Getty ImagesVictor VIRGILE Day six of New York Fashion Week goes to the dogs….the cutest most adorable pups who c-starred in Lela Rose’s fall 2019 runway show, that is. The designer staged a dog-show-meet-fashion-show to showcase her fall collection, calling it the Roseminster Dog Show. There were judges, categories (i.e, “Lassies Who Lunch”) and even
Month: February 2019
Los Angeles-based immersive entertainment company Vortex Immersion Media wants to give consumers a new way to experience virtual reality (VR) without those pesky headsets: The company has struck a deal to open a 360-degree dome multiplex that can seat up to 2,500 visitors in its main theater in Phoenix, Arizona. The Domeplex is being built
February 12, 2019 8:00AM PT Variety is launching its first-ever Silicon Valley summit with Silicon Valleywood, a half-day exploration into the convergence of technology and entertainment. Beginning April 23 at the Rosewood Hotel in Menlo Park, Calif., Silicon Valleywood will bring together leaders from both the Hollywood and tech communities in an effort to spark conversation
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The Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile, Elisabeth Moss, T Bone Burnett and former House Speaker John Boehner have been added as speakers at the SXSW Conference during March 8–17 in Austin, Texas. Keynotes announced Tuesday include Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys with Amazon’s Nathan Brackett; investor and author Roger McNamee with Wired
February 12, 2019 6:30AM PT Pamela Adlon is one of the busiest voiceover performers working in animation. She’s lent her distinctive pipes to dozens of shows since the early 1990s. Here she lists her favorite cartoon characters she’s played over the years. Bobby HillKing of the Hill (1997-2010)FoxAdlon won an Emmy in 2002 for her
UPDATED WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents Association is calling on President Trump to make it clear to his supporters that violence against reporters is unacceptable, after a BBC cameraman was attacked at the rally in El Paso. Olivier Knox, the president of the WHCA, condemned the attack and said that they were “relieved that,
February 12, 2019 6:01AM PT Singer/songwriters Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have already been announced as set to perform their Oscar-nominated song from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” on the Academy Awards telecast Feb. 24. But no one will have to wait till then to hear the writers’ take on the tune. They’ve released their
She almost gave it all up. After decades as a working actor rolling through short-lived sitcoms, pilots, voiceover gigs and smallish movie roles, Pamela Adlon finally realized her dream of landing her own series, FX’s “Better Things,” in 2016. The autobiographical show was well-received by critics and yielded two consecutive Emmy nominations for lead comedy
Tom Hanks, Octavia Spencer, George Clooney and more than 40 other high-profile actors are backing SAG-AFTRA’s five-month-old strike against ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty. In a “We Stand United” ad unveiled Tuesday in Variety, signers of the statement of support included Jennifer Aniston, Alec Baldwin, Rachel Brosnahan, Sterling K. Brown, Steve Carrell, Bryan Cranston, Tina
Netflix has started production on “Ares,” its first Dutch original series, the streaming giant announced Tuesday. Filming is taking place in Amsterdam, where Netflix’s European headquarters have been based since 2015. “Ares” will launch on the platform later this year. An eight-part psychological horror, “Ares” stars Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Robin Boissevain, and
BERLIN — Attendees of Berlinale’s Drama Series Days followed a busy and wide-ranging program on Monday with a packed opening reception, supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and the Norwegian Film Institute, and with Variety as a media partner. After a lively day of panel discussions and sessions focused on the future of television, guests partied at
February 12, 2019 3:10AM PT Amazon Prime Video has inked a major deal with Italy’s Leone Film Group, giving the streaming giant full exclusive Italian pay-TV rights to all of Leone’s local releases for the next 30 months. The growing distribution-production company originally founded by spaghetti Western master Sergio Leone has output deals for Italy
Constantin CEO Martin Moszkowicz called the fast and far-reaching changes sweeping across the film and TV industries an “El Dorado” for producers, as increasing competition from new and established players creates soaring demand for fresh content. “There’s going to be more competition from the buyers’ side. There’s going to be more product needed,” he said.
February 12, 2019 1:48AM PT The fourth and (for now) final screen adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s hugely popular “Department Q” mysteries is a lurid high-gloss potboiler. Already the highest-grossing Danish film ever — with each of its predecessors following closely behind — “The Purity of Vengeance” is the fourth adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s hugely popular
February 12, 2019 1:07AM PT A shipwreck survivor’s stay on a tropical island is less than idyllic in this well-crafted if unmemorable old-school creature feature. Stripped-down creature feature “Sweetheart” stars Kiersey Clemons (“Dope,” “Transparent”) as a shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island that unfortunately turns out to have one frequent, unfriendly, nonhuman visitor. The sparing
February 12, 2019 1:01AM PT An elderly art dealer’s attempt at a final career coup drives this low-key but effective drama about a curmudgeon redeemed. After successfully collaborating on 2015’s fact-inspired “The Fencer,” Finnish director Klaus Haro and scenarist Anna Heinamaa reteam for another low-key wade into feel-good dramatic terrain with “One Last Deal.” This
Pluto TV is further extending its movie offering in Britain by launching a streaming platform, Pluto TV Indies, dedicated to independent films, arthouse award-winners, film festival circuit highlights, world cinema, and theatrical documentaries. The company plans to launch an additional Pluto TV World Cinema in the second quarter of 2019. “At Pluto TV we are
Childish Gambino Just A ‘House Slave’ Who Ripped Me Off … Says Rapper Jase Harley 2/12/2019 12:50 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Childish Gambino is being called a “house slave” by an artist who claims his own tune was ripped off for Gambino’s latest Grammy-winning work. Warning … VERY hot take ahead. Jase Harley explained to us
Future Bails on Pre-Grammys Party Performance That Ciara & Russell Attended 2/12/2019 12:30 AM PST Exclusive Details Future bailed on a performance at Clive Davis‘ pre-Grammys party at the last minute — maybe not coincidentally, considering Ciara and Russell Wilson were front and center at the event. Eyewitnesses at Clive’s Beverly Hilton bash Saturday night — which was
The team behind hit drama series “The Missing” have expanded the universe, and Tcheky Karyo’s Julien Baptise is back in action. This time the French detective is helping a man (Tom Hollander) find his niece, a sex worker who has disappeared in Amsterdam. As with the earlier show, BAFTA-winning writers Harry Williams and Jack Williams
BERLIN — Brazilian TV giant Globo and international digital film distributor Under the Milky Way have announced a distribution deal for seven new feature films from Globo Filmes, allowing the titles access via UMW to major platforms in 70 territories. The deal covers more than ten major on demand” platforms – including iTunes, Amazon, Google
Variety has learned that writer/director Larry Brand died suddenly on Feb. 9 at his home in Hollywood. He was 69. Brand’s first job in the film industry was as a driver and production assistant for Orson Welles. Following his debut feature film, psychological thriller “Backfire” (co-written with frequent collaborator Rebecca Reynolds), he went on to
When “Brecht” launched at the Berlinale, with a premiere attended by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, it was the fruition of long-gestating project for German director Heinrich Breloer. He had met the associates of the German playwright decades earlier, but only now has used his trademark drama-meets-documentary approach to filmmaking to make a biopic of
Cardi B has quit Instagram following apparent abuse she’s received after her album “Invasion of Privacy” won the best rap album Grammy at Sunday’s awards show. The “Money” rapper posted an expletive-laden video shortly before deleting the account, in which she ripped into commentators who’ve said she didn’t deserve the award. “It’s not my style
Chinese executives and international film festival programmers are scratching their heads to understand why Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” was withdrawn from the Berlin Film Festival’s main competition just days before its premiere. The Berlinale echoed the film’s official social media site Monday in saying that the highly anticipated film was being withdrawn for “technical reasons.”
February 11, 2019 10:00PM PT As Berlin’s TV coproduction event gets underway, Beta Film has boarded one of the prestige projects being pitched. It has snagged rights to “Big Bones,” the gritty post-war crime series set in Vienna, Austria, and will take the series to market. The deal reunites Beta and writer-director David Schalko. Beta
Memento Films Intl. has scored a flurry of pre-sales to major territories on “Persian Lessons,” the drama directed by Vadim Perelman. After unveiling a promo reel of the film at the European Film Market, “Persian Lessons” has sold to Spain (Avalon), Latin America (Sun), Japan (Kino Films), Italy (Academy Two), Benelux (Splendid), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Greece
February 11, 2019 10:00PM PT France.tv, the newly revamped streaming service of French broadcasting group France Televisions, has ordered “Parlement,” a half-hour satirical comedy series about the European Parliament created by Noé Debré. Debré’s credits include Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan.” The series, which is being produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber and Thomas Saignes at
February 11, 2019 10:00PM PT TrustNordisk has closed several deals on “Swoon,” the fantasy-romance pic written and directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, the pair behind hit drama series “The Bridge” and “Midnight Sun” as well as “Underworld Awakening” and “Shelter” with Julianne Moore. “Swoon” unfolds in an imaginary universe and follows the love
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