WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to a set of robust net neutrality rules put in place by the FCC in 2015, but this is by no means the end of the legal thicket over rules of the road for the internet. A federal appeals court had upheld the rules,
Month: November 2018
UPDATED: Mac Miller died from a mix of fentanyl and cocaine, according to a toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. According to the report, at the time of his death on Sept. 7, the rapper had alcohol in his system as well. “Malcolm McCormick, the music artist known as Mac Miller, was found
Longtime distribution executive Mark Borde is leaving his post as president of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. Borde held the post for three years following the 2015 sales of his Freestyle Releasing to Allen who then formed Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. The distributor’s top performers have been shark thriller “47 Meters Down,” which grossed
It’s hard to stay current. That’s one of the points of “The Kominsky Method,” a sitcom starring Michael Douglas as a thespian and acting teacher who’s increasingly confounded by his venal young students. Douglas’ Sandy Kominsky, whose career has shifted from having been left out of Hollywood to being left behind by it, finds himself contemplating
Over the weekend, Rihanna and Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose joined the chorus of musicians criticizing President Trump for using their music in his rallies without permission. Rihanna on Sunday voiced her disapproval of the use of her song “Don’t Stop the Music” during Trump’s rally for U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee.
Apple shares sank as much as 4.5% Monday following a report that the tech giant has scaled back production orders for its new entry-level iPhone XR model. The company’s stock drop — pushing Apple’s market cap below $1 trillion — comes after shares closed down 6.6% last Friday, to $207.48 per share, as investors reacted
UPDATED: NBCUniversal and Fox News said they would pull a controversial Trump campaign commercial from rotation on its networks after the ad sparked criticism while appearing during “Sunday Night Football.” Both Judd Apatow, a movie director who has worked frequently with NBCU’s Universal Pictures, and Debra Messing, an actress who is one of the stars
The Spice Girls today announced their first concert dates together since the 2012 Olympics: a set of stadium dates in the U.K. for the summer of 2019. Manager Simon Fuller, who developed the group, and his XiX Entertainment are bringing four of the girls together — minus Victoria Beckham, aka “Posh Spice” — has partnered with
Check out the official The Ballad of Buster Scruggs trailer starring James Franco! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: https://www.fandango.com/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-214107/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: November 16, 2018 Starring: James Franco, Liam Neeson, David Krumholtz Directed By: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Synopsis: An anthology
November 5, 2018 7:04AM PT Greg Kinnear is in talks to star in “War of the Worlds” from Canal Plus and Fox’s Europe and Africa arm. Sources said Kinnear could take the lead role in the series adaptation of H.G. Wells’ alien invasion classic. Kinnear is understood to have seen a script but not signed
MSNBC viewers know they can watch Stephanie Ruhle each weekday during daytime hours. But on Election Night, the anchor will show up at night on what may be an unexpected video perch. Ruhle, best known for doing two hours a day on the NBCUniversal cable network, will do another hour on Tuesday, November 6, at
The Prince Estate and Sony’s Legacy Recordings today announced a program to release multiple rare music videos by the artist dating from 1995-2010. The clips, which will be released in weekly batches by album, will be made available on all streaming video services. The first batch includes the music videos for 1995’s “The Gold Experience” and 1996’s “Chaos
Netflix is bolstering its family entertainment offerings by getting into business with one of the biggest names in animation. The streaming giant will produce “Jacob and the Sea Beast,” a new film from Chris Williams, the co-director of the Disney films “Moana,” “Big Hero 6,” and “Bolt.” The movie will be Williams’ first as solo
November 4, 2018 7:13PM PT Andrew Lincoln will stay in the “Walking Dead” universe. The AMC series veteran has signed on to play the iconic character Rick Grimes in multiple feature-length projects in development at the cable network. A series of AMC Studios Original Films, starring Lincoln and written by “Walking Dead” chief content officer Scott
SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading if you have not seen Episode 5 of Season 9 of “The Walking Dead,” titled “What Comes After” As seen in the end of last week’s episode, Rick was thrown from a horse while trying to distract two converging walker herds and was skewered through the abdomen by a
November 4, 2018 6:47PM PT Rosario Dawson and Julianne Moore have partnered with We Stand United to urge voters to elect Democrats to combat the Trump administration’s immigration policies. In the video, Dawson states that the Trump administration violated international law by detaining migrants at the border who were legally seeking asylum. Moore adds that the
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “America the Beautiful,” the season four premiere of “Outlander.” The tagline for “Outlander” season four is “Brave the New World,” and the premiere episode wasted no time introducing Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) to the not-so-beautiful America upon which they landed in
Nov. 4 saw the debut of HBO’s four-part series of specials “Axios,” which takes its name from the access-driven website that thrives on scoops delivered with limited adornment. Indeed, the website prides itself on drilling down stories to, effectively, headlines. This all makes for unfortunate timing, as Nov. 6 marks the midterms, a story encompassing
President Trump responded to Oprah Winfrey’s appearances last week by claiming that he was friends with her — until he ran for office. “Once I ran for office she diverged,” Trump said as he was campaigning in Macon, Ga., on Sunday with Brian Kemp, who is running for Georgia governor. Winfrey headlined two rallies last
The “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” trivia game app launched a new game Sunday that was “intentionally unwinnable” for players, with the prize money instead being donated to the NAACP, Variety has learned exclusively. The app, “This is Not a Game: The Game,” features trivia games during which players have to answer trivia questions designed to educate them
Pete Davidson has garnered some criticism after insulting a conservative politician who lost an eye during his military service on Saturday’s episode of “SNL.” Davidson’s segment on Weekend Update kicked off with his first impressions of several midterms candidates, though he didn’t claim to be an expert on the races. “After I had to move back
When Elvis Costello announced in July that he was canceling the last few dates of a European tour due to lingering effects from an earlier surgery, it put a fright into fans, about whether he’d be able to tour again in the near or even long term. They’d already been through a previous scare, albeit
Camila Cabello was the big winner Sunday at the MTV EMAs in Bilbao, Spain, scooping a quartet of awards, including Best Artist. Nicki Minaj also had a good night, winning a brace of awards, as she, Muse and Janet Jackson were among the stars performing at the show. Cabello won the Best Song and Best
November 4, 2018 11:33AM PT Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity will campaign with President Trump for his final midterm on a Monday night in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Both are stalwart backers of Trump, and his campaign called them “longtime friends” and “conservative media legends.” Also appearing at the rally will be entertainer Lee Greenwood. Limbaugh
Don’t stop “Bohemian Rhapsody” now, Fox’s Freddie Mercury biopic topped the international box office with $72.5 million. Rami Malek stars as Queen’s iconic frontman in the rock movie, which also dominated the domestic market with $50 million for a global start of $122.5 million. “Bohemian Rhapsody” opened in the United Kingdom last weekend with a
Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow and the gang from “The Five” normally have Sundays off at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. Not so this weekend. The anchors, who typically hold forth Monday through Friday, are going to do various shows this evening as part of the networks’ coverage in advance of the 2018 midterm elections,
Lasse Hallstrom’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” topped the Chinese box office with a far from festive $12 million opening score. It was one of six new titles to enter the top ten, which was worth a collective $40.8 million. The romantic fantasy, presented by Disney in most international markets, topped the Chinese charts
November 4, 2018 9:15AM PT STX has bought the U.S. rights to the cheerleading comedy “Poms,” starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier. Zara Hayes is directing from a script by Shane Atkinson based on a story by Hayes and Atkinson about a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement
Poland’s pending film incentives law, offering filmmakers both foreign and domestic 30% cash back on production spends, has been the subject of intense scrutiny of late. Polish producers, who have been at a disadvantage in a region of Europe where others have long had incentives, are concerned that Poland’s package be competitive, say industry insiders.
November 4, 2018 9:00AM PT Poland’s new generation of producers has been gearing up as the country’s films gain burnished profiles on the world stage — and they’re deeply invested in driving further advances, especially as the country’s parliament is poised to pass rich production incentives. Building on the success at Cannes of Pawel Pawlikowski’s
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