In Today’s TV News Roundup, “Dirty John” has an official premiere date and Variety has obtained an exclusive clip from the upcoming season finale of “Carter.” DATES Bravo’s new limited series “Dirty John” is set to premiere Nov. 25 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The show, which stars Connie Britton and Eric Bana, is based off of a
Month: October 2018
Cambodian filmmaking collective Anti-Archive’s Echoes of Tomorrow initiative debuted in Busan’s Wide Angle shorts competition with the world premiere of Danech San’s “A Million Years.” Echoes of Tomorrow provides an opportunity to three first-time filmmakers to direct a short each. “The film is not really like a story. My intention is to really talk about
October 8, 2018 3:20PM PT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters that he likes Taylor Swift’s music “about 25% less now” that she endorsed a Democrat in a Senate race in Tennessee. Swift on Sunday showed her political stripes in a post on Instagram in which she said she would be voting for Phil
Czech Republic/Latvia co-production “The Pack” is at Busan’s Asian Project Market seeking the remainder of its $1.4 million budget, having raised more than $400,000 already. The film will follow a 16-year-old diabetic ice hockey player who deals with bullying on the team. Director Tomas Polensky, who has shot a six-minute pilot for the film, has
Singapore-based Aurora Media Holdings, one of Southeast Asia’s leading media companies, has optioned and boarded India-South Korean co-production “The Yellow Jade” as a producer, alongside India’s Stray Factory and India/Singapore outfit Magic Hour Films. The deal was struck at Busan’s Asian Project Market. Aurora group managing partner Justin Deimen, pictured above, will produce with Stray
October 8, 2018 2:59PM PT Facebook Watch has greenlit the drama series “Limetown” with Jessica Biel set to star and executive produce. Based on the podcast of the same name produced by Two Up, “Limetown” follows Lia Haddock (Biel), a journalist for American Public Radio, as she unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of over
Shay Carl Butler, a longtime YouTube creator better known to his millions of fans as ShayCarl, has left the Mouse House. Butler has switched his flagship Shaytards channel on YouTube — a vlog featuring his wife and their four kids that has 5 million subscribers — along with his and his family’s other channels from
Alexa Chung is a basket case, a man eater, and an insecure shell of her former self. Just ask Google News, which hoards crazy headlines about her with the fanatic, frenetic energy of Gretchen Weiner stashing secrets. “It’s gotten to the point where I hear myself talk and know what the headline is going to
October 8, 2018 2:31PM PT Patricia Heaton is returning to CBS. The former “Everybody Loves Raymond” star, fresh off her recent starring gig on ABC’s “The Middle,” is set to star in and executive produce a multi-camera comedy that has received a series commitment at CBS. Titled “Carol’s Second Act,” the series follows mom Carol
October 8, 2018 2:19PM PT Michael Pena will play the Mr. Roarke role in Blumhouse and Sony’s upcoming “Fantasy Island” movie. Ricardo Montalban originated the role in the television series “Fantasy Island” as the white-suited Mr. Roarke who oversaw a mysterious island where people could live out their fantasies — for a price. The series,
October 8, 2018 2:17PM PT “Shameless” is saying goodbye to another longtime star. Cameron Monaghan, who plays Ian Gallagher on the hit Showtime series, announced via Instagram that he will be leaving the show after the next episode. “I have been a series regular on this show for roughly ten years. I was the tender
Netflix announced Albuquerque, N.M., as the site of a new U.S. production hub — which the company said will bring upwards of $1 billion in production money to New Mexico over the next decade and up to 1,000 production jobs per year. Netflix said it is in final negotiations to buy ABQ Studios, located in
To the world, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were icons. But to Elliot Mintz, who met them in 1972 while a radio DJ in Los Angeles, they were close personal friends with whom he’d get together and talk about whatever came to mind. Usually, it wasn’t music. “I first did an interview with Yoko on the
Dana White Khabib Could Be Fined $2 Mil … For UFC 229 Brawl 10/8/2018 12:26 PM PDT EXCLUSIVE Dana White says the Nevada State Athletic Commission is talking about keeping Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s entire fight purse from UFC 229 — $2 MILLION — over the post-fight brawl. “They took his whole purse right now and they’re
October 8, 2018 12:13PM PT Malcolm McDowell has been tapped to play News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch in Annapurna’s upcoming drama about disgraced former Fox News chief Roger Ailes and the women who brought him down. The veteran actor joins a cast of A-list talent that includes Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Margot Robbie, and Charlize
“My Dinner with Hervé” has been 25 years in the making, but writer/director Sacha Gervasi believes things will only happen when they are fated to occur. “The truth is, I was not ready to make this film years ago. I had to grow up and learn my craft,” Gervasi tells Variety, noting that he feels “mostly
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) president Erik Logan is stepping down after seven years at the cable network, OWN announced Monday. Logan will be departing to become the president of content, media and WSL Studios for the World Surf League. Tina Perry, executive vice president of business and legal affairs a and board member of OWN, has
“I don’t think a girl would say that.” That opinion was delivered by a male producer to a female singer and songwriter, artist Violet Skies, who was as flabbergasted when she heard it years ago as she is now, sitting in a makeshift lounge at YouTube’s Los Angeles complex of offices and shooting stages. As
Though they need an extra $15 million about as much as an 18-pound house cat needs a nuclear submarine, fantastically rich David and Victoria Beckham none-the-less got hit with the real estate lucky stick and nearly doubled their money on the $33 million, off-market sale of a lavish Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion. Together reported to
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October 8, 2018 11:15AM PT Jim Carrey and Emilia Clarke have been selected as recipients of Britannia Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles. Carrey will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy, while Clarke will receive the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. The
October 8, 2018 11:06AM PT Comedy star Amy Schumer has left United Talent Agency and signed with WME for representation in all areas. Schumer defects UTA’s stacked comedy department with her sister and collaborator Kim Caramele and writer-producer Kevin Kane. Both have appeared on Schumer’s Comedy Central series “Inside Amy Schumer.” The actress has consolidated
Netflix has rounded out the cast of the Mark Wahlberg pic “Wonderland” with musician Post Malone, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Bookem Woodbine, Hope Wilson and James DuMont all joining the ensemble. Wahlberg is set to star with “Black Panther” breakout Winston Duke also on board. Peter Berg is on board to direct the pic. This
October 8, 2018 11:00AM PT The Soundgarden frontman died in May 2017 at the age of 52. The Museum of Pop Culture unveiled a new, life-sized statue of rock legend Chris Cornell Sunday, in commemoration of the singer-songwriter’s musical legacy. The piece was Commissioned by Cornell’s wife Vicky Cornell and is mounted directly to the
October 8, 2018 10:43AM PT London police have questioned Liam Gallagher in connection with the possible assault of his girlfriend, Debbie Gwyther. “Officers are aware of footage of an incident consistent with assault believed to have taken place in August 2018 at a licensed venue in Chiltern St., Marylebone,” the Metropolitan Police said in a
Eric Clapton wrapped a two-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday night with a 90-minute set proving that despite his recent health issues, he still has the energy and chops to deliver a memorable concert. Since concluding his 50th anniversary trek last year, the 73-year-old has retired from full-scale touring in favor
Google is shutting down its long-neglected Facebook competitor Google+ following the disclosure of a vulnerability that could have resulted in third-party developers accessing private data from around 500,000 users, the company announced Monday. In announcing the closure, Google acknowledged that Google+ failed to gain significant traction with consumers. “The consumer version of Google+ currently has
October 8, 2018 10:10AM PT Apple took the unusual step to send a letter to Congress Monday to deny last week’s Bloomberg report that it had fallen victim to a sophisticated Chinese hardware hack. “You should know that Bloomberg provided us with no evidence to substantiate their claims and our internal investigations concluded their claims
Top 21st Century Fox television executives Peter Rice, Dana Walden, John Landgraf, and Gary E. Knell are officially headed to the Magic Kingdom. The Walt Disney Co. announced that Rice and Walden will come aboard to lead the conglomerate’s non-sports television operations. Rice has been named chairman, Walt Disney Television and co-chair, Disney Media Networks.
October 8, 2018 10:00AM PT George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has signed a two year first-look deal with Paramount Television. The deal includes all television, digital and episodic projects, excluding features. Smokehouse, Paramount TV, and Anonymous Content are currently in post-production on the six-part Hulu series adaptation of “Catch-22.” Clooney and Heslov are
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