Santa Monica’s dining scene improves each year. Fast, casual options abound on the Third Street Promenade and several new upscale eateries (Wally’s Santa Monica and Elephante Beach House) represent major capital investments in the seaside city. Best of all, the area is easily accessible by the new popular mode of transport: battery-powered scooters tied to
Month: October 2018
Cinedigm is prepping a new internet-streaming service designed for American fans of Chinese entertainment. The company plans to launch of Bambu in the first quarter of 2019, with a package of content aimed at Gen Z and millennial audiences in the U.S. Bambu will be available as both a free ad-supported VOD service and an
It was inevitable that conversation at the New York premiere of “The Front Runner” would turn to politics. “I think I’m like anyone alive today,” director Jason Reitman told the audience at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday evening. “I wake up, I pull out my phone, and I go, ‘F—!’” On the red
October 31, 2018 10:05AM PT BBC America has given a series order to the Sir Terry Pratchett series “The Watch.” Based on Pratchett’s popular “Discworld” novels, “The Watch” will follow Pratchett’s misfit cop characters as they struggle to save a ramshackle city based on the “City Watch” subset of the series. Many of Pratchett’s literary characters will
October 31, 2018 10:00AM PT The dinosaurs are facing extinction once again in Netflix’s latest streaming purge. Staring Nov. 1, the “Jurassic Park” trilogy will disappear from the streaming platform, along with the popular animated dinosaur series “The Land Before Time.” Also leaving Netflix is the Guillermo del Toro film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
The entertainment industry’s battleground state in the pivotal Nov. 6 midterm elections just might be Georgia. Celebrities and liberal-leaning industry figures have campaigned hard for big-name candidates like Beto O’Rourke in Texas and countless other Democratic politicians across the nation. But, one key race that could impact studios’ pocketbooks will be who moves into the
Leslie Odom Jr. is set to star in a comedy with a put pilot commitment at ABC that boasts Kerry Washington among its executive producers. The untitled multi-camera series focuses on Leslie (Odom Jr.) and Hope, joint pastors at a young, hip, diverse church in Los Angeles. Through their services, online streams and books, they are
Some of the most eye-popping paydays in broadcast TV these days are being generated by unscripted TV show hosts. Kevin Hart, Ellen DeGeneres and Dwayne Johnson are pulling in some $500,000 per episode for hosting competition series on CBS and NBC: CBS’ “TKO: Total Knock Out” for Hart, NBC’s “Ellen’s Game of Games” for DeGeneres
October 31, 2018 9:43AM PT Variety has been given exclusive access to the first-look image from “The Song of Names,” starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth. HanWay Films is selling the film at the American Film Market. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht. The original score is by Howard
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Oprah Winfrey plans to return to the trail this weekend to canvass and campaign for Stacey Abrams, who is in a tight race for governor of Georgia. Two events planned for Winfrey and Abrams in Marietta and Decatur quickly reached capacity. “On Thursday, trailblazing talk show host and global media pioneer Oprah Winfrey will join Stacey Abrams
October 31, 2018 9:27AM PT Spotify is giving some of its members an early holiday gift: The company is gifting subscribers to its $14.99 family plan a free Google Home Mini speaker, it announced Wednesday morning. The music service is using the offer to tout its close integration with Google’s voice assistant, which allows Google
October 31, 2018 9:21AM PT Neon has acquired the North American rights to Bong Joon-Ho’s family drama “Parasite” from CJ Entertainment. The drama marks Bong’s comeback to Korean-language film following “Okja” and “Snowpiercer.” It’s also his fourth collaboration with Song Kang-Ho, who starred in “Snowpiercer,” “The Host,” and “Memories of Murder.” “Parasite” also marks Bong’s
It’s an historically lucrative time to be in the horror business, and not just because the 11th installment of “Halloween” has made $128 million at the domestic box office on a reported $10 million budget. Last year was the genre’s highest earning ever, as titles like New Line’s “It” and Jordan Peele’s groundbreaking “Get Out” raked in cash ($327 million
October 31, 2018 9:00AM PT Hannah Simone has set up a comedy project with a put pilot commitment at ABC, Variety has learned. The “New Girl” alum will star in, write, and executive produce the untitled single camera project, which is inspired by Simone’s non-traditional Indian family. It follows a woman (Simone) who is broke, single, and
Nickelodeon has selected five participants for its 19th annual Writing Program, including the program’s first preschool-specific finalist. Based in Burbank, the year-long program allows aspiring television writers worldwide to hone their skills writing for both live-action and animated shows, network with executives and show creators, and gain access to workshops, seminars, classes, and real-world writers’
Vice Media president Andrew Creighton has left the company, coming nearly a year after it was revealed that he paid a former employee to settle a claim about sexual harassment, Variety has confirmed. According to an exposé by the New York Times published last December, Creighton paid $135,000 in 2016 to an ex-Vice employee after she alleged she was fired
The film, television and gaming music communities got the confab they’ve long deserved Tuesday as Variety hosted the inaugural Music for Screens Summit. Guests including Annie Lennox (pictured above with H. Scott Salinas), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Linda Perry, Terence Blanchard and Ramin Djawadi came to Neuehouse in Hollywood for a day of interviews and
Little Mix’s ‘Woman Like Me’ Cardi Was Plan B … After Nicki Stalled 10/31/2018 12:50 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE Cardi B was Little Mix‘s backup option for their song because Nicki Minaj took her damn sweet time and had them panicking … TMZ has learned. Here’s the rub. Sources connected to the all-girl group tell us they had
When Linda Perry was looking for a way to promote 13-year-old singer/songwriter Willa Amai, her guiding principle was, “You have to think a little left field.” Perry was one of five participants in the “Commercial Synchs of the Year” panel at Variety’s inaugural Music for Screens Summit, in which executives, producers and talent reps presented
October 31, 2018 5:15AM PT The U.K. and Canada have convened an “international grand committee” on disinformation and fake news and have written to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to call for him to give evidence when it meets on Nov. 27. U.K. and Canadian probes into fake news have both previously attempted to get Zuckerberg
Pop star Paloma Faith will voice Portia Poodle and actor Miriam Margolyes Bessie the Cornish Cow in “101 Dalmation Street,” Disney Channel’s upcoming animated series. The pair will guest star in the show, with Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) and Michaela Dietz (“Steven Universe”) taking the regular lead roles of sibling dalmations Dylan and Dolly. Ben
October 31, 2018 3:56AM PT Peter Jackson’s landmark First World War feature documentary film “They Shall Not Grow Old” will go out on the BBC in the U.K. on Nov. 11, Armistice Day. The film will be one of the U.K. pubcaster’s centerpieces in its commemorative coverage around the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the day
Yorgos Lanthimos’ acclaimed period drama “The Favourite,” and Bart Layton’s heist movie “American Animals,” have landed the most British Independent Film Award nominations this year, with 13 and 11 apiece. “You Were Never Really Here” also put in a strong showing with 8 noms. BIFA has made strides to ensure its voters for its awards
October 31, 2018 2:00AM PT Upcoming paranormal series “Rendlesham” just got some star power, with Laurence Fishburne signing on to appear in the show and exec produce. Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films is making the series and Sony Pictures Television is taking it out internationally. It is inspired by events that took place on a U.S.
October 31, 2018 1:00AM PT Nora Twomey, Cartoon Saloon co-founder and director of the critically lauded animated feature “The Breadwinner,” has been awarded the inaugural View Visionary Award by the View Conference in Turin, Italy. View Conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez pointed to Twomey’s “exceptional artistry” for the reason she was given the award. Twomey,
MADRID — The 2nd Madrid TV Pitchbox, a pitching event focused on Spanish TV drama series in development, will take place Tuesday, Dec. 18, organized by online platform Filmarket Hub. A selection of seven TV drama projects will be presented before executives from some of the most important Spain-based TV broadcasters and OTTs. After the
Inspired by the interface of video games, Czech documentarian Katerina Tureckova’s portrait of life under Hungarian strongman president Viktor Orban, “Illusion,” had audiences buzzing at the 22nd Ji.hlava docu fest this year. One of 13 entries in the Czech Joy section, her film, structured as a video game, is no diversion in digital playtime but
Khabib Gunning for $50 Million Fight … ‘Global Superstar’ 10/31/2018 12:10 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE Khabib Nurmagomedov is a bigger star than Conor McGregor — so says his manager — and therefore deserves MORE MONEY than Conor … which he why he wants at least $50 mil for his next fight. We spoke with Ali Abdelaziz
Kevin Tsujihara Warner Bros. chairman and chief executive used his Visionary Leadership award at the U.S.-China Entertainment Gala Dinner to make an impassioned statement in favor of diversity in the workplace. He received the award Tuesday night in Los Angeles on the sidelines of the 2018 U.S.-China Entertainment Summit. The first Asian-American to head a
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