Idris Elba’s daughter, Isan, has been named next year’s Golden Globes Ambassador, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Wednesday evening. Isan is also the daughter of makeup artist and businesswoman Kim Elba. The ambassador, a title that typically goes to the son or daughter of a celebrity, assists in distributing the Golden Globe trophies
Month: November 2018
November 14, 2018 5:25PM PT Brillstein Entertainment Partners has recruited manager Kailey Marsh and has acquired the online BloodList franchise that Marsh launched a decade ago to highlight horror scripts. Brillstein plans to expand BloodList into a production banner for film and TV projects. “Kailey’s entrepreneurial spirit has brought BloodList to life and turned it
Kanye West may have said he’s distancing himself from politics, but that doesn’t mean he’s no longer in contact with the White House. Kim Kardashian West tells Variety that her husband reached out to officials about Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial tweet blaming the California wildfires on forestry mismanagement. “When he doesn’t agree with something like
November 14, 2018 4:48PM PT Newcomer Ella Jay Basco is in negotiations to land the last major role, Cassandra Cain, in Warner Bros.’ Harley Quinn spinoff, “Birds of Prey.” Margot Robbie is back as Quinn with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell on board as Huntress and Black Canary, respectively. Ewan McGregor will play the film’s villain and
“The world rarely sees so much talent wrapped up into one person,” reads LA-based heavy metal outfit Threatin’s bio on Spotify. With a statement as absurd as that, one has to ask if bandleader Jered Threatin is casting himself as some sort of cartoonish musical villain intentionally. The one-man band has been at the center
In Today’s TV News Roundup, ABC announced the premiere date for the 23rd season of “The Bachelor” while “The Conners” hit a new low in the ratings. DATES The 23rd season of “The Bachelor” is set to premiere Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Former NFL player Colton Underwood is returning for the
After nine months on the market at a succession of declining prices, Usher finally unloaded his Mediterranean villa just above L.A.’s world famous Sunset Strip for $3.3 million. Unfortunately for the eight-time Grammy winning R&B artist and media/music industry entrepreneur, the sale price is not only a notable $900,000 less than the in-hindsight pie-in-the-sky original
Kim Kardashian West is perfectly fine disagreeing politically with her husband, Kanye West. That being said, she doesn’t think his recent visit to the White House to converse with President Donald Trump was particularly political, at least for West. Rather, it was something that came from his heart. At Variety and Rolling Stone’s Criminal Justice
November 14, 2018 3:30PM PT Lily James and Armie Hammer are set to star in Netflix and Working Title’s “Rebecca,” directed by Ben Wheatley. Jane Goldman is writing the screenplay, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s classic Gothic novel of the same name. The story follows a newly married young woman who, upon arriving at her husband’s
November 14, 2018 3:29PM PT Attorney Michael Avenatti, who became famous for representing Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, was arrested for suspected domestic violence on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. TMZ first reported that Avenatti’s estranged wife filed a report with the LAPD after the alleged incident occurred on
A consulting firm hired by Facebook to deal with the outfall over Russian propaganda on its platform resorted to linking critics of the social media giant to George Soros, the New York Times reported Wednesday as part of a massive expose on Facebook’s crisis response. The consulting firm in question, D.C.-based Definers, specializes in crisis
November 14, 2018 3:20PM PT A federal judge will rule on Thursday on CNN’s motion that would at least temporarily restore Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly heard from CNN’s legal team and the Justice Department during a hearing that lasted nearly two hours. CNN’s lead counsel Ted Boutrous argued
Hailey Baldwin has officially partnered with Pretty Little Thing to be its newest ambassador—and the star of its holiday campaign (the one Baldwin’s husband Justin Bieber called “so hot” on her Instagram). In the images, Baldwin models glitzy, dresses, jumpsuits, blazers, and more. And all the pieces are Hailey Baldwin-approved for any holiday party, naturally.
Snap has been getting hammered in the stock market, and it just lost its head of content, Nick Bell. But the company is still pushing on its original-content strategy for Snapchat, as it looks to boost ad revenue from its user base of 186 million daily users. Snapchat’s newest short-form original: “My Ex-BFF Court,” a spoof
On Monday, Reformation launched a collection of its best-selling denim in extended sizes 14-24. The denim was previously available only in sizes 0-12 (or waist sizes 23-31). Advertisement – Continue Reading Below The release comes after Reformation’s foray into extended sizing in March, a collaboration with model Ali Tate Cutler that carried sizes 0-22 and
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production banner has acquired six new projects from a number of rising filmmakers. Among the titles is a feature on hip-hop artist Bobby Hall, known by his stage name Logic. His song “1-800-273-8255” was nominated for two Grammys. His movie, “Everything Must Go,” is described as “Clerks” for a new generation.
November 14, 2018 2:00PM PT The CW is developing a drama series based on the book “The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter” by Theodora Goss, Variety has learned. The series is set in Victorian London and follows two radically different young women–one the daughter of Dr. Jekyll; the other, Mr. Hyde. They discover they’re half-sisters
November 14, 2018 1:55PM PT Independent content studio AGC is financing and producing the new action-comedy film “We Real Cool.” Focusing on a group of college-bound friends, “We Real Cool” will follow Summer, Jordan, and Aurora on their journey home from a Brooklyn party as they avoid neighborhood goons following their implication in a terrifying
CANCUN, Mexico — Marking one of the biggest news announcements likely to go down at this year’s MipCancun, BTF Media and Sony Music Spain have inked a strategic content production alliance. In a first move, Sony Music Spain will board a bioseries on Spanish music legend Isabel Pantoja currently set up at BTF Media. In
“Age of Sail,” Google Spotlight Stories’ latest and most ambitious immersive animated short, directed by Oscar-winning animator John Kahrs, launched on multiple platforms today. The 12-minute animated short follows a lonely old sailor (voiced by Ian McShane) adrift at sea whose life is reinvigorated by a young girl he rescues after she falls from a
WWE’s Becky Lynch Blasts Rousey … For Post-Holm Fight Depression 11/14/2018 1:08 PM PST Breaking News WWE Superstar Becky Lynch just ripped Ronda Rousey … saying the depression she had after losing to Holly Holm in 2015 proves she’s a weak-minded person. ICYMI … Rousey and Lynch have been feuding for weeks … and were set
November 14, 2018 1:15PM PT Dr. Steve Perry’s new syndicated talk show is set to launch on Fox television stations starting Jan. 7. “Breakthrough With Dr. Steve Perry” will receive a test run of eight hour-long episodes. Perry will offer guests his advice on problematic relationships, life crises and everything in between. The new program will
November 14, 2018 1:02PM PT Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television has cut a deal with Amazon Studios to produce eight feature-length thrillers to run worldwide on the streaming service. Amazon said the projects will come from filmmakers of diverse backgrounds. Blumhouse scored a big hit last year with the success of theatrical release “Get Out,” which
Lachlan Murdoch, 21st Century Fox’s co-chairman, called to order what was “likely the final” stockholders meeting of his family media company on Wednesday. It was a polished, if not anticlimactic, affair that gave us an official name for New Fox as the Walt Disney Company prepares to ingest the former’s film and TV assets, leaving a
The first step is admitting you have a problem: About 39% of U.S. consumers confess that they believe they’re using their smartphones excessively, according to a new study. On average, American consumers now check their smartphones an average of 52 times each day, according to the U.S. edition of the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey
November 14, 2018 12:30PM PT “Bosch” has been renewed for a sixth season at Amazon ahead of the premiere of Season 5. Season 5 of the cop drama is currently in production and will premiere in 2019. The series is based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels and is produced by Fabrik Entertainment, a Red Arrow Studios company.
November 14, 2018 12:26PM PT Gina Carano has been cast in “The Mandalorian,” Variety has confirmed with sources. The exact nature of the actress and former mixed martial arts (MMA) star’s role in the “Star Wars” series is being kept under wraps. She joins Pedro Pascal in the series, whom Variety reported earlier this week was in
November 14, 2018 12:00PM PT Jack Cutmore-Scott is staying in business with ABC. The former “Deception” lead is set to write and star in an comedy series currently in development at the broadcaster. The single-camera project is titled “What If?” It is described as an ensemble comedy that explores how seemingly insignificant choices, with the help
November 14, 2018 11:00AM PT Fox Searchlight veteran Cassandra Butcher has joined Bron Studios as chief marketing officer. In her new role, Butcher will oversee all the company’s marketing campaigns and collaborate with Bron’s distribution and sales partners. Butcher will work alongside chief content officer Anjay Nagpal and recently appointed chief strategy officer Ashley Levinson.
John Legend, lately seen as Jesus, took on the role of another king of kings Tuesday night: Otis Redding. He electrified the room at the BMI Country Awards in Nashville by appearing for a climactic surprise performance of “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” a song that by the performing rights organization’s calculations has
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