The Verbier Festival said conductor Valery Gergiev, a conductor who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, resigned as music director at its request. The Swiss classic music festival said it made the change as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In an upset, the deaf family drama “CODA” took top honors at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of “Squid Game,” the cast of “Ted Lasso” and Will Smith. The ceremony, held Sunday at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, was notably border-breaking, with historic wins for deaf actors, Korean stars and some of Hollywood’s biggest names.