October 17, 2018 4:30PM PT The CW is developing a drama series that hails from writers Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey. Titled “No Hard Feelings,” the project is described as a dark comedy about a group of friends who conspire to exact revenge on an old rival who assaulted one of their own and got
Month: October 2018
WASHINGTON — Rob Goldstone doesn’t quite understand what is fueling President Donald Trump’s relationship with Kanye West, but thinks social media followers have more to do with it than perhaps music itself. Goldstone is the music publicist who instigated the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and top members of Trump’s campaign
Emerging from of a jewel-toned haze, 25-year-old Swedish pop star Tove Styrke took the stage Monday night at The Belasco in Los Angeles for the 10th stop on her North American tour. Out in support of her latest album, “Sway,” the singer boasts a strong presence on stage, honed from opening slots on tours by mega-stars Lorde
In Wednesday’s roundup, Netflix announces family comedy series “Family Reunion,” and the company is also bringing back its Spanish original series “Elite” for a second season. DEVELOPMENT Netflix has announced “Family Reunion,” a multi-generational live action comedy series. The series, which recently began production, stars Loretta Devine (“The Carmichael Show”) and Tia Mowry (“Sister, Sister”). Mowry will
October 17, 2018 4:03PM PT Anna Brewster, Michael Pitt, and Sharlto Copley have rounded out the cast of the Netflix pic “The Last Days of American Crime” starring Edgar Ramirez. “Taken 2” director Olivier Megaton is helming with Karl Gajdusek adapting the script. Based on the Radical Publishing graphic novel “The Last Days of American
In today’s film news roundup, Diana Silvers joins Jessica Chastain’s “Eve,” “Halloween” outpaces “The Nun’s” Fandango pre-sales, and RLJE Films nabs the horror-thriller “Monster Party.” CASTING Newcomer Diana Silvers has been cast in Tate Taylor’s action movie “Eve” opposite Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, and Colin Farrell, Variety has learned exclusively. Taylor replaced Matthew Newton as director of “Eve” after
October 17, 2018 3:30PM PT A new installment of “NYPD Blue” has scored a pilot production commitment at ABC, Variety has learned. The new series follows Andy Sipowicz’s son, Theo, as he tries to earn his detective shield and work in the 15th squad while investigating his father’s murder. Original series writers and executive producers Matt Olmstead and
Bob Dylan’s album “Blood on the Tracks” is headed to the big screen, thanks to “Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino. The Oscar nominee is retreaming with RT Features on a movie inspired by Dylan’s seminal 1975 album. Richard LaGravenese will pen the script of the drama, which is based on an idea by
October 17, 2018 3:00PM PT Dr. Phil and his son Jay McGraw are developing two new drama series at CBS, Variety has learned. Both projects will be produced by CBS Television Studios, where the McGraws are set up under an overall deal. The first project is titled “Chaplain.” It follows a talented, scientifically minded ICU doctor and
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s appeal of the AT&T-Time Warner antitrust decision has been set for oral argument on Dec. 6. A panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals will hear from both sides in the case as it weighs whether to overturn all or parts of U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s decision in favor
October 17, 2018 2:00PM PT The CW is developing a series based on Oscar Wilde novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Variety has learned. Titled “Dorian,” the series is described as a comedic spin on the classic story. It follows a woman who made a deal with the devil 50 years ago to remain young and
Six Democratic candidates hoping to flip House seats in California raised more than a half-million dollars at a fundraiser on Tuesday at the home of Laura and Casey Wasserman, drawing donors such as Haim Saban, Brian Grazer, Dana Walden, and Chris Silbermann. A source said that more than $600,000 was raised at the event, which
October 17, 2018 2:00PM PT “Orange Is the New Black” is set to end after its upcoming seventh season on Netflix. The cast of the series broke the news in a video post on Wednesday, which can be viewed below. Netflix had renewed the Lionsgate-produced series for three seasons ahead of the Season 4 premiere
The Disney streaming service series “High School Musical: The Musical” has found its lead. Joshua Bassett has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming series, which is slated to debut in late 2019. Bassett will play Ricky, a cynical but charming high school junior who launches a bold plan to win back his ex-girlfriend
How did a comedian and a rapper take over the Empire State Building earlier this week? Turns out, if you’re Jimmy Kimmel and Eminem, it’s not such a tough sell. Eminem performed his song “Venom” (from the titular tenpole) at the top of the Empire State Building on Monday’s broadcast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” which is
When I woke up this morning, bright-eyed and bushy-eyebrowed, tiny blue birds flitting around my head, this is what I did. I clocked the blanket of grey clouds, felt a chilly breeze drift through the weird crack in my bedroom window, smiled to myself, and thought, It’s motherf**king jacket season. (With apologies to McSweeney’s.) Advertisement
In the latest episode of iHeartRadio’s podcast “Inside the Studio,” released Monday, guest Paul McCartney opened up about topics both present and past with host Joe Levy. He likes to take occasional walks in public by himself, he noted. “I walk down streets. They’re for walking down,” he said. “‘People say, ‘Oh no. You’ve got to have acres
When its parent company struck a deal in January for the TV rights to “Thursday Night Football,” Fox Broadcasting’s fortune was set to improve. The NFL is the undisputed champion driver of live television ratings — an increasingly valuable commodity in a world of delayed and digital viewing. Fox paid handsomely for the rights, spending
Corporate synergy, meet J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. AT&T and Warner Bros. are hoping some magic transpires with their first large-scale marketing campaign together — for next month’s “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” — since the telecom giant closed the Time Warner acquisition in June. The multi-pronged push will include AT&T retail stores being decked
Roseanne Barr made it loud and clear that she was not pleased with how ABC killed off her character on Tuesday night’s premiere episode of “The Conners” — but even though her character is dead, could she ever return for a flashback scene? While flashbacks featuring killed-off characters is typical for many TV shows, “The
Facebook’s in-app games capabilities have come a long way from “hidden” basketball and chess. Now, its Instant Games platform is expanding upwards and outwards. The in-app game platform, which allows users to play single-player and multiplayer games through Facebook and Messenger, will soon be available directly through the site’s massively-popular Groups feature and the Facebook
As chairman, Endemol Shine Americas and CEO, Endemol Shine North America, Cris Abrego oversees both the North American and Latin American divisions of Endemol Shine Group. Since he added oversight to the company’s Latin American biz in January 2016, Abrego has sought to streamline operations by optimizing Endemol’s production hubs in Mexico and Brazil. Endemol
October 17, 2018 12:30PM PT ABC has given a full-season order to freshman comedy “Single Parents.” The pick-up makes “Single Parents” the first new series of the season to have its order extended by ABC. Through its first three episodes, the series, from 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios is averaging an audience of
The supporting team for Hollywood’s power players help their bosses while navigating their own careers. Variety selects 2018’s 10 Assistants to Watch Eni Akintade, seated second from leftAssistant to Rich Klubeck, motion picture literary and talent partner, UTAThe Tufts grad won a spot in the UTA Agent Trainee Program in 2016 and worked for Jonathan
Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, two of the most-watched personalities on Fox News Channel, will hold programming roosts on Fox Nation, the streaming-video service slated to debut in fall from the 21st Century Fox-owned news outlet. Ingraham is slated to co-host the new show “Laura & Raymond” with Raymond Arroyo, a regular guest on her
The South by Southwest Music Festival has announced the initial list of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 2019 event. The SXSW Music Festival’s 33rd annual event takes place Monday, March 11 – Sunday, March 17, 2019 in Austin, Texas. The SXSW Music Festival programmers create a unique experience featuring artists from multiple genres.
Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women In Film, Los Angeles, heads to Rome’s MIA Market this week to join key representatives of the Italian media as they push for systemic changes in the local entertainment industry. On Oct. 21, Schaffer will be joined at MIA by Paul Feig and prominent Italian bizzers on a panel,
Joe Jonas may be engaged to “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner, but that doesn’t mean the JoBro will be popping up in the final season of the HBO fantasy drama. “I would have done it in a heartbeat, but unfortunately, it’s not going to happen,” Jonas told Variety on Tuesday night at the Fendi
October 17, 2018 11:03AM PT Michael B. Jordan will star in and produce Lionsgate’s film adaptation of assassin story “The Silver Bear.” A director has not yet been attached to the project, announced Wednesday. “The Silver Bear” is based on the book series by Derek Haas, the screenwriter for “Wanted” and “3:10 to Yuma.” The
October 17, 2018 10:50AM PT [embedded content] Nicole Kidman is almost unrecognizable as a damaged Los Angeles Police Department detective in the first trailer for Annapurna’s “Destroyer.” The footage, released Wednesday, shows Kidman’s character, Erin Bell, haunted by the memory of an undercover operation with a gang in the California desert that ended with tragic
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