November 27, 2018 10:44AM PT YouTube hopes to reel in college students as paying customers with steeply discounted pricing plans for its ad-free streaming services. The video service has launched student plans for YouTube Music Premium priced at $4.99 per month — a 50% discount off the regular $9.99 monthly price — and for YouTube
Month: November 2018
At a preview Tuesday of “Baby,” its second Italian original scripted series, Netflix was eager to defuse the controversy over the show’s storyline, which involves teen prostitution and takes its cue from a real-life scandal in Rome. Andrea De Sica (“Children of the Night”), one of the show’s two directors, called it “the story of
Cinematic Media, a new state-of-the-art post production finishing facility, has launched in Mexico in response to the exponential growth of film and TV production in Mexico and the rest of Latin America. With YouTube Premium, Endemol Shine and Turner Latin America joining Netflix to produce more projects in Mexico and elsewhere in the region, the
The Walt Disney Co. is moving all of its digital brands and properties worldwide — including Disney, ABC, ESPN, Freeform, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars — to Google’s advertising platform. Under the multiyear pact, Disney will bring its entire global digital video and display business onto Google Ad Manager, which will serve as its core ad-technology
November 27, 2018 10:00AM PT Brian and Mark Gunn are developing a one-hour supernatural drama project at CBS, Variety has learned exclusively. The project is titled “Otherworld.” After discovering that she has the ability to communicate with spirits, a young woman is drawn into the world of the paranormal where she partners with a rag-tag team of
CM Punk ‘I’m Not Fighting Logan Paul’ 11/27/2018 9:44 AM PST Breaking News Sorry Logan Paul, you ain’t gettin’ a crack at CM Punk in the UFC octagon — Punk just slammed the door on the possibility … and then dissed the YouTube star for good measure. Logan’s brother Jake Paul had been lobbying Dana
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the megahit Nickelodeon cartoon series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” died on Monday. He was 57. The cause of death was ALS, which Hillenburg revealed he had been diagnosed with in March of last year. “We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS,”
Lawmakers from nine countries, in London for an extraordinary joint investigation, chastised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday for failing to appear before them to answer questions on how the platform has been used to spread disinformation and fake news. Instead of Zuckerberg – for whom a conspicuously empty chair was set – the legislators
Pharrell Williams, David Guetta and African star Wizkid are among the artists contributing new music to Global Citizen EP 1, a four-track collection being released by the International advocacy organization Global Citizen, in partnership with Warner Music Group’s U.K.-based Parlophone and U.S.-headquartered Atlantic. The EP is scheduled to be released on all digital platforms on Nov. 30.
Check out the official Artemis Fowl trailer starring Miranda Raison! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Artemis Fowl: https://www.fandango.com/artemis-fowl-2019-215970/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: August
Check out the official If Beale Street Could Talk trailer starring Regina King! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to If Beale Street Could Talk: https://www.fandango.com/if-beale-street-could-talk-213339/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: November 30, 2018 Starring: Regina King, Ed Skrein, Dave Franco Directed By: Barry Jenkins Synopsis: A woman in Harlem
On December 15, after 236 performances since October of last year, all at the Walter Kerr Theatre, the cast of “Springsteen on Broadway” — Bruce and, for two songs, singer/wife Patti Scialfa — will give their final performance. But the following night, fans can see the premiere of a Netflix special of the show, which was
A group of Google employees is demanding that the company pull the plug on “Project Dragonfly,” its initiative to create a censored search engine for China that would comply with the country’s internet laws. “We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel project Dragonfly, Google’s effort to create
November 27, 2018 8:00AM PT Netflix and Millarworld have set their third comic book collaboration: “Sharkey the Bounty Hunter.” The new project hails from writer and creator Mark Millar, along with comic book artist Simone Bianchi. Set in a new sci-fi universe, Sharkey is a blue-collar bounty-hunter tracking criminals across the galaxy in his converted,
You’ve got to believe Quincy Jones was willing to die for his music. His biggest health scare came in in 1974 when he suffered a brain aneurysm. The blame fell to his workload — scoring a half-dozen films a year, recording a solo album each year, and producing and arranging for others. He required two
Bidding on two prime collections of local TV assets — Fox’s 22 regional sports networks and Tribune Media’s 42 TV stations and WGN America — will heat up this week in separate auctions that are expected to be concluded by year’s end. The nature of the players lining up for these properties, which include Amazon
Jameis Winston Strikes Settlement In Uber Driver Sexual Battery Case 11/27/2018 7:20 AM PST Breaking News Jameis Winston has “reached an agreement” to settle the sexual battery lawsuit filed against him by an Uber driver in Arizona … this according to court docs filed in U.S. District Court. As we previously reported, the Uber driver
When thinking of classic television performances by major recording artists, people usually mention “Saturday Night Live,” “Ed Sullivan,” Super Bowl halftimes, the Doobie Brothers on “What’s Happening” (okay, maybe not that one so much) and late-night shows ranging from Johnny Carson to James Corden. Rarely does anyone mention “Sesame Street” — which is understandable, because
The problem with repeats is that many viewers have already seen them. Now NBCUniversal wants people to look at the commercials that accompany reruns in a completely different way. NBCU plans in early 2019 to unveil a new offering that places commercials in reruns, movies and syndicated programs containing segments that align with the mission
It’s undeniably great that CNN political ace Jim Acosta got his press pass fully restored after the Trump administration yanked his credentials, claiming the journalist had disrupted a Nov. 7 press conference by insisting on asking the president a follow-up question. But, the victory may be short-lived — and is somewhat overshadowed by the fact
November 27, 2018 6:55AM PT Janet Jackson has partnered with Paradigm Talent Agency for global representation in all areas including touring, theatrical, film, branding and beyond, the company announced today. She was previously with WME. “Janet Jackson is one of the most iconic and culturally significant artists of all time and we are thrilled to
Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” was fast-tracked onto the album “Red Pill Blues” at the eleventh hour and ascended almost as swiftly to the top of the charts. The song’s participants and stakeholders retrace the road to the finish line. Starrah (songwriter): I was examining my feelings for a girl. Jason Evigan and Cirkut played around
“The Walking Dead” has hit a new midseason finale ratings low for the second year in a row. The episode that aired this Sunday, the midseason finale for the show’s ninth season, averaged a 2.0 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen Live+Same Day data. The Season 8 midseason finale was
MADRID — TV shows “Yorudan District,” and “The Pleasefixers” and animated feature “The Ballad of the Phoenix” are potential standouts at Ventana Sur’s 3rd Animation! showcase, which looks set to underscore the burgeoning strength of Latin American animation, and its drive to put into place stronger infrastructures to bulwark a more organized and sustainable growth.
Facebook is doubling down on “Watch Party,” expanding the social-video feature to all publishers and users worldwide — which Facebook says delivers far higher engagement levels than solo sessions. Since Facebook launched Watch Party to all Groups in July 2018, more than 12 million Watch Parties have been streamed, letting everyone watch the same video
It’s easy to forget that Maroon 5 launched around the turn of the millennium, in part because the band is having its best year yet in 2018, between theone-two punch of singles “What Lovers Do” featuring SZA and “Girls Like You” with Cardi B, and an invitation to perform at the Super Bowl in February.
Celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair — whose films include “Monsoon Wedding” and “The Namesake” — is launching her first online class, in which she’ll share insights for aspiring auteurs. Her class on independent filmmaking is being offered exclusively through internet education platform MasterClass. In the course, Nair shares her directing methods, pointers on maximizing budgets, and how
Oprah Winfrey has her own magazine. So do Dr. Oz, the Food Network and HGTV. Now the ABC program “Shark Tank” is the latest TV creation to test the concept. Hearst Magazines, the publisher behind those aforementioned periodicals, is releasing a limited-edition “bookazine” celebrating a decade of the reality show in which young entrepreneurs hope
Studiocanal has pre-sold Movistar+’s original drama “Instinto” to Amazon Prime Video in Latin America and to Pantaya, the premium Spanish-language streaming service recently launched by Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group. An erotic thriller, “Instinto” is produced by Bambú Producciones, the Studiocanal-owned Spanish company behind Spanish-language hit series such as “Velvet” and “Grand Hotel.” The series
MADRID — Unveiling its highest-profile Spanish original film to date, Netflix announced on Tuesday that Spanish actors Javier Gutiérrez and Mario Casas will star together for the first time in “Hogar.” Shooting in Barcelona, “Hogar” has initiated production and will premiere only on Netflix in 2020. “Hogar” is directed by Spanish brothers Alex and David
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