April 30, 2019 4:12PM PT Newcomer Daniela Melchior looks to be the latest addition to the team, as sources tell Variety the Portuguese actress has been tapped to play Ratcatcher in Warner Bros. and James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.” She joins new members John Cena and Idris Elba, with Margot Robbie reprising her role as
Month: April 2019
As Tel Aviv gears up for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, taking place in the coastal Israeli city May 14 through 18, the entertainment industry non-profit Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) has released a statement in support of the internationally-attended and globally-televised event, which promotes musical acts from all over the world. The statement, signed
After four years of watching the population of Seattle, Wash. gradually learn that there were zombies among them, as well as following a one key undead character as she worked with the police department to solve murders, “iZombie” is getting ready to sign off of the CW. The series, which premiered in 2015, has centered
Very few people know how to leverage their massive social media following into a lasting career. But Aimee Song, the mastermind behind the moniker Song of Style (her Instagram account boasts over five million followers) and YouTube channel, is in a league of her own. After being one of the early influencers in Revolve’s squad,
In today’s roundup, Paramount greenlights “68 Whiskey” from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and PBS announces the dates for the documentary series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the summer of 1969. GREENLIGHTS Paramount Network ordered 10 one-hour episodes of “68 Whiskey,” a new scripted comedic drama series from Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. The dark comedy follows a
“Empire” has been renewed for a sixth season at Fox, though likely without Jussie Smollett. “By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett’s option for season six, but at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to return to ‘Empire,’” Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television
April 30, 2019 2:01PM PT Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from the board of Alphabet, Google’s holding company, in June, Alphabet announced Tuesday afternoon. Diane Greene, who until recently led Google’s cloud business, will also depart from the board. Alphabet announced that one of those two board seats will be filled by
Since its inception half a century ago, Film at Lincoln Center has championed outsiders, both geographically and artistically. It’s stood up to the Catholic Church, the U.S. Customs Office, and its own donors to screen the work it believed in — and jump-started the careers of internationally renowned actors and directors in the process. At
SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading unless you’ve seen “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 3, titled “The Long Night.” Up until Sunday’s episode of “Game of Thrones,” the Night King had never said a word and the show never fully explained his motivations. After that shattering conclusion in which Arya stabbed the evil leader, causing
If you’ve ever seen a girl on your Instagram feed wearing an ethereal maxi dress and she’s wandering somewhere between the Pacific Coast Highway and Provence, chances are she bought said dress from Dôen. Through DMs and tags, the Los Angeles-based brand has gone from newbie to cult favorite, and women worldwide are obsessed. Sol
A new study found that an increase in suicide rates among U.S. boys age 10-17 in April 2017 correlates with the release of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” in 2017. The show depicts a teenage girl’s suicide following the recovery of a box of cassette tapes she left behind detailing the 13 reasons why she decided
Apple posted better earnings and revenue than Wall Street expected for the March 2019 quarter — even as sales of its flagship iPhones were $6.5 billion lighter in the period, down 17%. For the quarter ended March 30, which is Apple’s fiscal year 2019 second quarter, the company reported revenue of $58.0 billion, down 5%
Condé Nast wants Madison Avenue to believe that its video programming represents a “new primetime” for reaching coveted audiences that are abandoning TV — and the media company has a gigantic development slate prepped in a bid to drive even more viewership in the coming year. All told, Condé Nast said it has 50 returning
TORONTO — It wasn’t long after Julia Reichert arrived on the campus of Antioch College half a century ago that, she admitted, she “got really turned around very quickly.” The product of a working-class family from a small Midwestern town, Reichert was thrust into the roiling tumult of 1960s campus life, with anti-war demonstrations and
April 30, 2019 1:00PM PT Showtime has announced it is renewing “The Chi” for a third season. The news comes only four episodes into the show’s second series, which is slated to run for 10 episodes. Produced entirely in Chicago, “The Chi” is a coming-of-age story which centers on a group of residents who become
Easter, Passover and 4/20 will all be left behind in April, but there’s plenty to celebrate with Netflix’s May lineup. Netflix is handing viewers a red pill to go down the rabbit hole of not one, but all three “Matrix” movies. Viewers can also watch Hunter S. Thompson’s alter ego Raoul Duke take different types
Less than a week after Jim Spanfeller, CEO of the newly formed G/O Media, said he was not expecting to make layoffs at the company — encompassing the former Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion, sold by Univision earlier this month — it has let go 25 staffers. The 25 employees leaving G/O Media represent
Facebook is giving its Portal video chat device a number of updates that turn it into more of a full-fledged smart display: Amazon’s Prime Video service is coming to Portal later this year, the social networking giant announced at its f8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Tuesday. At the conference, Facebook also announced an
SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading unless you’ve seen “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 3, titled “The Long Night.” The brutal Battle of Winterfell during “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 3 left thousands of casualties. Among the most tragic was Ser Jorah Mormont, who fittingly perished defending his beloved Khaleesi. Iain Glen, who plays
April 30, 2019 12:04PM PT Vincent Cassel has signed on for “Westworld” Season 3 at HBO. Like most things “Westworld,” the exact nature of Cassel’s role is being kept under wraps. He joins previously announced “Westworld” Season 3 cast members Lena Waithe Aaron Paul. Production recently began on Season 3 and the show is not
Quentin Tarantino showed a sneak peek of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and television pioneer Norman Lear was honored with a new building that will be named after the “All in the Family” creator during a two-hour all hands meeting on Tuesday. Chris Miller, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producer, was on hand to celebrate
April 30, 2019 11:53AM PT Sony Pictures Classics announced Tuesday that it has acquired the rights to the film “Frankie” in North America and numerous international territories. The film will premiere in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Ira Sachs directed the project, and co-wrote “Frankie” with Mauricio Zacharias. Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Greg
Woodstock founder Michael Lang has written an open letter in which he reaffirms that the Woodstock 50 festival set for August is still on, despite the cancellation notice sent out Monday by investors — whom he calls “shortsighted partners” who “don’t have a right to cancel it.” “Yesterday, our financial partner, Dentsu-Aegis, made the decision
Apr 30, 2019 Talita Von Furstenberg in TVF for DVF dress. Terence Connors A few weeks after her ELLE shoot in Malibu, Talita von Furstenberg couldn’t be further away from her beachy West Coast roots. She’s prepping for midterms in a Georgetown University library. The 20-year-old American fashion royal (her grandmother is Diane von Furstenberg)
CBS is bringing back its entire daytime roster for the 2019-2020 television season, including soaps “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Other returning programs are “Let’s Make a Deal,” “The Price is Right,” and “The Talk.” “For almost a third of a century, CBS has demonstrated a remarkable legacy of
Smosh, one of YouTube’s most popular and longest-running comedy squads, has officially joined the Studio71 creator network. The move isn’t a surprise: Smosh earlier this year was acquired by Mythical Entertainment, the company formed by Rhett & Link, hosts of comedy show “Good Mythical Morning” — which also is part of Studio71’s roster. Smosh had
If you thought the Woodstock 2019 lineup was eclectic (or still is eclectic, depending on whom you’re listening to), wait until you get a load of the just-announced bill for the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October, which may set a new standard for destination smorgasbords. The list of headliners reads like a “pick
There are ten new virtual reality headsets coming out in 2019, at least according to Valve — which is contributing one to that number. Two of those are coming from Facebook-owned Oculus: the Oculus Rift S — which offers an iterative improvement over the Rift — and the Oculus Quest — a sort of hybrid
Great Point Media has made a trio of investments in U.K.-based media firms, the first out of its recently created Great Point Ventures fund. Screening portal ProgramBuyer, film and TV data analytics outfit Looper Insights, and kid-focussed immersive games platform Brightlobe are the first beneficiaries of investment from the fund. The Enterprise Investment Scheme structure
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his keynote speech during the company’s F8 developer conference Tuesday to announce a redesigned Facebook app and website. The new app will be available Tuesday to U.S. consumers, and come to the rest of the world in the first half of the year. Facebook’s new desktop version will roll out
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