from December to Oct. 23.
Sept. 25 birthdays:
Newswoman Barbara Walters is 91. Actor Michael Douglas is 76. Model Cheryl Tiegs is 73. Actor Anson Williams is 71. Actor Mark Hamill is 69. Actor Heather Locklear is 59. Actor Will Smith is 52. Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones is 51. Rapper T.I. is 40. Actor-rapper Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) is 37.