Jeff Tweedy’s first concert of the pandemic was weird. On Sept. 18, the Wilco frontman took the stage with the members of Tweedy, a side project that includes his sons Spencer and Sammy, for a drive-in show in McHenry, Ill. Emerging from quarantine to play music to a field of cars was strange enough. Warping
SiriusXM continues to report progress in its contract negotiations with star personality Howard Stern as the company revealed its third-quarter earnings, with revenue up 1% at $2.025 billion and income up 11% to $272 million. Stern’s contract expires at the end of the year and has been a constant topic of conversation in the company’s business
BBC One renews “Staged”; Tencent strikes European deals; U.K. Producers’ Guild launches diversity plan; India’s PVR adds former IMAX chief; and Channel 4 orders royal documentary series. U.K. broadcaster BBC has ordered a second season of comedy “Staged,” created by Simon Evans and Phin Glynn, and starring Michael Sheen (“Good Omens”) and David Tennant (“Des”)
Marge Champion, a dancer and actor who served as the real-life model for Disney’s 1937 animated classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to The New York Times. She was 101. Champion and her husband, Gower Champion, also had great success as dance partners and choreographers for Broadway
Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced it has centralized its two production music divisions — Extreme Music and EMI Production Music — as one global operation and named Russell Emanuel as its President & CEO. According to the announcement, the appointment gives Emanuel oversight of Sony/ATV’s global production music business, which will combine the strengths and experiences of both
Women and people of color are getting more screen time on television, but those who hold the power — and the purse strings — in the industry are “still overwhelmingly white and male,” says the latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, which analyzed the TV business across the 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 seasons. “There has been a
In a landmark deal, ViacomCBS Networks Americas (VCNA) has inked a pact with social TV platform Twitch for the co-streaming in Latin America of Nickelodeon’s popular animated series, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “The Legend of Korra”. From Oct. 26 to Oct. 29, Twitch users in the region will get a chance to interact with
The Recording Academy’s recently launched Black Music Collective has announced a leadership council to join other prominent Black music creators and professionals in amplifying Black voices. It is the most recent step in the Academy’s ongoing stated efforts to diversify its leadership and membership. According to the announcement, the leadership committee is dedicated to progressing
Interactive-video firm Eko says it will continue to pursue its patent and trade-secret theft litigation against Quibi, after Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman announced the startup will wind down operations and seek to sell its assets less than seven months after Quibi launched. New York-based Eko sued Quibi in March for allegedly infringing one of
Netflix has released the first official trailer for Ryan Murphy’s musical “The Prom.” Showcasing an all-star cast that includes Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, along with Emmy winner James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose and newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman, the film looks to bring lots of energy to the holiday season. “I
Rudy Giuliani’s compromising scene in Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” sequel became the talk of the late night talk show circuit on Wednesday night. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” opened its show skewering Giuliani’s scene, in which it appears he reaches into his pants in a hotel bed while talking with actor Maria Bakalova, who
AT&T chief John Stankey sees a “choppy” recovery ahead for the movie business, forcing WarnerMedia to juggle numerous scenarios for theatrical releases during the upcoming holiday season. During AT&T’s third quarter earnings call, Stankey acknowledged that the studio’s decision to release Christopher Nolan’s drama “Tenet” in the U.S. on Sept. 3 was underwhelming. But he
“Beautiful Youth’s” Ingrid García-Jonsson and “Instinto’s” Silvia Alonso head the ensemble cast of “Veneciafrenia,” the first feature from The Fear Connection, a horror film anthology backed by Sony Pictures Intl. Prods. (SPIP) and Alex de la Iglesia’s Pokeepsie Films, in association with Amazon Prime Video. Announced in May, The Fear Collection saw De la Iglesia,
Richard Sharp, former investment head at financial services giant Goldman Sachs, has emerged as a candidate for the position of BBC chair, according to U.K. newspaper The Telegraph. During his 23-year tenure at Goldman Sachs, Sharp was the boss of Rishi Sunak, the current U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sharp has been an informal adviser
Alicia Keys, Kerry Washington and America Ferrera have been set to co-host “Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy,” a television and streaming special due to air on CBS and multiple radio and streaming platforms on Oct. 29, aiming to spur voter turnout five days before the national election. Keys will also perform on the
In this year of disruptions, cancellations and virtual events, it’s hard to fathom that the prestigious 11-day Adelaide Film Festival, held biennially in October in South Australia, has proceeded as in pre-pandemic times: no masks, actual red carpets, in-person interviews on stage with filmmakers and talent, afterparties (where social distancing is more a suggestion than
The completion of Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s (pictured) buyout of broadcast network Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has raised hackles in Kellner’s native country, where a healthy suspicion of media moguls has been fueled by the prime minister’s own online and print holdings. Kellner’s company, PPF, which began the acquisition process of CME a year
Chosen Jacobs (“It”) and Lexi Underwood (“Little Fires Everywhere”) are starring alongside four-time NBA champion John Salley in the Disney Plus original film “Sneakerella,” which is now in production. The pop/hip-hop musical aims to leave a sneaker culture imprint on the “Cinderella” fairy tale. Set in the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City, the
Shelley Atkin, ex-VP theatrical finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at 20th Century Fox, has produced her first feature film “Lair,” under her new company Ditto Films’ banner. The film is a U.K. based LGBTQ infused horror movie and is written and directed by Adam Ethan Crow. In the film, a fractured LGBTQ
AT&T touted the growth of WarnerMedia’s HBO Max premium streamer, with activations more than doubling in the third quarter to 8.6 million. All told, 28.7 million customers were eligible to get HBO Max at the end of Q3. As of the end of September, HBO and HBO Max subscribers in the U.S. together reached 38
Canadian singer-songwriter and actor Jann Arden is coming to Hulu. Hit comedy “Jann,” created by series star Arden with Leah Gauthier and Jennica Harper, and executive produced by Andrew Barnsley (“Schitt’s Creek”) will debut both its seasons on the streamer in early 2021. In “Jann,” Arden plays a fictionalized, self-deprecating version of herself: a singer-songwriter
Exclusive Joe Exotic‘s still managing to piss off Carole Baskin even from behind bars … she’s got beef over her old nemesis’ new underwear line. Here’s the deal … Joe’s selling limited-edition “Casket Baskin Briefs” as part of the men’s underwear line of his “REVENGE” fashion collection with Odaingerous streetwear … but Carole’s not feeling
South Korea has selected political thriller “The Man Standing Next” as its national contender for the Oscars’ best international film award. The cast is headed by Lee Byung-hun, who is familiar to North American audiences for his previous roles in “R.E.D. 2” and the “G.I. Joe” franchise movies. The film tells a previously little-known story
Barcelona-based studio Filmax has acquired world sales rights to “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake,” an uplifting second chance in life drama from Spain’s Benito Zambrano, writer-director of critically admired features that have scored festival and Goya awards and broken out to sales abroad. Also handling local distribution in Spain, Filmax will bring “Lemon and Poppy
British actor, awards compère and show host and Stephen Fry (“Wilde,” “QI”) will front “21st Century Firsts,” a one-off 90-minute documentary special for U.K. broadcaster ITV. In the show, produced by independent production outfit Spun Gold TV, Fry will take viewers through his top 21 ‘firsts’ of the 21st century, exploring an era before smart-phones,
It’s good to be keeper of the Tom Petty vaults, Ryan Ulyate has found. Just three years on from the musician’s 2017 death, it seems as if there might still be enough material left behind to keep Ulyate and Petty fans occupied for many more years to come, should his estate will it. For now,
Carrie Underwood was the top honoree at Wednesday night’s fan-voted CMT Music Awards, winning the climactic video of the year honor as well as female video of the year for “Drinking Alone.” Gabby Barrett, whose crossover hit “I Hope” went No. 1 at country earlier this year and just topped the Hot AC chart this
In the closing weeks of the campaign, President Trump has spent much of his time attacking network interviewers and debate moderators. But in a town hall aired on Wednesday night by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Trump got to relax a bit under friendly questioning from host Eric Bolling. Bolling, a former Fox News anchor, now hosts
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 Saban Schedules ‘Wander’ for Theaters, On Demand Saban Films has scheduled a Dec. 4 opening in theaters, on demand and on digital for the conspiracy thriller “Wander,” with Aaron Eckhart starring. “Wander” is directed by April Mullen from a script by Tim Doiron. It also stars Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham and Tommy Lee
David Kirsch and Geoff Suddleson have been tapped to become co-heads of UTA’s unscripted television department. Both are longtime UTA execs. Kirsch has been with the agency since 2008, while Suddleson joined in 2004. Together, they’ll manage the agency division formerly known as the alternative TV department and oversee a roster of U.S. and international
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