Simone Baumann has been chosen to take over as managing director of movie promotion agency German Films, replacing Mariette Rissenbeek, who has been appointed as executive director of the Berlin Film Festival. Baumann, who starts her new role Feb. 1, has been German Films’ representative in Central and Eastern Europe since 2003; she is also
Month: December 2018
T.I. ‘Madman’ Trump Making World Laugh At Us 12/4/2018 12:50 AM PST EXCLUSIVE T.I. is doubling down on his hatred of President Trump, but it’s not personal … instead, Tip’s concerned the “madman” is turning the U.S.A. into an international laughingstock. T.I. sat down with our Raquel Harper for Tuesday’s episode of “Raq Rants” on BET, and
Chris Darden Kareem Hunt Should Be Arrested ‘Open-and-Shut Case’ 12/4/2018 12:20 AM PST EXCLUSIVE There’s no reason Kareem Hunt shouldn’t be arrested and charged with battery for attacking that woman back in February … so says famed prosecutor Christopher Darden. “I would have filed battery charges against him,” Darden tells TMZ Sports … saying
It took a long journey before Egyptian-Austrian director Abu Bakr Shawky managed to bring his unconventional road movie “Yomeddine,” which is Egypt’s candidate for the foreign-language Oscar, to the big screen. This ultimately uplifting drama in which a middle-aged man raised in a leper colony embarks with a sidekick and a donkey on a journey
Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana,’ ‘Never Be the Same’ Reach New Milestone – Variety You will be redirected back to your article in seconds December 3, 2018 10:12PM PT It wasn’t all about the PDA between Cardi B. and Offset at the Los Angeles leg of the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball tour on Friday. Love was also in
Iconic New Zealand film maker, Geoff Murphy, known for “The Quiet Earth” and work on “Dante’s Peak,” has died. He was 80. Murphy’s death on Monday was confirmed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The organization called him “one of the leading figures in New Zealand cinema’s renaissance of the late 1970s and 1980s.” A
December 3, 2018 9:28PM PT In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Paramount Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “Bumblebee.” Ads placed for the sci-fi/action film had an estimated media value of $8.03 million through Sunday for 819 national ad airings
December 3, 2018 9:10PM PT Since Drake shattered virtually every streaming record with his “Scorpion” album, released in June, it’s no surprise that his 8.2 billion streams in 2018 make him not only Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the year, he’s the platform’s most-streamed artist of all time. “Scorpion” and its song “God’s Plan” also were
December 3, 2018 9:05PM PT Apple Music today unveiled its most-streamed songs and albums of 2018 — and not surprisingly, Drake was at the top of both lists (and had 3 of the Top 5 songs). Just an unsurprisingly, both lists are dominated by hip-hop, pop and R&B. The company also included its editorial selections
Check out the official Captain Marvel trailer starring Brie Larson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Captain Marvel: https://www.fandango.com/captain-marvel-2019-188283/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: March 8, 2019 Starring: Gemma Chan, Brie Larson, Lee Pace Directed By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Synopsis: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most
Japan’s Nippon Television Network has sold the scripted format rights to its one-hour drama series “Abandoned” to leading Thai production house JSL Global Media. The deal is the first time that a Nippon TV scripted format is being adapted in Southeast Asia. It is also the first format deal for “Abandoned.” “Abandoned” is a touching drama seen
December 3, 2018 6:54PM PT [embedded content] Disney-Marvel has dropped a new trailer for Brie Larson’s “Captain Marvel” during Monday Night Football. In the trailer, which features an old lady who can also kick butt, Larson’s Captain Marvel begins to question her history after she start remembering her previous life on Earth — before she
December 3, 2018 6:02PM PT Kanye West attended the first night of Broadway musical “The Cher Show” alongside Kim Kardashian West, but it’s up in the air whether he actually got anything out of the performance. According to Jarrod Spector, who plays Sonny in the production, West was on his cell phone during the show.
After a record-breaking sweep at Sunday’s British Independent Film Awards, “The Favourite” continues to curtsy from honor to honor on its road to the Oscars. Yorgos Lanthimos’ meditation on power and desire, which happens to contain three powerhouse female roles, took a record 10 prizes at the London affair last night — a new watermark for
In today’s film news roundup, “A Star Is Born” gets an Imax release, Oscar winner Stephen Flick gets an honor and Jeremy Renner’s “Arctic Dogs” is set for a 2019 release. IMAX RELEASE Awards contender “A Star Is Born” has been set for a one-week Imax release beginning on Dec. 7 — the first time
December 3, 2018 5:09PM PT Schlocky TV variety-show format diminishes Broadway’s Cher musical, despite a can-do cast, pop tunes and diva power. Choosing to recreate the spirit of the television variety shows that Sonny and Cher — and then Cher sans Sonny — headlined in the ‘70s is a choice that lands as flat as
It’s been a long time since the “M” in MTV stood for music, but cable network AXS TV is trying to fill the void with a boomer/Gen X-heavy mix of shows hosted by venerable rockers Sammy Hagar (seen above, with Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters) and Eddie Money, as well as concerts,
December 3, 2018 4:59PM PT Marvel Studios is developing a tentpole movie about its Shang-Chi martial arts superhero and has set Dave Callaham to write the screenplay, sources have told Variety. If the “Shang-Chi” movie gets made, it would mark the first time that a Marvel feature film has centered on an Asian character as
December 3, 2018 4:42PM PT Opening on Wednesday, local drama “Default” debuted on top of the South Korean box office. The CJ Entertainment release earned $11.5 million from 1.57 million admissions over its five opening days. Over the Friday-Sunday weekend, it earned $8.44 million from 1.07 million admissions and accounted for 42% of the total
WASHINGTON — George H.W. Bush’s casket was placed in the center of the Capitol Rotunda in a solemn ceremony on Monday evening to honor the 41st president, who died on Friday at 94. Family members, former Bush cabinet members, and senators and representatives gathered to mourn Bush. His son, former President George W. Bush, placed his
The tightknit New Orleans music scene just got a little tighter. One of the city’s top musical exports, the band Galactic, has purchased Tipitina’s, New Orleans’ most revered “juke joint” for up-and-coming as well as big-name acts. “Our goal is to preserve, promote, and protect the future of New Orleans music, culture and heritage via
December 3, 2018 3:33PM PT The ‘Anchorman’ returns to the airwaves. Ron Burgundy, the legendary reporter featured in 2004’s “Anchorman” film, has a podcast coming to iHeartRadio in early 2019. Co-produced by Funny Or Die, the 12-episode “The Ron Burgundy Podcast” will launch in the first quarter of next year. A second season is expected
In Today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announced the premiere dates for part two of the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and season five of “Grace and Frankie.” DATES The fifth season of Netflix’s hit comedy series “Grace and Frankie” is set to premiere Jan. 18. In “Grace and Frankie,” Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as enemies turned friends
December 3, 2018 3:21PM PT The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 20 films that will advance in this year’s visual effects Oscar race. They are: “Ant-Man and the Wasp”“Aquaman”“Avengers: Infinity War”“Black Panther”“Bumblebee”“Christopher Robin”“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”“First Man”“Incredibles 2”“Isle of Dogs”“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”“Mary Poppins Returns”“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”“Mortal
The Sundance Institute has unveiled a dozen independent television series for the upcoming festival in the second year of its Indie Episodics section, including works by Nick Hornby and Kyra Sedgwick. Sundance also announced on Monday that its Special Events section will include the new season of IFC’s documentary parody series “Documentary Now!” and Gregg Araki’s
December 3, 2018 3:04PM PT Rupert Wyatt has stepped down as the director and executive producer of the “Halo” series currently in the works at Showtime. “It’s with great disappointment that changes to the production schedule of ‘Halo’ prevent me from continuing in my role as a director on the series,” Wyatt said in a
December 3, 2018 3:00PM PT “Jane the Virgin” could be sticking around the CW — sort of. Variety has learned that the network is developing a spinoff of the critically acclaimed series with original series writer and co-executive producer Valentina Garza onboard to write and executive produce the new project. Garza has been with the
December 3, 2018 2:57PM PT It was a good week for broadcast TV. In the week of Nov. 12, week 8 of the broadcast season, 18 series doubled in the key adults 18-49 demographic in the Nielsen Live+7 ratings. Top gainers included “Manifest” (1.1 rating to a 2.7) with 145% lift, “New Amsterdam” (1.1 to
Managing change is on the agenda throughout Tuesday’s Asian TV Forum leaders conference. Change is also a recurring theme that runs throughout a conversation with Rob Gilby, chairman of the advisory board at the Singapore Media Festival umbrella organization. The pre-ATF conference includes sessions on: video ecosystems – which former Disney executive Gilby says have
Tamron Hall’s new syndicated talk-show has been cleared to reach 50% of U.S. TV households, thanks to a new deal struck between the program’s producer, Disney, and Hearst Television. Hearst agreed to run the new program, slated to appear in 2019, in 24 different markets. The television stations include WCVB-TV Boston, WMOR-TV Tampa, WESH-TV Orlando,
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