February 11, 2019 1:48PM PT Katy Perry’s fashion line is pulling a number of shoes from retailers including Dillards and Walmart after one of the styles was criticized for evoking racist imagery. The style in question, present on the line’s “Rue Face Slip On Loafers” and “Ora Face Block Heel Sandal,” featured large, blue eyes and and a
Month: February 2019
Some of Sunday night’s big Grammy winners are still reaping the rewards less than 24 hours later. Winning artists and their albums typically see a sizable sales bump in the days immediately following the show, and as of press time, “Album of the Year” winner Kacey Musgraves was sitting at No. 1 on the iTunes
Neon has acquired the North American rights to “Honeyland,” the award-winning documentary from Macedonian filmmaking duo Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska. The deal marks Neon’s fifth acquisition out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where “Honeyland” received the world cinema grand jury prize: documentary, world cinema documentary special jury award for cinematography, and world cinema
Drake’s impassioned appearance at Sunday’s Grammy Awards was one of the highlights of the night, but many viewers were left confused after the rapper appeared to be cut short following a brief pause in his speech. While accepting a Grammy for rap song of the year, the “God’s Plan” rapper took the opportunity to speak
February 11, 2019 12:38PM PT Everyone wanted a taste of “Tequila” at this year’s Grammy Awards. The hit single from country duo Dan + Shay was the most Shazamed song of the night following the artists’ stripped-down performance, featuring Dan Smyers on guitar and Shay Mooney on piano. “Tequila” was a multi-week No. 1 smash
February 11, 2019 12:34PM PT Paramount Pictures is developing Kyle Starks’ graphic novel “Kill Them All” and has set the action project up with “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse” producers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. The story, first published in 2015, centers on a betrayed murderess seeking revenge who partners up with a hard drinking former
February 11, 2019 12:24PM PT Facebook is getting ready to launch its Oculus Quest virtual reality (VR) headset soon, if a duo of new FCC filings is any indication. Two filings for the headset’s touch controllers passed the FCC on Monday, roughly 45 days after the headset itself made an appearance in a similar regulatory
“America’s Got Talent” has set a new host and members of its judging panel going into Season 14, Variety has learned. Terry Crews will take over as host of the NBC competition show from Tyra Banks. In addition, Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough will serve as judges on the upcoming season, joining returning judges Simon Cowell
Joseph A. Sirola, who was dubbed the “King of Voice-Overs” for his extensive work in commercials, died Sunday in New York. He was 89 years old. His rep confirmed that he died from complications of respiratory failure. He was best known for his deep, resonant voice that appeared in advertisements for companies like Ford, GE,
February 11, 2019 12:08PM PT “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are producing and directing their live-action movie “The Last Human” for Sony/TriStar. Sony announced Monday that it had topped bids from Netflix, Warner Bros., and Universal for the movie rights to the upcoming novel by Lee Bacon, set in a
February 11, 2019 11:59AM PT Thomas Middleditch is joining Sony Pictures’ upcoming “Zombieland” sequel. The “Silicon Valley” actor will star alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin in “Zombieland 2.” As previously reported, Zoey Deutch and Rosario Dawson are also boarding the cast. “Zombieland 2” will be set in a world in which
MADRID, Spain — On Jan. 28 this year, the cast and crew of the Movistar Plus’s 16th century adventure drama “The Plague” wrapped shooting on Season 2. Variety visited the set and interview members of the team responsible for what could well be the country’s most ambitious TV project ever. Here are five take-aways from
Lucy Liu has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming CBS All Access dramedy series “Why Women Kill,” Variety has learned. The series details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ‘60s, a socialite in the ‘80s and a lawyer in 2018, each dealing with infidelity in
Winter is coming to Portugal. In a bid to further expand its footprint in Europe, Time Warner has launched its premium content streaming service HBO in Portugal. Acclaimed HBO original shows led by “Game of Thrones,” “Big Little Lies,” “Westworld” and “True Detective” will be available in Portugal starting Feb. 11. HBO Portugal went live
With all the cameras in action at a major awards show like the Grammys, there are still many things that happen offstage or during commercial breaks that aren’t seen by the millions watching the telecast — but are spied by certain eagle-eyed reporters from their seats in the auditorium. Here are a few highlights that
BERLIN — Spanish broadcast network Atresmedia and Bambu Producciones teamed on two milestones in the international outreach of Spanish series: “Gran Hotel” and “Velvet,” whose avid audiences, especially in Latin America, proved there was a mass audience abroad for original Spanish series, not just their formats. Atresmedia and others – Netflix, for example – took
February 11, 2019 10:40AM PT [embedded content] Samsung further teased its upcoming foldable phone Monday with a video for its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event on February 20. The video is titled “The future unfolds,” and clearly features a two-screen device capable of being folded and unfolded. The Korean consumer electronics giant has been working on
Millennium Films has delayed shooting Bryan Singer’s “Red Sonja” movie this year in the wake of recent accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him. “The project is not on the slate at the moment and is not for sale at the European Film Market in Berlin,” a spokeswoman for Avi Lerner’s studio said. Millennium
Thrillist, the food, drink and travel brand from Discovery-backed Group Nine Media, has taken its first bite in acquiring third-party programming. The millennial-focused lifestyle outlet has acquired series “Send Foodz” from YouTube comedians-foodies Timothy DeLaGhetto (who has 3.9 million YouTube subscribers) and David So (1.5 million subscribers). The show follows the duo as they visit food festivals
Check out the official Teen Spirit Trailer starring Elle Fanning! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Teen Spirit: https://www.fandango.com/teen-spirit-216373/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: April
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, Jordan Peele’s “Lorena” debuts on Amazon as does “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix.
Facebook keeps plowing more money into original programming for Watch: The company ordered a six-part docu-series on NBA superstar Stephen Curry and set a Feb. 20 premiere date for BuzzFeed News’ interactive trivia game show “Outside Your Bubble.” “Stephen vs. The Game,” following Curry — three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors — throughout
“Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” the Netflix anthology series showcasing memories and inspirations behind the country icon’s most beloved songs, has rounded out its cast. Melissa Leo, Ray McKinnon, Andy Mientus, Katie Stevens and Michael Willett will star in “Two Doors Down,” in which a family’s “lifetime of secrets” comes bursting out during a chaotic but comedic
February 11, 2019 9:55AM PT Hulu’s senior vice president of originals Craig Erwich says that the streaming service will “continue to be an important player” as Disney absorbs 21st Century Fox’s entertainment properties, and said its release of its Fyre Festival documentary ahead of Netflix’s version “wasn’t meant as a dig.” “Hulu is a very
February 11, 2019 9:51AM PT Reddit has raised a new $300 million round of funding from investors including Tencent, Sequoia, Fidelity and Andreessen Horowitz among others. The new round of funding values the company $3 billion, the company announced Monday morning, and brings the total amount raised to around $550 million. News of the funding
Check out the official The Curse of La Llorona teaser trailer starring [Actor]! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to The Curse of La Llorona: https://www.fandango.com/the-curse-of-la-llorona-215072/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: April 19, 2019 Starring: Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Raymond Cruz Directed By: Michael Chaves Synopsis: Ignoring the eerie warning
Baker Mayfield Goes Off On Arian Foster … ‘I Respected You Before This’ 2/11/2019 9:15 AM PST Exclusive Details More beef for Baker Mayfield … this time the Browns superstar is getting into it with Arian Foster — blasting the ex-NFL RB for being “too cool to show any personality.” It all went down on
February 11, 2019 9:12AM PT Starz has pulled the plug on the J.K. Simmons spy drama “Counterpart” after two seasons. The series hailed from MRC and Anonymous Content. The final episode is set to air on Sunday. Showrunner and creator Justin Marks disclosed the cancellation Monday morning via Twitter. Marks suggested that MRC would shop
Presenting the Oscar-nominated “Vice” at the Berlin Film Festival on Monday, actor Christian Bale said Dick Cheney’s transformation into one of the most notorious U.S. leaders of the past century had much to do with his wife Lynne, played by Amy Adams in the film. “Lynne really gave him the ambition. In many ways he
February 11, 2019 9:07AM PT Hulu is developing a series based on the book “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America” by Erik Larson. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese will executive produce the project along with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff, and Jennifer Davisson. Paramount
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